Siouxland Conference

The Siouxland Conference is a ten team high school athletic conference in the northwest corner of Iowa, consisting of schools ranging from the smallest class (1A) to the second largest class (3A), and known for its prominence in small school basketball.

Members

Institution	High School Location	Mascot	Colors	Affiliation	9-12 Enrollment	Class
Boyden-Hull	Hull	Comets		Public	187	1A (2A in football)
Central Lyon	Rock Rapids	Lions		Public	210	1A (2A in football)
George-Little Rock	George	Mustangs		Public	146	1A (2A in football)
MOC-Floyd Valley	Orange City	Dutchmen		Public	425	3A (2A in football)
Okoboji	Milford	Pioneers		Public	284	1A
Rock Valley	Rock Valley	Rockets		Public	206	1A (2A in football)
Sheldon	Sheldon	Orabs		Public	334	1A (2A in football)
Sibley-Ocheyedan	Sibley	Generals		Public	259	1A
Sioux Center	Sioux Center	Warriors		Public	287	2A
West Lyon	Inwood	Wildcats		Public	215	1A (A in football)

Usual Combinations

Name	Schools Participating	Mascot	Colors	Sports Shared
BHRV	Boyden-Hull, Rock Valley	Nighthawks		Football, Wrestling, Baseball
CL/G-LR	Central Lyon, George-Little Rock	Lions		Football, Wrestling
G-LR/CL	George-Little Rock, Central Lyon	Mustangs		Softball

The Making of a Conference

The Siouxland Conference was a stable 8 team league until the early 1990s when it added Sibley-Ocheydan from the Lakes Conference, and Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn and Okoboji High School from the recently disbanded Sioux Valley Conference. Also, West Sioux left the conference at this time, Maurice-Orange City merged with Floyd Valley to become MOC-Floyd Valley, and Little Rock merged with George to become George-Little Rock. Following this flurry of change, the conference remained the same for 17 years until Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn left for the War Eagle Conference in 2009 and longtime Sibley-Ocheydan rival Sheldon moved in from the Lakes Conference.

Siouxland Schools and Basketball

Men's basketball has a strong history in Northwest Iowa among small schools. Much of the recent history is because of the Siouxland Conference. Sioux Center won the big school state title in 1959 and the small school state title in 1967. Maurice-Orange City claimed the 2A state championship in 1987-88 and again in 1988-89, and won the 3A title in 2004-05 as MOC-Floyd Valley. Rock Valley has won the championship in 1996, 1998, 2009, and 2010. In 2003, Boyden-Hull was class 1A state champ, while Sioux Center won the 2A title. George-Little Rock won the title in 2006. Boyden-Hull won back to back 1A titles in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, Sheldon also won the 2A championship. Along with the state titles among the schools are numerous runners-up and other state tournament appearances, especially in recent years. The conference was rated as the sixth toughest in the state in 2009-10 season, quite a feat for a conference that has only one 3A school and was won by one of the 1A schools, Rock Valley.

Other State Titles

The schools hold many other state titles as well, including football, which is no longer a sanctioned conference sport since the state took control of the entire system in the mid-90s and created a two year rotating district system. Nevertheless, Sibley holds a title, while Sioux Center has 2 and Central Lyon holds two on their own and one more sharing with George-Little Rock with 2 runner-ups in class 2A. West Lyon also won a pair of titles in the late 90s and after finishing as class 1A runnerup in 2009. They are in class A for football as of 2012.

Sports

The conference offers the following sports:

• Summer - Baseball
• Fall - Football, Cross country and Volleyball

• Winter - Basketball and Wrestling

• Spring - Track and field and Golf

External links

• Official site