The Eastern Wabash Valley Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in Northeast Indiana. The league started in 1959, as five schools broke away from the Eastern Indiana Conference and joined with Wells County Conference member Ossian. This lineup lasted only three years, as Berne would return to the EIC in 1962. The remaining five schools stuck together until 1966, as Geneva high school closed. Lancaster Central, Monmouth, and Ossian were all slated to close that next year, so the remaining four schools went their separate ways. Adams Central (already an Allen County Athletic Conference member) would be joined by Ossian (holding the place for the new Norwell consolidation) in the ACAC, while Lancaster and Monmouth would play out their last season by returning to the EIC.
Membership School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Adams Central1 Monroe Flying Jets 01 Adams 1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Allen County Berne Berne Bears 01 Adams 1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1962 Eastern Indiana (EIC) Geneva Geneva Cardinals 01 Adams 1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 none (consolidatedinto South Adams) Lancaster Central2 Ossian Knights 90 Wells 1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Eastern Indiana (EIC) Monmouth Monmouth Eagles 01 Adams 1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Eastern Indiana (EIC) Ossian Ossian Bears 90 Wells 1959 Wells County 1966 Allen County
Adams Central played in both the EWVC and ACAC for the 1965–66 school year. Lancaster Central played concurrently in the EWVC and WCC for their entire EWVC duration. Both conferences folded in 1966.
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