Southwest Prairie Conference

The Southwest Prairie Conference (SPC) is an athletic and competitive activity conference consisting of twelve public high schools in Northern Illinois. These high schools are all members of the Illinois High School Association.

Southwest Prairie Conference
ConferenceIHSA
No. of teams12
RegionNorthern Illinois & Southern Chicagoland

History

The conference began competing during the 2006–2007 academic year, with Minooka Community High School, Morris Community High School, Oswego High School, Oswego East High School, Plainfield Central High School, Plainfield North High School, and Plainfield South High School being the founding members. All but Romeoville and Plainfield North made up the South Division of the Suburban Prairie Conference. Plainfield North was a newly established school and Romeoville came from the former South Inter-Conference Association North division. Morris left the SPC following the 2008–09 school year to join the North Central Illinois Conference. Newly established Plainfield East High School would replace them.[1]

Joliet Central and Joliet West High Schools joined the conference from the Southwest Suburban Conference at the start of the 2016–2017 school year, following a 2014 decision.[2] Both West Aurora High School, of the Upstate Eight Conference,[3] and Yorkville High School, of the former Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference,[4] were admitted to the SPC in 2018 and began conference play during the 2019–20 school year.[5][6] In 2024, West Aurora High School will depart for the Upstate Eight Conference, with Bolingbrook High School replacing them.[7]

Member schools
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Current locations of Southwest Prairie Conference Schools

East Division
School NameLocationTeam NameColors
Joliet Central High SchoolJolietSteelmen & Steelwomen   
Joliet West High SchoolJolietTigers   
Plainfield Central High SchoolPlainfieldWildcats   
Plainfield East High SchoolPlainfieldBengals   
Plainfield South High SchoolPlainfieldCougars   
Romeoville High SchoolRomeovilleSpartans     
Reference:[8]

West Division
School NameLocationTeam NameColors
Minooka Community High SchoolMinookaIndians   
Oswego High SchoolOswegoPanthers   
Oswego East High SchoolOswegoWolves   
Plainfield North High SchoolPlainfieldTigers     
West Aurora High School[lower-alpha 1]AuroraBlackhawks   
Yorkville High SchoolYorkvilleFoxes   
Reference:[9]

Future members
School nameLocationJoiningFormer conferenceTeam nameColors
Bolingbrook High SchoolBolingbrook2024Southwest Suburban ConferenceRaiders     
Notes
  1. West Aurora will depart the SPC for the Upstate Eight Conference in 2024[7]

Membership timeline
Bolingbrook High SchoolWest Aurora High SchoolYorkville High SchoolJoliet West High SchoolJoliet Central High SchoolPlainfield East High SchoolRomeoville High SchoolPlainfield South High SchoolPlainfield North High SchoolPlainfield Central High SchoolOswego East High SchoolOswego High SchoolMinooka High SchoolMorris Community High School

References
  1. Lewter, Mike. "The Great Conferences". Illinois High School Glory Days. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  2. Goss, Dick (December 15, 2014). "Joliet Central, West to join SPC in 2016". The Herald. Shaw Media.
  3. Armstrong, Rick (September 25, 2018). "Upstate Eight principals invite Fenton to replace West Aurora but leave Kaneland on hold". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  4. Armstrong, Rick (March 19, 2018). "Kaneland and Yorkville in conference limbo after Sycamore makes move to Interstate Eight". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2021.
  5. Girardi, Laura (September 6, 2018). "West Aurora votes to join Southwest Prairie Conference". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune.
  6. Armstrong, Rick (July 29, 2018). "West Aurora, Yorkville get OK from Southwest Prairie Conference to join for 2019-20 school year". The Beacon-News. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. Oesterle, Rob (July 7, 2023). "Bolingbrook to join Southwest Prairie Conference in 2024". Shaw Local. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  8. "Southwest Prairie (East) — 2020-21". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  9. "Southwest Prairie (West) — 2020-21". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
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