Iowa Star Conference Explained

Iowa Star Conference
Conference:IHSAA / IGHSAU
Teams:15
Sports:20
Region:Central, Northeast Iowa

The Iowa Star Conference is a high school athletic conference in Central and Northeast Iowa. The conference comprises fifteen schools, split between north and south divisions within the conference.

Current members

North Division

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2024-2025 BEDS[1]
ClarksvilleClarksvilleIndiansPublic68
Don Bosco CatholicGilbertvilleDonsPrivate92
DunkertonDunkertonRaidersPublic95
JanesvilleJanesvilleWildcatsPublic102
RicevilleRicevilleWildcatsPublic80
TripoliTripoliPanthersPublic79
Waterloo ChristianWaterlooRegentsPrivate73

South Division

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2024-2025 BEDS[3]
BaxterBaxterBoltsPublic102
BCLUWConradCometsPublic132
Collins–MaxwellMaxwellSpartansPublic80
ColoRoyalsPublic88
GMGGarwinWolverinesPublic104
Meskwaki Settlement SchoolTamaWarriorsTribal53
North Tama CountyTraerRedhawksPublic107
Valley LutheranCedar FallsCrusadersPrivate36

Recent history

North Tama County joined the Iowa Star in 2003, leaving the North Iowa Cedar League.[4]

Former member CAL (Coulter-Alexander-Latimer) last had their own high school in the 2017–18 school year. After many years of sharing sports teams with Dows High School, and competing as CAL–Dows, Dows left the agreement and partnered with Clarion–Goldfield for the 2014–15 school year. The CAL school district still supports grades K–6, with grades 7–12 attending Hampton–Dumont; the athletic teams are referred to as Hampton-Dumont-CAL.[5]

Members Baxter and Collins–Maxwell formerly partnered in sports, which Baxter ended that agreement to compete on their own in 2016. Both schools joined the conference separately in 2017.[6]

BCLUW (Conrad) joined the Iowa Star Conference starting with the 2022-23 school year. BCLUW formerly competed in the North Iowa Cedar League.[7] [8]

On August 15, 2022, it was announced that Rockford would be joining the North Division from the Top of Iowa Conference East Division in the 2023-2024 school year.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IHSAA: Classifications .
  2. Web site: IHSAA: Classifications .
  3. Web site: IHSAA: Classifications .
  4. Web site: Baxter, Collins-Maxwell separately joining Iowa Star Conference | Iowa Highway Ends (etc.).
  5. Web site: CAL likely to begin whole-grade sharing with Hampton-Dumont. Mason City Globe Gazette. 5 January 2017 .
  6. Web site: Baxter school board accepts invite from Iowa Star Conference . 22 November 2016 .
  7. Web site: A new NICL for now . 11 August 2021 .
  8. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02kpe813FJZnsvodQe6i2DgXpz5w8SQTfy7xMMryYTEhSdvNBYC5W4Vx9J9ac5tij2l&id=137650329600987&refid=17&__tn__=%2AW-R
  9. Web site: Rockford Joining Iowa Star Conference . 16 August 2022 .