Three Rivers Conference (Indiana)

The Three Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in northeast Indiana, consisting of schools in Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash, and Whitley counties.[1]

Three Rivers Conference
ConferenceIHSAA
Founded1971
Sports fielded
  • 17
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 8
No. of teams10
RegionNorthern Indiana
Locations
Location of teams in

History

The conference was formed in 1971 by independents Caston, Culver, Northfield, and Triton, and former Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC) member North Miami. The conference grew in 1976, as Manchester joined from the Northern Lakes Conference (NLC), Southwood joined from the Mid-Indiana Conference, and two recent consolidations, Whitko (1971) and Tippecanoe Valley (1974) joined. Culver left for the Northern State Conference (NSC) at the same time. This incarnation would last for two years, until Caston left for the Midwest Athletic Conference.

Triton left for the NSC in 1980, and was replaced by two MIC schools: Eastern (Greentown) and Oak Hill. Eastern rejoined the MIC in 1987, and was replaced by NLC school Rochester. The lineup changed once more in 2006, when Oak Hill traded places with Central Indiana Athletic Conference member Wabash. The latest change was in 2015, as Maconaquah and Peru joined from the folding MIC.

Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley share a traveling trophy that is called the bell.

In 2023, Tippecanoe Valley announced they would be exiting the conference to form their own 6 team conference featuring John Glenn, LaVille, Jimtown, Knox, and Bremen. Tippecanoe Valley was independent for the 2023-24 school year before joining the new conference.

Also in 2023, the Hoosier Conference announced that Lewis Cass would be leaving the conference at the end of the 2022-23 school year to join the TRC.

On June 1, 2023, North Miami announced they would be exiting the TRC to join the Hoosier North starting at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year. On the next day of June 2nd, Northwestern announced they would take North Miami's place in the TRC, exiting the Hoosier Conference.

Membership
School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment 22-23 IHSAA Class # / County Year joined Previous conference
Lewis Cass Walton Kings     413 AA 09
Cass		 2023 Hoosier
Maconaquah Bunker Hill Braves       604 AAA 52
Miami		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Manchester North
Manchester		 Squires       479 AA 85
Wabash		 1976 Northern Lakes
Northfield Speicherville Norsemen       275 AA 85
Wabash		 1971 Independents
(new school 1962)
North
Miami		 Denver Warriors       287 AA 52
Miami		 1971 Mid-Indiana
Peru Peru Bengal Tigers       655 AAA 52
Miami		 2015 Mid-Indiana
Rochester
Community		 Rochester Zebras       495 AA 25
Fulton		 1987 Northern Lakes
Southwood Wabash Knights       240 A 85
Wabash		 1976 Mid-Indiana
Wabash Wabash Apaches       471 AA 85
Wabash		 2006 Central Indiana
Whitko South Whitley Wildcats       417 AA 92
Whitley		 1976 Independents
(new school 1971)

Former members
School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Caston Fulton Comets       25
Fulton		 1971 Independents
(new school 1964)		 1978 Midwest
Culver
Community		 Culver Cavaliers       50
Marshall		 1971 Independents
(MCC 1966)		 1976 Independents
(NSC 1977)
Triton Bourbon Trojans       50
Marshall		 1971 Independents
(MCC 1966)		 1980 Northern State
Eastern (Greentown) Greentown Comets       34
Howard		 1980 Mid-Indiana 1987 Mid-Indiana
Oak Hill Converse Golden Eagles       27
Grant		 1980 Mid-Indiana 2006 Central Indiana
Tippecanoe Valley Akron Vikings       43
Kosciusko		 1976 Independents
(new school 1974)		 2023 Independents

Football Divisions 2015–2018
NorthSouth
ManchesterMaconaquah
NorthfieldNorth Miami
RochesterPeru
Tippecanoe ValleySouthwood
WhitkoWabash

Timeline
Peru High SchoolMaconaquah High SchoolWabash High SchoolRochester Community High SchoolOak Hill High School (Indiana)Eastern Junior-Senior High SchoolWhitko High SchoolTippecanoe Valley High SchoolSouthwood Junior-Senior High SchoolNorthfield Junior-Senior High SchoolNorth Miami Middle/High SchoolTriton Junior–Senior High SchoolCaston High SchoolCulver Community High School

Sports
  • Baseball (boys)
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football (boys)
  • Golf
  • Softball (girls)
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track & Field
  • Wrestling (boys)
  • Volleyball (girls)

State champions

Baseball

  • Wabash (1986)~
  • Northfield (2001-2A)
  • Manchester (2002-2A)
  • Northfield (2012-2A)

~ Wabash: Current Member of Three Rivers Conference, won title as member of Central Indiana Conference

Football

  • Tippecanoe Valley (1979-1A)
  • Oak Hill (1982-1A)~~
  • Whitko (1986-2A)
  • Rochester (1987-2A)
  • North Miami (1993-1A)
  • Southwood (2002-1A)

~~ Oak Hill: Won title as Member of Three Rivers Conference, current member of Central Indiana Conference

Golf

  • Rochester (1980)

Track and Field

  • Rochester (1918)

Wrestling

  • Wabash (1927)
  • Wabash (1928)

Softball

  • North Miami (2014)
  • Northfield (2021)

[2]

Conference champions

Football
TitlesSchoolYears
16Tippecanoe Valley1977, 1978, 1979, 1980*, 1981, 1982*, 1985*, 1987, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2011*, 2012*, 2021, 2022*
14Rochester1988, 1997, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014, 2022*
11Southwood1976, 1980*, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002*, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022*
6Whitko1986, 1989, 1990, 2002*, 2010, 2013*
5Triton1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975*
4North Miami1982*, 1984*, 1985*, 1991
4Oak Hill1982*, 1983, 2000*, 2003
3Northfield1975*, 1980*, 2016
2Manchester1998, 2009*
2Peru2015, 2023
1Caston1975*
1Eastern (Greentown)1984*
0Maconaquah
0Wabash
  • Culver did not have a football team until after they left the TRC.

Boys basketball
TitlesSchoolYears
15Tippecanoe Valley1977, 1990*, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015*, 2022
13Manchester1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1994*, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001*, 2015*
12Whitko1978, 1980, 1983*, 1984, 1985*, 1987, 1990*, 1992*, 1994*, 1996*, 2009*, 2011
5Northfield1974*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 1992*
4Oak Hill1983*, 1985*, 1996*, 2001*
4Southwood2010*, 2015*, 2016, 2017*
3Caston1973*, 1975, 1976
3North Miami1973*, 2009*, 2010*
3Rochester2007*, 2009*, 2020
3Wabash2012, 2018, 2019
2Maconaquah2017*, 2021*
1Peru2021*
1Triton1972
0Culver
0Eastern (Greentown)

Girls volleyball
TitlesSchoolYears
12Southwood2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2022
4Rochester2003, 2014, 2015, 2017
2Maconaquah2016, 2019
1Northfield2020
1Wabash2018

Girls basketball
TitlesSchoolYears
15Tippecanoe Valley1978, 1979*, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002*, 2007*, 2009, 2012*, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019*, 2021, 2022
9Rochester1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2006*, 2012*, 2019*
7Northfield1980, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2018, 2019*, 2020
6Manchester1984*, 1998, 2005, 2006*, 2007*, 2012*
5Southwood1979*, 1982, 1983, 1984*, 2013
4Wabash2010, 2011, 2012*, 2014
3Oak Hill1981, 1985, 2006*
2North Miami1996, 1997
1Whitko2008
0Caston
0Eastern (Greentown)
0Maconaquah
0Peru
0Triton
  • The champions for 1986-87, 1988–89, 1989–90, and 1992-93 are not verified. Culver left the TRC before girls' competition began.

Boys Swimming & Diving
TitlesSchoolYears
8Maconaquah2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
0Manchester
0Northfield
0North Miami
0Rochester
0Tippecanoe Valley
0Wabash

Girls Swimming & Diving
TitlesSchoolYears
7Maconaquah2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
1Rochester2016
0Manchester
0Northfield
0North Miami
0Tippecanoe Valley
0Wabash

References
  1. "Three Rivers Conference". Archived from the original on 2007-06-27.
  2. "IHSAA -Play On". Archived from the original on 2009-03-18.

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