School will play in MVC next season

Saxony Lutheran has helped clear its way for varsity basketball by gaining acceptance to the Mississippi Valley Conference.

Saxony will join the existing seven teams next season when it fields a varsity team.

Saxony will play each school -- Chaffee, Delta, Leopold, Marquand, Meadow Heights, Oak Ridge and Zalma -- once in a JV-varsity doubleheader. Saxony will also participate in the Mississippi Valley Conference Tournament.

The conference, all Class 1 schools with the exception of Chaffee (Class 2), voted unanimously in September to approve Saxony.

-- Jeff Breer