Mendota High School considering move to new athletic conference

MENDOTA – The Mendota High School Board will be meeting Tuesday to consider leaving the Big Northern Conference and joining the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Superintendent Jeff Prusator said if the move is approved, the change would be implemented for the 2021-22 school year. Mendota joined the Big Northern Conference in 2011, facing schools like Dixon, Byron and Stillman Valley. The Three Rivers Athletic Conference includes Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton, St. Bede and ten other schools in Bureau, Henry, Lee, Rock Island and Whiteside Counties.