Hoosier Athletic Conference

The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

The Hoosier Athletic Conference is an eleven-member IHSAA-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, Carroll, Cass, Hamilton, Howard, Jasper, Tippecanoe, Tipton and White counties. The conference first began in 1947,[1] and has been in constant competition except for the 1997-98 school year, when membership dropped to three schools. The conference grew to its largest in 2015, as four schools were added from the folding Mid-Indiana Conference.[2]

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
Cass Walton Kings           502 AA AA 09
Cass
2015 Mid-Indiana
Central
Catholic
1
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
Hamilton
Heights
Arcadia Huskies           714 AAA AAA 29
Hamilton
2015 Mid-Indiana
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers           558 AAA AAA 34
Howard
2015 Mid-Indiana
Rensselaer
Central
3
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
Western4 Russiaville Panthers           808 AAA AAA 34
Howard
1958
2015
Tri-County
Mid-Indiana
  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.
  4. Western played from 1965 to 2015 in the MIC.

Divisions

East West
Cass Benton Central
Hamilton Heights Central Catholic
Northwestern Delphi
Tipton Rensselaer Central
Western Twin Lakes
West Lafayette

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
Winamac2 Winamac Warriors           66
Pulaski
1947 1972 Northwest Hoosier
Sheridan3 Sheridan Blackhawks           29
Hamilton
1948
2000
Hamilton County
Rangeline
1965
2012
Mid-Capital
Hoosier Heartland
Southwestern Lafayette Wildcats           79
Tippecanoe
1958 none (new school) 1966 Mid-Central Conference
Carroll4 Flora Cougars           08
Carroll
1961 none (new school) 1977 Midwest
Clinton
Prairie
4
Frankfort Gophers           12
Clinton
1961 none (new school) 1975 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. Winamac played in both the HAC and NWHC from 1968 to 1972.
  3. Sheridan played in both the HCC and HAC throughout its tenure in the HAC.
  4. Carroll and Clinton Prairie were also members of the Mid-Central Conference from 1966 until 1975.

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)

Rensselaer Bombers (1)

References

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

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