Three Rivers Conference (Indiana)

Three Rivers Conference

Conference	IHSAA
Founded	1971
Sports fielded	17 men's: 9 women's: 8
No. of teams	10
Region	Northern Indiana
Locations

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

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

North	South
Manchester	Maconaquah
Northfield	North Miami
Rochester	Peru
Tippecanoe Valley	Southwood
Whitko	Wabash

Timeline

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

• Wabash (1920)^
• Tippecanoe Valley (1979-1A)
• Oak Hill (1982-1A)~~
• Whitko (1986-2A)
• Rochester (1987-2A)
• North Miami (1993-1A)
• Southwood (2002-1A)

^ Wabash were winners of the "mythical" state football championship that was recorded pre-1928

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

Volleyball

• Southwood (2023-1A)

Golf

• Rochester (1980)

Track and Field

• Rochester (1918)

Wrestling

• Wabash (1927)
• Wabash (1928)

Softball

• North Miami (2014)
• Northfield (2021)

Conference champions

Football

Titles	School	Years
16	Tippecanoe Valley	1977, 1978, 1979, 1980*, 1981, 1982*, 1985*, 1987, 1993, 1994, 2004, 2006, 2011*, 2012*, 2021, 2022*
14	Rochester	1988, 1997, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009*, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014, 2022*
11	Southwood	1976, 1980*, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2002*, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022*
6	Whitko	1986, 1989, 1990, 2002*, 2010, 2013*
5	Triton	1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975*
4	North Miami	1982*, 1984*, 1985*, 1991
4	Oak Hill	1982*, 1983, 2000*, 2003
3	Northfield	1975*, 1980*, 2016
2	Manchester	1998, 2009*
2	Peru	2015, 2023
1	Caston	1975*
1	Eastern (Greentown)	1984*
0	Lewis Cass
0	Maconaquah
0	Wabash

• Culver did not have a football team until after they left the TRC.

Boys basketball

Titles	School	Years
15	Tippecanoe Valley	1977, 1990*, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2015*, 2022
14	Manchester	1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1991, 1992*, 1993, 1994*, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001*, 2015*, 2023*
12	Whitko	1978, 1980, 1983*, 1984, 1985*, 1987, 1990*, 1992*, 1994*, 1996*, 2009*, 2011
5	Northfield	1974*, 1988, 1989, 1990*, 1992*
4	Oak Hill	1983*, 1985*, 1996*, 2001*
4	Southwood	2010*, 2015*, 2016, 2017*
4	Wabash	2012, 2018, 2019, 2023*
3	Caston	1973*, 1975, 1976
3	North Miami	1973*, 2009*, 2010*
3	Rochester	2007*, 2009*, 2020
2	Maconaquah	2017*, 2021*
1	Peru	2021*
1	Triton	1972
0	Culver
0	Eastern (Greentown)
0	Lewis Cass

Girls volleyball

Titles	School	Years
13	Southwood	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2023
4	Rochester	2003, 2014, 2015, 2017
2	Maconaquah	2016, 2019
1	Northfield	2020
1	Wabash	2018
0	Lewis Cass

Girls basketball

Titles	School	Years
15	Tippecanoe Valley	1978, 1979*, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2002*, 2007*, 2009, 2012*, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019*, 2021, 2022
9	Rochester	1999, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2006*, 2012*, 2019*
7	Northfield	1980, 1986, 1988, 1995, 2018, 2019*, 2020
6	Manchester	1984*, 1998, 2005, 2006*, 2007*, 2012*
5	Southwood	1979*, 1982, 1983, 1984*, 2013
4	Wabash	2010, 2011, 2012*, 2014
3	Oak Hill	1981, 1985, 2006*
2	North Miami	1996, 1997
1	Lewis Cass	2023
1	Whitko	2008
0	Caston
0	Eastern (Greentown)
0	Maconaquah
0	Peru
0	Triton

• 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

Titles	School	Years
9	Maconaquah	2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2	Oak Hill	2003, 2004
0	Lewis Cass
0	Manchester
0	Northfield
0	North Miami
0	Rochester
0	Tippecanoe Valley
0	Wabash

• There was no conference championship between the years 2007-2015 as there were not enough schools with a swim team to have a conference championship.
• Peru, North Miami, Southwood, and Whitko do not have a swim team.

Girls Swimming & Diving

Titles	School	Years
8	Maconaquah	2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2	Oak Hill	2003, 2004
1	Rochester	2016
0	Lewis Cass
0	Manchester
0	Northfield
0	North Miami
0	Tippecanoe Valley
0	Wabash

• There was no conference championship between the years 2007-2015 as there were not enough schools with a swim team to have a conference championship.
• Peru, North Miami, Southwood, and Whitko do not have a swim team.

Resources

• Three Rivers Conference
• IHSAA Conferences
• IHSAA Directory
• The Senior Reports - Indiana