The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

The Hoosier Athletic Conference is a ten-member IHSAA-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, 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 added four schools from the folding Mid-Indiana Conference in 2015.[2] Lewis Cass exited the conference in 2023[3] and Logansport was added as the replacement starting in 2024.[4]

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
Central
Catholic1		 Lafayette Knights     233 A A 79 Tippecanoe 1970
2011		 Independents
Hoosier Heartland
Hamilton
Heights		 Arcadia Huskies     714 AAA AAA 29
Hamilton		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Logansport Logansport Berries      1252 AAAA AAAA 09
Cass		 2024 North Central
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers     558 AAA AAA 34
Howard		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Rensselaer
Central2		 Rensselaer Bombers     536 AA AA 37
Jasper		 1947
1998		 Midwest
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 Midwest
Western (Howard)3 Russiaville Panthers     808 AAA AAAA 34
Howard		 1958
2015		 Tri-County
Mid-Indiana
  1. Central Catholic played from 1993 to 2011 in the HHC.
  2. 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.
  3. Western played from 1965 to 2015 in the MIC.

Divisions

EastWest
Benton Central
Hamilton HeightsCentral Catholic
NorthwesternRensselaer Central
TiptonTwin Lakes
WesternWest Lafayette

Former members

School City Team Name Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Attica1 Attica Red Ramblers     23
Fountain		 1947 Midwest 1971 Wabash River
Delphi Delphi Oracles     08
Carroll		 1947
1956
1998		 Carroll County
Northern State
Hoosier Heartland		 1954
1992
20162		 Northern State
Hoosier Heartland
Independents (HHC 2019)
Flora Flora Badgers     08
Carroll		 1947 Carroll County 1961 none (consolidated
into Carroll
Rossville Rossville Hornets     12
Clinton		 1947 Clinton County 1977 Midwest
Winamac3 Winamac Warriors     66
Pulaski		 1947 Pulaski County 1972 Northwest Hoosier
Sheridan4 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
Carroll5 Flora Cougars     08
Carroll		 1961 none (new school) 1977 Midwest
Clinton
Prairie4		 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
Cass Walton Kings     09
Cass		 2015 Mid-Indiana Conference 2023 Three Rivers
  1. Attica played in both the HAC and WRC from 1966 until leaving the HAC in 1971.
  2. Delphi's school board voted to leave the HAC after 2015–16 in November 2015.[5] The school refused to honor the football contracts for 2016-17 (schedules are made on a bi-yearly basis for football in Indiana), so the HAC decided to remove the school from the league effective immediately on December 17, 2015.[6] Since the departure happened in the middle of the school year instead of during the summer, the exit date is listed as 2016, since the school completed the fall season sports as conference members.
  3. Winamac played in both the HAC and NWHC from 1968 to 1972.
  4. Sheridan played in both the HCC and HAC throughout its tenure in the HAC.
  5. Carroll and Clinton Prairie were also members of the Mid-Central Conference from 1966 until 1975.

Membership timeline

Conference champions

Football

#TeamSeasons
10Harrison (WL)1972*, 1975, 1986*, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996*
13West Lafayette1972*, 1981, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
7Delphi1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988*, 1999*, 2000*
6Rensselaer Central2001*, 2002*, 2004, 2005*, 2010, 2014
6Lafayette Central Catholic1972*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (W), 2016
4Twin Lakes1986*, 1998, 2000*, 2003
3Benton Central2000*, 2001*, 2002*
3Sheridan2005*, 2006, 2007
1Hamilton Heights2015 (E)
1McCutcheon1994
1Tipton2001*
1Lewis Cass2019
0Carroll
0Cass
0Northwestern
0Western
  • Football was first sponsored in 1972. Unlisted seasons between 1974 and 1984 are unverified. There was no champion in 1997.

Boys' Basketball

#TeamSeasons
10West Lafayette1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018
7Benton Central1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
7Tipton2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015*
6Rossville1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974*
4Attica1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968
4Sheridan1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957
3McCutcheon1994, 1995*, 1996*
3Western1963, 2021, 2022
2Central Catholic2015*, 2020
2Harrison (WL)1995*, 1997
2Northwestern2017 (E), 2019
2Twin Lakes2005, 2017 (W)
2Winamac1956, 1962*
1Flora1954
1Hamilton Heights2016
1Rensselaer Central2023
0Carroll
0Cass
0Clinton Prairie
0Delphi
0Southwestern (Tipp)
  • The 1948–49, 1957–59, 1964–67, and 1971-93 champions are unverified. There was no champion in 1997–98.

Girls' Basketball

#TeamSeasons
11Benton Central2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2015. 2022
5West Lafayette2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2016, 2017 (W)
5Twin Lakes2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008, 2023
4Northwestern2017 (E), 2018, 2019, 2020
2Central Catholic2014*, 2021
2Tipton2002*, 2012
0Cass
0Delphi
0Hamilton Heights
0Harrison
0McCutcheon
0Rensselaer Central
0Sheridan
0Western
  • Seasons before 2000-01 are unverified.

State champions

IHSAA State Champions

Cass Kings (3)

  • Basketball- 2A (2003)
  • Softball- 2A (2006)
  • Softball- 2A (2008)

Central Catholic Knights (17)

  • 1976 Football (A)
  • 1998 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 1999 Football (A)
  • 2000 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 2003 Boys' Basketball (A)
  • 2004 Baseball (A)
  • 2006 Girls' Basketball (A)
  • 2007 Baseball (A)
  • 2009 Baseball (A)
  • 2009 Football (A)
  • 2010 Baseball (A)
  • 2010 Football (A)
  • 2010 Volleyball (A)
  • 2011 Baseball (A)
  • 2019 Football (A)
  • 2021 Girls' Volleyball (A)
  • 2023 Baseball (A)

All championships before 2011-2012 school year as members of Hoosier Heartland Conference.

Northwestern Tigers (3)

  • 2007 Boys' Basketball (2A)
  • 2018 Girls' Basketball (3A)
  • 2019 Girls' Basketball (3A)

Sheridan Blackhawks(9)

  • 1980 Football (A)
  • 1984 Football (A)
  • 1987 Football (A)
  • 1988 Football (A)
  • 1992 Football (A)
  • 1998 Football (A)
  • 2005 Football (A)
  • 2006 Football (A)
  • 2007 Football (A)

Tipton Blue Devils (2)

  • 1990 Softball
  • 1994 Boys' Golf

Twin Lakes Indians(1)

  • 1989 Softball

West Lafayette Red Devils(5)

  • 1964 Boys' Cross Country
  • 1993 Football (2A)
  • 1998 Girls' Basketball (3A)
  • 2009 Football (3A)
  • 2013 Girls' Soccer (A)
  • 2014 Boys' Cross Country
  • 2018 Football (3A)

Western Panthers (5)

  • 2018 Tyler Gilbert, Discus[7]
  • 2017 Tyler Gilbert, Discus[8]
  • 1988 Michelle Faulkner, 800 Meters
  • 2001 Girls' Golf
  • 2006 Brandon Youngdale, High Jump[9]
  • 2012 Baseball, (3A)
  • 2014 Girls' Basketball, (3A)
  • 1977 Joe Schwartz, Wrestling

Rensselaer Bombers (1)

  • 2014 Football (2A)

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. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
  3. ↑ Hall, Richie (2023-05-18). "Lewis Cass leaving Hoosier Conference". Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Conference shakeup continues with Logansport added to Hoosier Conference". Journal and Courier. Retrieved 2023-05-21.
  5. ↑ King, Sam (2016-11-14). "Delphi Leaving Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  6. ↑ King, Sam (2016-12-17). "Delphi Formally Exits Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  7. ↑ https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/boys%20sports/track/2017-18/201718StateResults.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/boys%20sports/track/2016-17/2017%20Boys%20Track%20State%20Results.pdf
  9. ↑ https://www.ihsaa.org/archive/b-track/2005-06/0506HighJump.htm

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