Interstate Athletic Conference

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The Interstate Athletic Conference is an all-boys high school sports league made up of six private high schools in the Washington, D.C., area, competing in twelve varsity sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and wrestling. The IAC is widely regarded[who?] as one of the most competitive and talent-deep lacrosse leagues in the nation.

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[edit] Members

The conference members include: Georgetown Preparatory School, St. Albans School, Landon School, St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School, Episcopal High School, and The Bullis School. Sidwell Friends School was also an original member of this conference but in 1999 joined the MAC.

[edit] History

  • 1970: Georgetown Prep's football team is banned from the league. This ban lasts 11 years. [1]
  • 2004: League Headmasters meet and decide to remove Georgetown Prep's football team, citing the schools larger number of male students and higher football aspirations than the league's other schools[1]

[edit] Some Notable Athletes and Coaches over the Years

Landon

Sidwell Friends

  • Eddie Tapscott, Basketball, Football
  • Charlie Watkins, Basketball, Football
  • Kara Lawson, Freshman Basketball

Episcopal

St. Albans

  • Jonathan Ogden '92
  • Anwar McQueen, Basketball
  • Lester Lyles, Football, Basketball
  • Jesse Hubbard '94, Lacrosse
  • Al Gore, Basketball, Football
  • Billy Green, Basketball
  • Roger Stansbury, Basketball
  • Coach Bob Brown, Basketball and Baseball
  • Coach Brooks Johnson, Athletic Director
  • Coach Red Auerbach, Basketball
  • Luke Russert, Golf
  • Ray Brown, Track & Field
  • Larry Shipp, Track & Field

Bullis

Georgetown Prep

St. Stephens and St. Agnes

  • Chris Meloni '79
  • Andy Hitt, Football
  • Coach Herb Soles Wrestling
  • Richard Pleasants '78
  • Coach Al "Sleepy" Thompson Football/Athletic Director
  • Coach David Hooper Wrestling

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Prep Is Too Good For Its Conference" by Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Post


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