Eastern Wabash Valley Conference

The Eastern Wabash Valley Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference located in Northeast Indiana. The league started in 1959,[1] as five schools broke away from the Eastern Indiana Conference and joined with Wells County Conference member Ossian. This lineup lasted only three years, as Berne would return to the EIC in 1962. The remaining five schools stuck together until 1966,[2] as Geneva high school closed. Lancaster Central, Monmouth, and Ossian were all slated to close that next year, so the remaining four schools went their separate ways. Adams Central (already an Allen County Athletic Conference member) would be joined by Ossian (holding the place for the new Norwell consolidation) in the ACAC, while Lancaster and Monmouth would play out their last season by returning to the EIC.

Eastern Wabash Valley Conference
AssociationIHSAA
First season1959
Ceased1966
No. of teams5–6
RegionNortheast Indiana

Membership

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School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Adams
Central
1
Monroe Flying Jets     01
Adams
1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Allen County
Berne Berne Bears     01
Adams
1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1962 Eastern Indiana (EIC)
Geneva Geneva Cardinals     01
Adams
1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 none (consolidated
into South Adams)
Lancaster Central2 Ossian Knights     90
Wells
1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Eastern Indiana (EIC)
Monmouth Monmouth Eagles     01
Adams
1959 Eastern Indiana (EIC) 1966 Eastern Indiana (EIC)
Ossian Ossian Bears       90
Wells
1959 Wells County 1966 Allen County
  1. Adams Central played in both the EWVC and ACAC for the 1965-66 school year.
  2. Lancaster Central played concurrently in the EWVC and WCC for their entire EWVC duration. Both conferences folded in 1966.

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball". Our Yersterdays, Berne High School, Berne, IN. 1960. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  2. ^ "Jet Harries Jell". Cen Trails, Adams Central High School, Monroe, IN. 1966. Retrieved 2014-06-08.