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Hoosier Athletic Conference

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The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

The Hoosier Athletic Conference is a ten-member 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.

Membership

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School City Team Name Colors Enrollment [1]
24-25
IHSAA
Class [2]
IHSAA Class
Football [3]
County Year joined Previous conference
Benton
Central
Oxford Bison     513 2A 3A 04
Benton
1968 Prairie
Central
Catholic
1
Lafayette Knights     302 1A 2A 79 Tippecanoe 1970
2011
Independents
Hoosier Heartland
Hamilton
Heights
Arcadia Huskies     687 3A 3A 29
Hamilton
2015 Mid-Indiana
Logansport Logansport Berries      1226 3A 4A 09
Cass
2024 North Central
Rensselaer
Central
2
Rensselaer Bombers     447 2A 2A 37
Jasper
1947
1998
Midwest
Northwest Hoosier
Tipton Tipton Blue Devils     454 2A 2A 80
Tipton
2000 Rangeline
Twin Lakes Monticello Indians     663 2A 3A 91
White
1974 Northwest Hoosier
West Lafayette West Lafayette Red Devils     750 3A 3A 79
Tippecanoe
1947 Midwest
Western (Howard)3 Russiaville Panthers     791 3A 3A 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

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East West
Benton Central
Hamilton Heights Central Catholic
Northwestern Rensselaer Central
Tipton Twin Lakes
Western West Lafayette

Former members

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School City Team Name Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Attica1 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 1961 none (consolidated
into Carroll
Rossville Rossville Hornets     12
Clinton
1947 Clinton County 1977 Midwest
Winamac3 Winamac Warriors     66
Pulaski
1947 Pulaski County 1972 Northwest Hoosier
Sheridan4 Sheridan Blackhawks     29
Hamilton
1948
2000
Hamilton County
Rangeline
1965
2012
Mid-Capital
Hoosier Heartland
Southwestern Lafayette Wildcats     79
Tippecanoe
1958 none (new school) 1966 Mid-Central Conference
Carroll5 Flora Cougars     08
Carroll
1961 none (new school) 1977 Midwest
Clinton
Prairie
4
Frankfort Gophers     12
Clinton
1961 none (new school) 1975 Rangeline
Harrison
(West Lafayette)
West Lafayette Raiders       79
Tippecanoe
1970 none (new school) 1997 Olympic
McCutcheon Lafayette Mavericks       79
Tippecanoe
1975 none (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

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Conference champions

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Football

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# Team Seasons
10 Harrison (WL) 1972*, 1975, 1986*, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996*
13 West Lafayette 1972*, 1981, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
7 Delphi 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988*, 1999*, 2000*
6 Rensselaer Central 2001*, 2002*, 2004, 2005*, 2010, 2014
6 Lafayette Central Catholic 1972*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (W), 2016
4 Twin Lakes 1986*, 1998, 2000*, 2003
3 Benton Central 2000*, 2001*, 2002*
3 Sheridan 2005*, 2006, 2007
1 Hamilton Heights 2015 (E)
1 McCutcheon 1994
1 Tipton 2001*
1 Lewis Cass 2019
0 Carroll
0 Cass
0 Northwestern
0 Western
  • Football was first sponsored in 1972. Unlisted seasons between 1974 and 1984 are unverified. There was no champion in 1997.

Boys' Basketball

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# Team Seasons
10 West Lafayette 1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018
7 Benton Central 1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
7 Tipton 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015*
6 Rossville 1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974*
4 Attica 1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968
4 Sheridan 1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957
3 McCutcheon 1994, 1995*, 1996*
3 Western 1963, 2021, 2022
2 Central Catholic 2015*, 2020
2 Harrison (WL) 1995*, 1997
2 Northwestern 2017 (E), 2019
2 Twin Lakes 2005, 2017 (W)
2 Winamac 1956, 1962*
1 Flora 1954
1 Hamilton Heights 2016
1 Rensselaer Central 2023
0 Carroll
0 Cass
0 Clinton Prairie
0 Delphi
0 Southwestern (Tipp)
  • The 1948–49, 1957–59, 1964–67, and 1971-93 champions are unverified. There was no champion in 1997–98.

Girls' Basketball

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# Team Seasons
11 Benton Central 2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2015. 2022
5 West Lafayette 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2016, 2017 (W)
5 Twin Lakes 2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008, 2023
4 Northwestern 2017 (E), 2018, 2019, 2020
2 Central Catholic 2014*, 2021
2 Tipton 2002*, 2012
0 Cass
0 Delphi
0 Hamilton Heights
0 Harrison
0 McCutcheon
0 Rensselaer Central
0 Sheridan
0 Western
  • Seasons before 2000-01 are unverified.

State champions

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IHSAA State Champions

Cass Kings (3)

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  • Basketball- 2A (2003)
  • Softball- 2A (2006)
  • Softball- 2A (2008)

Central Catholic Knights (17)

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  • 1976 Football (A)
  • 1998 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 1999 Football (A)
  • 2000 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 2003 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 2004 Baseball (A)
  • 2006 Girls' Basketball (A)
  • 2007 Baseball (A)
  • 2009 Baseball (A)
  • 2009 Football (A)
  • 2010 Baseball (A)
  • 2010 Football (A)
  • 2010 Volleyball (A)
  • 2011 Baseball (A)
  • 2019 Football (A)
  • 2021 Girls' Volleyball (A)
  • 2023 Baseball (A)

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

Northwestern Tigers (3)

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  • 2007 Boys' Basketball (2A)
  • 2018 Girls' Basketball (3A)
  • 2019 Girls' Basketball (3A)

Sheridan Blackhawks(9)

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  • 1980 Football (A)
  • 1984 Football (A)
  • 1987 Football (A)
  • 1988 Football (A)
  • 1992 Football (A)
  • 1998 Football (A)
  • 2005 Football (A)
  • 2006 Football (A)
  • 2007 Football (A)

Tipton Blue Devils (2)

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  • 1990 Softball
  • 1994 Boys' Golf

Twin Lakes Indians(1)

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  • 1989 Softball twin lakes is the best school

West Lafayette Red Devils(5)

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  • 1964 Boys' Cross Country
  • 1993 Football (2A)
  • 1998 Girls' Basketball (3A)
  • 2009 Football (3A)
  • 2013 Girls' Soccer (A)
  • 2014 Boys' Cross Country
  • 2018 Football (3A)

Western Panthers (5)

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  • 2018 Tyler Gilbert, Discus[7]
  • 2017 Tyler Gilbert, Discus[8]
  • 1988 Michelle Faulkner, 800 Meters
  • 2001 Girls' Golf
  • 2006 Brandon Youngdale, High Jump[9]
  • 2012 Baseball, (3A)
  • 2014 Girls' Basketball, (3A)
  • 1977 Joe Schwartz, Wrestling

Rensselaer Bombers (1)

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  • 2014 Football (2A)

References

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  1. ^ "Sideline Glances". Logansport Pharos Tribune. 1947-11-14. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  2. ^ "Hoosier Conference to Add 4 Schools". Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN. 2014-05-23. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. ^ Hall, Richie (2023-05-18). "Lewis Cass leaving Hoosier Conference". Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  4. ^ "Conference shakeup continues with Logansport added to Hoosier Conference". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  5. ^ King, Sam (2016-11-14). "Delphi Leaving Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  6. ^ King, Sam (2016-12-17). "Delphi Formally Exits Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  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

Resources

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