The new athletic conference that includes Marshalltown and Ames will also have a member from Waterloo. East High

is leaving the Mississippi Valley Conference to join the new league. East Athletic Director Tim Moses says the new conference is a better fit for the Trojans.

Preliminary plans indicate the new conference would be split into two divisions, with Ottumwa and the five Des Moines schools competing in the South Division. Waterloo East would be in the North Division along with the Trojans’ other former rivals from the old Big Eight Conference: Ames, Fort Dodge, Marshalltown and Mason City.