Greater South Shore Athletic Conference (IHSAA)

The Greater South Shore Conference in Indiana

The Greater South Shore Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association athletic conference spanning Lake, La Porte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana. A ninth member, South Central participates only in football, otherwise participating in the Porter County Conference.

Hanover Central High School will join the conference in all sports except football in 2013, and will begin competing in varsity football in either 2014 or 2015. Boone Grove, a Porter County Conference member, will join the conference in football only, concurrent with the start of Hanover Central's football program. The conference will split into two divisions for football, with the North Division including Calumet, Hammond Bishop Noll, Lake Station Edison, River Forest and Whiting, and the South Division including Boone Grove, Hanover Central, North Newton, South Central and Wheeler.

Membership

School	City	Team Name	Enrollment 12-13	IHSAA Class Football	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Hammond Bishop Noll	Hammond	Warriors	496	2A 2A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Boone Grove¹	Porter Township	Wolves	536	N/A 2A	64 Porter	2014	Independents
Calumet	Gary, IN	Warriors	599	3A 3A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Hanover Central	Cedar Lake	Wildcats	636	3A 3A	45 Lake	2013	Porter County
Lake Station Edison	Lake Station	Fighting Eagles	394	2A 1A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Marquette Catholic²	Michigan City	Blazers	217	1A N/A	46 LaPorte	2007	Northland
North Newton	Morocco	Spartans	464	2A 2A	56 Newton	2007	Independents (NWHC 1998)
River Forest	Lake Station	Ingots	420	2A 2A	45 Lake	2007	Northland
South Central¹	Union Mills	Satellites	304	N/A 1A	46 LaPorte	2007	Independents
Wheeler	Union Township	Bearcats	555	3A 2A	64 Porter	2007	Lake
Whiting	Whiting	Oilers	2A 1A	45 Lake	2007	Lake

Boone Grove and South Central (UM) are football-only members, they compete in the Porter County Conference in other sports.
Marquette does not play football.

Football Divisions

This divisional format will be used for football starting in 2014.

North	South
Hammond Bishop Noll	Boone Grove
Calumet	Hanover Central
Lake Station Edison	North Newton
River Forest	South Central
Whiting	Wheeler

Conference Championships

Football

#	Team	Seasons
6	Wheeler	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 (S)
3	Whiting	2012, 2013, 2014 (N)
0	Bishop Noll
0	Boone Grove
0	Calumet
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	South Central (UM)

N- North Division, S- South Division.

Boys Basketball

#	Team	Seasons
3	Bishop Noll	2011, 2012, 2013
2	Wheeler	2009, 2010
1	Calumet	2008
1	Marquette	2014
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	Whiting

Girls Basketball

#	Team	Seasons
4	Calumet	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
2	Bishop Noll	2013, 2014
1	Whiting	2012
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	Marquette
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	Wheeler

State Champions

Bishop Noll Warriors (5)

1968 Baseball
1981 Boys Swimming & Diving
1984 Boys Swimming & Diving
1989 Football (3A)
2004 Baseball (2A)

Marquette Catholic Blazers (9)

1999 Volleyball (A)
2000 Volleyball (A)
2001 Volleyball (A)
2004 Volleyball (A)
2005 Volleyball (A)
2006 Volleyball (A)
2007 Volleyball (A)
2008 Volleyball (A)
2014 Boys Basketball (A)

Wheeler High School (2)

2010 Boys Basketball (2A)
2010 Girls Softball (2A)

Calumet Warriors (1)

1966 Track & Field (2A)

Resources

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (Championship) Cross Country Football (Large School, Small School) Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Wrestling

Girls' sports	Basketball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

Athletic Conferences	Allen County Big Eight Blue Chip Central Indiana Conference Indiana Duneland Eastern Indiana Great Lakes Greater South Shore Athletic Hoosier Hoosier Crossroads Hoosier Heartland Hoosier Heritage Hoosier Hills Hoosier North Indiana Crossroads Indianapolis Public Metropolitan Mid-Eastern Mid-Hoosier Mid-Indiana Football Mid-Southern Mid-State North Central Northeast Corner Northeast Eight Northern Indiana Northern Lakes Northwest Crossroads Northwestern Ohio River Valley Patoka Lake Pioneer Pocket Porter County Sagamore Southern Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Southwest Football Summit Three Rivers Tri-Eastern Wabash River Western Indiana IHSAA Independents

Disbanded Conferences	Adams Benton Big Blue River Blue River Calumet Athletic Capital District Cass Central Suburban Classic Decatur Delaware Dixie Dixie-Monon East Central Eastern Indiana (EIC) Eastern Wabash Valley Elkhart Fort Wayne City Fountain Fulton Hamilton Hancock Henry Howard Huntington Indiana H.S. Football Indiana Lake Shore Jay Johnson Kankakee Valley Kosciusko LaGrange Lake Athletic Lake Suburban Laughery Valley Little Seven Lost River Marion Marshall Mid-Central Mid-Indiana Midland Midwest Mississinewa Valley Noble Northeastern Indiana Northwest Hoosier Northern Indiana Valley Northern State Northland Olympic Patoka Valley Prairie Rangeline South Central South Lake Michigan Southeastern Indiana Southern Monon State Corner Steuben Tiny Ten Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Valley Tri-City League Tri-County (Northern) Tri-County (Southern) Tri-River Wayne Wells West Central Western Indiana Small High School White River Whitewater Valley Whitley

Conference rosters	List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana Detailed Lists Allen County – Metropolitan Mid-Eastern – Northwestern Ohio River Valley – Western Indiana Independent

City Championships	Evansville (SIAC) Fort Wayne (SAC) Gary Indianapolis South Bend (NIAC)

Cross-Conference tournaments	Christian Academy Tournament Columbus Christian Tournament Gibson County Toyota Teamwork Classic Indianapolis City Tournament Madison County Tournament Perry-Spencer County Classic Shawe Memorial Tournament Wabash Valley Classic

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