Lake Suburban Conference
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The Lake Suburban Conference was a high school athletic conference serving schools in the Indiana High School Athletic Association
Indiana High School Athletic Association
The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the State of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as...

. The conference was formed in 1970 and disbanded in 1992. During the majority of its existence the conference was composed of seven teams. All member schools are located in Lake County, Indiana
Lake County, Indiana
Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2010, its population was 496,005, making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point. This county is part of Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropolitan area. The county contains a mix of urban,...

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Teams

The Lake Suburban Conference was formed following the demise of the Calumet Conference. Seven schools from the Calumet Conference - Calumet, Crown Point, Griffith, Highland, Lake Central, Lowell, and Merrillville - along with previously independent Munster formed the Lake Suburban Conference. The only change to membership would be the exit of Merrillville in 1975 to join the Duneland Athletic Conference
Duneland Athletic Conference
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...

. Growth in Lake County's southland greatly increased the enrollment at Lake Central and Crown Point over time and led to their push to exit the conference. When the Lake Suburban Conference split Crown Point joined the Duneland; Lake Central operated as an independent for a decade until joining Crown Point in the Duneland in 2003. Lowell, the school located in the farthest south, joined the widespread Northwest Hoosier Conference. The remaining Lake Suburban refugees joined with the schools located within the city of Hammond
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....

 to form the Lake 10 Conference
Lake Athletic Conference
The Lake Athletic Conference was a high school athletic conference serving members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The LAC existed in multiple guises from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2007, at which time it comprised sixteen member high schools...

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School Mascot Location Conference Joined in 1993 Current Conference
Calumet High School Warriors Gary, Indiana
Gary, Indiana
Gary is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The city is in the southeastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area and is 25 miles from downtown Chicago. The population is 80,294 at the 2010 census, making it the seventh-largest city in the state. It borders Lake Michigan and is known...

Lake 10
Lake Athletic Conference
The Lake Athletic Conference was a high school athletic conference serving members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The LAC existed in multiple guises from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2007, at which time it comprised sixteen member high schools...

Greater South Shore
Greater South Shore Athletic Conference (IHSAA)
The Greater South Shore Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association athletic conference spanning Lake, La Porte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana. A ninth member, South Central participates only in football, otherwise participating in the Porter County...

Crown Point High School Bulldogs Crown Point, Indiana
Crown Point, Indiana
As of the census of 2010, there were 27,317 people and 10,976 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 88.20% White, 6.30% African American, 0.20% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.90% from other races, and 1.60% from two or more races...

Duneland
Duneland Athletic Conference
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...

Duneland
Duneland Athletic Conference
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...

Griffith Senior High School Panthers Griffith, Indiana
Griffith, Indiana
Griffith is a town in Calumet and St. John townships, Lake County, Indiana. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 16,893 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...

Lake 10
Lake Athletic Conference
The Lake Athletic Conference was a high school athletic conference serving members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The LAC existed in multiple guises from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2007, at which time it comprised sixteen member high schools...

Northwest Crossroads
Northwest Crossroads Conference (IHSAA)
The Northwest Crossroads Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference. Six of the seven institutions are in Lake County, while the seventh, Kankakee Valley, is in neighboring Jasper County. This conference was created in 2007, following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic...

Highland High School
Highland High School (Highland, Indiana)
Highland High School is a public high school located in Highland, Indiana. It is part of the School Town of Highland. The school was found in 1960, and also has Highland Middle School attached to it...

Trojans Highland, Indiana
Highland, Lake County, Indiana
Highland is a town in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 23,727 at the 2010 census. The town was incorporated on April 4, 1910...

Lake 10
Lake Athletic Conference
The Lake Athletic Conference was a high school athletic conference serving members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The LAC existed in multiple guises from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2007, at which time it comprised sixteen member high schools...

Northwest Crossroads
Northwest Crossroads Conference (IHSAA)
The Northwest Crossroads Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference. Six of the seven institutions are in Lake County, while the seventh, Kankakee Valley, is in neighboring Jasper County. This conference was created in 2007, following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic...

Lake Central High School
Lake Central High School
Lake Central High School is located in St. John, Indiana, USA for students in grades nine through twelve. In the 2005-06 academic year, it had an enrollment of 3,014, which puts it near the top of list of Indiana high schools in terms of enrollment. Its students come from the towns of St...

Indians St. John, Indiana
St. John, Indiana
-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 14,850 people and 5,047 households in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 93.50% White, 1.30% African American, 0.10% Native American, 1.30% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.40% from other races, and 1.20% from two or more races...

Independent Duneland
Duneland Athletic Conference
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...

Lowell Senior High School Red Devils Lowell, Indiana
Lowell, Indiana
-Demographics:At the 2000 census, there were 7,505 people, 2,697 households and 2,030 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,839.2 per square mile . There were 2,809 housing units at an average density of 688.4 per square mile...

Northwest Hoosier Northwest Crossroads
Northwest Crossroads Conference (IHSAA)
The Northwest Crossroads Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference. Six of the seven institutions are in Lake County, while the seventh, Kankakee Valley, is in neighboring Jasper County. This conference was created in 2007, following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic...

Munster High School
Munster High School
Munster High School is located at 8808 Columbia Avenue in the town of Munster, Indiana, in the United States. It is owned and operated by the School Town of Munster. Munster High School serves as the only high school for the Munster School District and has a long history of educational achievement...

Mustangs Munster, Indiana
Munster, Indiana
Munster is a town located in North Township, Lake County, in Northwest Indiana in the United States. This bedroom community lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and...

Lake 10
Lake Athletic Conference
The Lake Athletic Conference was a high school athletic conference serving members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. The LAC existed in multiple guises from the fall of 1993 through the spring of 2007, at which time it comprised sixteen member high schools...

Northwest Crossroads
Northwest Crossroads Conference (IHSAA)
The Northwest Crossroads Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference. Six of the seven institutions are in Lake County, while the seventh, Kankakee Valley, is in neighboring Jasper County. This conference was created in 2007, following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic...

Merrillville High School Pirates Merrillville, Indiana
Merrillville, Indiana
Merrillville is a town in Ross Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 35,246 at the 2010 census. Merrillville is located in the east-central portion of Lake County.-Geography:Merrillville is located at ....

withdrew in 1975 Duneland
Duneland Athletic Conference
The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore...


Boys State Champions

  • Swimming (8): 1973-Munster, 1974-Munster, 1975-Munster, 1976-Munster, 1977-Munster, 1979-Munster, 1980-Munster, 1987-Lake Central
  • Tennis (1): 1971-Crown Point

Girls State Champions

  • Basketball (2): 1984-Crown Point, 1985-Crown Point
  • Softball (1): 1992-Lake Central
  • Swimming (3): 1976-Munster, 1977-Munster, 1978-Munster

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