Olympic Conference (Indiana)

The Olympic Conference within Indiana

The Olympic Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Delaware, Fayette, Jay, and Madison counties. The conference was formed in 1971 by second (and third) high schools from Anderson, Kokomo, and Muncie, and also included suburban Indianapolis schools that grew too large for their conferences at the time. Many suburban schools ended up outgrowing the Olympic as well, with former members now in the Metropolitan and Hoosier Crossroads "superconferences," as the two contain many of the largest schools in the state.

While hosting ten schools in two divisions at its largest, the conference spent the 2000s with five members, then four after Huntington North joined the North Central Conference. With the closing of Anderson Highland after the 2009-2010 school year, as well as the possibility that Muncie Southside will close and be consolidated into Muncie Central in 2011, the conference decided to disband. Connersville joined the Eastern Indiana Conference in 2013, while Jay County joined the Allen County Athletic Conference in 2014. Southside remained open as an independent school until 2014

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	County	Year joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference joined
Haworth	Kokomo	Huskies	34 Howard	1971	Independents (opened 1968)	1984	none (school closed)
Madison Heights	Anderson	Pirates	48 Madison	1971	Independents (WRC 1959)	1997	none (school closed)
Muncie North Side	Muncie	Titans	18 Delaware	1971	none (new school)	1988	none (school closed)
Muncie Southside	Muncie	Rebels	18 Delaware	1971	Independents (opened 1962)	2010	Independents (closed 2014)
Carmel	Carmel	Greyhounds	29 Hamilton	1974	Sagamore	1996	Metro
Huntington North	Huntington	Vikings	35 Huntington	1974	Central Indiana	2003	North Central
Anderson Highland	Anderson	Scots	48 Madison	1985	Classic	2010	none (school closed)
Jay County	Portland	Patriots	38 Jay	1985	Classic	2010	Independents (ACAC 2014)
Noblesville	Noblesville	Millers	29 Hamilton	1985	Central Suburban	2000	Hoosier Crossroads
Connersville	Connersville	Spartans	21 Fayette	1991	South Central	2010	Independents (EIAC 2013)
Brownsburg	Brownsburg	Bulldogs	32 Hendricks	1997	Independents (CSC 1991)	2000	Hoosier Crossroads
Hamilton Southeastern	Fishers	Royals	29 Hamilton	1997	Hoosier Heritage	2000	Hoosier Crossroads
Harrison (West Lafayette)	West Lafayette	Raiders	79 Tippecanoe	1997	Hoosier	2000	Hoosier Crossroads
McCutcheon	Lafayette	Mavericks	79 Tippecanoe	1997	Hoosier	2000	Hoosier Crossroads

Conference Divisions, 1997-2000

Eastern	Western
Connersville	Brownsburg
Anderson Highland	Hamilton Southeastern
Huntington North	Harrison (WL)
Jay County	McCutcheon
Muncie Southside	Noblesville

Membership timeline

Resources

Indiana's Olympic Conference

Connersville Jay County Muncie Southside

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (Championship) Cross Country Football (Large School, Small School) Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Wrestling

Girls' sports	Basketball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

Athletic Conferences	Allen County Big Eight Blue Chip Central Indiana Conference Indiana Duneland Eastern Indiana Great Lakes Greater South Shore Athletic Hoosier Hoosier Crossroads Hoosier Heartland Hoosier Heritage Hoosier Hills Hoosier North Indiana Crossroads Indianapolis Public Metropolitan Mid-Eastern Mid-Hoosier Mid-Indiana Football Mid-Southern Mid-State North Central Northeast Corner Northeast Eight Northern Indiana Northern Lakes Northwest Crossroads Northwestern Ohio River Valley Patoka Lake Pioneer Pocket Porter County Sagamore Southern Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Southwest Football Summit Three Rivers Tri-Eastern Wabash River Western Indiana IHSAA Independents

Disbanded Conferences	Adams Benton Big Blue River Blue River Calumet Athletic Capital District Cass Central Suburban Classic Decatur Delaware Dixie Dixie-Monon East Central Eastern Indiana (EIC) Eastern Wabash Valley Elkhart Fort Wayne City Fountain Fulton Hamilton Hancock Henry Howard Huntington Indiana H.S. Football Indiana Lake Shore Jay Johnson Kankakee Valley Kosciusko LaGrange Lake Athletic Lake Suburban Laughery Valley Little Seven Lost River Marion Marshall Mid-Central Mid-Indiana Midland Midwest Mississinewa Valley Noble Northeastern Indiana Northwest Hoosier Northern Indiana Valley Northern State Northland Olympic Patoka Valley Prairie Rangeline South Central South Lake Michigan Southeastern Indiana Southern Monon State Corner Steuben Tiny Ten Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Valley Tri-City League Tri-County (Northern) Tri-County (Southern) Tri-River Wayne Wells West Central Western Indiana Small High School White River Whitewater Valley Whitley

Conference rosters	List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana Detailed Lists Allen County – Metropolitan Mid-Eastern – Northwestern Ohio River Valley – Western Indiana Independent

City Championships	Evansville (SIAC) Fort Wayne (SAC) Gary Indianapolis South Bend (NIAC)

Cross-Conference tournaments	Christian Academy Tournament Columbus Christian Tournament Gibson County Toyota Teamwork Classic Indianapolis City Tournament Madison County Tournament Perry-Spencer County Classic Shawe Memorial Tournament Wabash Valley Classic

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