Mid-Indiana Conference

The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, was a high school athletic conference which was located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference served many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties. The conference dissolved at the end on the 2014-15 academic school year.

The Mid-Indiana Conference within Indiana

History

The Mid-Indiana Conference can trace its roots back to the late 1940s, when school consolidation reduced the Howard County Conference from nine schools to three in the matter of three years. These three remaining schools joined three nearby schools from Miami County and began the new Howard-Miami Conference. The conference renamed itself the Tri-County Conference in 1955, as two schools from Grant County joined. Further school consolidation reduced membership to four schools by 1965, forcing the conference to reach out of its footprint to find similar-sized schools. This expansion also brought with it the change to its current and final name.

Though only one member has consolidated since the MIC name has taken hold, geography, size differences, and competitiveness have all caused various roster changes through the years, with membership as many as nine schools and as few as six. However, membership stabilized after 2000, when Hamilton Heights joined from the folding Rangeline Conference. This ended in 2015, as Eastern and Taylor elected to join an expanding Hoosier Heartland Conference. Maconaquah and Peru are also leaving to join the Three Rivers Conference, while the four remaining schools are off to the Hoosier Athletic Conference.[1]

Membership
School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference joined
Eastern
(Greentown)		 Greentown Comets     34
Howard		 1965
1987		 Tri-County
Three Rivers		 1980
2015		 Three Rivers
Hoosier Heartland
Maconaquah Bunker Hill Braves     52
Miami		 1965 Tri-County 2015 Three Rivers
Fairmount Fairmount Quakers       27
Grant		 1965 Mississinewa Valley 1970 none (consolidated into Madison-Grant)
North
Miami		 Denver Warriors       52
Miami		 1965 Independent
(new school 1961)		 1972 Three Rivers
Northwestern Kokomo Tigers     34
Howard		 1965 Tri-County 2015 Hoosier
Oak Hill Converse Golden Eagles       27
Grant		 1965 Tri-County 1980 Three Rivers
Southwood Wabash Knights       85
Wabash		 1965 Independent
(new school 1962)		 1976 Three Rivers
Western Russiaville Panthers     34
Howard		 1965 Hoosier 2015 Hoosier
Cass Walton Kings     09
Cass		 1968 Independents
(new school 1963)		 2015 Hoosier
Taylor Center Titans     34
Howard		 1974 Rangeline 2015 Hoosier Heartland
Eastbrook Marion Panthers       27
Grant		 1977 Mississinewa Valley 1998 Central Indiana
Peru Peru Tigers     52
Miami		 1998 Central Indiana 2015 Three Rivers
Hamilton
Heights		 Arcadia Huskies     29
Hamilton		 2000 Rangeline 2015 Hoosier

Membership timeline

2006-2007 Boys' Basketball
  • Western, Frankfort Sectional 3A Champions
  • Lewis Cass, Manchester Sectional 2A Champions
  • Northwestern, Taylor Sectional 2A Champions, Blackford Regional 2A Champions, Warsaw Semi-State 2A Champions, 2A State Champions

State titles

Eastern Comets
  • Softball- 1A (2003)
  • Softball- 2A (2005)
  • Boys' Golf (2001)
  • Jeremy Ashcraft - Pole Vault (1994)
  • Bethany Neeley - 1600 Meters (2012)
  • Brittany Neeley - 800 Meters (2013)
  • Bethany Neeley - 1600 Meters (2013)
  • Jessica Sprinkles, Sarah Wagner, Brittany Neeley, Bethany Neeley - 4 x 800 Relay (2013)

Hamilton Heights Huskies
  • Sierra Brown - 100M Hurdles (2013)

Lewis Cass Kings
  • Basketball- 2A (2003)
  • Softball- 2A (2006)
  • Softball- 2A (2008)

Northwestern Tigers
  • Basketball- 2A (2007)

Peru Tigers
  • Tennis (1971)

Taylor Titans
  • Baseball- 2A (2000)

Western Panthers
  • Joe Swartz, Wrestling, 98 lbs (1977)
  • Ray Shepherd, Wrestling, 138 lbs (1984)
  • Jeff Glick, Swimming, 200 Individual Medley (1985)
  • Michelle Faulkner, Track & Field, 800 Meters (1988)
  • Chad Shepherd, Wrestling, 135 lbs (1991)
  • Kylee Wells, Diving, (2000)
  • Ted Brown, Swimming, 200 Individual Medley, 500 Freestyle, Herman F. Keller Mental Attitude Award (2003)
  • Brandon Youngdale, High Jump (2006)
  • Girls' Golf (2001)
  • Baseball-3A (2012)
  • Girls'-3A Basketball (2014)
  • Marching Band (16 titles)

State Runner-Ups

Eastern Comets
  • Tennis (Jorge Burmicky) (2004)
  • Bethany Neeley - 800 Meters (2011)
  • Girls' Basketball (2A) (2013)

Hamilton Heights Huskies
  • Football (2012)
  • Girls' Basketball (2013)

Lewis Cass
  • Football (2008)
  • Baseball (2008)

Northwestern Tigers
  • Baseball (2005)
  • Football (1992)
  • Girls' Golf (1996)

Western Panthers
  • Softball (1993)
  • Softball (1994)
  • Girls' Golf (2002)
  • Kyle Walsh, 1600 meters (2004)
  • Girls' Golf (2004)

Neighboring conferences

See also

References
  1. "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.
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