Bolingbrook High School Leaving Southwest Suburban Conference

BOLINGBROOK, IL — Bolingbrook High School will withdraw from the Southwest Suburban Conference, effective in the 2024-2025 school year.

The conference is exploring several options to move forward in their absence, according to a news release from Lincoln-Way District 210.

"Our Bolingbrook HS coaches, administrators, and athletes have enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate and compete with the Southwest Suburban Conference teams, staff and leaders," Valley View School District said in a statement to Patch.

The school district said the opportunity for Bolingbrook to join its sister school, Romeoville High School, "in the Southwest Prairie Conference and unite the District high schools in the 2024-25 school year presents new opportunities, particularly at a time that makes sense with growing concerns in the area of transportation and a lengthened VVSD school day."

The Southwest Suburban athletic conference consists of Bolingbrook High School, Andrew, Sandburg, Homewood-Flossmoor, Lincoln-Way Central, Lincoln-Way East, Lincoln-Way West, Lockport, Bradley-Bourbonnais, and Stagg high schools.

Bolingbrook submitted their notice early last month, and their request to withdraw was accepted by the superintendents of the SWSC last week, the release from District 210 states.

Valley View said to Patch that Bolingbrook High School will meet all conference commitments in the 2023-24 school year, and looks forward to potential non-conference competitions in 2024-25 and beyond.

The Southwest Prairie Conference currently consists of Joliet Central, Joliet West, Plainfield Central, Plainfield East, Plainfield South and Romeoville (east division), and Minooka, Oswego, Oswego East, Plainfield North, West Aurora and Yorkville (west division).