Western Big 6 Conference

The Western Big 6 Conference is a high school conference in western central Illinois. The conference participates in athletics and activities in the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The conference comprises public high schools with large enrollments, as well a private school, in the Illinois Quad Cities, Galesburg, Illinois, and Quincy, Illinois.

Sources:IHSA Conferences and IHSA Member Schools Directory

The Western Big 6 Conference was established in 1969. The conference consisted of four schools from the Quad Cities area, one from Quincy, and one from Galesburg. The charter members were Moline High School, Rock Island High School, Rock Island Alleman High School, United Township High School (East Moline), Quincy Senior High School, and Galesburg High School. Enrollments have ranged from over 2000 students, to Alleman, the league's only private school, with just under 500.

Prior to the advent of the Western Big 6 Conference, the schools of the present day conference are known to have participated in several other conferences:

Starting with the 2013 football season, Western Big 6 schools will be part of a 10-team, football-only conference with Peoria-area schools from the Mid-Six Conference. Those schools—Peoria Central, Peoria Manual, Peoria Notre Dame and Peoria Richwoods—will play a round-robin, nine-game schedule with the six Western Big 6 schools.

The present day Western Big 6 Conference has won 38 state championships in IHSA sponsored athletics and activities. Through the 2010-2011 season the conference has won Illinois state titles in:

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