South Seven Conference

South Seven Conference
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Established	1939
Members	6
Region	Southern Illinois

The South Seven Conference is a high school athletic conference comprising six schools in the southern Illinois.

History

The South Seven was formed in 1939 when Centralia and Mt. Vernon departed the North Egyptian Conference and joined Marion, Benton, Harrisburg, Herrin and West Frankfort (hence, the name of the conference since it only had 7 members). Carbondale joined the conference in 1965, but the name of the conference was not changed.

In 1993, the four smallest schools (Benton, Harrisburg, Herrin and West Frankfort) departed for the River-to-River Conference. Edwardsville and O'Fallon were added, with the former being a short-term replacement while a permanent member was sought. In 1995, Edwardsville left for the Southwestern Conference and was replaced by Cahokia. Over the next couple of years, O'Fallon would continue to grow to the point that it was much larger than the rest of the schools, and in 2000 the Panthers also left for the Southwestern Conference, replaced by Belleville Althoff. Throughout the changes, the "South Seven" moniker has remained even though the conference currently only has 6 members and has never had exactly 7 member schools in almost 50 years.

From time to time, there are rumors or questions about adding a 7th school; the most common suggestion being that Salem should join the conference (especially given its proximity to both Centralia and Mt. Vernon and the increasing distance it has to travel to fellow members of the Apollo Conference). However, Salem has repeatedly shown no interest in joining the South Seven.

Current members

School	Location (Population)	Enrollment (2014)	Nickname	Colors	Years Member	Previous Conference
Althoff Catholic High School	Belleville, Illinois (43,765)	377 622.05 w/1.65 multiplier	Crusaders	Navy Gold	2001–Present	Independent
Cahokia High School	Cahokia, Illinois (15,241)	1001	Comanches	Blue White	1995–Present	Independent
Carbondale Community High School	Carbondale, Illinois (26,241)	1075	Terriers	Black White	1965–Present	Southwest Egyptian Conference
Centralia High School	Centralia, Illinois (13,034)	911	Orphans/Orphan Annies	Red White	1939–Present	North Egypt Conference
Marion High School	Marion, Illinois (17,193)	1116	Wildcats	Navy Gold	1939–Present	Greater Egyptian Conference
Mount Vernon Township High School	Mount Vernon, Illinois (15,277)	1237	Rams/Lady Rams	Orange Black	1939–Present	North Egypt Conference

Former members of the South Seven Conference

School	Nickname	Location	Years Member	Current Conference
Benton Consolidated High School	Rangers	Benton, IL	1939–1993	Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference
Edwardsville High School	Tigers	Edwardsville, IL	1993–1995	Southwestern Conference
Frankfort Community High School	Redbirds	West Frankfort, IL	1939–1993	Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference
Harrisburg High School	Bulldogs	Harrisburg, IL	1939–1993	Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference
Herrin High School	Tigers	Herrin, IL	1939–1993	Southern Illinois River-to-River Conference
O'Fallon High School	Panthers	O'Fallon, IL	1993–2000	Southwestern Conference

References

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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