Northeast Corner Conference of Indiana

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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

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	Colors	Enrollment	IHSAA Class FB	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Angola Community	Angola	Hornets		938	AAA/AAAA	76 Steuben	1989	Northeastern Indiana
Central Noble	Albion	Cougars		447	AA/AA	57 Noble	1968	none (new school)
Churubusco	Churubusco	Eagles		420	AA/AA	92 Whitley	1989	Allen County
Eastside	Butler	Blazer		413	AA/AA	17 DeKalb	1983	Allen County
Fairfield	Goshen	Falcons		589	AAA/AAA	20 Elkhart	1980	Northern State
Fremont1	Fremont	Eagles		373	A/A	76 Steuben	1964	Steuben County
Garrett2	Garrett	Railroaders		604	AAA/AAA	17 DeKalb	1981 2014	Northeastern Indiana Allen County
Hamilton1	Hamilton	Marines		169	A/-	76 Steuben	1964	Steuben County
Lakeland	LaGrange	Lakers		679	AAA/AAA	44 LaGrange	1973	Independents
Prairie Heights	LaGrange	Panthers		474	AA/AA	44 LaGrange	1964	none (new school)
West Noble	Ligonier	Chargers		717	AAA/AAA	57 Noble	1967	none (new school)
Westview	Topeka	Warriors		399	AA/-	44 LaGrange	1966	none (new school)

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

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	# / 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

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)
11	Lakeland	1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009*, 2013*
10	Eastside	1988, 1989 (I), 1990 (I), 1991 (I), 1994 (I), 1995 (I)*, 1999 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2004 (I), 2014 (I)
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*
7	Angola	1992 (II), 1993 (II)*, 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2010*
7	Fairfield	1996 (I), 1997 (I)*, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009*, 2013*
6	Garrett	1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 2002 (II)*, 2003 (II), 2004 (II)
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
23	Westview	1973*, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1980*, 1985, 1986*, 1987*, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997*, 1998*, 1999, 2000, 2007*, 2008, 2010*, 2011, 2013, 2014
12	Lakeland	1975, 1978, 1980*, 1986*, 1992*, 2001, 2003*, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2009, 2010*
5	Angola	1996, 1997*, 2002, 2003*, 2006*
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*, 2012
1	Eastside	1983
1	Hamilton	1992*
1	Prairie Heights	1987*
1	Wolf Lake	1968
1	Churubusco	2015

Resources

• IHSAA Conferences
• IHSAA Directory
• E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner Data Catalogue