Northeast Corner Conference of Indiana

The Northeast Corner Conference in 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.

History

Northeast Corner Conference

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	Enrollment	IHSAA Class FB	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Angola Community	Angola	Hornets	886	AAAA	76 Steuben	1989	Northeastern Indiana
Central Noble	Albion	Cougars	438	AA	57 Noble	1968	none (new school)
Churubusco	Churubusco	Eagles	449	AA	92 Whitley	1989	Allen County
Eastside	Butler	Blazer	416	AA	17 DeKalb	1983	Allen County
Fairfield	Goshen	Falcons	622	AAA	20 Elkhart	1980	Northern State
Fremont¹	Fremont	Eagles	337	A	76 Steuben	1964	Steuben County
Garrett²	Garrett	Railroaders	600	AAA	17 DeKalb	1981 2014	Northeastern Indiana Allen County
Hamilton¹	Hamilton	Marines	221	A/-	76 Steuben	1964	Steuben County
Lakeland	LaGrange	Lakers	652	AAA	44 LaGrange	1973	Independents
Prairie Heights	LaGrange	Panthers	471	AA	44 LaGrange	1964	none (new school)
West Noble	Ligonier	Chargers	710	AAA	57 Noble	1967	none (new school)
Westview	Topeka	Warriors	470	AA/-	44 LaGrange	1966	none (new school)

Fremont and Hamilton were concurrent members of the Bi-County and State Corner conferences from 1964 to 1967.
Garrett was a member of the Allen County Athletic Conference from 2005 to 2014.

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	# / 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-
Small	Big	Small	Big
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

Titles	School	Years
14	West Noble	1968, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989 (II), 1999 (II), 2000 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2005, 2014 (II)
12	Eastside	1988, 1989 (I), 1990 (I), 1991 (I), 1994 (I), 1995 (I), 1999 (I), 2002 (I), 2004 (I), 2014 (I), 2015 (I), 2016 (I)
11	Lakeland	1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II), 1991 (II), 1993 (II), 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009, 2013*
8	Churubusco	1992 (I), 1993 (I), 1995 (I), 2002 (I), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
8	Prairie Heights	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1985
8	Fairfield	1996 (I), 1997 (I), 2006 (ll), 2007 (ll), 2008* (ll), 2009* (II), 2013 (II), 2015* (II)
8	Garrett	1990 (II), 1991 (II), 1993 (II), 2002 (II), 2003 (II), 2004 (II), 2015 (II), 2016 (II)
7	Angola	1992 (II), 1993 (II), 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II), 2010*
5	Central Noble	1980, 2000 (I), 2001 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2003 (I)
4	Fremont	1968, 1987, 1997 (I), 1998 (I)
1	Hamilton	1973*
0	Howe

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

Boys Basketball

Titles	School	Years
24	Westview	1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
12	Lakeland	1975, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010*
6	Angola	1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2006*,2016
5	Fairfield	1981, 1982, 1995, 1998, 2007
5	West Noble	1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1986
4	Central Noble	1970, 1974, 1977, 1998
4	Garrett	1984, 1986, 2003, 2004*
2	Fremont	1992*, 2011
2	Prairie Heights	1987, 2013
1	Eastside	1983
1	Hamilton	1992*
1	Wolf Lake	1968
1	Churubusco	2015

Girls Basketball

Titles	School	Years
13	Prairie Heights	1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997
9	Westview	1976, 1977, 2005*, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
7	Lakeland	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995,1998
6	Angola	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010*
4	Garrett	1994,1999, 2004, 2005*
2	Fairfield	2010*, 2011
2	West Noble	1978, 2009
1	Hamilton	1980*
1	Eastside	1992*
0	Churubusco
0	Central Noble
0	Fremont

Boys Baseball

Titles	School	Years
10	Westview	1970, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 2006, 2007, 2008
9	Churubusco	1989, 1992, 1993, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2014
7	Hamilton	1968, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1994, 2000
6	Fairfield	1996, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
6	West Noble	1967, 1968, 1980, 1994, 1995, 1999
5	Lakeland	1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1998
5	Angola	1997, 2004, 2007, 2012, 2013
5	Prairie Heights	1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973
3	Eastside	1984, 1988, 1990
3	Garrett	1982, 1987, 1991
2	Central Noble	1998, 2005
1	Fremont	1991

Softball

Titles	School	Years
13	Eastside	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013
7	Garrett	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999
4	Angola	2009, 2010, 2011, 2014
3	Churubusco	1996, 2004, 2006
1	Lakeland	2012
1	Fairfield	2007
1	Prairie Heights	2005
0	West Noble
0	Central Noble
0	Fremont
0	Hamilton
0	Westview

Volleyball

Titles	School	Years
14	Fairfield	1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
6	Prairie Heights	1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005
6	Westview	1978, 1980, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2015
5	West Noble	1984, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000
5	Fremont	1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1995
4	Angola	1996, 1998, 2000, 2003
4	Lakeland	1978, 1994, 1999, 2003
3	Garrett	1992, 1993, 2015
1	Central Noble	2004
1	Eastside	1983
0	Churubusco
0	Hamilton

Boys Tennis

Titles	School	Years
16	Fairfield	1980, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
7	Westview	1991, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
7	Lakeland	1979, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996
5	Angola	1989, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015
4	West Noble	1983, 1984, 1995, 1996
1	Howe Military	1979
1	Central Noble	1979
0	Churubusco
0	Prairie Heights
0	Fremont
0	Hamilton
0	Eastside
0	Garrett

Girls Tennis

Titles	School	Years
18	Fairfield	1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
5	Westview	1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
3	West Noble	1988, 1989, 1990
1	Lakeland	1992
1	Angola	1987
1	Central Noble	1993
1	Eastside	1986
0	Churubusco
0	Prairie Heights
0	Fremont
0	Hamilton
0	Garrett

Resources

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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