# Northeast Corner Conference

The Northeast Corner Conference is a 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 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

| School | Location | Mascot | Enrollment 24-25 | IHSAA Class BB/FB | # / County | Year joined | Previous conference |
| Angola | Angola | Hornets | 741 | 3A/3A | 76 Steuben | 1989 | Northeastern Indiana |
| Central Noble | Albion | Cougars | 385 | 2A/2A | 57 Noble | 1968 | none (new school) |
| Churubusco | Churubusco | Eagles | 378 | 2A/2A | 92 Whitley | 1989 | Allen County |
| Eastside | Butler | Blazer | 384 | 2A/2A | 17 DeKalb | 1983 | Allen County |
| Fairfield | Goshen | Falcons | 570 | 3A/3A | 20 Elkhart | 1980 | Northern State |
| Fremont$^1$ | Fremont | Eagles | 283 | 1A/1A | 76 Steuben | 1964 | Steuben County |
| Garrett$^2$ | Garrett | Railroaders | 556 | 3A/3A | 17 DeKalb | 1981 2014 | Northeastern Indiana Allen County |
| Lakeland | LaGrange | Lakers | 540 | 2A/3A | 44 LaGrange | 1973 | Independents |
| Prairie Heights | LaGrange | Panthers | 421 | 2A/2A | 44 LaGrange | 1964 | none (new school) |
| West Noble | Ligonier | Chargers | 718 | 3A/3A | 57 Noble | 1967 | none (new school) |
| Westview | Topeka | Warriors | 343 | 2A/N/A | 44 LaGrange | 1966 | none (new school) |
* Fremont was concurrent members of the Bi-County and State Corner conferences from 1964 to 1967.
* Garrett was a member of the Allen County Athletic Conference from 2005 to 2014.

## Former members

| School | Location | Mascot | # / County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
| Shipshewanna-Scott | Shipshewanna | Indians | 44 LaGrange | 1964 | LaGrange County | 1966 | none (consolidated into Westview) |
| Topeka | Topeka | Bears | 44 LaGrange | 1964 | LaGrange County | 1966 | none (consolidated into Westview) |
| Albion | Albion | Trojans | 57 Noble | 1966 | Noble County | 1968 | none (consolidated into Central Noble) |
| Cromwell | Cromwell | Spartans | 57 Noble | 1966 | Noble County | 1967 | none (consolidated into West Noble) |
| Howe Military | Howe | Cadets | 44 La Grange | 1966 | Independents | 1980 | Independents (MLC 1984) |
| Ligonier | Ligonier | Red Raiders | 57 Noble | 1966 | Noble County | 1967 | none (consolidated into West Noble) |
| Wawaka | Wawaka | Chargers | 57 Noble | 1966 | Noble County | 1967 | none (consolidated into West Noble) |
| Wolf Lake | Wolf Lake | Wolves | 57 Noble | 1966 | Noble County | 1968 | none (consolidated into Central Noble) |
| Hamilton | Hamilton | Marines | 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).
| 1989-2005 | 1989-2005 | 1989-2005 | 1989-2005 | 1989-2005 | 1989-2005 | 2014- | 2014- | 2014- | 2014- | 2014- | 2014- |
| I | I | I | II | II | II | I | I | I | II | II | II |
| Central Noble | Central Noble | Central Noble | Angola | Angola | Angola | Central Noble | Central Noble | Central Noble | Angola | Angola | Angola |
| Churubusco | Churubusco | Churubusco | Garrett | Garrett | Garrett | Churubusco | Churubusco | Churubusco | Fairfield | Fairfield | Fairfield |
| Eastside | Eastside | Eastside | Lakeland | Lakeland | Lakeland | Eastside | Eastside | Eastside | Garrett | Garrett | Garrett |
| Fairfield | Fairfield | Fairfield | Prairie Heights | Prairie Heights | Prairie Heights | Fremont | Fremont | Fremont | Lakeland | Lakeland | Lakeland |
| Fremont | Fremont | Fremont | West Noble | West Noble | West Noble | Prairie Heights | Prairie Heights | Prairie Heights | West Noble | West Noble | West Noble |

## Conference champions

(Note) These are LEAGUE champs from 1966–present

### Football

| Titles | School | Years |
| 16 | West Noble | 1968*, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985*, 1989 (II), 1999 (II), 2000 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2005, 2014 (II),2019(II) ,2023(II) |
| 18 | Eastside | 1988, 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) |
| 11 | Lakeland | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 1994 (II), 1995 (II), 1996 (II), 2009*, 2013* |
| 10 | Churubusco | 1992 (I), 1993 (I), 1995 (I)*, 2002 (I)*, 2009*, 2010*, 2011, 2012, 2017* (I), 2018 (I) |
| 10 | Angola | 1992 (II), 1993 (II)*, 1997 (II), 1998 (II), 2001 (II), 2002 (II)*, 2010*, 2017 (II), 2018 (II) , 2022 (II) |
| 8 | Garrett | 1990 (II)*, 1991 (II)*, 1993 (II)*, 2002 (II)*, 2003 (II), 2004 (II), 2015 (II)*, 2016 (II) |
| 8 | Prairie Heights | 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1976, 1977, 1985* |
| 9 | Fairfield | 1996 (I), 1997 (I)*, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013*, 2015* (II), 2020 (II),2021(II) |
| 6 | Central Noble | 1980, 2000 (I), 2001 (I), 2002 (I)*, 2003 (I), 2017* (I) |
| 4 | Fremont | 1968*, 1987, 1997 (I)*, 1998 (I) |
| 1 | Hamilton | 1973* |
| 0 | Howe | |
Howe (then Howe Military) left in 1980. Hamilton dropped football in 1986.

### Boys basketball

| Titles | School | Years |
| 29 | Westview | 1973*, 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* |
| 12 | Lakeland | 1975, 1978, 1980*, 1986*, 1992*, 2001, 2003*, 2004*, 2005, 2006*, 2009, 2010* |
| 7 | Fairfield | 1981, 1982, 1995, 1998*, 2007*, 2018* |
| 6 | Angola | 1996, 1997*, 2002, 2003*, 2006*, 2016 |
| 5 | West Noble | 1969*, 1971, 1972, 1973*, 1986* |
| 5 | Central Noble | 1970, 1974, 1977*, 1998*, 2021* |
| 4 | Garrett | 1984, 1986*, 2003*, 2004* |
| 2 | Fremont | 1992*, 2011 |
| 2 | Eastside | 1983, 2017* |
| 2 | Prairie Heights | 1987*, 2013* |
| 2 | Hamilton | 1969*,1992* |
| 2 | Wolf Lake | 1967, 1968 |
| 2 | Churubusco | 2015, 2020* |

### Girls basketball

| Titles | School | Years |
| 13 | Prairie Heights | 1979, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1995*, 1996, 1997 |
| 9 | Angola | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010*, 2012, 2017, 2020 |
| 9 | Westview | 1976, 1977, 2005*, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
| 7 | Lakeland | 1980*, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995*,1998 |
| 5 | Garrett | 1994,1999, 2004, 2005*, 2021 |
| 3 | Fairfield | 2010*, 2011, 2018 |
| 2 | West Noble | 1978, 2009 |
| 1 | Hamilton | 1980* |
| 1 | Eastside | 1992* |
| 1 | Central Noble | 2019 |
| 0 | Churubusco | |
| 0 | Fremont | |

### Boys Baseball

| Titles | School | Years |
| 11 | Westview | 1970*, 1977*, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984*, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2016*, 2017 |
| 10 | Churubusco | 1992*, 1993, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005*, 2014, 2015, 2016* |
| 7 | Angola | 1997, 2004, 2007*, 2012*, 2013, 2016*, 2018* |
| 7 | Hamilton | 1968*, 1974, 1979, 1984*, 1986, 1994*, 2000* |
| 6 | Eastside | 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991*, 2016*, 2019 |
| 6 | Lakeland | 1975, 1976, 1977*, 1979, 1998, 2018* |
| 6 | Fairfield | 1996, 2007*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012* |
| 6 | West Noble | 1967, 1968*, 1980, 1994*, 1995, 1999 |
| 5 | Prairie Heights | 1969, 1970*, 1971, 1972, 1973 |
| 4 | Garrett | 1987, 1988, 1991* |
| 2 | Central Noble | 1998, 2005* |
| 1 | Fremont | 1992* |
No champion was crowned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

### Softball

| Titles | School | Years |
| 14 | Eastside | 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2016 |
| 8 | Garrett | 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999 |
| 5 | Angola | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 |
| 3 | Churubusco | 1996, 2004, 2006 |
| 2 | Central Noble | 2017, 2018 |
| 1 | Lakeland | 2012 |
| 1 | Fairfield | 2007 |
| 1 | Prairie Heights | 2005 |
| 1 | Fremont | 2019 |
| 0 | West Noble | |
| 0 | Hamilton | |
| 0 | Westview | |
No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic

### Volleyball

| Titles | School | Years |
| 14 | Fairfield | 1981, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 |
| 7 | Angola | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| 6 | Prairie Heights | 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2005 |
| 6 | Westview | 1978, 1980, 1982, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| 6 | West Noble | 1984, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2000, 2016 |
| 5 | Fremont | 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1995 |
| 5 | Lakeland | 1978, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2020 |
| 3 | Garrett | 1992, 1993, 2015 |
| 1 | Central Noble | 2004 |
| 1 | Eastside | 1983 |
| 0 | Churubusco | |
| 0 | Hamilton | |

### Boys Tennis

| Titles | School | Years |
| 17 | Fairfield | 1980, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
| 10 | Westview | 1991, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| 7 | Lakeland | 1979*, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996* |
| 6 | Angola | 1989, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 |
| 4 | West Noble | 1983, 1984, 1995*, 1996* |
| 1 | Howe Military | 1979* |
| 1 | Central Noble | 1979* |
| 0 | Churubusco | |
| 0 | Prairie Heights | |
| 0 | Fremont | |
| 0 | Hamilton | |
| 0 | Eastside | |
| 0 | Garrett | |

### Girls Tennis

| Titles | School | Years |
| 21 | Fairfield | 1991, 1993*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 6 | Westview | 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2017 |
| 4 | West Noble | 1988, 1989, 1990, 2019* |
| 2 | Angola | 1987, 2019* |
| 1 | Lakeland | 1992 |
| 1 | Central Noble | 1993* |
| 1 | Eastside | 1986 |
| 0 | Churubusco | |
| 0 | Prairie Heights | |
| 0 | Fremont | |
| 0 | Hamilton | |
| 0 | Garrett | |
No champion was crowned in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Wrestling West noble 2006, 2007
External links

## Resources

* IHSAA Conferences
* IHSAA Directory
* E.T. Pearl's Basketball Corner Data Catalogue