Mississippi Athletic Conference
School Joined Consolidations Conference Came From
Bettendorf 1978 n/a Mississippi Valley Conference
Burlington 1978 n/a independent
Central DeWitt 2020 DeWitt , Grand Mound and Welton ( 1961 ) WaMaC Conference
Clinton 1978 Lyons ( 1954 ) Mississippi Valley Conference
Davenport Assumption 1978 ( previously St. Ambrose Academy through 1958 ) Quad-City Metro
Davenport Central 1978 n/a Quad-City Metro
Davenport North 1985 n/a n/a
Davenport West 1978 n/a Quad-City Metro
Muscatine 1978 Montpelier ( 1970s ) Mississippi Valley Conference
North Scott 1978 ( no high school before 1958 ) Big Bend Conference
Pleasant Valley 1987 Le Claire ( 1966 ) independent
History
The MAC — as it is known to locals — was formed in 1978 . Charter members Bettendorf , Clinton and Muscatine had been members of the Mississippi Valley Conference , while Davenport schools Assumption , Central and West were part of the Quad-City Metro Conference . North Scott , which was participating in its first `` big school '' conference , had been in the Big Bend Conference ( along with several smaller schools ) , and Burlington was not affiliated with any conference . At the time , the conference was known as the `` Mississippi Eight . '' Davenport North opened its doors in 1985 and was immediately admitted to the newly renamed MAC . Pleasant Valley became a part-time member in 1985 , although it did n't compete in football , basketball , wrestling , baseball or softball until 1987 when the school became a full-fledged member . The MAC 's membership remained stable for more than three decades , until Burlington announced plans to leave the conference and join the Southeast Conference , a league of five schools whose locations were much closer to Burlington than conference schools in the MAC . In April 2018 , a vote of league representatives approved Burlington 's request to leave following the 2018-2019 school year and join the Southeast Conference , leaving the MAC with nine schools . [ 2 ] In April 2019 , principals from the remaining nine MAC schools voted to admit Central DeWitt , bringing the league back to 10 schools . [ 3 ] Upon them joining the league in the fall of 2020 , Central DeWitt would be the smallest public school in the conference—firmly Class 3A in a league of otherwise primarily Class 4A schools—with only Davenport Assumption having a smaller enrollment .
The Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC Conference) is a high school athletic conference whose members are located in the Iowa Quad-Cities, plus three other schools in eastern and southeastern Iowa.