Lincoln Prairie Conference

Lincoln Prairie Conference

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Conference	IHSA
Founded	2019
No. of teams	16
Region	Central Illinois

The Lincoln Prairie Conference or LPC, is a high school athletic conference in Central Illinois. The first year of existence was the 2019-20 school year. Its schools belong to the IHSA and compete in many sports and other activities.

History

The conference started in the 2019-20 school year and originally included Arcola, Argenta-Oreana, Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond, Bement, Blue Ridge, Cerro Gordo, Cumberland, Unity Christian, Heritage, Kansas, Oakland, Okaw Valley, Sangamon Valley, Shiloh, and Villa Grove all who left the Little Okaw Valley Conference. The 15 member schools left the Little Okaw Valley Conference due to far travel time and left out Martinsville, Hutsonville, Palestine and Oblong. On December 13, 2021 Sullivan High School accepted an invitation to join the Lincoln Prairie Conference beginning in the 2023-24 school year.

Member Schools

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Lincoln Prairie Conference Members (clickable map)

There are 16 member schools in the Conference.

School	Location (Population)	Mascot	Colors	Affiliation	2021 9–12 enrollment	Year Joined	Previous Conference	School website
Arcola High School	Arcola, Illinois (2,916)	Purple Riders	Purple and White	Public	229.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.arcola.k12.il.us/
Argenta-Oreana High School	Argenta, Illinois (947)	Bombers	Orange and Blue	Public	266.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.argenta-oreana.org/
Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond High School	Arthur, Illinois (2,288)	Knights	Red and Gold	Public	326	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.cusd305.org/
Bement High School	Bement, Illinois (1,730)	Bulldogs	Purple and White	Public	92.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.bement.k12.il.us/
Blue Ridge High School	Farmer City, Illinois (2,037)	Knights	Blue and Silver	Public	221	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.blueridge18.org/
Cerro Gordo High School	Cerro Gordo, Illinois (1,403)	Broncos	Navy and Orange	Public	150.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.cgbroncos.org/?template=m
Cumberland High School	Toledo, Illinois (1,238)	Pirates	Blue and Gold	Public	276	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.cumberland.k12.il.us/
Unity Christian School	Decatur, Illinois (76,122)	Lions	Red, White and Black	Private	108 / 178.20	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.unitydecatur.org/
Heritage High School	Broadlands, Illinois (349)	Hawks	Navy, Silver and Red	Public	147	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://heritage8.org/schools/heritage-high-school/
Kansas High School	Kansas, Illinois (787)	Titans	Purple, Orange and Blue	Public	66.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://kansascusd3.com/
Oakland High School	Oakland, Illinois (880)	Titans	Purple, Orange and Blue	Public	72	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.oakland5.org/?template=m
Okaw Valley High School	Bethany, Illinois (1,352)	Timberwolves	Blue, Black and Silver	Public	153	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.okawvalley.org/
Sangamon Valley High School	Niantic, Illinois (707)	Storm	Navy and Silver	Public	216.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	https://www.sangamonvalley.org/
Shiloh High School	Hume, Illinois (380)	Titans	Purple, Orange and Blue	Public	92.50	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.shiloh1.us/
Sullivan High School	Sullivan, Illinois (4,413)	Redskins	Red and Black	Public	304.50	2023-24	Central Illinois	http://www.sullivan.k12.il.us/
Villa Grove High School	Villa Grove, Illinois (2,537)	Blue Devils	Blue and Gold	Public	191	2019-20	Little Okaw Valley	http://www.vg302.org/

• Kansas, Oakland and Shiloh co-op to form the Tri-County Titans

Membership timeline

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bar:15  color:Full from:2019 till:end text:Villa Grove (2019-Present)

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See also

• List of Illinois High School Association member conferences

External links

• http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com Archived March 8, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
• http://www.ihsa.com