The Wabash Conference in Indiana

The Wabash River Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)-sanctioned conference located within Fountain, Parke, Vermillion, and Warren Counties in West Central Indiana. All of the participating schools are either 1A, 2A, or 3A (South Vermillion) institutions in rural counties. The conference began in 1964 with nine schools who had outgrown their county conferences or had them fold, and has had that number stay relatively consistent since. The only change since was the consolidation of two members, Turkey Run and Rockville, into Parke Heritage High School in 2018 reducing the number of members to 8.[1]

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA
Class		 County Year Joined or Year Joining Previous conference
Attica1 Attica Red Ramblers     170 1A 23
Fountain		 1966 Hoosier
Covington2 Covington Trojans     294 2A 23
Fountain		 1964 Fountain County
Fountain
Central		 Veedersburg Mustangs     275 1A 23
Fountain		 1965 none (new school)
North
Vermillion		 Cayuga Falcons     213 1A 83
Vermillion		 1964 none (new school)
Parke Heritage Rockville Wolves       368 2A 61
Parke		 2018 none (new school)
Riverton
Parke		 Montezuma Panthers       311 2A 61
Parke		 1986 none (new school)
Seeger3 West Lebanon Patriots       387 2A 86
Warren		 1964 Warren County
South Vermillion4 Clinton Wildcats       510 3A 83
Vermillion		 1982
2016		 Western Indiana
Western Indiana

Source:[2]

  1. Played concurrently in the WRC and HAC 1966-71.
  2. Played concurrently in the WRC and FCAA 1964-65.
  3. Played concurrently in the WRC and WCC 1964-73.
  4. Played in WIC 1999-2015.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Coal Creek Central New Richmond Bearcats     54
Montgomery		 1964 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated
into North Montgomery)
Ladoga Ladoga Canners     54
Montgomery		 1964 Big 4 1971 none (consolidated
into Southmont)
New Market New Market Purple Flyers     54
Montgomery		 1964 Big 4 1971 none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Rockville Rockville Rox     61
Parke		 1964 Parke County 2018 none (consolidated
into Parke Heritage)
Turkey
Run		 Marshall Warriors       61
Parke		 1964 Parke County 2018 none (consolidated
into Parke Heritage)
Veedersburg1 Veedersburg Green Devils     23
Fountain		 1964 Fountain County 1965 none (consolidated
into Fountain Central)
North
Montgomery		 Linden Chargers     54
Montgomery		 1971 none (new school) 1974 Sagamore
Southmont New Market Mounties     54
Montgomery		 1971 none (new school) 1985 Sagamore
  1. Played concurrently in the WRC and FCAA 1964-65.

Facilities

School Football Stadium Capacity Basketball arena Capacity
Attica Lewis Bruce Field 800 Lambert Memorial Gym 2,360
Covington Trojan Complex 1,000 Covington Gym 2,100
Fountain
Central		 Mustang Stadium 1,000 Mustang Gym 2,500
North
Vermillion		 Gibson Field 2,000 Kirk Gentrup Memorial Gymnasium 2,200
South Vermillion Brent Anderson Memorial Stadium 7,000 South Vermillion Arena 3,500
Parke Heritage1 Rox Field 900 Rock-a-Dome 1,492
Riverton
Parke		 Ciolli Field 800 Panther Arena 1,837
Seeger Patriot Field 1,000 Williamsport Gym 2,500
  1. Facilities may be renamed after consolidation.

Football Champions

Split championships are denoted with asterisks.[3]

TitlesSchoolYears
14Fountain Central1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996, 1997*, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016*, 2017*
13North Vermillion1967, 1986*, 1987, 1989*, 1992, 1993, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016*, 2018, 2019
12Seeger1988*, 1989*, 1994, 1995*, 1997*, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
8Rockville11968, 1984, 1988*, 1989*, 1991*, 1997*, 2007, 2008
7Covington1964, 1970*, 1972*, 1974*, 1985, 1986*, 1991*
7Southmont11971, 1972*, 1974*, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982
3Attica1990, 1999, 2000
2North Montgomery11972*, 1973
2Turkey Run11970*, 1995*
1Coal Creek Central11969
1South Vermillion2017*
0Ladoga1
0New Market1
1Parke Heritage2021
0Riverton-Parke
0Veedersburg1
  1. No longer plays in WRC.
  2. *Shared Title

State championships

Attica (1)

  • 2001 Boys Basketball (A)

Fountain Central (1)

  • 1983 Boys Football (A)

North Vermillion (2)

  • 2002 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2014 Boys Football (A)

Riverton Parke (1)

  • 2010 Girls Softball (A)

Seeger (1)

  • 2004 Boys Football (A)

Covington (0)

South Vermillion (0)

  • N/A

Parke Heritage (0)

• N/A

Resources

References

  1. ↑ Stultz, Max (February 2, 1964). "Shooting Stars". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "IHSAA Member School Enrollments for 2015‐16 and 2016‐17" (PDF). ihsaa.org. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  3. ↑ "AlmanacSports.com - Football - Wabash River Conference Standings". www.almanacsports.com.
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