Midwest Athletic Conference (IHSAA)

Location of Midwest members in Indiana

The Midwest Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in northwestern Indiana, which has existed in two different incarnations, with a third planned to form in 2018. The original conference began in 1932, consisting of schools that were larger than most of their counterparts in their local county leagues.[1] The schools were based in Benton, Fountain, Jasper, Newton, Tippecanoe, Warren, and White counties. The forming of the Kankakee Valley Conference the next year caused a slight fluctuation over the next couple of years, as schools realigned themselves within the two leagues, with some schools claiming dual membership.[2] The league folded in 1947, as size disparities and willingness to sponsor some sports (such as football, some schools played 11-man or 8-man football, and others didn't sponsor the sport) led to schools going their separate ways.

The second incarnation of the conference began in 1955 with eight schools located in Benton, Carroll, Cass, Newton, and White counties, with largely different members than its first lineup.[3] The MAC had a tumultuous history of membership turnover for much of its history, but had stabilized at 10 members with West Central and Winamac joining in 1980 and 1981, respectively. The only changes over the next 34 years were Rossville and Carroll joining the Hoosier Heartland Conference in 1989 and 1992, respectively, leaving a stable 8 school membership for more than two decades. In 2013, Caston, Pioneer, and Winamac announced that they were leaving the Conference to join with 2 other schools from the Northern State Conference as well as Independent North Judson for the 2015–2016 school year. This touched off an exodus that ended the conference, as West Central joined Caston, Pioneer, and Winamac in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference, while Frontier and Tri-County joined the Hoosier Heartland Conference. South Newton joined the Sangamon Valley Conference of Illinois.[4] North White was the only school that had not been accepted to another conference immediately, though they were accepted as a football-only member of the Hoosier Heartland. The Conference reformed in 2017, with six former schools rejoining.[5]

## Membership

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School  | Location  | Mascot  | Colors  | # / County  | Enrollment [1]
24-25  | Class
FB Class | Year joined  | Previous conference

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DeMotte Christian | DeMotte | Knights  |  | 37
Jasper | 119  | 1A
N/A | 2023  | Independents
Faith
Christian | Lafayette | Eagles  |  | 79
Tippecanoe | 269  | 1A
1A | 2023  | Independents
Frontier1 | Chalmers | Falcons  |  | 91
White | 180  | 1A
1A | 1965
2018  | none (new school)
Hoosier Heartland
North Newton2 | Morocco | Spartans  |  | 56
Newton | 319  | 1A
1A | 1967
2018  | Greater South Shore
Independents
North
White3 | Monon | Vikings  |  | 91
White | 264  | 1A
1A | 1963
2018  | none (new school)
Independents
South
Newton4 | Kentland | Rebels  |  | 56
Newton | 241  | 1A
1A | 1966
2018  | none (new school)
Sangamon Valley (IL)
Tri-County1 | Wolcott | Cavaliers  |  | 91
White | 220  | 1A
1A | 1971
2018  | none (new school)
Hoosier Heartland
West
Central5 | Francesville | Trojans  |  | 66
Pulaski | 209  | 1A
1A | 1967
1980
2018  | none (new school)
Northwest Hoosier
Hoosier North

1. Played in the Hoosier Heartland Conference 2015–18.
2. Played in the NWHC 1975–98, as an Independent 1998-2007 and 2017–18, and in the GSSC 2007–17.
3. Played as an Independent (football played in Hoosier Heartland) 2015–18.
4. Played in the Sangamon Valley Conference (IL) 2015–18.
5. Played 1975–80 in the NWHC, and 2015–19 in the HNAC, playing 2018–19 in both conferences.

## Former members

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School  | Location  | Mascot  | Colors  | # / County  | Year joined  | Previous conference  | Year left  | Conference joined

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Attica | Attica | Red Ramblers  |  | 23
Fountain | 1932  | Fountain County | 1947  | Hoosier
Brook1 | Brook | Aces  |  | 56
Newton | 1932
1955  | Newton County
Kankakee Valley | 1947
1966  | Kankakee Valley
none (consolidated
into South Newton)
Fowler2 | Fowler | Bulldogs  |  | 04
Benton | 1932
1955  | Benton County
Benton County | 1947
1968  | Benton County
none (consolidated
into Benton Central)
Kentland1 | Kentland | Blue Devils  |  | 56
Newton | 1932
1955  | Newton County
Kankakee Valley | 1947
1966  | Kankakee Valley
none (consolidated
into South Newton)
Monticello | Monticello | Tioga Indians  |  | 91
White | 1932  | White County | 1945  | Central Indiana
Morocco1 | Morocco | Beavers  |  | 56
Newton | 1932  | Newton County | 1947  | Kankakee Valley
Pine Village3 | Pine Village | Pine Knots  |  | 86
Warren | 1932  | Warren County | 1947  | Warren County
Remington | Remington | Rifles  |  | 37
Jasper | 1932
1967  | Jasper County
Prairie | 1933
1971  | Kankakee Valley
none (consolidated
into Tri-County)
Rensselaer
Central4 | Rensselaer | Bombers  |  | 37
Jasper | 1932  | Jasper County | 1947  | Hoosier
Veedersburg5 | Veedersburg | Green Devils  |  | 23
Fountain | 1932  | Fountain County | 1947  | Fountain County
West Lafayette | West Lafayette | Red Devils  |  | 79
Tippecanoe | 1932  | Independents  | 1947  | Hoosier
Williamsport3 | Williamsport | Bingy Bombers  |  | 86
Warren | 1932  | Warren County | 1947  | Warren County
Oxford6 | Oxford | Blue Devils  |  | 04
Benton | 1933  | Benton County | 1947  | Benton County
West Lebanon | West Lebanon | Clippers  |  | 86
Warren | 1934  | Warren County | 1947  | Warren County
Brookston | Brookston | Bombers  |  | 91
White | 1955  | White County | 1965  | none (consolidated
into Frontier)
Camden | Camden | Red Devils  |  | 08
Carroll | 1955  | Carroll County | 1965  | none (consolidated
into Delphi
Monon | Monon | Railroaders  |  | 91
White | 1955  | Kankakee Valley | 1963  | none (consolidated
into North White)
Royal Center | Royal Center | Bulldogs  |  | 09
Cass | 1955  | Cass County | 1963  | none (consolidated
into Royal Center)
Wolcott | Wolcott | Wildcats  |  | 91
White | 1955  | White County | 1971  | none (consolidated
into Tri-County)
Francesville | Francesville | Zebras  |  | 66
Pulaski | 1957  | Tippecanoe Valley | 1965  | none (consolidated
into West Central)
Klondike | West Lafayette | Nuggets  |  | 79
Tippecanoe | 1961  | Tippecanoe County | 1970  | none (consolidated
into Harrison)
Pioneer | Royal Center | Panthers  |  | 09
Cass | 1963  | none (new school)  | 2015  | Hoosier North
DeMotte | DeMotte | Indians  |  | 37
Jasper | 1967  | Kankakee Valley | 1970  | none (consolidated
into Kankakee Valley)
Wheatfield | Wheatfield | Red Devils  |  | 37
Jasper | 1967  | Kankakee Valley | 1970  | none (consolidated
into Kankakee Valley)
Kankakee
Valley | Wheatfield | Kougars  |  | 37
Jasper | 1970  | none (new school)  | 1972  | Northwest Hoosier
Carroll | Flora | Cougars  |  | 08
Carroll | 1977  | Hoosier | 1992  | Hoosier Heartland
Rossville | Rossville | Hornets  |  | 12
Clinton | 1977  | Hoosier | 1989  | Hoosier Heartland
Caston | Fulton | Comets  |  | 25
Fulton | 1978  | Three Rivers | 2015  | Hoosier North
Winamac
Community | Winamac | Warriors  |  | 66
Pulaski | 1981  | Northwest Hoosier | 2015  | Hoosier North

1. Concurrently played in MAC and NCC 1932–33, and in MAC and KVC 1933–47.
2. Concurrently played in MAC and BCC 1932–47.
3. Concurrently played in MAC and WCC 1932–34.
4. Known as Rensselaer before 1939.
5. Concurrently played in MAC and FCAA 1932–47.
6. Concurrently played in MAC and BCC 1933–47.

### Membership timeline

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## State Champs

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### North White High School

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* Football (A) 1994

### Pioneer High School

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* Football (A) 1997

•Football (A) 2017

•Football (A) 2018

### Tri-County High School

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* Baseball (A) 1998

### Faith Christian

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* Girls soccer (2024)

## References

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1. ^ "Monticello is trailing a new conference in the northwest section of Indiana". Delphi Journal (Delphi, IN). January 5, 1933. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
2. ^ "Free Throws". Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN). January 30, 1934. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
3. ^ "High Schools in Area Organize Midwest Conference". Logansport Pharos Tribune. January 25, 1955. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
4. ^ "South Newton Joining Illinois Conference". Newton County Times. January 28, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
5. ^ Hettinger, Paul. ""West Central Leaving HNAC"". Pulaski County Journal, Winamac, IN. Retrieved September 30, 2016.

## Resources

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