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The West Central Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises small public high schools with enrollments between 150-600 students in Adams, Bureau, Cass, Hancock, Henry, LaSalle, McDonough, Mercer, Pike, Rock Island, Schuyler, and Warren counties.
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All Members
Sources:IHSA Conferences, IHSA Coop Teams, and IHSA Member Schools Directory
South Division
For many athletics and activities the conference is split into north and south divisions. For example, the 2010 basketball season's north division consists of 6 teams: Illini West, Macomb, Monmouth-Roseville, Orion, Rockridge, and Sherrard. The south division consists of 9 teams: Central (Camp Point), Griggsville-Perry, Liberty, Payson-Seymour, Pittsfield, Southeastern (Augusta), Unity (Mendon), West Hancock (co-op between Hamilton and Warsaw), and Western (Barry).
Administration and Leadership
President: Don Bigley, Pittsfield High School
Contact: Joey Dion, Illini West High School
Cooperative Arrangements
Specific Sport or Activity Members
The Payson-Seymour and Unity coop do not play football in the West Central Conference, they play in the Western Illinois Valley (North) Conference. The Western and Pleasant Hill coop do not play football in the West Central Conference, they play in the Western Illinois Valley (South) Conference. Liberty does not play football.
New Members
Starting with the 2011-2012 school year, the WCC accepted three new football-only members from the now-dissolved North Central Illinois Conference (NCIC). They are Spring Valley (Hall), Mendota, and Princeton High Schools.
Starting with the 2012-2013 school year, Chillicothe's Illinois Valley Central High School and Quincy Notre Dame High School, will join the conference.
History
In 2010 Beardstown and Rushville-Industry left for the Prairieland Conference; and West Prairie left for the Lincoln Trial Conference. In 2010 Macomb, Monmouth-Roseville, Orion, Rockridge, and Sherrard joined from the Olympic Conference; Griggsville-Perry, Liberty,and Payson-Seymour joined from the Pike County Conference, the latter three schools (along with Pittsfield and Western) maintaining concurrent membership in both conferences.
Sources:IHSA Conferences, IHSA Coop Teams, and IHSA Member Schools Directory
Competitive Success
The West Central Conference has won 11 state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities, 12 including championships my member school participating in the West Prairie Trail conference, at the conclusion of the 2008-2009 academic year.
State Champions
Boys Basketball
Boys Football
*as member of West Prairie Trail Conference
Boys Golf
Girls Basketball
Conference Shakeup
The makeup of the West Central Conference changed dramatically in 2010. Many member schools departed, many of them for the Prairieland Conference. In their place came the remaining members of the now-dissolved Olympic Conference. The conference then divided into north and south divisions for most athletics and activities.