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Northwest 8 Conference
ConferenceIHSA
Founded1977
Ceased1990
No. of teams8
RegionNorthwest Illinois (Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties)
Locations
The Northwest 8 Conference within IllinoisThe Northwest 8 Conference within Illinois
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Leaf River
Franklin Center
Lutheran
North Boone
Mount Morris
Kirkland-Hiawatha
Warren
River Ridge
Polo
Pearl City
Milledgeville
Durand
Ashton
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South Beloit
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Locations of Northwest 8 Schools

The Northwest 8 Conference was a high school conference in northwest and north central Illinois. The conference participated in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference included small public high schools with enrollments between 75-600 students in Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, and Winnebago counties.

History

This conference was composed of teams from the short-lived original Upstate Illini Conference (1974 to 1976), the first year of competition was 1977 with eight charter schools: Ashton, Durand, Franklin Center, Leaf River, Milledgeville, Mt. Carroll, Pearl City and Rockford Lutheran. The primary reason for the creation of the league was football based, all of the teams from the Upstate Illini with football, except for Orangeville High School, merged into a conference of like sized schools. Prior to the 1982 season Rockford Lutheran left the conference, moving to the Prairie Conference. In 1985, a significant change in structure occurred as Kirkland-Hiawatha left the Trailblazer Conference and joined the Northwest 8, Ashton and Franklin Center began their coop and Leaf River dropped football, leaving the league with 6 teams for football. In 1987, the conference began talks with the Upstate Illini to create a league that would be divided into divisions with equal numbers for all sports, including football. In 1988, North Boone, South Beloit, Warren and River Ridge joined the conference while Rockford Lutheran rejoined. Even though the league was re-branded in 1988, the official final year of competition was 1990 in order to realign football schedules.

Based on the fact that there were originally 8 teams, the conference maintained the name Northwest 8 even when the total number of schools dropped below or increased beyond that total. The league eventually rose to 12 teams and due to the increased number, talks for a re-branding of the Northwest 8 took place in 1987. In 1988, the idea of moving back to the Upstate Illini provided an opportunity to eliminate a conference name that included a number, and competition for all sports, with the exception of football, was established. In 1991, football schedules were set with 6 teams in the North Division: Durand, North Boone, Pearl City, Rockford (Lutheran), Elizabeth (River Ridge)-Warren (coop) and South Beloit and the South Division: Ashton-Franklin Center, Kirkland-Hiawatha, Milledgeville, Mt. Carroll, Mt. Morris and Polo.


Member schools

School Location Mascot Colors Year Joined Year Left IHSA Classes A/AA[1] IHSA Music Class[2] IHSA Football Class[3]
Ashton
High School 		Ashton, IL Aces    
Green, Gold 		1977 1985* A - 1A
Ashton-
Franklin Center 		Ashton, IL Raiders      
Black, Gold, White 		1985* 1991 A - 1A
Durand
High School 		Durand, IL Bulldogs    
Royal Blue, White 		1977 1991 A C 1A
Franklin Center
High School 		Franklin Grove, IL Eagles    
Maroon, Gold 		1977 1985* A A 1A
Kirkland-Hiawatha
High School 		Kirkland, IL Hawks    
Navy Blue, Gold 		1985 1990 A D 1A
Leaf River
High School 		Leaf River, IL Demons    
Royal Blue, White 		1977 1990 A C 1A
Milledgeville
High School 		Milledgeville, IL Missiles    
Orange, Black 		1977 1991 A D 1A
Mount Carroll
High School 		Mount Carroll, IL Hawks    
Purple, Gold 		1977 1991 A D 1A
Mt. Morris
High School 		Mt. Morris, IL Mounders    
Red, Black 		1990 1991 A C 1A
North Boone
High School 		Poplar Grove, IL Vikings    
Green, White 		1989 1991 A C 2A
Pearl City
High School 		Pearl City, IL Wolves      
Red, White, Black 		1977 1991 A D 1A
Polo Community
High School 		Polo, IL Marcos    
Blue, Gold 		1990 1991 A C 1A
River Ridge
High School 		Elizabeth, IL** Wildcats    
Navy Blue, Grey 		1988 1991 A D Coop w/Warren
Rockford Lutheran
High School 		Rockford, IL Crusaders    
Purple, White 		1977, 1986 1982, 1991 A C 2A
South Beloit
High School 		South Beloit, IL Sobos    
Scarlet Red, White 		1989 1991 A C 1A
Warren
High School 		Warren, IL Warriors    
Orange, Black 		1988 1991 A D 1A

* Ashton and Franklin Center began a sports CoOp in 1985, creating a new mascot and school colors.
Sources:IHSA Conferences[4], IHSA Coop Teams,[5] and IHSA Member Schools Directory[6]


Membership timeline

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bar:9  color:AssocF from:1974 till:1982text:Kirkland-Hiawatha (1974-82) 
bar:9  color:AssocF from:1982 till:1985text:(1982-85) Trailblazer Conference
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bar:10  color:FullxF from:1986 till:1989 text:River Ridge* (1986-89) 
bar:10  color:AssocOS from:1989 till:1991 text:(1989–91)FB coop w/Warren

bar:11  color:AssocF from:1974 till:1985text:North Boone (1974-85) SHARK Conference 
bar:11  color:AssocF from:1985 till:1989text:(1985-89) Big 8 Conference
bar:11  color:Full from:1989 till:1991 text:(1989–91)

bar:12  color:AssocF from:1974 till:1982text:South Beloit  (1974-85) SHARK Conference 
bar:12  color:AssocF from:1982 till:1985 text:(1985-89) Trailblazer Conference
bar:12  color:AssocF from:1985 till:1989 text:(1985-89) Independent 
bar:12  color:Full from:1989 till:1991 text:(1989–91)

bar:13  color:AssocF from:1974 till:1989 text:Warren (1985-89) Northwest Illinois Conference
bar:13  color:AssocOS from:1989 till:1991 text:(1989–91)FB coop w/River Ridge

bar:14  color:OtherC2 from:1974 till:1990text:Mt. Morris  
bar:14  color:Full from:1990 till:1991 text:(1990–91)

bar:15  color:OtherC2 from:1974 till:1990text:Polo   
bar:15  color:Full from:1990 till:1991 text:(1990–91)

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  • River Ridge became a consolidated school district in 1986, combining Elizabeth High School and Hanover High School, both coming from the Upstate Illini Conference

References

  1. ^ IHSA.org Enrollments
  2. ^ IHSA.org Music History
  3. ^ IHSA.org Football History
  4. ^ IHSA.org Conferences
  5. ^ IHSA.org Cooperative Agreements
  6. ^ IHSA.org Schools Directory

External links

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