Hoosier Athletic Conference

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The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

The Hoosier Athletic Conference is a ten-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, Cass, Hamilton, Howard, Jasper, Tippecanoe, Tipton and White counties. The conference first began in 1947, [1] and has been in constant competition except for the 1997–98 school year, when membership dropped to three schools. The conference added four schools from the folding Mid-Indiana Conference in 2015. [2] Lewis Cass exited the conference in 2023 [3] and Logansport was added as the replacement starting in 2024. [4] In 2024 Northwestern will exit the conference filling in for North Miami in the Three Rivers Conference.

Contents

Membership

SchoolCityTeam NameColorsEnrollment
24–25
IHSAA
Class
IHSAA Class
Football
CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Benton
Central
Oxford Bison  5132A3A 04
Benton
1968 Prairie
Central
Catholic
1
Lafayette Knights  3021A2A 79 Tippecanoe 1970
2011
Independents
Hoosier Heartland
Hamilton
Heights
Arcadia Huskies  6873A3A 29
Hamilton
2015 Mid-Indiana
Logansport Logansport Berries   12263A4A 09
Cass
2024 North Central
Rensselaer
Central
2
Rensselaer Bombers  4472A2A 37
Jasper
1947
1998
Midwest
Northwest Hoosier
Tipton Tipton Blue Devils  4542A2A 80
Tipton
2000 Rangeline
Twin Lakes Monticello Indians  6632A3A 91
White
1974 Northwest Hoosier
West Lafayette West Lafayette Red Devils  7503A3A 79
Tippecanoe
1947 Midwest
Western (Howard) 3 Russiaville Panthers  7913A3A 34
Howard
1958
2015
Tri-County
Mid-Indiana
  1. Central Catholic played from 1993 to 2011 in the HHC.
  2. Rensselaer played from 1949 to 1954 and 1958 to 1968 as an independent, 1954 to 1958 in the old NSC, and 1968 to 1998 in the NWHC.
  3. Western played from 1965 to 2015 in the MIC.

Divisions

EastWest
Benton Central
Hamilton Heights Central Catholic
Logansport Rensselaer Central
Tipton Twin Lakes
Western West Lafayette

Former members

SchoolCityTeam NameColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Attica 1 Attica Red Ramblers   23
Fountain
1947 Midwest 1971 Wabash River
Delphi Delphi Oracles   08
Carroll
1947
1956
1998
Carroll County
Northern State
Hoosier Heartland
1954
1992
20162
Northern State
Hoosier Heartland
Independents (HHC 2019)
Flora Flora Badgers   08
Carroll
1947 Carroll County 1961none (consolidated
into Carroll
Rossville Rossville Hornets   12
Clinton
1947 Clinton County 1977 Midwest
Winamac 3 Winamac Warriors   66
Pulaski
1947 Pulaski County 1972 Northwest Hoosier
Sheridan 4 Sheridan Blackhawks   29
Hamilton
1948
2000
Hamilton County
Rangeline
1965
2012
Mid-Capital
Hoosier Heartland
Southwestern Lafayette Wildcats   79
Tippecanoe
1958none (new school)1966 Mid-Central Conference
Carroll 5 Flora Cougars   08
Carroll
1961none (new school)1977 Midwest
Clinton
Prairie
4
Frankfort Gophers   12
Clinton
1961none (new school)1975 Rangeline
Harrison
(West Lafayette)
West Lafayette Raiders    79
Tippecanoe
1970none (new school)1997 Olympic
McCutcheon Lafayette Mavericks    79
Tippecanoe
1975none (new school)1997 Olympic
Cass Walton Kings   09
Cass
2015 Mid-Indiana Conference 2023 Three Rivers
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers   34

Howard

2015 Mid-Indiana Conference 2023 Three Rivers
  1. Attica played in both the HAC and WRC from 1966 until leaving the HAC in 1971.
  2. Delphi's school board voted to leave the HAC after 2015–16 in November 2015. [5] The school refused to honor the football contracts for 2016–17 (schedules are made on a bi-yearly basis for football in Indiana), so the HAC decided to remove the school from the league effective immediately on December 17, 2015. [6] Since the departure happened in the middle of the school year instead of during the summer, the exit date is listed as 2016, since the school completed the fall season sports as conference members.
  3. Winamac played in both the HAC and NWHC from 1968 to 1972.
  4. Sheridan played in both the HCC and HAC throughout its tenure in the HAC.
  5. Carroll and Clinton Prairie were also members of the Mid-Central Conference from 1966 until 1975.

Membership timeline

Hoosier Athletic Conference

Conference champions

Football

#TeamSeasons
10Harrison (WL)1972*, 1975, 1986*, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996*
13West Lafayette1972*, 1981, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
7Delphi1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988*, 1999*, 2000*
6Rensselaer Central2001*, 2002*, 2004, 2005*, 2010, 2014
6Lafayette Central Catholic1972*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (W), 2016
4Twin Lakes1986*, 1998, 2000*, 2003
3Benton Central2000*, 2001*, 2002*
3Sheridan2005*, 2006, 2007
1Hamilton Heights2015 (E)
1McCutcheon1994
1Tipton2001*
1Lewis Cass2019
0Carroll
0Cass
0Northwestern
0Western

Boys' Basketball

#TeamSeasons
10West Lafayette1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018
7Benton Central1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
7Tipton2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015*
6Rossville1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974*
4Attica1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968
4Sheridan1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957
3McCutcheon1994, 1995*, 1996*
3Western1963, 2021, 2022
2Central Catholic2015*, 2020
2Harrison (WL)1995*, 1997
2Northwestern2017 (E), 2019
2Twin Lakes2005, 2017 (W)
2Winamac1956, 1962*
1Flora1954
1Hamilton Heights2016
1Rensselaer Central2023
0Carroll
0Cass
0Clinton Prairie
0Delphi
0Southwestern (Tipp)

Girls' Basketball

#TeamSeasons
11Benton Central2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2015. 2022
5West Lafayette2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2016, 2017 (W)
5Twin Lakes2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008, 2023
4Northwestern2017 (E), 2018, 2019, 2020
2Central Catholic2014*, 2021
2Tipton2002*, 2012
0Cass
0Delphi
0Hamilton Heights
0Harrison
0McCutcheon
0Rensselaer Central
0Sheridan
0Western

State champions

IHSAA State Champions

Cass Kings (3)

Central Catholic Knights (17)

All championships before 2011-2012 school year as members of Hoosier Heartland Conference.

Northwestern Tigers (3)

Sheridan Blackhawks(9)

Tipton Blue Devils (2)

Twin Lakes Indians(1)

West Lafayette Red Devils(5)

Western Panthers (5)

Rensselaer Bombers (1)

References

  1. "Sideline Glances". Logansport Pharos Tribune. November 14, 1947. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  2. "Hoosier Conference to Add 4 Schools". Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN. May 23, 2014. Archived from the original on May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  3. Hall, Richie (May 18, 2023). "Lewis Cass leaving Hoosier Conference" . Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  4. "Conference shakeup continues with Logansport added to Hoosier Conference". Journal and Courier. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  5. King, Sam (November 14, 2016). "Delphi Leaving Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  6. King, Sam (December 17, 2016). "Delphi Formally Exits Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  7. https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/boys%20sports/track/2017-18/201718StateResults.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  8. https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/boys%20sports/track/2016-17/2017%20Boys%20Track%20State%20Results.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  9. https://www.ihsaa.org/archive/b-track/2005-06/0506HighJump.htm [ bare URL ]

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