Blanchard Valley Conference (OHSAA) - League History

League History

The BVC formed in time for the 1965-66 school year with Arcadia, Arlington, Cory-Rawson, Hardin Northern, Leipsic (football only), Liberty-Benton, McComb, Van Buren, Vanlue, and Westwood as the inaugural members. When Westwood's district was absorbed by the Bowling Green City School District in 1966, Pandora-Gilboa replaced them in the league for the 1966-67 school year, giving them the lineup they have had ever since.

Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa joined the league for basketball play in 1971-72, while also being co-members of the Putnam County League.

On April 19, 2012, Ada High School of the Northwest Conference, along with Calvert, Hopewell-Loudon, and North Baltimore of the Midland Athletic League made pitches to join the BVC after answering a letter of interest made in February 2012.

On May 21, 2012, the BVC extended invitations to Hopwell-Loudon and North Baltimore with the following report coming from the Findlay Courier:

By an 8-0 vote, with two abstentions, member schools of the Blanchard Valley Conference on Monday voted to approve expansion. North Baltimore and Hopewell-Loudon were formally invited to join the league. Those two schools have until July 1 to accept. Expansion would take effect for the 2014-15 school year. BVC officials still hope to add two more schools to eventually make the conference a 14-team league. Football would be split into two divisions, based on boys enrollment figures combined with a multiplier of wins over the previous four seasons. The schools would then be ranked 1-12 (or 1-14, if two more schools are added); odd-number ranked teams would make up one division and even-number ranked teams the other. There will be no North-South, East-West or straight enrollment-based split of divisions. Under a 12-team format, each football team would play the other teams in its division once, have two crossover games with the other division and an eighth conference game against a team in the same slot in the other division. Each school would have a second non-conference game on its schedule. All other sports will be in a single-division format. The two BVC members who are also part of the Putnam County League, Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa, will remain full members of the PCL.

North Baltimore accepted the BVC's invitation on June 19, 2012 and Hopewell-Loudon did the same a day later. Both schools will join for the 2014-15 season. In December 2012, North Baltimore decided to participate in both the MAL and BVC for all sports except football, which would be BVC-only. This will depend on what setup the MAL will have in the future.