Southwestern Conference (Illinois)

The Southwestern Conference is a high school conference in the St. Louis Metro East area. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the IHSA Illinois High School Association. The conference comprises large public high schools in the Metro East region of suburban St. Louis.

Southwestern Conference
AssociationIHSA
Members8
RegionSt. Louis Metro East area, Illinois

Current Membership

The current group of schools have been together since O'Fallon joined in 2000. In 2018-19, Granite City will leave the conference for all sports while Collinsville will leave for only football.

School Location
(Population)		 Mascot Colors 2019-20 Enrollment IHSA Classes 2/3/4[1] IHSA Music Class[2] IHSA Football Class[3] IHSA Cheerleading Class[4]
Alton
High School		 Alton, IL
(27,865)		 Redbirds    
Red, Gray		 2,008 AA/3A/4A AA 7A Large squad
Belleville East
High School		 Belleville, IL
(44,478)		 Lancers    
Columbia Blue, Navy Blue		 2,518 AA/3A/4A AA 8A Large squad
Belleville West
High School		 Belleville, IL
(44,478)		 Maroons    
Maroon, White		 2,112 AA/3A/4A AA 7A Large squad
Collinsville
High School		 Collinsville, IL
(25,579)		 Kahoks    
Purple, White		 1,905 AA/3A/4A AA 7A Large squad
East St. Louis
Senior High School		 East St. Louis, IL
(27,006)		 Flyers/ Flyerettes    
Orange, Blue		 1,262 AA/3A/4A AA 6A* Large squad
Edwardsville
High School		 Edwardsville, IL
(24,293)		 Tigers    
Orange, Black		 2,365 AA/3A/4A AA 8A Large squad
Granite City
High School		 Granite City, IL
(29,849)		 Warriors      
Red, Black, White		 1,809 AA/3A/4A AA 7A Large squad
O'Fallon
High School		 O'Fallon, Illinois
(28,281)		 Panthers    
Blue, Gold		 2,408 AA/3A/4A AA 8A Large squad

Sources:IHSA Conferences,[5] IHSA Coop Teams,[6] and IHSA Member Schools Directory[7]

  • East St. Louis (Sr.) would normally fall into 6A, but elects to play up one class and thus competes in 7A.

References
  1. http://www.ihsa.org/school/enrolla.htm
  2. http://www.ihsa.org/school/enrollments.htm
  3. http://www.ihsa.org/activity/fb/2016-17/playoffs.htm
  4. http://www.ihsa.org/school/enrollments.htm
  5. http://www.ihsa.org/school/conf.htm
  6. http://www.ihsa.org/school/coop.htm
  7. http://www.ihsa.org/school/index.htm
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