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Conference | IHSA |
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Founded | 1919 |
No. of teams | 11 |
Region | Illinois |
The Little Ten Conference is the oldest continuous high school athletic conference in the state of Illinois. Founded in 1919, it comprised the following small high schools in northern Illinois: Earlville, Hinckley, Leland, Paw Paw, Plano, Rollo, Sandwich, Shabbona, Somonauk, and Waterman. The conference is still in operation and currently consists of the following members: DePue, Earlville, Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek, Kirkland Hiawatha, LaMoille, Leland, Newark, Serena, Somonauk, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA). Over the years, there have been a number of other area schools in the conference, including Malta.
Eight of the original ten schools are still members in some form. Charter members consist of Earlville, Leland, Somonauk, Hinckley (now combined into Hinckley Big Rock), and Paw Paw, Shabbona, Waterman, & Rollo (which have respectively merged to form Indian Creek.)
The Little Ten conference gets reported in many sources with the biggest being the Little 10 Network, on Instagram.
In February 2019, the Little Ten Conference held its 100th league boys basketball tournament.
Schools in the conference compete in 8-Man Football, Competitive Cheer, Competitive Dance, Music, Boys Soccer, Girls Volleyball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Boys Baseball and Girls Softball. [1]
School | Location | County | Mascot | Colors | Joined | Enrollment [2] | IHSA Classes 2/3/4 [3] | IHSA Music Class [4] | IHSA Football Class [5] | IHSA Cheer/Dance Class [4] |
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DePue High School | DePue, Illinois | Bureau | Little Giants Lady Giants | Blue, Orange | 2020 | 122 | A/1A/1A | D | NA | NA |
Earlville High School | Earlville, Illinois | LaSalle | Red Raiders | Red, Black, White | 1919 2006♠ | 134 | A/1A/1A | D | NA | Small Squad |
Hinckley Big Rock High School | Hinckley, Illinois | DeKalb | Royals Lady Royals | Blue, White | 1957 | 202 | A/1A/1A | C | NA | Small squad |
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Aurora, Illinois | Kane | Titans | Blue, Silver | 2021 | 836 | - | - | - | - |
Indian Creek High School | Shabbona, Illinois | DeKalb | Timberwolves | Red, White, Black | 1993♥ | 211 | A/1A/1A | C | NA | NA |
Kirkland-Hiawatha High School | Kirkland, Illinois | DeKalb | Hawks Lady Hawks | Navy Blue, Gold | 2006 | 167 | A/1A/1A | D | 8-man | NA |
La Moille High School | La Moille, Illinois | Bureau | Lions Lady Lions | Red, White | 1996 | 84 | A/1A/1A | D | NA | NA |
Leland High School | Leland, Illinois | LaSalle | Panthers Lady Panthers | Kelly Green, White | 1919 2006♠ | 79 | A/1A/1A | D | NA | NA |
Newark High School | Newark, Illinois | Kendall | Norsemen Lady Norsemen | Royal Blue, White | 1967 | 165 | A/1A/1A | D | NA | NA |
Serena High School♦ | Serena, Illinois | LaSalle | Huskers | Purple, Gold | 1938♣ | 225 | A/1A/1A | C | NA | NA |
Somonauk High School | Somonauk, Illinois | DeKalb | Bobcats Lady Bobcats | Blue, Yellow | 1919 | 271 | A/1A/1A | C | NA | Small squad |
♠ Earlville and Leland combined athletic programs in 2006 becoming Leland-Earlville but separated in 2018
♥ Shabbona and Waterman consolidated to form Indian Creek in 1993.
♦ Harding and Sheridan Schools consolidated with Serena creating the Serena CUSD in 1938.
♣ Harding and Sheridan merged with Serena, creating CUSD2 in 1938.
Sources:IHSA Conferences, [6] IHSA Coop Teams, [7] and IHSA Member Schools Directory [8]
School | Location | County | Mascot | Colors | Joined | Exited | School Still Active | Extra Information |
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Hinckley High School | Hinckley, Illinois | DeKalb | Hawks | Blue, Gold | 1919 | 1957 | No | Consolidated with Big Rock High School forming Hinckley Big Rock High School |
Paw Paw High School | Paw Paw, Illinois | Lee | Bulldogs | Purple, Gold | 1919 | 2018 | Yes | Still a conference member Co-Op in sports with Indian Creek |
Malta High School | Malta, Illinois | DeKalb | Mustangs | Red, White | 1967 | 2000 | No | School Closed Students now attend DeKalb High School |
Plano High School | Plano, Illinois | Kendall | Reapers | Purple, White | 1919 | 1967 | Yes | Joined the Northeast Conference |
Rollo High School | Rollo, Illinois | DeKalb | Eagles | Blue, Orange | 1919 | 1954♥ | No | Merged with Shabbona in 1954 |
Sandwich Community High School | Sandwich, Illinois | DeKalb | Indians Lady Indians | Black, Orange | 1919 | 1967 | Yes | Joined the Northeast Conference |
Shabbona High School | Shabbona, Illinois | DeKalb | Indians | Red, White | 1919 | 1993♥ | No | Consolidated with Waterman to form Indian Creek |
Sheridan High School | Sheridan, Illinois | LaSalle | Cardinal | Red, White | 1930 | 1939 | No | Consolidated with Harding and Serena |
Waterman High School | Waterman, Illinois | DeKalb | Wolverines | Red, Black | 1919 | 1993♥ | No | Consolidated with Shabbona to form Indian Creek |
The Junior High schools of the respective communities have a conference, comprising
* Original conference members
The schools are represented by the following team nicknames:
Year | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Score | Location | Regular Season Champ |
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2024 | Serena | 51 | Earlville | 27 | Somonauk | Serena |
2023 | Serena | 54 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 46 | Somonauk | Serena |
2022 | Somonauk | 55 | Newark | 49 | Somonauk | Somonauk |
2021 | Indian Creek | 83 | Somonauk | 73 | Shabbona | Indian Creek |
2020 | Indian Creek | 62 | Newark | 33 | Somonauk | Indian Creek |
2019 | Newark | 55 | Indian Creek | 44 | Somonauk | Newark |
2018 | Newark | 71 | Indian Creek | 49 | Somonauk | Newark |
2017 | Newark | 80 | Indian Creek | 73 (2-OT) | Somonauk | Newark |
2016 | Newark | 63 | Indian Creek | 50 | Somonauk | Newark |
2015 | Newark | 58 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 45 | Somonauk | Somonauk |
2014 | Somonauk | 64 | Newark | 57 | Somonauk | Newark |
2013 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 39 | Indian Creek | 30 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock, Paw Paw |
2012 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 58 | Somonauk | 39 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2011 | Newark | 62 | Indian Creek | 57 | Somonauk | Newark |
2010 | Newark | 66 | Serena | 43 | Somonauk | Newark |
2009 | Somonauk | 61 | Newark | 52 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock, Somonauk, Newark |
2008 | Somonauk | 62 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 48 | Somonauk | Somonauk, Newark |
2007 | Serena | 73 | Somonauk | 58 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2006 | Serena | 56 | Indian Creek | 42 | Somonauk | Serena |
2005 | Serena | 55 | Somonauk | 49 | Somonauk | Newark |
2004 | Newark | 62 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 46 | Somonauk | Newark |
2003 | Somonauk | 67 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 52 | Somonauk | Somonauk |
2002 | Newark | 63 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 61 (OT) | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock, Newark, Somonauk |
2001 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 45 | Serena | 30 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2000 | Serena | 62 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 43 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock, Indian Creek |
1999 | Malta | 76 | Somonauk | 47 | Somonauk | Malta |
1998 | Paw Paw | 69 | Indian Creek | 54 | Somonauk | Paw Paw |
1997 | Paw Paw | 47 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 43 | Somonauk | Earlville, Hinckley-Big Rock, Paw Paw, Indian Creek |
1996 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 54 | Indian Creek | 43 | Somonauk | Somonauk, Indian Creek |
1995 | Newark | 52 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 51 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock, Newark |
1994 | Newark | 56 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 50 | Somonauk | Newark |
1993 | Newark | 77 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 61 | Somonauk | Newark |
1992 | Somonauk | 67 | Newark | 59 | Somonauk | Somonauk |
1991 | Shabbona | 57 | Somonauk | 47 | Somonauk | Shabbona |
1990 | Somonauk | 62 | Shabbona | 48 | Somonauk | Shabbona, Somonauk |
1989 | Leland | 75 | Malta | 58 | Somonauk | Somonauk |
1988 | Newark | 59 | Shabbona | 53 | Somonauk | Shabbona |
1987 | Newark | 70 | Shabbona | 47 | Somonauk | Newark |
1986 | Newark | 86 | Shabbona | 60 | Somonauk | Newark |
1985 | Newark | 78 | Earlville | 46 | Somonauk | Newark |
1984 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 67 | Newark | 56 | Somonauk | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1983 | Newark | 71 | Paw Paw | 56 | Hinckley | Newark |
1982 | Newark | 67 | Serena | 56 | Somonauk | Newark |
1981 | Serena | 58 | Newark | 52 | Somonauk | Serena |
1980 | Serena | 53 | Shabbona | 50 | Shabbona | Shabbona |
1979 | Shabbona | 61 | Leland | 55 | Hinckley | Somonauk |
1978 | Newark | 58 | Serena | 56 (OT) | Waterman | Leland |
1977 | Serena | 63 | Somonauk | 56 | Somonauk | Serena |
1976 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 63 | Serena | 60 | Shabbona | Serena |
1975 | Shabbona | 70 | Serena | 66 | Hinckley | Serena |
1974 | Somonauk | 52 | Newark | 44 | Waterman | Somonauk |
1973 | Somonauk | 47 | Serena | 42 | Somonauk | Shabbona |
1972 | Shabbona | 55 | Waterman | 41 | Shabbona | Shabbona |
1971 | Newark | 48 | Waterman | 47 | Hinckley | Waterman |
1970 | Waterman | 75 | Shabbona | 52 | Waterman | Shabbona, Malta |
1969 | Newark | 43 | Shabbona | 34 | Shabbona | Shabbona |
1968 | Newark | 64 | Shabbona | 49 | Hinckley | Shabbona |
1967 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 65 | Waterman | 61 | Waterman | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1966 | Serena | 52 | Earlville | 42 | Plano | Serena, Paw Paw |
1965 | Serena | 60 | Shabbona | 56 | Shabbona | Serena |
1964 | Serena | 88 | Leland | 64 | Hickley | Serena, Plano, Shabbona |
1963 | Serena | 49 | Leland | 48 | Waterman | Leland |
1962 | Shabbona | 73 | Plano | 57 | Plano | Shabbona |
1961 | Serena | 51 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 49 (2-OT) | Serena | Waterman |
1960 | Shabbona | 79 | Serena | 70 | Shabbona | Shabbona |
1959 | Shabbona | 91 | Leland | 51 | Hinckley | Shabbona |
1958 | Shabbona | 77 | Sandwich | 55 | Earlville | Shabbona |
1957 | Serena | 55 | Earlville | 48 | Serena | Shabbona, Leland |
1956 | Earlville | 62 | Somonauk | 50 | Leland | Earlville |
1955 | Earlville | 58 | Somonauk | 56 | Shabbona | Earlville |
1954 | Waterman | 64 | Paw Paw | 56 | Earlville | Waterman |
1953 | Serena | 58 | Waterman | 53 | Serena | Waterman |
1952 | Hinckley | 47 | Somonauk | 43 | Hinckley | Hinckley, Somonauk |
1951 | Serena | 58 | Hinckley | 57 (OT) | Leland | Hinckley |
1950 | Serena | 56 | Leland | 41 | Earlville | Serena |
1949 | Waterman | 57 | Plano | 41 | Waterman | Plano, Waterman |
1948 | Waterman | 39 | Serena | 35 | Somonauk | Waterman |
1947 | Plano | 31 | Somonauk | 30 | Serena | Serena |
1946 | Plano | 38 | Paw Paw | 33 | Sandwich | Somonauk, Waterman |
1945 | Somonauk | 54 | Waterman | 42 | Plano | Somonauk |
1944 | Shabbona | 35 | Serena | 29 | Hinckley | Shabbona |
1943 | Somonauk | 45 | Leland | 29 | Waterman | Somonauk |
1942 | Somonauk | 31 | Shabbona | 21 | Somonauk | Waterman |
1941 | Waterman | 38 | Earlville | 16 | Serena | Earlville |
1940 | Waterman | 61 | Earlville | 28 | Sandwich | Serena |
1939 | Waterman | 25 | Plano | 23 (OT) | Plano | Waterman |
1938 | Earlville | 25 | Sandwich | 18 | Hinckley | Earlville |
1937 | Waterman | 24 | Leland | 22 (2-OT) | Somonauk | Sandwich |
1936 | Shabbona | 25 | Leland | 17 | Waterman | Leland |
1935 | Waterman | 34 | Leland | 17 | Sandwich | Waterman |
1934 | Waterman | 48 | Leland | 19 | Plano | Waterman |
1933 | Waterman | 36 | Paw Paw | 18 | Hinckley | Waterman |
1932 | Waterman | 27 | Earlville | 13 | Waterman | Waterman |
1931 | Waterman | 29 | Sheridan | 14 | Waterman | Waterman |
1930 | Waterman | 20 | Hinckley | 1 | Plano | Waterman |
1929 | Waterman | 29 | Rollo | 20 | Hinckley | Waterman |
1928 | Leland | 30 | Hinckley | 19 | Sandwich | Leland |
1927 | Hinckley | 25 | Waterman | 20 | Sandwich | Earlville, Sandwich |
1926 | Earlville | 32 | Hinckley | 11 | Sandwich | Hinckley |
1925 | Hinckley | 29 | Sandwich | 19 | Waterman | Earlville |
1924 | Sandwich | 19 | Hinckley | 17 | Sandwich | Hinckley |
1923 | Earlville | 33 | Rollo | 27 | Sandwich | Earlville |
1922 | Earlville | 32 | Leland | 24 | Earlville | Earlville |
1921 | Earlville | 12 | Leland | 11 | Leland | Earlville |
1920 | Sandwich | 16 | Rollo | 9 | Sandwich | Leland |
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Year | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Score | Regular Season Champ |
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2024 | Serena | 47 | Newark | 32 | Serena |
2023 | Serena | 38 | Newark | 30 | Serena |
2022 | Serena | 56 | Somonauk | 23 | Serena |
2021 | Newark | 52 | Somonauk | 34 | Serena |
2020 | Newark | 55 | Indian Creek | 45 | Newark, Serena |
2019 | Newark | 55 | Serena | 24 | Newark |
2018 | Serena | 48 | Newark | 45 | Newark |
2017 | Serena | 39 | Newark | 21 | Newark |
2016 | Indian Creek | 52 | Serena | 49 | Indian Creek |
2015 | Indian Creek | 36 | Newark | 32 | Newark |
2014 | Serena | 47 | Newark | 46 | Newark |
2013 | Newark | 56 | Serena | 30 | Newark |
2012 | Newark | 37 | Serena | 23 | Hinckley-Big Rock, Newark |
2011 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 41 | Newark | 31 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2010 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 63 | Newark | 39 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2009 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 51 | Newark | 45 | Newark |
2008 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 50 | Newark | 34 | Hinckley-Big Rock, Earlville-Leland |
2007 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 50 | Newark | 38 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2006 | Newark | 38 | Somonauk | 32 (OT) | Earlville-Leland |
2005 | Serena | 49 | Newark | 36 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
2004 | Newark | 64 | Indian Creek | 39 | Newark |
2003 | Newark | 60 | Serena | 46 | Newark |
2002 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 48 | Serena | 47 | LaMoille, Newark |
2001 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 58 | Earlville-Leland | 30 | Hinckley-Big Rock, Newark |
2000 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 67 | Serena | 50 | Serena |
1999 | Newark | 51 | Earlville-Leland | 32 | Newark, Somonauk, Earlville-Leland |
1998 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 46 | Leland | 42 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1997 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 62 | Serena | 53 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1996 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 61 | Serena | 55 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1995 | Somonauk | 61 | Serena | 46 | Serena |
1994 | Somonauk | 58 | Indian Creek | 49 | Somonauk |
1993 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 61 | Leland | 38 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1992 | Leland | 57 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 31 | Leland |
1991 | Leland | 56 | Shabbona | 36 | Leland |
1990 | Leland | 65 | Shabbona | 29 | Leland |
1989 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 65 | Leland | 51 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1988 | Leland | 64 | Shabbona | 39 | Shabbona |
1987 | Shabbona | 53 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 49 | Shabbona |
1986 | Shabbona | 51 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 48 | Shabbona |
1985 | Shabbona | 40 | Leland | 38 | Shabbona |
1984 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 47 | Somonauk | 40 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1983 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 62 | Somonauk | 42 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
1982 | Hinckley-Big Rock | 44 | Waterman | 21 | Hinckley-Big Rock |
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