Golden Valley Conference

The Golden Valley Conference (GVC) is a junior college athletic conference affiliated with the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). Its members are located in the Northern California.

The conference was formed in 1950 and began operation in 1951. Its six initial members were Grant Technical College—now known as American River College, Napa Junior College—now known as Napa Valley College, Placer Junior College—now known as Sierra College, Shasta College, Vallejo Junior College—now known as Solano Community College, and Yuba College. Wyman E. Olson of Grant Grant Technical College was appointed commissioner of the conference at an organizational meeting in the spring of 1950.

Yearly football standings

1951 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1 Napa 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 0 Grant Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Vallejo 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Placer 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Shasta 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1952 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Vallejo $ 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 2 Yuba 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Shasta 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1 Napa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Grant Tech 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Placer 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1953 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba + 4 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Shasta + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Vallejo + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Grant Tech 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Napa 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Sierra 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1954 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Vallejo $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1 Yuba 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Shasta 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Napa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Sierra 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 1 Grant Tech 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion	1955 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Shasta 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Vallejo 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Napa 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 American River 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 5 – 1 Marin 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Sierra 0 – 4 – 2 0 – 7 – 2 $ – Conference champion	1956 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba + 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Marin + 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 American River 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Shasta 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Sierra 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Napa 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1957 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Shasta 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Marin 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 American River 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Sierra 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1958 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Sierra 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1 Shasta 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Napa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0 American River 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 Marin 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1959 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sierra + 4 – 0 – 1 ? – ? – ? Yuba + 4 – 0 – 1 ? – ? – ? Shasta 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Napa 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? American River 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Marin 0 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? + – Conference co-champions
1960 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T American River $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Yuba 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Sierra 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Shasta 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Napa 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0 Marin 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1961 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sierra $ 3 – 0 – 2 ? – ? – ? Marin 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Shasta 2 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Yuba 2 – 2 – 1 ? – ? – ? Napa 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? American River 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1962 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Santa Rosa $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1 Marin 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Shasta 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Sierra 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Yuba 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Napa 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1963 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Santa Rosa $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Marin 4 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ? Yuba 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Napa 2 – 3 – 0 ? – ? – ? Sierra 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Shasta 0 – 5 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1964 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Santa Rosa $ 5 – 0 – 0 ? – ? – ? Napa 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Sierra 3 – 2 – 0 ? – ? – ? Marin 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Shasta 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? Yuba 1 – 4 – 0 ? – ? – ? $ – Conference champion	1965 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Shasta $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Yuba 4 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Santa Rosa 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Napa 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Marin 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 1 Sierra 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1966 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sierra $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Shasta 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Marin 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Yuba 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Napa 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Santa Rosa 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1967 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Marin $^ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1 Yuba 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Shasta 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Sierra 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Redwoods 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Santa Rosa 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 2 Napa 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant	1968 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $^ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Yuba 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Sierra 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Butte 1 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 Shasta 1 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 1 Napa 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 Siskiyous   –   5 – 0 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant
1969 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba +^ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Redwoods + 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Butte 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Shasta 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Sierra 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Napa 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Siskiyous 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant	1970 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $^ 6 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0 Butte 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Shasta 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1 Sierra 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Yuba 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 Siskiyous 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Napa 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant	1971 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $^ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Butte 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Yuba 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Sierra 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 Shasta 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Napa 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant
1972 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $^ 5 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0 Shasta 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Butte 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Siskiyous 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Sierra 0 – 4 – 1 1 – 7 – 1 Yuba 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 7 – 1 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant	1973 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Sierra +^ 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 7 – 0 Butte + 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Redwoods + 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Shasta + 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Yuba 3 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Siskiyous 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Napa 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – California state junior college small division playoff participant	1974 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $^ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Butte 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Siskiyous 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Sierra 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Shasta 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Yuba 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Napa 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college Division III playoff participant
1975 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Butte 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Shasta 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Napa 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Sierra 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Yuba 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1976 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0 Shasta 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Butte 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Sierra 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Mendocino 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Yuba 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Napa 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1977 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Siskiyous $^ 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Redwoods 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Butte 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Yuba 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Mendocino 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Shasta 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Sierra 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college Division II playoff participant
1978 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butte + 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Shasta +^ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Yuba 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Sierra 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Redwoods 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Mendocino 0 – 6 – 0 2 – 6 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – California state junior college Division II playoff participant	1979 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butte $^ 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Redwoods 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Sierra 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1 Siskiyous 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Yuba 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Shasta 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 $ – Conference champion ^ – California state junior college Division II playoff participant	1980 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Siskiyous +^ 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Sierra +^ 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0 Shasta 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Butte 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Redwoods 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Yuba 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 + – Conference co-champions ^ – California state junior college Division II playoff participant
1981 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Siskiyous $ 7 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Sierra 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Shasta 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Butte 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Napa 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Solano 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Redwoods 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Yuba 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0 $ – Conference champion * – Solano forfeited to Sierra.	1982 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Siskiyous 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0 Solano 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1 Shasta 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Butte 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Sierra 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Yuba 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1983 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Shasta $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Redwoods 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Sierra 2 – 3 – 1 3 – 6 – 1 Solano 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 1 Butte 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1 Yuba 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1984 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Yuba $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Redwoods 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0 Siskiyous 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Solano 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Sierra 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Butte 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Shasta 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1985 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Siskiyous $ 6 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Redwoods 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Shasta 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Sierra 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Solano 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Butte 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0 Yuba 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1986 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butte + 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0 Shasta + 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Siskiyous + 2 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Redwoods 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0 + – Conference co-champions
1988 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Redwoods $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1 Shasta 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2 Butte 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 3 – 1 Yuba 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 Siskiyous 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1989 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butte $ 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0 Redwoods 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0 Shasta 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 Siskiyous 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1990 Golden Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Butte $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Redwoods 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0 Shasta 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Siskiyous 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion

See also

• List of college athletic conferences in the United States