Heart of Illinois Conference
The Heart of Illinois Conference is a Central Illinois based high school athletic conference in the Illinois High School Association.
History
The conference was formed in 2006 from members of the Mid State and Sangamon Valley conferences. Eureka High School joined the conference in 2016 from the Corn Belt Conference. The conference is divided into large and small divisions with Deer Creek-Mackinaw, El Paso-Gridley, Eureka, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, Heyworth, Tremont, and Tri-Valley composing the large division and Fieldcrest, Fisher, Flanagan-Cornell, Lexington, LeRoy, and Ridgeview composing the small division. Blue Ridge was a part of the Small Division until 2018, when it left for the Little Okaw Valley Conference in 2018.