The Central Ozarks Conference is a

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athletic conference represented by 10 schools in the southwest portion of

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

. All schools are in the Ozarks region of the state. The Central Ozark Conference offers championships for girls in Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, and Wrestling. The Central Ozark Conference offers championships for boys Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, and Wrestling.

List of member schools

Membership History

Carl Junction joined the Central Ozark Conference in July 2016 after three decades in the

Big 8 Conference (Missouri) The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference comprising medium-size high schools located in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The conference members are based around the Joplin and Springfield areas and are located in the counties of Barry ...

. Joplin High School joined the Central Ozarks Conference in July 2018. Joplin moved from the

Ozark Conference The Ozark Conference is a high school athletic conference represented by 11 schools in the southwest portion of Missouri. As the name implies, all eleven schools are in the Ozarks region of the state and all are among the biggest in the region (on ...

. The Central Ozark Conference Small division disbanded after the 2017-18 school year. The remaining schools, with the exception of Bolivar High School, will join the

. Bolivar submitted an application to join the Ozark Conference in late December, but was rejected. They went independent for three seasons and was then admitted into the Ozark Conference in July 2021 on a second attempt to join, replacing Central High School(Springfield), who went independent.

References

{{Missouri High School Athletic Conferences High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States Missouri high school athletic conferences