The Northern Indiana Conference (NIC) is a high school athletic conference that was founded in 1927 and spanned from as far west as Hammond and Gary to South Bend/Mishawaka and Elkhart to the east and south to Plymouth. Since its start in 1927, a total of 32 separate schools have at one time called the NIC home. From its inception until 1963, the conference had been divided into East and West divisions. The West Division (as well as Valparaiso) left to form the Northwestern Conference in 1963. With membership dwindling to 7 members by the 1970s, the conference added former members of the Northern Indiana Valley Conference to its ranks. Currently, every former NIVC member is now a part of the NIC except for South Bend Jackson, which closed in 1973, and South Bend LaSalle, which joined the NIC in 1977, but closed in 2001.

History

Like the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, the NIAC was also a superconference that spanned several counties, and a lot of driving miles, for a period between 1940 and 1965. Throughout the 1970s the membership dwindled as many schools left to form new conferences. From 1995 to 2015 the two conferences share the same setup with 7 or 8 schools in one county, 8 in this case from St. Joseph County and 1 from an adjacent county, Elkhart in this case. This will change in 2015, as four schools from the folding Northern State Conference will join, making a 13 school conference. This will also expand the conference footprint into two counties formerly represented in the NIAC: LaPorte (last represented in 1995) and

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(last represented in 1930). 2020 will bring more change, as Elkhart Central merges with former member Elkhart Memorial to form Elkhart high school, and Mishawaka leaves for the Northern Lakes Conference, taking Memorial's spot in that league.

Current members

# Elkhart was known as Elkhart Central between 1972-2020. In 2020, Elkhart Central consolidated with Elkhart Memorial. # Played concurrently in NIC and NIVC 1974-78. # South Bend St. Joseph was known as South Bend St. Joseph's until 2012.

Former members

# East Chicago Washington was known as East Chicago until 1928. # Michigan City Elston was known as Michigan City until 1972. # South Bend Central was known as South Bend until 1930. # Played concurrently in the NIC and FWCS their entire membership in the NIC. # Played concurrently in the NIC and NLC 1999-2000. # Played concurrently in the NIC and NIVC 1976-78.

Membership timeline

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Mishawaka Mishawaka is a city on the St. Joseph River, in Penn Township, St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 51,063 as of the 2020 census. Its nickname is "the Princess City". Mishawaka is a principal city of the South Be ...

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South Bend South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total of 103,453 residents and is the fourt ...

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Rivalries

Main rivalries: *Riley Wildcats vs. Penn Kingsmen *Clay Colonials vs. Washington Panthers *Penn Kingsmen vs. Mishawaka Cavemen* (''often called "The Backyard Brawl"'') *St. Joseph Indians vs. Marian Knights (''often called "The Holy War"'') *Riley Wildcats vs. Adams Eagles *New Prairie Cougars vs. La Porte* Slicers *Bremen Lions vs. Jimtown Jimmies (Rivalry published in November 1994 issue of ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine "Unrivaled Rivalries") Notable sub-rivalries *Riley vs. Clay *Adams vs. Clay *St. Joseph vs. Penn *Riley vs. Marian (''often called "The South Side Brawl"'') *Jimtown vs. NorthWood* (''often called "The Border War"'') *Bremen vs.

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* (''also often called "The Border War"'') *Penn vs. Fort Wayne Snider* *Marian vs. Mishawaka* (''often called "The Civil War"'') *St. Joseph vs. Clay *Mishawaka* vs. Washington *Marian vs. Penn (baseball only) *St. Joseph vs.

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and lacrosse only)*° *Mishawaka vs. Clay (football only) *Mishawaka vs. Adams (basketball only) Former rivalries *Elkhart Central Blue Blazers vs. Elkhart Memorial Crimson Chargers* (''often called "The Battle of Elkhart"'') *Lasalle vs Washington. ''(Asterisk indicates non-member of NIC)'' ''(Degree indicates a non-NIC sanctioned sport)''

State Championships

Bremen (3)

* 1989 Football (A) * 1994 Football (2A) * 2019 Softball (2A)

Elkhart Central (6)

* 1968 Wrestling * 1969 Boys Track * 1973 Boys Cross Country * 1979 Boys Golf * 1993 Boys Track * 2012 Baseball (4A)

Jimtown (6)

* 1974 Boys Gymnastics * 1991 Football (A) * 1997 Football (2A) * 1998 Football (2A) * 2004 Boys Basketball (2A) * 2005 Football (2A)

Glenn (0)

Mishawaka (7)

* 1946 Boys Cross Country * 1980 Volleyball * 1983 Volleyball * 1988 Volleyball * 1991 Wrestling * 2008 Wrestling * 2010 Wrestling

Mishawaka Marian (11)

* 1973 Volleyball * 1973 Football (A) * 1975 Football (2A) * 1976 Football (2A) * 2001 Boys Golf * 1999 Boys Hockey * 2001 Boys Hockey * 2010 Boys Hockey * 2012 Girls Soccer (A) * 2015 Boys Soccer (A) * 2016 Boys Soccer (A)

New Prairie (0)

Penn (22)

* 1983 Football (4A) * 1994 Baseball * 1994 Girls Golf * 1995 Football (5A) * 1996 Football (5A) * 1997 Football (5A) * 1998 Baseball (4A) * 1999 Softball (3A) * 1999 Boys Soccer * 2000 Football (5A) * 2001 Baseball (4A) * 2002 Girls Golf * 2004 Girls Golf * 2005 Girls Golf * 2010 Volleyball (4A) * 2011 Volleyball (4A) * 2015 Wrestling * 2015 Baseball (4A) * 2016 Girls Basketball (4A) * 2016 Girls Soccer (2A) * 2017 Girls Soccer (3A) * 2022 Baseball (4A)

South Bend Adams (8)

* 1966 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1966 Wrestling * 1967 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1968 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1973 Boys Golf * 1974 Boys Tennis * 1976 Volleyball * 1978 Volleyball

South Bend Clay (2)

* 1970 Baseball * 1994 Boys Basketball

South Bend Riley (10)

* 1938 Boys Golf * 1956 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1957 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1958 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1962 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1962 Boys Golf * 1964 Boys Golf * 1978 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1986 Boys Swimming & Diving * 1995 Boys Swimming & Diving

South Bend St. Joseph (10)

* 1972 Volleyball * 1975 Girls Tennis * 1995 Football (3A) * 1998 Girls Soccer * 2003 Boys Soccer * 2005 Girls Basketball (3A) * 2010 Girls Tennis * 2010 Girls Soccer * 2017 Girls Basketball (3A) * 2017 Baseball (3A)

South Bend Washington (3)

* 1973 Football (3A) * 2007 Girls Basketball (4A) * 2022 Girls Basketball (3A)

References

Conference Champions

* Basketball Champions * Football Champions {{Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Indiana high school athletic conferences