Cahokia Conference

The Cahokia Conference is a high school athletic and competitive activity organization which consists of 12 schools in southwestern Illinois, near St. Louis. All of the schools are located in St. Clair, Randolph, Monroe, and Clinton counties.

Two schools, Valmeyer and Steeleville, were added for the 2006–07 season. The addition split the conference into two divisions, the Mississippi and the Kaskaskia.

List of member schools

Mississippi Division

School Team Name Town School Enrollment (2015–16)
Breese Central High School Cougars Breese 550
Carlyle High School (Lady) Indians Carlyle 340
Columbia High School Eagles Columbia 673
Freeburg High School (Lady) Midgets Freeburg 607
Red Bud High School Musketeers Red Bud 401
Wesclin High School Warriors Trenton 409

Kaskaskia Division

School Team Name Town School Enrollment (2015-16)
Dupo High School Tigers Dupo 311
Lebanon High School Greyhounds Lebanon 171
Marissa High School Meteors Marissa 160
New Athens High School Yellow Jackets/Lady Jackets New Athens 183
Steeleville High School (Lady) Warriors Steeleville 143
Valmeyer High School Pirates Valmeyer 152

*The class in which a school competes depends on the size of the school, and the particular sport or activity. Some activities compete in two classes, some in three, and some in four. The classes listed here are, respectively, the classes in which these schools compete in the 2, 3, and 4 class systems.

Starting with the 2017-18 school year, Salem will join the Cahokia Conference as a full member. [1] The same year, Dupo will leave the Cahokia for the Prairie State Conference for football only. [2]

Sports

Each year a conference champion is determined in each division for volleyball, boys and girls basketball, baseball, and softball by each division member playing round-robin home and away. The team with the best win–loss record is the champion.

For boys and girls golf and boys soccer one champion is determined by round–robin play, with each school in the conference playing each other once. The team with the best win–loss record is the champion.

Cross country and track & field for boys and girls each have one champion determined by the winner of each sport's conference meet. The scholastic bowl champion is the winner of the conference tournament.

Like golf and soccer, the football championship is determined based on round–robin play. However, only seven teams (the Mississippi division and Dupo) field football teams.

State trophies

Breese (Central)

Carlyle

Columbia

Dupo

Freeburg

Lebanon

Marissa

New Athens

Red Bud

Steeleville

Trenton (Wesclin)

Valmeyer

Miscellaneous Facts

Baseball Achievements

No other small school athletic conference in the state of Illinois has claimed as many state baseball championships as the Cahokia Conference. The list of championships by current member teams includes 7 years (1979, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1996, and 2007), as well as 9 runner-up performances (1948, 1956, 1978, 1990, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2008, and 2009), and two third-place finishes (2010 & 2014).

2005 Volleyball Championship

In the 2005 state volleyball tournament Breese Central defeated Columbia in the championship match. This was the first time in IHSA Volleyball history that two teams from the same conference met in the title match. Ironically, the conference champion of 2005 was Freeburg, which had moved to class AA and won the first ever AA regional for a school from this conference.

References

  1. ↑ "Salem becomes newest member of Cahokia Conference". Belleville News Democrat. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dupo football leaving Cahokia Conference after 2016; will join Prairie State Conference". Belleville News Democrat. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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