Central Iowa Metro League
The Central Iowa Metro League (also called CIML) is a high school athletic conference whose members are located in the metropolitan areas of central Iowa, with most of the schools being from the Des Moines area.
The includes 19 schools and is divided into four segments: the North, East, and West divisions, as well as the Metro Conference.[1] At present the CIML comprises all 4A schools, the only athletic conference in Iowa to do so.
Member schools
There are 19 members of the Central Iowa Metro League (CIML):
| Institution | Location | Affiliation | 2012-2013 Enrollment (9-11)[2] | Mascot | Colors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Division | |||||||||
| Dowling Catholic | West Des Moines | Private | 1,075 | Maroons | |||||
| Johnston | Johnston | Public | 1,419 | Dragons | |||||
| Urbandale | Urbandale | Public | 928 | J-Hawks | |||||
| Valley | West Des Moines | Public | 2,036 | Tigers | |||||
| East Division | |||||||||
| Ankeny | Ankeny | Public | 915 | Hawks/Hawkettes | |||||
| Ankeny Centennial | Ankeny | Public | 977 | Jaguars | |||||
| Southeast Polk | Pleasant Hill | Public | 1,511 | Rams | |||||
| Waukee | Waukee | Public | 1,422 | Warriors | |||||
| North Division | |||||||||
| Ames | Ames | Public | 982 | Little Cyclones | |||||
| Fort Dodge | Fort Dodge | Public | 838 | Dodgers | |||||
| Marshalltown | Marshalltown | Public | 1,082 | Bobcats | |||||
| Mason City | Mason City | Public | 890 | Mohawks | |||||
| Metro Conference | |||||||||
| Des Moines East | Des Moines | Public | 1,707 | Scarlets | |||||
| Des Moines Hoover | Des Moines | Public | 734 | Huskies | |||||
| Des Moines Lincoln | Des Moines | Public | 1,589 | Rail Splitters | |||||
| Des Moines North | Des Moines | Public | 885 | Polar Bears | |||||
| Des Moines Roosevelt | Des Moines | Public | 1,261 | Rough Riders | |||||
| Indianola | Indianola | Public | 834 | Indians | |||||
| Ottumwa | Ottumwa | Public | 980 | Bulldogs | |||||
History
Since its founding, the Central Iowa Metro League was a league composed of metropolitan schools in central Iowa. The conference, for many years, consisted of just 14 schools: the 5 Des Moines schools, Ankeny, Ames, Valley, Dowling, Indianola, Marshalltown, Southeast Polk, Newton and Urbandale. In 1992, Mason City and Fort Dodge joined the conference, leaving the Big Eight, which had recently been decimated by other conference realignments. With these two new additions the conference split into two divisions, the American League and the National League. Ottumwa and Johnston joined the conference later in the 1990s to make the CIML an 18 team conference, splitting the conference into a three division format. For the 2006-07 athletics season, Waukee joined the conference, replacing Newton, who joined the Little Hawkeye Conference.
The three division format comprised the Central, Iowa, and Metro Conferences, organized like this:
| Central | Iowa | Metro |
|---|---|---|
| Ankeny | Ames | Des Moines East |
| Indianola | Fort Dodge | Des Moines Hoover |
| Dowling Catholic | Marshalltown | Des Moines Lincoln |
| Johnston | Mason City | Des Moines North |
| Southeast Polk | Waukee | Des Moines Roosevelt |
| Urbandale | Valley | Ottumwa |
In the fall of 2013, the Ankeny Community School District split into two high schools, with both Ankeny High and Ankeny Centennial competing at the 4A level. In anticipation of adding Centennial to the League, the League approved the current four division format, beginning it in the 2012-13 school year, with Centennial joining the next year.[1] This may not be the last realignment, as Waukee looks to surpass Ankeny as the growth leader among Iowa schools and could add a second high school by 2020.
Sports
The conference offers the following sports:
- Fall — Football, volleyball, boys' cross-country, girls' cross-country, boys' golf and girls' swimming.
- Winter — Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, bowling, wrestling and boys' swimming.
- Spring — Boys' track and field, girls' track and field, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, boys' tennis, girls' tennis and girls' golf.
- Summer — Baseball and softball.
Although the member schools field freshman — and in some cases, junior varsity — teams in many of the above-mentioned sports, conference championships are determined at sophomore and varsity levels only.
