Articles Tagged: Mississippi Valley Conference

Cedar Rapids Xavier started the Class 4A boys’ golf season at South Hills Golf Course in Waterloo Thursday, setting a school record with 289 to win the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet.

High school softball: 2025 area all-conference portal. Received so far: MVC Mississippi and Valley divisions, Wamac East and West divisions, River Valley North and South Divisions, Tri-Rivers East and West divisions, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa.

Track and field: Cedar Falls (MVC Valley Division) and Mid-Prairie (River Valley Conference) are projected to sweep the titles of their respective leagues Thursday.

Lightning will be in Class 3A this spring after earning a state berth in 2A in 2024

Girls’ basketball: The 2024-25 area all-conference portal. Received so far: MVC Mississippi & Valley, Wamac East & West, River Valley North & South divisions, Tri-Rivers East & West, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa.

Wrestlers from MVC schools competed in the 2025 conference tournament at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids

Mount Vernon’s Libby Dix eyes return to state to defend her title while wrestlers begin new era of 2-class qualifing

Girls’ wrestling: Taylor Cavanh and Evelyn Eggleston are leaders and won MVC gold on same day

Here is a quick synopsis of the conferences in the Gazette area and a prediction for each winner.

Another duel between Western Dubuque’s Quentin Nauman and Cedar Falls’ Jaden Merrick awaits at Thursday’s Mississippi Valley Conference cross country meet at Seminole Valley Park.

Prep softball: The portal for 2024 area all-conference teams. Received so far: MVC Mississippi & Valley, Wamac East & West, River Valley North & South, Tri-Rivers East & West, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa, plus all-Metro.

The weekly Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association statewide rankings has contained a large contingent of Mississippi Valley Conference teams. As the regular season winds, the MVC maintains a strong presence in the poll.

Track and field: Actually it’s field and track for the Linn-Mar girls, who score 62 field-event points in an MVC Valley Division title repeat. Iowa City West wins the boys’ championship.

Track and field: Solon-Mount Vernon girls’ duel in the Wamac is the top area storyline as the area conference meets loom.

Schedule conflicts have prevented the Cedar Rapids Washington girls’ golf team from fielding its best lineup. The Warriors were at full strength Monday for the Mississippi Valley Conference Super Meet at Ellis Golf Course and rolled to the team title.