Raccoon River Conference

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Raccoon River Conference School Locations

Raccoon River Conference

Conference	IHSAA / IGHSAU
Founded	1941?
Sports fielded	18
No. of teams	9
Region	Central Iowa
Official website	www.raccoonriverconference.org

The Raccoon River Conference is a nine team high school athletic league in central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class of schools in Iowa.

Current members

Institution	Location	Mascot	Colors	Affiliation	2024-2025 BEDS [1]	Joined
ADM	Adel	Tigers		Public	523	1956–57
Ballard	Huxley	Bombers		Public	432	1988–89
Bondurant–Farrar	Bondurant	Bluejays		Public	610	2011–12
Boone	Boone	Toreadors		Public	549	2009–10
Carlisle	Carlisle	Wildcats		Public	561	1996–97
Carroll	Carroll	Tigers		Public	395	1994–95
Gilbert	Gilbert	Tigers		Public	390	2020–21
North Polk	Alleman	Comets		Public	487	2020–21
Winterset	Winterset	Huskies		Public	411	1998–99

Former members

• * Indicates that school is no longer operating

Institution	Location	Mascot	Colors	Left for
Dallas Center *	Dallas Center	Mustangs		Consolidated with Grimes to form Dallas Center-Grimes
Dallas Center-Grimes	Grimes	Mustangs		Little Hawkeye Conference
Dexfield*	Redfield	Blue Devils		consolidated with Stuart-Menlo to form West Central Valley
Earlham	Earlham	Cardinals		Little Eight Conference
Interstate 35	Truro	Roadrunners		Pride of Iowa Conference
Greene County	Jefferson	Rams		Heart of Iowa Conference
Madrid	Madrid	Tigers		Central Valley Conference
Nevada	Nevada	Cubs		Heart of Iowa Conference
Norwalk	Norwalk	Warriors		Little Hawkeye Conference
North Polk County	Alleman	Comets		Heart of Iowa Conference
Ogden	Ogden	Bulldogs		Heart of Iowa Conference
Panora*	Panora	Bluejays		conoslidates with Linden to form Panora-Linden
Panora-Linden*	Panora	Hawks		Little Eight Conference
Perry	Perry	Bluejays		Heart of Iowa Conference
PCM	Monroe	Mustangs		South Central Conference
Redfield*	Redfield	Bulldogs		consolidated with Dexter to form Dexfield
Stuart*	Stuart	Dragons		Little Eight Conference
Saydel	Des Moines	Eagles		Heart of Iowa Conference
Waukee	Waukee	Warriors		Central Iowa Metro League
West Central Valley	Stuart	Wildcats		West Central Activities Conference
Woodward*	Woodward	Hawks		consolidated with Granger to form Woodward-Granger
Woodward-Granger	Woodward	Hawks		Heart of Iowa Conference

History

The Raccoon River Conference was originally a small school conference. The conference's founding members were Bondurant–Farrar, Norwalk, Madrid, Woodward-Granger, Interstate 35, Waukee, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Adel–De Soto. When schools on the outer regions of the Des Moines metro began to experience significant growth, Bondurant–Farrar and Ogden decided to leave for the smaller Heart of Iowa Conference, and I-35 joined the Pride of Iowa Conference. Woodward-Granger soon followed, moving to the HOI conference. This flurry of change saw the league reform itself. By 1998, there were 14 members in the conference, competing in two divisions. The league then consisted of A-D-M, Ballard, Carlisle, Carroll, Dallas Center-Grimes, Jefferson–Scranton, Nevada, North Polk, Perry, Prairie City-Monroe, Saydel, Waukee, West Central Valley, and Winterset. Over the next two years, North Polk, Prairie City-Monroe, Waukee, and W.C. Valley all joined different conferences, leaving the league with ten teams. In 2007, Jefferson–Scranton left for the Heart of Iowa Conference. Nevada followed them there in 2009, the same year Boone joined the league.

Bondurant–Farrar rejoined the Raccoon River Conference in the 2011–12 school year. Dallas Center-Grimes, one of the league's founding members, left for the Little Hawkeye Conference in 2013.

Gilbert and North Polk both joined for the 2020–21 school year. They left their former conference, the Heart of Iowa Conference.

External links

• Official site

References

1. "IHSAA: Classifications".