The Heart of Illinois and Central Illinois Conferences are exploring a merger for football.

It was brought up at the Tuesday night Clinton Board of Education meeting. On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, Superintendent Curt Nettles told Regional Radio News there is mutual interest in forming a new conference for the high school football season.

The Heart of Illinois has two divisions, a large school, and small school division. Eureka, Tri-Valley, El Paso-Gridley, Dee-Mack, Tremont, and Fieldcrest are the large division schools. 

Ridgeview, GCMS, LeRoy, Heyworth, and Fisher are the small school division.

With the exit of Decatur St. Teresa and Sullivan from the Central Illinois Conference, they are down to Clinton, Central A&M, Meridian, Tuscola, Shelbyville, and Warrensburg-Latham.