Little Illini Conference

The Little Illini Conference is a high school athletic conference in East Central Illinois that is a member of the Illinois High School Association. A group of small schools near the Indiana border, Little Illini is known for its strong football squads, in particular Casey-Westfield, who has won one state football championship [1] The conference has undergone significant rearrangement in the past decade with the addition of several larger schools from the Apollo Conference driving many smaller schools to other conferences.

Little Illini Conference
Established1970
AssociationIHSA
Members9
Class 1A-4A
RegionEast Central Illinois (Clark, Clay, Crawford, Edgar, Edwards, Lawrence, Jasper counties)
Locations

History

The conference also has been strong in volleyball in recent years, with Cumberland reaching the Class 1A final four three straight times from 2008-2010. Edwards County took third place in Class 1A in 2007.

In 2014 several schools, including Cumberland, Palestine-Hutsonville and Oblong left the Little Illini Conference to join the Little Okay Valley Conference in central Illinois while Paris High School joined the conference. This followed the addition of Newton, Olney and Robinson high schools, which had been longtime members of the Apollo Conference.

Edwards County left the LIC for the Black Diamond Conference in 2016. They became an affiliate member in the BDC for baseball and softball from 2014/2015-2015/2016

Member Schools

Small Division
School Location
(Population)		 Team Name Colors Enrollment
2017-2018		 IHSA
Class 2/3/4 		IHSA Class
Football 		County
Casey-Westfield High School Casey, IL
(2,769)		 Warriors     293 A, 1A, 2A 2A Clark
Flora High School Flora, IL
(5,070)		 Wolves (Wolfgals)     372 A, 1A, 2A 2A Clay
Lawrenceville High School Lawrenceville, IL
(4,348)		 Indians     320 A, 1A, 2A 2A Lawrence
Red Hill High School Bridgeport, IL
(1,886)		 Salukis       269 A, 1A, 1A 2A Lawrence

Large Division
School Location
(Population)		 Team Name Colors Enrollment
2017-2018		 IHSA
Class 2/3/4 		IHSA Class
Football 		County
Marshall High School (Illinois) Marshall, IL
(3,933)		 Lions     418 A, 1A, 2A 2A Clark
Newton High School (Illinois) Newton, IL
(2,849)		 Eagles     461 A, 1A, 2A 2A Jasper
Paris Cooperative High School Paris, IL
(8,837)		 Tigers     618 A, 1A, 2A 2A Edgar
Richland County High School Olney, IL
(9,115)		 Tigers     733 A, 2A, 3A 4A Richland
Robinson High School (Illinois) Robinson, IL
(7,713)		 Maroons     457 A, 1A, 2A 2A Crawford

See also

References
  1. http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum1316.htm
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