Northern State Conference (IHSAA)

The Northern State Conference was the name of two separate IHSAA-Sanctioned athletic conferences. The most recent version was an eight-member conference within the Northern Indiana counties of Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke. Some former member schools draw students from Fulton, Kosciusko and Pulaski counties.

The Northern State Conference in Indiana.

The earlier NSC lasted from 1954 to 1963, including schools from Carroll, Elkhart, Jasper, Marshall, Newton, St. Joseph, and Starke counties. Jimtown was the only holdover from the earlier conference into the modern one, though Bremen and Knox did join the current version in the 1980s.

In 2013, Culver and Knox announced that they would be leaving the conference after the 2014–2015 school year in order to join the Hoosier North Athletic Conference with three schools from the Midwest Conference and Independent North Judson. LaVille and Triton decided to join the HNAC at the same time. The remaining four schools joined the Northern Indiana Athletic Conference, ensuring the end of the conference.[1]

Membership
School
(IHSAA ID#)		 Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Future Conference
Glenn Walkerton Falcons       71
St. Joseph		 1966 none (new school) 2015 Northern Indiana
Jimtown Elkhart Jimmies       20
Elkhart		 1966 Elkhart County 2015 Northern Indiana
LaVille Lakeville Lancers     71
St. Joseph		 1966 Marshall County 2015 Hoosier North
New Carlisle New Carlisle Tigers       71
St. Joseph		 1966 St. Joseph County 1968 none (consolidated
into New Prairie)
North Liberty North Liberty Shamrocks     71
St. Joseph		 1966 St. Joseph County 1981 none (consolidated
into Glenn)
New Prairie New Carlisle Cougars       46 LaPorte
71 St. Joseph		 1968 none (new school) 2015 Northern Indiana
Fairfield Goshen Falcons       20
Elkhart		 1969 Elkhart County 1980 Northeast Corner
Culver Culver Cavaliers       50
Marshall		 1977 Independents
(TRC 1976)		 2015 Hoosier North
Triton Bourbon Trojans       50
Marshall		 1980 Three Rivers 2015 Hoosier North
Knox Knox Redskins       75
Starke		 1982 Northwest Hoosier 2015 Hoosier North
Bremen Bremen Lions     50
Marshall		 1989 Northern Lakes 2015 Northern Indiana

Old Northern State Conference Membership
School
(IHSAA ID#)		 Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Delphi Delphi Oracles     08
Carroll		 1954 Hoosier 1956 Hoosier
Knox Knox Redskins       75
Starke		 1954 Independents
(SCC 1948)		 1963 Independents
(NWHC 1968)
Morocco Morocco Beavers       56
Newton		 1954 Kankakee Valley 1958 Kankakee Valley
North Judson North Judson Blue Jays    75
Starke		 1954 Independents
(SCC 1948)		 1963 Independents
(NWHC 1968)
Rensselaer
Central		 Rensselaer Bombers     37
Jasper		 1954 Independents (HAC 1949) 1958 Independents
(NWHC 1968)
Bremen Bremen Lions     50
Marshall		 1958 Marshall County 1962 Marshall County
Jimtown1 Elkhart Jimmies       20
Elkhart		 1958 Elkhart County 1963 Elkhart County
Washington-
Clay		 South Bend Colonials       71
St. Joseph		 1958 St. Joseph County 1963 St. Joseph County
  1. Jimtown was known as Baugo Township until 1961.

State Championships

Bremen (2)
  • 1989 Football (A)
  • 1994 Football (2A)

Jimtown (6)
  • 1974 Boys Gymnastics
  • 1991 Football (A)
  • 1997 Football (2A)
  • 1998 Football (2A)
  • 2004 Boys Basketball (2A)
  • 2005 Football (2A)

Triton (4)
  • 2000 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2001 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2001 Baseball (A)
  • 2008 Boys Basketball (A)

Resources

References
  1. Pete Byrne (2014-04-23). "UPDATE: NIC expands, adding Bremen, Jimtown, New Prairie and Glenn". WSBT TV, South Bend, IN. Retrieved 2014-04-24.


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