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Northeast Corner Conference Of Indiana
The Northeast Corner Conference is an 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 wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana (NECC)
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Various indigenous peoples inhabited what would become Indiana for thousands of years, some of whom the U.S. government expelled between 1800 and 1836. Indiana received its name because the state was largely possessed by native tribes even after it was granted statehood. Since then, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble County, Indiana
Noble County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 47,457. The county seat is Albion. The county is divided into 13 townships which provide local services. Noble County comprises the Kendallville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Fort Wayne- Huntington- Auburn, IN Combined Statistical Area. History Noble County's government was organized beginning in 1836. The county was named for a family that was influential in Indiana politics at the time, including the Indiana governor at the time (1831-1837) Noah Noble and his brother, James, who served as the state's first senator after it gained statehood. Noble County's first homesteaders came from New England, known as "Yankees"; people descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the 1600s. They were part of a wave of New Englanders who migrated west to what was then the Northwest Territory during the early 1800s. This migration was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremont, Indiana
Fremont is a town in Fremont Township, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 2,138 at the 2010 census. History Fremont was first settled in 1834 under the name Willow Prairie. It became the Village of Brockville when it was platted in 1837. In 1848, it was renamed to honor John C. Frémont, "the Great Pathfinder", in part because there was already a Brockville in Indiana. A post office was established under the name Brockville in 1837, and was renamed to Fremont in 1848. The post office is currently in operation. In 1914, the first hospital in Steuben County was opened in Fremont by Dr. Wade. Geography Fremont is located at , four miles east of the interchange between Interstate 69 and the Indiana Toll Road (Interstate 80/ 90) on State Road 120. According to the 2010 census, Fremont has a total area of , of which (or 99.55%) is land and (or 0.45%) is water. As an oddity, someone traveling due east from Fremont crosses into Michigan—not into O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremont High School (Indiana)
Fremont High School is a public high school located in Fremont, Indiana, United States. Fremont High School is the high school for the Fremont Community Schools Independent School District Academics Fremont High School currently uses block scheduling, meaning students have four 85 minute classes per day. The school year is divided into 4 quarters, much like American universities. Courses offered meet all of the requirements for Academic Honors Diploma, Technical Honors Diploma, and Core 40 Diploma. The school is able to keep its graduation rate high through Steuben County's Educational Opportunity Center (EOC), an alternative high school, which "meets the needs of discouraged and defeated students" and allows students to graduate with diplomas from their original school district. Fremont HS students are 70% proficient in English and 73% in algebra, generating a college readiness score of 17.5. In the fall of 2009, Fremont High School entered into an agreement with Trine Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern State Conference (IHSAA)
The Northern State Conference is a newly reformed conference that has existed since 1954. The conference went through many changes in membership and ultimately dissolved in 2015 when all of its members left for other conferences. Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, the conference will be reformed with six new schools: Bremen, Jimtown, John Glenn, Knox, LaVille, and Tippecanoe Valley. The earlier NSC lasted from 1954 to 1963, including schools from Carroll, Elkhart, Jasper, Marshall, Newton, St. Joseph, and Starke counties. Jimtown was the only holdover from the earlier conference into the modern one, though Bremen and Knox did join the current version in the 1980s. In 2013, Culver and Knox announced that they would be leaving the conference after the 2014–2015 school year in order to join the Hoosier North Athletic Conference with three schools from the Midwest Conference and Independent North Judson. LaVille and Triton decided to join the HNAC at the same time. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elkhart County, Indiana
Elkhart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. , the county's population was 207,047. The county seat is Goshen. Elkhart County is part of the Elkhart- Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area. It is also considered part of the broader region of Northern Indiana known as Michiana, and is east of South Bend, Indiana, east of Chicago, Illinois, and north of Indianapolis, Indiana. The area is referred to by locals as the recreation vehicle (RV) capital of the world and is known for its sizable Amish and Old Order Mennonite population. History At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the area now within Elkhart County boundaries was mainly inhabited by the Potawatomi tribe. Pioneers began settling in the Elkhart Prairie in 1829 and in April 1830, Elkhart County was officially established with its original county seat in Dunlap. After reorganizing the county borders, the seat wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goshen, Indiana
Goshen ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. It is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Elkhart-Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the South Bend-Elkhart-Mishawaka Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the northern part of Indiana near the Michigan border, in a region known as Michiana. Goshen is located 10 miles southeast of Elkhart, Indiana, Elkhart, 25 miles southeast of South Bend, Indiana, South Bend, 120 miles east of Chicago, and 150 miles north of Indianapolis. The population was 34,517 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city is known as an extremely prominent recreational vehicle and accessories manufacturing center, the home of Goshen College, a small Mennonite liberal arts college, and the Elkhart County 4-H Fair, the largest county fair in the United States. History Before the arrival of white colonists, the land that is today Goshen, Indiana, was populated by Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfield Junior-Senior High School
Fairfield Junior-Senior High School is public secondary school located in Goshen, Indiana, and part of Fairfield Community Schools. It serves about 949 students in grades 7 through 12 coming from New Paris Elementary School, Millersburg Elementary School, and Benton Elementary School. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 2011-2012 enrollment is: *White - 93.4% *Hispanic - 4.4% *Multiracial - 1.1% *Asian/Pacific Islander - 0.6% *Black - 0.3% *Native American - 0.2% *Male - 51.4% *Female - 48.6% Athletics Fairfield's school colors are navy blue and gold. Its athletic teams compete as the Falcons. They are part of the Northeast Corner Conference (NECC). The following IHSAA sports are offered: *Baseball (boys) *Basketball (boys and girls) *Cross Country (boys and girls) *Football (boys) *Golf (boys and girls) *Softball (girls) *Tennis (boys and girls) *Track and field (boys and girls) *Volleyball (girls) *Wrestling (boys) The girls basketball team won the 2023 IHSAA 3A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeKalb County, Indiana
DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 43,265. The county seat is Auburn. History On 7 February 1835, the Indiana State Legislature passed an omnibus bill that authorized the creation of thirteen counties in northeast Indiana on previously unorganized land (including the recent Wabash New Purchase). The organization of the county's government commenced in 1837. It was named for General Johann de Kalb, a Continental Army officer from Bavaria, who was killed at the Battle of Camden in South Carolina. The first settlers in the future DeKalb County were from New England, settling what was then known as the Northwest Territory. These people were "Yankee" migrants, descended from the English Puritans who settled New England in the colonial era. In the 1870s immigrants from Ireland and Germany began arriving in DeKalb County, in large numbers. Geography DeKalb County lies on the east side of Indiana; its east bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler, Indiana
Butler is a city in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,684 at the 2010 census. History Butler was platted in 1856 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was likely named for David Butler, a pioneer. Butler was incorporated as a town in 1866, and as a city in 1903. On July 23, 1966, Butler was one of the end points of a record-setting speed run by a New York Central RDC-3, M-497 Black Beetle, modified with a pair of jet engines, as the rail line between it and Stryker, Ohio, was both straight and flat. The car reached a speed of , an American rail speed record that still stands today. The Downtown Butler Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. Geography Butler is located at . According to the 2010 census, Butler has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 2,684 people, 951 households, and 668 families living in the city. The population density was . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastside Junior-Senior High School
Eastside Junior-Senior High School is a public secondary school located in Butler, Indiana. The school serves students in grades 7 to 12 for the DeKalb County Eastern Community School District. Athletics Eastside is in the Northeast Corner Conference, and is a 2A school. The teams are called the Blazers and the school colors are kelly green and white. The following IHSAA sports are offered at Eastside: *Baseball (boys) *Basketball (boys and girls) *Cross Country (boys and girls) *Football (boys) *Golf (boys) *Soccer (boys) *Softball (girls) **State champions - 1998 **State champions - 2022 *Wrestling (boys) *Volleyball (girls) Extracurricular activities The school also sponsors the following clubs: Spanish, Dekalb voice, amnesty international, junior high art, science and speech clubs. The school is also the sponsor of various musical groups such as: Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Jazz Choir, Junior High Show Choir. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 62 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen County Athletic Conference
The Allen County Athletic Conference (ACAC) is a seven-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) conference. While all of its charter schools are and were located in Allen County, it also has member schools from Adams, Jay, and Wells counties. The ACAC, along with the Porter County Conference, are the only two county conferences left in existence. History The Allen County Athletic Conference began with nine schools in Allen County in 1956. The schools were smaller, rural schools, with the exception of Elmhurst, the sole Fort Wayne school that wasn't included in the Fort Wayne City Series. The conference was hit hard by consolidation, and the nine original schools were down to four by the 1968 season (and two of those were new consolidations). The conference responded by going outside county borders by admitting Norwell (itself a newly consolidated school) in 1967, followed by Adams Central, Churubusco, and Eastside in 1968. The rebooted conference now expanded wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
