Southwest Prairie Conference

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Southwest Prairie Conference
SPC
AssociationIHSA
Members12
RegionNorthern Illinois

The Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) is an athletic and competitive activity conference consisting of twelve public high schools in Northern Illinois. These high schools are all members of the Illinois High School Association.

History[]

The conference began competing during the 2006–2007 academic year, with Minooka Community High School, Morris Community High School, Oswego High School, Oswego East High School, Plainfield Central High School, Plainfield North High School, and Plainfield South High School being the founding members. All but Romeoville and Plainfield North made up the South Division of the . Plainfield North was a newly established school and Romeoville came from the former South Inter-Conference Association North division. Morris left the SPC following the 2008–09 school year to join the North Central Illinois Conference. Newly established Plainfield East High School would replace them.[1]

Joliet Central and Joliet West High Schools joined the conference from the Southwest Suburban Conference at the start of the 2016–2017 school year, following a 2014 decision.[2] Both West Aurora High School, of the Upstate Eight Conference,[3] and Yorkville High School, of the former Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference,[4] were admitted to the SPC in 2018 and began conference play during the 2019–20 school year.[5][6]

Member schools[]

East Division[]

School Name Location Area Team Name Colors
Joliet Central High School Joliet Southwest Suburbs Steelmen & Steelwomen    
Joliet West High School Joliet Southwest Suburbs Tigers    
Plainfield Central High School Plainfield Southwest Suburbs Wildcats    
Plainfield East High School Plainfield Southwest Suburbs Bengals    
Plainfield South High School Plainfield Southwest Suburbs Cougars    
Romeoville High School Romeoville Southwest Suburbs Spartans      
Reference:[7]

West Division[]

School Name Location Area Team Name Colors
Minooka Community High School Minooka Southwest Suburbs Indians    
Oswego High School Oswego Southwest Suburbs Panthers    
Oswego East High School Oswego Southwest Suburbs Wolves    
Plainfield North High School Plainfield Southwest Suburbs Tigers      
West Aurora High School Aurora Western Suburbs Blackhawks    
Yorkville High School Yorkville Southwest Suburbs Foxes    
Reference:[8]

Membership timeline[]

Yorkville High SchoolWest Aurora High SchoolJoliet West High SchoolJoliet Central High SchoolPlainfield East High SchoolRomeoville High SchoolPlainfield South High SchoolPlainfield North High SchoolPlainfield Central High SchoolOswego East High SchoolOswego High SchoolMinooka High SchoolMorris Community High School

References[]

  1. ^ Lewter, Mike. "The Great Conferences". Illinois High School Glory Days. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Goss, Dick (December 15, 2014). "Joliet Central, West to join SPC in 2016". The Herald. Shaw Media.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Rick (September 25, 2018). "Upstate Eight principals invite Fenton to replace West Aurora but leave Kaneland on hold". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Rick (March 19, 2018). "Kaneland and Yorkville in conference limbo after Sycamore makes move to Interstate Eight". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Girardi, Laura (September 6, 2018). "West Aurora votes to join Southwest Prairie Conference". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ Armstrong, Rick (July 29, 2018). "West Aurora, Yorkville get OK from Southwest Prairie Conference to join for 2019-20 school year". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. ^ "Southwest Prairie (East) — 2020-21". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Southwest Prairie (West) — 2020-21". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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