Western Indiana Conference

The Western Indiana Conference is the name of two IHSAA-sanctioned conferences based in West Central Indiana. The first formed as an eight-team league that formed as a basketball league in 1944 as the West Central Conference.[1] The league started expanding in 1945 and changed its name to the Western Indiana Conference. With consolidation forcing many membership changes in the 1970s (including all the Terre Haute public schools), the conference folded at four members in 1983.

Overview of all 11 schools in the Western Indiana Conference, 2019
A look at all member schools in the Western Indiana Conference, 2019

The second incarnation started in 1999, including four previous members (or their current incarnations) from the old conference, and three other schools from South Central Indiana. Its only change in membership in its first 16 years was in football, where South Vermilion played independently for the 2007 and 2008 seasons before rejoining the conference. March 2014 marked a sea change for the conference, as what originally was an invite for Greencastle turned into inviting the remaining five teams of the West Central Conference to join.[2] All seven WIC schools and all five WCC schools voted to expand the conference into 2015, making a 12 team, two division league.[3]

After the 2018-2019 school year, Cascade departed from the Western Indiana Conference to join longtime rival and former West Central Conference member Monrovia in the Indiana Crossroads Conference. Cascade will fill a vacancy that Park Tudor is leaving. The move leaves the Western Indiana Conference will 11 schools, dissolving the east-west divisions for team sports, except football

Members

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA
Class
FB
County Year Joined Previous Conference
Brown
County
Nashville Eagles     619 AAA
AAA
7
Brown
1999 Mid-Hoosier
Cloverdale Cloverdale Clovers     359 AA
AA
67
Putnam
2015 West Central
Edgewood Ellettsville Mustangs       756 AAA
AAAA
53
Monroe
1999 West Central
Greencastle Greencastle Tiger Cubs     549 AAA
AAA
67
Putnam
2015 West Central
Indian Creek Trafalgar Braves       613 AAA
AAA
41
Johnson
2016 Mid-Hoosier
North
Putnam
Roachdale Cougars     428 AA
AA
67
Putnam
2015 West Central
Northview Brazil Knights       1,016 AAA
AAAA
11
Clay
1999 independent
Owen
Valley
Spencer Patriots       752 AAA
AAAA
60
Owen
1999 West Central
South
Putnam
Greencastle Eagles     370 AA
A
67
Putnam
2015 West Central
Sullivan Sullivan Golden Arrows     547 AAA
AAA
77
Sullivan
1999 Tri-River
West
Vigo
West Terre Haute Vikings       590 AAA
AAA
84
Vigo
1999 independent

Former Members (current conference)

School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Departed Conference Joined
South Vermillion Clinton Wildcats       83
Vermillion
1999 Wabash River 2016 Wabash River
Cascade Clayton Cadets       32
Hendricks
2015 West Central 2019 Indiana Crossroads

Team Sports Divisions (2015-2019)

2015-16 2016-19
EastWestEastWest
Brown CountyGreencastleBrown CountyGreencastle
CascadeNorthviewCascadeNorth Putnam
CloverdaleSouth PutnamCloverdaleNorthview
EdgewoodSouth VermilionEdgewoodSouth Putnam
North PutnamSullivanIndian CreekSullivan
Owen ValleyWest VigoOwen ValleyWest Vigo

With Cascade’s departure from the Conference, the current Cross-Over system will be eliminated and all conference schools will play each other in the regular season of boys’ and girls’ basketball, baseball, softball, football, volleyball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, and boys’ and girls’ tennis. Boys’ and girls’ swimming and diving, track and field, cross country, wrestling, and golf will still hold one-day conference tournaments.


Football Divisions (2019-)

2019-
GoldGreen
EdgewoodBrown County
Indian CreekCloverdale
NorthviewGreencastle
Owen ValleyNorth Putnam
SullivanSouth Putnam
West Vigo


Old Conference Membership

School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Brazil Brazil Red Devils     11
Clay
1944 Clay County 1982 Independents (consolidated into
Northview 1984)
James A. Garfield Terre Haute Purple Eagles     84
Vigo
1944 Vigo County 1971 none (consolidated into
Terre Haute North)
Gerstmeyer Tech Terre Haute Black Cats       84
Vigo
1944 Vigo County 1971 none (consolidated into
Terre Haute North)
Linton-Stockton1 Linton Miners       28
Greene
1944 Southern Indiana 1974 SW Indiana
State Lab2 Terre Haute Little Sycamores     84
Vigo
1944 Vigo County 1978 none (school closed)
South Vermillion3 Clinton Wildcats       83
Vermillion
1944 Vermillion County 1982 Wabash River
Sullivan4 Sullivan Golden Arrows     77
Sullivan
1944 Southern Indiana 1982 Independents (TRC 1986)
William H. Wiley Terre Haute Red Streaks     84
Vigo
1944 Vigo County 1971 none (consolidated into
Terre Haute South)
Honey Creek Allendale Honey Bees     84
Vigo
1945 Vigo County 1971 none (consolidated into
Terre Haute South)
Greencastle Greencastle Tiger Cubs     67
Putnam
1949 South Central 1977 West Central
Jasonville Jasonville Yellow Jackets       28
Greene
1949 1963 none (consolidated
into Shakamak)
Dugger Dugger Bulldogs       77
Sullivan
1950 Sullivan County 1958 Sullivan County
Lebanon Lebanon Tigers     06
Boone
<1951 1967 Sagamore
Bishop Schulte5 Terre Haute Golden Bears     84
Vigo
1953 none (new school) 1977 none (school closed)
West
Vigo
West Terre Haute Vikings       84
Vigo
1960 none (new school) 1982 Independent (WIC 1999)
Shakamak Jasonville Lakers     28
Greene
1963 none (new school) 1964 Tri-River
North
Knox
Bicknell Warriors       42
Knox
1977 Blue Chip 1981 Independents
(BCC 1986)
  1. Linton-Stockton played concurrently in the WIC and the SIAC from 1944 to 1951.
  2. State played concurrently in the WIC and the Tri-River Conference from 1964 to 1978.
  3. South Vermillion was known as Clinton until 1977. The smaller schools in southern Vermillion County had consolidated into Clinton by 1963, but the school did not change its name right away (and kept Clinton's school colors and nickname), so this is considered a name change rather than an actual consolidation of schools.
  4. Sullivan played concurrently in the WIC and the SIAC from 1944 to 1962.
  5. Schulte played concurrently in the WIC and the Tri-River from 1964 to 1977.


Football Champions

This list includes champions for both the old[4] and new[5] versions of the conference. Spit championships are denoted by an asterisk, East and West Division champions are annotated by an E and W, respectively, while the conference championship game winner is denoted by a C. With the green and gold divisions, Gold Division Champion is denoted by GO and the Green Division Champion is denoted by GR.

#TeamSeasons
12Northview2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 (W, C), 2018 (W, C), 2020 (GO)
8Brazil1949, 1950, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981
8Wiley1947, 1948, 1953*, 1955*, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965
6Sullivan1953*, 1955*, 2003*, 2012*, 2016 (W, C), 2017 (W, C)
4Indian Creek2016 (E), 2017 (E), 2018 (E), 2019 (E, C)
4Bishop Schulte1964, 1970, 1971, 1976
4Owen Valley1999, 2000, 2001, 2015 (E)
4South Vermillion/Clinton1952, 1974, 1979, 1980
3Garfield1946, 1954, 1957
3Gerstmeyer Tech1963, 1967, 1968
3West Vigo2002, 2003*, 2012*
2Greencastle1966, 1973
1South Putnam2020 (GR)
1Edgewood2008
1Linton-Stockton1951
0Cascade
0Cloverdale
0Dugger
0Honey Creek
0Jasonville
0Lebanon
0North Knox
0North Putnam
0Shakamak
0State Lab
  • Conference began football competition in 1946, and did not compete from 1982 to 1999. Champions for 1956 and 1958-9 are unknown.

Conference Championship Games

  • 2015 Northview 28, Owen Valley 14
  • 2016 Sullivan 63, Indian Creek 42
  • 2017 Sullivan 48, Indian Creek 38
  • 2018 Northview 32, Indian Creek 22
  • 2019 Indian Creek 32, Northview 28

References

http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2071979.html

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