History
The Conference was formed in 1926 by 10 schools in the Central third of Indiana. The original teams were Anderson, Arsenal Tech of Indianapolis, Frankfort, Kokomo, Lebanon, Logansport, Muncie Central, New Castle, Richmond, and Rochester. With a couple of minor changes in the first decade (Lafayette Jeff replacing Rochester in 1931, and Marion replacing Lebanon in 1933), the conference membership remained unchanged, while the conference added more sports to its umbrella.
This changed in 1960, and Arsenal Tech was forced to join the IPS Conference, and Frankfort left to co-found the Sagamore Conference in 1967. The conference would continue on with the same eight members for the next 36 years while changes were happening in the communities outside the schools. Anderson, Kokomo, and Muncie would open up second and third city high schools, while consolidations in the rural areas outside of Lafayette would give Jeff two similar-sized local rivals. However, the economic crisis and industrial decline in the late 1970's and early 1980's hit many of these cities hard, as populations dwindled without anything replacing the lost manufacturing jobs. Anderson and Kokomo are now down to one high school each, and Muncie may drop from two to one within coming years.
In the face of these population shifts, Lafayette Jeff joined the Hoosier Crossroads Conference in 2003, joining local rivals Harrison and McCutcheon, as well as the growing suburban schools outside of Indianapolis. Huntington North was brought in from the Olympic Conference as a replacement, where it had previously had conference rivals located in Muncie and Anderson.
Huntington North will leave the NCC at the conclusion of the 2014-15 season to become a member of a (yet-to-be-named) 8-team conference consisting of (former NHC members: East Noble; Norwell; New Haven; Columbia City; DeKalb; Bellmont and (then former ACAC member) Leo. New Castle will leave the NCC at the end of the 2013-14 season to join the Hoosier Heritage Conference.
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