Author: Dave
Company: Toshiba

LITTLE 7 - 12 / K.S.A.C. CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL STRUCTURE OVER THE YEARS

1951	LITTLE 7 CONFERENCE FORMS WITH 7 TEAMS:
 	BROCKWAY - ROVERS  			BROOKVILLE - RED RAIDERS
	CLARION - BOBCATS 			REDBANK VALLEY - BULLDOGS 	REYNOLDSVILLE - BULLDOGS 	RIMERSBURG - RAMS
	SYKESVILLE - LEOPARDS.
1953	RIMERSBURG AND SLIGO HIGH SCHOOLS MERGE CREATING 	UNION HIGH SCHOOL. THE FOOTBALL TEAM KEEPS THE NAME,  RAMS
	(BASKETBALL TEAM KEEPS THE SLIGO B.B. NAME, BLUEJAYS.)
1959	CONFERENCE BECOMES THE LITTLE 8, WHEN KEYSTONE - 	PANTHERS JOIN. UNION OPENS NEW BUILDING IN RIMERSBURG. ALL OF THEIR SPORTS TEAMS BECOME THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS.
1961	REYNOLDSVILLE AND SYKESVILLE MERGE BECOME
	REYNOLDSVILLE - SYKESVILLE (REYN.-SYKES.) - FALCONS.
	EAST BRADY - BULLDOGS JOIN CONFERENCE.
1962	BROOKVILLE MOVES TO SCHOOL BUILDING, CHANGES THE RED  	RAIDERS TO THE BLUE RAIDERS
1965	REYN. - SYKES. CLOSES. THEIR STUDENTS ARE NOW IN THE  	DUBOIS H.S. CONFERENCE IS THE LITTLE 7 AGAIN.
1966	BROCKWAY LEAVES CONFERENCE. CONFERENCE NOW HAS SIX TEAMS, BUT IN OLD NEWSPAPERS ARTICLES I’VE READ, THE CONFERENCE STILL REFERRED TO AS LITTLE SEVEN
1967	ALLEGHENY - CLARION VALLEY - FALCONS, KARNS CITY - 	GREMLINS 	AND MONITEAU WARRIORS JOIN. CONFERENCE BECOMES 
THE LITTLE 9.
1970	BROCKWAY REJOINS THE CONFERENCE. CONFERENCE BECOMES
	THE LITTLE 10.
1972	CLARION - LIMESTONE LIONS,AND SHANNOCK VALLEY - 	SPARTANS JOIN THE CONFERENCE. CONFERENCE BECOMES 	LITTLE 12. CONFERENCE IS DIVIDED INTO EASTERN AND 	WESTERN DIVISIONS,
AND A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME PITTING DIVISION CHAMPS IS ESTABLISHED.
1991	EAST BRADY CLOSES. CONFERENCE BECOMES LITTLE 11.
1992	SHANNOCK VALLEY BECOMES ARMSTRONG EAST.
1993	ARMSTRONG EAST BECOMES SHANNOCK VALLEY AGAIN.
	BROOKVILLE LEAVES THE CONFERENCE. THE CONFERENCE 	BECOMES THE KEYSTONE SHORTWAY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE  	(K.S.A.C.).  EAST AND WEST DIVISIONS ARE DISCONTINUED.  	CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS DISCONTINUED.
1999	BROCKWAY LEAVES THE CONFERENCE.
2000	SHANNOCK VALLEY CLOSES. WEST SHAMOKIN - WOLVES JOIN THE  	CONFERENCE. SCHOOL FORMED FROM SHANNOCK VALLEY AND 	DAYTON DISTRICTS.
2004	WEST SHAMOKIN LEAVES THE CONFERENCE
2008	BROOKVILLE REJOINS CONFERENCE.  PUNXSUTAWNEY JOINS THE CONFERENCE.
2010	ST. MARYS - FLYING DUTCHMEN JOIN THE CONFERENCE.
	CONFERENCE NOW HAS BIG SCHOOL (AAA and AA) AND 
	SMALL SCHOOL (A) DIVISIONS, AND CROWNS A CHAMPION IN
	EACH DIVISION.
2017	LAST YEAR OF KSAC FOOTBALL EXISTANCE (SCHOOLS JOIN NEWLY FORMED DISTRICT NINE LEAGUE)