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Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private
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s in the State of
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. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as classes, are intended to foster fair competition among schools of similar sizes. A school ranked 3A is larger than a school ranked 1A, but not as large as a 5A-ranked school. Only football has 5 classes. Boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball are divided into four classes. Boys and girls soccer will be divided into two classes for the first time for the 2011-12 school year. All other sports compete in a single class.
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The
Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private
high schoolHigh school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s in the State of
IndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as classes, are intended to foster fair competition among schools of similar sizes. A school ranked 3A is larger than a school ranked 1A, but not as large as a 5A-ranked school. Only football has 5 classes. Boys basketball, girls basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball are divided into four classes. Boys and girls soccer will be divided into two classes for the first time for the 2011-12 school year. All other sports compete in a single class.
Structure
See also: Indiana High School Athletic Conferences Page 1, 2, 3, or IHSAA Conference-Independent Schools
The IHSAA is divided into three board of director districts: Northern, Central, and Southern. For the State Tournament, there are two divisions. The Northern District is composed of 21 of Indiana's Counties consisting the northern third of Indiana. The Southern District is composed of the remaining 71 counties and includes all of the
Indianapolis AreaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
except Madison County. It is from these two districts, the top two teams meet at the state finals usually held in or around
Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. In the regular season, most of the member schools' sports activities are governed by one, sometimes two or three of Indiana's 51 Athletic Conferences.
Athletic conferences
- Allen County
The Allen County Athletic Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association conference. Although its name implies that it is only in Allen County, it involves schools from Adams, De Kalb, and Wells counties as well....
- Big Eight
The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference currently comprising seven IHSAA Class AAA high schools located in Southwestern Indiana with one IHSA Class AAA member in Southern Illinois...
- Blue Chip
The Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, USA. The conference's nine members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties.-Member schools:...
- Central Indiana Athletic
Central Indiana Athletic Conference is an eight-member IHSAA Conference spanning Blackford, Grant, and Madison Counties.-Membership:-Sponsored Sports:-Alexandria Monroe Tigers:1998 Boys 2A State Basketball Champions...
- Conference Indiana
Conference Indiana is an athletic conference within the Indiana High School Athletic Association. CI is one four Indiana high school athletic conferences comprised exclusively of Footall Class 5A enrollment schools...
- Duneland Athletic
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...
- Eastern Indiana Athletic
A six-member IHSAA-sanctioned Conference located within Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, and Ripley Counties. The 2013-14 school year will welcome two new members, as Rushville and Connersville join.- Membership :...
- Great Lakes Athletic
A four-member IHSAA-sanctioned conference located entirely within Lake County. In fact all members are in the city of Hammond. The conference is among the youngest in the state, created in 2007 following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic Conference and after failing to find acceptance in another...
- Greater South Shore Athletic
The Greater South Shore Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association athletic conference spanning Lake, La Porte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana. A ninth member, South Central participates only in football, otherwise participating in the Porter County...
- Hoosier Athletic
A seven-member IHSAA-Sanctioned conference located within Benton, Carroll, Jasper, Hamilton, Tippecanoe, Tipton and White Counties. Sheridan, the conference's Hamilton County representative, will leave for the Hoosier Heartland Conference after the 2011-2012 school year.- Membership :-State...
- Hoosier Crossroads
The Hoosier Crossroads Conference is a member conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Teams first competed in the conference in the 2000-2001 school year...
- Hoosier Heartland
The Hoosier Heartland Conference is an IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference in North Central Indiana. It comprises mainly single A schools. Carroll and Clinton Central are currently 2A...
- Hoosier Heritage
The Hoosier Heritage Conference is an athletic and extra/co-curricular activity conference of Indiana high schools. The conference formed in 1995.-Current Members:-Former Members:...
- Hoosier Hills
An Eight-Member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference comprising large 4A and 5A -sized schools in Bartholomew, Clark, Floyd, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, and Lawrence Counties in South Central and Southeast Indiana...
- Indiana Crossroads
The Indiana Crossroads Conference is a seven-school conference, with schools located in Marion and Madison counties.-Membership:-State championships:Beech Grove Hornets *2003 Girls Basketball Cardinal Ritter Raiders ...
- Indianapolis Public
The Indianapolis Public School Conference is an athletic conference consisting of all of the high schools in the Indianapolis Public Schools district except for Crispus Attucks High School and Shortridge High School. These schools play in the Pioneer Conference...
- Metropolitan Interscholastic
The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference or MIC is an interscholastic secondary high school athletic conference based in Central and West Central Indiana...
- Mid-Eastern
-Current members:-Former members:*Frankton High School: Eagles*Northeastern High School: Knights-Sports:* Boy's Basketball* Girls's Basketball* Boy's Track and Field* Girls Track and Field* Boy's Cross Country* Girl's Cross Country* Girl's Volleyball...
- Mid-Hoosier
A Nine-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, and Shelby Counties in Central Indiana.-Membership:-State Champions:- Resources :* *...
- Mid-Indiana
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...
- Mid-Indiana Football
Mid-Indiana Football Conference is a six member Indiana High School Athletic Association sanctioned Conference. Although there is another Mid-Indiana Conference, this Conference is a football only conference that comprises only schools playing in other conferences that do not play football - or...
- Midland
The Midland Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in North Central and Northeast Indiana. A hiatus between 1981 and 1984 notwithstanding, the conference stayed between four and six members through its lifetime...
- Mid-Southern
A ten-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Southern Indiana counties of Clark, Harrison, Jackson, Scott, and Washington.-Membership:- Resources :* *...
- Mid-State
Mid-State Conference is a sports conference in central Indiana state, USA. Its members consist of schools in Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, and Morgan Counties.- Membership :- Resources :* *...
- Midwest Athletic
The Midwest Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in northwestern Indiana, USA. The conferences members are small high schools located in Cass, Fulton, Newton, Pulaski, and White counties.-Membership:...
- North Central Athletic
- Northeast Corner
A eleven-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northeastern Indiana counties of DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, and Whitley. The schools range between A to 3A and 4A in football.-Membership:- Resources :* *...
- Northeast Hoosier
An eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northeastern Indiana counties of Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Wells, and Whitley. The conference was started in 1989 when six schools from the Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference joined with two schools from the Allen County...
- Northern Indiana Athletic
- Northern Lakes
An IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Marshall Counties.-History:With schools across Northern Indiana reorganizing and consolidating in the 1960’s, the need to develop friendly interscholastic competition initiated early conversations concerning forming a new...
- Northern State
An eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northern Indiana counties of Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke Some Schools draw students from Fulton, Kosciusko and Pulaski counties.-Membership:- Resources :* *...
- Northland
The Northland Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference in Northern Indiana. The conference formed in 1998 with six schools, and disbanded in 2008, after two schools left to join the Greater South Shore Conference.-History:...
- Northwest Crossroads
The Northwest Crossroads Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference. Six of the seven institutions are in Lake County, while the seventh, Kankakee Valley, is in neighboring Jasper County. This conference was created in 2007, following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic...
- Northwestern
A three-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference involving schools from Gary, Indiana.-History:The conference was formed in 1963, after the West Division of the Northern Indiana Conference split...
- Ohio River Valley
An IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland counties.-Membership:- Resources :* *...
- Patoka Lake
The Patoka Lake Conference is a high school athletic conference in southern Indiana. The conferences members are small high schools located in Crawford, Lawrence, Orange, Perry, and Washington counties...
- Pocket Athletic
The Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A...
- Porter County
The Porter County Conference is an athletic conference made up of eight Indiana high schools. Five of the eight schools are within Porter County, Indiana...
- Sagamore
Sagamore Conference is an eight member IHSAA sanctioned athletic conference comprising 3A and 4A sized schools in Clinton, Boone, Hendricks, and Montgomery Counties in Central Indiana.-Membership:- External links :* * *...
- Southern Athletic
A Six-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Clark Harrison and Jackson Counties in Central Indiana.- Membership :- Resources :* *...
- Southern Indiana Athletic
The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference based in Evansville, Indiana. Five of the conferences eight schools; Bosse, Central, Harrison, North, and Reitz; comprise the public Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation...
- Southwest Indiana
A nine-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Clay Daviess Greene and Sullivan Counties in Southwest and West Central Indiana. North Central joined in 2010 with the folding of the Tri-River Conference...
- Southwest Seven Football
An Eight-Member IHSAA Conference currently spanning Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, and Sullivan Counties in Southwest and West Central Indiana. It was founded in 2004, by several teams in southwestern Indiana whose regular conferences do not play the sport. It is a football-only conference...
- Summit Athletic
The SAC is a high school athletic conference consisting of the eight high schools located area of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Three of the schools are private, one being a Lutheran academy, and the other two being Catholic preparatories. The rest are public schools, being part of Fort Wayne Community...
- Three Rivers
The Three Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in northeast Indiana, consisting of schools in Fulton, Kosciusko, Miami, Wabash, and Whitley counties.-History:...
- Tri-Eastern
The Tri-Eastern Conference is n eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference formed by five schools in 1962. The current eight teams are located in the counties of Henry, Randolph, Union, and Wayne.-History:...
- Tri-River
The Tri-River Conference, established around 1965, is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Clay, Greene, Morgan, and Sullivan counties in Indiana. It is named for the southern Eel, White, and Wabash rivers which flow through the territory of the conference...
- Wabash River
Wabash River Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association -sanctioned conference located within Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, and Warren Counties in West Central Indiana. All of the participating schools are either 1A or small 2A institutions in rural counties.- Resources...
- West Central
A six-member IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Hendricks, Morgan, and Putnam Counties in West Central Indiana. Of the seven schools, four are in a rural county, Putnam, and the remaining three are in two Indianapolis area suburban counties .-Membership:-Former Members:* Danville and...
- Western Indiana
The Western Indiana Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned conference in seven different counties in South Central and West Central Indiana. The conference formed in 1998, and the only changes in membership were in football, where South Vermillion played independently for the 2007 and 2008...
- IHSAA Independents
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