Corner Conference (Iowa)

Corner Conference
Association	IHSAA / IGHSAU
Members	10
Region	Southwest Iowa
Website	www.cornerconference.com

The Corner Conference is a high school athletic conference based in Southwestern Iowa. All members but Clarinda Academy are in Class 1A (the smallest schools in Iowa).

Members

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	9-11 Enrollment (2014-15)^[1]	Football Class*
Clarinda Academy	Clarinda	Residential Foster Care	Eagles	131	A
East Mills	Malvern	Public	Wolverines	114	8-man
Essex	Essex	Public	Trojans & Trojanettes	63	8-man
Fremont-Mills	Tabor	Public	Knights	107	8-man
Heartland Christian	Council Bluffs	Private	Eagles	32	8-man
Nishnabotna	Farragut	Public	Blue Devils	76	8-man
Sidney	Sidney	Public	Cowboys & Cowgirls	93	8-man
South Page	College Springs	Public	Rebels	33	8-man
Stanton	Stanton	Public	Vikings & Viqueens	60	8-man

History

The Corner Conference has a history of being a very stable conference. It was formed in 1954 and the original members were Farragut, Sidney, Hamburg, Essex, Malvern, and Tabor. Tabor became Fremont-Mills in 1959. The conference expanded in 1960 and 1961 adding South Page, Stanton, Nishna Valley, and New Market. When the Tall Corn Conference folded, the league picked up Bedford and Villisca as well.

Carson-Macedonia was a member of the conference from 1986 until it merged with Oakland in 1993.
In 1989, New Market closed its high school, leaving the conference with eleven teams.
In 2000, Bedford then left Corner Conference for Pride of Iowa Conference.
In 2004-05, Clarinda Academy joined.
In 2007, Malvern entered sports sharing with Nishna Valley (of Hastings and Emerson) to become East Mills.
In 2010, Farragut and Hamburg entered sports sharing under the Nishnabotna moniker. In 2012, Farragut and Hamburg entered whole-grade sharing. There had been discussions with Sidney to eventually form a three school sharing agreement, but no progress has been made.
In 2011-12, Heartland Christian joined.
In 2013-14, Villisca entered whole-grade sharing with Corning under the Southwest Valley moniker, and left Corner Conference for Pride of Iowa Conference.

References

↑ "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document" (PDF). Retrieved October 6, 2013.

External links

Official site

Iowa High School Athletic Conferences

Current Conferences	Bluegrass CIML Corn Bowl Corner Hawkeye Ten Heart of Iowa Iowa Star Lakes Little Hawkeye Maple Valley MAC Mississippi Valley Missouri River NICL North Central North Iowa NEIC Pride of Iowa Raccoon River River Valley Rolling Valley SEISC Siouxland South Central SICL Southeast Tri-Rivers Twin Lakes Upper Iowa WaMaC War Eagle West Central Western Iowa

Former Conferences	Big East Big Eight Boyer Valley Cornbelt Northwest Rolling Hills Sioux Valley Western Valley

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