Twin Lakes Conference

The Twin Lakes Conference is an athletic conference in Iowa, made up of 2A and 1A schools, the two smallest classes of schools in Iowa.

Members

South

Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 2012-2013 9-11 Enrollment[1]
East Sac County Lake View Raiders                Public 230
Manson-Northwest Webster Manson Cougars                Public 167
Pocahontas/Laurens-Marathon Pocahontas Indians                Public 246
Southeast Valley Gowrie Jaguars                Public 147
South Central Calhoun Lake City Titans                Public 197

North

Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 2012-2013 9-11 Enrollment[1]
Alta-Aurelia Alta Warriors                Public 154
Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire Graettinger Titans                Public N/A
Newell-Fonda Newell Mustangs                Public 101
Sioux Central Sioux Rapids Rebels                Public 172
St. Mary Catholic Storm Lake Panthers                Private 64
West Bend-Mallard West Bend Wolverines                Public N/A

History

The Twin Lakes conference was founded by at least the 1960s. The league's early lineup was the following:

Over time all of the members merged with other nearby schools. The league also added Sac City, as smaller schools like Twin Rivers and Gilmore City-Bradgate left the conference. Albert City-Truesdale left the conference in the mid-80s, and the league added Prairie of Gowrie (later merged with Cedar Valley to become Prairie Valley) and Lake City (which later merged with Lohrville and became Southern Cal). In the early 90s, Rockwell City merged with Lytton. In 1991, the league added Alta-Aurelia and WLVA. In 1995, Alta-Aurelia and Sac City left the conference to help found the Northwest Conference.

In 2004, Southeast Webster-Grand was added to the conference from the recently disbanded North Star Conference. Laurens-Marathon left in 2007 for the Northwest Conference, the same year WLVA and Sac City merged to become East Sac County High School. In 2010, RC-L and Southern Cal began sharing all sports, after previously sharing baseball. Sioux Central, formerly of the Northwest Conference, became the first school from the Northwest to actively seek membership into the conference in the summer of 2009. The Northwest had seen many of their schools join with others schools and were bound to see more mergers in the near future.

After years of talk, in February 2011, the Twin Lakes agreed to merge with the Northwest Conference effective the 2011-12 school year. The new league maintain the Twin Lakes moniker. Alta-Aurelia, Newell-Fonda, Laurens-Marathon, Sioux Central and Storm Lake St. Mary's will join the conference, which will be split into two divisions, one maintaining the traditional Northwest conference schools and the other keeping the 6 current Twin Lakes members.[2]

In 2014-15, the conference will expand again. GTRA and West Bend-Mallard will become members of the league, leaving their homes in the soon-to-be-defunct Cornbelt Conference. The two new members are expected to be added to the northwest division, but the additions may spark some change in division alignment. Prairie Valley and Southeast Webster-Grand will merge to become Southeast Valley.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Iowa High School Athletic Association BEDS Document" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Twin Lakes Conference alignment" Chronicle Times. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  3. ↑ Summers, Brandon L. (20 March 2014). "PV, SWG Jaguars show their colors". The Messenger. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
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