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Origins of the Chicago Public League can be traced back to its predecessor, the Cook County High School League, which started during 1889-90.Some of the schools that participated in the Cook County League still exist today: Crane (as English High and Manual Training), Englewood, Lincoln Park (as North Division), Hyde Park, Phillips (as South Division), Calumet, Marshall, Austin, Lake (now ...
The Chicago Public High School League and Suburban League offered basketball only in the heavyweight and lightweight classes, after experimenting only a few years with a bantamweight class. The Catholic League added track and field in 1917, but it was not until 1924 that three "country club" sports were added to the league's schedule golf ...
The Independent School League (ISL) is an athletic conference comprising 9 private secondary schools in the Chicago metro area. All but one of the schools are also full members of the Illinois High School Association, the governing body for most high school athletics and competitive activities in the state. The schools are all relatively small ...
The reduction of schools forced the league to reach out for additional members, however, Richards, a brand new high school, was the only team to join. The last team to join this original version of the South Suburban was Thornwood in 1972, the same year the school opened.
The Northern Illinois High School Conference (NIHSC) was founded in 1916 as a high school football conference. Boys track and basketball soon followed, and other sports were added over time. Original members included Freeport High School, Rockford High School, Joliet High School, Elgin High School, DeKalb High School, Aurora East High School ...
Cook County High School League (1889–1913) Corn Belt Conference (1950–2017) Des Plaines Valley Conference (1963-1985) East Okaw Conference (1981-1995) Eastern Illinois Conference (1952-1969) Four Rivers Conference (2000-2006) Fox Valley Conference (1952-1966) Gateway East Conference (1979-1983) Greater Midwestern Conference (1983-1986)
The Central Suburban League is an IHSA-recognized high school extracurricular conference comprising 12 public schools located in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Comprising 12 relatively large high schools, it is among the larger high school conferences (by student population) in Illinois.
The top division is the Super Liga (which is sometimes referred to as Level 1 of the league 'pyramid'), containing 8 clubs and best 4 clubs from Liga Pre, all of which, as of the 2010–11 season, are based in East Timor.