Hawkeye 10 Conference

Hawkeye 10 Conference
Formerly	Little 6, Hawkeye 6-7-8
Conference	IHSAA / IGHSAU
Founded	February 15, 1930
No. of teams	11
Region	Southwest Iowa
Official website	www.hawkeyeten.org

Last updated March 21, 2023

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Hawkeye 10 Conference School Locations

The Hawkeye 10 Conference is a high school athletic conference in Iowa made up of larger-mid-size schools in Southwest Iowa. Most members participate at the 3A level in all sports, which is the second highest level of competition in Iowa.

List of member schools

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Year Joined	BEDS Enrollment (2022–23)^[1]	Football Class 2021-22
Atlantic	Atlantic	Public	Trojans	1930	366	3A
Clarinda	Clarinda	Public	Cardinals	1930	260	2A
Creston	Creston	Public	Panthers	1930	416	3A
Denison-Schleswig	Denison	Public	Monarchs	1993	593	4A
Glenwood	Glenwood	Public	Rams	1951	430	4A
Harlan	Harlan	Public	Cyclones	1971	357	3A
Kuemper Catholic	Carroll	Private	Knights	1993	221	1A
Lewis Central	Council Bluffs	Public	Titans	1970	674	4A
Red Oak	Red Oak	Public	Tigers	1930	258	2A
Shenandoah	Shenandoah	Public	Mustangs & Fillies	1930	240	2A
St. Albert Catholic*	Council Bluffs	Private	Falcons & Saintes	2013	121	A

*Heartland Christian School, located in Council Bluffs, co-ops with St. Albert Catholic for baseball, football, cheer, and softball.^[2] Heartland Christian competes in other sports in the Frontier Conference of Nebraska.

Former member schools

School	Location	Affiliation	Mascot	Colors	Year Joined	Year Left	Conference Left For
Corning	Corning	Public	Red Raiders		1946	1970	Tall Corn
Villisca	Villisca	Public	Blue Jays		1930 (founding member)	1962	Tall Corn (founding member)

In 2013, Corning and Villisca entered a joint operation agreement and are known as the Southwest Valley Timberwolves, competing in the Pride of Iowa Conference.

^[3]*Classifications for football are set for two-year cycles with enrollment numbers from grades 9-11 from the school year before the cycle begins. For all other sports, enrollment numbers from grades 10-12 are used to determine classes for the current school year.

Conference History

In 1930, Creston approached Little Ten Conference members Atlantic, Clarinda, Red Oak, Shenandoah, and Villisca about breaking away from the conference to create their own league. The conference at the time consisted of those schools plus Bedford, Corning, Glenwood, and Sidney. During a meeting in Villisca on February 15, 1930, the schools decided to make it official. Soon after, The Little Six named was changed to the Hawkeye Six.

The 1930 track meet at Red Oak was the first official event, with Shenandoah claiming the first title in league history. Creston and Red Oak would tie for the football conference championship in the fall of '30.

In 1946 the conference went through their first phase of expansion when Corning was admitted, making the conference the Hawkeye Seven. Glenwood would follow in 1951, making it the Hawkeye Eight.

In 1962, Villisca withdrew from the conference to found the Tall Corn Conference, and Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln applied for membership, but was denied. Harlan would be invited at this time, but turned down an invitation to stay in the Midwest Conference.

In the fall of 1963, Lewis Central applied for membership, but was denied. The same happened in 1966 when St. Albert's Catholic and Maryville, Missouri both applied for membership and were denied.

Moving forward to 1968, Corning announced they would be leaving the conference in 1970 for the Tall Corn Conference as well. Lewis Central was soon admitted in 1970, and Harlan the following year.

The conference was known as the Hawkeye Eight until 1993 when Kuemper Catholic and Denison, recently partnered with Schelswig, joined. Beginning in the fall of 2013, St. Albert's Catholic finally became a member school as well, giving the conference 11 schools.

In 2017, the Missouri River Conference sent letters inviting both Lewis Central and Glenwood to join. Both schools declined.^[4]

While the conference no longer sponsors football due to Iowa's district system, Harlan Community is one of the most storied football programs in the nation, having won 13 class 3A state titles since Iowa began the football playoff system in 1972. Harlan claimed titles in 1972, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2021, and 2022. Harlan holds the longest regular-season game winning streak (excludes post-season games) in Iowa high school football history, winning 66 straight games from 1985-1992. In addition, legendary coach Curt Bladt is the second winningest coach in state history, posting an unheard of 407-60 record in his career. Coach Bladt trails the all-time leader Dick Tighe by just 25 games despite the fact that Tighe coached for 63 years and Bladt has only coached for 40. Bladt has earned the honor of National High School Coach of the Year by the National High School Athletic Association, twice, and is also immortalized in a book titled Let the Chips Fall Where They May. Thanks to state titles held in Men's Basketball, Wrestling, and Baseball in recent years Harlan was also one of the finalist for ESPN's top High School Sport town in recent years.

State Champions

Year	School	Sport	Class
1939	Creston	Basketball	Single Class
1953	Red Oak	Track	A
1956	Clarinda	Cross Country	A
1956	Clarinda	Track	A
1962	Clarinda	Cross Country	A
1963	Clarinda	Cross Country	A
1963	Atlantic	Golf	A
1965	Red Oak	Cross Country	AA
1966	Red Oak	Cross Country	AA
1967	Creston	Girls Golf	A
1967	Red Oak	Cross Country	AA
1967	Glenwood	Indoor Track	A
1972	Harlan	Football	3A
1973	Lewis Central	Cross Country	AA
1973	Red Oak	Track	A
1974	Shenandoah	Cross Country	B
1975	Shenandoah	Cross Country	A
1978	Denison-Schleswig	Basketball	2A
1982	Harlan	Football	3A
1983	Harlan	Football	3A
1983	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
1984	Harlan	Football	3A
1985	Atlantic	Golf	3A
1987	Denison-Schleswig	Tennis	1A
1988	Shenandoah	Cross Country	2A
1989	Shenandoah	Cross Country	2A
1989	Glenwood	Track	3A
1989	Glenwood	Wrestling	2A
1990	Atlantic	Girls Basketball	Single Class
1990	Glenwood	Track	3A
1991	Shenandoah	Cross Country	2A
1993	Harlan	Football	3A
1994	Denison-Schleswig	Baseball	3A
1994	Clarinda	Wrestling	2A
1995	Harlan	Football	3A
1995	Kuemper Catholic	Golf	3A
1996	Harlan	Baseball	3A
1997	Creston	Basketball	3A
1997	Harlan	Football	3A
1998	Kuemper Catholic	Girls Basketball	3A
1998	Harlan	Football	3A
1998	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
1999	Clarinda	Girls Golf	2A
1999	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
2000	Lewis Central	Wrestling	3A
2000	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
2001	Lewis Central	Wrestling	3A
2001	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
2002	Atlantic	Football	3A
2003	Harlan	Football	3A
2003	Red Oak	Tennis	1A
2003	Harlan	Track	3A
2003	Atlantic	Girls Track	2A
2004	Harlan	Basketball	3A
2004	Harlan	Football	3A
2004	Atlantic	Girls Track	3A
2004	Lewis Central	Wrestling	3A
2005	Kuemper Catholic	Girls Golf	3A
2005	Harlan	Football	3A
2006	Harlan	Basketball	3A
2006	Kuemper Catholic	Girls Golf	3A
2007	Red Oak	Girls Bowling	1A
2007	Creston/Orient-Macksburg	Wrestling	2A
2009	Harlan	Football	3A
2009	Kuemper Catholic	Golf	2A
2010	Glenwood	Baseball	3A
2010	Kuemper Catholic	Golf	2A
2010	Kuemper Catholic	Girls Golf	2A
2011	Kuemper Catholic	Golf	2A
2011	Glenwood	Track	3A
2013	Creston	Golf	3A
2013	Kuemper Catholic	Girls Golf	3A
2013	Harlan	Volleyball	4A
2013	Kuemper Catholic	Football	2A
2014	Harlan	Girls Basketball	4A
2014	Atlantic	Girls Golf	3A
2014	Harlan	Volleyball	4A
2015	Harlan	Girls Basketball	4A
2016	Creston/Orient-Macksburg	Wrestling	2A
2018	Kuemper Catholic	Boys Golf	2A
2018	Glenwood	Basketball	3A
2018	St. Albert Catholic	Track	1A
2018	Kuemper Catholic	Volleyball	3A
2019	Glenwood	Girls Track	3A
2019	Lewis Central	Boys Soccer	2A
2021	St. Albert Catholic	Baseball	1A
2021	Harlan	Football	3A
2022	Harlan	Football	3A
2022	Creston	Boys Track	3A
2022	Denison-Schleswig	Boys Bowling	2A

State Team Championships Since Joining Hawkeye 10

School	Titles
Harlan	22
Atlantic	12
Kuemper Catholic	12
Glenwood	8
Red Oak	7
Creston	7
Clarinda	6
Shenandoah	5
Lewis Central	5
Denison-Schleswig	4
St. Albert Catholic	2

Wrestling

There is a strong history of wrestling in the conference with four separate schools having won state team championships since Glenwood won the conference's first in 1989. Lewis Central leads the way, having won state titles in 2001, '04, and '06.

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[1] "IHSAA: Classifications".

[2] "Heartland Christian School - Council Bluffs, Iowa - Athletics".

[3] ttp://www.iahsaa.org

[4] "Le Mars, 2 others asked to join MRAC | Basketball | siouxcityjournal.com".

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