Indiana Crossroads Conference

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Indiana Crossroads Conference
Icc-logo-png.png
League IHSAA
Founded2005
Sports fielded
  • men's: 10
  • women's: 10, unified: 1
No. of teams8
Region3 Counties: Marion, Morgan, and Shelby
Official website https://www.iccathletics.com
Locations
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The Indiana Crossroads Conference is an eight-school conference, with schools located in Hendricks, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties, mostly consisting of smaller-to-medium public and private schools.

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The latest conference changes have occurred with Lapel leaving 2014 and Park Tudor leaving the ICC in 2019. Cascade joined the conference to fill the vacancy left by Park Tudor. [1] After four years in the conference, Cascade will leave the Indiana Crossroads Conference in 2024 to rejoin their west central Indiana rivals in the Western Indiana Conference. With this change, Covenant Christian will leave the Circle City Conference and join for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyEnrollment
2022-2023
IHSAA
Class
IHSAA Class
Football
Year joinedPrevious conference
Beech Grove Beech Grove Hornets     49
Marion
968AAAAAAA2005 Mid-State
Cardinal Ritter Indianapolis Raiders    49
Marion
502AAAA2005Independents
Cascade Clayton Cadets    32
Hendricks
495AAAA2019 Western Indiana
Lutheran Indianapolis Saints    49
Marion
224AA2009Independents
Monrovia Monrovia Bulldogs   55
Morgan
531AAAA2014 West Central
Scecina Memorial Indianapolis Crusaders    49
Marion
439AAAA2005Independents
(RC 2000)
Speedway Speedway Sparkplugs   49
Marion
543AAAA2010 West Central
Triton Central Fairland Tigers   73
Shelby
462AAAA2012 Mid-Hoosier

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Park Tudor Indianapolis Panthers    49
Marion
2005Independents
(MIFC)
2019 Pioneer
Lapel 1 Lapel Bulldogs   48
Madison
2009 White River 2014Independents

Future members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyEnrollment
2022-2023
IHSAA
Class
IHSAA Class
Football
Year To JoinPrevious conference
Covenant Christian Indianapolis Warriors    49
Marion
352AAA2024 Circle City

Future former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear To LeaveNew Conference
Cascade Clayton Cadets    32
Hendricks
2019 Western Indiana 2024Western Indiana
  1. Played in both ICRC and WRC for 2009–10 season.

State championships

Beech Grove Hornets (2)

Cardinal Ritter Raiders (4)

Park Tudor Panthers (19)

Scecina Memorial (4)

Monrovia Bulldogs (1)

Indianapolis Lutheran (6)

Triton Central (1)

Speedway (2)

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References

  1. Trimpe, Dylan (June 13, 2018). "Cascade joining the ICC". Avon, IN: Hendricks County Flyer.

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