Hoosier Athletic Conference

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]

The Hoosier Athletic Conference in Indiana

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
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
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
Western3 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
CassBenton 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
  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.[3] 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.[4] 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*
11West Lafayette1972*, 1981, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009, 2017
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*
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
9West Lafayette1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014
7Benton Central1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
6Rossville1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974*
7Tipton2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015*
4Attica1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968
4Sheridan1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957
3McCutcheon1994, 1995*, 1996*
2Harrison (WL)1995*, 1997
2Twin Lakes2005, 2017 (W)
2Winamac1956, 1962*
1Central Catholic2015*
1Flora1954
1Hamilton Heights2016
1Northwestern2017 (E)
1Western1963
0Carroll
0Cass
0Clinton Prairie
0Delphi
0Rensselaer Central
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
10Benton Central2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2015
5West Lafayette2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2016, 2017 (W)
4Twin Lakes2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008
2Tipton2002*, 2012
1Central Catholic2014*
1Northwestern2017 (E)
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 (15)
  • 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)

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)
  • 2017 Tyler Gilbert, Discus
  • 1988 Michelle Faulkner, 800 Meters
  • 2001 Girls' Golf
  • 2006 Brandon Youngdale, High Jump
  • 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. King, Sam (2016-11-14). "Delphi Leaving Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  4. King, Sam (2016-12-17). "Delphi Formally Exits Hoosier Conference". Lafayette Journal & Courier, Lafayette, IN. Retrieved 2017-02-08.

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