Raccoon River Conference


The Raccoon River Conference is an ten team high school athletic league in Central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class of schools in Iowa.

Current members

Former Members

• * Indicates that school is no longer operating
InstitutionLocationMascotColorsLeft For
Dallas Center *Dallas CenterMustangs Consolidated with Grimes to form Dallas Center-Grimes
Dallas Center-GrimesGrimesMustangs Little Hawkeye Conference
Dexfield*RedfieldBlue Devils consolidated with Stuart-Menlo to form West Central Valley
EarlhamEarlhamCardinals Little Eight Conference
Intersate 35TruroRoadrunners Pride of Iowa Conference
Greene CountyJeffersonRams Heart of Iowa Conference
MadridMadridTigers Central Valley Conference
NevadaNevadaCubs Heart of Iowa Conference
NorwalkNorwalkWarriors Little Hawkeye Conference
North Polk CountyAllemanComets Heart of Iowa Conference
OgdenOgdenBulldogs Heart of Iowa Conference
Panora*PanoraBluejays conoslidates with Linden to form Panora-Linden
Panora-Linden*PanoraHawks Little Eight Conference
PCMMonroeMustangs South Central Conference
Redfield*RedfieldBulldogs consolidated with Dexter to form Dexfield
Stuart*StuartDragons Little Eight Conference
SaydelDes MoinesEagles Heart of Iowa Conference
WaukeeWaukeeWarriors Central Iowa Metro League
West Central ValleyStuartWildcats West Central Conference
Woodward*WoodwardHawks consolidated with Granger to form Woodward-Granger
Woodward-GrangerWoodwardHawks Heart of Iowa Conference

History

The Raccoon River Conference was once a small school conference. The conference was made up of Bondurant-Farrar, Norwalk, Madrid, Woodward-Granger, Interstate 35 in Truro, Waukee, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Adel-DeSoto at it outset. While the outer regions of the Des Moines metro began to experience growth, Bondurant-Farrar and Ogden decided to leave for the smaller Heart of Iowa Conference, while I-35 joined the Pride of Iowa Conference. Woodward-Granger soon followed their former members to the HOI conference. This flurry of change saw the league reform itself. By 1998, there were 14 members in the conference, competing in two divisions. The league now consisted of A-D-M, Ballard, Carlisle, Carroll, Dallas Center-Grimes, Jefferson-Scranton, Nevada, North Polk, Perry, Prairie City-Monroe, Saydel, Waukee, West Central Valley, and Winterset. Over the next two years, North Polk, Prairie City-Monroe, Waukee, and W.C. Valley all joined different conferences, leaving the league with ten teams. In 2007, Jefferson-Scranton left for the Heart of Iowa Conference. Nevada followed them there in 2009, the same year Boone joined the league.
Bondurant-Farrar joined the Raccoon River Conference in the 2011-12 school year. Dallas Center-Grimes, one of the league's founding members, left for the Little Hawkeye Conference in 2013.
Gilbert and North Polk both joined for the 2020-21 school year. They left their former conference, the Heart of Iowa Conference.