The Iowa Star Conference is a high school athletic conference in Central and Northeast Iowa. The conference comprises fifteen schools, split between north and south divisions within the conference.

Iowa Star Conference is located in Iowa
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ConferenceIHSAA / IGHSAU
Sports fielded
  • 20
No. of teams15
RegionCentral, Northeast Iowa
Official websitewww.iowastarconference.org

Current members

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North Division

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Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 2024-2025 BEDS[1]
Clarksville Clarksville Indians     Public 68
Don Bosco Catholic Gilbertville Dons     Private 92
Dunkerton Dunkerton Raiders     Public 95
Janesville Janesville Wildcats     Public 102
Riceville Riceville Wildcats     Public 80
Tripoli Tripoli Panthers     Public 79
Waterloo Christian Waterloo Regents     Private 73

Future Division Member

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Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 2024-2025 BEDS[2]
Rockford Rockford Warriors     Public 96

South Division

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Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation 2024-2025 BEDS[3]
Baxter Baxter Bolts       Public 102
BCLUW Conrad Comets     Public 132
Collins–Maxwell Maxwell Spartans       Public 80
Colo–NESCO Colo Royals     Public 88
GMG Garwin Wolverines     Public 104
Meskwaki Settlement School Tama Warriors     Tribal 53
North Tama County Traer Redhawks     Public 107
Valley Lutheran Cedar Falls Crusaders     Private 36

Recent history

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North Tama County joined the Iowa Star in 2003, leaving the North Iowa Cedar League.[4]

Former member CAL (Coulter-Alexander-Latimer) last had their own high school in the 2017–18 school year. After many years of sharing sports teams with Dows High School, and competing as CAL–Dows, Dows left the agreement and partnered with Clarion–Goldfield for the 2014–15 school year. The CAL school district still supports grades K–6, with grades 7–12 attending Hampton–Dumont; the athletic teams are referred to as Hampton-Dumont-CAL.[5]

Members Baxter and Collins–Maxwell formerly partnered in sports, which Baxter ended that agreement to compete on their own in 2016. Both schools joined the conference separately in 2017.[6]

BCLUW (Conrad) joined the Iowa Star Conference starting with the 2022-23 school year. BCLUW formerly competed in the North Iowa Cedar League.[7][8]

On August 15, 2022, it was announced that Rockford would be joining the North Division from the Top of Iowa Conference East Division in the 2023-2024 school year.[9]

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References

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  1. ^ "IHSAA: Classifications".
  2. ^ "IHSAA: Classifications".
  3. ^ "IHSAA: Classifications".
  4. ^ "Baxter, Collins-Maxwell separately joining Iowa Star Conference | Iowa Highway Ends (etc.)".
  5. ^ "CAL likely to begin whole-grade sharing with Hampton-Dumont". Mason City Globe Gazette. 5 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Baxter school board accepts invite from Iowa Star Conference". 22 November 2016.
  7. ^ "A new NICL for now". 11 August 2021.
  8. ^ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02kpe813FJZnsvodQe6i2DgXpz5w8SQTfy7xMMryYTEhSdvNBYC5W4Vx9J9ac5tij2l&id=137650329600987&refid=17&__tn__=%2AW-R [user-generated source]
  9. ^ "Rockford Joining Iowa Star Conference". 16 August 2022.