The Corner Conference is a high school athletic conference based in Southwestern Iowa. All members are in Class 1A (the smallest schools in Iowa).

Members

History

* In 1953, original 6 members Farragut, Sidney, Hamburg, Essex, Malvern, and Tabor form the Corner Conference. * In 1959, Tabor merged with Bartlett, Randolph, and Thurman to become Fremont–Mills. New Market and South Page join, membership is at 8. * In 1960, Stanton joins from the Tri-County Conference to make membership 9. * In 1961, Nishna Valley joins from the Mills County Conference; 10 schools. * In 1987, Carson-Macedonia joins from the Rolling Hills Conference; 11 schools. * In 1988, Villisca joins from the Tall Corn Conference; membership is at 12 schools. * In 1989, New Market closed its high school, dropping membership to 11. * In 1992, Bedford joins from the Tall Corn Conference, bringing membership back up to 12. * In 1993, Carson-Macedonia merged with Oakland to become Riverside Community School District, and left to join the Western Iowa Conference. Membership is 11. * In 2000, Bedford then left the Corner Conference for the

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. Membership drops to 10. * In 2004, Clarinda Academy joined, bringing membership up to 11. * In 2007, Malvern entered sports sharing with Nishna Valley, known as "East Mills", which stays in the conference. Membership is at 10. * In 2010, Farragut and Hamburg entered sports sharing, known as "Nishnabotna". The new team stays in the conference, bringing membership down to 9. * In 2011, Heartland Christian joined, bringing membership back up to 10, although for some sports they pair with St. Albert's in the

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. The co-op of Malvern and Nishna Valley known as "East Mills" is officially reorganized into one single school district with the same name. * In 2012, "Nishnabotna" schools Farragut and Hamburg enter official whole-grade sharing. There had been discussions with Sidney to eventually form a three school sharing agreement, but did not happen. * In 2013,

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entered whole-grade sharing with

member Corning, to be known as Southwest Valley, and would compete in the

. Membership drops to 9. * In 2016, the Farragut-Hamburg partnership known as "Nishnabotna" was dissolved; the entire Farragut school district was forcibly shut down by the state, and Hamburg closed its high school. Membership drops to 8. * In 2018, Griswold School joined to bring membership up to 9. * In 2019, South Page ceased independent athletic teams at the end of the year and was essentially absorbed by Clarinda. Membership drops to 8. * In 2020, Heartland Christian left for The Frontier Conference of Nebraska. Membership is now at 7. * In 2021, Clarinda Academy was closed. Membership drops to 6. * In 2023, Bedford School is set to join the Corner Conference from the Pride of Iowa Conference with the start of the 2024-2025 school year. Membership will increase to 7.

References

External links

Official site
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