Inter County Athletic Conference

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Inter County Athletic Conference
Conference IHSA
Founded1952
No. of teams8
RegionCentral Illinois (Fulton, Knox, Peoria and Tazewell counties)
Locations of Inter County Athletic Schools

The Inter County Athletic Conference is a high school conference in central Illinois, in the United States. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises seven small public high schools and one small private school, with enrollments between 80 and 250 students in Fulton, Knox, Peoria and Tazewell counties.

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History

Also known as the ICAC, the Inter County Athletic Conference was founded in 1952 with schools from Brimfield, Glasford, La Fayette, Williamsfield, and Yates City. [1] The five charter members included: Brimfield, Illini Bluffs, La Fayette, [2] Williamsfield, and Yates City High Schools. [3] [4] [5]

During the tenure of the conference, there has been very little change, however, the league added schools from Elmwood and Toulon during the late 1960s. La Fayette consolidated with Toulon in 1970, creating Toulon-LaFayette High School. Toulon-LaFayette would leave the league in 1976 to join the newly formed Lincoln Trail Conference. Additionally, Yates City consolidated with Farmington in 1987, reducing the total number of schools to four, the smallest total for the conference in its existence. [6] Delavan joined the league in 1997, bringing the number of schools back to five. [7] Finally, in 2020, two schools from the Peoria area, Peoria Heights and Peoria Christian, joined the conference.

To combat the issues of low numbers of teams, the ICAC began sharing with other adjacent conferences. Brimfield, Elmwood, Peoria Heights, and Spoon River Valley compete in the ICAC as well as the Prairieland. Delavan and Illini Bluffs also compete in the Tomahawk and Williamsfield the Lincoln Trail. [8]

Currently, the league consists of the following schools: Brimfield, Delavan, Elmwood, Glasford Illini Bluffs, London Mills Spoon River Valley, Peoria Christian, Peoria Heights, and Williamsfield.

Member schools

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment [9] IHSA Classes 1/2/3/4 [9] IHSA Football Class [9] IHSA Football
Type [10]
Coop/TeamAffiliated
Conference
Brimfield [11] Brimfield, IL Indians  
Red, White
225A/1A/1A1A11-ManElmwood Prairieland
Delavan [12] Delavan, IL Panthers
Lady Panthers
  
Purple, White
137A/1A/1A1ANoneNA Tomahawk
Elmwood [13] Elmwood, IL Trojans  
Orange, Black
213A/1A/1A1A11-ManBrimfield Prairieland
Illini Bluffs [14] Glasford, IL Tigers  
Orange, Black
250A/1A/1A1ANoneNA Tomahawk
Peoria Christian [15] Peoria, IL Chargers
Lady Chargers
   
Purple, White, Gold
220
363 (mulitplied)
A/1A/1ANANoneNANone
Peoria Heights [16] Peoria Heights, IL Patriots   
Red, White, Blue
216A/1A/1A1A8-ManNA Prairieland
Spoon River Valley [17] London Mills, IL Vikings  
Black, Orange
109A/1A/1A2A11-Man Lewistown Prairieland
Williamsfield [18] Williamsfield, IL Bombers  
Maroon, White
79A/1A/1A1A11-Man ROWVA Lincoln Trail

Previous Members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsYear
Opened
Year
Closed
School
In Use
Consolidated
Closed
Current
District
La Fayette [19] La Fayette, IL Panthers  
Purple, White
18911970Not used as a school
Community center
Consolidated Stark County
Toulon [20] Toulon, IL Trojans  
Red, Black
18791970YesConsolidated Stark County
Yates City [21] Yates City, IL Eagles  
Purple, White
18561987NoConsolidated Farmington

Sources:IHSA Conferences, [22] and IHSA Member Schools Directory [23]

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