Hawkeye Ten Conference
| Hawkeye Ten Conference |
| Association |
IHSAA / IGHSAU |
| Members |
10 |
| Region |
Southwest Iowa |
| Former names |
Hawkeye 6-7-8 |
| Website |
www.hawkeye10.com |
The Hawkeye Ten Conference is a high school athletic conference in Iowa made up of larger-mid-size schools in Southwest Iowa. Most members participate at the 3A level in all sports, which is the second highest level of competition in Iowa. The league has combined for 67 state team titles in various sports.
List of member schools
| School |
Location |
Affiliation |
Mascot |
Colors |
Enrollment (2011-12) |
Football Class* |
Division (Basketball Only) |
| Atlantic |
Atlantic |
Public |
Trojans & Trojanns |
|
339 |
3A |
North |
| Clarinda |
Clarinda |
Public |
Cardinals |
|
227 |
2A |
South |
| Creston |
Creston |
Public |
Panthers |
|
359 |
3A |
South |
| Denison-Schleswig |
Denison |
Public |
Monarchs |
|
537 |
3A |
North |
| Glenwood |
Glenwood |
Public |
Rams |
|
485 |
3A |
South |
| Harlan Community |
Harlan |
Public |
Cyclones |
|
394 |
3A |
North |
| Kuemper Catholic |
Carroll |
Catholic |
Knights |
|
231 |
2A |
North |
| Lewis Central |
Council Bluffs |
Public |
Titans |
|
688 |
3A |
North |
| Red Oak |
Red Oak |
Public |
Tigers |
|
297 |
3A |
South |
| Shenandoah |
Shenandoah |
Public |
Mustangs & Fillies |
|
256 |
2A |
South |
Future member schools
| School |
Location |
Affiliation |
Mascot |
Colors |
Year Joining |
Enrollment (2011-12) |
Football Class* |
Division |
| St. Albert |
Council Bluffs |
Catholic |
Falcons & Saintes |
|
2013 |
164 |
1A |
North |
Former member schools
| School |
Location |
Affiliation |
Mascot |
Colors |
Year Left |
Current Conference |
Enrollment (2011-12) |
Football Class* |
| Corning |
Corning |
Public |
Red Raiders |
|
1970 |
Pride of Iowa |
127 |
A |
| Villisca |
Villisca |
Public |
Blue Jays |
|
1962 |
Corner |
78 |
8-man |
[1] *Classifications for football are set for two-year cycles with enrollment numbers from grades 9-11 from the school year before the cycle begins. For all other sports, enrollment numbers from grades 10-12 are used to determine classes for the current school year.
Athletics
Originally the conference was known as the Hawkeye Eight Conference and included Atlantic, Clarinda, Corning, Creston, Glenwood, Red Oak, Shenanadoah, and Villisca. After Villisca left the league to help found the Tall Corn Conference in 1962, the conference took on the name of the Hawkeye Seven. Upon the announcement of Corning leaving for the Tall Corn in 1970, the conference reached out to other area schools to expand. Harlan and Lewis Central were added at this time. In 1993, the conference added Denison and Keumper to reach its current membership.
While the conference no longer sponsors football due to Iowa's district system, Harlan Community is one of the most storied football programs in the nation, having won 12 class 3A state titles since Iowa began the football playoff system in 1972. Harlan claimed titles in 1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2009. In addition, legendary coach Curt Bladt is the second winningest coach in state history, posting an unheard of 345-35 record in his career and trails the all-time leader Dick Tighe by just 32 games despite the fact that Tighe coached for 56 years and Bladt has only coached for 32. Bladt has earned the honor of National High School Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Association and is also immortalized in a book titled Let the Chips Fall Where They May. Thanks to state titles held in Men's Basketball, Wrestling, and Baseball in recent years Harlan was also one of the finalist for ESPN's top High School Sport town in recent years.
State Champions
| Year |
School |
Sport |
Class |
| 1939 |
Creston |
Basketball |
Single Class |
| 1953 |
Red Oak |
Track |
A |
| 1956 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1956 |
Clarinda |
Track |
A |
| 1962 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1963 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1963 |
Atlantic |
Golf |
A |
| 1965 |
Red Oak |
Cross Country |
AA |
| 1966 |
Red Oak |
Cross Country |
AA |
| 1967 |
Red Oak |
Cross Country |
AA |
| 1972 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1973 |
Lewis Central |
Cross Country |
AA |
| 1973 |
Red Oak |
Track |
A |
| 1974 |
Shenandoah |
Cross Country |
B |
| 1975 |
Shenandoah |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1982 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1983 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1983 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 1984 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1985 |
Atlantic |
Golf |
3A |
| 1988 |
Shenandoah |
Cross Country |
2A |
| 1989 |
Shenandoah |
Cross Country |
2A |
| 1989 |
Glenwood |
Track |
3A |
| 1989 |
Glenwood |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 1990 |
Atlantic |
Girls Basketball |
Single Class |
| 1990 |
Glenwood |
Track |
3A |
| 1991 |
Shenandoah |
Cross Country |
2A |
| 1993 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1994 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Baseball |
3A |
| 1994 |
Clarinda |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 1995 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1995 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
3A |
| 1996 |
Harlan |
Baseball |
3A |
| 1997 |
Creston |
Basketball |
3A |
| 1997 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1998 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Girls Basketball |
3A |
| 1998 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1998 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 1999 |
Clarinda |
Girls Golf |
2A |
| 1999 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 2000 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 2000 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2000 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 2001 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2002 |
Atlantic |
Football |
3A |
| 2003 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2003 |
Red Oak |
Tennis |
1A |
| 2003 |
Harlan |
Track |
3A |
| 2003 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 2004 |
Harlan |
Basketball |
3A |
| 2004 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2004 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
3A |
| 2004 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2005 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Girls Golf |
3A |
| 2005 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2006 |
Harlan |
Basketball |
3A |
| 2006 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Girls Golf |
3A |
| 2007 |
Red Oak |
Girls Bowling |
1A |
| 2007 |
Creston/Orient-Macksburg |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 2008 |
Harlan |
Baseball |
3A |
| 2009 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2009 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
2A |
| 2010 |
Glenwood |
Baseball |
3A |
| 2010 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
2A |
| 2010 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Girls Golf |
2A |
| 2011 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
2A |
| 2011 |
Glenwood |
Track |
3A |
State Team Championships Since Joining Hawkeye 10
| School |
Titles |
| Harlan |
17 |
| Atlantic |
11 |
| Kuemper Catholic |
8 |
| Red Oak |
7 |
| Clarinda |
6 |
| Glenwood |
5 |
| Shenandoah |
5 |
| Lewis Central |
4 |
| Creston |
3 |
| Denison-Schleswig |
1
|
State Runner-Up
| Year |
School |
Sport |
Class |
| 1927 |
Clarinda |
Track |
Single Class |
| 1958 |
Creston |
Baseball |
Single Class |
| 1958 |
Atlantic |
Golf |
Single Class |
| 1959 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1961 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1963 |
Red Oak |
Cross Country |
A |
| 1964 |
Red Oak |
Cross Country |
AA |
| 1965 |
Atlantic |
Golf |
AA |
| 1965 |
Shenandoah |
Golf |
A |
| 1966 |
Glenwood |
Track |
A |
| 1974 |
Atlantic |
Football |
3A |
| 1974 |
Red Oak |
Track |
A |
| 1975 |
Creston |
Wrestling |
AA |
| 1978 |
Shenandoah |
Golf |
AA |
| 1979 |
Shenandoah |
Track |
A |
| 1980 |
Glenwood |
Cross Country |
1A |
| 1980 |
Atlantic |
Football |
3A |
| 1981 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1983 |
Clarinda |
Tennis |
1A |
| 1984 |
Glenwood |
Cross Country |
2A |
| 1984 |
Shenandoah |
Tennis |
1A |
| 1984 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 1985 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1986 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1987 |
Atlantic |
Golf |
3A |
| 1988 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1989 |
Atlantic |
Girls Basketball |
Single Class |
| 1989 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1989 |
Atlantic |
Tennis |
1A |
| 1990 |
Creston |
Baseball |
3A |
| 1991 |
Red Oak |
Tennis |
1A |
| 1991 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 1991 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 1992 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 1992 |
Glenwood |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 1993 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Basketball |
3A |
| 1993 |
Atlantic |
Girls Basketball |
Single Class |
| 1994 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 1995 |
Harlan |
Girls Basketball |
3A |
| 1995 |
Atlantic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 1995 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 1996 |
Red Oak |
Tennis |
1A |
| 1997 |
Clarinda |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 1997 |
Red Oak |
Volleyball |
2A |
| 1998 |
Harlan |
Basketball |
3A |
| 1998 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Girls Basketball |
4A |
| 1998 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
3A |
| 1998 |
Red Oak |
Volleyball |
2A |
| 1998 |
Glenwood |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 1999 |
Harlan |
Golf |
3A |
| 2000 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Baseball |
3A |
| 2000 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2000 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Soccer |
1A |
| 2000 |
Atlantic |
Tennis |
1A |
| 2001 |
Harlan |
Football |
3A |
| 2001 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Golf |
3A |
| 2001 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Soccer |
1A |
| 2002 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2003 |
Atlantic |
Girls Basketball |
3A |
| 2003 |
Harlan |
Basketball |
3A |
| 2005 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Baseball |
2A |
| 2005 |
Clarinda |
Cross Country |
2A |
| 2005 |
Harlan |
Girls Track |
3A |
| 2005 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2006 |
Harlan |
Girls Cross Country |
3A |
| 2006 |
Harlan |
Girls Track |
3A |
| 2006 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Girls Track |
2A |
| 2006 |
Lewis Central |
Wrestling |
3A |
| 2007 |
Denison-Schleswig |
Soccer |
1A |
| 2008 |
Harlan |
Baseball |
3A |
| 2008 |
Harlan |
Basketball |
3A |
| 2008 |
Red Oak |
Girls Bowling |
1A |
| 2008 |
Creston/Orient-Macksburg |
Wrestling |
2A |
| 2010 |
Kuemper Catholic |
Baseball |
2A |
| 2010 |
Red Oak |
Bowling |
1A |
| 2010 |
Clarinda |
Girls Golf |
2A |
| 2011 |
Harlan |
Baseball |
3A |
| 2011 |
Red Oak |
Bowling |
1A |
References
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