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. The conference began in 1928.[1]

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 Location Team Name Colors County School Enrollment (2016–17) Year Joined Previous Conference
Carlyle Carlyle Indians           Clinton 358 1988 Southwest Egyptian
Central Breese Cougars           Clinton 559 1983 Quad County
Columbia Columbia Eagles           Monroe 691 1960 Kaskaskia
Freeburg Freeburg Midgets           St. Clair 634 1928
Red Bud Red Bud Musketeers           Randolph 371 1972 Chartres
Wesclin Trenton Warriors           Clinton 397 1983

Kaskaskia Division

School Location Team Name Colors County School Enrollment (2016–17) Year Joined Previous Conference
Dupo1 Dupo Tigers           St. Clair 299 1928
1971		 ?
Midwestern
Lebanon Lebanon Greyhounds           St. Clair 167 1929
Marissa2 Marissa Meteors           St. Clair 165 1928
1983
New Athens New Athens Yellow Jackets           St. Clair 164 1928
Steeleville Steeleville Warriors           Randolph 157 2006
Valmeyer Valmeyer Pirates           Monroe 138 2006
  1. Dupo played in Midwestern Conference 1956-71.
  2. Marissa left in 1933, and rejoined in 1983.

Former Schools

Partial list, more schools to be added.

School Location Team Name Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
O'Fallon O'Fallon Panthers           St. Clair 1928 Independents
(SWC 1926)		 1971 Mississippi Valley

Starting with the 2017-18 school year, Salem will join the Cahokia Conference as a full member. [2] The same year, Dupo will leave the Cahokia for the Prairie State Conference for football only. [3]

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. ↑ "Correspondence". Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer. 1929-02-27. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Salem becomes newest member of Cahokia Conference". Belleville News Democrat. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "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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