Porter County Conference
The Porter County Conference (PCC) is an athletic conference made up of eight Indiana high schools. Five of the eight schools are within Porter County, Indiana. Of the remaining schools, two are in LaPorte County and one in Lake County.
The PCC was originally formed in 1933, as the Porter County schools split off from the Lake-Porter County Conference. The conference included all of the schools inside the county. A major shakeup occurred in 1958, as Portage and Chesterton grew too large for the other remaining schools and left. Membership dropped to six schools when Jackson Township and Liberty Township consolidated into Chesterton High School in 1969. Hanover Central joined the PCC for the school year of 1972–1973. For the 1975–1976 school year, La Crosse and Westville joined the PCC. Westville left the PCC after the 1997–1998 school year for the Northland Athletic Conference (now defunct). Wheeler left after the 2002–2003 school year for the Lake Athletic Conference (now defunct); South Central joined the PCC for the 2003–2004 school year in Wheeler's place. Hanover Central announced in 2012 that it will leave the PCC in to join the Greater South Shore Conference. The PCC allowed Hanover Central to leave a year early in 2013, and voted to readmit Westville, who had been an independent since the demise of the Northland Conference.
Most PCC members are in Class A, the smallest enrollment class, and only two (Boone Grove and South Central) offer football. South Central participates in the Greater South Shore Conference in football only; Boone Grove is currently an independent in football, but will also participate in the Greater South Shore Conference in football only starting either in 2014 or 2015.
Members
Current members
School | Location | Mascot | Colors | Enrollment | IHSAA Class |
County | Joined | Previous Conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boone Grove |
Valparaiso | Wolves | 536 | 2A | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | |
Hebron1 | Hebron | Hawks | 340 | 2A | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | |
Kouts2 | Kouts | Mustangs/ Fillies |
256 | A | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | |
LaCrosse | LaCrosse | Tigers | 102 | A | 46 LaPorte |
1975 | South Lake Michigan | |
Morgan Township |
Valparaiso | Cherokees | 244 | A | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | |
South Central (Union Mills) |
Union Mills | Satellites | 304 | A | 46 La Porte |
2003 | Northland | |
Washington Township |
Valparaiso | Senators | 253 | A | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | |
Westville3 | Westville | Blackhawks | 279 | A | 46 La Porte |
1975 2013 |
South Lake Michigan Independents |
- Hebron played concurrently in the KVC and PCC 1935-67.
- Kouts played concurrently in the KVC and PCC 1935-59.
- Westville played in the Northland Conference from 1998 to 2008, then as an Independent from 2008 until rejoining in 2013.
Former Members
School | Location | Mascot | Colors | County | Joined | Previous Conference |
Left | Conference Joined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chesterton | Chesterton | Trojans | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1958 | Independents (Lake Suburban 1963) | |
Jackson Township | Valparaiso | Panthers | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1969 | none (consolidated into Chesterton) | |
Liberty Township | Chesterton | Lions | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1969 | none (consolidated into Chesterton) | |
Portage1 | Portage | Indians | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | 1958 | Calumet | |
Wheeler2 | Union Township | Bearcats | 64 Porter |
1933 | Lake-Porter County | 2003 | Lake | |
Hanover Central |
Cedar Lake | Wildcats | 45 Lake |
1972 | Independents | 2013 | Greater South Shore |
- Concurrent with Lake-Porter County Conference 1933-49, and Calumet Conference 1949-58.
- Concurrent with Lake-Porter County Conference 1933-49.
Membership timeline
Conference Champions
Boys Basketball
# | Team | Seasons |
---|---|---|
24 | Boone Grove | 1959, 1960*, 1961*, 1966*, 1968, 1969*, 1973*, 1977, 1979, 1980*, 1981, 1983, 1985*, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008*, 2009*, 2010 |
17 | Hebron | 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965*, 1967, 1969*, 1974, 1978*, 1980, 1982, 1985*, 1986, 1989*, 1990, 1994, 2002*, 2008* |
12 | Kouts | 1960*, 1961*, 1989*, 1995, 2000*, 2001, 2002*, 2008*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 |
10 | Morgan Township | 1965*, 1966*, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1987, 1988, 2002*, 2004, 2007 |
4 | Wheeler | 1984, 1992, 2002*, 2003 |
3 | LaCrosse | 1976, 1991, 1993 |
1 | Hanover Central | 1973* |
1 | Liberty Township | 1969* |
1 | South Central (UM) | 2009 |
0 | Jackson Township | |
0 | Washington Township | |
0 | Westville |
Girls Basketball
# | Team | Seasons |
---|---|---|
13 | Boone Grove | 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980*, 1989, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009*, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
12 | Kouts | 1981*, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988*, 1990, 1991, 1999*, 2007, 2008, 2009* |
7 | Hebron | 1978, 1993, 1996*, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009* |
5 | Washington Township | 1977, 1979*, 1980, 1981*, 2009* |
4 | Hanover Central | 1984, 1996*, 1997*, 1999* |
4 | Morgan Township | 1986, 1995, 1997*, 1998* |
3 | South Central (UM) | 2006, 2013, 2014 |
2 | LaCrosse | 1979*, 1992 |
1 | Wheeler | 1998* |
0 | Westville |
State Championships
Hanover Central (1)
- 2004 Softball (2A)
Morgan Township (1)
- 1999 Softball (A)