Lake Suburban Conference

The Lake Suburban Conference was a high school athletic conference serving schools in the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The conference was formed in 1949 as the Calumet Athletic Conference, and disbanded in 1992. Most of its schools were located in Lake County, though two members during the CAC period were from Porter County.

## History

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The Calumet Athletic Conference was formed in 1949 by nine schools from Lake County. These schools were either Gary-Hammond metro area schools not involved in the Northern Indiana Conference, or suburban schools within the county. While membership did change, as three schools left to be Independent, two of those schools would return, along with other expansions, meant that two divisions would be utilized from 1963 to 1970.

1970 caused dramatic changes to the Calumet. Chesterton and Portage left to help found the Duneland Athletic Conference, Gary Wirt joined with the other Gary schools in the Northwestern Conference, and East Gary Edison became independent. Recently formed Munster was added, and the conference rebranded itself as the Lake Suburban Conference. Membership was much more stable, as the only change afterward was Merrillville leaving for the Duneland. However, by the early 1990s, suburban growth had caused the conference to become unbalanced enrollment-wise. This led to the 1993 breakup of the LSC. Crown Point would become the Duneland's 8th member. Lowell would join the Northwest Hoosier Conference, which had a wide footprint that Lowell was firmly in the middle of. Lake Central would play as an independent for the next decade, eventually taking former CAC member Hobart's place in the Duneland. The remaining four schools joined with the remnants of the Indiana Lake Shore Conference to form the Lake 10 Conference.

## Membership

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School  | Location  | Mascot  | Colors  | County  | Year
Joined  | Previous Conference  | Year
Left  | Conference Joined

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Crown Point | Crown Point | Bulldogs  |  | 45
Lake | 1949
1963  |
Independents  | 1953
1993  | Independents
Duneland
Dyer Central | Dyer | Indians  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1966  | none (consolidated
into Lake Central)
Edison | East Gary | Fighting Eagles  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1970  | Independents
Gary Edison | Gary | Blazers  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  |  | 1968  | none (consolidated into
Gary West Side)
Gary Wirt | Gary | Troopers  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1970  | Northwestern
Griffith | Griffith | Panthers  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1993  | Lake 10
Hobart | Hobart | Brickies  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  |  | 1955  | Independents
Lowell | Lowell | Red Devils  |  | 45
Lake | 1949
1956  |
Independents  | 1955
1993  | Independents
Northwest Hoosier
Merrillville | Merrillville | Pirates  |  | 45
Lake | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1975  | Duneland
Portage | Portage | Indians  |  | 64
Porter | 1949  | Lake-Porter County | 1970  | Duneland
Highland | Highland | Trojans  |  | 45
Lake | 1962  | Independents  | 1993  | Lake 10
Calumet | Gary | Warriors  |  | 45
Lake | 1963  | Independents  | 1993  | Lake 10
Chesterton | Chesterton | Trojans  |  | 64
Porter | 1963  | Independents  | 1970  | Duneland
Lake Central | St. John | Indians  |  | 45
Lake | 1966  | none (new school)  | 1993  | Independent
Munster | Munster | Mustangs  |  | 45
Lake | 1970  | Independents  | 1993  | Lake 10

### Divisions 1963-70

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North  | South

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Calumet | Crown Point
Chesterton | Dyer Central (63-66)/
Lake Central (66-70)
Edison | Griffith
Gary Edison (63-68)  | Highland
Gary Wirt | Lowell
Portage | Merrillville

## Boys State Champions

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* Swimming (8): 1973-Munster, 1974-Munster, 1975-Munster, 1976-Munster, 1977-Munster, 1979-Munster, 1980-Munster, 1987-Lake Central
* Tennis (1): 1971-Crown Point

## Girls State Champions

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* Basketball (2): 1984-Crown Point, 1985-Crown Point
* Softball (1): 1992-Lake Central
* Swimming (3): 1976-Munster, 1977-Munster, 1978-Munster

## Related links

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* Northern Indiana Football History
* Indiana High School Athletic Association

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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
* Blue Chip
* Central Indiana
* Circle City
* Conference Indiana
* Duneland
* Eastern Indiana (Southern)
* Great Lakes
* Greater Indianapolis
* Greater South Shore
* Hoosier
* Hoosier Crossroads
* Hoosier Heartland
* Hoosier Heritage
* Hoosier Hills
* Hoosier North
* Hoosier Plains
* Indiana Crossroads
* Metropolitan
* Mid-Eastern
* Mid-Hoosier
* Mid-Indiana Football
* Mid-Southern
* Mid-State
* Midwest
* North Central
* Northeast Corner
* Northeast Eight
* Northern Indiana
* Northern Lakes
* Northwest Crossroads
* Ohio River Valley
* Patoka Lake
* Pioneer
* Pocket
* Porter County
* Sagamore
* Southern
* Southern Indiana
* Southern Roads
* Southwest Football
* Southwest Indiana
* Summit
* Three Rivers (Northern)
* Tri-Eastern
* Wabash River
* Western Indiana
* IHSAA Independents

Disbanded
conferences|

* Adams
* Bartholomew-Shelby County
* Benton
* Big Blue River
* Big 4
* Big Eight
* Blackford
* Blue River
* Boone
* Brown
* Calumet Athletic
* Capital District
* Carroll
* Cass
* Central Suburban
* Clark
* Classic
* Clay
* Clinton
* Daviess
* Dearborn
* Decatur
* DeKalb
* Delaware
* Dixie
* Dixie-Monon
* East Central
* Eastern Indiana (Northern)
* Eastern Wabash Valley
* Elkhart
* Fayette
* Fort Wayne City
* Fountain
* Franklin
* Fulton
* Gibson
* Grant
* Greene
* Hamilton
* Hancock
* Harrison
* Henry
* Howard
* Huntington
* Indiana H.S. Football
* Indiana Lake Shore
* Indianapolis Public
* Jackson
* Jasper
* Jay
* Jefferson
* Johnson
* Kankakee Valley
* Knox
* Kosciusko
* LaGrange
* Lake Athletic
* Lake-Porter
* Lake Suburban
* Laughery Valley
* Lawrence
* Little 4
* Little 7
* Little 8
* Lost River
* Marion
* Marshall
* Martin
* Miami
* Mid-Central
* Mid-Indiana
* Midland
* Mississinewa Valley
* Monroe
* Montgomery
* Morgan
* Newton
* Noble
* Northeastern Indiana
* Northern Indiana Valley
* Northern State
* Northland
* Northwest Hoosier
* Northwestern
* Olympic
* Orange
* Owen
* Parke
* Patoka Valley
* Perry
* Posey
* Prairie
* Putnam
* Randolph
* Rangeline
* Ripley
* Rush
* South Central
* South Lake Michigan
* Southeastern Indiana
* Southern Monon
* Spencer
* Starke
* State Corner
* Steuben
* Sullivan
* Three Rivers (Southern)
* Tiny Ten
* Tippecanoe
* Tippecanoe Valley
* Tipton
* Tri-City League
* Tri-County (Central)
* Tri-County (Northern)
* Tri-County (Southern)
* Tri-County (Western)
* Tri-River
* Union
* Vermillion
* Vigo
* Wabash
* Warren
* Warrick
* Washington
* Wayne
* Wells
* West Central
* Western Indiana Small High School
* White
* White River
* White River Valley
* 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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