Mid-Hoosier Conference

The Mid-Hoosier Conference within Indiana

A Nine-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, and Shelby Counties in Central Indiana.

History

The conference was formed in 1964 by seven schools from Bartholomew (Hauser), Brown (Brown County), and Shelby (Southwestern, Triton Central, Waldron) counties as a conference for smaller schools south of Indianapolis. Johnson County schools Edinburgh and Whiteland would join in 1965. The conference had some roster changes in its early years, as Whiteland outgrew the MHC and moved to the Mid-State, while Indian Creek and South Decatur joined as newly consolidated schools. Triton Central left in 1969, and was replaced by Crothersville. This eight-member version of the MHC would last for a decade. The league would once again go through changes in the 1980s, as North Decatur (1980) and Morristown (1985) would join, and Crothersville would leave to become a full-time member of the Southern Athletic Conference, having been a member of both the MHC and the SAC since the latter's inception in 1974.

The league would stay stable until the late 1990s, as Triton Central rejoined from the Rangeline Conference, bringing membership to 10. This would be short-lived, however, as Brown County would join the reformed Western Indiana Conference in 1999. Triton Central would join the Indiana Crossroads Conference in 2012. The MHC would respond by bringing in two former White River Conference schools, Eastern Hancock and Knightstown. Both schools were scheduled to join in 2013, but Eastern Hancock was able to arrange its scheduling to join in 2012.

Indian Creek will however be leaving and joining the Western Indiana Conference (WIC). Indian Creek will also begin playing in the WIC Football Conference as well as a result of S. Vermillion leaving the WIC and returning to the WRC (Wabash River Conference). All of the football-playing schools of the MHC participate in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference.

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Enrollment [1] 08-09	IHSAA Class [2]	IHSAA Class Football [3]	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Eastern Hancock	Charlottesville	Royals		338	A	A	30 Hancock	2012	Independents (WRC 2010)
Edinburgh1	Edinburgh	Lancers		276	A	A	41 Johnson	1965	Johnson County
Hauser	Hope	Jets		343	AA	-	03 Bartholomew	1964	Dixie
Indian Creek	Trafalgar	Braves		599	AA	AAA	41 Johnson	1967	none (new school)
Knightstown	Knightstown	Panthers		397	AA	A	33 Henry	2013	Independents (WRC 2010)
Morristown	Morristown	Yellow Jackets		229	A	-	73 Shelby	1985	Big Blue River
North Decatur	Greensburg	Chargers		401	AA	A	16 Decatur	1980	Big Blue River
South Decatur	Greensburg	Cougars		298	A	A	16 Decatur	1968	none (new school)
Southwestern (Shelbyville)	Shelbyville	Spartans		229	A	-	73 Shelby	1964	Independents
Waldron	Waldron	Mohawks		244	A	-	73 Shelby	1964	Independents

1. Edinburgh played concurrently in the MHC and JCC 1965-67.

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Brown County	Nashville	Eagles		7 Brown	1964		1999	Western Indiana
Triton Central	Fairland	Tigers		73 Shelby	1964 1996	Independents Rangeline	1969 2012	Big Blue River Indiana Crossroads
Whiteland	Whiteland	Warriors		41 Johnson	1965	Johnson County	1968	Mid-State
Crothersville1	Crothersville	Tigers		36 Jackson	1969	Dixie-Monon	1983	Southern

1. Crothersville played in both the MHC and SAC from the SAC's inception in 1974 until leaving the MHC in 1983.

Membership timeline

State Champions

IHSAA State Champions

Hauser Jets (1)

• 2006 Boys Basketball (A)

Morristown Yellow Jackets (1)

• 2003 Volleyball (A)

South Decatur Cougars (1)

• 1990 Football (A)

Triton Central Tigers (1)

• 2003 Baseball (2A)

Waldron Mohawks (1)

• 2004 Boys Basketball (A)

Resources

• IHSAA Conferences
• IHSAA Directory