Twin Lakes Conference

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Twin Lakes Conference School Locations in Iowa
Twin Lakes Conference
Conference IHSAA / IGHSAU
Founded1932
Sports fielded
  • 13
No. of teams12
RegionNorthern Iowa
Official website https://www.twinlakesconference.org/

The Twin Lakes Conference is an athletic conference in Iowa, made up of 2A and 1A schools, the two smallest classes of schools in Iowa.

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Members

InstitutionLocationMascotColorsAffiliation2025-2026 BEDS [1]
Alta–Aurelia Alta Warriors   Public171
East Sac County Lake View Raiders   Public176
Emmetsburg Emmetsburg E-Hawks  Public178
Graettinger–Terril Graettinger Knights   Public87
Manson–Northwest Webster Manson Cougars   Public171
Newell-Fonda Newell Mustangs  Public105
Pocahontas Area Pocahontas Indians  Public200
Ruthven-Ayrshire Ruthven Raiders   Public29
Sioux Central Sioux Rapids Rebels  Public171
South Central Calhoun Lake City Titans   Public179
Southeast Valley Gowrie Jaguars   Public246
St. Mary Catholic Storm Lake Panthers  Private42
West Bend–Mallard West Bend Wolverines  Public89

Common cooperatives

NameSchools participatingMascotColorsSports shared
GTRAGraettinger-Terill, Ruthven-AyrshireTitans    Baseball, basketball, football, golf, softball, track and field, volleyball, wrestling

History

The Twin Lakes conference was founded in 1932. The league's original members were the following: [2]

By the early 1960's the lineup was:

Over time, all of the members merged with other nearby schools. The league also added Sac City, as smaller schools like Twin Rivers and Gilmore City-Bradgate left the conference. Albert City-Truesdale left the conference in the mid-80s, and the league added Prairie of Gowrie (later merged with Cedar Valley to become Prairie Valley) and Lake City (which later merged with Lohrville and became Southern Cal). In the early 90s, Rockwell City merged with Lytton. In 1991, the league added Alta–Aurelia and WLVA. In 1996, Alta–Aurelia and Sac City left the conference to help found the Northwest Conference.

In 2004, Southeast Webster-Grand was added to the conference from the recently disbanded North Star Conference. Laurens-Marathon left in 2007 for the Northwest Conference, the same year WLVA and Sac City merged to become East Sac County High School. In 2010, RC-L and Southern Cal began sharing all sports, after previously sharing baseball. Sioux Central, formerly of the Northwest Conference, became the first school from the Northwest to actively seek membership into the conference in the summer of 2009. The Northwest had seen many of their schools join with others schools and were bound to see more mergers in the near future.

After years of talk, in February 2011, the Twin Lakes agreed to merge with the Northwest Conference effective the 2011–12 school year. The new league maintained the Twin Lakes moniker. Alta–Aurelia, Newell-Fonda, Laurens-Marathon, Sioux Central and Storm Lake St. Mary's joined the conference, which split into two divisions, one maintaining the traditional Northwest conference schools and the other keeping the 6 current Twin Lakes members. [3]

In 2014–15, the expanded again. GTRA and West Bend–Mallard became members of the league, leaving their homes in the now-defunct Cornbelt Conference. Prairie Valley and Southeast Webster-Grand agreed to a joint operation as Southeast Valley. [4]

References

  1. "IHSAA: Classifications".
  2. "Twin Lakes Conference". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. "New Twin Lakes Conference alignment" Chronicle Times. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  4. Summers, Brandon L. (March 20, 2014). "PV, SWG Jaguars show their colors". The Messenger . Retrieved May 7, 2014.