Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference


The Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference is a high school athletic organization, featuring schools from the towns that surround the Kennebec River in the state of Maine. It is the largest athletic conference in the state with 27 different schools as members.

Member schools

The KVAC consists of 27 different schools, which are divided into two divisions in three different classes in coordination with the Maine Principals' Association. Membership includes:
Soccer/Baseball/Softball
CLASS ACLASS BCLASS C
BangorBelfastMt. View
BrewerGardinerWinslow
BrunswickLeavittMaine Central Institute
Edward LittleErskine-
HampdenMedomak-
LewistonOceanside-
MessalonskeeNokomis-
Mt. AraratLawrence-
Mt. BlueMorse-
Oxford HillsCony-
Camden HillsLincoln-
Skowhegan-
Waterville-

Basketball
CLASS AACLASS ACLASS B
Bangor Belfast Maine Central Institute
Edward Little Oceanside Mt. View
Lewiston Waterville Winslow
Oxford Hills Cony
BrewerErskine
Hampden Gardiner
Messalonskee Lincoln
Mt. Ararat Lawrence
Brunswick Leavitt
Camden Hills Medomak Valley
Mt. Blue Morse
Skowhegan Nokomis

In conjunction with the MPA and its member schools, the KVAC administers the following sports: Football, Soccer, Field Hockey, Golf, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Basketball, Indoor Track, Skiing, Swimming, Wrestling, Ice Hockey, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Outdoor Track, and Lacrosse. Members schools and athletes compete for team and individual conference championship status between the end of the regular season and the start of the MPA playoffs.
Membership drastically changed in the early-mid 2000s when schools switched regions and classes. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Class A membership included Waterville, Lawrence, Skowhegan, Mt. Blue, Messalonskee, Cony, Medomak Valley, and Gardiner as Eastern Maine schools and Brunswick, Morse, Mt. Ararat, Oxford Hills, and Leavitt as Western Maine schools in sports like basketball. The five Western Maine schools were moved into Eastern Maine for the 2001–02 season. This was due to two reasons. One, enrollment at EM schools in more northern parts of the state were dropping and schools like Stearns, Caribou, and later Presque Isle were moving down to Class B. Another reason was the MPA's failed four division format where Eastern and Western Maine were split into north–south divisions. That format lasted one year. Edward Little and Lewiston, former members of the Southwestern Maine Activities Association, joined in 2003. That move was followed by the decision to move those schools to Eastern Maine. The KVAC also gained former Class A members of the Big East/Penobscot Valley Conference from the Bangor area in 2005 when that league was forced to disband due to loss of membership. 5 schools, Bangor High School, Brewer High School, Nokomis Regional High School, Old Town High School, and Hampden Academy, joined. Bangor, Brewer, and Hampden continue to be members of the Class A division, while Nokomis moved to Class B, and Old Town moved to Class B, but returned to the Big East/PVC. Erskine has jumped between Classes A and B since 2005 but will move back to B in 2013. Gardiner moved to Class B in 2007. Leavitt and Nokomis dropped to B in 2009, with Leavitt moving to the West. Morse dropped from EM Class A to WM Class B in 2011. Rockland District High School merged with nearby Georges Valley High School in 2011 to form Oceanside East/West High School. Oak Hill High School was a Class B member until 2012 when they moved to the Mountain Valley Conference, a Class B/C league in the western mountains. Erskine moved to Class B in 2013, and Maranacook to Class C. Spruce Mountain High School of Jay, a member of the Mountain Valley Conference, briefly joined the league in 2014 school year, but then returned to the MVC in 2017. In 2022 Maranacook moved to the MVC.
Starting with the 2015–16 season, basketball will be divided into five classes and into north and south regions.
The KVAC also holds an annual banquet in May to recognize 10 Senior Scholars from each of its member schools.

Cross-Country

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Indoor Track & Field

Meet Records

Women

EventNameSchoolTime/DistanceDate
55m DashKim DoucetteOld Orchard Beach High School7.1h1989
55m HurdlesJesse LabreckMessalonskee High School8.402008
200m DashKristin SlotnickBrunswick High School26.072008
400m DashClare FrancoBrunswick High School59.532008
800m RunBethanie BrownWaterville High School2:17.332012
1600m RunBethanie BrownWaterville High School5:08.092012
3200m RunJoanna GreenBrunswick High School11:11.0h1985
4 × 200 m RelayA Ranucci, L. Clavet, A. Chisholm, J. MastersEdward Little High School1:49.722012
4 × 800 m RelayE. Woods, B. Wilcox, J. Wilcox, R. LebelMt. Ararat High School9:57.952004
High JumpJesse LabreckMessalonskee High School5-05.002007
Pole VaultBethany DumasCony High School11–05.502007
Long JumpKathy CrichtonBrunswick High School17–06.251988
Triple JumpShelby TuttleWaterville High School37–04.002009
Shot PutBethany Karter-O'BrienWaterville High School42–06.002008

Soccer

Class A

Men

  • No KVAC Game held in 2005. Winner determined by record.
* Decided by Penalty Kicks

Women

  • No KVAC Game was held in 2005. The winner is determined by their regular season record.
**Co-KVAC Champions - Due to Tie in the Championship Match

Class B Champions

Men

YearChampionScoreRunner-up
2011Camden Hills Regional High SchoolN/AWinslow High School
2008Camden Hills Regional High School4-1Medomak Valley High School
2005Maranacook Community School

Golf

Men's Champions
YearChampion
1997Brunswick High School
1981Brunswick High School
1980Brunswick High School
1978Brunswick High School

Basketball

Men

YearChampionScoreRunners-up
2010Edward Little High School82–57Brewer High School
2009Edward Little High School71–54Brewer High School
2006Brunswick High School
2005Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School57–48Brunswick High School
2004Brunswick High School
2003Brunswick High School64–53Cony High School
2002Brunswick High School76–31Lawrence High School
2001Brunswick High School
1959Brunswick High School
1958Brunswick High School
1957Brunswick High School