Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference

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Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
Founded1996
No. of teams6 Class 6A
RegionOne Indiana County: Marion,
Locations
Map of Indiana highlighting Marion County.svg

The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference or MIC is a secondary or more commonly used, high school athletic conference based in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area of Indiana. The conference was formed in 1996 in a time when independent schools joined schools with other existing conferences that were reorganizing or splitting up to form new conferences due to the initiation of class basketball. In recent years, the MIC has been recognized nationally as a superior secondary athletic conference to participate in athletics. The MIC also competes in other areas besides athletics. For example, there is a MIC choir competition and a MIC speech and debate tournament, as well as MIC Academic Challenge.

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On December 13, 2021, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference voted Carmel and Center Grove out of the MIC as the two schools had flirted with a move to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference.

Member Schools

Current Members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment IHSAA Class# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Ben Davis Indianapolis Giants   4,557 [1] 6A Marion 1996Independents
Central Suburban
Lawrence Central Lawrence Bears  2,2556A Marion 2013 Conference Indiana
Lawrence North Lawrence Wildcats  2,844 [2] 6A Marion 1996 Central Suburban
North Central Indianapolis Panthers   3,709 [3] 6A Marion 1996Independents
Pike Indianapolis Red Devils  3,387 [4] 6A Marion 2013 Conference Indiana
Warren Central Indianapolis Warriors  3,8686A Marion 1996Independents

Former Members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment IHSAA Class# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Terre Haute North Terre Haute Patriots   1,575 [5] 5A 49
Vigo
1997Independents
(SIAC 1980)
2013 Conference Indiana 1
Terre Haute South Terre Haute Braves   1,651 [6] 5A 49
Vigo
1997Independents
(SIAC 1982)
2013 Conference Indiana 1
Carmel Carmel Greyhounds  5,327 [7] 6A 29
Hamilton
1996 Olympic 20212Independent3
Center Grove Greenwood Trojans  2,754 [8] 6A 41
Johnson
1996 South Central 20212Independent3

Membership timeline

Lawrence Central High SchoolPike High SchoolConference IndianaTerre Haute North High SchoolConference IndianaTerre Haute South High SchoolCenter Grove High SchoolCarmel high SchoolWarren Central High SchoolNorth Central High SchoolLawrence North High SchoolBen Davis High SchoolMetropolitan Interscholastic Conference

Full membersOther conference

  1. Played only football in CI 2013–14, full members in 2014–15.
  2. Carmel and Center Grove were voted out of the MIC on December 13, 2021, by the other six member schools.
  3. Carmel and Center Grove submitted an application to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference but was denied membership by the eight HCC schools.

Conference championships

Football

#TeamSeasons
13Ben Davis1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2003, 2012*, 2013*, 2017, 2019*, 2022, 2023
10Warren Central2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019*
8Center Grove2000*, 2007*, 2008*, 2012*, 2013*, 2015, 2020, 2021
6Carmel2000*, 2008*, 2009, 2012*, 2014, 2019*,
1North Central2019*
0Lawrence Central
0Lawrence North
0Pike

Boys basketball

#TeamSeasons
11Lawrence North1998*, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008*, 2009*, 2020*, 2024*
7Carmel2008*, 2012*, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022
4North Central (Ind)1997, 1999*, 2009*, 2011*
4Warren Central2007*, 2012*, 2017, 2018, 2019
4Ben Davis2001, 2002, 2023, 2024*
2Center Grove2007*, 2010*
2Lawrence Central2016, 2020*
0Pike
0Terre Haute North
0Terre Haute South

Girls basketball

#TeamSeasons
11Ben Davis1998, 1999, 2000, 2001*, 2003, 2004, 2005*, 2008*, 2009, 2010, 2011
8Lawrence North2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023*
5North Central (Ind)2005*, 2008*, 2017, 2021, 2022
3Carmel2005*, 2006*, 2007*
3Center Grove1997, 2001*, 2006*
3Warren Central2005*, 2012, 2023*
2Lawrence Central2023, 2024
2Terre Haute South2001*, 2007*
1Pike2018
0Terre Haute North

Boys Cross Country [9]

#TeamSeasons
20Carmel1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
3North Central1998, 2022, 2023
2Warren Central2005, 2006
2Lawrence North2000, 2004
1Ben Davis1996
0Center Grove
0Lawrence Central
0Pike

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  9. "Boys Cross Country Results". Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference. Retrieved 12 Jan 2019.