Pride of Iowa Conference

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Pride of Iowa Conference is located in Iowa
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
Pride of Iowa Conference
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Pride of Iowa Conference School Locations
Pride of Iowa Conference
POI
Established1987
AssociationIHSAA / IGHSAU
Members10
Sports fielded
  • 17
RegionSouthern Iowa
Websitewww.prideofiowa.org

The Pride of Iowa Conference (POI ) is a high school athletic conference made up of 10 small schools in southern Iowa, United States.

Current members[]

Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 9-11 Enrollment
(2020-2021)[1]
Football Class*
Bedford Bedford Bulldogs     Public 94 Eight-player
Central Decatur Leon Cardinals     Public 170 A
East Union Afton Eagles     Public 125 Eight-player
Lenox Lenox Tigers     Public 109 Eight-player
Martensdale-St. Mary's Martensdale Blue Devils     Public 117 A
Mount Ayr Mount Ayr Raiders     Public 148 1A
Nodaway Valley Greenfield Wolverines     Public 147 A
Southeast Warren Liberty Center Warhawks     Public 124 Eight-player
Southwest Valley Corning Timberwolves     Public 137 A
Wayne Corydon Falcons     Public 124 A

History[]

The conference was founded in 1987 with six 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 reaching into the Des Moines Metro Area by adding Pleasantville (Heart of Iowa Conference) in 2001. The conference has remained stable since then only losing two schools since 2001. In the fall of 2013, Corning and Villisca (Corner Conference) became Southwest Valley High School remaining in the Pride of Iowa for all activities. In 2018, founding school Interstate 35 and Pleasantville left the Pride of Iowa conference for the West Central Activities Conference, due to growing enrollment and proximity of schools to the Des Moines Metro, decreasing travel for both schools, especially Pleasantville.

State Championships[]

Sport Class Year(s) School
Baseball 1A 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012 Martensdale-St. Mary’s
Baseball 1A 2006 Lenox
Boys’ Basketball 2A 2006 Nodaway Valley
Girls’ Basketball 1A 2011 Martensdale-St. Mary’s
Boys’ Cross Country 1A 2002 Nodaway Valley
Girls’ Cross Country 1A 2009 Nodaway Valley
Football A 1992 Bedford
Football Eight-player 2008 Lenox
Softball 1A 2012 Martensdale-St. Mary’s
Track and Field 1A 1988(Girls) 2014(Boys) Mount Ayr

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document". Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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