Conference | MSHSAA |
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Founded | 1929 |
No. of teams | 16 |
Region | Northwest 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.
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.
As of 2021, the Grand River Conference consists of sixteen high schools, split into two divisions.[3][4][5]
School Name | Mascot | Colors | City | County | School Type |
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Gallatin | Bulldogs | Gallatin | Daviess | Public | |
Maysville | Wolverines | Maysville | DeKalb | Public | |
Milan | Wildcats | Milan | Sullivan | Public | |
Polo | Panthers | Polo | Caldwell | Public | |
Princeton | Tigers | Princeton | Mercer | Public | |
Putnam County | Midgets | Unionville | Putnam | Public | |
South Harrison | Bulldogs | Bethany | Harrison | Public | |
Trenton | Bulldogs | Trenton | Grundy | Public |
School Name | Mascot | Colors | City | County | School Type |
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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 | |
St. Joseph Christian | Lions | St. Joseph | Buchanan | Private | |
Stanberry | Bulldogs | Stanberry | Gentry | Public | |
Worth County | Tigers | Grant City | Worth | Public |