Northern Indiana Valley Conference

The Northern Indiana Valley Conference was an IHSAA sactioned conference in the South Bend/Mishawaka metropolitan area. The conference began as the St. Joseph County Conference in 1932, made up of county schools and South Bend schools not in the Northern Indiana Conference. Smaller county schools consolidated and moved to different conferences with more similar-sized schools, and by 1966 the county league was down to four members. The league decided to take in the two county Catholic schools, Marian and St. Joseph, that next year, and rebranded as the NIVC. The league took a hard hits beginning in 1974. Penn was accepted into the NIC, it was announced South Bend Jackson would close after the school year, and the league stopped sponsoring football. South Bend LaSalle were invited to replace

Northern Indiana Valley Conference

The Northern Indiana Valley Conference was an IHSAA sactioned conference in the South Bend/Mishawaka metropolitan area. The conference began as the St. Joseph County Conference in 1932, made up of county schools and South Bend schools not in the Northern Indiana Conference. Smaller county schools consolidated and moved to different conferences with more similar-sized schools, and by 1966 the county league was down to four members. The league decided to take in the two county Catholic schools, Marian and St. Joseph, that next year, and rebranded as the NIVC. The league took a hard hits beginning in 1974. Penn was accepted into the NIC, it was announced South Bend Jackson would close after the school year, and the league stopped sponsoring football. South Bend LaSalle were invited to replace