The Interstate Eight Conference (Interstate 8 or I–8) is an athletic conference of
Illinois
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high schools that are members of the
Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The conference currently has eight member schools that compete in 12 different sports (boys' basketball, girls' basketball, girls' volleyball, boys' golf, girls' golf, football, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, wrestling, baseball, softball, cross country, and track and field).
The Interstate Eight began in 1979 and originally had eight schools—
Coal City,
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Marseilles,
Plano,
Reed Custer, Seneca,
Wilmington, and
Yorkville.
Sandwich soon entered the I-8 when Marseilles dropped out.
[Original document, "1980 Interstate Eight All Conference Softball Team", which included conference softball standings. Wilmington and Yorkville did not have softball teams in 1980.] In 1991, Yorkville was replaced by
Lisle. In 2006
Herscher,
Manteno,
Peotone, and
Westmont joined the conference.
Despite the conference growing from eight to 12 teams, the conference name remained Interstate 8. Dwight left the conference prior to the 2014–15 season while
Streator joined the conference.
In 2019-20,
Reed-Custer,
Manteno,
Peotone,
Herscher,
Wilmington,
Seneca,
Streator,
Coal City,
Westmont and
Lisle left the conference leaving only Plano and Sandwich in the conference. That year, the conference added six former
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Kaneland,
LaSalle-Peru,
Morris, Ottawa, Rochelle, and
Sycamore. These moves left Plano as the only remaining founding member of the conference.
Most of the member schools are/were in rural/smaller towns. Former members Westmont and Lisle are suburbs of
Chicago
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but enrollments are small in size. Westmont's population is divided between the varying schools in the area, including high schools in Darien, Woodridge, Hinsdale, Bolingbrook, Naperville, Lisle, Lombard, and Glen Ellyn. Lisle's enrollment is small, due to Lisle's relatively small size as a city, as well as being located east of Naperville, which has at least four high schools in the immediate vicinity, as well as the Glenbard schools and Wheaton-Warrenville South all being within a close proximity to the high school.
The Conference is divided into Large and Small divisions during football season and teams only play members of their division for the conference schedule. Baseball and softball are also divided into North and South divisions. In all other sports, the conference is undivided.
Members
There are eight current members of the conference
Membership Timeline
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State titles
Football
Football is based on an 8 class system since 2001.
*Plano (2006 3A, 2007 3A)
*Coal City (1993 2A)
*Seneca (1990 2A)
*Wilmington (2014 3A)
Boys baseball
*Lisle (2013 2A)
* Wilmington (2003, 2005)
*Reed-Custer (1985) (2016)
*Herscher (1999) (2015)
Wrestling
*Wilmington (2007, 2008, 2009)
*Sandwich (1991, 1997, 1999, 2001)
*Reed-Custer (2010,2012)
Boys basketball
*Seneca (2005–06 A)
Boys golf
*Dwight (1980)
Boys soccer
*Lisle (2010 1A)
Girls soccer
*Manteno (2009 1A)
*Manteno (2014 1A)
Competitive cheerleading
*Dwight (2013)
*Wilmington(2016)
Competitive Dance Team
*Peotone (2012 1A)
Boys cross country
Cross Country is based on a 3 class system since 2007.
*Seneca (1989 A)
*Kaneland (2019 AA)
Girls cross country
Cross Country is based on a 3 class system since 2007.
*Herscher (1991 A, 1992 A, 1996 A)
Girls track and field
*Herscher (1996)
Girls softball
*Coal City (2010)
Girls volleyball
*Lisle (1985)
Scholastic Bowl
Lisle (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 wins)
References
External links
Interstate 8 Conference{{Illinois High School Association
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
Illinois high school sports conferences
High school sports in Illinois