Pride of Iowa Conference

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

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

Current members
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 9-11 Enrollment (2018-2019)[1] Football Class*
Bedford Bedford Bulldogs           Public 97 8-Man
Central Decatur Leon Cardinals           Public 138 A
East Union Afton Eagles           Public 108 8-man
Lenox Lenox Tigers           Public 97 8-man
Martensdale-St. Mary's Martensdale Blue Devils           Public 146 A
Mount Ayr Mount Ayr Raiders           Public 162 1A
Nodaway Valley Greenfield Wolverines           Public 158 A
Southeast Warren Liberty Center Warhawks           Public 111 8-man
Southwest Valley Corning Timberwolves           Public 133 A
Wayne Corydon Falcons           Public 134 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.

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