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The red county is Vermillion county which left the conference in 2016. The yellow counties show current member counties and the schools are reoresented by blue dots. The one in Putnam county to the left is South Putnam High School.

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.

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]

Members

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA
Class
FB 		County Year Joined Previous Conference
Brown
County 		Nashville Eagles     755 AAA
AAA 		7
Brown 		1999 Mid-Hoosier
Cascade Clayton Cadets     495 AA
AA 		33
Hendricks 		2015 West Central
Cloverdale Cloverdale Clovers     408 AA
AA 		67
Putnam 		2015 West Central
Edgewood Ellettsville Mustangs       833 AAA
AAAA 		53
Monroe 		1999 West Central
Greencastle Greencastle Tiger Cubs     611 AAA
AAA 		67
Putnam 		2015 West Central
Indian Creek Trafalgar Braves       599 AAA
AAA 		41
Johnson 		2016 Mid-Hoosier
North
Putnam 		Roachdale Cougars     532 AA
AA 		67
Putnam 		2015 West Central
Northview Brazil Knights       1,142 AAA
AAAA 		11
Clay 		1999 independent
Owen
Valley 		Spencer Patriots       908 AAA
AAAA 		60
Owen 		1999 West Central
South
Putnam 		Greencastle Eagles     394 AA
A 		67
Putnam 		2015 West Central
Sullivan Sullivan Golden Arrows     543 AA
AAA 		77
Sullivan 		1999 Tri-River
West
Vigo 		West Terre Haute Vikings       640 AAA
AAA 		84
Vigo 		1999 independent

Past Members (1999-2015)

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

Divisions

2015-16 2016-
East West East West
Brown County Greencastle Brown County Greencastle
Cascade Northview Cascade North Putnam
Cloverdale South Putnam Cloverdale Northview
Edgewood South Vermilion Edgewood South Putnam
North Putnam Sullivan Indian Creek Sullivan
Owen Valley West Vigo Owen Valley 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 concurrentily 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

  • 1946 Terre Haute Garfield
  • 1947 Terre Haute Wiley
  • 1948 Terre Haute Wiley
  • 1949 Brazil
  • 1950 Brazil
  • 1951 Linton
  • 1952 Clinton
  • 1953 Sullivan & Terre Haute Wiley
  • 1954 Terre Haute Garfield
  • 1955 Sullivan & Terre Haute Wiley
  • 1956
  • 1957 Terre Haute Garfield
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960 Terre Haute Wiley
  • 1961 Terre Haute Wiley (6-0)
  • 1962 Terre Haute Wiley (8-0-1)
  • 1963 Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (7-0-1)
  • 1964 Terre Haute Schulte (8-0-1)
  • 1965 Terre Haute Wiley (9-0)
  • 1966 Greencastle (6-0)
  • 1967 Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (8-0-1)
  • 1968 Terre Haute Gerstmeyer (5-0)
  • 1969 Brazil (6-1)
  • 1970 Terre Haute Schulte (8-0)
  • 1971 Terre Haute Schulte (5-0)
  • 1972 Brazil (7-0)
  • 1973 Greencastle (7-0)
  • 1974 Clinton(5-0)[4]
  • 1975 Brazil (4-1)
  • 1976 Terre Haute Schulte (4-1)
  • 1977 Brazil (3-0)
  • 1978 Brazil (3-0)
  • 1979 South Vermillion (3-1)
  • 1980 South Vermillion (3-0)
  • 1981 Brazil (3-0)
  • New WIC
  • 1999 Owen Valley (6-0)
  • 2000 Owen Valley (6-0)
  • 2001 Owen Valley (6-0)
  • 2002 West Vigo (6-0)
  • 2003 Sullivan (5-1) & West Vigo (5-1)
  • 2004 Northview (6-0)
  • 2005 Northview (6-0)
  • 2006 Northview (6-0)
  • 2007 Northview (5-0)
  • 2008 Edgewood (5-0)
  • 2009 Northview (6-0)
  • 2010 Northview (6-0)
  • 2011 Northview (6-0)
  • 2012 Sullivan (5-1) & West Vigo (5-1)
  • 2013 Northvew (5-1)
  • 2014 Northvew (6-0)

In 2015, conference split into two divisions, which battled for conference championship

  • 2015 Northview 28, Owen Valley 14
  • 2016 Sullivan 63, Indian Creek 42

References

  1. ^ "8 Schools Join Wabash League". Hammond Times, Hammond, IN. 1944-11-19. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  2. ^ "Future May Include Expansion Of Western Indiana Conference Field". Hoosier Topics. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
  3. ^ "Western Indiana Conference to Expand to 12 Schools". Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, IN. 2014-04-22. Retrieved 2014-07-01.
  4. ^ http://www.almanacsports.com/football/conference.php?conf_id=westernindiana-original

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