Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference Explained

The Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference was an IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference from 1927 to 1988.

Former members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	/ County	Year joined	Previous conference	Year left	Conference joined
Auburn	Auburn	Red Devils		17 DeKalb	1927 1960	DeKalb County Independents	1953 1967	Independents none (consolidated into DeKalb)
Bluffton	Bluffton	Tigers		90 Wells	1927	Wells County	1989	Allen County
Columbia City	Columbia City	Eagles		92 Whitley	1927	Whitley County	1989	Northeast Hoosier
Decatur	Decatur	Yellow Jackets		01 Adams	1927		1967	none (consolidated into Bellmont)
Fort Wayne Central	Fort Wayne	Tigers		02 Allen	1927	Independents	1940	Ft. Wayne City
Fort Wayne North Side	Fort Wayne	Redskins		02 Allen	1927	Independents	1940	Ft. Wayne City
Fort Wayne South Side	Fort Wayne	Archers		02 Allen	1927	Independents	1940	Ft. Wayne City
Garrett	Garrett	Railroaders		17 De Kalb	1927 1941	DeKalb County State Corner	1935 1981	State Corner Northeast Corner
Huntington	Huntington	Vikings		35 Huntington	1927	Independents	1932	Central Indiana
Kendallville	Kendallville	Red Devils		57 Noble	1927	independent	1966	none (consolidated into East Noble)
New Haven	New Haven	Bulldogs		02 Allen	1945	Independents	1989	Northeast Hoosier
Warsaw	Warsaw	Tigers		43 Kosciusko	1945	Central Indiana	1953	Central Indiana
Concordia Lutheran	Fort Wayne	Cadets		02 Allen	1955	Ft. Wayne City	1975	Summit
Angola	Angola	Hornets		76 Steuben	1959	Steuben County	1989	Northeast Corner
Elmhurst	Fort Wayne	Trojans		02 Allen	1960	Allen County	1966	Ft. Wayne City Series
Berne	Berne	Bears		01 Adams	1965	Eastern Indiana (EIC)	1966	none (consolidated into South Adams)
East Noble	Kendallville	Knights		57 Noble	1966	none (new school)	1989	Northeast Hoosier
South Adams	Berne	Starfires		01 Adams	1966	none (new school)	1989	Allen County
Bellmont	Decatur	Braves		01 Adams	1967	none (new school)	1989	Northeast Hoosier
DeKalb	Waterloo	Barons		17 DeKalb	1967	none (new school)	1989	Northeast Hoosier
Homestead	Fort Wayne	Spartans		02 Allen	1975	Allen County	1989	Northeast Hoosier

Membership timeline

Membership timeline

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Divisional Format

From 1973 to 1975, the conference used a two division format. The divisions were:

East-West	North-South
Bellmont	Angola
Columbia City	Bluffton
DeKalb	East Noble
Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran (1973–74) Homestead (1975)	Garrett
New Haven	South Adams

Resources

• Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference Football
• NEIC