The Lincoln Prairie Conference or LPC, is a high school athletic conference in Central Illinois. The first year of existence was the 2019-20 school year. Its schools belong to the IHSA and compete in many sports and other activities.
19-687: The conference started in the 2019-20 school year and originally included Arcola, Argenta-Oreana, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond, Bement, Blue Ridge, Cerro Gordo, Cumberland, Unity Christian, Heritage, Kansas, Oakland, Okaw Valley, Sangamon Valley, Shiloh, and Villa Grove all who left the Little Okaw Valley Conference . The 15 member schools left the Little Okaw Valley Conference due to far travel time and left out Martinsville, Hutsonville, Palestine and Oblong. On December 13, 2021 Sullivan High School accepted an invitation to join
38-478: A household in the village was $ 53,500, and the median income for a family was $ 76,875. Males had a median income of $ 45,417 versus $ 21,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 22,762. About 20.5% of families and 20.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.5% of those under age 18 and 25.9% of those age 65 or over. Water is piped from the Mahomet Aquifer , as compared to
57-477: A school from the East Central Conference , Homer High School. As the conference moved through the 1970s the number of teams remained the same, however, after the 1980 school year, Homer, Newman and Oakland would leave for the newly formed East Okaw Conference . However, Arcola and Lovington would join that same year. The conference would include only six schools for the remainder of the 1980s with
76-454: A two division football conference prior to the 2016 season. Those divisions were the Northwest and Southeast . The Northeast included: Arcola, Argenta-Oreana, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond, Cerro Gordo-Bement, Decatur LSA, and Sangamon Valley. The Southeast included: Cumberland, Martinsville, Oblong, Palestine-Hutsonville, Tri-County, and Villa Grove. In 2018, another new member would join
95-631: Is a high school conference in central Illinois , in the United States. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association . The conference comprises five small public high schools with enrollments between 80 and 270 students in Coles , Champaign , Douglas , Moultrie , and Piatt counties. Also known as the LOVC , the Little Okaw Valley Conference
114-639: Is a village in Champaign County , Illinois , along the East Branch of the Embarras River . The population was 316 at the 2020 census. Originally owned by the Sullivant family, Broadlands was, at over 70,000 acres (280 km ), one of the world's largest farms in the late 1860s. Broadlands was sold to John T. Alexander in 1866, and it was broken up upon his death in 1876 to pay his creditors. According to
133-480: The 2006–07 school year. In 2009, Martinsville , joined the league, increasing the number of schools to 13. The conference would remain status quo until 2014 where an expansion would take place as nine schools would leave the Okaw Valley Conference . Argenta-Oreana , Decatur LSA , Hutsonville / Palestine (coop), Oblong , and Toledo Cumberland would join in 2014. This increase in schools created
152-404: The 2021 census gazetteer files, Broadlands has a total area of 0.32 square miles (0.83 km ), all land. As of the 2020 census there were 316 people, 122 households, and 88 families residing in the village. The population density was 981.37 inhabitants per square mile (378.91/km ). There were 144 housing units at an average density of 447.20 per square mile (172.66/km ). The racial makeup of
171-599: The LOVC, Blue Ridge High School . Unfortunately, even before Blue Ridge joined the league, an uprising had begun based on the distance required to travel between schools as well as maintaining a closed football conference. Because of situation, in December 2017, 15 of the conference schools announced their intention to leave the LOVC. These schools were moving to a new conference, the Lincoln Prairie . The only schools not moving to
190-961: The Lincoln Prairie Conference beginning in the 2023-24 school year. There are 16 member schools in the Conference. Full members Full members (non-football) Partial member (listed sports) Full members (8-man football) Full members (Football Coop) Central Illinois Conference Other Conference Little Okaw Valley Conference The Little Okaw Valley Conference
209-421: The conference expanded with the addition of Broadlands Heritage , Hume Shiloh , Illiopolis Niantic -Harristown and the return of Oakland High School. This would put the league at 12 schools for all sports except football where there were 11 teams. The number of football teams were reduced for the 1997 season when Heritage and Shiloh began a football coop known as East Central. The league would stay nearly
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#1732948438928228-464: The new league were Martinsville, Hutsonville, Palestine and Oblong. The most recent school to join the conference is Bridgeport Red Hill High School . As of 2023, the conference maintains five high schools: Bridgeport Red Hill, Hutsonville, Oblong, Palestine, and Martinsville. None of the current schools are charter members. Sources:IHSA Conferences, and IHSA Member Schools Directory Full Members Broadlands, Illinois Broadlands
247-481: The next change occurring in 1994 as Atwood-Hammond and Bement would join forces as the South Piatt Coop during the football season, however, they would compete as individual schools for all other sports. Additionally that same year, Tuscola would join the league from the now defunct Meridian Conference . This, however, gave the league an odd number for all other sports beyond football. Two years later, in 1996,
266-406: The number of schools competing in the conference. However, the conference was not done growing and by 2006 the list of schools included 12 teams: Arcola, Arthur, Atwood-Hammond, Bement, Cerro Gordo, Heritage, Hume Shiloh, Lovington, Okaw Valley, Sangamon Valley, Tuscola, and Villa Grove. However, this would be the final year for Tuscola, they would leave for the Okaw Valley Conference at the end of
285-468: The same as the 1990s came to a close. As the 2000s began, the league remained stable with very few changes. Bethany and Findlay High Schools consolidated into Okaw Valley and joined the league in 2001, the same year the Meridian Conference would cease to exist. In 2004, the high schools from Niantic-Harristown and Illiopolis consolidated, becoming Sangamon Valley High School . This again reduced
304-503: The treated well water provided by most other nearby villages. Elementary and junior high students from Broadlands attend school in Homer, while students in all of Heritage Community School District #8 (Homer, Allerton, Broadlands, Longview) attend the expanded high school in Broadlands. The Broadlands Community Club holds a homecoming festival each year. The Club typically has events throughout
323-506: The village was 93.67% White , 0.95% African American , 0.95% from other races , and 4.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.53% of the population. There were 122 households, out of which 28.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.21% were married couples living together, 3.28% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.87% were non-families. 19.67% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.48% had someone living alone who
342-446: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.32 and the average family size was 2.79. The village's age distribution consisted of 22.9% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 22.3% from 25 to 44, 27.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.9 males. The median income for
361-402: Was founded in 1970 with schools from Arthur , Atwood , Bement , Cerro Gordo , Hammond , Homer , Newman , Oakland , and Villa Grove, Illinois . Seven of the eight charter members were small schools from the Okaw Valley Conference and they included: Arthur , Atwood-Hammond, Bement , Cerro Gordo , Newman, Oakland , and Villa Grove High Schools. Additionally, the league included
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