The Valentine Community Schools Board of Education met on Wednesday evening. One of the items for discussion was an invitation from the South Platte Valley Conference to join that conference for activities. The conference currently includes Sutherland, Hershey, North Platte St. Pats, Perkins County and Chase County. Mitchell will be joining the conference for the 2025 and 26 school year.
It is presumed that Valentine will also be part of that conference next year.
Valentine will leave the Southwest Conference which has larger schools such at Minden, McCook, Gothenberg, Broken Bow and others.
The miles traveled in the new conference will be about the same as the Southwest Conference but the size of schools are more similar. There has been no official release from the schools.