Northland Conference (IHSAA) explained

The Northland Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference in Northern Indiana. The conference formed in 1998 with six schools, and disbanded in 2008, after two schools left to join the Greater South Shore Conference.

History

The conference formed in 1998, when Westville left the Porter County Conference to join with four independents: Argos, Michigan City Marquette, Oregon-Davis and South Central (Union Mills), and River Forest, which previously competed in the defunct Northwest Hoosier Conference. South Central left for the Porter County Conference after the 2002–03 school year, and was replaced for the 2004–05 season by Elkhart Christian. The conference shrank to four members when Marquette and River Forest left to co-found the Greater South Shore Conference after the 2006–07 school year. Unable to find suitable replacements, the remaining schools decided to disband the conference after the 2007–08 school year.

Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
ArgosArgosDragons50
Marshall
1998Independents
(MCC 1966)
2008Independents
Marquette CatholicMichigan CityBlazers46
LaPorte
1998Independents
(SLMC 1975)
2007Greater
South Shore
Oregon-DavisHamletBobcats75
Starke
1998Independents
(SLMC 1975)
2008Independents
River ForestLake StationIngots45
Lake
1998Northwest Hoosier2007Greater
South Shore
South Central
(Union Mills)
Union MillsSatellites46
La Porte
1998Independents
(SLMC 1975)
2003Porter County
WestvilleWestvilleBlackhawks46
La Porte
1998Porter County2008Independents
(PCC 2015)
Elkhart
Christian
ElkhartEagles20
Elkhart
2004new IHSAA school2008Independents

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