The Little Hawkeye Conference is a high school athletic conference in central Iowa .
13-492: The conference consists of seven schools, with three of them in Class 3A (Newton, Oskaloosa and Pella) and three others in Class 4A (Dallas Center-Grimes, Indianola and Norwalk), with the seventh member, Pella Christian, being a Class 2A school. The conference was formed in 1983 by Norwalk, Clarke, Winterset and Saydel. In 1988, the conference doubles, adding Perry, Carlisle, Johnston and Nevada. In 1991, Perry and Saydel departed for
26-626: 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. • * Indicates that school is no longer operating The Raccoon River Conference was once a small school conference. The conference was made up of Bondurant–Farrar, Norwalk, Madrid, Woodward-Granger, Interstate 35 in Truro, Waukee, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Adel–De Soto at it outset. While
39-918: Is a rural public school district headquartered in Alleman, Iowa . Almost all of the district is in Polk County , with small sections in Boone and Story counties. It includes the municipalities of Alleman, Ankeny , Elkhart , and Sheldahl as well as almost all of Polk City . It also includes the surrounding rural area. Alleman is located approximately halfway (five miles north of Ankeny ) between Des Moines and Ames . The district operates five schools: Concert Band, Concert Choir, Jazz Band, Jazz Choir, Marching Band, Musical Production, Play Production, Speech Team, Future Farmers of America, NPHS Key Club, National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, NPHS Student Council This Iowa school-related article
52-642: The Raccoon River Conference , and Boone and Pella Christian join the conference. Carlisle and Nevada left the conference after the 1995–96 school year for the Raccoon River Conference. Clarke (Osceola) left the same year to join the reformed South Central Conference. Grinnell, Knoxville and Pella were added from the South Central Conference after it folded after the 1995–96 school year. (The Conference reformed with smaller schools
65-561: The 2014–15 school year, as Knoxville moved to the South Central Conference. Indianola then joined the Conference from the CIML for the 2016–17 school year. Grinnell left for the WaMac Conference in 2023. Although primarily a Class 3A league – that is, in sports where the state's high school athletic associations use four classes of enrollment for its post-season competitions, with Class 4A being
78-526: The door for Waukee to join the conference. South Tama, formerly of the WaMaC Conference also joined the league that year, and the conference played with nine schools until Boone left in 2009 to join the Raccoon River Conference , a much better geographical and competitive fit for the school. South Tama left the conference for the North Iowa Cedar League in 2011. Indianola High School explored
91-522: The largest - for much of its existence, the addition of Indianola (whose enrollment solidly placed it as a Class 4A school) and the recent growth of Norwalk and Dallas Center-Grimes have changed the dynamic. Norwalk was classed 4A for the first time in 2020, while Dallas Center-Grimes followed suit in 2022; Newton has fluctuated between Class 3A and 4A at times since joining the Little Hawkeye. Raccoon River Conference The Raccoon River Conference
104-540: 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 . North Polk Community School District 41°48′58″N 93°36′50″W / 41.816053°N 93.614003°W / 41.816053; -93.614003 The North Polk Community School District
117-447: 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 joined the Raccoon River Conference in the 2011–12 school year. Dallas Center-Grimes, one of
130-616: The option of leaving the Central Iowa Metro League to join the league, however, in June 2010, the Indianola School Board voted unanimously to stay in the CIML. Indianola is still a 4A school, but is seeing its enrollment figures drop and is now the smallest school in the CIML. In late 2012, Dallas Center–Grimes was admitted into the league as its eighth member for the 2013–14 school year. However, membership reverted to seven for
143-776: The outer regions of the Des Moines metro began to experience growth, Bondurant–Farrar and Ogden decided to leave for the smaller Heart of Iowa Conference , while I-35 joined the Pride of Iowa Conference . Woodward-Granger soon followed their former members 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 now 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
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#1732881223275156-684: The same year.) Oskaloosa also applied for membership but was denied so they joined the Southeast Seven (now Southeast Iowa Conference). After the 1997–98 school year, Johnston left for the Central Iowa Metropolitan League, and Winterset left for the Raccoon River Conference. Oskaloosa was added from the Southeast Seven Conference for the 1998–99 school year. At around 2000, the Little Hawkeye Conference
169-477: Was an eight team league consisting of Boone , Grinnell, Knoxville, Norwalk, Oskaloosa, Pella, Pella Christian, and Waukee. For the 2006–07 school year, Waukee , who had recently moved up to 4A status and was one of Iowa's fastest growing school districts, left the league for the Central Iowa Metro League. They were replaced by Newton, whose recently resignation from the CIML had coincidentally opened
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