Summit Athletic Conference (IHSAA)

The SAC is a high school athletic conference consisting of the eight high schools located area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Three of the schools are private, one being a Lutheran academy, and the other two being Catholic preparatories. The rest are public schools, being part of Fort Wayne Community Schools District.

All member schools are located in Allen County, Indiana. Originally called the Fort Wayne City Series, the name was changed to the Summit Athletic Conference in 1973, when Harding High School joined.[1]

Elmhurst High School closed at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, with students being spread out between North Side, South Side, and Wayne high schools.[2]Harding closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year.

In December 2013, Fort Wayne Homestead and Fort Wayne Carroll both accepted limited membership into the SAC for Football, Boy's Basketball and Girls Basketball beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. The two schools were in the market for a new conference after six members of the Northeast Hoosier Conference decided to leave in 2015 to form a new league with Leo and Huntington North.[3]

Membership

The Summit Conference in Indiana
School Mascot School Corp. Colors Size IHSAA Class
(Football)		 Year Joined Previous Conference
Bishop Dwenger Saints R.C.D. FWSB           1,025 3A (4A) 1965 none (new school)
Bishop Luers Knights R.C.D. FWSB           590 2A (3A) 1960 none (new school)
Concordia Lutheran1 Cadets Missouri Synod           675 3A (3A) 1952
1965		 none (new school)
NE Indiana
North Side2, 3 Redskins F.W.C.S.           1,683 4A (5A) 1934 NE IN
Northrop Bruins F.W.C.S.           2,181 4A (6A) 1971 none (new school)
Snider Panthers F.W.C.S.           1,865 4A (5A) 1965 none (new school)
South Side2 Archers F.W.C.S.           1,479 4A (4A) 1934 NE IN
Wayne Generals F.W.C.S.           1,504 4A (5A) 1971 none (new school)
  1. Concordia played in the NEIAC 1955-65, and in both the FWCS/Summit and NEIAC 1965-75.
  2. North Side and South Side played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-1940.
  3. North Side played concurrently in the FWCS and Northern Indiana Athletic Conference 1942-65.

Former members

School Mascot School Corp. Colors Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Central1 Tigers F.W.C.S.           1934 NE IN 1971 none (school closed)
Central Catholic2 Irish R.C.D. FWSB           1934 none (new school) 1972 none (school closed)
Elmhurst Trojans F.W.C.S.           1966 NE Indiana 2010 none (school closed)
Harding3 Hawks East Allen           1973 none (new school) 2011 none (school closed)
  1. Central played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-40. Central split into Northrop and Wayne when school closed.
  2. Central Catholic, while a FWCS member, did not join the IHSAA until 1946, when private schools and segregated public schools were allowed into the organization.
  3. Harding was converted to magnet school in 2012.

Membership timeline

Paul Harding High School Wayne High School (Indiana) Northrop High School Elmhurst High School R. Nelson Snider High School Bishop Dwenger High School Bishop Luers High School Concordia Lutheran High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana) Concordia Lutheran High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana) South Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana) North Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Football Divisions

From 1971 to 1979, football competition was divided into North and South divisions.

North South
Bishop Dwenger Bishop Luers
Concordia Elmhurst
Northrop Harding
North Side South Side
Snider Wayne

Conference Champions

Football

# Team Seasons
21 North Side 1935*, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1943*, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957*, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1972 (N)*
1979 (N, O), 1984, 1987, 1988, , 1991*, 2013
19 Bishop Dwenger 1967*, 1968, 1971 (N)*, 1972 (N)*, 1973 (N), 1974 (N, O), 1975 (N)*, 1976 (N)*, 1978 (N, O)
1983, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
18 Snider 1966, 1971 (N)*, 1976 (N)*, 1977 (N)*, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999*, 2002,
2004, 2005, 2012, 2014*
14 Bishop Luers 1961, 1969, 1971 (S, O), 1972 (S, O), 1973 (S, O), 1974 (S)*, 1975 (S, O), 1977 (S)*, 1979 (S)*
1980, 1993*, 2000, 2001, 2011, 2014*
11 South Side 1934, 1936, 1943*, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1965, 1974 (S)*, 1977 (S)*, 1978 (S)*, 1979 (S)
9 Central 1935*, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1949, 1957*, 1959, 1970
6 Central Catholic 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957*, 1960, 1962
4 Elmhurst 1974 (S)*, 1976 (S, O), 1978 (S)*, 1979 (S)*
4 Wayne 1978 (S)*, 1979 (S), 1991*, 1993*, 2014*
3 Northrop 1975 (N)*, 1977 (N, O)*, 1999
1 Concordia Lutheran 1967*
1 Harding 2003
0 Carroll (FW)
0 Homestead

Boys Basketball

# Team Seasons
5 Bishop Dwenger 1994, 1996, 1998, 2004, 2007
5 North Side 1995, 1999*, 2006, 2013*, 2014
4 Concordia Lutheran 1999*, 2000*, 2003*, 2013*
4 Harding 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
4 South Side 1997, 1999*, 2000*, 2003*
3 Snider 2003*, 2005, 2009
2 Bishop Luers 2011, 2012
1 Northrop 2013*
1 Wayne 2000*
0 Central
0 Central Catholic
0 Elmhurst
0 Carroll (FW)
0 Homestead

Girls Basketball

# Team Seasons
6 Bishop Luers 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011
3 Concordia Lutheran 2002, 2010, 2014
1 Snider 2004
2 Elmhurst 2008, 2009
2 South Side 2012, 2013
0 Bishop Dwenger
0 Harding
0 Northrop
0 North Side
0 Wayne
0 Carroll (FW)
0 Homestead

State Championships

Bishop Dwenger Saints (11)

Bishop Luers Knights (19)

Concordia Lutheran Cadets (5)

North Side Redskins (7)

Northrop Bruins (15)

Snider Panthers (7)

South Side Archers (7)

Wayne Generals (3)

Central Tigers (2) 1

Central Catholic Irish (2) 1

Elmhurst Trojans (1) 1

1 Won while SAC Member.

Notable athletes

max touloute, professional soccer player, Haitian national team member

Resources

References

  1. ↑ http://www.almanacsports.com/football/disbconf.php#Fort%20Wayne
  2. ↑ http://www.fwcs.k12.in.us/PublicAffairs/release.php?postingid=6086
  3. ↑ http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131220/SPORTS05/131229945
  4. ↑ http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/statistics/Players/Master_Jim.html