North Iowa Cedar League

North Iowa Cedar League
ConferenceIHSAA / IGHSAU
Founded1936
Sports fielded
  • 21
No. of teams15
RegionNorth Central, Northeast Iowa
Official websitewww.northiowacedarleague.org
North Iowa Cedar League school locations

The North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) is a high school athletic conference made up of 15 high schools in north central and northeast Iowa. Most of the schools compete as 2A schools, (the second-smallest classification). The conference's most recent expansions included: Columbus Catholic (2013), Sumner-Fredericksburg (2014), and Oelwein (2021). With the addition of Oelwein in the 2021 academic year, the conference will split into three divisions: East, Central, and West.