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

Current members

Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 9-11 Enrollment (2018-2019)[1] Football Class*
Bedford Bedford Bulldogs     Public 97 8-Man
Central Decatur County Leon Cardinals     Public 138 A
East Union County Afton Eagles     Public 108 8-man
Interstate 35 (leaving in 2018) Truro Roadrunners     Public 179 1A
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
Pleasantville (leaving in 2018) Pleasantville Trojans     Public 183 1A
Southeast Warren County Liberty Center Warhawks     Public 111 8-man
Southwest Valley Corning Timberwolves     Public 133 A
Wayne County Corydon Falcons     Public 134 A

History

The conference was founded in 1987 as with six small 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 Pleasantville (Heart of Iowa Conference) being added in 2001. The conference has remained stable since then and, although most of the schools are in Iowa's smallest class, 1A, the schools are not in financial or numerical trouble, especially when one considers that two very small Bluegrass Conference schools have been shut down in recent years and many of their former students have moved into POI schools. In the fall of 2013, Corning and Villisca (Corner Conference) became Southwest Valley High School remaining in the Pride of Iowa for all activities.

Interstate-35 & Pleasantville both leaving for the West Central Conference.

References

  1. ^ "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2013.
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