West Suburban Conference

High school athletic league in Illinois, USA

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West Suburban Conference

Formerly| West Suburban League
Conference| IHSA
Founded| 1924
Sports fielded|

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No. of teams| 14
Headquarters| Illinois
Region| Chicagoland, Illinois (DuPage and Cook counties)

The West Suburban Conference is an athletic conference in DuPage County and Cook County in the state of Illinois. The conference was founded in 1924.

## Member schools

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All of the schools are also members of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The conference is divided into two divisions.

### Gold Division

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School | Town | Nickname | Enrollment

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Addison Trail High School | Addison, Illinois | Blazers | 1,902 (2023)
Downers Grove South High School | Downers Grove, Illinois | Mustangs | 2,712 (2023)
Hinsdale South High School | Darien, Illinois | Hornets | 1,315 (2023)
Leyden High Schools1 | Franklin Park, Illinois | Eagles | 3,406.5 (2023)
Morton High Schools2 | Cicero, Illinois | Mustangs | 7,758.5 (2023)
Proviso East High School | Maywood, Illinois | Pirates | 2,001 (2023)
Willowbrook High School | Villa Park, Illinois | Warriors | 1,868 (2023)

### Silver Division

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School | Town | Nickname | Enrollment

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Downers Grove North High School | Downers Grove, Illinois | Trojans | 2,156 (2023)
Glenbard West High School | Glen Ellyn, Illinois | Hilltoppers | 2,322 (2023)
Hinsdale Central High School | Hinsdale, Illinois | Red Devils | 2,528 (2023)
Lyons Township High School3 | La Grange, Illinois | Lions | 3,947 (2023)
Oak Park and River Forest High School | Oak Park, Illinois | Huskies | 3,346.5 (2023)
Proviso West High School | Hillside, Illinois | Panthers | 2,268.5 (2023)
York Community High School | Elmhurst, Illinois | Dukes | 2,789.5 (2023)

## Athletics

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## History

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The West Suburban Conference is the fourth oldest Illinois League that is in existence today. It was formed in the winter of 1924 and was the direct successor league of the DuPage County Conference that expired the previous year. Old DuPage County members Hinsdale, Glenbard, York, Downers Grove, and West Chicago, joined with Maine to form a new league. In 1928, Riverside (now Riverside-Brookfield) left the disintegrating old Suburban League and joined the West Suburban League.

As the western suburbs grew during the 1920s the schools grew in size. In 1935, Lyons Township (LaGrange) joined the league, and the following year West Chicago dropped out.

The league membership stayed stable until 1951, when Arlington joined the league. When it withdrew from the conference in 1966, Proviso West took its place.[1] In 1972, charter member Maine East (which began as Maine) left the league. When the Suburban League broke up in the spring of 1975, two of those league members, Oak Park River Forest and Proviso East (which began as Proviso), joined the West Suburban League the following fall. In 1982, Riverside-Brookfield, with a declining enrollment that made the school increasingly noncompetitive, left the league.

The biggest change in the history of WSC occurred in the spring of 1986 with a major re-alignment. This took place between the conference and the Des Plaines Valley League with a vote of the Superintendents from the Inter-Suburban Association. This action combined the two leagues under one umbrella conference. The old West Suburban Conference became the Silver Division, and the DesPlaines Valley League became the Gold Division. Together the two divisions form the West Suburban Conference. In this reorganization Proviso East moved into the Gold Division. Each Division had seven teams. According to WSC folklore, the division names were finalized after many hours of deliberation, arguing and negotiation. Their final names were not arrived at with the intention of ranking one ahead of the other, but came from the color of hair of the athletic directors in each division. The Silver Division's athletic directors were primarily distinguished gray-haired professionals who all happened to have "silver hair locks", thus securing the name. Competition in the reorganized league began in the fall of 1986.

## Notes

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1. Leyden High Schools is a unified team of East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois and West Leyden High School in Northlake, Illinois.
2. Morton High Schools is a unified team which draws its students from the three campuses of J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 that are located in Berwyn, Illinois (Morton West) and Cicero, Illinois (Morton East).
3. Lyons Township High School is a unified team which draws its players from two campuses that are located in La Grange, Illinois (Lyons Township High School - North Campus for Juniors and Seniors) and Western Springs, Illinois (Lyons Township High School - South Campus for Freshmen and Sophomores)

## References

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1. ^ "League Keeper Documents" (PDF). athletics2000.com.

## External links

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* West Suburban Conference website

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West Suburban Conference

Silver Division|

* Downers Grove North
* Glenbard West
* Hinsdale Central
* Lyons Township
* Oak Park River Forest
* Proviso West
* York

Gold Division|

* Addison Trail
* Downers Grove South
* Leyden
* Hinsdale South
* Morton
* Proviso East
* Willowbrook

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Illinois High School Association

Boys' sports|

* Baseball
* Basketball (championship)
* Bowling
* Cross Country
* Football
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Soccer
* Swimming and Diving
* Tennis
* Track and field
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Wrestling

Girls' sports|

* Badminton
* Basketball
* Bowling
* Competitive Cheerleading
* Cross Country
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Soccer
* Softball
* Swimming and Diving
* Tennis
* Track and field
* Volleyball
* Water polo

Activities|

* Bass fishing
* Chess
* Debate
* Drama and Group Interpretation
* Journalism
* Music
* Scholastic Bowl
* Individual Events

Special co-ed activities|

* Wheelchair basketball
* Three-Point Showdown
* Spirit

Emerging sports|

* Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse
* Dance Team

Athletic conferences|

* Apollo
* Big Northern
* Big Twelve
* Black Diamond
* Cahokia
* Central Illinois
* Central State Eight
* Central Suburban
* Chicago Catholic
* Chicago Prairie
* Chicago Prep
* Chicago Public
* Chicagoland Christian
* DuKane
* DuPage Valley
* East Central Illinois
* East Suburban Catholic
* Egyptian Illini
* Fox Valley
* Gateway Metro
* Girls Catholic
* Greater Egyptian
* Heart of Illinois
* Illini Prairie
* Illinois Central Eight
* Independent School
* Inter County
* Interstate Eight
* Kishwaukee River
* Lake Shore
* Lincoln Prairie
* Lincoln Trail
* Little Illini
* Little Okaw Valley
* Little Ten
* Metropolitan Prep
* Mid-Illini
* Mid-Suburban
* Midland Trail
* Mississippi Valley
* MSM
* National Trail
* Noble League
* North Suburban
* Northeastern
* Northern Illinois
* Northern Lake County
* Northwest Upstate Illini
* Pike County
* Prairieland
* River Valley
* Sangamo
* South Central
* South Egyptian
* South Seven
* South Suburban
* Southern Illinois River-to-River
* Southland
* Southwest Prairie
* Southwest Suburban
* Southwestern
* Three Rivers
* Tomahawk
* Tri-County
* Upstate Eight
* Vermilion Valley
* West Central
* West Suburban
* Western Big 6
* Western Illinois Valley

Former conferences|

* Ambraw Valley
* Bi-County
* Big 8
* Big Rivers
* Blackhawk
* B.L.P.
* Bureau Valley
* Capitol
* Cenois
* Chartres
* Central Egyptian Conference
* Coal Belt
* Coal Valley
* Corn Belt
* Cook County
* Des Plaines
* East Okaw
* Eastern Illinois
* Four Rivers
* Heart of Illinois (1970s)
* Illini 8
* Illini Central
* Illini Valley
* Indian Valley
* Kankakee Valley
* La Moine Valley
* Little 6
* Little 7
* Little 8
* Metro Suburban
* Mid-Northern
* Mid State
* Mid-State Six
* Midwest
* Midwestern
* New Salem
* North Central Illinois
* North Egypt
* Northern Illinois Big 12
* Northwest 8
* Northwestern Illinois
* Northwest Suburban
* Okaw Valley
* Olympic
* Quad Cities Metro
* Private School League
* Rock River Valley
* Route 72
* Sangamon Valley
* SHARK
* South Inter-Athletic
* Southern Illini
* Southwest Egyptian
* Spoon River
* Stephenson County
* Suburban
* Suburban Christian
* Suburban Prairie
* SWANI
* SWISS
* Tollway
* Upstate Illini
* US Grant
* Wauseca
* West Prairie Trail
* Western Area
* Western Sun
* Wilco

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