Sagamore Conference is an eight-member
IHSAA sanctioned athletic conference comprising 2A and 3A and sized schools in
Clinton,
Boone,
Hendricks, and
Montgomery Counties in Central Indiana.
The Sagamore Conference was founded in 1966 in Lebanon, Indiana with a meeting between school officials from
Brownsburg,
Carmel
Carmel may refer to:
* Carmel (biblical settlement), an ancient Israelite town in Judea
* Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
* Carmelites, a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order
Carmel may also ...
,
Crawfordsville,
Frankfort,
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, and
Noblesville
Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River. The population was 51,969 at the 2010 census making it the state's 14th largest city/town ...
. The founders selected the name "Sagamore" after the Abnaki Indian tribe's name for "chief".
The conference remained stable until Carmel withdrew in 1973 to establish themselves with other schools in then-class AAA and Noblesville followed suit in 1979.
This did not stop the Sagamore however as
North Montgomery was added in 1975,
Western Boone in 1981, and
Southmont in 1984. Brownsburg departed in 1985.
In 1995, the Sagamore executive council considered expansion. Several schools were mentioned but only two submitted written applications for membership. Starting in 1998, the Sagamore was engaged in discussions with
Danville to become the seventh member of the conference and
Tri-West was contacted joined the Sagamore to bring the league to eight members. Formally announced in the winter of 1998-1999, the Sagamore conference expanded to eight members. Since then, the conference membership remained stable despite conference realignment around the west central Indiana region the witnessed the formation and disbandment of many different conferences.
In 2023, serious discussions took place among the Sagamore schools outside of the Indianapolis metropolitan loop about forming a new athletic conference. Montgomery County schools had been in contact with Putnam County schools
Cloverdale,
Greencastle,
North Putnam, and
South Putnam about the formation of a new league. On May 10, 2023, citing enrollment and competitive balance, five Sagamore schools in Crawfordsville, Frankfort, North Montgomery, Southmont, and Western Boone notified the Sagamore Conference of their intent to separate from the Sagamore and form a new conference with a sixth member school to start as early as the 2024-2025 academic year but no later than the 2026-2027 academic year.
Danville, Lebanon, and Tri-West will retain the Sagamore Conference name and history and will leave the conference with three member schools.
Membership
Former members
Future former members
Membership timeline
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Carmel may refer to:
* Carmel (biblical settlement), an ancient Israelite town in Judea
* Mount Carmel, a coastal mountain range in Israel overlooking the Mediterranean Sea
* Carmelites, a Roman Catholic mendicant religious order
Carmel may also ...
(1967-1974)
bar:3 color:red from:1967 till:2024 text: Crawfordsville (1967-2024)
bar:4 color:red from:1967 till:2024 text: Frankfort (1967-2024)
bar:5 color:red from:1967 till:end text:Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
(1967-present)
bar:6 color:red from:1967 till:1980 text:Noblesville
Noblesville is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Indiana, United States, a part of the north Indianapolis suburbs along the White River. The population was 51,969 at the 2010 census making it the state's 14th largest city/town ...
(1967-1980)
bar:7 color:red from:1975 till:2024 text: North Montgomery (1975-2024)
bar:8 color:red from:1982 till:2024 text: Western Boone (1982-2024)
bar:9 color:red from:1985 till:2024 text: Southmont (1985-2024)
bar:10 color:red from:1999 till:end text: Danville (1999-present)
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Conference championships
Football
Boys basketball
Girls basketball
State championships
Crawfordsville (7)
*1911 Boys Basketball
*1919 Boys Track
*1954 Boys Golf
*1956 Boys Golf
*1975 Girls Tennis
*2008 Baseball (3A)
*2011 Baseball (3A)
Frankfort (4)
*1925 Boys Basketball
*1929 Boys Basketball
*1936 Boys Basketball
*1939 Boys Basketball
Lebanon (4)
*1912 Boys Basketball
*1917 Boys Basketball
*1918 Boys Basketball
*2016 Softball (3A)
North Montgomery (2)
*1995 Football (2A)
*1996 Football (2A)
Tri-West Hendricks (5)
*1996 Football (A)
*2003 Football (2A)
*2004 Football (2A)
*2013 Softball (3A)
*2014 Football (3A)
Western Boone (4)
*1988 Football (2A)
*2018 Football (2A)
*2019 Football (2A)
*2020 Football (2A)
References
External links
Sagamore Conference websiteIHSAA DirectorySagamore Conference Handbook
Indiana high school athletic conferences
High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States
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