The Rangeline Conference was an IHSAA-Sanctioned High School Athletic Conference that lasted from 1965 to 1999, containing schools in Boone, Clinton,

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at various points, though never having more than five counties represented at one time, and the largest membership at once being eight schools. The conference began as the Mid-Capital Conference in 1965, following the breakup of the Hamilton County Conference due to consolidation. The six school loop was down to four by 1970, but expanded to 7 by 1972 and rebranded itself as the Rangeline, since its footprint was no longer confined to the northern suburbs of Indianapolis. While the conference was stable at 8 schools from 1975 to 1989, size differences and geography plagued Rangeline for its remaining 11 years, until its demise in 2000.

Membership

# Hamilton Southeastern opened as a renaming of Fishers in 1965, since no schools consolidated with FHS, despite the new mascot and colors. Eventually a new Fishers High School would split from HSEHS, reviving the old FHS mascot and colors.

Membership Timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:750 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1963 till:2003 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:red from:1965 till:1970 text: Avon (1965-1970) bar:2 color:red from:1965 till:1972 text:

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(1965-2000) bar:2 color:skyblue from:1972 till:2000 text: bar:3 color:red from:1965 till:1969 text: Hamilton Southeastern (1965-1969, 1972-1995) bar:3 color:skyblue from:1972 till:1995 text: bar:4 color:red from:1965 till:1970 text: Sharpsville-Prairie (1965-1970) bar:5 color:red from:1965 till:1972 text:

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(1965-2000) bar:5 color:skyblue from:1972 till:2000 text: bar:6 color:red from:1965 till:1972 text: Westfield (1965-2000) bar:6 color:skyblue from:1972 till:2000 text: bar:7 color:red from:1970 till:1972 text: Tri-Central (1970-1989) bar:7 color:skyblue from:1972 till:1989 text: bar:8 color:skyblue from:1972 till:1974 text:

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(1972-1974) bar:9 color:skyblue from:1972 till:2000 text: Zionsville (1972-2000) bar:10 color:skyblue from:1975 till:1989 text: Clinton Central (1974-1989) bar:11 color:skyblue from:1975 till:1989 text: Clinton Prairie (1974-1989) bar:12 color:skyblue from:1989 till:1995 text: New Palestine (1989-1995) bar:13 color:skyblue from:1989 till:1996 text: Triton Central (1989-1995) bar:14 color:skyblue from:1995 till:2000 text: Scecina Memorial (1995-2000) bar:15 color:skyblue from:1997 till:2000 text:

(1998-2000) bar:16 color:skyblue from:1997 till:1999 text: Yorktown (1997-1999) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1965 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(175,30) # tabs:(0-center) text:"Mid-Capital/Rangeline Conference Membership History"

Resources

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{{Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Indiana high school athletic conferences High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States Indiana High School Athletic Association disestablished conferences 1965 establishments in Indiana 2000 disestablishments in Indiana