Three Rivers Conference
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The Three Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in northeast Indiana, consisting of schools in Fulton
Fulton County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,511 people, 8,082 households, and 5,738 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,123 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

, Kosciusko, Miami
Miami County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 36,082 people, 13,716 households, and 9,806 families residing in the county. The population density was 96 people per square mile . There were 15,299 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...

, Wabash
Wabash County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,960 people, 13,215 households, and 9,395 families residing in the county. The population density was 85 people per square mile . There were 14,034 housing units at an average density of 34 per square mile...

, and Whitley
Whitley County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 30,707 people, 11,711 households, and 8,607 families residing in the county. The population density was 92 people per square mile . There were 12,545 housing units at an average density of 37 per square mile...

 counties.

History

The conference was formed in 1972 by former Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

 member North Miami
North Miami Middle/High School
North Miami Middle/High School is a combination middle and high school located in Miami County, Denver, Indiana, United States. The high school's current enrollment for grades 9 through 12 is 349 students as of the 2010-11 academic year.- Athletics :...

, independents Caston and Triton, and a new school, Northfield. The conference doubled in size in 1976, as Manchester joined from the Northern Lakes Conference (NLC)
Northern Lakes Conference of Indiana
An IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Marshall Counties.-History:With schools across Northern Indiana reorganizing and consolidating in the 1960’s, the need to develop friendly interscholastic competition initiated early conversations concerning forming a new...

, Southwood
Southwood Junior-Senior High School
Southwood Junior-Senior High School is a junior/senior high school in Wabash, Indiana with more than 600 students in grades 7-12.The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is "Southwood Knights"....

 joined from the Mid-Indiana Conference, and two recent consolidations, Whitko
Whitko High School
Whitko High School, short for Whitley-Kosciusko Consolidated High School is a public high school located in South Whitley, Indiana.-Demographics:Grades: 09-12Schedule: SemesterLocale: South Whitley, Indiana...

 (1973) and Tippecanoe Valley (1975) joined. This incarnation would last for two years, until Caston left for the Midwest Athletic Conference
Midwest Athletic Conference (Indiana)
The Midwest Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in northwestern Indiana, USA. The conferences members are small high schools located in Cass, Fulton, Newton, Pulaski, and White counties.-Membership:...

.

Triton left for the Northern State Conference
Northern State Conference (IHSAA)
An eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northern Indiana counties of Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke Some Schools draw students from Fulton, Kosciusko and Pulaski counties.-Membership:- Resources :* *...

 in 1980, and was replaced by two MIC schools: Eastern (Greentown)
Eastern Junior-Senior High School
Eastern Junior-Senior High School is located in Greentown, Indiana and houses grades 7-12 for Eastern Howard School Corporation....

 and Oak Hill. Eastern rejoined the MIC in 1987, and was replaced by NLC school Rochester. The latest lineup change was in 2006, when Oak Hill traded places with Central Indiana Athletic Conference
Central Indiana Athletic Conference
Central Indiana Athletic Conference is an eight-member IHSAA Conference spanning Blackford, Grant, and Madison Counties.-Membership:-Sponsored Sports:-Alexandria Monroe Tigers:1998 Boys 2A State Basketball Champions...

 member Wabash.

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA
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...

 Class
# / County Year joined Previous conference
Manchester North
Manchester
Squires 434 AA 85
Wabash
1976 Northern Lakes
Northern Lakes Conference of Indiana
An IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Marshall Counties.-History:With schools across Northern Indiana reorganizing and consolidating in the 1960’s, the need to develop friendly interscholastic competition initiated early conversations concerning forming a new...

Northfield Wabash Norsemen 380 AA 85
Wabash
1972 consolidation of Urbana
North
Miami
North Miami Middle/High School
North Miami Middle/High School is a combination middle and high school located in Miami County, Denver, Indiana, United States. The high school's current enrollment for grades 9 through 12 is 349 students as of the 2010-11 academic year.- Athletics :...

Denver Warriors 348 A 52
Miami
1972 Mid-Indiana
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

Rochester
Community
Rochester Community High School
Rochester Community High School is located in Rochester, Indiana.The school mascot is the zebra. The school is a member of the TRC...

Rochester Zebras 615 AAA 25
Fulton
1987 Northern Lakes
Northern Lakes Conference of Indiana
An IHSAA-sanctioned conference located within Elkhart, Kosciusko, and Marshall Counties.-History:With schools across Northern Indiana reorganizing and consolidating in the 1960’s, the need to develop friendly interscholastic competition initiated early conversations concerning forming a new...

Southwood
Southwood Junior-Senior High School
Southwood Junior-Senior High School is a junior/senior high school in Wabash, Indiana with more than 600 students in grades 7-12.The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is "Southwood Knights"....

Wabash Knights 427 AA 85
Wabash
1976 Mid-Indiana
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

Tippecanoe
Valley
Akron Vikings 600 AAA 43
Kosciusko
1976 consolidation of Akron and Mentone
Wabash
Wabash High School
Wabash High School is a high school in Wabash, Indiana, United States with approximately 500 students in grades 9-12.The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is "Wabash Apaches."...

Wabash Apaches 455 AA 85
Wabash
2006 Central Indiana
Central Indiana Athletic Conference
Central Indiana Athletic Conference is an eight-member IHSAA Conference spanning Blackford, Grant, and Madison Counties.-Membership:-Sponsored Sports:-Alexandria Monroe Tigers:1998 Boys 2A State Basketball Champions...

Whitko
Whitko High School
Whitko High School, short for Whitley-Kosciusko Consolidated High School is a public high school located in South Whitley, Indiana.-Demographics:Grades: 09-12Schedule: SemesterLocale: South Whitley, Indiana...

South Whitley Wildcats 613 AA 92
Whitley
1976 independent

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left New conference
Caston Fulton
Fulton, Indiana
Fulton is a town in Liberty Township, Fulton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 333 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Fulton is located at ....

Comets 25
Fulton
Fulton County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,511 people, 8,082 households, and 5,738 families residing in the county. The population density was 56 people per square mile . There were 9,123 housing units at an average density of 25 per square mile...

1972 independent 1978 joined Midwest
Midwest Athletic Conference (Indiana)
The Midwest Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in northwestern Indiana, USA. The conferences members are small high schools located in Cass, Fulton, Newton, Pulaski, and White counties.-Membership:...

Triton Bourbon
Bourbon, Indiana
Bourbon is a town in Bourbon Township, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,810 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Bourbon is located at ....

Trojans 50
Marshall
Marshall County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,128 people, 16,519 households, and 12,191 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 18,099 housing units at an average density of 41 per square mile...

1972 independent 1980 joined Northern State
Northern State Conference (IHSAA)
An eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northern Indiana counties of Elkhart, LaPorte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke Some Schools draw students from Fulton, Kosciusko and Pulaski counties.-Membership:- Resources :* *...

Eastern (Greentown)
Eastern Junior-Senior High School
Eastern Junior-Senior High School is located in Greentown, Indiana and houses grades 7-12 for Eastern Howard School Corporation....

Greentown
Greentown, Indiana
Greentown is a town in Liberty Township, Howard County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,415 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Greentown is located at ....

Comets 34
Howard
Howard County, Indiana
Howard County is one of 92 counties in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Kokomo, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Howard and Tipton counties. Originally named Richardville County, it was rechristened in 1844 to commemorate General Tilghman Ashurst Howard. As of...

1980 Mid-Indiana
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

1987 joined Mid-Indiana
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

Oak Hill
Oak Hill High School (Indiana)
Oak Hill High School is a high school located outside of Converse, Indiana.-Athletics:The Golden Eagles compete in the Central Indiana Conference . They switched to the CIC in 2006 after formerly being in the Three Rivers Conference . Oak Hill is known to have had a strong football tradition,...

Converse
Converse, Indiana
Converse is a town in Richland Township, Grant County and Jackson Township, Miami County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,148 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Converse is located at ....

Golden Eagles 27
Grant
Grant County, Indiana
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 70,061. The county seat is Marion. Important paleontological discoveries dating from the Pliocene epoch have been made at Pipe Creek Sinkhole in Grant County.-Geography:According to the 2010...

1980 Mid-Indiana
Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC)
The Mid-Indiana Conference, or MIC, is a high school athletic conference which is located in northcentral Indiana, USA. This conference serves many high schools located in Cass, Hamilton, Howard, and Miami Counties.-High school listing:-Former Members:...

2006 joined Central Indiana
Central Indiana Athletic Conference
Central Indiana Athletic Conference is an eight-member IHSAA Conference spanning Blackford, Grant, and Madison Counties.-Membership:-Sponsored Sports:-Alexandria Monroe Tigers:1998 Boys 2A State Basketball Champions...


State Champions

Baseball
  • Wabash (1986)
  • Northfield (2001-2A)
  • Manchester (2002-2A)


Football
  • Whitko (1986-2A)
  • Rochester (1987-2A)
  • Tippecanoe Valley (1979-1A)
  • North Miami (1993-1A)
  • Southwood (2002-1A)


Golf
  • Rochester (1980)


Track and Field
  • Rochester (1918)


Wrestling
  • Wabash (1927)
  • Wabash (1928)


Resources

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