Iowa High School BEDS count 24-25
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Algona to CC is about 1:40. Having at least one or two conference teams at 1.5 hour or so is pretty normal now. That and conferences crossing over multiple classes.
Algona is a similar distance to CC as a lot of their old NEIC road trips though. This is kind of a wash from CC’s side of the fence.
I'm just racking my brain trying to figure out what the bird logo in Cerro Gordo County is.
I thought the block "MC" was Mason City.
The knight is Newman, the lion is Clear Lake, the block "MC" is Mason City. AFAIK there isn't another high school located in Cerro Gordo County. West Fork's HS is located in Franklin County, and Central Springs HS is located in Worth County. Ventura hooked up with Garner awhile back.
The bird is a mystery, and seems like a typo to me.
EDIT: figured it out - there's something called North Iowa Christian school that I've somehow never heard of.
Yep, according to Google Maps, drive from CC to Waukon is same as CC to Algona.
Fort Dodge will be worse than anything in the NEIC, but having Clear Lake and Hampton is pretty good for CC. Not as convenient as Waverly and New Hampton, but better than everything else in the NEIC.
There's been a lot of conjecture that Decorah will join the UIC and it will split into a big school and small school division. This would put them in a division with Cresco, Waukon, North Fayette, and New Hampton (so basically the NEIC minus CC and Waverly). They're bigger than all those schools, but they play those schools already and those towns all kind of like having the shot at Decorah, even if they hate never winning anything because of them.
Wouldn't stun me to see that happen, because at the end of the day, Waverly was really the school everyone wanted to get away from.
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Initial mediation denied Decorah's request to join the UIC.
Goes to the state dept of ed to make a final decision assuming Decorah appeals.
It's, for all intents and purposes, the only solution Decorah has if the state is insisting they stay in state.
Eagle grove now would be bottom middle now. They are the largest school in the top of Iowa. Passed forest city either this year BEDS or last year.
Lakes Conference now dead in the water. Been at 5 schools since 2021, and now 3 of the 5 are looking to get out.
They had 9 schools 15 years ago, and since then Sheldon (Siouxland), Emmetsburg (Twin Lakes), LeMars (MRAC) and Western (independent) have departed.
2024-25 BEDS:
Storm Lake 581
Spencer 545
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Spirit Lake 295
Cherokee 282
Estherville-LC 277
For comparison, the largest schools in the Siouxland are MOC-FV (374) and Sioux Center (373).
They had 9 schools 15 years ago, and since then Sheldon (Siouxland), Emmetsburg (Twin Lakes), LeMars (MRAC) and Western (independent) have departed.
2024-25 BEDS:
Storm Lake 581
Spencer 545
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Spirit Lake 295
Cherokee 282
Estherville-LC 277
For comparison, the largest schools in the Siouxland are MOC-FV (374) and Sioux Center (373).
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Where are they looking to go? Twin lakes?Lakes Conference now dead in the water. Been at 5 schools since 2021, and now 3 of the 5 are looking to get out.
They had 9 schools 15 years ago, and since then Sheldon (Siouxland), Emmetsburg (Twin Lakes), LeMars (MRAC) and Western (independent) have departed.
2024-25 BEDS:
Storm Lake 581
Spencer 545
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Spirit Lake 295
Cherokee 282
Estherville-LC 277
For comparison, the largest schools in the Siouxland are MOC-FV (374) and Sioux Center (373).
I would assume that Cherokee will try for Siouxland since they'd be ~100 kids larger than the biggest War Eagle school. Twin Lakes would be a closer option for several opponents, though.
Okoboji is already in the Siouxland, so Spirit Lake may try to join them.
Siouxland might be okay jumping from 10 to 12 (instead of 11), which would definitely piss Western off.
Estherville, who knows. They're about the same size as SE Valley, but the Twin Lakes already extends from Graettinger to Gowrie.
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Not to mention there are a few schools where Estherville would be about 3x the size of in the Twin Lakes. Taking an athletic department that has playoff and state championship teams in 3A and putting them in a conference with a bunch of 1A and 2A teams might be a bad fit for all involved.
Estherville is 2A in football, basketball, baseball, golf, track, etc. Same size as current Twin Lakes member Southeast Valley.
What they did historically when population centers were different doesn't mean anything. Once upon a time, Audubon played Emmetsburg in the 3A football title game. Now one is in 8-man and the other is in 1A.
