Pride of Iowa Conference

The Pride of Iowa Conference ((POI) ) is a high school athletic conference made up of small schools in southern Iowa.

Current members

Institution	Location	Mascot	Affiliation	9-11 Enrollment (2012-2013)^[1]	Football Class*
Bedford	Bedford	Bulldogs	Public	112	8-Man
Central Decatur	Leon	Cardinals	Public	152	1A
East Union	Afton	Eagles	Public	80	8-man
Interstate 35	Truro	Roadrunners	Public	217	2A
Lenox	Lenox	Tigers	Public	99	8-man
Martensdale-St. Mary's	Martensdale	Blue Devils	Public	122	A
Mount Ayr	Mount Ayr	Raiders	Public	131	A
Nodaway Valley	Greenfield	Wolverines	Public	148	A
Pleasantville	Pleasantville	Trojans	Public	145	A
Southeast Warren	Liberty Center	Warhawks	Public	112	A
Southwest Valley	Corning	Timberwolves	Public	181	1A
Wayne	Corydon	Falcons	Public	112	8-man

History

The conference was founded in 1987 as with six small schools: I-35, Wayne, Central Decatur, Mt. Ayr, Southeast Warren, and East Union. For the first 13 years of its history, the conference was quite small and compact. The conference added Nodaway Valley and Martensdale-St. Mary's in 1997, two schools in the same relative area of the state. In 2000 and 2001, the conference underwent a two-year, four-team expansion that more than doubled the geographical area of the conference. Corning (formerly of the Rolling Hills Conference) and Bedford (Corner Conference) joined in 2000; with Lenox (Rolling Hills Conference) and Pleasantville (Heart of Iowa Conference) being added in 2001. The conference has remained stable since then and, although most of the schools are in Iowa's smallest class, 1A, the schools are not in financial or numerical trouble, especially when one considers that two very small Bluegrass Conference schools have been shut down in recent years and many of their former students have moved into POI schools. In the fall of 2013, Corning and Villisca (Corner Conference) became Southwest Valley High School remaining in the Pride of Iowa for all activities.

External links

Official website

References

↑ "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2013.

Iowa High School Athletic Conferences

Current Conferences	Bluegrass CIML Corn Bowl Corner Hawkeye Ten Heart of Iowa Iowa Star Lakes Little Hawkeye Maple Valley MAC Mississippi Valley Missouri River NICL North Central North Iowa NEIC Pride of Iowa Raccoon River River Valley Rolling Valley SEISC Siouxland South Central SICL Southeast Tri-Rivers Twin Lakes Upper Iowa WaMaC War Eagle West Central Western Iowa

Former Conferences	Big East Big Eight Boyer Valley Cornbelt Northwest Rolling Hills Sioux Valley Western Valley

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