Mid-Hoosier Conference

The Mid-Hoosier Conference within Indiana

A Nine-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, and Shelby Counties in Central Indiana.

History

The conference was formed in 1964 by seven schools from Bartholomew (Hauser), Brown (Brown County), and Shelby (Southwestern, Triton Central, Waldron) counties as a conference for smaller schools south of Indianapolis.^[1] Johnson County schools Edinburgh and Whiteland would join in 1965. The conference had some roster changes in its early years, as Whiteland outgrew the MHC and moved to the Mid-State, while Indian Creek and South Decatur joined as newly consolidated schools. Triton Central left in 1969, and was replaced by Crothersville. This eight-member version of the MHC would last for a decade. The league would once again go through changes in the 1980s, as North Decatur (1980) and Morristown (1985) would join, and Crothersville would leave to become a full-time member of the Southern Athletic Conference, having been a member of both the MHC and the SAC since the latter's inception in 1974.

The league would stay stable until the late 1990s, as Triton Central rejoined from the Rangeline Conference, bringing membership to 10. This would be short-lived, however, as Brown County would join the reformed Western Indiana Conference in 1999. Triton Central would join the Indiana Crossroads Conference in 2012. The MHC would respond by bringing in two former White River Conference schools, Eastern Hancock and Knightstown. Both schools were scheduled to join in 2013, but Eastern Hancock was able to arrange its scheduling to join in 2012.^[2]

Indian Creek will however be leaving and joining the Western Indiana Conference (WIC). Indian Creek will also begin playing in the WIC Football Conference as well as a result of S. Vermillion leaving the WIC and returning to the WRC (Wabash River Conference). All of the football-playing schools of the MHC participate in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference.

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Enrollment 08-09	IHSAA Class	IHSAA Class Football	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Eastern Hancock	Charlottesville	Royals	338	A	A	30 Hancock	2012	Independents (WRC 2010)
Edinburgh¹	Edinburgh	Lancers	276	A	A	41 Johnson	1965	Johnson County
Hauser	Hope	Jets	343	AA	-	03 Bartholomew	1964	Dixie
Indian Creek	Trafalgar	Braves	599	AA	AAA	41 Johnson	1967	none (new school)
Knightstown	Knightstown	Panthers	397	AA	A	33 Henry	2013	Independents (WRC 2010)
Morristown	Morristown	Yellow Jackets	229	A	-	73 Shelby	1985	Big Blue River
North Decatur	Greensburg	Chargers	401	AA	A	16 Decatur	1980	Big Blue River
South Decatur	Greensburg	Cougars	298	A	A	16 Decatur	1968	none (new school)
Southwestern (Shelbyville)	Shelbyville	Spartans	229	A	-	73 Shelby	1964	Independents
Waldron	Waldron	Mohawks	244	A	-	73 Shelby	1964	Independents

Edinburgh played concurrently in the MHC and JCC 1965-67.

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Brown County	Nashville	Eagles	7 Brown	1964		1999	Western Indiana
Triton Central	Fairland	Tigers	73 Shelby	1964 1996	Independents Rangeline	1969 2012	Big Blue River Indiana Crossroads
Whiteland	Whiteland	Warriors	41 Johnson	1965	Johnson County	1968	Mid-State
Crothersville¹	Crothersville	Tigers	36 Jackson	1969	Dixie-Monon	1983	Southern

Crothersville played in both the MHC and SAC from the SAC's inception in 1974 until leaving the MHC in 1983.

Membership timeline

State Champions

IHSAA State Champions

Hauser Jets (1)

2006 Boys Basketball (A)

Morristown Yellow Jackets (1)

2003 Volleyball (A)

South Decatur Cougars (1)

1990 Football (A)

Triton Central Tigers (1)

2003 Baseball (2A)

Waldron Mohawks (1)

2004 Boys Basketball (A)

References

↑ "Schools Sign Charter for New Conference". Anderson Herald (Anderson, IN). 1964-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
↑ "Royals Were Without Conference Previous Two Years". Greenfield Daily Reporter (Greenfield, IN). 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-09-27.

Resources

Mid-Hoosier Conference

Edinburgh Community Hauser Indian Creek Morristown North Decatur South Decatur Southwestern (Shelbyville) Triton Central Waldron

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (Championship) Cross Country Football (Large School, Small School) Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Wrestling

Girls' sports	Basketball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

Athletic Conferences	Allen County Big Eight Blue Chip Central Indiana Circle City Conference Indiana Duneland Eastern Indiana Great Lakes Greater South Shore Athletic Hoosier Hoosier Crossroads Hoosier Heartland Hoosier Heritage Hoosier Hills Hoosier North Indiana Crossroads Indianapolis Public Metropolitan Mid-Eastern Mid-Hoosier Mid-Indiana Football Mid-Southern Mid-State North Central Northeast Corner Northeast Eight Northern Indiana Northern Lakes Northwest Crossroads Northwestern Ohio River Valley Patoka Lake Pioneer Pocket Porter County Sagamore Southern Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Southwest Football Summit Three Rivers Tri-Eastern Wabash River Western Indiana IHSAA Independents

Disbanded Conferences	Adams Benton Boone Big Blue River Big 4 Blue River Calumet Athletic Capital District Cass Central Suburban Classic Decatur Delaware Dixie Dixie-Monon East Central Eastern Indiana (EIC) Eastern Wabash Valley Elkhart Fort Wayne City Fountain Fulton Hamilton Hancock Henry Howard Huntington Indiana H.S. Football Indiana Lake Shore Jay Johnson Kankakee Valley Kosciusko LaGrange Lake Athletic Lake-Porter Lake Suburban Laughery Valley Little 4 Little 7 Little 8 Lost River Marion Marshall Mid-Central Mid-Indiana Midland Midwest Mississinewa Valley Montgomery Noble Northeastern Indiana Northwest Hoosier Northern Indiana Valley Northern State Northland Olympic Patoka Valley Prairie Rangeline South Central South Lake Michigan Southeastern Indiana Southern Monon State Corner Steuben Tiny Ten Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Valley Tri-City League Tri-County (Northern) Tri-County (Southern) Tri-River Wayne Wells West Central Western Indiana Small High School White River Whitewater Valley Whitley

Conference rosters	List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana Detailed Lists Allen County – Metropolitan Mid-Eastern – Northwestern Ohio River Valley – Western Indiana Independent

City Championships	Evansville (SIAC) Fort Wayne (SAC) Gary Indianapolis South Bend (NIAC)

Cross-Conference tournaments	Christian Academy Tournament Columbus Christian Tournament Gibson County Toyota Teamwork Classic Indianapolis City Tournament Madison County Tournament Perry-Spencer County Classic Shawe Memorial Tournament Wabash Valley Classic

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