Tri-Eastern Conference

The Tri-Eastern Conference in Indiana.

The Tri-Eastern Conference is a nine-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference formed by five schools in 1962. The current eight teams are located in the counties of Henry, Randolph, Union, and Wayne.

History

The conference was formed in 1962, with Cambridge City, Centerville, Knightstown, Liberty, and Union City. All five are current members of the conference, albeit two have different names through consolidation (Cambridge City became Lincoln in 1965, and Liberty became Short in 1965, then Union County in 1973). Brookville (now Franklin County) and Hagerstown joined in 1966 to bring the membership to 7, however Knightstown would leave in 1968 (with Brookville following suit in 1973). The conference would grow to 7 members in the 1970s, adding Winchester (1972) and Northeastern (1974). Tri joined in 1989 to bring the conference to eight. Knightstown would rejoin in 2017 with a phased program, with some sports joining in 2018.

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Size	IHSAA Class	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Cambridge City Lincoln	Cambridge City	Golden Eagles		367	AA	89 Wayne	1965	none (new school)
Centerville	Centerville	Bulldogs		530	AA	89 Wayne	1962	East Central
Hagerstown	Hagerstown	Tigers		401	AA	89 Wayne	1966	Mississinewa Valley
Knightstown1	Knightstown	Panthers		397	AA	32 Henry	1962 2017	East Central Independents (MHC 2016)
Northeastern	Fountain City	Knights		379	AA	89 Wayne	1974	Mid-Eastern
Tri	Straughn	Titans		274	A	33 Henry	1989	Big Blue River
Union City Community	Union City	Indians		287	A	68 Randolph	1962	East Central
Union County	Liberty	Patriots		441	AA	81 Union	1973	none (new school)
Winchester Community	Winchester	Golden Falcons		494	AA	68 Randolph	1972	Mississinewa Valley

1. Knightstown played 1968-89 in the Big Blue River, 1989-95, 2010-13 and 2016-17 as independents, 1995 to 2010 in the White River Conference, and 2013-16 in the Mid-Hoosier Conference.

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Cambridge City	Cambridge City	Wampus Cats		89 Wayne	1962	Eastern Indiana	1965	none (consolidated into Lincoln)
Short1	Liberty	Lancers		81 Union	1962	East Central/ Whitewater Valley	1973	none (consolidated into Union County)
Brookville	Brookville	Greyhounds		24 Franklin	1966	Eastern Indiana	1973	Eastern Indiana

1. Known as Liberty before 1965.

Membership timeline

Conference Champions

Boys	Girls
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross Country
Cross Country
Football	Softball
	Tennis
Tennis	Track & Field
Track & Field	Volleyball
Wrestling
All-Sports Titles	All-Sports Titles

Resources

• IHSAA Conferences
• IHSAA Directory