Grand River Conference

Grand River Conference
ConferenceMSHSAA
Founded1929
No. of teams18
RegionNorthwest Missouri

The Grand River Conference, is a high school athletic conference comprising small-size high schools located in northwest and north central Missouri. The conference members are located in Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Mercer, Putnam, Sullivan, 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 (GRC) and Grand River Conference West (GRC West), based on the previous divisional lines with Princeton joining the GRC West and giving the GRC the Brookfield Bulldogs (formerly of the Clarence Cannon Conference) and the Marceline Tigers (formerly of the Lewis & Clark Conference), who began GRC play in the 2024-2025 school year.

Members

As of 2024, the Grand River Conference consists of eighteen high schools split into two separate conferences.[3][4][5]

Grand River Conference

School Name Mascot Colors City County School Type
Brookfield Bulldogs     Brookfield Linn Public
Gallatin Bulldogs     Gallatin Daviess Public
Marceline Tigers     Marceline Linn Public
Maysville Wolverines     Maysville DeKalb Public
Milan Wildcats     Milan Sullivan Public
Polo Panthers     Polo Caldwell Public
Putnam County Midgets     Unionville Putnam Public
South Harrison Bulldogs     Bethany Harrison Public
Trenton Bulldogs     Trenton Grundy Public

Grand River Conference West

School Name Mascot Colors City County School Type
Albany Warriors     Albany Gentry Public
King City Wildkats     King City Gentry Public
North Andrew Cardinals     Rosendale Andrew Public
North Harrison Shamrocks     Eagleville Harrison Public
Pattonsburg Panthers     Pattonsburg Daviess Public
Princeton Tigers     Princeton Mercer Public
St. Joseph Christian Lions     St. Joseph Buchanan Private
Stanberry Bulldogs     Stanberry Gentry Public
Worth County Tigers     Grant City Worth Public

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.