The Corn Belt Conference was a high school athletic conference in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), based in Central Illinois. The conference consisted of medium-sized and small high schools.
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 former Heart of Illinois Conference in 1972 but was reformed in 1978.
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 departed for the Central State Eight Conference and Apollo Conference respectively in the 2017–18 school year. 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.
Member schools
1950–1972 School Community Team name Colors IHSA class School type Year joined Joined from Year departed Departed for References Central Catholic (Trinity) High School Bloomington Saints 1A/2A/3A Private 1950 1972 Heart of Illinois (1970s) Clinton High School Clinton Maroons Public 1950 1972 Heart of Illinois (1970s) Normal Community High School Normal Ironmen AA, 2A, 3A Public 1950 1971 Capitol Pontiac Township High School Pontiac Indians 4A Public 1950 1972 Heart of Illinois (1970s) University High School Normal Pioneers 5A Public lab school 1950 1972 Heart of Illinois (1970s) Washington Community High School Washington Panthers Public 1957 Illini 1972 Heart of Illinois (1970s) St. Teresa High School Decatur Bulldogs Private 1967 1969
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 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 2017 Illini Prairie Clinton High School Clinton Maroons Public 1978 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 1990 Okaw Valley Pontiac Township High School Pontiac Indians 4A Public 1978 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 2017 Illini Prairie University High School Normal Pioneers 5A Public lab school 1978 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 2017 Central State Eight Metamora Township High School Metamora Redbirds Public 1978 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 1982 Mid-Illini Olympia High School Stanford Spartans 3A Public 1978 Heart of Illinois (1970s) 2017 Illini Prairie Eureka High School Eureka Hornets 4A Public 19782004 Heart of Illinois (1970s)Tri-County 19822016 BlackhawkHeart of Illinois St. Bede Academy Peru Bruins 2A Private 1982 1996 Private School Mahomet-Seymour High School Mahomet Bulldogs 4A Public 1986 Okaw Valley 2017 Apollo Prairie Central High School Fairbury Hawks 4A Public 1990 Wauseca 2017 Illini Prairie Herscher High School Herscher Tigers Public 2002 Suburban Prairie 2006 Interstate 8 Rochester High School Rochester Rockets A, AA, 2A, 3A Public 2002 Sangamo 2010 Central State Eight Rantoul Township High School Rantoul Eagles 4A Public 2004 Big Twelve 2015 Okaw Valley Illinois Valley Central High School Chillicothe Grey Ghosts 4A Public 2014 Mid-State 6, North Central Illinois 2017 Illini Prairie
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