Hoosier Athletic Conference

The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

A seven-member IHSAA-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Tippecanoe, Tipton and White counties. Cass, Hamilton, and Howard counties will be added to the footprint in 2015, as four schools will be added from the folding Mid-Indiana Conference.[1]

The conference first began in 1947,[2] and has been in constant competition except for the 1997-98 school year, when membership dropped to three schools.

Membership

School City Team Name Colors Enrollment
12-13		 IHSAA
Class 		IHSAA Class
Football 		County Year Joined Previous Conference
Benton
Central		 Oxford Bison           548 AAA AA 04
Benton		 1968 Prairie
Central
Catholic1		 Lafayette Knights           233 A AA 79
Tippecanoe		 1970
2011		 Independents
Hoosier Heartland
Delphi2 Delphi Oracles           524 AA AA 08
Carroll		 1947
1956
1998
Northern State
Hoosier Heartland
Rensselaer
Central3		 Rensselaer Bombers           536 AA AA 37
Jasper		 1947
1998
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
  1. Central Catholic played from 1993 to 2011 in the HHC.
  2. Delphi played from 1954 to 1956 in the old NSC before returning, then played from 1992 to 1998 in the HHC.
  3. 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.

Future Members

School City Team Name Colors Enrollment
08-09		 IHSAA
Class 		IHSAA Class
Football 		County Year Joined Previous Conference
Cass Walton Kings           502 AA AA 09
Cass		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Hamilton
Heights		 Arcadia Huskies           714 AAA AAA 29
Hamilton		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers           558 AAA AAA 34
Howard		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Western1 Russiaville Panthers           808 AAA AAA 34
Howard		 1958
2015		 Tri-County
Mid-Indiana
  1. Western played from 1965 to 2015 in the MIC.

Former Members

School City Team Name Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Attica1 Attica Red Ramblers           23
Fountain		 1947 1971 Wabash River
Flora Flora Badgers           08
Carroll		 1947 1961 none (consolidated
into Carroll
Rossville Rossville Hornets           12
Clinton		 1947 1977 Midwest
Winamac Winamac Warriors           66
Pulaski		 1947 1972 Northwest Hoosier
Sheridan Sheridan Blackhawks           29
Hamilton		 1948
2000		 Hamilton County
Rangeline		 1965
2012		 Mid-Capital
Hoosier Heartland
Southwestern Lafayette Wildcats           79
Tippecanoe		 1958 1966 Mid-Central Conference
Carroll2 Flora Cougars           08
Carroll		 1961 none (new school) 1977 Midwest
Clinton
Prairie2		 Frankfort Gophers           12
Clinton		 1961 none (new school) 1974 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
  1. Attica played in both the HAC and WRC from 1966 until leaving the HAC in 1971.
  2. Carroll and Clinton Prairie were also members of the Mid-Central Conference from 1966 until 1974.

Membership timeline

Conference Champions

Football

# Team Seasons
10 Harrison (WL) 1972*, 1975, 1986*, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996*
9 West Lafayette 1972*, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009
7 Delphi 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988*, 1999*, 2000*
6 Rensselaer Central 2001*, 2002*, 2004, 2005*, 2010, 2014
4 Central Catholic 1972*, 2011, 2012, 2013
4 Twin Lakes 1986*, 1998, 2000*, 2003
3 Benton Central 2000*, 2001*, 2002*
3 Sheridan 2005*, 2006, 2007
1 McCutcheon 1994
1 Tipton 2001*
0 Carroll

Boys Basketball

# Team Seasons
9 West Lafayette 1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014
7 Benton Central 1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
6 Rossville 1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974*
6 Tipton 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
4 Attica 1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968
4 Sheridan 1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957
3 McCutcheon 1994, 1995*, 1996*
2 Harrison (WL) 1995*, 1997
2 Winamac 1956, 1962*
1 Flora 1954
1 Twin Lakes 2005
1 Western 1963
0 Carroll
0 Clinton Prairie
0 Delphi
0 Rensselaer Central
0 Southwestern (Tipp)

Girls Basketball

# Team Seasons
9 Benton Central 2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*
4 Twin Lakes 2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008
3 West Lafayette 2004, 2005*, 2007*
2 Tipton 2002*, 2012
1 Central Catholic 2014*

State Champions

IHSAA State Champions

Cass Kings (3)

Central Catholic Knights (13)

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

Northwestern Tigers (1)

Sheridan Blackhawks(9)

Tipton Blue Devils (2)

Twin Lakes Indians(1)

West Lafayette Red Devils(4)

Western Panthers (4)

References

  1. ↑ "Hoosier Conference to Add 4 Schools". Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  2. ↑ "Sideline Glances". Logansport Pharos Tribune. 1947-11-14. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

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