North Iowa Cedar League

The North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) is a high school athletic conference made up of 16 high schools in north central Iowa. Most of the schools compete as 2A schools, (the second-smallest classification). The conference's most recent expansions included: Columbus Catholic (2013), Sumner-Fredericksburg (2014), and Oelwein (2021). With the addition of Oelwein in the 2021 academic year, the conference will split into three divisions: East, Central, and West.

North Iowa Cedar League school locations
North Iowa Cedar League
AssociationIHSAA / IGHSAU
Members17
Sports fielded
  • 21
RegionNorth central Iowa
Websitehttps://www.northiowacedarleague.org/

History

As of the late 1990s, the conference was a 17-team league. In 1998, Wapsie Valley High School and Jesup High School joined the conference. That same year, Ackley–Geneva and Wellsburg–Steamboat Rock merged districts to become AGWSR. The next membership change came in 2002 when Green Mountain–Garwin (GMG) departed for the Iowa Star Conference. The next year, North Tama left for the Iowa Star Conference. In 2007, Eldora–New Providence and Hubbard–Radcliffe joined districts to become South Hardin High School. For the 2008 year, West Marshall was added to the conference, making it a 15-team league. In 2011, South Tama joined after leaving the Little Hawkeye Conference and started in the West Division. It became the 16th member of the conference. Northern University High School (Cedar Falls) played its final season in 2011–12, due to the University of Northern Iowa closing Malcolm Price Lab, which houses Northern University High.[1] Waterloo Columbus joined in 2013 to replace the recently defunct NU High. With the departure of South Tama, Sumner-Fredericksburg joined in 2014 which brought the total number of schools to 16 once again. In 2020, West Marshall will leave the conference for the Little Hawkeye Conference. Oelwein will join soon after to replace West Marshall and a new three-division structure will ensue.

Members

East Division
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation Enrollment Class Admitted
Columbus Catholic Waterloo Sailors     Private 186 2A 2013
Jesup Jesup J-Hawks     Public 202 2A 1998
Oelwein Oelwein Huskies     Public 272 2A 2021
Sumner-Fredericksburg Sumner Cougars       Public 178 2A 2014
Wapsie Valley Fairbank Warriors     Public 143 1A 1998

Central Division
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation Enrollment Class Admitted
Aplington–Parkersburg Parkersburg Falcons       Public 176 2A 1992
Denver Denver Cyclones     Public 191 2A 1988
Dike–New Hartford Dike Wolverines     Public 201 2A 1992
Hudson Hudson Pirates     Public 175 2A 1977
Union La Porte City Knights       Public 242 2A 1988

West Division
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation Enrollment Class Admitted
AGWSR Ackley Cougars       Public 131 1A 1999
BCLUW Conrad Comets     Public 130 1A 1988
East Marshall Le Grand Mustangs     Public 181 2A 1992
Gladbrook-Reinbeck Reinbeck Rebels     Public 100 1A 1929
Grundy Center Grundy Center Spartans     Public 152 1A 1929
South Hardin Eldora Tigers     Public 188 2A 2007

Membership timeline

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Oelwein Community School DistrictNortheast Iowa ConferenceSumner-Fredericksburg Community School DistrictUpper Iowa ConferenceWaMaC ConferenceWaMaC ConferenceSouth Tama Community School DistrictLittle Hawkeye ConferenceWaMaC ConferenceHeart of Iowa ConferenceWest Marshall Community School DistrictHeart of Iowa ConferenceAGWSR Community School DistrictWapsie Valley Community School DistrictUpper Iowa ConferenceHubbard–Radcliffe Community School DistrictGMG Community School DistrictGladbrook-Reinbeck Community School DistrictEast Marshall Community School DistrictAplington–Parkersburg Community School DistrictDenver Community School DistrictBCLUW Community School DistrictHudson High School (Iowa)Dike-New Hartford Community School DistrictBig Eight Conference (Iowa)Union High School (Iowa)Jesup Community School DistrictTri-Rivers ConferenceJesup Community School DistrictIowa Star ConferenceNorth Tama Community School DistrictNorthern University High SchoolGrundy Center Community School DistrictEldora–New Providence Community School District

References
  2. "North Iowa Cedar League". Retrieved 2020-08-24.
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