7. War Eagle Conference - Iowa
War Eagle Conference
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Don't think about Auburn University football when it comes to the War Eagle Conference. Not even close. It has nothing to do with the battle cry of the college football team. Rather than having us tell the story, local newspaperman Terry Hersom says it perfectly.
Local look: "The War Eagle Conference is a high school league in our circulation area
that derives its name from a former Sioux Indian chief. There is a
monument to War Eagle here in Sioux City. Don't know much else about why
the conference adopted the name, just that it's got historical ties,
much like the Sioux tribe has to Sioux City and many other communities
and schools in Northwest Iowa."
- Terry Hersom, sports editor at the Sioux City Journal (@TerryHersom)Schools: Hinton,
Unity Christian (Orange City),
West Sioux (Hawarden),
Gehlen Catholic (Le Mars),
South O'Brien (Paullina),
St. Mary's (Remsen),
Remsen-Union (Remsen),
Akron-Westfield (Akron),
Spalding Catholic (Granville),
Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn (Marcus).
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