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.[1] 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.[2]

All of the football-playing schools of the MHC participate in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference.

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment
08-09		 IHSAA
Class 		IHSAA Class
Football 		County Year Joined Previous Conference
Eastern
Hancock		 Charlottesville Royals           338 A A 30
Hancock		 2012 Independents (WRC 2010)
Edinburgh Edinburgh Lancers                276 A A 41
Johnson		 1965 Independent
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

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 1968 Mid-State
Crothersville* Crothersville Tigers           36
Jackson		 1969 Dixie-Monon 1983 Southern

Membership timeline

Eastern Hancock High School Morristown Junior-Senior High School Indian Creek Senior High School Whiteland Community High School Brown County High School

State Champions

IHSAA State Champions

Hauser Jets (1)

Morristown Yellow Jackets (1)

South Decatur Cougars (1)

Triton Central Tigers (1)

Waldron Mohawks (1)

References

  1. ↑ "Schools Sign Charter for New Conference". Anderson Herald (Anderson, IN). 1964-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Royals Were Without Conference Previous Two Years". Greenfield Daily Reporter (Greenfield, IN). 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

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