Fox Valley Christian Conference

The Fox Valley Christian Conference is a former high school athletic conference in Wisconsin, consisting entirely of private schools in northeastern Wisconsin. Operational from 1971 to 1999, all of its member schools belonged to the Wisconsin Independent Schools Athletic Association.

History

1971–1993

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Location of Original Fox Valley Christian Conference Members

The Fox Valley Christian Conference was formed in 1971 when its predecessor, the Fox Valley Catholic Conference, accepted its first non-Catholic member (Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton).^[1] The new conference made its debut with ten schools: Abbot Pennings in De Pere, Fox Valley Lutheran, Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh, Marinette Central Catholic, Our Lady of Premontre in Green Bay, Roncalli in Manitowoc, St. John in Little Chute, St. Mary Catholic in Neenah, St. Mary's Springs in Fond du Lac and Xavier in Appleton.^[2] All Catholic members of the conference with the exception of one were affiliated with the Green Bay diocese (St. Mary's Springs was part of the Milwaukee archdiocese). The conference accepted its first all-girls school when St. Joseph Academy in Green Bay joined in 1972.^[3] The next year, St. John High School left the conference when the school closed.^[4] Membership was stable for the next seventeen years until the three Catholic high schools in the Green Bay area (Pennings, Premontre and St. Joseph) merged into Notre Dame Academy in 1990.^[5] The new school inherited their predecessors' place in the Fox Valley Christian Conference. Manitowoc Lutheran would join the conference in 1991 to bring membership to nine schools.^[6]

1993–1999

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Location of Final Fox Valley Christian Conference Members

In 1993, Notre Dame would move to the Fox River Valley Conference, a conference of public high schools sponsored by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.^[7] This turned out to be a harbinger of things to come, as in 1997, WISAA agreed to a merger with the WIAA to be finalized by the 2000-01 school year.^[8] The next year, the Fox Valley Christian Conference lost two schools to the Midwest Classic Conference: Lourdes Academy and St. Mary Catholic.^[9] The final six schools would play one more year before the conference disbanded in 1999.^[10] All member schools went on to join WIAA-sponsored conferences prior to the merger being final.

Football

The Fox Valley Christian Conference sponsored football for most of its history, with the membership roster mostly coinciding with the conference's full roster. Nine out of the conference's ten full members competed in the initial season with Fox Valley Lutheran joining in 1972.^[1] The next year, St. John left the conference after closing its doors,^[4] and by 1987 the FVCC was down to seven football-playing members with the departure of Marinette Catholic Central^[11] and St. Mary Catholic.^[12] The latter would return for the 1988 season, when the conference was divided by school size with three members (Fox Valley Lutheran, Roncalli and Xavier) carrying dual affiliation:^[13]

Large Schools	Small Schools
Abbot Pennings	Fox Valley Lutheran
Fox Valley Lutheran	Lourdes Academy
Our Lady of Premontre	Roncalli
Roncalli	St. Mary Catholic
St. Mary's Springs	Xavier
Xavier

The Large Schools division experienced a net loss of one school in 1990 when Notre Dame Academy was created from the merger of Abbot Pennings and Our Lady of Premontre.^[5] Their stay would be short, leaving after only two seasons to compete as an independent before joining the Fox River Valley Conference in 1993.^[7] The five remaining schools (plus new members Manitowoc Lutheran, resumed competition as a single division in 1992. The membership ranks thinned to five schools for the 1996 season, with the FVCC losing Lourdes Academy to the Wisconsin Independent Football Association's Classic Division.^[14] This would also be the conference's last season, as four members (Fox Valley Lutheran, Manitowoc Lutheran, St. Mary's Springs and Xavier) joined with three former WIFA members (Edgewood, Luther Prep and Winnebago Lutheran) to form the Wisconsin Christian Football Conference.^[15]

Conference membership history

Final members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Fox Valley Lutheran	Appleton, WI	Private (WELS)	742	Foxes		1971[1][2]	1999[10]	Valley 8	Bay (2025)
Manitowoc Lutheran	Manitowoc, WI	Private (WELS)	227	Lancers		1991[6]	1999[10]	Olympian	Big East
Marinette Central Catholic	Marinette, WI	Private (Catholic)	38	Cavaliers		1971[1][2]	1999[10]	Marinette & Oconto
Roncalli	Manitowoc, WI	Private (Catholic)	223	Jets		1971[1][2]	1999[10]	Eastern Wisconsin
St. Mary's Springs	Fond du Lac, WI	Private (Catholic)	263	Ledgers		1971[1][2]	1999[10]	Flyway	Wisconsin Flyway
Xavier	Appleton, WI	Private (Catholic)	468	Hawks		1971[1][2]	1999[10]	Valley 8	Bay

Previous members

School	Location	Affiliation	Enrollment	Mascot	Colors	Joined	Left	Conference Joined	Current Conference
Abbot Pennings	De Pere, WI	Private (Catholic, Norbertine)	N/A (Boys only)	Squires		1971[1][2]	1990[5]	Closed (merged into Notre Dame Academy)
Lourdes Academy	Oshkosh, WI	Private (Catholic)	178	Knights		1971[1][2]	1998[9]	Midwest Classic	Trailways
Notre Dame Academy	Green Bay, WI	Private (Catholic)	727	Tritons		1990[5]	1993[7]	Fox River Valley	Fox River Classic
Our Lady of Premontre	Green Bay, WI	Private (Catholic)	N/A (Boys only)	Cadets		1971[1][2]	1990[5]	Closed (merged into Notre Dame Academy)
St. John	Little Chute, WI	Private (Catholic)	N/A	Flying Dutchmen		1971[1][2]	1973[4]	Closed
St. Joseph Academy	Green Bay, WI	Private (Catholic)	N/A (Girls only)	Sajoacs		1972[3]	1990[5]	Closed (merged into Notre Dame Academy)
St. Mary Catholic	Neenah, WI	Private (Catholic)	277	Zephyrs		1971[1][2]	1998[9]	Midwest Classic	Big East

Membership timeline

Full members

Football members

 Large Schools  Small Schools  Dual Affiliation

List of state champions

Fall sports

Boys Cross Country

School	Year	Organization	Division
St. Mary's Springs	1971[16]	WISAA	Class B
Roncalli	1973[17]	WISAA	Class B
Roncalli	1976[18]	WISAA	Class B
Our Lady of Premontre	1982[19]	WISAA	Class A
Our Lady of Premontre	1983[20]	WISAA	Class A

Girls Cross Country

School	Year	Organization	Division
Notre Dame Academy	1990[21]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary's Springs	1992[22]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1993[23]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1995[24]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1996[25]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1997[26]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1998[27]	WISAA	Division 2

Football

School	Year	Organization	Division
Abbot Pennings	1971[28]	WISAA
Lourdes Academy	1974[29]	WISAA
Our Lady of Premontre	1978[30]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary's Springs	1983[31]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary's Springs	1984[32]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary's Springs	1990[33]	WISAA	Division 1
St. Mary's Springs	1991[34]	WISAA	Division 1
Notre Dame Academy	1992[35]	WISAA	Division 1
St. Mary's Springs	1995[36]	WISAA	Division 1
Roncalli	1996[37]	WISAA	Division 2
Roncalli	1997[38]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1997[38]	WISAA	Division 3
Roncalli	1998[39]	WISAA	Division 3
St. Mary's Springs	1998[39]	WISAA	Division 2

Golf

School	Year	Organization
Our Lady of Premontre	1978[40]	WISAA
Our Lady of Premontre	1979[41]	WISAA
Our Lady of Premontre	1981[42]	WISAA
Our Lady of Premontre	1985[43]	WISAA
Abbot Pennings	1986[44]	WISAA
Abbot Pennings	1987[45]	WISAA
Abbot Pennings	1988[46]	WISAA
Notre Dame Academy	1991[47]	WISAA

Boys Soccer

School	Year	Organization
Abbot Pennings	1987	WISAA

Girls Tennis

School	Year	Organization
St. Joseph Academy	1981[48]	WISAA

Volleyball

School	Year	Organization	Division
St. Mary Catholic	1981[49]	WISAA	Class B
St. Mary Catholic	1982[49]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1985[49]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1986[49]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1987[49]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1990[50]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1996[51]	WISAA	Division 2

Winter sports

Boys Basketball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Our Lady of Premontre	1982[52]	WISAA	Class A
Marinette Central Catholic	1983[53]	WISAA	Class B
Abbot Pennings	1990[54]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary's Springs	1993[55]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1994[56]	WISAA	Division 2
Xavier	1995[57]	WISAA	Division 1

Girls Basketball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Roncalli	1975[58]	WISAA
Xavier	1978[58]	WISAA
Marinette Central Catholic	1981[58]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1982[58]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1983[58]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1984[59]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1992[60]	WISAA	Division 3
Marinette Central Catholic	1993[61]	WISAA	Division 3
Lourdes Academy	1994[62]	WISAA	Division 2
Marinette Central Catholic	1994[62]	WISAA	Division 3
Lourdes Academy	1995[63]	WISAA	Division 2
Marinette Central Catholic	1995[63]	WISAA	Division 3
Marinette Central Catholic	1996[64]	WISAA	Division 3
Marinette Central Catholic	1997[65]	WISAA	Division 3
St. Mary Catholic	1998[66]	WISAA	Division 2

Wrestling

School	Year	Organization
Lourdes Academy	1993[67]	WISAA
Lourdes Academy	1994[68]	WISAA

Spring sports

Baseball

School	Year	Organization	Division
Xavier	1978[69]	WISAA
Xavier	1979[70]	WISAA
Marinette Central Catholic	1986[71]	WISAA	Class B
Marinette Central Catholic	1987[72]	WISAA	Class B
St. Mary Catholic	1990[73]	WISAA	Class B
Roncalli	1991[74]	WISAA	Class A

Golf

School	Year	Organization
Roncalli	1973[75]	WISAA

Softball

School	Year	Organization	Division
St. Joseph Academy	1984[76]	WISAA
St. Mary Catholic	1986[77]	WISAA	Class B
St. Joseph Academy	1987[78]	WISAA	Class A
St. Joseph Academy	1988[79]	WISAA	Class A
St. Mary Catholic	1990[80]	WISAA	Class B
Fox Valley Lutheran	1998[81]	WISAA	Division 1

Boys Tennis

School	Year	Organization
Abbot Pennings	1987[82]	WISAA

Boys Track & Field

School	Year	Organization	Division
St. John	1973[83]	WISAA	Class C
Roncalli	1974[84]	WISAA	Class B
St. Mary's Springs	1975[85]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1976[86]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1977[87]	WISAA	Class B
St. Mary's Springs	1979[88]	WISAA	Class B
Our Lady of Premontre	1980[89]	WISAA	Class A
Xavier	1984[90]	WISAA	Class B
Xavier	1985[91]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1986[92]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1987[93]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1990[94]	WISAA	Class B
St. Mary's Springs	1993[95]	WISAA	Division 2
Roncalli	1994[96]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1996[97]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1997[98]	WISAA	Division 2
St. Mary's Springs	1998[99]	WISAA	Division 2
Manitowoc Lutheran	1999[100]	WISAA	Division 2

Girls Track & Field

School	Year	Organization	Division
Roncalli	1975[85]	WISAA
Fox Valley Lutheran	1980[89]	WISAA	Class B
Fox Valley Lutheran	1983[101]	WISAA	Class B
Lourdes Academy	1988[102]	WISAA	Class B
Roncalli	1990[94]	WISAA	Class B
Xavier	1992[103]	WISAA	Division 2
Manitowoc Lutheran	1994[96]	WISAA	Division 2

List of conference champions

Boys Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Xavier	8	1979, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997
Our Lady of Premontre	6	1976, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1988
Abbot Pennings	5	1972, 1973, 1974, 1987, 1990
Lourdes Academy	3	1983, 1984, 1992
St. Mary Catholic	3	1975, 1986, 1987
Manitowoc Lutheran	2	1998, 1999
Notre Dame Academy	2	1991, 1992
Roncalli	2	1974, 1983
Fox Valley Lutheran	1	1995
St. Mary's Springs	1	1993
Marinette Catholic Central	0
St. John	0

Girls Basketball

School	Quantity	Years
Xavier	11	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1999
Marinette Catholic Central	3	1984, 1992, 1994
St. Joseph Academy	3	1981, 1982, 1984
Fox Valley Lutheran	2	1998, 1999
Lourdes Academy	2	1990, 1995
Roncalli	2	1989, 1997
Notre Dame Academy	1	1991
St. Mary Catholic	1	1996
Manitowoc Lutheran	0
St. Mary's Springs	0

Football

School	Quantity	Years
St. Mary's Springs	18	1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Abbot Pennings	6	1971, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1985
Our Lady of Premontre	6	1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985
Fox Valley Lutheran	3	1988, 1990, 1991
Roncalli	3	1980, 1988, 1989
Xavier	1	1988
Lourdes Academy	0
Manitowoc Lutheran	0
Marinette Catholic Central	0
Notre Dame Academy	0
St. John	0
St. Mary Catholic	0