Kishwaukee River Conference

Kishwaukee River Conference
Established 2016
Association IHSA
Divisions 1 division
Members 7
Region Northern Illinois (Kane and McHenry counties)

The Kishwaukee River Conference (KRC) is an organization of seven high schools in northern Illinois. These high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association.

The high schools of the Kishwaukee River Conference are located in McHenry and Kane counties.

History

On November 8, 2013, it was announced that Woodstock and Woodstock North planned to leave the Fox Valley Conference by 2015 and create a new conference.[1] After rumors that members of the Big Northern Conference's East Division might join this new conference, it was announced on November 19 that five BNC members - Burlington Central, Genoa-Kingston, Harvard, Johnsburg (which, at the time, was still in the Fox Valley Conference, but was joining the BNC as the start of the 2014–15 school year) Marengo, and Richmond-Burton were invited to join the new conference, creating a proposed 8-team conference.[2] The next day, it was announced that the name for this new conference will be the Kishwaukee River Conference.[3] In February 2014, it was reported that Harvard and Genoa-Kingston had decided to remain in the BNC, while Richmond-Burton and Johnsburg remained undecided; Harvard later announced that they would, in fact, leave the BNC for the KRC, with the first season of the KRC to be during the 2016–17 school year.[4][5] In June 2014, Richmond-Burton and Johnsburg both voted to officially become charter members of the KRC in 2016.[6][7]

On July 19, 2017, the KRC voted 5-1 to remove Burlington Central from the conference, effective following the 2018–19 school year. [8] Burlington Central will join the Fox Valley Conference starting in the 2019–20 school year. [9]

Membership

The conference's current members, as of 2018–19:[10]

School Town Team Name Colors Enrollment[11] IHSA Classes 2/3/4[nb 1][nb 2]
Burlington Central High School Burlington Rockets           1078 AA/2A/3A
Harvard High School Harvard Hornets           718 A/1A/3A
Johnsburg High School Johnsburg Skyhawks           628 A/1A/3A
Marengo Community High School Marengo Indians           685 A/2A/3A
Richmond-Burton Community High School Richmond Rockets           663 A/2A/3A
Woodstock High School Woodstock Blue Streaks           991 AA/2A/3A
Woodstock North High School Woodstock Thunder                929 AA/2A/3A

Notes

  1. ↑ The state series class which a school competes in not only depends on the school's student population, but on the sport or activity. Some activities divide schools into two classes, some into three, and others into four. The listing here is in the order of two class, three class, and four class. The more "A"s in a class, the larger the schools competing. For more information on this, see Illinois High School Association#State Series Format.
  2. ↑ Schools are not assigned a classification for football until they have qualified for the playoffs each year. A school's classification not only depends on their student population, but on the populations of the other schools who have qualified. Thus, some schools routinely move between classes.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nwherald.com/2013/11/08/woodstock-schools-may-look-to-leave-fvc/aa7601m/
  2. ↑ http://www.nwherald.com/2013/11/20/richmond-burton-uncertain-on-kishwaukee-river-conference/a64yyz/
  3. ↑ http://www.nwherald.com/2013/11/20/new-eight-team-conference-to-be-called-kishwaukee-river-conference/a64yyz/
  4. ↑ http://www.nwherald.com/2014/02/19/bnc-wont-admit-woodstock-woodstock-north/akmqqj7/?page=1
  5. ↑ http://mchenrycountysports.com/articles/2014/05/27/f573bdb51965467cb6de780b7b429ae3/
  6. ↑ http://mchenrycountysports.com/articles/2014/06/19/8dc0edeb45ef4142893033a7628d4515/
  7. ↑ http://mchenrycountysports.com/articles/2014/06/25/6d2aa3ca66574a79885db81aa7259053/
  8. ↑ "Kishwaukee River Conference votes to remove Burlington Central following 2018-19 school year". www.nwherald.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  9. ↑ Radtke, John. "Burlington Central will join Fox Valley Conference in 2019-20". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  10. ↑ "Conferences and Affiliated Schools". Illinois High School Association. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ IHSA. "Alphabetical Enrollments | Enrollments & Classifications | Schools | IHSA". ihsa.org. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
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