Ozark Conference
Introduction The '''Ozark Conference''' is a high school athletic conference represented by 11 schools in the southwest portion of Missouri. As the name implies, all eleven schools are in the Ozarks region of the state and all are among the biggest in the region (only West Plains and Hillcrest are not Class 5 in basketball). The conference offers championships for girls in Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, and Wrestling. In boys sports, the conference offers championships in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Track & Field, and Wrestling.The conference features All five of the public schools in Springfield and also the large central public schools in Rolla, Lebanon, and West Plains. Camdenton High School is the central school at the Lake of the Ozarks while Waynesville High School is the main high school for the military communities around the large Fort Leonard Wood army post, including Waynesville and St. Robert.
List of member schools   School  Team Name  Colors  Town  County  Enrollment (2015-16 & 2016–17)  Primary MSHSAA class*  Football class Bolivar High School*   Liberators    Bolivar Polk  1000  4  4 Camdenton High School   Lakers    Camdenton Camden  1297  5  5 Glendale High School   Falcons     Springfield Greene  1561  5  5 Hillcrest High School   Hornets    Springfield Greene  1016  4  4 Central High School**    Bulldogs    Springfield Greene  1612  5  5 Kickapoo High School   Chiefs    Springfield Greene  1800  5  6 Lebanon High School   Yellowjackets    Lebanon Laclede  1466  5  5 Parkview High School Vikings    Springfield Greene  1347  5  5 Rolla High School   Bulldogs    Rolla Phelps  1273  5  5 Waynesville High School   Tigers    Waynesville Pulaski  1627  5  6 West Plains High School*  Zizzers    West Plains Howell  1092  4  4As of the 2017/18 School year Joplin HS has swapped conferences to the COC. Replacing Joplin is former OC member Central.Bolivar High School applied to join the OC after the COC Small Division dissolved–leaving Bolivar as an independent school. November 5, 2019, it was announced that Bolivar's football program would enter the Ozark Conference in 2020, replacing Central. Central will become an independent in football but remain in the OC in other sports. Bolivar will be a "football only" school in the OC and their other sports programs will remain independent. As of March 2020 Bolivar has been approved as a full member of the conference and will compete in all sports.As of 10/11/23 they are leaving the Ozark Conference to form new Ozark Mountain Conference.Central High School (Springfield, Mo) plays football as an Independent as of 2020.
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