The Lincoln Prairie Conference or LPC, is a high school athletic conference in Central Illinois. The first year of existence was the 2019-20 school year. Its schools belong to the IHSA and compete in many sports and other activities.
History The conference started in the 2019-20 school year and originally included Arcola, Argenta-Oreana, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond, Bement, Blue Ridge, Cerro Gordo, Cumberland, Unity Christian, Heritage, Kansas, Oakland, Okaw Valley, Sangamon Valley, Shiloh, and Villa Grove all who left the Little Okaw Valley Conference. The 15 member schools left the Little Okaw Valley Conference due to far travel time and left out Martinsville, Hutsonville, Palestine and Oblong. On December 13, 2021 Sullivan High School accepted an invitation to join the Lincoln Prairie Conference beginning in the 2023-24 school year. In March of 2024, Cumberland announced its move to the National Trail Conference starting in the 2025-26 school year, but would remain in the LPC for football-only. In June of 2025, Fisher High School accepted an invitation to join the Lincoln Prairie Conference beginning in the 2026-27 school year.
Member Schools
There are 17 member schools in the Conference.
School Location(Population) Mascot Colors Affiliation 2025-269–12 enrollment Year Joined Previous Conference School websiteArcola High School Arcola, Illinois(2,916) Purple Riders Purple and White Public 194 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.arcola.k12.il.us/Argenta-Oreana High School Argenta, Illinois(947) Bombers Orange and Blue Public 258 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.argenta-oreana.org/Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School Arthur, Illinois(2,288) Knights Red and Gold Public 296 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.cusd305.org/Bement High School Bement, Illinois(1,730) Bulldogs Purple and White Public 82 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.bement.k12.il.us/Blue Ridge High School Farmer City, Illinois(2,037) Knights Blue and Silver Public 154 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.blueridge18.org/Cerro Gordo High School Cerro Gordo, Illinois(1,403) Broncos Navy and Orange Public 114 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.cgbroncos.org/?template=mCumberland High School Toledo, Illinois(1,238) Pirates Blue and Gold Public 292 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.cumberland.k12.il.us/Fisher High School Fisher, Illinois(1,881) Bunnies Orange and Black Public 195 2026-27 Heart of Illinois https://www.fisherk12.org/Heritage High School Broadlands, Illinois(349) Hawks Navy, Silver and Red Public 120 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://heritage8.org/schools/heritage-high-school/Kansas High School Kansas, Illinois(787) Titans Purple, Orange and Blue Public 51 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://kansascusd3.com/Oakland High School Oakland, Illinois(880) Titans Purple, Orange and Blue Public 59 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.oakland5.org/?template=mOkaw Valley High School Bethany, Illinois(1,352) Timberwolves Blue, Black and Silver Public 155 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.okawvalley.org/Sangamon Valley High School Niantic, Illinois(707) Storm Navy and Silver Public 195 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley https://www.sangamonvalley.org/Shiloh High School Hume, Illinois(380) Titans Purple, Orange and Blue Public 109 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.shiloh1.us/Sullivan High School Sullivan, Illinois(4,413) Redskins Red and Black Public 310 2023-24 Central Illinois http://www.sullivan.k12.il.us/Unity Christian School Decatur, Illinois(76,122) Lions Red, White and Black Private 128 / 211.20 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.unitydecatur.org/Villa Grove High School Villa Grove, Illinois(2,537) Blue Devils Blue and Gold Public 189 2019-20 Little Okaw Valley http://www.vg302.org/ Kansas, Oakland and Shiloh co-op to form the Tri-County Titans Cerro Gordo and Bement co-op to form the Cerro Gordo-Bement Broncos
Membership timeline
See also List of Illinois High School Association member conferences
References
External links http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com http://www.ihsa.com