Pride of Iowa Conference

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Pride of Iowa Conference School Locations

Pride of Iowa Conference

Association	IHSAA / IGHSAU
Sports fielded	17
Region	Southern Iowa
Official website	www.prideofiowa.org

The Pride of Iowa Conference ((POI) ) is a high school athletic conference made up of 10 small schools in southern Iowa.

Current members

Institution	Location	Mascot	Colors	Affiliation	9-11 Enrollment (2018-2019)	Football Class*
Bedford	Bedford	Bulldogs		Public	97	8-Man
Central Decatur	Leon	Cardinals		Public	138	A
East Union	Afton	Eagles		Public	108	8-man
Lenox	Lenox	Tigers		Public	97	8-man
Martensdale-St. Mary's	Martensdale	Blue Devils		Public	146	A
Mount Ayr	Mount Ayr	Raiders		Public	162	1A
Nodaway Valley	Greenfield	Wolverines		Public	158	A
Southeast Warren	Liberty Center	Warhawks		Public	111	8-man
Southwest Valley	Corning	Timberwolves		Public	133	A
Wayne	Corydon	Falcons		Public	134	A

History

The conference was founded in 1987 with six schools: I-35, Wayne, Central Decatur, Mt. Ayr, Southeast Warren, and East Union. For the first 13 years of its history, the conference was quite small and compact. The conference added Nodaway Valley and Martensdale-St. Mary's in 1997, two schools in the same relative area of the state. In 2000 and 2001, the conference underwent a two-year, four-team expansion that more than doubled the geographical area of the conference. Corning (formerly of the Rolling Hills Conference) and Bedford (Corner Conference) joined in 2000; with Lenox (Rolling Hills Conference) and reaching into the Des Moines Metro Area by adding Pleasantville (Heart of Iowa Conference) in 2001. The conference has remained stable since then only losing two schools since 2001. In the fall of 2013, Corning and Villisca (Corner Conference) became Southwest Valley High School remaining in the Pride of Iowa for all activities. In 2018, founding school Interstate 35 and Pleasantville left the Pride of Iowa conference for the West Central Activities Conference, due to growing enrollment and proximity of schools to the Des Moines Metro, decreasing travel for both schools, especially Pleasantville.

External links

• Official website