The Fox Valley Conference is an
IHSA recognized high school extracurricular conference including the following schools, generally located in the northern part of the
Fox River basin in
Illinois
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. The conference regularly produces strong athletic teams, including 6A Football State Champions
Prairie Ridge (2016-17) and
Cary-Grove (2018, 2021); 2017 4A State Baseball Champion
Crystal Lake South; and 2019 4A State Softball Champion
Huntley.
Schools
The conference consists of 10 teams total. All enrollments and classifications
are from th
Illinois High School Associationwebsite.
Previous Members
Membership Timeline
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Changes
* Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High School, both charter members of the FVC, consolidated to become Dundee-Crown at the start of the 1983–84 school year.
*
Lake Zurich
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joined the conference in 1991–92.
* Grayslake (now known as
Grayslake Central) joined in 1997–98.
Prairie Ridge opened this year and joined the conference as well.
*
Huntley joined in 2003–04. (This led to a scheduling issue for the football season. With 11 schools in the conference, it was impossible to have each school play all 10 other conference opponents because the football regular season is only 9 games.)
* Lake Zurich left to join the
North Suburban Conference after the 2004–05 school year.
*
Johnsburg and
Grayslake North joined in 2006–07. The 12 schools were split into two divisions: the smaller schools (Crystal Lake Central, Grayslake Central, Grayslake North, Huntley, Johnsburg, Prairie Ridge) in the Fox Division, and the larger schools (Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown, Jacobs, McHenry, Woodstock) in the Valley Division.
*
Woodstock North joined in 2009–10, being placed in the Fox Division. With
Woodstock
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's enrollment split in half due to Woodstock North opening, it moved down to the Fox Division, and Huntley moved up to the Valley Division.
*
Hampshire
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joined in 2011–12. They joined the Fox Division, and Prairie Ridge moved into the Valley Division.
* Johnsburg left to join the
Big Northern Conference
The Big Northern Conference (BNC) is an organization of ten high schools in northern Illinois. These high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association.
The high schools of the Big Northern Conference are located in the following ...
in 2014–15. Prairie Ridge moved back into the Fox Division.
* Woodstock and Woodstock North left in 2016–17 to become charter members of the
Kishwaukee River Conference. Grayslake North and Grayslake Central also left this same year to become charter members of the
Northern Lake County Conference. With only 9 remaining schools, the FVC eliminated its division format.
*
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
joined in 2019–20.
State championships
There have been 27 total IHSA State Championships earned by members of the FVC.
Football
* Woodstock
** 1983–84 4A
** 1997–98 5A
* Cary-Grove
** 2009–10 6A
** 2018–19 6A
**2021–22 6A
* Prairie Ridge
** 2011–12 6A
** 2016–17 6A
** 2017–18 6A
Volleyball (girls)
* Crystal Lake Central
** 2007–08 3A
* Cary-Grove
** 2009–10 4A
Cross country (boys)
* Crystal Lake Central
** 1995–96 AA
* Grayslake Central
** 2015–16 2A
Golf (boys)
* Crystal Lake South
** 1980–81 AA
Soccer (boys)
* Prairie Ridge
** 1999–00 A
* Crystal Lake South
** 2018–19 2A
Competitive cheerleading
* Hampshire
** 2014–15 M
*Crystal Lake Central
**2021–22 M
Competitive dance
* Crystal Lake Central
** 2012–13 2A
Gymnastics (girls)
* Prairie Ridge
** 2014–15
** 2015–16
** 2016–17
** 2019–20
** 2021–22
Baseball
* Prairie Ridge
** 2007–08 4A
* Crystal Lake South
** 2016–17 4A
Softball
* Huntley
** 2018–19 4A
Journalism
* Huntley
** 2021–22
Notes
References
External links
Illinois High School Association
{{Illinois High School Association
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
Illinois high school sports conferences
High school sports in Illinois