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 (2020). With the addition of Oelwein in the 2020 academic year, the conference will split into three divisions: East, Central, and West.

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
Denver Denver Cyclones           Public 179 1A 1988
Jesup Jesup J-Hawks           Public 211 1A 1998
Oelwein Oelwein Huskies           Public 261 2A 2020
Sumner-Fredericksburg Sumner Cougars                Public 172 1A 2014
Wapsie Valley Fairbank Warriors           Public 129 A 1998

Central Division
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation Enrollment Class Admitted
Aplington-Parkersburg Parkersburg Falcons                Public 180 1A 1992
Columbus Catholic Waterloo Sailors           Private 213 1A 2013
Dike-New Hartford Dike Wolverines           Public 212 1A 1992
Hudson Hudson Pirates           Public 175 1A 1977
Union Community La Porte City Knights                Public 279 2A 1988

West Division
Institution Location Mascot Colors Affiliation Enrollment Class Admitted
AGWSR Ackley Cougars                Public 111 8-Player 1999
BCLUW Conrad Comets           Public 132 A 1988
East Marshall Le Grand Mustangs           Public 173 1A 1992
Gladbrook-Reinbeck Reinbeck Rebels           Public 103 8-Player 1929
Grundy Center Grundy Center Spartans           Public 153 A 1929
South Hardin Eldora Tigers           Public 196 1A 2007

References
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