Northeast Corner Conference of Indiana

The Northeast Corner Conference is an twelve-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-sanctioned conference based in Northeast Indiana. Its schools are located within DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, and Whitley counties.

The Northeast Corner Conference in Indiana

History

The conference was formed as the Bi-County Conference in 1964, as the formations of Lakeland and Prairie Heights left Lagrange and Steuben Counties with only seven schools total. Angola already competed in the Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference, and Lakeland decided to compete independently. The five remaining schools started the conference, though Shipshewanna-Scott and Topeka were due to consolidate by 1966, while Fremont and Hamilton also participated in the State Corner Conference, while staying with their other Steuben County schools. Meanwhile, at that point the five remaining Noble County schools were set to consolidate into two schools themselves, and were also needing new conference affiliation. They joined with the Bi-County Conference teams, and changed their name to the current NECC. Howe Military also joined that year.

Other schools to join since then were Lakeland in 1974, Fairfield in 1980, Garrett in 1981, Eastside in 1983, and Angola and Churubusco in 1989. Howe Military left in 1980, and Garrett followed in 2005 (before rejoining in 2014).

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA Class
BB/FB
# / County Year Joined Previous Conference
Angola
Community
Angola Hornets       886 3A/4A 76
Steuben
1989 Northeastern Indiana
Central
Noble
Albion Cougars     438 2A/2A 57
Noble
1968 none (new school)
Churubusco Churubusco Eagles       449 2A/1A 92
Whitley
1989 Allen County
Eastside Butler Blazer     416 2A/2A 17
DeKalb
1983 Allen County
Fairfield Goshen Falcons       622 2A/2A 20
Elkhart
1980 Northern State
Fremont1 Fremont Eagles       337 1A/1A 76
Steuben
1964 Steuben County
Garrett2 Garrett Railroaders       600 3A/3A 17
DeKalb
1981
2014
Northeastern Indiana
Allen County
Hamilton1 Hamilton Marines     221 1A/- 76
Steuben
1964 Steuben County
Lakeland LaGrange Lakers       652 3A/3A 44
LaGrange
1973 Independents
Prairie
Heights
LaGrange Panthers       471 2A/2A 44
LaGrange
1964 none (new school)
West
Noble
Ligonier Chargers       710 3A/3A 57
Noble
1967 none (new school)
Westview Topeka Warriors       470 2A/- 44
LaGrange
1966 none (new school)
  1. Fremont and Hamilton were concurrent members of the Bi-County and State Corner conferences from 1964 to 1967.
  2. Garrett was a member of the Allen County Athletic Conference from 2005 to 2014.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Shipshewanna-Scott Shipshewanna Indians       44
LaGrange
1964 LaGrange County 1966 none (consolidated
into Westview)
Topeka Topeka Bears       44
LaGrange
1964 LaGrange County 1966 none (consolidated
into Westview)
Albion Albion Trojans     57
Noble
1966 Noble County 1968 none (consolidated into
Central Noble)
Cromwell Cromwell Spartans     57
Noble
1966 Noble County 1967 none (consolidated
into West Noble)
Howe Military Howe Cadets     44
La Grange
1966 Independents 1980 Independents
(MLC 1984)
Ligonier Ligonier Red Raiders       57
Noble
1966 Noble County 1967 none (consolidated
into West Noble)
Wawaka Wawaka Chargers       57
Noble
1966 Noble County 1967 none (consolidated
into West Noble)
Wolf Lake Wolf Lake Wolves       57
Noble
1966 Noble County 1968 none (consolidated into
Central Noble)

Football Divisions

With Garrett returning to the conference, football will return to the divisional format used between 1989 and 2005. The divisions have always been labeled as Division I (small school) and Division II (large school).

1989-2005 2014-
I II I II
Central Noble Angola Central Noble Angola
Churubusco Garrett Churubusco Fairfield
Eastside Lakeland Eastside Garrett
Fairfield Prairie Heights Fremont Lakeland
Fremont West Noble Prairie Heights West Noble

Conference Champions

(Note) These are LEAGUE champs from 1966–present

Football

TitlesSchoolYears
15West Noble1968*, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985*, 1989 (II), 1999 (II), 2000 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2005, 2014 (II), 2019 (II)
15Eastside1988, 1989 (I), 1990 (I), 1991 (I), 1994 (I), 1995 (I)*, 1999 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2004 (I), 2014 (I), 2015 (I), 2016 (I), 2017* (I), 2019 (I), 2020 (I)
11Lakeland1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009*, 2013*
10Churubusco1992 (I), 1993 (I), 1995 (I)*, 2002 (I)*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2017* (I), 2018 (I)
9Angola1992 (II), 1993 (II)*, 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2010*, 2017 (II), 2018 (II)
8Garrett1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 2002 (II)*, 2003 (II), 2004 (II), 2015 (II)*, 2016 (II)
8Prairie Heights1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1976, 1977, 1985*
8Fairfield1996 (I), 1997 (I)*, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013*, 2015* (II), 2020 (II)
6Central Noble1980, 2000 (I), 2001 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2003 (I), 2017* (I)
4Fremont1968*, 1987, 1997 (I)*, 1998 (I)
1Hamilton1973*
0Howe

Howe (then Howe Military) left in 1980. Hamilton dropped football in 1986.

Boys Basketball

TitlesSchoolYears
28Westview1973*, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980*, 1985, 1986*, 1987*, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997*, 1998*,
1999, 2000, 2007*, 2008, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017*, 2018*, 2019, 2020*
12Lakeland1975, 1978, 1980*, 1986*, 1992*, 2001, 2003*, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2009, 2010*
7Fairfield1981, 1982, 1995, 1998*, 2007*, 2018*
6Angola1996, 1997*, 2002, 2003*, 2006*, 2016
5West Noble1969*, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1986*
4Central Noble1970, 1974, 1977*, 1998*
4Garrett1984, 1986*, 2003*, 2004*
2Fremont1992*, 2011
2Eastside1983, 2017*
2Prairie Heights1987*, 2013*
2Hamilton1969*,1992*
2Wolf Lake1967, 1968
2Churubusco2015, 2020*

Girls Basketball

TitlesSchoolYears
13Prairie Heights1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1995*, 1996, 1997
9Angola2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010*, 2012, 2017, 2020
9Westview1976, 1977, 2005*, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
7Lakeland1980*, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995*,1998
5Garrett1994,1999, 2004, 2005*, 2021
3Fairfield2010*, 2011, 2018
2West Noble1978, 2009
1Hamilton1980*
1Eastside1992*
1Central Noble2019
0Churubusco
0Fremont

Boys Baseball

TitlesSchoolYears
11Westview1970*, 1977*, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984*, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2016*, 2017
10Churubusco1992*, 1993, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005*, 2014, 2015, 2016*
7Angola1997, 2004, 2007*, 2012*, 2013, 2016*, 2018*
7Hamilton1968*, 1974, 1979, 1984*, 1986, 1994*, 2000*
6Eastside1985, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 2016*, 2019
6Lakeland1975, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1998, 2018*
6Fairfield1996, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012*
6West Noble1967, 1968*, 1980, 1994*, 1995, 1999
5Prairie Heights1969, 1970*, 1971, 1972, 1973
4Garrett1982, 1987, 1988, 1991*
2Central Noble1998, 2005*
1Fremont1992*


No champion was crowned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Softball

TitlesSchoolYears
14Eastside1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016
8Garrett1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999
5Angola2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
3Churubusco1996, 2004, 2006
2Central Noble2017, 2018
1Lakeland2012
1Fairfield2007
1Prairie Heights2005
1Fremont2019
0West Noble
0Hamilton
0Westview


No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Volleyball

TitlesSchoolYears
14Fairfield1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
7Angola1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019
6Prairie Heights1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005
6Westview1978, 1980, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2015
6West Noble1984, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2016
5Fremont1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1995
5Lakeland1978, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2020
3Garrett1992, 1993, 2015
1Central Noble2004
1Eastside1983
0Churubusco
0Hamilton

Boys Tennis

TitlesSchoolYears
17Fairfield1980, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
10Westview1991, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020
7Lakeland1979*, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996*
6Angola1989, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
4West Noble1983, 1984, 1995*, 1996*
1Howe Military1979*
1Central Noble1979*
0Churubusco
0Prairie Heights
0Fremont
0Hamilton
0Eastside
0Garrett

Girls Tennis

TitlesSchoolYears
21Fairfield1991, 1993*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
6Westview1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017
4West Noble1988, 1989, 1990, 2019*
2Angola1987, 2019*
1Lakeland1992
1Central Noble1993*
1Eastside1986
0Churubusco
0Prairie Heights
0Fremont
0Hamilton
0Garrett

No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

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