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sponsoring athletic competition, as well as speech and music activities. Formed in 1967, the conference has enjoyed long-term stability while enduring periods of significant change over its 50-plus year history. With the return of
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Stormin' Pointers. Center Point and Urbana (CPU)
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Troy Mills and Walker) and Springville. East Buchanan (Winthrop) returned to join its former All-Ac competitors following a 5-year hiatus in the Upper Mississippi League. Coming with East Buchanan from the Upper Mississippi was Edgewood–Colesburg and Maquoketa Valley (Delhi).
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played for the East Buchanan Buccaneers and graduated from East Buchanan High School in Winthrop, Iowa. He played college football at the University of Iowa and professional football for the
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complete move to the ECI the following year. The combined effect was a net loss of 3 teams, leading the All-Ac to reconfigure and reemerge the following season as the Tri-Rivers Conference.
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Walker. These 13 schools were all located outside the Cedar Rapids-Marion urban area and the high schools generally had significantly smaller enrollments than their urban counterparts.
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