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CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY of the UPSTATE EIGHT CONFERENCE 1963 Upstate Eight Conference of Illinois Founded CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE UPSTATE EIGHT CONFERENCE 1963 Upstate Eight Conference of Illinois founded. Original eight (8) member schools included: * Aurora East High School * Aurora West High School * DeKalb High School * Elgin High School * Glenbard East High School * Larkin High School * Naperville Community High School (Naperville Central High School) * Wheaton High School (Wheaton Central, Wheaton-Warrenville South High School) 1965 Glenbard East departs conference and is replaced by St. Charles High School (East) 1975 Naperville Community High School (Central) & Wheaton Central depart. 1979 Lake Park High School & Streamwood High School accepted as member schools. 1991 Waubonsie Valley High School accepted as member school. 1997 West Aurora departs. 1998 Bartlett High School & Neuqua Valley High School accepted as member schools. 2001 St. Charles North accepted as member school. (St. Charles HS becomes St. Charles East) 2005 DeKalb departs. 2006 South Elgin accepted as member school. 2009 Metea Valley High School accepted as member school. 2010 Batavia High School, Geneva High School, and Metea Valley accepted as member schools. 2013 Lake Park departs. West Chicago High School accepted as member school. 2014 West Aurora High School and Glenbard East High School accepted as member schools. 2015 Metea Valley, Neuqua Valley and Neuqua Valley depart. Upstate Eight Conference moves to two (2) competitive divisions: River Division (7) Valley Division (6) Batavia High School Aurora East High School Elgin High School Aurora West High School Geneva High School Bartlett High School Larkin High School Glenbard East High School St. Charles East High School South Elgin High School St. Charles North High School West Chicago High School Streamwood High School .
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