The Southwest Central League (SWCL) is a

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athletic conference in southwest

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. The league is made of five members located in

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, Stone, and Taney Counties. The SWCL offers men's championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, and golf. Women's championships sponsored are basketball, cross country, softball and volleyball. Member schools also sponsor sideline cheerleading, music competition, and scholar bowl. Junior high level offerings include boys' and girls' basketball, baseball, and volleyball. All member schools are members of Missouri State High School Activities Association.

Member Schools

^Unknown, but records show Galena was a member by 1963.

Membership Changes

In December 2017 it was announced that Purdy High School would be leaving the Ozark 7 Conference to accept a "long-standing" invitation to join the Southwest Central League. It was also reported that Southwest R-V Schools would also be leaving the Ozark 7 to join the SWCL. This move was made official in January 2018. Both Purdy and Southwest became full members beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year. The move expanded the Southwest Central League's footprint to include Barry County. In January 2022, the school board of the Sparta School District voted to accept an invitation to the Summit Conference beginning in the 2023-2024 school year ending a 36 year membership in the SWCL. In November 2034, seven schools of different conferences came together to form the

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, which would begin in the 2024-2025 school year, three of the seven were members of the SWCL: Billings, Crane, and Spokane. SWCLBanner

Former Members

State Championships

Individual State Champions

References

External links

*{{URL, http://www.theswcl.org, The SWCL - The SouthWest Central League Missouri high school athletic conferences