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The Wabash Conference in Indiana

The Wabash River Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-sanctioned conference located within Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, and Warren Counties in West Central Indiana. All of the participating schools are either 1A, 2A, or 3A (South Vermillion) institutions in rural counties. The conference began in 1964 with nine schools who had outgrown their county conferences or had them fold, and has had that number stay relatively consistent since. The only change since was the consolidation of two members, Turkey Run and Rockville, into Parke Heritage High School in 2018 reducing the number of members to 8. [1]

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Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment IHSAA
Class
CountyYear Joined or Year JoiningPrevious conference
Attica 1 Attica Red Ramblers  1701A 23
Fountain
1966 Hoosier
Covington 2 Covington Trojans  2942A 23
Fountain
1964 Fountain County
Fountain
Central
Veedersburg Mustangs  2751A 23
Fountain
1965none (new school)
North
Vermillion
Cayuga Falcons  2131A 83
Vermillion
1964none (new school)
Parke Heritage Rockville Wolves   3682A 61
Parke
2018none (new school)
Riverton
Parke
Montezuma Panthers   3112A 61
Parke
1986none (new school)
Seeger 3 West Lebanon Patriots   3872A 86
Warren
1964 Warren County
South Vermillion 4 Clinton Wildcats   5103A 83
Vermillion
1982
2016
Western Indiana
Western Indiana

Source: [2]

  1. Played concurrently in the WRC and HAC 1966-71.
  2. Played concurrently in the WRC and FCAA 1964-65.
  3. Played concurrently in the WRC and WCC 1964-73.
  4. Played in WIC 1999-2015.

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Coal Creek Central New Richmond Bearcats   54
Montgomery
1964 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated
into North Montgomery)
Ladoga Ladoga Canners   54
Montgomery
1964 Big 4 1971none (consolidated
into Southmont)
New Market New Market Purple Flyers   54
Montgomery
1964 Big 4 1971none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Rockville Rockville Rox   61
Parke
1964 Parke County 2018none (consolidated
into Parke Heritage)
Turkey
Run
Marshall Warriors    61
Parke
1964 Parke County 2018none (consolidated
into Parke Heritage)
Veedersburg 1 Veedersburg Green Devils   23
Fountain
1964 Fountain County 1965none (consolidated
into Fountain Central)
North
Montgomery
Linden Chargers   54
Montgomery
1971none (new school)1974 Sagamore
Southmont New Market Mounties   54
Montgomery
1971none (new school)1985 Sagamore
  1. Played concurrently in the WRC and FCAA 1964-65.

Facilities

SchoolFootball StadiumCapacityBasketball arenaCapacity
Attica Lewis Bruce Field800Lambert Memorial Gym2,360
Covington Trojan Complex1,000Covington Gym2,100
Fountain
Central
Mustang Stadium1,000Mustang Gym2,500
North
Vermillion
Gibson Field2,000Kirk Gentrup Memorial Gymnasium2,200
South Vermillion Brent Anderson Memorial Stadium7,000South Vermillion Arena3,500
Parke Heritage 1Rock Fields780Wolf Den257
Riverton
Parke
Ciolli Field800Panther Arena1,837
Seeger Patriot Field1,000Williamsport Gym2,500
  1. Facilities may be renamed after consolidation.

Football Champions

Split championships are denoted with asterisks. [3]

TitlesSchoolYears
14Fountain Central1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016*, 2017*
13North Vermillion1967, 1986*, 1987, 1989*, 1992, 1993, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016*, 2018, 2019
12Seeger1988*, 1989*, 1994, 1995*, 1997*, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
8Rockville11968, 1984, 1988*, 1989*, 1991*, 1997*, 2007, 2008
7Covington1964, 1970*, 1972*, 1974*, 1985, 1986*, 1991*
7Southmont11971, 1972*, 1974*, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
3Attica1990, 1999, 2000
2North Montgomery11972*, 1973
2Turkey Run11970*, 1995*
1Coal Creek Central11969
1South Vermillion2017*
0Ladoga1
0New Market1
1Parke Heritage2021
0Riverton-Parke
0Veedersburg1
  1. No longer plays in WRC.
  2. *Shared Title

State championships

Attica (1)

Fountain Central (1)

North Vermillion (2)

Riverton Parke (1)

Seeger (1)

Covington (0)

South Vermillion (0)

Parke Heritage (0)

• N/A

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References

  1. Stultz, Max (February 2, 1964). "Shooting Stars". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. "IHSAA Member School Enrollments for 2015‐16 and 2016‐17" (PDF). ihsaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. "AlmanacSports.com - Football - Wabash River Conference Standings". www.almanacsports.com.