In 1981, the Capitol Conference split into two conferences with most of the bigger schools forming the Eastern Midlands Conference while the smaller schools stayed in the Capitol Conference. Wahoo, Ashland, Arlington, Raymond Central and Syracuse had long been members of the Capitol Conference. Over the years David City, Valley (Douglas County West), Fort Calhoun, Bennington, and Conestoga were all at one time members of the Conference. The Conference has held a tournament every year, with the host site rotating among the conference schools. For most years, the first rounds have been held at the highest seeded school. During the "Glory Days" years, Wahoo won the tournament championship nine times; nine consecutive times between 1989 and 1997. Ironically, the Warriors lost the title the first year (1988) of the "Glory Days" and yet were State Champions; and they also lost in the last year (1998) when they were also State Champions. Wahoo has won the most championships, followed by Syracuse. Wahoo left the Capitol Conference in 2021 to join the new Trailblazer Conference.

YEAR	FIRST PLACE	SECOND PLACE	SEMI-FINALISTS
			3rd,  4th
1979	Norris	Waverly
1980	Norris	Wahoo
1981	Ashland-Greenwood	Wahoo	Syracuse over Arlington
1982	Wahoo	Syracuse	Raymond Central, Valley
1983	Ashland-Greenwood	Syracuse	David City, Raymond Central
1984	Raymond Central	Ashland-Greenwood	Arlington, David City
1985	Arlington	Syracuse	Ashland-Greenwood, Wahoo
1986	Arlington	Syracuse	Valley, Wahoo
1987	Syracuse	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood, Arlington
1988	Syracuse	Wahoo	Bennington, Raymond Central
1989	Wahoo	Syracuse	Bennington, Raymond Central
1990	Wahoo	Syracuse	Bennington, Raymond Central
1991	Wahoo	Raymond Central	Arlington, Ashland-Greenwood
1992	Wahoo	Raymond Central	Bennington, Valley
1993	Wahoo	Raymond Central	Valley, Fort Calhoun
1994	Wahoo	Valley	Syracuse
1995	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood	Arlington
1996	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood	Raymond Central
1997	Wahoo	Raymond Central	Syracuse
1998	Valley	Wahoo	Syracuse
1999	Wahoo	Syracuse	Valley
2000	Syracuse	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood
2001	Syracuse	Wahoo	Bennington
2002	Syracuse	Bennington	Wahoo, Ashland-Greenwood
2003	Syracuse	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood, Conestoga
2004	Wahoo	Syracuse	Raymond Central, Bennington
2005	Syracuse	Raymond Central	Wahoo, Valley
2006	Wahoo	Syracuse	Ashland-Greenwood, Conestoga
2007	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood	Syracuse, Bennington
2008	Bennington	Syracuse	Ray. Central, Fort Calhoun
2009	Syracuse	Bennington	Wahoo, D.C. West
2010	Syracuse	Wahoo	Bennington, Ashland-Greenwood
2011	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood	Bennington, D.C. West
2012	Wahoo	Bennington	Ashland-Greenwood, Ray. Central
2013	Wahoo	Fort Calhoun	R. Central, Ashland
2014	Wahoo	Ashland-Greenwood	Fort Calhoun, Arlington
2015	Wahoo	Platteview	Arlington, D C West
2016	Wahoo	Platteview	Fort Calhoun, Syracuse
2017	Wahoo	Platteview	Syracuse, Arlington
2018	Platteview	Wahoo	Syracuse, Arlington
2019	Wahoo	Ashland	Platteview, D C West
2020	Wahoo	Ashland	Platteview, Arlington