The Mid-State 6 Conference was a
high school athletics
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conference in
central Illinois, made up of the high schools in
Peoria, Illinois
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plus various other schools over the course of its existence. It existed for several decades. Previous names included MidState 8 and MidState 9 in the 1960s, and Mid-State 10 in the 1980s and 1990s.
, the only schools remaining were in the city of Peoria:
Peoria Notre Dame and the three general public high schools
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,
Peoria (Central), and
Richwoods.
Those schools were joined the
Big 12 Conference in 2014.
History
After
IVC High School and
Quincy Notre Dame left the Mid-State 6, a merger with the
Western Big 6 Conference was set to begin in 2013 with football. However, when Manual's prior obligation to play
Eureka made it unable to schedule a game with
Moline High School, the merger failed, with the Mid-State 6 schools instead playing officially as independents against Western Big 6 Conference schools in football during the 2013–2014 school year.
Past members
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Academy of Our Lady/Spalding Institute — name defunct in 1988 upon creation of
Peoria Notre Dame High School
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Bergan High School — name defunct in 1988 when succeeded by
Peoria Notre Dame High School
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Illinois Valley Central High School (football only) until 2013
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E. N. Woodruff High School — closed as a traditional high school in 2010; had always been in the same conference as other Peoria public schools
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Quincy Notre Dame High School
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until 2013
See also
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Mid-Illini Conference — the conference of schools surrounding, but not in, Peoria
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Canton High School
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Dunlap High School
Dunlap High School (DHS) is a public four-year high school located at 5220 West Legion Hall Road in Dunlap, Illinois, a village in Peoria County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. DHS serves the communities of Dunlap, Alta, Edwards, an ...
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East Peoria Community High School
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Limestone Community High School
Limestone Community High School is a public high school in Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois. , the school had an average enrollment of 867 students and average full-time equivalent of 70 teachers.
Limestone Community High School is the only ...
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Metamora Township High School
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Morton High School
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Pekin High School
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Washington Community High School
References
External links
Education in Peoria, Illinois
Illinois high school sports conferences
Sports in Peoria, Illinois
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