Mississinewa High School
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| name = Mississinewa High School
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| streetaddress = One Indian Trail
| city = Gas City
| state = Indiana
| county = Grant County
| zipcode = 46933
| country = United States
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| district = Mississinewa Community School Corporation
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| superintendent = Lezlie Winter
| principal = Rachel Roesch
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| conference = Central Indiana Conference
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| nickname = Indians
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| enrollment = 790 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1806870&ID=180687001189|title=Mississinewa High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 14, 2025}}
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| homepage = [https://www.olemiss.k12.in.us/Domain/8/ School website]
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Mississinewa High School is a high school in Gas City, Indiana, with more than 800 students. The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is "Mississinewa Indians".{{Cite web|title=Mississinewa Community Schools / Homepage|url=http://http/%3A%2F%2Fwww.olemiss.k12.in.us%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FPageID%3D1|access-date=2021-03-01|website=http|language=en}} This school is a part of the Mississinewa Community School Corporation, or MCSC, which also features Westview Elementary School, Northview Elementary School, and R.J. Baskett Middle School.
Athletic Conference and History
This school is a part of the Central Indiana Conference (CIC), which it has been since 1979. Prior to 1979 it was a part of numerous athletic conferences. The Grant County Conference from the school's founding in 1948 until 1965. The school joined the Mississinewa Valley Conference in 1952, concurrently playing in both until it left the GCC in 1965. It continued in the MVC until 1975, moving to the Classic Athletic Conference where it remained until 1979. It currently has an IHSAA Class of AAAA for the sport of Football.
Notable alumni
- Ron Horn - NBA forward{{cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hornro01.html|title=Ron Horn|work=Basketball-Reference.com|accessdate=21 January 2015}}
- Herb McPherson - NBA draft pick San Diego Rockets, ABA draft pick Oakland Oaks{{Cite web|url=http://grantcountysportshalloffame.org/inductee/herb-mcpherson/43|title = Grant County Sports Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/herb-mcpherson-1.html|title = Herb McPherson College Stats}}
See also
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External links
- [http://www.olemiss.k12.in.us/ Mississinewa Community Schools]
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Category:Public high schools in Indiana
Category:Schools in Grant County, Indiana
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