Northern State Conference

The Northern State Conference is a newly reformed conference that has existed since 1954. The conference went through many changes in membership and ultimately dissolved in 2015 when all of its members left for other conferences. Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, the conference will be reformed with six new schools: Bremen, Jimtown, John Glenn, Knox, LaVille, and Tippecanoe Valley.

The earlier NSC lasted from 1954 to 1963, including schools from Carroll, Elkhart, Jasper, Marshall, Newton, St. Joseph, and Starke counties. Jimtown was the only holdover from the earlier conference into the modern one, though Bremen and Knox did join the current version in the 1980s.

In 2013, Culver and Knox announced that they would be leaving the conference after the 2014–2015 school year in order to join the Hoosier North Athletic Conference with three schools from the Midwest Conference and Independent North Judson. LaVille and Triton decided to join the HNAC at the same time. The remaining four schools joined the Northern Indiana Athletic Conference, ensuring the end of the conference.^[1]

In 2023, six schools decided to leave their current conferences and join a reformed Northern State Conference. Knox and LaVille from the Hoosier North Athletic Conference announced that they would be leaving. Bremen, John Glenn and Jimtown from the Northern Indiana Athletic Conference, and Tippecanoe Valley from the Three Rivers Conference (Indiana) would all be joining. The new conference would be in effect starting in the 2024-2025 school year.^[2]

Membership from 2024-Current

School	Location	Mascot	# / County	Year joined	Previous conference
Bremen	Bremen	Lions	50 Marshall	2024	Northern Indiana
Glenn	Walkerton	Falcons	71 St. Joseph	2024	Northern Indiana
Jimtown	Elkhart	Jimmies	20 Elkhart	2024	Northern Indiana
Knox	Knox	Redskins	75 Starke	2024	Hoosier North
LaVille	Lakeville	Lancers	71 St. Joseph	2024	Hoosier North
Tippecanoe Valley	Akron	Vikings	43 Kosciusko	2024	Three Rivers Conference (Indiana)

Membership up to 2015

School (IHSAA ID#)	Location	Mascot	# / County	Year joined	Previous conference	Year left	Future Conference
Glenn	Walkerton	Falcons	71 St. Joseph	1966	none (new school)	2015	Northern Indiana
Jimtown	Elkhart	Jimmies	20 Elkhart	1966	Elkhart County	2015	Northern Indiana
LaVille	Lakeville	Lancers	71 St. Joseph	1966	Marshall County	2015	Hoosier North
New Carlisle	New Carlisle	Tigers	71 St. Joseph	1966	St. Joseph County	1968	none (consolidated into New Prairie)
North Liberty	North Liberty	Shamrocks	71 St. Joseph	1966	St. Joseph County	1981	none (consolidated into Glenn)
New Prairie	New Carlisle	Cougars	46 LaPorte 71 St. Joseph	1968	none (new school)	2015	Northern Indiana
Fairfield	Goshen	Falcons	20 Elkhart	1969	Elkhart County	1980	Northeast Corner
Culver	Culver	Cavaliers	50 Marshall	1977	Independents (TRC 1976)	2015	Hoosier North
Triton	Bourbon	Trojans	50 Marshall	1980	Three Rivers	2015	Hoosier North
Knox	Knox	Redskins	75 Starke	1982	Northwest Hoosier	2015	Hoosier North
Bremen	Bremen	Lions	50 Marshall	1989	Northern Lakes	2015	Northern Indiana

Old Northern State Conference Membership

School (IHSAA ID#)	Location	Mascot	# / County	Year joined	Previous conference	Year left	Conference joined
Delphi	Delphi	Oracles	08 Carroll	1954	Hoosier	1956	Hoosier
Knox	Knox	Redskins	75 Starke	1954	Independents (SCC 1948)	1963	Independents (NWHC 1968)
Morocco	Morocco	Beavers	56 Newton	1954	Kankakee Valley	1958	Kankakee Valley
North Judson	North Judson	Blue Jays	75 Starke	1954	Independents (SCC 1948)	1963	Independents (NWHC 1968)
Rensselaer Central	Rensselaer	Bombers	37 Jasper	1954	Independents (HAC 1949)	1958	Independents (NWHC 1968)
Bremen	Bremen	Lions	50 Marshall	1958	Marshall County	1962	Marshall County
Jimtown¹	Elkhart	Jimmies	20 Elkhart	1958	Elkhart County	1963	Elkhart County
Washington- Clay	South Bend	Colonials	71 St. Joseph	1958	St. Joseph County	1963	St. Joseph County

Jimtown was known as Baugo Township until 1961.

State championships

Bremen (2)

1989 Football (A)
1994 Football (2A)

Culver Community (0)

Glenn (0)

Jimtown (6)

1974 Boys Gymnastics
1991 Football (A)
1997 Football (2A)
1998 Football (2A)
2004 Boys Basketball (2A)
2005 Football (2A)

Knox Community (0)

New Prairie (0)

Triton (4)

2000 Girls Basketball (A)
2001 Girls Basketball (A)
2001 Baseball (A)
2008 Boys Basketball (A)

Resources

References

^ Pete Byrne (2014-04-23). "UPDATE: NIC expands, adding Bremen, Jimtown, New Prairie and Glenn". WSBT TV, South Bend, IN. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
^ "Six South Bend-area schools announce formation of new high school athletic conference".

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[1] Pete Byrne (2014-04-23). "UPDATE: NIC expands, adding Bremen, Jimtown, New Prairie and Glenn". WSBT TV, South Bend, IN. Retrieved 2014-04-24.

[2] "Six South Bend-area schools announce formation of new high school athletic conference".

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