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Champions Champions by School Collinsville's Places Standings Tournament

Collinsville is a founding member of the Southwestern Conference. The Kahoks have been members of the conference since its inception, with the exception of the two years the conference was disbanded (1953-54, 1954-55) and the 1979-80 season.

Roots of the current conference can be traced back to 1923-24 when the Southwest Conference was formed. The confernece was dissolved and reformed in 1934-35 as the Madison-St. Clair Conference, which was renamed the Southwestern Conference in 1937-38.

Other current conference members include: Alton, Belleville East, Belleville West,
East St. Louis, Edwardsville, and O'Fallon.

1923-24		Southwest Conference formed: Alton, Belleville, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Granite City, and Wood River. (6 teams)
1924-25		Mascoutah added. (7 teams)
1925-26		Jerseyville, O'Fallon, and Madison added. (10 teams)
1926-27		Madison, O'Fallon, and Macoutah dropped. East St. Louis added. (8 teams)
1928-29		Jerseyville dropped. (7 teams)
1930-31		Madison rejoined. (8 teams)
1934-35		Edwardsville lost membership. Conference dissolved and reformed as "Madison-St. Clair Conference." (7 teams)
1937-38		Edwardsville reinstated. (8 teams) Renamed "Southwestern Conference."
1948-49		Madison dropped. (7 teams)
1953-54		Conference dissolved.
1955-56		Southwestern Conference formed again: Alton, Belleville, Collinsville, East St. Louis, Edwardsville, Granite City and Wood River. (7 teams)
1966-67		Belleville split into two schools (East & West). Belleville West remained in the conference. (7 teams)
1971-72		Wood River dropped. (6 teams)
1972-73		Belleville East and Cahokia added. (8 teams)
1973-74		Granite City split into two schools (North & South). Granite City South remained in the conference. (8 teams)
1975-76		Granite City South dropped. (7 teams)
1979-80		Cahokia and Edwardsville dropped. Collinsville dropped for basketball only. (4 teams)
1980-81		Collinsville reinstated for basketball. (5 teams)
1984-85		Granite City reinstated. (6 teams)
1996-97		Edwardsville reinstated. Lincoln - East St. Louis added. (8 teams)
1997-98		Lincoln-East St. Louis dropped. (7 teams)
2000-01		O'Fallon reinstated. (8 teams)
2018-19		Granite City dropped. (7 teams)

Champions Champions by School Collinsville's Places Standings Tournament

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