Iowa Star Conference

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Iowa Star Conference School Locations
Iowa Star Conference
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Conference IHSAA / IGHSAU
Sports fielded
  • 20
No. of teams15
RegionCentral, Northeast Iowa
Official website www.iowastarconference.org

The Iowa Star Conference is a high school athletic conference in Central and Northeast Iowa. The conference comprises fifteen schools, split between north and south divisions within the conference.

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Current members

North Division

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2025-2026 BEDS [1]
Clarksville Clarksville Indians  Public63
Don Bosco Catholic Gilbertville Dons  Private84
Dunkerton Dunkerton Raiders  Public84
Janesville Janesville Wildcats  Public92
Riceville Riceville Wildcats  Public84
Tripoli Tripoli Panthers  Public76
Waterloo Christian Waterloo Regents  Private82

Future Division Member

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2024-2025 BEDS [2]
Rockford Rockford Warriors  Public96

South Division

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2025-2026 BEDS [3]
Baxter Baxter Bolts   Public108
BCLUW Conrad Comets  Public125
Collins–Maxwell Maxwell Spartans   Public84
Colo–NESCO Colo Royals  Public76
GMG Garwin Wolverines  Public95
Meskwaki Settlement School Tama Warriors  Tribal56
North Tama County Traer Redhawks  Public95
Valley Lutheran Cedar Falls Crusaders  Private38

Recent history

North Tama County joined the Iowa Star in 2003, leaving the North Iowa Cedar League. [4]

Former member CAL (Coulter-Alexander-Latimer) last had their own high school in the 2017–18 school year. After many years of sharing sports teams with Dows High School, and competing as CAL–Dows, Dows left the agreement and partnered with Clarion–Goldfield for the 2014–15 school year. The CAL school district still supports grades K–6, with grades 7–12 attending Hampton–Dumont; the athletic teams are referred to as Hampton-Dumont-CAL. [5]

Members Baxter and Collins–Maxwell formerly partnered in sports, which Baxter ended that agreement to compete on their own in 2016. Both schools joined the conference separately in 2017. [6]

BCLUW (Conrad) joined the Iowa Star Conference starting with the 2022-23 school year. BCLUW formerly competed in the North Iowa Cedar League. [7] [8]

On August 15, 2022, it was announced that Rockford would be joining the North Division from the Top of Iowa Conference East Division in the 2023-2024 school year. [9]

References

  1. "IHSAA: Classifications".
  2. "IHSAA: Classifications".
  3. "IHSAA: Classifications".
  4. "Baxter, Collins-Maxwell separately joining Iowa Star Conference | Iowa Highway Ends (etc.)".
  5. "CAL likely to begin whole-grade sharing with Hampton-Dumont". Mason City Globe Gazette. January 5, 2017.
  6. "Baxter school board accepts invite from Iowa Star Conference". November 22, 2016.
  7. "A new NICL for now". August 11, 2021.
  8. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02kpe813FJZnsvodQe6i2DgXpz5w8SQTfy7xMMryYTEhSdvNBYC5W4Vx9J9ac5tij2l&id=137650329600987&refid=17&__tn__=%2AW-R [ user-generated source ]
  9. "Rockford Joining Iowa Star Conference". August 16, 2022.