Central Iowa Metro League

The Central Iowa Metro League (also called CIML) is a high school athletic conference whose members are located in the metropolitan areas of central Iowa, with most of the schools being from the Des Moines area.

The includes 19 schools and is divided into four segments: the North, East, and West divisions, as well as the Metro Conference.[1] At present the CIML comprises all 4A schools, the only athletic conference in Iowa to do so.

Member schools

There are 19 members of the Central Iowa Metro League (CIML):

Institution Location Affiliation 2012-2013 Enrollment (9-11)[2] Mascot Colors
West Division
Dowling Catholic West Des Moines Private 1,075 Maroons          
Johnston Johnston Public 1,419 Dragons          
Urbandale Urbandale Public 928 J-Hawks          
Valley West Des Moines Public 2,036 Tigers          
East Division
Ankeny Ankeny Public 915 Hawks/Hawkettes          
Ankeny Centennial Ankeny Public 977 Jaguars          
Southeast Polk Pleasant Hill Public 1,511 Rams          
Waukee Waukee Public 1,422 Warriors          
North Division
Ames Ames Public 982 Little Cyclones          
Fort Dodge Fort Dodge Public 838 Dodgers          
Marshalltown Marshalltown Public 1,082 Bobcats          
Mason City Mason City Public 890 Mohawks          
Metro Conference
Des Moines East Des Moines Public 1,707 Scarlets          
Des Moines Hoover Des Moines Public 734 Huskies          
Des Moines Lincoln Des Moines Public 1,589 Rail Splitters          
Des Moines North Des Moines Public 885 Polar Bears          
Des Moines Roosevelt Des Moines Public 1,261 Rough Riders          
Indianola Indianola Public 834 Indians          
Ottumwa Ottumwa Public 980 Bulldogs          

History

Since its founding, the Central Iowa Metro League was a league composed of metropolitan schools in central Iowa. The conference, for many years, consisted of just 14 schools: the 5 Des Moines schools, Ankeny, Ames, Valley, Dowling, Indianola, Marshalltown, Southeast Polk, Newton and Urbandale. In 1992, Mason City and Fort Dodge joined the conference, leaving the Big Eight, which had recently been decimated by other conference realignments. With these two new additions the conference split into two divisions, the American League and the National League. Ottumwa and Johnston joined the conference later in the 1990s to make the CIML an 18 team conference, splitting the conference into a three division format. For the 2006-07 athletics season, Waukee joined the conference, replacing Newton, who joined the Little Hawkeye Conference.

The three division format comprised the Central, Iowa, and Metro Conferences, organized like this:

Central Iowa Metro
Ankeny Ames Des Moines East
Indianola Fort Dodge Des Moines Hoover
Dowling Catholic Marshalltown Des Moines Lincoln
Johston Mason City Des Moines North
Southeast Polk Waukee Des Moines Roosevelt
Urbandale Valley Ottumwa

In the fall of 2013, the Ankeny Community School District split into two high schools, with both Ankeny High and Ankeny Centennial competing at the 4A level. In anticipation of adding Centennial to the League, the League approved the current four division format, beginning it in the 2012-13 school year, with Centennial joining the next year.[1] This may not be the last realignment, as Waukee looks to surpass Ankeny as the growth leader among Iowa schools and could add a second high school by 2020.

Sports

The conference offers the following sports:

Although the member schools field freshman — and in some cases, junior varsity — teams in many of the above-mentioned sports, conference championships are determined at sophomore and varsity levels only.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "CIML Information". Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document".

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