Corn Belt Conference

The Corn Belt Conference is a high school athletic conference in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), based in Central Illinois. The conference consists of seven medium-sized and small high schools.[1]

Eureka High School left the Corn Belt Conference for the Heart of Illinois Conference after the 2015-2016 school year. U-High and Mahomet-Seymour will depart for the Central State Eight Conference and Apollo Conference respectively in the 2017-18 school year.[2][3] In April 2016, school boards of the remaining five schools and the school boards of the five schools in the Okaw Valley Conference voted unanimously to merge into a new Illini Prairie Conference beginning in the 2017-18 school year.[4]

History

The Corn Belt Conference was originally formed in 1950 by Clinton, Normal Community, Pontiac Township, Trinity (later Central Catholic), and University High Schools. The conference was incorporated into the Heart of Illinois Conference in 1972 but was reformed in 1978.[5]

Member schools

The following lists are not complete.

1950–1972

1978–2017

School Community Team Name Colors IHSA class School type Year joined Joined from Year departed Departed for References
Central Catholic High School Bloomington Saints                1A/2A/3A Private 1978-79 Heart of Illinois 2017-18 Illini Prairie [6]
Eureka High School Eureka Hornets 4A Public Tri-County 2016-17 Heart of Illinois [6]
Illinois Valley Central High School Chillicothe Grey Ghosts           4A Public 2014-15 Mid-State 6, North Central Illinois 2017-18 Illini Prairie [6][1]
Mahomet-Seymour High School Mahomet Bulldogs           4A Public 2017-18 Apollo [6]
Olympia High School Stanford Spartans                3A Public 2017-18 Illini Prairie [6]
Pontiac Township High School Pontiac Indians 4A Public 1978-79 Heart of Illinois 2017-18 Illini Prairie [6]
Prairie Central High School Fairbury Hawks 4A Public 2017-18 Illini Prairie [6]
Rantoul Township High School Rantoul Eagles           4A Public Big Twelve 2014-15 Okaw Valley [1]
University High School Normal Pioneers           5A Public lab school 1978-79 Heart of Illinois 2017-18 Central State Eight [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kindred, Randy (7 February 2013). "Corn Belt Conference votes to add IVC". The Pantagraph. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ↑ Kindred, Randy (14 April 2015). "Eureka to leave Corn Belt for HOIC in 2016". The Pantagraph. The Pantagraph. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Deacon, Joe (27 January 2016). "Corn Belt, remaining schools contemplate league's future". The Pantagraph. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "Corn Belt Conference merger approved, Illini Prairie Conference created". Chillicothe Times-Bulletin. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Kindred, Randy (27 January 2016). "U High opts to join Central State Eight Conference". The Pantagraph. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Corn Belt - 2014-2015". http://www.ihsa.org. Illinois High School Association. Retrieved 10 March 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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