KAW VALLEY Football League

KAW VALLEY Football League (Original): 1925-1937 Return to AREA FB HOME Update: November 12, 2011

The original Kaw Valley League was formed in 1924 and held competition in the 1924-25 school year in basketball. The first football competition in the league took place in the fall of 1925 with the following participants: DE SOTO, EUDORA, LINWOOD, BONNER SPRINGS and SHAWNEE MISSION. Some of the original reports about this group use the name Kaw Valley Athletic Association - but that reference quickly disappears and various newspapers of the day all use the name KAW VALLEY LEAGUE from 1925 till the disbanding after the 1936-37 school year.

Welborn (name changed to WASHINGTON-K.C. in 1931) joined the league in 1926. SHAWNEE MISSION dropped out in 1927. In that same season, TONGANOXIE was approved for participation. LINWOOD struggled to compete in football - they sat out the 1929 season then came back in play for the 1930, 1931 and 1933 seasons before dropping football membership in the KVL. TURNER-K.C. was recruited in 1933 bringing a peak to membership at seven teams.

A league of smaller schools was started in 1936 called the LITTLE FIVE. EUDORA and DE SOTO belonged to this league as well as the KVL in 1936. EUDORA continued that dual membership in 1937. DE SOTO discontinued football in 1937 and joined the TRI-COUNTY League (non-football league) . The new EKL took WASHINGTON-K.C., BONNER SPRINGS and TURNER-K.C. out of the KVL. EUDORA played on in the LITTLE FIVE and TONGANOXIE played as an INDEPENDENT.

1925	DeSoto	(3-1-0)	(6-3-0)	H.A.W. Kesler
1926	DeSoto *	(5-0-0)	(7-0-2)	H.A.W. Kesler
1927	DeSoto	(4-0-0)	(8-2-0)	H.A.W. Kesler
1928	DeSoto	(5-0-0)	(7-2-0)	H.A.W. Kesler
1929	Desoto	(4-0-0)	(8-0-1)	H.A.W. Kesler
1930	Desoto	(5-0-0)	(7-0-1)	Cliff Breithaupt
1931	DeSoto	(4-0-1)		Cliff Breithaupt
1932	Tonganoxie	(3-0-1)	(3-3-3)	Allen Beatty
1933	Tonganoxie	(6-0-0)	(8-0-1)	Allen Beatty
1934	Washington-K.C.	(5-0-0)	(8-0-0)	Claude Huyck
1935	Tonganoxie	(4-1-0)	(7-1-1)	J.D. Fink
	Turner-K.C	(4-1-0)	(7-0-1)	Chet Davenport
1936	Tonganoxie	(4-0-1)	(8-0-1)	J.D. Fink
1937	Eudora **	(4-0-0)	(6-1-1)	Cliff Olander

* Shawnee Mission won the championship - but had to forfeit all their wins due to ineligible player.

This league revived the name used by the association of 1925. The charter members came mainly from three leagues that ended in 1982. TONGANOXIE, LANSING and DE SOTO were from the PIONEER League - BASEHOR, EUDORA and PIPER-K.C. came in from the JAYHAWK II - PERRY-LECOMPTON had been a member of the JEFFERSON COUNTY League. The last member of the group, IMMACULATA-LEAVENWORTH, left the BIG 7 for the new league.

EUDORA withdrew in 1985 and joined the FRONTIER League. Basehor merger with Linwood to form BASEHOR-LINWOOD in 1988. Other than that, the league membership stayed the same until 1991. SANTA FE TRAIL was admitted that year after growing too large for the MID-EAST League. The membership was increased when a new school MILL VALLEY-Shawnee was admitted in 2000.

In 2002 the league was divided into a Upper and Lower division. BONNER SPRINGS (formerly HURON League) joined MILL VALLEY, TONGANOXIE, LANSING and BASEHOR-LINWOOD in the Upper Division. SANTA FE TRAIL, PIPER-K.C., PERRY-LECOMPTON, DE SOTO and IMMACULATA comprised the Lower Division. There is only one trophy awarded for the league championship in football. The championship is awarded to the team with the best winning percentage in league games regardless of division. There are split titles for basketball. Other recent membership changes: 2003 DE SOTO dropped out and joined the FRONTIER League. 2004 WARD-K.C. joined the league after the HURON League folded. Update: IMMACULATA left the league after the 2006-07 school year. TURNER-KC became a new member in 2009. PERRY-LECOMPTON and SANTA FE TRAIL will be joining the BIG 7 in 2010.

*1983*	*Tonganoxie*	*(7-0)*	*(8-1)*	*Marvin Moles*
*1984*	*Piper-K.C.*	*(7-0)*	*(7-2)*	*Laurel Hobick*
*1985*	*DeSoto*	*(5-1)*	*(5-4)*	*Ron Blackwood*
*1986*	*DeSoto*	*(5-1)*	*(7-2)*	*Ron Blackwood*
	*Piper-K.C.*	*(5-1)*	*(7-4)*	*Laurel Hobick*
*1987*	*DeSoto*	*(6-0)*	*(9-1)*	*Ron Blackwood*
*1988*	*DeSoto*	*(5-1)*	*(7-2)*	*Jon Krug*
	*Lansing*	*(5-1)*	*(6-3)*	*Rick Hodam*
*1989*	*Perry-Lecompton*	*(6-0)*	*(7-2)*	*Armin Landis*
*1990*	*Immaculata (Leavenworth)*	*(6-0)*	*(10-1)*	*Pat Patterson*
*1991*	*Immaculata (Leavenworth)*	*(5-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Pat Patterson*
	*Perry-Lecompton*	*(5-1)*	*(7-2)*	*Armin Landis*
	*Tonganoxie*	*(5-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Steve Hughes*
*1992*	*Piper-K.C.*	*(7-0)*	*(8-2)*	*Laurel Hobick*
*1993*	*Piper-K.C.*	*(6-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Laurel Hobick*
*1994*	*Santa Fe Trail (Carbondale)*	*(6-0)*	*(11-1)*	*Bob Von Stein*
*1995*	*Immaculata (Leavenworth)*	*(5-1)*	*(9-2)*	*Todd Leonard*
*1996*	*Santa Fe Trail (Carbondale)*	*(6-0)*	*(10-2)*	*Bob Von Stein*
*1997*	*Santa Fe Trail (Carbondale)*	*(6-0)*	*(8-1)*	*Bob Von Stein*
*1998*	*Immaculata (Leavenworth)*	*(6-0)*	*(7-2)*	*Todd Leonard*
	*Lansing*	*(6-0)*	*(7-2)*	*Rick Hodam*
*1999*	*Perry-Lecompton*	*(6-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Charlie Golder*
	*Santa Fe Trail (Carbondale)*	*(5-1)*	*(7-2)*	*Bob Von Stein*
*2000*	*Basehor-Linwood*	*(6-0)*	*(6-4)*	*Paul Brown*
	*Immaculata (Leavenworth)*	*(6-0)*	*(6-3)*	*Todd Leonard*
*2001*	*Basehor-Linwood*	*(5-1)*	*(5-5)*	*Paul Brown*
*2002*	*Mill Valley (Shawnee)*	*(6-0)*	*(8-1)*	*George Radell*
	*Santa Fe Trail (Carbondale)*	*(7-0)*	*(7-2)*	*Bob Von Stein*
*2003*	*Piper-K.C.*	*(8-1)*	*(8-1)*	*Dick Tatro*
*2004*	*Mill Valley (Shawnee)*	*(5-0)*	*(6-4)*	*George Radell*
*2005*	*Lansing*	*(7-1)*	*(9-2)*	*Bill Pekarek*
	*Tonganoxie*	*(7-1)*	*(9-2)*	*Mark Elston*
	Perry-Lecompton *	*(6-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Mike Paramore*
*2006*	*Tonganoxie*	*(7-0)*	*(8-2)*	*Mark Elston*
*2007*	*Perry-Lecompton*	*(6-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Mike Paramore*
	*Bonner Springs*	*(5-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Lew Kasselman*
	*Lansing*	*(5-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Bill Pekarek*
*2008*	*Mill Valley (Shawnee)*	*(5-0)*	*(9-2)*	*George Radell*
*2009*	*Basehor-Linwood*	*(7-1)*	*(8-2)*	*Steve Hopkins*
*2010*	*Basehor-Linwood*	*(7-0)*	*(9-1)*	*Steve Hopkins*
*2011*	*Basehor-Linwood*	*(7-0)*	*(10-1)*	*Steve Hopkins*

* Pat Winchester of Perry-Lecompton informed me that this team shared the crown in 2005. Their district schedule did not allow them to play 8 league games.