- Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference
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- This is one of two Big Twelve athletics conferences in the state of Illinois. For the Big Twelve in Central Illinois, see Big Twelve Conference (Illinois).
- For the NCAA athletic conference in the Central United States, see Big 12 Conference.
The Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference is a high-school athletic conference with twelve high schools in northern Illinois. The conference began competing during the 2010-2011 academic year.[1] In many respects, including membership and organization, the NI-Big 12 is much like a reboot of the old North Central Illinois Conference (NCIC). Eight of the schools are former members of the North Central Illinois Conference (1929-2011), and the conference is divided into two divisions, much as the NCIC was for decades. The former NCIC schools are Dixon, Geneseo, LaSalle-Peru, Morris, Ottawa, Rochelle, Sterling, and Streator. Also, there are five schools that were members of the Western Sun Conference (2007-2010). The former Western Sun Schools are DeKalb, Kaneland, Sycamore, Yorkville, and Rochelle, which left the NCIC in 2007 to join the WSC, and was thus a member of both extinct conferences.
The creation of the new conference appears to have finally settled an unstable situation that existed in the NCIC since the departure of the Rochelle Hubs after winning nine consecutive NCIC football championships. When Rochelle became a founding member of the Western Sun, the NCIC began shifting members trying to keep together a conference that was built of schools with inordinately large population variances. Whereas the NCIC schools had not all played in the same division in football for several decades, all the schools of the NIB-12 will play in the same division in all sports, regardless of the number of classes.[2]
The new NIB-12 essentially consists of the largest of the NCIC's schools, with the smallest schools being replaced by Rochelle's new rivals from the Western Sun. The average enrollment of the NIB-12 schools in the 2008-09 school year was 1194,[3] with the largest school being DeKalb (1710) and the smallest being Geneseo (914).
All NIB-12 high schools are members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).
Members
East division
School Town Team Name Colors IHSA Classes (2/3/4) Reference DeKalb High School DeKalb Barbs AA/2A/3A [4] Kaneland High School Maple Park Knights AA/2A/3A [5] Morris Community High School Morris Redskins AA/2A/3A [6] Rochelle Township High School Rochelle Hubs AA/2A/3A [7] Sycamore High School Sycamore Spartans AA/2A/3A [8] Yorkville High School Yorkville Foxes AA/2A/3A [9] West division
School Town Team Name Colors IHSA Classes (2/3/4) Reference Dixon High School Dixon Dukes/Duchesses AA/2A/3A [10] Geneseo High School Geneseo Maple Leafs AA/2A/3A [11] LaSalle-Peru High School LaSalle Cavaliers AA/2A/3A [12] Ottawa Township High School Ottawa Pirates AA/2A/3A [13] Sterling High School Sterling Golden Warriors AA/2A/3A [14] Streator Township High School Streator Bulldogs AA/2A/3A [15] References
- ^ http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=382253
- ^ http://www.northernillinoissportsbeat.com/2009summer/news/nib12.html
- ^ http://www.saukvalley.com/articles/2009/06/16/85482345/index.xml
- ^ "DeKalb". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0411.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Maple Park (Kaneland)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1310.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Morris". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1342.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Rochelle". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1814.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Sycamore (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1951.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Yorkville". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/2501.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Dixon". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0418.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Geneseo". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/0706.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "LaSalle (L.-Peru)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1213.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Ottawa (Twp.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1521.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Sterling (H.S.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1940.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Streator (Twp.)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 1 April 2010. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1946.htm. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
External links
- Northern Illinois Big 12 official website
- Illinois High School Association (IHSA) official website
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