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38-780: In 1996 the Northwestern Illinois Conference (NWIC) and Upstate Illini Conference (UIC) merged under the Upstate Illini banner. Initially three divisions were formed for all team sports except football: West - Dakota, East Dubuque, Galena, Lena-Winslow, Orangeville, River Ridge, Stockton, and Warren East - Ashton-Franklin Center, Durand, Kirkland-Hiawatha , North Boone, Pecatonica, Rockford Lutheran and South Beloit, and South - Forreston, Freeport Aquin, Fulton Unity Christian, Eastland, Pearl City, Milledgeville, Mt. Carroll and Polo. In 1999 Savanna

76-468: A change in the structure of NUIC football. Regarding 11-man, Morrison joins the league with 2A state championships in 2009 and 2011. The total number of 11-man schools, however, remain at 9 due to the fact that West Carroll converts to 8-man. An additional change in 8-man includes Aquin and Orangeville cooping. In 2001, the conference utilized the same concept of North and South divisions for girls volleyball. Those groups were: Similar to basketball, when

114-554: A coop with Black Hawk High School in South Wayne, Wisconsin , has created a conference realignment specifically for football. The conference split geographically into North and South divisions with seven schools on each side. Crossover games between schools in different divisions were scheduled based on enrollment. These divisions were: In 2021, five more teams from the conference transitioned to 8-man football. These teams include Ashton-Franklin Center, and Milledgeville as well as

152-442: A household in the village was $ 51,071, and the median income for a family was $ 62,031. Males had a median income of $ 27,330 versus $ 25,250 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 30,156. About 4.7% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 31.1% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over. The United States Penitentiary, Thomson (formerly Thomson Correctional Center)

190-750: Is a village along Illinois Route 84 near the Mississippi River in Carroll County , Illinois , United States . The population was 590 at the 2010 census, up from 559 at the 2000 census. Just north of the village is the United States Penitentiary, Thomson , a mostly-unused former state prison, purchased by the Federal Bureau of Prisons in 2012. Currently USP Thomson houses over 100 low-security inmates as it remodels to federal maximum-security standards. Thomson

228-509: Is known for wonderful watermelons , and it has the nickname "Melon Capital of the World." Thomson is located at 41°57′37″N 90°6′11″W  /  41.96028°N 90.10306°W  / 41.96028; -90.10306 (41.960168, -90.103152), about a mile (kilometer and a half) east of the Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Clinton, Iowa , 38 miles (61 km) northeast of Moline, Illinois in

266-640: The Battle for the Wooden Shoe , a rivalry game began in 1977 that was halted in 2021 after Fulton left the conference. The addition of Morrison takes the total number of schools in the conference to its highest total, 22. However, due to drastic decline in enrollment, Aquin Catholic High School closed in May 2024 reverting the total number of schools back to 21. Prior to every varsity sporting event,

304-706: The NWIC , was a high school conference in northwest and north central Illinois . The conference participated in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association . The conference included small public high schools, and one small private school, with enrollments between 75-400 students in Carroll , Jo Daviess , Stephenson and Winnebago counties. Originally known as the Stephenson County Conference ,

342-724: The North Illinois Christian Conference for basketball prior to the start of in 2007-2008 school year. The league realigned back into two divisions with each having 10 teams. These divisions remained constant with the only change occurring in 2016 when Amboy was added to the East to replace South Beloit after their departure. These groups were: Prior to the 2019-2020 school year, the conference realigned back to three divisions. The divisions would be labeled North, South and West and would be unbalanced with two divisions having 7 teams and one having 6. Fulton joined

380-543: The Quad Cities , and 120 miles (190 km) west of Chicago . According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Thomson has a total area of 2.22 square miles (5.75 km ), all land. As of the 2020 census there were 1,610 people, 190 households, and 127 families residing in the village. The population density was 725.55 inhabitants per square mile (280.14/km ). There were 263 housing units at an average density of 118.52 per square mile (45.76/km ). The racial makeup of

418-655: The United States government announced that prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp would be moved to the prison in Thomson. CNN stated that before the decision was announced, many people in the town wanted the Guantanamo prisoners to be housed there so the town could get economic benefits. On December 15, 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the federal government to proceed with acquisition of

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456-434: The 1984 (2A) state champion Amboy, the 1989 (1A) state championship team Orangeville, and Freeport Aquin, who claimed the (1A) state championship in 1981, 1986 and 2005. However, with the 2022 addition of Fulton High School, the conference has a net loss of only four teams. These changes will reduce the number of 11-man teams to 10 teams and eliminate the need for divisional play. The 2022 season included: On November 18, 2021,

494-568: The 2021-22 season as Fulton joinied the South Division, giving each division 7 teams. These divisions are: Full members Full members (Football Coop) Full members (8-man football) Full members (Wisconsin Football Coop) Full members (Basketball Coop) Partial member (listed sports) Upstate Illini Conference Other Conference (Listed) note : Highlighted school is the host Teams currently competing in

532-512: The East Dubuque board of education voted 5 to 1 in favor of joining Southwestern High School (Wisconsin) for football, leaving the NUIC and bringing the total number of teams competing in 11-man football down to nine. This reduction causes each team in the conference the need to seek a non-conference game each season. The 2023 season included the following alignment: The 2024 season creates

570-713: The NUIC for the 2021-22 school year from the Three Rivers Conference . A member of the Three Rivers Conference since the league's inception in 1975, Fulton made the move to the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference prior to the 2021-22 school year. The addition of Fulton brought the total number of schools back to 21. The Morrison Mustangs will join the NUIC starting in 2024, also leaving the Three Rivers Conference. This addition will reunite Fulton and Morrison in

608-785: The Northwest Conference. Additionally, in 1966, Lanark, from Carroll County, joined the conference, bringing the total number of schools to 10. In 1974 after Durand, Orangeville and Pearl City left for the Upstate Illini Conference , the remaining schools changed the name to the Northwestern Illinois Conference, also known as the NWIC. Officially formed in 1974, the 7 members were Dakota, Freeport Aquin, Galena, Lanark, Lena-Winslow, Stockton and Warren. In 1977, Orangeville returned to

646-458: The Northwest Upstate Illini Conference have won 96 team state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities. This includes championships won prior to entering the league. The conference also has produced 146 individual championships, including golf , public speaking, track & field , and wrestling . Josh Alber and Seth Milks from Dakota are the only individual 4-time state champions in

684-570: The addition of the teams from the Four Rivers Conference and the unification of Savanna, Mt. Carroll and Thomson into West Carroll, the league broke into three divisions for basketball. Each division had 7 teams, however, for girls basketball, River Ridge and Scales Mound formed a coop that would keep the West with only 6 teams. Those groups were: This three division system lasted only for two years when Fulton Unity Christian joined

722-624: The conference for the 2021-22 season and were placed in the South Division, giving each division 7 teams. Prior to the 2023-24 season, Orangeville and Aquin boys basketball began a coop, reducing the number of teams in the North to 6. These divisions are: Initially in 2001, the Northwest Upstate Illini was divided into two football divisions, each having 7 total teams. These divisions were: In 2005, Mt. Carroll and Savanna consolidated with Thomson to become West Carroll. During

760-708: The conference in a situation they had not had not been in since 1976, an odd number of teams for which to schedule. The final season for the NWIC occurred in 1995. Beginning in 1996, this conference merged with the Upstate Illini. Sources:IHSA Conferences, and IHSA Member Schools Directory Full members Various Conferences/Independent US Grant Conference Upstate Illini Conference Northwest 8 Conference The Northwestern Illinois Conference won 5 team state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities. The conference also produced 15 individual championships, including track & field , and wrestling . Thomson, Illinois Thomson

798-582: The conference to join the Northern Illinois Christian Conference after the 2007 school year, reducing the conference to a total of 20. South Beloit left the NUIC after the 2015-16 season. The Sobos joined the Northeastern Athletic Conference to compete against schools from Chicago, Rockford, Aurora, Arlington Heights, Elgin, Hebron, Crystal Lake, Ottawa, Mooseheart and Kirkland. To replace

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836-467: The exiting team, the NUIC added Amboy High School , formerly a member of the Three Rivers Conference . The Clippers began competition in the NUIC during the 2016-17 school year. Between 2019 and 2020, seven teams within the conference announced that they would begin playing 8-man football. This change, as well as several schools cooping, reduced the number of 11-man football teams to nine. In order to maintain competitive balance, Fulton High School joined

874-577: The first year of competition was 1958 with four charter schools: Dakota, Durand, Lena-Winslow and Orangeville. In 1959 Freeport Aquin, Galena, Stockton and Warren joined from the disbanded US Grant Conference . Pearl City joined the conference in 1960 increasing the total number of teams to nine. The last year of competition under the Stephenson County name was 1962. Based on the fact that the conference contained schools from Jo Daviess, Stephenson and Winnebago Counties, in 1963 it became known as

912-416: The fold increasing the total teams to eight. As the 1986 school year began, Lanark High School consolidated with Shannon High School, becoming Eastland High School. After 30 years of membership, in 1988 Warren dropped out of the conference. However, East Dubuque quickly replaced them in 1989, keeping the total number of teams an even eight. Unfortunately, in 1995 they decided to leave the conference. This left

950-466: The following creed is read to everyone in attendance. [REDACTED] The Northwest Upstate Illini Conference comprises 21 high schools, grades 9-12. There are 20 public and 1 private high school within the conference. Sources:IHSA Conferences, IHSA Coop Teams, and IHSA Member Schools Directory In 2001, as the conference realigned under its new label, the divisions were broken into 2; nine team divisions. Those groups were: Starting in 2005, after

988-418: The formation of the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference. *Polo's championship in 8-man football is in a non-sanctioned IHSA activity. *Pearl City was the host school for the football coop with Eastland in the 2014 championship. **Championships in 8-man football are considered a non-sanctioned IHSA activity. Northwestern Illinois Conference The Northwestern Illinois Conference , known locally as

1026-424: The history of the conference. As a wrestler, Alber finished his 4 years of competition undefeated with a final record of 182 wins and 0 losses. Alber also became the first four-time state champion in IHSA history to complete high school competition without a loss or tie. Note: Championships listed here also include championships won by current member schools prior to any respective consolidations, as well as prior to

1064-563: The league expanded in 2005, some teams shifted and the arrangements moved to the following 3 division system: In 2014, the conference eliminated divisions and created a single volleyball conference with all 20 teams and South Beloit was replaced with Amboy after they left the conference in 2016. Prior to the 2019-2020 school year, the conference realigned back to three divisions. The divisions would once again be labeled North, South and West and would be unbalanced with two divisions having 7 teams and one having 6, however, this alignment changed for

1102-587: The maximum-security prison from opening. In 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich proposed closing the state prison in Pontiac, Illinois and opening the Thomson maximum-security unit instead. However, Blagojevich was subsequently arrested on December 9, 2008, and removed from office. His replacement, Governor Pat Quinn cancelled plans to close the Pontiac prison in March 2009, leaving Thomson unused. In 2009

1140-613: The maximum-security unit over to the Federal government, it should be used to relieve overcrowding in other Illinois prisons. AFSCME claims that the other facilities were designed for 32,000 prisoners, but currently house 45,000. Subsequent Congressional banning of federal expenditures for imprisoning in the United States of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, stopped the Obama plans regarding those terror suspects, even though

1178-514: The remaining schools realigned under the new moniker ' "Northwest Upstate Illini"' starting with the 2001 school year. The 18 remaining schools maintained divisional balance in all sports for 4 years, however, during the 2004-05 school year, the school districts of Savanna, Mt. Carroll and Thomson consolidated into the West Carroll School District, becoming the largest high school in the conference. This consolidation reduced

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1216-822: The same year, four teams from the Four Rivers Conference (Ashton-Franklin Center, Durand, Pecatonica, South Beloit) were accepted to join the conference. Durand, Pecatonica and South Beloit joined the Northwest Division and Ashton-Franklin Center entered the Upstate. In 2016, upon the departure of South Beloit, Amboy took their position in the Northwest division. The final alignment of these divisions were: Starting in 2019, Polo and River Ridge ceased playing traditional 11-man football and began playing 8-man . This change, along with Warren forming

1254-453: The teams in the Northwest Division of football to 6 and also created a scheduling issue due to an odd number of teams within the conference. To correct this, prior to the 2005-06 school year, four schools, Ashton-Franklin Center, Durand, Pecatonica, and South Beloit, joined the conference. These four schools were previously members of the Four Rivers Conference and raised the number of schools from 17 to its highest total of 21. Fulton Unity left

1292-489: The underutilized state prison in Thomson to be the new home for a limited number of terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The facility was also used as a Bureau of Prisons facility to house other federal inmates. In response to the 2009 presidential order, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which represents 13,000 Illinois prison staff, argued that rather than turn

1330-549: The village was 58.45% White , 36.65% African American , 2.11% Native American , 0.43% Asian , 0.12% from other races , and 2.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.55% of the population. There were 190 households, out of which 13.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.63% were married couples living together, 14.21% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.16% were non-families. 30.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.74% had someone living alone who

1368-447: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 1.94. The village's age distribution consisted of 12.2% under the age of 18, 11.9% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 27.2% from 45 to 64, and 28.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.1 males. The median income for

1406-529: Was added to the South Division and Rockford Christian Life to the East Division for a total of 24 teams. In 2000, after six schools (Ashton-Franklin Center, Durand, Kirkland-Hiawatha, North Boone, Pecatonica and South Beloit) left to form the Four Rivers Conference , the two remaining schools from the East, Rockford Christian Life and Rockford Lutheran, also left the conference looking for competition within closer proximity. Based on all of these changes,

1444-405: Was opened in 2001, but as of 2009 has never had a prisoner in its main, 1600-bed maximum-security unit; the only prison population has been in the 200-bed minimum-security unit, which was populated in 2006 and averages about 150 prisoners. The minimum security unit has an annual budget of $ 7 million. State budget constraints, as well as labor union opposition to closing other state prisons, prevented

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