Corner Conference (Iowa)

The Corner Conference is a high school athletic conference based in Southwestern Iowa. All members are in Class 1A (the smallest schools in Iowa).

Corner Conference School Locations
Corner Conference
Established1953
AssociationIHSAA / IGHSAU
Members8
Sports fielded
  • 13
RegionSouthwest Iowa
Websitewww.cornerconference.org

Members
School Location Affiliation Mascot Colors 9-11 Enrollment (2018-19)[1] Football Class*
Clarinda Academy Clarinda Residential Foster Care Eagles           118 8-man
East Mills Malvern Public Wolverines           101 8-man
Essex Essex Public Trojans & Trojanettes           48 8-man
Fremont-Mills Tabor Public Knights           108 8-man
Griswold Griswold Public Tigers           107 8-man
Sidney Sidney Public Cowboys & Cowgirls           154 8-man
South Page College Springs Public Rebels           33 8-man
Stanton Stanton Public Vikings & Viqueens           53 8-man

History

The Corner Conference has a history of being a very stable conference. It was formed in 1954 and the original members were Farragut, Sidney, Hamburg, Essex, Malvern, and Tabor. Tabor became Fremont-Mills in 1959. The conference expanded in 1960 and 1961 adding South Page, Stanton, Nishna Valley, and New Market. When the Tall Corn Conference folded, the league picked up Bedford and Villisca as well.

  • Carson-Macedonia was a member of the conference from 1986 until it merged with Oakland in 1993.
  • In 1989, New Market closed its high school, leaving the conference with eleven teams.
  • In 2000, Bedford then left Corner Conference for Pride of Iowa Conference.
  • In 2004-05, Clarinda Academy joined.
  • In 2007, Malvern entered sports sharing with Nishna Valley (of Hastings and Emerson) to become East Mills.
  • In 2010, Farragut and Hamburg entered sports sharing under the Nishnabotna moniker. In 2012, Farragut and Hamburg entered whole-grade sharing. There had been discussions with Sidney to eventually form a three school sharing agreement, but no progress has been made.
  • In 2011-12, Heartland Christian joined.
  • In 2013-14, Villisca entered whole-grade sharing with Corning under the Southwest Valley moniker, and left Corner Conference for Pride of Iowa Conference.
  • In 2015-16 Nishnabotna School was dissolved Farragut shut doors completely and Hamburg went k-8.
  • In 2018-19 Griswold School Joined. South Page will no longer have any athletic teams at the end of the year.
  • In 2019-20 Heartland Christian Leaving for The frontier conference in Nebraska.

References
  1. "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2013.
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