# Corn Belt Conference

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The '''Corn Belt Conference''' was a [high school](/source/high_school) [athletic conference](/source/athletic_conference) in the [Illinois High School Association](/source/Illinois_High_School_Association) (IHSA), based in [Central Illinois](/source/Central_Illinois). The conference consisted of medium-sized and small high schools.<ref name="IVC joins" />

==History==
The Corn Belt Conference was originally formed in 1950 by [Clinton](/source/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton%2C_Illinois)), [Normal Community](/source/Normal_Community_High_School), [Pontiac Township](/source/Pontiac_Township_High_School), [Trinity](/source/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Bloomington%2C_Illinois)) (later Central Catholic), and [University](/source/University_High_School_(Normal%2C_Illinois)) High Schools. The conference was incorporated into the former [Heart of Illinois Conference](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s)) in 1972 but was reformed in 1978.<ref name=Kindred2016>{{cite news|last1=Kindred|first1=Randy|title=U High opts to join Central State Eight Conference|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/u-high-opts-to-join-central-state-eight-conference/article_8aaf4d77-4205-5839-9a69-834a1e1121f2.html|accessdate=1 June 2016|work=The Pantagraph|date=27 January 2016}}</ref><ref name=IHSGD>{{cite web|title=THE GREAT CONFERENCES|url=http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id349.html|publisher=Illinois High School Glory Days|accessdate=5 January 2017|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423074537/http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id349.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Eureka High School left the Corn Belt Conference for the [Heart of Illinois Conference](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference) after the 2015–2016 school year. U-High and Mahomet-Seymour departed for the [Central State Eight Conference](/source/Central_State_Eight_Conference) and [Apollo Conference](/source/Apollo_Conference) respectively in the 2017–18 school year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kindred|first1=Randy|title=Eureka to leave Corn Belt for HOIC in 2016|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/eureka-to-leave-corn-belt-for-hoic-in/article_355495c2-4dd8-519e-9589-c09b8c164029.html|accessdate=19 May 2015|work=The Pantagraph|publisher=The Pantagraph|date=14 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Deacon|first1=Joe|title=Corn Belt, remaining schools contemplate league's future|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/high-school/central-catholic/corn-belt-remaining-schools-contemplate-league-s-future/article_e892404e-96e0-502d-8fb1-3336f7c615bd.html|accessdate=28 January 2016|work=The Pantagraph|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> In April 2016, school boards of the remaining five schools and the school boards of the five schools in the [Okaw Valley Conference](/source/Okaw_Valley_Conference) voted unanimously to merge into a new [Illini Prairie Conference](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference) beginning in the 2017–18 school year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Corn Belt Conference merger approved, Illini Prairie Conference created|url=http://www.chillicothetimesbulletin.com/article/20160427/SPORTS/160429564|accessdate=31 May 2016|work=Chillicothe Times-Bulletin|date=27 April 2016}}</ref>

==Member schools==

===1950–1972===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! School
! Community
! Team name
! Colors
! [IHSA](/source/Illinois_High_School_Association) class
! School type
! Year joined
! Joined from
! Year departed
! Departed for
! References
|-
| [Central Catholic (Trinity) High School](/source/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Bloomington%2C_Illinois))
| [Bloomington](/source/Bloomington%2C_Illinois)
| Saints
| {{color box|#000080|border=silver}} {{color box|#C5B358|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
| 1A/2A/3A
| Private
| 1950
| 
| 1972
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Clinton High School](/source/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton%2C_Illinois))
| [Clinton](/source/Clinton%2C_Illinois)
| Maroons
| {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 
| Public
| 1950
| 
| 1972
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Normal Community High School](/source/Normal_Community_High_School)
| [Normal](/source/Normal%2C_Illinois)
| Ironmen
| {{color box|orange|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}
| AA, 2A, 3A
| Public
| 1950
| 
| 1971
| [Capitol](/source/Capitol_Conference)
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Pontiac Township High School](/source/Pontiac_Township_High_School)
| [Pontiac](/source/Pontiac%2C_Illinois)
| Indians
| {{color box|orange|border=silver}} {{color box|blue|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 1950
| 
| 1972
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [University High School](/source/University_High_School_(Normal))
| [Normal](/source/Normal%2C_Illinois)
| Pioneers
| {{color box|#4CBB17|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 5A
| Public lab school
| 1950
| 
| 1972
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Washington Community High School](/source/Washington_Community_High_School)
| [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_Illinois)
| Panthers
| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|orange|border=silver}}
| 
| Public
| 1957
| [Illini](/source/Illini_Conference)
| 1972
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [St. Teresa High School](/source/St._Teresa_High_School_(Decatur%2C_Illinois))
| [Decatur](/source/Decatur%2C_Illinois)
| Bulldogs
| {{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|orange|border=silver}}
| 
| Private
| 1967
| 
| 1969
| 
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|}

===1978–2017===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! School
! Community
! Team name
! Colors
! [IHSA](/source/Illinois_High_School_Association) class
! School type
! Year joined
! Joined from
! Year departed
! Departed for
! References
|-
| [Central Catholic High School](/source/Central_Catholic_High_School_(Bloomington%2C_Illinois))
| [Bloomington](/source/Bloomington%2C_Illinois)
| Saints
| {{color box|#000080|border=silver}} {{color box|#C5B358|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
| 1A/2A/3A
| Private
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 2017
| [Illini Prairie](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Clinton High School](/source/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton%2C_Illinois))
| [Clinton](/source/Clinton%2C_Illinois)
| Maroons
| {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 
| Public
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 1990
| [Okaw Valley](/source/Okaw_Valley_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Pontiac Township High School](/source/Pontiac_Township_High_School)
| [Pontiac](/source/Pontiac%2C_Illinois)
| Indians
| {{color box|orange|border=silver}} {{color box|blue|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 2017
| [Illini Prairie](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [University High School](/source/University_High_School_(Normal))
| [Normal](/source/Normal%2C_Illinois)
| Pioneers
| {{color box|#4CBB17|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 5A
| Public lab school
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 2017
| [Central State Eight](/source/Central_State_Eight_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Metamora Township High School](/source/Metamora_Township_High_School)
| [Metamora](/source/Metamora%2C_Illinois)
| Cardinals
| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
| 
| Public
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 1982
| [Mid-Illini](/source/Mid-Illini_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Olympia High School](/source/Olympia_High_School_(Stanford%2C_Illinois))
| [Stanford](/source/Stanford%2C_Illinois)
| Spartans
| {{color box|#3399CC|border=silver}} {{color box|#000066|border=silver}} {{color box|#FFFFFF|border=silver}}
| 3A
| Public
| 1978
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))
| 2017
| [Illini Prairie](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Eureka High School](/source/Eureka_High_School_(Illinois))
| [Eureka](/source/Eureka%2C_Illinois)
| Hornets
| {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 1978<br />2004
| [Heart of Illinois (1970s)](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference_(1970s))<br />[Tri-County](/source/Tri-County_Conference_(Illinois))
| 1982<br />2016
| [Blackhawk](/source/Blackhawk_Conference)<br />[Heart of Illinois](/source/Heart_of_Illinois_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [St. Bede Academy](/source/St._Bede_Academy)
| [Peru](/source/Peru%2C_Illinois)
| Bruins
| {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
| 2A
| Private
| 1982
| 
| 1996
| [Private School](/source/Private_School_Athletic_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Mahomet-Seymour High School](/source/Mahomet-Seymour_High_School)
| [Mahomet](/source/Mahomet%2C_Illinois)
| Bulldogs
| {{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|orange|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 1986
| [Okaw Valley](/source/Okaw_Valley_Conference)
| 2017
| [Apollo](/source/Apollo_Conference)
| <ref name=Kindred2016/><ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Prairie Central High School](/source/Prairie_Central_High_School)
| [Fairbury](/source/Fairbury%2C_Illinois)
| Hawks
| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|silver|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 1990
| [Wauseca](/source/Wauseca_Conference)
| 2017
| [Illini Prairie](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference)
|<ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Herscher High School](/source/Herscher_High_School)
| [Herscher](/source/Herscher%2C_Illinois)
| Tigers
| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 
| Public
| 2002
| [Suburban Prairie](/source/Suburban_Prairie_Conference)
| 2006
| [Interstate 8](/source/Interstate_Eight_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Rochester High School](/source/Rochester_High_School_(Illinois))
| [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_Illinois)
| Rockets
| {{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|orange|border=silver}}
| A, AA, 2A, 3A
| Public
| 2002
| [Sangamo](/source/Sangamo_Conference)
| 2010
| [Central State Eight](/source/Central_State_Eight_Conference)
| <ref name=IHSGD/>
|-
| [Rantoul Township High School](/source/Rantoul_Township_High_School)
| [Rantoul](/source/Rantoul%2C_Illinois)
| Eagles
| {{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 2004
| [Big Twelve](/source/Big_Twelve_Conference_(Illinois))
| 2015
| [Okaw Valley](/source/Okaw_Valley_Conference)
| <ref name="IVC joins"/>
|-
| [Illinois Valley Central High School](/source/Illinois_Valley_Central_High_School)
| [Chillicothe](/source/Chillicothe%2C_Illinois)
| Grey Ghosts
| {{Color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{Color box|gray|border=silver}}
| 4A
| Public
| 2014
| [Mid-State 6](/source/Mid-State_6_Conference), [North Central Illinois](/source/North_Central_Illinois_Conference)
| 2017
| [Illini Prairie](/source/Illini_Prairie_Conference)
| <ref name="IVC joins">{{cite news|last1=Kindred|first1=Randy|title=Corn Belt Conference votes to add IVC|url=http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/corn-belt-conference-votes-to-add-ivc/article_73685840-7172-11e2-be0e-001a4bcf887a.html|accessdate=31 May 2016|work=The Pantagraph|date=7 February 2013}}</ref>

|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Illinois High School Association}}

Category:Illinois high school sports conferences
Category:Education in McLean County, Illinois

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