Interstate Eight Conference

The Interstate Eight Conference (I-8) has 12 schools in Illinois that are members of the conference. The Interstate Eight originally had 8 schools—Coal City, Dwight, Yorkville, Plano, Reed-Custer, Sandwich, Seneca and Wilmington. In 1991, Yorkville was replaced by Lisle. In 2006 Herscher, Manteno, Peotone and Westmont joined the conference. This conference is one of the most competitive conferences in the state. The Conference is divided into Large and Small divisions during football season. In all other sports, the conference is undivided.

Most of the member schools are in rural towns. Westmont and Lisle Senior High Schools are Suburbs of Chicago but enrollments are small in size. Westmont's population is divided between the varying schools in the area, including High Schools in Darien, Woodridge, Hinsdale, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Lisle, Lombard, and Glen Ellyn. Lisle's enrollment is small, due to Lisle's relatively small size as a city, as well as being located East of Naperville, which has at least four High Schools in the immediate vicinity, as well as the Glenbard schools and Wheaton-Warrenville South all being within a close proximity to the High School.

Members of the I-8 Conference are all members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The conference was recently changed with Reed-Custer moving into the small division and Plano moving into the large division. Streator High School is entering the conference, and Dwight High School is leaving the conference starting in the 2014-2015 season. Streator will be the largest of the 12 schools, and that may change the current divisional arrangement of the schools in the conference.

Large Division

Coal City High School Coalers
Streator Bulldogs
Manteno High School Panthers
Peotone High School Blue Devils
Plano High School Reapers
Sandwich Community High School Indians

Small Division

Herscher High School Tigers
Lisle Sr. High School Lions
Reed-Custer High School Comets
Seneca High School Fighting Irish
Westmont High School Sentinels
Wilmington High School Wildcats

Football

Football is based on an 8 class system since 2001.

Plano (2006 3A, 2007 3A)
Coal City (1993 2A)
Seneca (1990 2A)
Wilmington (2014 3A)

Boys baseball

Lisle (2013 2A)
Wilmington (2003, 2005)
Reed-Custer (1985)
Herscher (1999) (2015)

Wrestling

Wilmington (2007, 2008, 2009)
Sandwich (1991, 1997, 1999, 2001)
Reed-Custer (2010,2012)

Boys basketball

Seneca (2005–06 A)

Boys golf

Dwight (1980)

Boys soccer

Lisle (2010 1A)

Girls soccer

Manteno (2009 1A)

Competitive cheerleading

Dwight (2013)

Competitive Dance Team

Peotone (2012 1A)

Boys cross country

Cross Country is based on a 3 class system since 2007.

Seneca (1989 A)

Girls cross country

Cross Country is based on a 3 class system since 2007.

Herscher (1991 A, 1992 A, 1996 A)

Girls track and field

Herscher (1996)

Girls softball

Coal City (2010)

Girls volleyball

Lisle (1985)

Scholastic Bowl

Lisle (2011, 2012)

Illinois High School Association

Boys' Sports	Baseball Basketball (championship) Bowling Cross Country Football Golf Gymnastics Soccer Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling

Girls' Sports	Badminton Basketball Bowling Competitive Cheerleading Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming and Diving Tennis Track and Field Volleyball Water Polo

Activities	Bass Fishing Chess Debate Drama and Group Interpretation Journalism Music Scholastic Bowl Individual Events

Special Co-ed Activities	Wheelchair basketball Three-Point Showdown Spirit

Emerging Sports	Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse Dance Team

Athletic Conferences	Apollo Big Northern Big Rivers Big Twelve Black Diamond Cahokia Central Illinois Conference Central State Eight Central Suburban Chicago Catholic Chicago Prep Chicago Public Corn Belt DuPage Valley East Central Illini East Suburban Catholic Egyptian Illini Fox Valley Girls Catholic Greater Egyptian Heart of Illinois Independent School Inter County Interstate Eight Lincoln Trail Little Illini Little Okaw Valley Little Ten Metro Suburban Metropolitan Prep Mid-Illini Mid-South Mid-State Six Mid-Suburban Midland Trail Mississippi Valley MSM National Trail North Suburban Northeastern Northern Illinois Big 12 Northern Illinois Northwest Upstate Illini Okaw Valley Pike County Prairie State Prairieland River Valley Sangamo Sangamon Valley South Central South Egyptian South Seven South Suburban Southern Illinois River-to-River Southland Southwestern Southwest Prairie Southwest Suburban Suburban Christian Three Rivers Tomahawk Tri-County Upstate Eight Vermilion Valley West Central West Suburban Western Big 6 Western Illinois Valley

Former Conferences	Ambraw Valley Bi-County Blackhawk Bureau Valley Capitol Cenois Central Egyptian Conference Coal Belt Cook County Des Plaines East Okaw Eastern Illinois Four Rivers Illini 8 Illini Central Illini Valley Indian Valley Kankakee Valley La Moine Valley Little 7 Little 8 Mid-Northern Mid-State Midwest Midwestern New Salem North Central Illinois North Egypt Northwest Illinois Northwest Suburban Olympic Quad Cities Metro Route 72 SHARK South Inter-Athletic Southern Illini Southwest Egyptian Spoon River Stephenson County Suburban Suburban Prairie Tollway Upstate Illini US Grant Wauseca West Prairie Trail Western Area Western Sun Wilco

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