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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

School City Team Name Colors Enrollment [1]
12-13 		IHSAA
Class [2] 		IHSAA Class
Football [3] 		County Year joined Previous conference
Benton
Central 		Oxford Bison     548 AAA AA 04
Benton 		1968 Prairie
Central
Catholic1 		Lafayette Knights     233 A A 79 Tippecanoe 1970
2011 		Independents
Hoosier Heartland
Hamilton
Heights 		Arcadia Huskies     714 AAA AAA 29
Hamilton 		2015 Mid-Indiana
Logansport Logansport Berries      1252 AAAA AAAA 09
Cass 		2024 North Central
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers     558 AAA AAA 34
Howard 		2015 Mid-Indiana
Rensselaer
Central2 		Rensselaer Bombers     536 AA AA 37
Jasper 		1947
1998 		Midwest
Northwest Hoosier
Tipton Tipton Blue Devils     544 AA AA 80
Tipton 		2000 Rangeline
Twin Lakes Monticello Indians     760 AAA AAA 91
White 		1974 Northwest Hoosier
West Lafayette West Lafayette Red Devils     721 AAA AAA 79
Tippecanoe 		1947 Midwest
Western (Howard)3 Russiaville Panthers     808 AAA AAAA 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

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

Former members

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
Prairie4 		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

Conference champions

Football

# 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

Boys' Basketball

# 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)

Girls' Basketball

# 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

State champions

IHSAA State Champions

Cass Kings (3)

Central Catholic Knights (17)

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

Northwestern Tigers (3)

Sheridan Blackhawks(9)

Tipton Blue Devils (2)

Twin Lakes Indians(1)

West Lafayette Red Devils(5)

Western Panthers (5)

Rensselaer Bombers (1)

References

  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

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