The Tri-County Conference was a league that ran from 1950 to 1965, and is considered a direct forerunner to the Mid-Indiana Conference. The league began in 1950 as the Howard-Miami Conference, as the three schools left from the post-consolidation Howard County Conference joined with three schools from Miami County. The conference changed its name to the TCC when Swayzee and Sweetser, from Grant County joined. When school consolidation forced the conference to look outside its footprint to find similar-sized schools, in 1965 it became the current MIC.
This should not be confused with conferences of the same name based in the southern and western portions of the state.
Former members School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Bunker Hill Bunker Hill Minutemen 52 Miami 1950 Miami County 1963 none (consolidated into Maconaquah) Clay Township Loree Indians 52 Miami 1950 Miami County 1963 none (consolidated into Maconaquah) Converse Converse Bordermen 52 Miami 1950 Miami County 1957 none (consolidated into Oak Hill) Eastern (Greentown)* Greentown Comets 34 Howard 1950 new school 1965 Mid-Indiana Northwestern Kokomo Tigers 34 Howard 1950 Howard County 1965 Mid-Indiana Western Russiaville Panthers 34 Howard 1950 Howard County 1958 Hoosier Swayzee Swayzee Speed Kings 27 Grant 1955 Grant County 1957 none (consolidated into Oak Hill) Sweetser Sweetser Braves 27 Grant 1955 Grant County 1965 none (consolidated into Oak Hill) Oak Hill Converse Golden Eagles 27 Grant 1957 none (new school) 1965 Mid-Indiana Maconaquah Bunker Hill Braves 52 Miami 1963 none (new school) 1965 Mid-Indiana
Eastern also played in the Mississinewa Valley Conference from 1953 until 1965.
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