The Northeast Corner Conference is a 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).

On January 16, 2024, it was announced that Hamilton Community High School, a founding member of the Northeast Corner Conference, would be joining the Hoosier Plains Conference in the fall of 2024.

Membership School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment 24–25 IHSAA ClassBB/FB # / County Year joined Previous conference Angola Angola Hornets 741 3A/3A 76 Steuben 1989 Northeastern Indiana Central Noble Albion Cougars 385 2A/2A 57 Noble 1968 none (new school) Churubusco Churubusco Eagles 378 2A/2A 92 Whitley 1989 Allen County Eastside Butler Blazer 384 2A/2A 17 DeKalb 1983 Allen County Fairfield Goshen Falcons 570 3A/3A 20 Elkhart 1980 Northern State Fremont1 Fremont Eagles 283 1A/1A 76 Steuben 1964 Steuben County Garrett2 Garrett Railroaders 556 3A/3A 17 DeKalb 19812014 Northeastern IndianaAllen County Lakeland LaGrange Lakers 540 2A/3A 44 LaGrange 1973 Independents Prairie Heights LaGrange Panthers 421 2A/2A 44 LaGrange 1964 none (new school) West Noble Ligonier Chargers 718 3A/3A 57 Noble 1967 none (new school) Westview Topeka Warriors 343 2A/N/A 44 LaGrange 1966 none (new school)

Fremont was 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 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) Hamilton Hamilton Marines 76 Steuben 1964 Steuben County 2023 Hoosier Plains Conference

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– I II I II 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 16 West Noble 1968*, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985*, 1989 (II), 1999 (II), 2000 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2005, 2014 (II), 2019(II), 2023(II) 18 Eastside 1988, 1989 (I), 1990 (I), 1991 (I), 1994 (I), 1995 (I)*, 1999 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2004 (I), 2014 (I), 2015 (I), 2016 (I), 2017* (I), 2019 (I), 2020 (I), 2021(I), 2022(I), 2023(I) 11 Lakeland 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009*, 2013* 10 Churubusco 1992 (I), 1993 (I), 1995 (I)*, 2002 (I)*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2017* (I), 2018 (I) 10 Angola 1992 (II), 1993 (II)*, 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2010*, 2017 (II), 2018 (II), 2022 (II) 8 Garrett 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 2002 (II)*, 2003 (II), 2004 (II), 2015 (II)*, 2016 (II) 8 Prairie Heights 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1976, 1977, 1985* 9 Fairfield 1996 (I), 1997 (I)*, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013*, 2015* (II), 2020 (II), 2021(II) 6 Central Noble 1980, 2000 (I), 2001 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2003 (I), 2017* (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 29 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, 2017*, 2018*, 2019, 2020*, 2021* 12 Lakeland 1975, 1978, 1980*, 1986*, 1992*, 2001, 2003*, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2009, 2010* 7 Fairfield 1981, 1982, 1995, 1998*, 2007*, 2018* 6 Angola 1996, 1997*, 2002, 2003*, 2006*, 2016 5 West Noble 1969*, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1986* 5 Central Noble 1970, 1974, 1977*, 1998*, 2021* 4 Garrett 1984, 1986*, 2003*, 2004* 2 Fremont 1992*, 2011 2 Eastside 1983, 2017* 2 Prairie Heights 1987*, 2013* 2 Hamilton 1969*,1992* 2 Wolf Lake 1967, 1968 2 Churubusco 2015, 2020*

Girls basketball Titles School Years 13 Prairie Heights 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1995*, 1996, 1997 9 Angola 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010*, 2012, 2017, 2020 9 Westview 1976, 1977, 2005*, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 7 Lakeland 1980*, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995*,1998 5 Garrett 1994,1999, 2004, 2005*, 2021 3 Fairfield 2010*, 2011, 2018 2 West Noble 1978, 2009 1 Hamilton 1980* 1 Eastside 1992* 1 Central Noble 2019 0 Churubusco 0 Fremont

Boys Baseball Titles School Years 11 Westview 1970*, 1977*, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984*, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2016*, 2017 10 Churubusco 1992*, 1993, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005*, 2014, 2015, 2016* 7 Angola 1997, 2004, 2007*, 2012*, 2013, 2016*, 2018* 7 Hamilton 1968*, 1974, 1979, 1984*, 1986, 1994*, 2000* 6 Eastside 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 2016*, 2019 6 Lakeland 1975, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1998, 2018* 6 Fairfield 1996, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012* 6 West Noble 1967, 1968*, 1980, 1994*, 1995, 1999 5 Prairie Heights 1969, 1970*, 1971, 1972, 1973 4 Garrett 1987, 1988, 1991* 2 Central Noble 1998, 2005* 1 Fremont 1992*

No champion was crowned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Softball Titles School Years 14 Eastside 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016 8 Garrett 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999 5 Angola 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 3 Churubusco 1996, 2004, 2006 2 Central Noble 2017, 2018 1 Lakeland 2012 1 Fairfield 2007 1 Prairie Heights 2005 1 Fremont 2019 0 West Noble 0 Hamilton 0 Westview

No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Volleyball Titles School Years 14 Fairfield 1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 7 Angola 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 6 Prairie Heights 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005 6 Westview 1978, 1980, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2015 6 West Noble 1984, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2016 5 Fremont 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1995 5 Lakeland 1978, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2020 3 Garrett 1992, 1993, 2015 1 Central Noble 2004 1 Eastside 1983 0 Churubusco 0 Hamilton

Boys Tennis Titles School Years 17 Fairfield 1980, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 10 Westview 1991, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020 7 Lakeland 1979*, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996* 6 Angola 1989, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 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 21 Fairfield 1991, 1993*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 6 Westview 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017 4 West Noble 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019* 2 Angola 1987, 2019* 1 Lakeland 1992 1 Central Noble 1993* 1 Eastside 1986 0 Churubusco 0 Prairie Heights 0 Fremont 0 Hamilton 0 Garrett

No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

Wrestling West noble 2006, 2007

External links

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

References