Rangeline Conference
The Rangeline Conference was an IHSAA-Sanctioned High School Athletic Conference that lasted from 1965 to 1999, containing schools in Boone, Clinton, Delaware, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Howard, Marion, Shelby, and Tipton Counties in Central Indiana at various points, though never having more than five counties represented at one time, and the largest membership at once being eight schools.
The conference began as the Mid-Capital Conference in 1965, following the breakup of the Hamilton County Conference due to consolidation. The six school loop was down to four by 1970, but expanded to 7 by 1972 and rebranded itself as the Rangeline, since its footprint was no longer confined to the northern suburbs of Indianapolis. While the conference was stable at 8 schools from 1975 to 1989, size differences and geography plagued Rangeline for its remaining 11 years, until its demise in 2000.
Membership
School | Location | Mascot | Colors | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
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Avon | Avon | Orioles | 32 Hendricks | 1965 | Independents | 1970 | West Central | |
Hamilton Heights | Arcadia | Huskies | 29 Hamilton | 1965 | none (new school) | 2000 | Mid-Indiana | |
Hamilton Southeastern1 | Fishers | Royals | 29 Hamilton | 1965 1972 | Hamilton County Big Blue River | 1969 1995 | Big Blue River Hoosier Heritage | |
Sharpsville-Prairie | Sharpsville | Bulldogs | 80 Tipton | 1965 | Independents (TCC 1964) | 1970 | none (consolidated into Tri-Central) | |
Sheridan | Sheridan | Blackhawks | 29 Hamilton | 1965 | Hamilton County | 2000 | Hoosier | |
Westfield | Westfield | Shamrocks | 29 Hamilton | 1965 | Hamilton County | 2000 | Hoosier Crossroads | |
Tri-Central | Sharpsville | Trojans | 80 Tipton | 1970 | none (new school) | 1989 | Hoosier Heartland | |
Taylor | Center | Titans | 34 Howard | 1972 | Independents (new school 1967) | 1974 | Mid-Indiana | |
Zionsville | Zionsville | Eagles | 06 Boone | 1972 | Independents (BCC 1964) | 2000 | Hoosier Crossroads | |
Clinton Central | Michigantown | Bulldogs | 12 Clinton | 1975 | Mid-Central | 1989 | Hoosier Heartland | |
Clinton Prairie | Frankfort | Gophers | 12 Clinton | 1975 | Mid-Central | 1989 | Hoosier Heartland | |
New Palestine | New Palestine | Dragons | 30 Hancock | 1989 | Big Blue River | 1995 | Hoosier Heritage | |
Triton Central | Fairland | Tigers | 73 Shelby | 1989 | Big Blue River | 1995 | Mid-Hoosier | |
Scecina Memorial | Indianapolis | Crusaders | 49 Marion | 1995 | Independents | 2000 | Independents | |
Yorktown | Yorktown | Tigers | 18 Delaware | 1997 | White River | 1999 | Hoosier Heritage | |
Tipton | Tipton | Blue Devils | 80 Tipton | 1998 | Central Indiana | 2000 | Hoosier |
- Hamilton Southeastern opened as a renaming of Fishers in 1965, since no schools consolidated with FHS, despite the new mascot and colors. Eventually a new Fishers High School would split from HSEHS, reviving the old FHS mascot and colors.
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Resources
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