Grand River Conference
ConferenceMSHSAA
Founded1929
No. of teams16
RegionNorthwest Missouri

The Grand River Conference, is a high school athletic conference comprising small-size high schools located in northwest Missouri. The conference members are located in Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, and Worth counties.

History

Founded in December 1929, the conference was formed with six schools: King City, Stanberry, Maysville, Bethany, Albany and Grant City as the Grand River Six. By 1936, the conference had grown to eight teams. Various schools joined and dropped over the years, with several schools switching to 8-player football a contributing factor. By 2011, the conference had ten members, and by 2016, the conference was at 16 teams.[1][2] On March 3, 2023, the superintendents of the conference voted to split into 2 separate conferences, Grand River Conference and Grand River Conference West, based on the current divisional lines with Princeton joining the west and giving the main conference the Brookfield Bulldogs as well as the Marceline Tigers.

Members

As of 2021, the Grand River Conference consists of sixteen high schools, split into two divisions.[3][4][5]

East Division

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool Type
GallatinBulldogs   GallatinDaviessPublic
MaysvilleWolverines   MaysvilleDeKalbPublic
MilanWildcats   MilanSullivanPublic
PoloPanthers   PoloCaldwellPublic
PrincetonTigers   PrincetonMercerPublic
Putnam CountyMidgets   UnionvillePutnamPublic
South HarrisonBulldogs   BethanyHarrisonPublic
TrentonBulldogs   TrentonGrundyPublic

West Division

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool Type
AlbanyWarriors   AlbanyGentryPublic
King CityWildkats   King CityGentryPublic
North AndrewCardinals   RosendaleAndrewPublic
North HarrisonShamrocks   EaglevilleHarrisonPublic
PattonsburgPanthers   PattonsburgDaviessPublic
St. Joseph ChristianLions   St. JosephBuchananPrivate
StanberryBulldogs   StanberryGentryPublic
Worth CountyTigers   Grant CityWorthPublic

References

  1. ↑ Thorn, Cody (February 6, 2015). "Grand River Conference adds 4 to league's ledger". St. Joseph News-Press. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Grand River Conference begins new era". Bethany Republican-Clipper. August 4, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "GRC Boys Basketball Standings". Grand River Conference. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  4. ↑ Conger, Phil (October 23, 2020). "North Harrison to join Grand River Conference". Bethany Republican-Clipper. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. ↑ "North Harrison joins GRC, as four Lady Shamrocks named to all-state softball teams". KTTN-KGOZ Sports. November 5, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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