Western Missouri Conference

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Western Missouri Conference
Conference MSHSAA
No. of teams10
RegionCentral Western Missouri

The Western Missouri Conference, or WEMO, is a high school athletic conference comprising small-size high schools located in central western Missouri. The conference members are located in Barton, Bates, Cass, Jasper, and St. Clair counties.

Members

The conference consists of mostly of Class 1 and Class 2 schools (in boys' basketball), the two smallest classes in Missouri. Adrian is a Class 3 school in boys' basketball. [1] Adrian will leave the conference for the Ozark Highlands Conference for the 2024-25 school year.

School NameMascotColorsCityCountySchool Type
AdrianBlackhawks   Adrian Bates Public
Appleton CityBulldogs   Appleton City St. Clair Public
ArchieWhirlwinds   Archie Cass Public
DrexelBobcats   Drexel Cass Public
JasperEagles   Jasper Jasper Public
LakelandVikings   Deepwater St. Clair Public
LiberalBulldogs   Liberal Barton Public
MidwayVikings   Cleveland Cass Public
OsceolaIndians   Osceola St. Clair Public
Rich HillTigers   Rich Hill Bates Public

With Jasper and Liberal, the Western Missouri Conference stretches from the KC metro area to the Joplin metro area.

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References

  1. "Class And District Assignments". Missouri State High School Activities Association . Retrieved January 21, 2022.