Fox Valley Conference


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. The conference regularly produces strong athletic teams, including 6A Football State Champions Prairie Ridge and Cary-Grove ; 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 the Illinois High School Association website.
SchoolTownTeam NameColorsEnrollmentIHSA Classes 2/3/4
Burlington Central High SchoolBurlingtonRockets 1063.5AA/2A/3A
Cary-Grove High SchoolCaryTrojans 1718AA/3A/4A
Crystal Lake Central High SchoolCrystal LakeTigers 1526.5AA/2A/3A
Crystal Lake South High SchoolCrystal LakeGators 1493AA/2A/3A
Dundee-Crown High SchoolCarpentersvilleChargers 2467AA/3A/4A
Hampshire High SchoolHampshireWhip-Purs 1612AA/2A/3A
Huntley High SchoolHuntleyRed Raiders 3020.5AA/3A/4A
Jacobs High SchoolAlgonquinGolden Eagles 2145.5AA/3A/4A
McHenry High SchoolsMcHenryWarriors 2209AA/3A/4A
Prairie Ridge High SchoolCrystal LakeWolves 1446.5AA/2A/3A


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    Changes

  • Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High School, both charter members of the FVC, merged into Dundee-Crown at the start of the 1983–84 school year.
  • Lake Zurich joined the conference in 1991–92.
  • Grayslake joined in 1997–98. Prairie Ridge opened this year and joined the conference as well.
  • Huntley joined in 2003–04.
  • Lake Zurich left to join the North Suburban Conference after the 2004–05 school year.
  • Johnsburg and Grayslake North joined in the 2006–07 school year. The 12 schools were split into two divisions: the smaller schools in the Fox Division, and the larger schools in the Valley Division.
  • During the 2009–10 school year, Woodstock North joined the conference as a full member, and, as a result, Woodstock moved down to the Fox Division, and Huntley moved up to the Valley Division.
  • Hampshire joined in 2011–12. They joined the Fox Division, and, as a result, Prairie Ridge has moved into the Valley Division.
  • Johnsburg left to join the Big Northern Conference in 2014–15. Prairie Ridge was 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.
  • Burlington Central joined the FVC in 2019–20.