The Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) is an American eight-member IHSAA-sanctioned high school athletic conference. Current members consist of Batesville, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Rushville, and South Dearborn. All eight member schools are located in rural southeast Indiana, spread across Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, and Rush counties. The EIAC was founded in 1956 when Brookville, Cambridge City, and Hagerstown of the East Central Conference joined with Aurora, Batesville, and Lawrenceburg of the Southeastern Indiana Conference. Batesville and Lawrenceburg are the only two of the original six founding schools that haven't consolidated or left the conference. North Dearborn joined the conference in 1962, which eventually consolidated into East Central in 1973. In 1974, Greensburg parted ways with the South Central Conference to join the EIAC. Aurora consolidated into South Dearborn in 1978 and Brookville consolidated into Franklin County in 1989. With the exception of 1962–66, 1973–74, 1977–85 (7 members), and 1974–77 (8 members), the conference had been a six-member league until 2013 when Connersville and Rushville joined.
This conference should not be confused with the Eastern Indiana Conference, a small-school conference in Northeast Indiana that existed from 1953 to 1975.
Membership School City Team name Colors Enrollment 24–25 IHSAA Class IHSAA Class Football County Year joined Previous conference Batesville Batesville Bulldogs 670 3A 3A 69 Ripley 1956 Southeastern Indiana Connersville Connersville Spartans 930 3A 4A 21 Fayette 2013 Independents(Olympic 2010) East Central St. Leon Trojans 1241 4A 5A 15 Dearborn 1973 none (new school) Franklin County Brookville Wildcats 650 3A 3A 24 Franklin 1989 none (new school) Greensburg Greensburg Pirates 662 3A 3A 16 Decatur 1974 South Central Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg Tigers 726 3A 3A 15 Dearborn 1956 Southeastern Indiana Rushville Rushville Lions 645 3A 3A 70 Rush 2013 Hoosier Heritage South Dearborn Aurora Knights 645 3A 3A 15 Dearborn 1978 none (new school)
Football divisions In football, two divisions were implemented starting in 2013. Large Small Connersville Batesville East Central Greensburg Franklin County South Dearborn Lawrenceburg Rushville
Former members School City Team name Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Aurora Aurora Red Devils 15 Dearborn 1956 Southeastern Indiana 1978 none (consolidated into South Dearborn) Brookville Brookville Greyhounds 24 Franklin 1956 1973 East Central Tri-Eastern 1966 1989 Tri-Eastern none (consolidated into Franklin County) Cambridge City Cambridge City Golden Eagles 89 Wayne 1956 East Central 1962 Tri-Eastern Hagerstown Hagerstown Tigers 89 Wayne 1956 East Central 1962 Mississinewa Valley Milan Milan Indians 69 Ripley 1962 Ohio River Valley 1985 Ohio River Valley North Dearborn Guilford Vikings 15 Dearborn 1962 Independents (newschool 1958) 1973 none (consolidated into East Central) Jennings County1 North Vernon Panthers 2 40 Jennings 1962 Independents(SE IN 1958) 1973 Hoosier Hills Conference South Decatur Greensburg Cougars 16 Decatur 1973 Mid-Hoosier 1977 Mid-Hoosier
Was North Vernon before 1968, played concurrently in EIAC and HHC 1972–73. Colors were light blue and white until 1968.
Conference championships
Football # Team Seasons 32 East Central 1973*, 1982*, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998*, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018 (4A), 2019 (4A), 2020 (4A), 2021 (4A), 2022 (4A), 2023 (4A), 2024 (4A) 27 Lawrenceburg 1957, 1962*, 1963, 1967*, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984,1985, 1986, 1987*, 1988, 1992, 1998*, 2014 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2019 (3A), 2020 (3A), 2021 (3A), 2025 (3A) 10 Batesville 1956, 1965, 1973*, 1983*, 2002*, 2009, 2013 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2018 (3A), 2023 (3A) 6 Franklin County 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 1999, 2002* 6 Aurora 1960*, 1962*, 1964, 1966, 1967* 4 Brookville 1958, 1959, 1960*, 1977 4 South Dearborn 1982*, 1983*, 1996, 2022 (3A) 1 Hagerstown 1961 1 Jennings County 1969 1 Milan 1968 1 Rushville 2024 (3A) 0 Cambridge City 0 Connersville 0 Greensburg 0 North Dearborn 0 North Vernon 0 South Decatur
Boys basketball # Team Seasons 14 Batesville 1963, 1971, 1975*, 1977, 1978, 1979*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003*, 2006, 2007*, 2008 12 Greensburg 1975*, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2003*, 2005*, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019 9 East Central 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2011 6 Lawrenceburg 1960, 1961, 1969*, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1992*, 2000*, 2009 4 Connersville 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 4 South Dearborn 1979*, 1985*, 1991, 1992* 2 Aurora 1957, 1975* 2 Brookville 1958, 1962 2 Jennings County 1972, 1973 2 North Dearborn 1968*, 1969* 2 North Vernon 1967, 1968* 1 Cambridge City 1959 0 Franklin County 0 Hagerstown 0 Milan 0 Rushville 0 South Decatur
Champions 1963–66, 1969–70, 1973–74, 1975–76, and 1980–88 (except SD 1984–85) unverified.
Girls basketball # Team Seasons 13 Franklin County 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012* 8 East Central 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012*, 2013, 2015, 2019 4 Greensburg 2009*, 2016, 2018, 2020 2 Rushville 2014, 2017 1 Batesville 2009* 0 Connersville 0 Lawrenceburg 1980, 1981, 1982 0 South Dearborn
Champions between beginning of competition in sport until 1991, and 1992-95 are unverified.
State champions
Batesville Bulldogs (6) 1992 Mike Daily, Wrestling (Wt. 119) 2007 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump) 2008 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump) 2009 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump) 2010 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump) 2011 Chris Giesting, Track & Field (400 Meter Dash)
Connersville Spartans (2) 1972 Boys Basketball 1983 Boys Basketball
East Central Trojans (5) 1994 Football (4A) 2017 Football (4A) 2022 Football (4A) 2023 Football (4A) 2020 Wrestling Runner Up - Bryer Hall (152 pounds) 2021 Wrestling Champion - Bryer Hall (170 pounds) 2021 IHSWCA 3A Team State Wrestling Champions
Greensburg Pirates (2) 2013 Boys Basketball (3A) 2014 Boys Basketball (3A) 2018 Girls Basketball Runner up (3A)
Lawrenceburg Tigers (8) 1963 Denver Kennett, Track & Field (High Jump) 1975 Football (A) 1978 Football (A) 1986 Chris Green, Track & Field (400 Meter Dash) 2016-2017-2018 - Mason Parris, Wrestling (220 Pounds) 2024 Girls' soccer 2024 Seth Graham, JV Wrestling (285 pounds) ihsaa.org
Resources IHSAA Conferences IHSAA Directory IHSAA State Champions IHSAA Classification IHSAA Football Classification
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