The arrangement created a league of schools of comparable size (the St. Joseph schools earlier competed in the Pony Express Conference which included the much larger St. Joseph Central High School as well as larger suburban Kansas City schools while Savannah and Maryville since 1937 competed in the Northwest Missouri Conference with much smaller schools.
The arrangement formed a group of schools of similar size (the St. Joseph schools previously participated in the Pony Express Conference, which included the significantly larger St. Joseph Central High School and other large suburban Kansas City schools alongside Savannah and Maryville since 1937 competing in the Northwest Missouri Conference with smaller schools).