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, Decatur LSA, 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 13th, 2021
Sullivan High School
Sullivan High School is a public high school located in Sullivan, Indiana. SHS is one of three high schools in Sullivan County (the other two being North Central High School in Farmersburg and Union High School in Dugger). Sullivan High S ...
accepted an invitation to join the Lincoln Prairie Conference beginning in the 2023-24 school year.
Member Schools
There are 16 member schools in the Conference.
*Kansas, Oakland and Shiloh co-op to form the Tri-County Titans
Membership timeline
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bar:12 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:end text:Okaw Valley (2019-Present) (coop with Sullivan/Bethany)
bar:13 color:Full from:2019 till:end text:Sangamon Valley (2019-Present)
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bar:15 color:Full from:2019 till:end text:Villa Grove (2019-Present)
bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2019 till:2023 text:Sullivan Central Illinois Conference (2014-2023)
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See also
*
List of Illinois High School Association member conferences
References
External links
* http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com
* http://www.ihsa.com
{{Illinois High School Association
Illinois high school sports conferences