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- ↑ "New Hoosier Plains Conference to start in fall 2020". The Goshen News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ↑ "New Hoosier Plains Conference to start in fall 2020". The Goshen News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ↑ "New Hoosier Plains Conference to start in fall 2020". The Goshen News. Retrieved 2019-11-14.