South Lake Michigan Conference

The South Lake Michigan Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference situated in LaPorte and Starke counties. Started by 1931^[1] (if not earlier) as the LaPorte County Conference, the county had only five non-city schools left by 1965. The league then decided to rebrand itself as the SLMC and add Michigan City Marquette and Oregon-Davis.^[2] However, continuing consolidation would leave the league unstable, and the conference was back down to five schools by 1969. The end came when two of those schools joined the Porter County Conference, leaving the three remaining schools to become independents.

The league can be considered a predecessor to the Northland Conference, which was started 23 years later by four of the five SLMC members at the time of its disbanding. That conference was also plagued by a lack of stability, and folded in 2010.

Members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Clinton Township	Wanatah	Trojans	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1962	none (consolidated into South Central (UM))
Hanna	Hanna	Fishermen	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1962	none (consolidated into South Central (UM))
Kingsbury	Kingsbury	Slicers	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1964	none (consolidated into LaPorte)
LaCrosse	LaCrosse	Tigers	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1975	Porter County
Mill Creek	Mill Creek	Creekers	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1964	none (consolidated into LaPorte)
Rolling Prairie	Rolling Prairie	Bulldogs	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1968	none (consolidated into New Prairie)
Springfield Township	Michiana Shores	Indians	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1950	none (consolidated into Michigan City)
Stillwell	Stillwell	Vikings	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1964	none (consolidated into LaPorte)
Union Mills	Union Mills	Millers	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1962	none (consolidated into South Central (UM))
Union Township	South Center	Tigers	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1965	none (consolidated into LaPorte)
Wanatah	Wanatah	Midgets	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1969	none (consolidated into LaCrosse
Westville	Westville	Blackhawks	46 LaPorte	pre-1931	Independents	1975	Porter County
South Central (Union Mills)	Union Mills	Satellites	46 LaPorte	1962	none (new school)	1975	Independents
Marquette Catholic	Michigan City	Blazers	46 LaPorte	1965	Independents	1975	Independents
Oregon-Davis*	Hamlet	Bobcats	75 Starke	1965	Tippecanoe Valley	1975	Independents

Oregon-Davis played in the SLMC and TVAC simultaneously from 1965 to 1967, when it dropped TVAC membership entirely.

References

↑ "Vikings Play Michigan City Tonight". Valparaiso Vidette Messenger. 1937-02-27. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
↑ "Cage Scores". Anderson Daily Bulletin. 1966-01-21. Retrieved 2012-07-25.

Resources

E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner

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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