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Little Hawkeye Conference
The Little Hawkeye Conference is a high school athletic conference in central Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill .... The conference consists of seven schools, with three of them in Class 3A (Newton, Oskaloosa and Pella) and three others in Class 4A (Dallas Center-Grimes, Indianola and Norwalk), with the seventh member, Pella Christian, being a Class 2A school. Members History The conference was formed in 1983 by Norwalk, Clarke, Winterset and Saydel. In 1988, the conference doubles, adding Perry, Carlisle, Johnston and Nevada. In 1991, Perry and Saydel departed for the Raccoon River Conference, and Boone and Pella Christian join the conference. Carlisle and Nevada left the conference after the 1995–96 school year for the Raccoon River Conference. Clar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa High School Athletic Association
The Iowa High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the regulating body for male Iowa high school interscholastic athletics and is a full member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. Its female counterpart, the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, (IGHSAU) is an associate member. Iowa is the only state that maintains separate governing bodies for boys' and girls' athletics. Sports overseen by the IHSAA are baseball, basketball, bowling, Cross country running, cross country, High school football, football, golf, soccer, swimming (sport), swimming & Diving (sport), diving, tennis, track & field, and wrestling. As classifications vary highly across sports, they are included under the individual sport section. Administrative staff The administrative staff that runs the IHSAA consists of the 7 members in the office of directors, and the 10 members of the board of control. Board of directors (as of July 2024) *Executive Director- Tom Keating *Assistant Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskaloosa Community School District
Oskaloosa Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The district is completely within Mahasaka County, and serves the city of Oskaloosa and surrounding areas including the towns of Beacon, Keomah Village, and University Park. Paula Wright was hired as district superintendent in 2018. Schools The district operate three schools, and an administration building, all in Oskaloosa: * Oskaloosa Elementary School * Oskaloosa Middle School * Oskaloosa High School See also *List of school districts in Iowa This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA). Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District". , this lis ... References External links Oskaloosa Community School District School districts in Iowa Schools in Mahaska County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Iowa Cedar League
The North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) is a high school athletic conference made up of 15 high schools in north central and northeast Iowa. Most of the schools compete as 2A schools, (the second-smallest classification). The conference's most recent expansions included: Columbus Catholic (2013), Sumner-Fredericksburg (2014), and Oelwein (2021). With the addition of Oelwein in the 2021 academic year, the conference will split into three divisions: East, Central, and West. History The formation of the North Iowa Cedar League dates back to 1936, when the Iowa Cedar Conference (consisting of Belle Plaine, Brooklyn, Eldora, Grundy Center, Montezuma, Reinbeck, Tama, Teachers' High, Traer, & Toledo) split into the North Iowa Cedar League and South Iowa Cedar League. Founding members of the newly formed NICL include Ackley, Eldora, Grundy Center, Reinbeck, Teachers' High (NU High), and Traer. In 1992, the Big Marsh Conference disbanded, with most of its schools joining the NICL, creating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WaMaC Conference
The WaMaC conference is a high school athletic conference in Eastern Iowa made up of mid-sized schools. The conference is named for the three rivers that drain in the area (Wa for Wapsipinicon, Ma for Maquoketa, and C for Cedar). WaMaC also participates in concert choir and concert band performances, calling them WaMaC Honor Choirs and WaMaC Honor Bands, where instead of competing, the schools perform together. There is also a WaMaC art show. Members There are 12 full members of the WaMaC Conference. The majority of these schools are in Class 3A, Iowa's second largest enrollment class. History The conference traces its history to 1931. This is the year the Tri Valley Conference was formed. Membership in the conference included Independence, Marion, Manchester, and Vinton. Cedar Falls and Cedar Rapids Wilson joined later. In 1940, a new league, the Mid-Six, was formed. This new conference consisted of Anamosa, Maquoketa, Manchester, Marion, Monticello, and Tipton. Independen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waukee High School
Waukee High School (also known as Waukee Senior High School) is a three-year public high school in Waukee, Iowa, United States. The school hosts grades 10–12. It is run by the Waukee Community School District. As of the 2017–18 school year, the school has an enrollment of 1,950 students and 112 faculty with a 13:1 student-teacher ratio. History The high school first opened its doors in 1997. Since then it has renovated and expanded in 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2012. The latest renovation included "an additional 24 classrooms (including three new computer labs, a new media center, and three new science rooms), renovated classrooms, Waukee Fieldhouse, and additional locker rooms." The new fieldhouse has created some controversy because of its considerable cost (nearly $15 million). The gym's large video screen features such amenities as instant replay and player introduction clips. Enrollment As of the 2018–2019 school year, there were 2,081 students enrolled at Waukee High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boone High School
Boone High School is a public high school located in Boone, Iowa, United States. The school's mascot is the Toreadors, and their colors are red and green. It is part of the Boone Community School District. Athletics The Toreadors compete in the Raccoon River Conference in the following sports: Fall sports *Cross country (boys and girls) *Swimming (girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Football Winter sports *Basketball (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1920, 1921, 1931) *Wrestling ** 3-time State Champions (1923, 1924, 1925) *Swimming (boys) Spring sports *Track and field (boys and girls) *Golf (boys and girls) ** Boys' - 2-time State Champions (1946, 1970) *Tennis (boys and girls) ** Girls' - 2008 Class 2A State Champions *Soccer (boys and girls) *Baseball ** 2-time State Champions (1965, 1967) *Softball Notable people Alumni * Pete Kostelnick, Ultramarathon runner * Joyce Lonergan, former Iowa state legislator * Chad Rinehart, NFL player * Allen C. Winso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raccoon River Conference
The Raccoon River Conference is a nine team high school athletic league in central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class of schools in Iowa. Current members Former members • * Indicates that school is no longer operating History The Raccoon River Conference was originally a small school conference. The conference's founding members were Bondurant–Farrar, Norwalk, Madrid, Woodward-Granger, Interstate 35, Waukee, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Adel–De Soto. When schools on the outer regions of the Des Moines metro began to experience significant growth, Bondurant–Farrar and Ogden decided to leave for the smaller Heart of Iowa Conference, and I-35 joined the Pride of Iowa Conference. Woodward-Granger soon followed, moving to the HOI conference. This flurry of change saw the league reform itself. By 1998, there were 14 members in the conference, competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pella, Iowa
Pella is a city in Marion County, Iowa, United States, with a population of 10,464 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Founded by immigrants from the Netherlands, it is forty miles southeast of Des Moines. Pella is the home of Central College, as well as several manufacturing companies, including Pella Corporation and Vermeer Manufacturing Company. History In 1847, 800 Dutch immigrants led by Dominee ( Minister) Hendrik "Henry" P. Scholte settled the area known as Pella. The name "Pella" is a reference to Pella of the Decapolis, where the Christians of Jerusalem had found refuge during the Roman–Jewish war of 70; the name was selected because the Dominee and his followers sought religious freedom as well. Pella was the childhood home of Wyatt Earp, whose father Nicholas Porter Earp had settled on a farm near Pella. His brothers Warren and Morgan were born in Pella. On July 19, 2018, a destructive EF3 tornado struck the Vermeer manufacturing plant in the city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pella Community School District
The Pella Community School District, or Pella Schools, is a rural public school district based in Pella, Iowa, and serves the town of Pella and surrounding areas in northeastern Marion and northwestern Mahaska counties, with a small area in southern Jasper County. Schools The district operates five schools: *Lincoln Elementary School *Madison Elementary School *Jefferson Intermediate School *Pella Middle School *Pella High School Pella High School Athletics The Pella Dutch compete in the Little Hawkeye Conference in the following sports: *Cross Country (boys and girls) ** Boys' (3-time Class 3A State Champions - 2009, 2011,2022) **Girls' (2-time State Champion- 2022, 2023) *Volleyball (girls) *Football (boys) **(3-time Class 3A State Champions - 2014, 2015, 2016) *Basketball (boys and girls) ** Boys' Basketball (3-time Class 3A State Champions - 2002, 2003, 2021) *Bowling *Wrestling (boys) *Wrestling (girls) *Swimming (boys and girls) *Track and Field (boys and girls) ** Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa is a List of cities in Iowa, city in, and the county seat of, Mahaska County, Iowa. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population was 11,558 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census. History Oskaloosa derives its name from Ouscaloosa who, according to town lore, was a Creek (people), Creek princess who married Seminole chief Osceola. A local tradition was that her name meant "last of the beautiful". (This interpretation of "last of the beautiful" is not correct. "" in the Mvskoke-Creek language means "black rain", from the Mvskoke words "" (rain) and "" (black). "loosa" is an English corruption of the Mvskoke word "". For example, see the Wikipedia entry for Tuskaloosa, eponym of the town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. In addition the Mvskoke word "" means "Black Water"). The first European-American settlers arrived in 1835, led by Nathan Boone, youngest son of frontiersman Daniel B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwalk, Iowa
Norwalk is a city in Warren County, Iowa, Warren County, with some small portions extending into Polk County, Iowa, Polk County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 12,799 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area and is located just south of the Des Moines International Airport. History Early history The first settlers came to Norwalk area about 1846. One of them, Samuel Crow, settled near the North River. The first construction on the site that is now Norwalk began with a log cabin built by Samuel Snyder. The following year more families settled in the little town known as Pyra. A post office was established in the town on June 18, 1856. George W. Swan laid out the town and erected a hotel. Mr. Swan, who was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and was associated with a newspaper in Norwalk, Ohio, changed the town's name to Norwalk. The first railroad into town was constructed in 1882 a narrow gauge line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) is the governing body for girls' junior and senior high school sports in the U.S. state of Iowa. The association promotes and regulates interscholastic sports among its member schools. Though its counterpart for boys sports in Iowa, the Iowa High School Athletic Association, is a full-time member of the National Federation of State High School Associations, the IGHSAU is only an affiliate member. It is headquartered at 5000 Westown Parkway, Suite 150, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266. Sports currently overseen by the IGHSAU are basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling. Sports previously overseen by the IGHSAU were gymnastics, synchronized swimming, and indoor track and field. Administrative staff Representation of the IGHSAU consists of an eight-person Board of Directors. Six positions are elected to the IGHSAU Board while two appointees repres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
