Mid-Indiana Conference

The Mid-Indiana Conference within Indiana

The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties. The conference will dissolve in 2015.

History

The Mid-Indiana Conference can trace its roots back to the late 1940s, when school consolidation reduced the Howard County Conference from nine schools to three in the matter of three years. These three remaining schools joined three nearby schools from Miami County and began the new Howard-Miami Conference. The conference renamed itself the Tri-County Conference in 1955, as two schools from Grant County joined. Further school consolidation reduced membership to four schools by 1965, forcing the conference to reach out of its footprint to find similar-sized schools. This expansion also brought with it the change to its current name.

Though only one member has consolidated since the MIC name has taken hold, geography, size differences, and competitiveness have all caused various roster changes through the years, with membership as many as nine schools and as few as six. However, membership stabilized after 2000, when Hamilton Heights joined from the folding Rangeline Conference. This ended in 2015, as Eastern and Taylor elected to join an expanding Hoosier Heartland Conference. Maconaquah and Peru are also leaving to join the Three Rivers Conference, while the four remaining schools are off to the Hoosier Athletic Conference.[1]

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference joined
Eastern
(Greentown)		 Greentown Comets           34
Howard		 1965
1987		 Tri-County
Three Rivers		 1980
2015		 Three Rivers
Hoosier Heartland
Maconaquah Bunker Hill Braves           52
Miami		 1965 Tri-County 2015 Three Rivers
Fairmount Fairmount Quakers                27
Grant		 1965 Mississinewa Valley 1970 none (consolidated into Madison-Grant)
North
Miami		 Denver Warriors                52
Miami		 1965 Independent
(new school 1961)		 1972 Three Rivers
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers           34
Howard		 1965 Tri-County 2015 Hoosier
Oak Hill Converse Golden Eagles                27
Grant		 1965 Tri-County 1980 Three Rivers
Southwood Wabash Knights                85
Wabash		 1965 Independent
(new school 1962)		 1976 Three Rivers
Western Russiaville Panthers           34
Howard		 1965 Hoosier 2015 Hoosier
Cass Walton Kings           09
Cass		 1968 Independents
(new school 1963)		 2015 Hoosier
Taylor Center Titans           34
Howard		 1974 Rangeline 2015 Hoosier Heartland
Eastbrook Marion Panthers                27
Grant		 1977 Mississinewa Valley 1998 Central Indiana
Peru Peru Tigers           52
Miami		 1998 Central Indiana 2015 Three Rivers
Hamilton
Heights		 Arcadia Huskies           29
Hamilton		 2000 Rangeline 2015 Hoosier

Membership timeline

2006-2007 Boys' Basketball

State titles

Eastern Comets

Hamilton Heights Huskies

Lewis Cass Kings

Northwestern Tigers

Peru Tigers

Taylor Titans

Western Panthers

State Runner-Ups

Eastern Comets

Hamilton Heights Huskies

Lewis Cass

Northwestern Tigers

Western Panthers

Neighboring conferences

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hoosier Conference to Add 4 Schools". Kokomo Tribune, Kokomo, IN. 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-26.

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