Little Illini Conference

The Little Illini Conference is a high school athletic conference in East Central Illinois that is a member of the Illinois High School Association. A group of small schools near the Indiana border, Little Illini is known for its strong football squads, in particular Casey-Westfield, who has won one state football championship ^[1] The conference has undergone significant rearrangement in the past decade with the addition of several larger schools from the Apollo Conference driving many smaller schools to other conferences.

History[]

The conference also has been strong in volleyball in recent years, with Cumberland reaching the Class 1A final four three straight times from 2008-2010. Edwards County took third place in Class 1A in 2007.

In 2014 several schools, including Cumberland, Palestine-Hutsonville and Oblong left the Little Illini Conference to join the Little Okay Valley Conference in central Illinois while Paris High School joined the conference. This followed the addition of Newton, Olney and Robinson high schools, which had been longtime members of the Apollo Conference.

Edwards County left the LIC for the Black Diamond Conference in 2016. They became an affiliate member in the BDC for baseball and softball from 2014/2015-2015/2016.

In 2020 Mount Carmel High School announced they would join the conference starting the 2021-22 school year. While Flora announced they would be departing to the Black Diamond Conference.

Member Schools[]

Casey

Lawrenceville

Mount Carmel

Red Hill

Marshall

Newton

Paris

Richland

Robinson

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Little Illini Conference Members (clickable map)

See also[]

• List of Illinois High School Association member conferences

References[]

External links[]

• Little Illini Conference website