Northeast Eight Conference

The Northeast 8 Conference in Indiana.

An eight-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the Northeastern Indiana counties of Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Noble, Wells, and Whitley. The conference was started in 1989 as the Northeast Hoosier Conference when six schools from the Northeastern Indiana Athletic Conference (Bellmont, Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Homestead, and New Haven) joined with two schools from the Allen County Athletic Conference (Fort Wayne Carroll and Norwell). The smaller six schools decided to pull out of the conference in 2015 the conference will cease to exist, forcing Carroll and Homestead out, who then joined the Summit Athletic Conference. The remaining schools, while settling on the current league name, added Huntington North of the North Central Conference and Leo of the Allen County Athletic Conference, who are more similar in size to the rest of the schools. While the six NEHC schools technically dropped out, they never actually left the league, having succeeded in forcing out the two large Fort Wayne schools, ended up staying in the league. This is not an unheard of tactic, as most notably Ohio's Chagrin Valley Conference pulled virtually the same move around the same time.

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Enrollment	IHSAA Class	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Bellmont	Decatur	Braves	927	AAA	01 Adams	1989	Northeastern Indiana
Columbia City	Columbia City	Eagles	1,127	AAAA	92 Whitley	1989	Northeastern Indiana
DeKalb	Waterloo	Barons	1,302	AAAA	17 DeKalb	1989	Northeastern Indiana
East Noble	Kendallville	Knights	1,213	AAAA	57 Noble	1989	Northeastern Indiana
Huntington North	Huntington	Vikings	1,750	AAAA	35 Huntington	2015	North Central
Leo	Leo	Lions		AAA	02 Allen	2015	Allen County
New Haven	New Haven	Bulldogs	985	AAAA	02 Allen	1989	Northeastern Indiana
Norwell	Ossian	Knights	876	AAAA	90 Wells	1989	Allen County

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Enrollment	IHSAA Class	# / County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Fort Wayne Carroll	Fort Wayne	Chargers		1,889	AAAA	02 Allen	1989	Allen County	2015	Summit
Fort Wayne Homestead	Fort Wayne	Spartans		2,141	AAAA	02 Allen	1989	Northeastern Indiana	2015	Summit

State Championships

Bellmont (6)

1987 Wrestling
1988 Wrestling
1994 Wrestling
2007 Volleyball (3A)
2008 Football (3A)
2010 Volleyball (3A)

DeKalb (2)

1980 Baseball
1986 Football (4A)

East Noble (1)

2000 Football (4A)

Carroll (2)

2010 Baseball (4A)
2011 Baseball (4A)

Homestead (10)

1983 Gymnastics
1984 Gymnastics
1985 Gymnastics
1990 Hockey (AA)
1991 Hockey (A)
1995 Hockey (AA)
1996 Gymnastics
1999 Gymnastics
2001 Gymnastics
2015 Boys Basketball

Huntington North (2)

1990 Girls Basketball
1995 Girls Basketball

Norwell (2)

2003 Baseball (3A)
2007 Baseball (3A)

Notable athletes

Rob Bowen, Major League Baseball Catcher
Chandler Harnish, [Norwell] Northern Illinois, Indianapolis Colts Quarterback
Jarrod Parker, [Norwell] Major League Baseball Pitcher
Dave Doster, New Haven High School, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies 2nd Baseman

Resources

Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA)

Boys' sports	Baseball Basketball (Championship) Cross Country Football (Large School, Small School) Golf Soccer Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Wrestling

Girls' sports	Basketball Cross Country Golf Gymnastics Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track and field Volleyball

Athletic Conferences	Allen County Big Eight Blue Chip Central Indiana Circle City Conference Indiana Duneland Eastern Indiana Great Lakes Greater South Shore Athletic Hoosier Hoosier Crossroads Hoosier Heartland Hoosier Heritage Hoosier Hills Hoosier North Indiana Crossroads Indianapolis Public Metropolitan Mid-Eastern Mid-Hoosier Mid-Indiana Football Mid-Southern Mid-State North Central Northeast Corner Northeast Eight Northern Indiana Northern Lakes Northwest Crossroads Northwestern Ohio River Valley Patoka Lake Pioneer Pocket Porter County Sagamore Southern Southern Indiana Southwestern Indiana Southwest Football Summit Three Rivers Tri-Eastern Wabash River Western Indiana IHSAA Independents

Disbanded Conferences	Adams Benton Boone Big Blue River Big 4 Blue River Calumet Athletic Capital District Cass Central Suburban Classic Decatur Delaware Dixie Dixie-Monon East Central Eastern Indiana (EIC) Eastern Wabash Valley Elkhart Fort Wayne City Fountain Fulton Hamilton Hancock Henry Howard Huntington Indiana H.S. Football Indiana Lake Shore Jay Johnson Kankakee Valley Kosciusko LaGrange Lake Athletic Lake-Porter Lake Suburban Laughery Valley Little 4 Little 7 Little 8 Lost River Marion Marshall Mid-Central Mid-Indiana Midland Midwest Mississinewa Valley Montgomery Noble Northeastern Indiana Northwest Hoosier Northern Indiana Valley Northern State Northland Olympic Patoka Valley Prairie Rangeline South Central South Lake Michigan Southeastern Indiana Southern Monon State Corner Steuben Tiny Ten Tippecanoe Tippecanoe Valley Tri-City League Tri-County (Northern) Tri-County (Southern) Tri-River Wayne Wells West Central Western Indiana Small High School White River Whitewater Valley Whitley

Conference rosters	List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana Detailed Lists Allen County – Metropolitan Mid-Eastern – Northwestern Ohio River Valley – Western Indiana Independent

City Championships	Evansville (SIAC) Fort Wayne (SAC) Gary Indianapolis South Bend (NIAC)

Cross-Conference tournaments	Christian Academy Tournament Columbus Christian Tournament Gibson County Toyota Teamwork Classic Indianapolis City Tournament Madison County Tournament Perry-Spencer County Classic Shawe Memorial Tournament Wabash Valley Classic

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