This. They have alienated the whole conference over several decades. I’d say this size difference provides a good rational reason but they have not endeared themselves to any other members on our off the field/court.
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Charles City looking to form new conference after racial issues
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Yeah this has very little to do with a school getting bigger.
I know people from NE IA who were in high school in the early 2000’s who strongly dislike WSR.
Look at the poster defending Waverly in this thread. Enough said.
No, she’s referring to Tornado Man.
The Lakes is at 6 now, and will be at 5 at the end of the year with Western leaving (Spencer 559, Storm Lake 550, Spirit Lake 309, Estherville-LC 302, Cherokee 255). In the last 12 years, the Lakes has lost Sheldon (262), Emmetsburg (208), and now Western (213).
Western announced its departure ~16 months in advance, and still hasn't found a new home as far as I know. The Siouxland said no, then Western appealed to the state and got denied. They'd be the second-biggest school in the War Eagle (behind Unity), but I can't imagine that conference wanting them either. They may very well end up as an independent.
Those schools are in a odd spot. Schools that vary in size and the farther west you go, the less schools there are. The twin rivers conference is kinda ugly also. Has some schools in that 200 area down to some that probably don't even have 100. I know north Iowa and north union have looked at other options, but they don't fit very well into others also.
Denver and SF are a little small to be joining the UIC. They fit perfect in the conference they are in now. And as the above stated. They have good relationships with schools like DNH, A-P, etc..
Top of Iowa just is too big and covers too much area. 18 teams with some schools playing in conference 2+ hrs away. Should have never got rid of the corn bowl and just added a couple schools to that. The original corn bowl adding Newman, Osage, possibly Lake Mills would be just fine. Maybe could send Cresco and invite. But as they sit currently it is a disaster. Osage being the top dog in a lot of sports in the conference makes me surprised they would want to move.
The TOI is split in two groups and now just act as two conferences in most sports. So Osage and Newman went east. The north Iowa conference had 11 when they merged, should have sat on those but Osage had issues because of wrestling. Heard Osage tried to change TOI to bigs and smaller due to VB. 5 of the 6 big schools are in the west. Told VB and wrestling are Osages issues. VB would be served by getting in with the west.
LM wouldn’t want to join the corn bowl I’m believing. They are content in the west and have good travel distances. They would t gain anything, besides easier comp, going east; and besides, they do well in the west they way it is.
Osage has talked to two other conferences that I was told by someone in the know and was thinking a third one could come up
| Decorah | 430 | Northeast Iowa |
| Charles City | 399 | Northeast Iowa |
| Crestwood, Cresco | 305 | Northeast Iowa |
| Waukon | 286 | Northeast Iowa |
| New Hampton | 272 | Northeast Iowa |
| Osage | 226 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Central Springs | 163 | Top of Iowa - East |
| West Fork, Sheffield | 147 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Newman Catholic, Mason City | 144 | Top of Iowa - East |
| North Butler, Greene | 144 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Nashua-Plainfield | 127 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Saint Ansgar | 124 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Northwood-Kensett | 115 | Top of Iowa - East |
| Rockford | 95 | Top of Iowa - East |
| North Fayette Valley | 249 | Upper Iowa |
| MFL MarMac | 187 | Upper Iowa |
| Postville | 168 | Upper Iowa |
| South Winneshiek, Calmar | 162 | Upper Iowa |
| Clayton Ridge, Guttenberg | 147 | Upper Iowa |
| Central, Elkader | 108 | Upper Iowa |
| Turkey Valley, Jackson Junction | 95 | Upper Iowa |
| Kee, Lansing | 72 | Upper Iowa |
| West Central, Maynard | 66 | Upper Iowa |
| Oelwein | 266 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Union, LaPorte City | 227 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Jesup | 220 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Sumner-Fredericksburg | 202 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Aplington-Parkersburg | 195 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Denver | 192 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Dike-New Hartford | 192 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Columbus Catholic, Waterloo | 190 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| East Marshall, LeGrand | 186 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Hudson | 180 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| South Hardin | 178 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Grundy Center | 169 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Wapsie Valley, Fairbank | 157 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| AGWSR, Ackley | 146 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| BCLUW, Conrad | 133 | North Iowa Cedar League |
| Gladbrook-Reinbeck | 114 | North Iowa Cedar League |
What I was told was rearrange the deck chairs. North Iowa tried making their own conference since they are small in their group but nobody wants to join a bunch of small schools incase a couple close.
It’s the Waterloo effect. People work there, but don’t want to live there.
People left black hawk county for taxes, and to get away from the “urban” element.
Denver is another town that has seen growth, along with Jesup and Dike in different directions
