Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference

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Map of Indiana counties with member high schools

The Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) is a distinguished, eight-member IHSAA-sanctioned high school athletic conference. Current members consist of Batesville, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Rushville, and South Dearborn. All eight member schools are located in rural southeast Indiana, spread across Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, and Rush counties. The EIAC was founded in 1956 when Brookville, Cambridge City, and Hagerstown of the East Central Conference joined with Aurora, Batesville, and Lawrenceburg of the Southeastern Indiana Conference. Batesville and Lawrenceburg are the only two of the original six founding schools that haven't consolidated or left the conference. North Dearborn joined the conference in 1962, which eventually consolidated into East Central in 1973. In 1974, Greensburg parted ways with the South Central Conference to join the EIAC. Aurora consolidated into South Dearborn in 1978 and Brookville consolidated into Franklin County in 1989. With the exception of 1962-66, 1973-74, 1977-85 (7 members), and 1974-77 (8 members), the conference had been a six-member league until 2013 when Connersville and Rushville joined. [1]

Contents

This conference should not be confused with the Eastern Indiana Conference, a small-school conference in Northeast Indiana that existed from 1953 to 1975.

Membership

SchoolCityTeam NameColorsEnrollment [2]
2022-2023
IHSAA Class IHSAA Class
Football
CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Batesville Batesville Bulldogs  7113A3A 69
Ripley
1956 Southeastern Indiana
Connersville Connersville Spartans  9813A4A 21
Fayette
2013Independents
(Olympic 2010)
East Central St. Leon Trojans   1,2694A4A 15
Dearborn
1973none (new school)
Franklin County Brookville Wildcats   7563A3A 24
Franklin
1989none (new school)
Greensburg Greensburg Pirates  7163A3A 16
Decatur
1974 South Central
Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg Tigers   7183A3A 15
Dearborn
1956 Southeastern Indiana
Rushville Rushville Lions   6603A3A 70
Rush
2013 Hoosier Heritage
South Dearborn Aurora Knights   6893A3A 15
Dearborn
1978none (new school)


Football divisions

In football, two divisions were implemented starting in 2013.

LargeSmall
Connersville Batesville
East Central Greensburg
Franklin County South Dearborn
Lawrenceburg Rushville

Former members

SchoolCityTeam NameColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Aurora Aurora Red Devils   15
Dearborn
1956 Southeastern Indiana 1978none (consolidated
into South Dearborn)
Brookville Brookville Greyhounds    24
Franklin
1956
1973
East Central
Tri-Eastern
1966
1989
Tri-Eastern
none (consolidated
into Franklin County)
Cambridge City Cambridge
City
Golden Eagles   89
Wayne
1956 East Central 1962 Tri-Eastern
Hagerstown Hagerstown Tigers    89
Wayne
1956 East Central 1962 Mississinewa Valley
Milan Milan Indians    69
Ripley
1962 Ohio River Valley 1985 Ohio River Valley
North Dearborn Guilford Vikings    15
Dearborn
1962Independents (new
school 1958)
1973none (consolidated
into East Central)
Jennings County 1 North Vernon Panthers   2 40
Jennings
1962Independents
(SE IN 1958)
1973 Hoosier Hills Conference
South
Decatur
Greensburg Cougars   16
Decatur
1973 Mid-Hoosier 1977 Mid-Hoosier
  1. Was North Vernon before 1968, played concurrently in EIAC and HHC 1972-73.
  2. Colors were light blue   and white   until 1968.

Conference championships

Football

#TeamSeasons
28East Central1973*, 1982*, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998*, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018(4A), 2019(4A), 2020 (4A)
26Lawrenceburg1957, 1962*, 1963, 1967*, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984,
1985, 1986, 1987*, 1988, 1992, 1998*, 2014 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2019(3A), 2020 (4A)
9Batesville1956, 1965, 1973*, 1983*, 2002*, 2009, 2013 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2018(3A)
6Franklin County1990, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 1999, 2002*
5Aurora1960*, 1962*, 1964, 1966, 1967*
4Brookville1958, 1959, 1960*, 1977
3South Dearborn1982*, 1983*, 1996
1Hagerstown1961
1Jennings County1969
1Milan1968
0Cambridge City
0Connersville
0Greensburg
0North Dearborn
0North Vernon
0Rushville
0South Decatur

Boys basketball

#TeamSeasons
14Batesville1963, 1971, 1975*, 1977, 1978, 1979*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003*, 2006, 2007*, 2008
12Greensburg1975*, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2003*, 2005*, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
9East Central1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2011
6Lawrenceburg1960, 1961, 1969*, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1992*, 2000*, 2009
4Connersville2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4South Dearborn1979*, 1985*, 1991, 1992*
2Aurora1957, 1975*
2Brookville1958, 1962
2Jennings County1972, 1973
2North Dearborn1968*, 1969*
2North Vernon1967, 1968*
1Cambridge City1959
0Franklin County
0Hagerstown
0Milan
0Rushville
0South Decatur

Girls basketball

#TeamSeasons
13Franklin County1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012*
8East Central1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012*, 2013, 2015, 2019
4Greensburg2009*, 2016, 2018, 2020
2Rushville2014, 2017
1Batesville2009*
0Connersville
0Lawrenceburg1980, 1981, 1982
0South Dearborn

State champions

Batesville Bulldogs (6)

Connersville Spartans (2)

East Central Trojans (5)

Greensburg Pirates (2)

Lawrenceburg Tigers (7)

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