The Corn Belt Conference was a

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in the

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(IHSA), based in

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. The conference consisted of medium-sized and small high schools.

History

The Corn Belt Conference was originally formed in 1950 by Clinton, Normal Community, Pontiac Township,

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(later Central Catholic), and

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High Schools. The conference was incorporated into the former

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in 1972 but was reformed in 1978. Eureka High School left the Corn Belt Conference for the

after the 2015–2016 school year. U-High and Mahomet-Seymour departed for the Central State Eight Conference and

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respectively in the 2017–18 school year. In April 2016, school boards of the remaining five schools and the school boards of the five schools in the Okaw Valley Conference voted unanimously to merge into a new Illini Prairie Conference beginning in the 2017–18 school year.

Member schools

1950–1972

1978–2017

References

External links

{{Illinois High School Association Illinois high school sports conferences Education in McLean County, Illinois