# Mid-State 6 Conference
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{{Short description|Defunct Illinois high school sports conference}}
{{distinguish|text=the [Mid-State Conference](/source/Mid-State_Conference_(Illinois)) in southeastern and south-central Illinois, which had different schools}}
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The '''Mid-State 6 Conference''' was a [high school athletics](/source/high_school_athletics) conference in [central Illinois](/source/central_Illinois), made up of the high schools in [Peoria, Illinois](/source/Peoria%2C_Illinois) plus various other schools over the course of its existence. It existed for several decades.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Previous names included '''MidState 8''' and '''MidState 9''' in the 1960s,[{{cite web | url = http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id645.html | title = Peoria Bergan High School "Trojans" | work = Illinois High School Glory Days | location = [Chicago](/source/Chicago) | accessdate = 2013-12-17 }}] and '''Mid-State 10''' in the 1980s and 1990s.[{{cite web | url = http://www.peoriahighalumni.org/athletichof.html | title = 2012 PHSAA Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees List | publisher = [Peoria High School](/source/Peoria_High_School_(Illinois)) | location = Peoria, Illinois | date = 23 Jan 2013 | accessdate = 2013-12-17 }}]
{{As of|2013|12}}, the only schools remaining were in the city of Peoria: [Peoria Notre Dame](/source/Peoria_Notre_Dame_High_School) and the three general public high schools [Manual](/source/Manual_High_School_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)), [Peoria (Central)](/source/Peoria_High_School_(Peoria%2C_Illinois)), and [Richwoods](/source/Richwoods_High_School).[{{cite web | url = http://www.ihsa.org/data/school/conf.htm | title = Conferences & Affiliated Schools | date = December 12, 2013 | publisher = [Illinois High School Association](/source/Illinois_High_School_Association) | location = [Bloomington, Illinois](/source/Bloomington%2C_Illinois) | accessdate = 2013-12-16 }}] Those schools were joined the [Big 12 Conference](/source/Big_12_Conference_(Illinois)) in 2014.[{{cite news | url = http://www.pjstar.com/article/20131216/SPORTS/131219316/-1/News | title = Mid-State 6 merging with the Big 12 | first = Adam | last = Duvall | date = December 16, 2013 | work = [PJStar.com](/source/Peoria_Journal-Star) | publisher = [GateHouse Media](/source/GateHouse_Media) | location = Peoria, Illinois | accessdate = 2013-12-17 }}][{{cite news | url = http://www.pantagraph.com/sports/high-school/schools/peoria-schools-joining-big-conference/article_32ba5ce2-66a1-11e3-91c9-0019bb2963f4.html | title = Peoria schools joining Big 12 Conference | first = Randy | last = Kindred | date = 2013-12-16 | work = [Pantagraph.com](/source/The_Pantagraph) High School Sports | location = Bloomington, Illinois | publisher = Lee Enterprises Inc. | accessdate = 2013-12-16 }}]
==History==
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After [IVC High School](/source/Illinois_Valley_Central_High_School) and [Quincy Notre Dame](/source/Quincy_Notre_Dame_High_School) left the Mid-State 6, a merger with the [Western Big 6 Conference](/source/Western_Big_6_Conference) was set to begin in 2013 with football. However, when Manual's prior obligation to play [Eureka](/source/Eureka_High_School_(Illinois)) made it unable to schedule a game with [Moline High School](/source/Moline_High_School), the merger failed, with the Mid-State 6 schools instead playing officially as independents against Western Big 6 Conference schools in football during the 2013–2014 school year.