Charles City to Join NCC Next Year, Three Others to Join Year After
With Charles City set to join the North Central Conference (NCC) starting with the 2025-26 school year, the NCC will expand to nine teams.
However, they’re now set to even that number out to a dozen teams the year after that.
The NCC recently extended invitations to Forest City, Garner-Hayfield-Ventura (GHV), and Eagle Grove to join the league starting in the 2026-27 school year. In early November, both the Forest City and Eagle Grove school boards voted to join the NCC. Last week, the GHV School Board followed suit on a 4-1 vote, meeting the December 1st deadline for a decision requested by the NCC.
All three schools are currently members of the Top of Iowa Conference (TIC) and must notify the league of any departure at least a year in advance.
With the NCC expanding to 12 teams starting with ‘26-27, plans also call for the formation of two divisions, with the six largest schools in the Tradition Division, including Webster City, Charles City, Clear Lake, Algona, Humboldt, and Hampton-Dumont-CAL. The Pride Division would consist of Iowa Falls-Alden, Eagle Grove, Forest City, Clarion-Goldfield-Dows, GHV, and Fort Dodge St. Edmond’s.
Charles City is in its final year with the Northeast Iowa Conference, which will dissolve at the end of this school year, June 30, 2025.
