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Okaw Valley Conference Appears To Be Headed To Separation

Athletic Directors from the Okaw Valley Conference met in Monticello Wednesday to discuss the future of the conference.

Seven members of the twelve team league have been discussing breaking off of the conference. Athletic Director for Monticello High School, Randy Moss says the discussions included reducing the number of football sections to two, as there are currently three, and eliminating travel for some schools. Those things, Moss felt, they were able to address.

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Concerns addressed that could not be changed were competitiveness of teams and their demographic. According to Moss, when the seven schools seeking to leave the conference were asked what should the remaining five do, the answer was simply, 'find new members'.

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While nothing is official, the five will hold a special meeting Monday to figure out what needs to happen going forward. Moss says schools in the area have already contacted them about joining the conference and they too have schools in mind they feel would be a good fit. The target for the future of the Okaw will be eight to ten schools.

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Moss feels the situation is unfortunate because each school has a good relationship and the conference has been extremely competitive as evidenced by the multiple championships of several schools in various sports.

The schools remaining in the Okaw are Clinton, Monticello, Decatur St. Teresa, Tolono-Unity, and Maroa-Forsyth.

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