Rock River Valley League

The Rock River Valley League is a former high school athletic conference with its membership concentrated in south central Wisconsin. Competing from 1922 to 1952, all conference members were affiliated with the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.

History

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Location of Original Rock River Valley League Members

The Rock River Valley League was formed in 1922 by eight medium-sized high schools near the Rock River in south central Wisconsin: Cambridge, Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Jefferson, Lake Mills, Milton, Stoughton and Whitewater.[1] Member schools were located in Dane, Jefferson, Rock and Walworth Counties. The league would grow to nine schools in 1925 with the addition of Evansville to the loop.[2] Cambridge would leave the conference in 1927 after one season of dual membership with the Madison Suburban Conference.[3] In 1928, the Rock River Valley Conference lost three schools (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson and Stoughton) to the newly formed Southern Six Conference.[4] The league continued with five schools until Brodhead, who had recently left the smaller State Line League, joined in 1932.[5] Whitewater left the Rock River Valley League in 1937 to join the Southern Five Conference.[6] They were replaced by their crosstown rivals, College High School.[7] In 1944, Brodhead left the conference to rejoin the State Line League.[8] They were replaced by the "B" team from Janesville High School, whose varsity program belonged to the larger Big Eight Conference.[9] College High left the conference in 1945 to join the Southern Regional Conference,[10] leaving membership at five schools for the remainder of the conference's history. The Rock River Valley League was folded in 1952 when the four varsity members (Evansville, Jefferson, Lake Mills and Milton) would join with five former Southern Ten Conference schools (Edgerton, Fort Atkinson, Monroe, Stoughton and Wisconsin High) and Middleton (formerly of the Madison Suburban Conference) to form the new Badger Conference.[11]

Conference membership history

School Location Affiliation Enrollment Mascot Colors Joined Left Conference Joined Current Conference
Cambridge Cambridge, WI Public 266 Bluejays     1922[1] 1927[3] Madison Suburban CYTBN (2025)
Edgerton Edgerton, WI Public 537 Crimson Tide     1922[1] 1928[4] Southern Six Rock Valley
Fort Atkinson Fort Atkinson, WI Public 964 Blackhawks     1922[1] 1928[4] Southern Six Badger
Jefferson Jefferson, WI Public 604 Eagles     1922[1] 1952[11] Badger Capitol (2025)
Lake Mills Lake Mills, WI Public 491 L-Cats     1922[1] 1952[11] Badger Capitol
Milton Milton, WI Public 1,059 Redmen     1922[1] 1952[11] Badger
Stoughton Stoughton, WI Public 868 Vikings     1922[1] 1928[4] Southern Six Badger
Whitewater Whitewater, WI Public 606 Quakers     1922[1] 1937[6] Southern Five Capitol (2025)
Evansville Evansville, WI Public 507 Blue Devils     1925[2] 1952[11] Badger Rock Valley
Brodhead Brodhead, WI Public 315 Cardinals     1932[5] 1944[8] State Line CYTBN (2025)
College High Whitewater, WI Public N/A Preps     1937[7] 1945[10] Southern Regional Closed in 1959
Janesville "B" Janesville, WI Public N/A Bluebirds     1944[9] 1952[11] Big Eight Split into Craig and Parker

Membership timeline

List of state champions

Fall sports

None

Winter sports

None

Spring sports

Boys Track & Field
School Year Division
Fort Atkinson 1927 Class B
Fort Atkinson 1928 Class B

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School Quantity Years
Lake Mills 14 1931, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950
Evansville 6 1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1951, 1952
Milton 4 1927, 1933, 1935, 1952
Whitewater College 3 1939, 1941, 1942
Jefferson 2 1931, 1943
Edgerton 1 1928
Stoughton 1 1926
Whitewater 1 1929
Brodhead 0
Cambridge 0
Fort Atkinson 0
Janesville "B" 0

Football

School Quantity Years
Lake Mills 14 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949
Jefferson 7 1928, 1935, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946
Milton 7 1932, 1934, 1941, 1944, 1947, 1950, 1951
Fort Atkinson 2 1925, 1926
Edgerton 1 1927
Evansville 1 1950
Brodhead 0
Cambridge 0
Janesville "B" 0
Stoughton 0
Whitewater 0
Whitewater College 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jeff Falls, 17-6, Before Lake Mills". Janesville Weekly Gazette. March 3, 1923. p. 13. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Jefferson Falls Before Dashing Local Attack". The Stoughton Courier. February 6, 1926. p. 1. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Four Games on Rock R. Cage Card This Week". The Capital Times. January 25, 1928. p. 12. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "11 Tilts Booked in New Circuit". The Stoughton Courier. September 17, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Rock Valley League Schedule is Completed". Wisconsin State Journal. November 30, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Dommershausen, Joe (September 23, 1937). "Three Rated Contenders in Rock Valley". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 22. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Evansville, Milton Still Unbeaten in Rock Valley Loop". Wisconsin State Journal. December 17, 1937. p. 20. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Brodhead Enters State Line Loop". The Capital Times. October 6, 1944. p. 15. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Janesville's B Teams to Compete in Rock Valley Loop". Wisconsin State Journal. January 10, 1944. p. 10. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Quaker Preps Join Southern Regional". Wisconsin State Journal. March 24, 1945. p. 4. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "New Prep Loop Named Badger Conference". Wisconsin State Journal. March 23, 1952. p. 55. Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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