The Hoosier Athletic Conference is a ten-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, Cass, Hamilton, Howard, Jasper, Tippecanoe, Tipton and White counties. The conference first began in 1947, 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. Lewis Cass exited the conference in 2023 and Logansport was added as the replacement starting in 2024. In 2024 Northwestern will exit the conference filling in for North Miami in the Three Rivers Conference.

Membership School City Team name Colors Enrollment 24–25 IHSAA Class IHSAA Class Football County Year joined Previous conference Benton Central Oxford Bison 513 2A 3A 04 Benton 1968 Prairie CentralCatholic1 Lafayette Knights 302 1A 2A 79 Tippecanoe 19702011 IndependentsHoosier Heartland Hamilton Heights Arcadia Huskies 687 3A 3A 29 Hamilton 2015 Mid-IndianaLogansportLogansportBerries 12263A4A09 Cass2024North Central Rensselaer Central2 Rensselaer Bombers 447 2A 2A 37 Jasper 19471998 MidwestNorthwest Hoosier Tipton Tipton Blue Devils 454 2A 2A 80 Tipton 2000 Rangeline Twin Lakes Monticello Indians 663 2A 3A 91 White 1974 Northwest Hoosier West Lafayette West Lafayette Red Devils 750 3A 3A 79 Tippecanoe 1947 Midwest Western (Howard)3 Russiaville Panthers 791 3A 3A 34 Howard 19582015 Tri-CountyMid-Indiana

Central Catholic played from 1993 to 2011 in the HHC. 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. Western played from 1965 to 2015 in the MIC.

Divisions East West Benton Central Hamilton Heights Central Catholic Logansport Rensselaer Central Tipton Twin Lakes Western West 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 194719561998 Carroll CountyNorthern StateHoosier Heartland 1954199220162 Northern StateHoosier HeartlandIndependents (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 Northwestern Kokomo Tigers 34 Howard 2015 Mid-Indiana Conference 2023 Three Rivers

Attica played in both the HAC and WRC from 1966 until leaving the HAC in 1971. Delphi's school board voted to leave the HAC after 2015–16 in November 2015. 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. 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. Winamac played in both the HAC and NWHC from 1968 to 1972. Sheridan played in both the HCC and HAC throughout its tenure in the HAC. Carroll and Clinton Prairie were also members of the Mid-Central Conference from 1966 until 1975.

Membership timeline

Conference champions Football # Team Seasons 10 Harrison (WL) 1972*, 1975, 1986*, 1987, 1988*, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996* 13 West Lafayette 1972*, 1981, 1985, 1988*, 1991, 1993, 1996*, 1999*, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 7 Delphi 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988*, 1999*, 2000* 6 Rensselaer Central 2001*, 2002*, 2004, 2005*, 2010, 2014 6 Lafayette Central Catholic 1972*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 (W), 2016 4 Twin Lakes 1986*, 1998, 2000*, 2003 3 Benton Central 2000*, 2001*, 2002* 3 Sheridan 2005*, 2006, 2007 1 Hamilton Heights 2015 (E) 1 McCutcheon 1994 1 Tipton 2001* 1 Lewis Cass 2019 0 Carroll 0 Cass 0 Northwestern 0 Western

Football was first sponsored in 1972. Unlisted seasons between 1974 and 1984 are unverified. There was no champion in 1997.

Boys' Basketball # Team Seasons 10 West Lafayette 1950*, 1955*, 1960, 1962*, 1964, 2000*, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2018 7 Benton Central 1996*, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 7 Tipton 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015* 6 Rossville 1948, 1953, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974* 4 Attica 1950*, 1961, 1962*, 1968 4 Sheridan 1951, 1952, 1955*, 1957 3 McCutcheon 1994, 1995*, 1996* 3 Western 1963, 2021, 2022 2 Central Catholic 2015*, 2020 2 Harrison (WL) 1995*, 1997 2 Northwestern 2017 (E), 2019 2 Twin Lakes 2005, 2017 (W) 2 Winamac 1956, 1962* 1 Flora 1954 1 Hamilton Heights 2016 1 Rensselaer Central 2023 0 Carroll 0 Cass 0 Clinton Prairie 0 Delphi 0 Southwestern (Tipp)

The 1948–49, 1957–59, 1964–67, and 1971-93 champions are unverified. There was no champion in 1997–98.

Girls' Basketball # Team Seasons 11 Benton Central 2003, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2015. 2022 5 West Lafayette 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2016, 2017 (W) 5 Twin Lakes 2001, 2002*, 2005*, 2008, 2023 4 Northwestern 2017 (E), 2018, 2019, 2020 2 Central Catholic 2014*, 2021 2 Tipton 2002*, 2012 0 Cass 0 Delphi 0 Hamilton Heights 0 Harrison 0 McCutcheon 0 Rensselaer Central 0 Sheridan 0 Western

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 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

Resources IHSAA Conferences IHSAA Directory