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The Northeast Corner Conference is a twelve-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-sanctioned conference based in Northeast Indiana.{{Cite web |title=Northeast Corner Conference |url=http://neccsports.weebly.com/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Northeast Corner Conference}} Its schools are located within DeKalb, Elkhart, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, and Whitley counties.{{Cite web |title=NECC-Northeast Corner Conference |url=https://www.northeastcornerconference.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5button=7 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.northeastcornerconference.org}}{{Cite web |title=Around the NorthEast Corner |url=https://aroundthenortheastcorner.wordpress.com/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Around the NorthEast Corner |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=All-NECC |url=https://outsidethehuddle.net/tag/all-necc/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=outsidethehuddle.net |language=en-US}}

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! Location

! Mascot

! Colors

! Enrollment [https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Basketball%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf]
24-25

! IHSAA Class
BB/FB

! # / County

! Year joined

! Previous conference

Angola

| Angola

| Hornets

| {{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 741

| 3A/3A

| 76
Steuben

| 1989

| Northeastern Indiana

Central
Noble

| Albion

| Cougars

| {{color box|brown|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 385

| 2A/2A

| 57
Noble

| 1968

| none (new school)

Churubusco

| Churubusco

| Eagles

| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 378

| 2A/2A

| 92
Whitley

| 1989

| Allen County

Eastside

| Butler

| Blazer

| {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 384

| 2A/2A

| 17
DeKalb

| 1983

| Allen County

Fairfield

| Goshen

| Falcons

| {{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 570

| 3A/3A

| 20
Elkhart

| 1980

| Northern State

Fremont1

| Fremont

| Eagles

| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 283

| 1A/1A

| 76
Steuben

| 1964

| Steuben County

Garrett2

| Garrett

| Railroaders

| {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 556

| 3A/3A

| 17
DeKalb

| 1981
2014

| Northeastern Indiana
Allen County

Lakeland

| LaGrange

| Lakers

| {{color box|lightblue|border=silver}} {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 540

| 2A/3A

| 44
LaGrange

| 1973

| Independents

Prairie
Heights

| LaGrange

| Panthers

| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 421

| 2A/2A

| 44
LaGrange

| 1964

| none (new school)

West
Noble

| Ligonier

| Chargers

| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 718

| 3A/3A

| 57
Noble

| 1967

| none (new school)

Westview

| Topeka

| Warriors

| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 343

| 2A/N/A

| 44
LaGrange

| 1966

| none (new school)

  1. Fremont was concurrent members of the Bi-County and State Corner conferences from 1964 to 1967.
  2. Garrett was a member of the Allen County Athletic Conference from 2005 to 2014.

Former members

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! Location

! Mascot

! Colors

! # / County

! Year joined

! Previous conference

! Year left

! Conference joined

Shipshewanna-Scott

| Shipshewanna

| Indians

| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 44
LaGrange

| 1964

| LaGrange County

| 1966

| none (consolidated
into Westview)

Topeka

| Topeka

| Bears

| {{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 44
LaGrange

| 1964

| LaGrange County

| 1966

| none (consolidated
into Westview)

Albion

| Albion

| Trojans

| {{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 57
Noble

| 1966

| Noble County

| 1968

| none (consolidated into
Central Noble)

Cromwell

| Cromwell

| Spartans

| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 57
Noble

| 1966

| Noble County

| 1967

| none (consolidated
into West Noble)

Howe Military

| Howe

| Cadets

| {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 44
La Grange

| 1966

| Independents

| 1980

| Independents
(MLC 1984)

Ligonier

| Ligonier

| Red Raiders

| {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 57
Noble

| 1966

| Noble County

| 1967

| none (consolidated
into West Noble)

Wawaka

| Wawaka

| Chargers

| {{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 57
Noble

| 1966

| Noble County

| 1967

| none (consolidated
into West Noble)

Wolf Lake

| Wolf Lake

| Wolves

| {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 57
Noble

| 1966

| Noble County

| 1968

| none (consolidated into
Central Noble)

Hamilton

| Hamilton

| Marines

| {{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}

| 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).

class="wikitable" style=
colspan="6" | 1989-2005

!colspan="6" | 2014-

colspan="3" | I

!colspan="3" | II

!colspan="3" | I

!colspan="3" | II

colspan="3" | Central Noble

|colspan="3" | Angola

|colspan="3" | Central Noble

|colspan="3" | Angola

colspan="3" | Churubusco

|colspan="3" | Garrett

|colspan="3" | Churubusco

|colspan="3" | Fairfield

colspan="3" | Eastside

|colspan="3" | Lakeland

|colspan="3" | Eastside

|colspan="3" | Garrett

colspan="3" | Fairfield

|colspan="3" | Prairie Heights

|colspan="3" | Fremont

|colspan="3" | Lakeland

colspan="3" | Fremont

|colspan="3" | West Noble

|colspan="3" | Prairie Heights

|colspan="3" | West Noble

Conference champions

(Note) These are LEAGUE champs from 1966–present

= Football =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
16West Noble1968*, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985*, 1989 (II), 1999 (II), 2000 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2005, 2014 (II),2019(II) ,2023(II)
18Eastside1988, 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)
11Lakeland1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009*, 2013*
10Churubusco1992 (I), 1993 (I), 1995 (I)*, 2002 (I)*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2017* (I), 2018 (I)
10Angola1992 (II), 1993 (II)*, 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2010*, 2017 (II), 2018 (II) , 2022 (II)
8Garrett1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 2002 (II)*, 2003 (II), 2004 (II), 2015 (II)*, 2016 (II)
, 2024 (II)

| 8

Prairie Heights1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1976, 1977, 1985*
9Fairfield1996 (I), 1997 (I)*, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013*, 2015* (II), 2020 (II),2021(II)
6Central Noble1980, 2000 (I), 2001 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2003 (I), 2017* (I)
4Fremont1968*, 1987, 1997 (I)*, 1998 (I)
1Hamilton1973*
0Howe

Howe (then Howe Military) left in 1980. Hamilton dropped football in 1986.

= Boys basketball =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
29Westview1973*, 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*
12Lakeland1975, 1978, 1980*, 1986*, 1992*, 2001, 2003*, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2009, 2010*
7Fairfield1981, 1982, 1995, 1998*, 2007*, 2018*
6Angola1996, 1997*, 2002, 2003*, 2006*, 2016
5West Noble1969*, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1986*
5Central Noble1970, 1974, 1977*, 1998*, 2021*
4Garrett1984, 1986*, 2003*, 2004*
2Fremont1992*, 2011
2Eastside1983, 2017*
2Prairie Heights1987*, 2013*
2Hamilton1969*,1992*
2Wolf Lake1967, 1968
2Churubusco2015, 2020*

= Girls basketball =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
13Prairie Heights1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1995*, 1996, 1997
9Angola2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010*, 2012, 2017, 2020
9Westview1976, 1977, 2005*, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
7Lakeland1980*, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995*,1998
5Garrett1994,1999, 2004, 2005*, 2021
3Fairfield2010*, 2011, 2018
2West Noble1978, 2009
1Hamilton1980*
1Eastside1992*
1Central Noble2019
0Churubusco
0Fremont

= Boys Baseball =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
11Westview1970*, 1977*, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984*, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2016*, 2017
10Churubusco1992*, 1993, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005*, 2014, 2015, 2016*
7Angola1997, 2004, 2007*, 2012*, 2013, 2016*, 2018*
7Hamilton1968*, 1974, 1979, 1984*, 1986, 1994*, 2000*
6Eastside1985, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 2016*, 2019
6Lakeland1975, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1998, 2018*
6Fairfield1996, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012*
6West Noble1967, 1968*, 1980, 1994*, 1995, 1999
5Prairie Heights1969, 1970*, 1971, 1972, 1973
4Garrett1987, 1988, 1991*
2Central Noble1998, 2005*
1Fremont1992*

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

= Softball =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
14Eastside1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016
8Garrett1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999
5Angola2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015
3Churubusco1996, 2004, 2006
2Central Noble2017, 2018
1Lakeland2012
1Fairfield2007
1Prairie Heights2005
1Fremont2019
0West Noble
0Hamilton
0Westview

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

= Volleyball =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
14Fairfield1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
7Angola1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019
6Prairie Heights1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005
6Westview1978, 1980, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2015
6West Noble1984, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2016
5Fremont1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1995
5Lakeland1978, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2020
3Garrett1992, 1993, 2015
1Central Noble2004
1Eastside1983
0Churubusco
0Hamilton

= Boys Tennis =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
17Fairfield1980, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
10Westview1991, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020
7Lakeland1979*, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996*
6Angola1989, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017
4West Noble1983, 1984, 1995*, 1996*
1Howe Military1979*
1Central Noble1979*
0Churubusco
0Prairie Heights
0Fremont
0Hamilton
0Eastside
0Garrett

= Girls Tennis =

class="wikitable"
Titles || School || Years
21Fairfield1991, 1993*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
6Westview1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017
4West Noble1988, 1989, 1990, 2019*
2Angola1987, 2019*
1Lakeland1992
1Central Noble1993*
1Eastside1986
0Churubusco
0Prairie Heights
0Fremont
0Hamilton
0Garrett

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

Wrestling

West noble 2006, 2007

External links

Resources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081013165447/http://www.ihsaa.org/school_rosters_frame.htm IHSAA Conferences]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080624194937/http://www.ihsaa.org/school-directory/SchoolDirectory2.pdf IHSAA Directory]
  • [http://etpearl.homestead.com/catalogue.html E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner Data Catalogue]

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