Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference Explained

Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
Founded:	1996
Teams:	6 Class 6A
Region:	One Indiana County: Marion,
Map:	Map of Indiana highlighting Marion County.svg
Map Size:	250px

The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference or MIC is a secondary or more commonly used, high school athletic conference based in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area of Indiana. The conference was formed in 1996 in a time when independent schools joined schools with other existing conferences that were reorganizing or splitting up to form new conferences due to the initiation of class basketball. In recent years, the MIC has been recognized nationally as a superior secondary athletic conference to participate in athletics. The MIC also competes in other areas besides athletics. For example, there is a MIC choir competition and a MIC speech and debate tournament, as well as MIC Academic Challenge.

On December 13, 2021, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference voted Carmel and Center Grove out of the MIC as the two schools had flirted with a move to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference.

Member Schools

Current Members

School	Location	Mascot	Enrollment https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Basketball%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf 2024-2025	IHSAA Class	/ County	Year joined	Previous conference
Ben Davis	Indianapolis	Giants	4,567	6A	Marion	1996	Independents Central Suburban
Lawrence Central	Lawrence	Bears	2,404	6A	Marion	2013	Conference Indiana
Lawrence North	Lawrence	Wildcats	2,817	6A	Marion	1996	Central Suburban
North Central	Indianapolis	Panthers	3,616	6A	Marion	1996	Independents
Pike	Indianapolis	Red Devils	3,192	6A	Marion	2013	Conference Indiana
Warren Central	Indianapolis	Warriors	3,748	6A	Marion	1996	Independents

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Enrollment	IHSAA Class	/ County	Year joined	Previous conference	Year left	Conference joined
Terre Haute North	Terre Haute	Patriots	1,575^[1]	5A	49 Vigo	1997	Independents (SIAC 1980)	2013	Conference Indiana¹
Terre Haute South	Terre Haute	Braves	1,651^[2]	5A	49 Vigo	1997	Independents (SIAC 1982)	2013	Conference Indiana¹
Carmel	Carmel	Greyhounds	5,327^[3]	6A	29 Hamilton	1996	Olympic	2021²	Independent³
Center Grove	Greenwood	Trojans	2,754^[4]	6A	41 Johnson	1996	South Central	2021²	Independent³

Membership timeline

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Played only football in CI 2013–14, full members in 2014–15.
Carmel and Center Grove were voted out of the MIC on December 13, 2021, by the other six member schools.
Carmel and Center Grove submitted an application to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference but was denied membership by the eight HCC schools.

Conference championships

Denotes a Tie

Football

	Team	Seasons
13	Ben Davis	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023
10	Warren Central	2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019
8	Center Grove	2000, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013*, 2015, 2020, 2021
6	Carmel	2000, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2019,
1	North Central	2019*
0	Lawrence Central
0	Lawrence North
0	Pike

Boys basketball

	Team	Seasons
11	Lawrence North	1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2020, 2024*
7	Carmel	2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022
4	North Central (Ind)	1997, 1999, 2009, 2011*
4	Warren Central	2007, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019
4	Ben Davis	2001, 2002, 2023, 2024*
2	Center Grove	2007, 2010
2	Lawrence Central	2016, 2020*
0	Pike
0	Terre Haute North
0	Terre Haute South

Girls basketball

	Team	Seasons
11	Ben Davis	1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008*, 2009, 2010, 2011
8	Lawrence North	2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023*
5	North Central (Ind)	2005, 2008, 2017, 2021, 2022
3	Carmel	2005, 2006, 2007*
3	Center Grove	1997, 2001, 2006
3	Warren Central	2005, 2012, 2023
2	Lawrence Central	2023, 2024
2	Terre Haute South	2001, 2007
1	Pike	2018
0	Terre Haute North

Boys Cross Country^[5]

	Team	Seasons
20	Carmel	1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
3	North Central	1998, 2022, 2023
2	Warren Central	2005, 2006
2	Lawrence North	2000, 2004
1	Ben Davis	1996
0	Center Grove
0	Lawrence Central
0	Pike

References

Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Terre Haute North Vigo High School.
Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Terre Haute South Vigo High School.
Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Carmel High School.
Web site: Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Center Grove High School.
Web site: Boys Cross Country Results . Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference . 12 Jan 2019.