Greater South Shore Athletic Conference (IHSAA)

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The Greater South Shore Conference is an eight-member Indiana High School Athletic Association athletic conference spanning Lake, La Porte, Newton, and Porter Counties in Northwest Indiana. A ninth member, South Central participates only in football, otherwise participating in the Porter County Conference.

Hanover Central High School will join the conference in all sports except football in 2013, and will begin competing in varsity football in either 2014 or 2015. Boone Grove, a Porter County Conference member, will join the conference in football only, concurrent with the start of Hanover Central's football program. The conference will split into two divisions for football, with the North Division including Calumet, Hammond Bishop Noll, Lake Station Edison, River Forest and Whiting, and the South Division including Boone Grove, Hanover Central, North Newton, South Central and Wheeler.

Membership

School	City	Team Name	Colors	Enrollment [1] 12-13	IHSAA Class Football	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference
Hammond Bishop Noll	Hammond	Warriors		496	2A 2A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Boone Grove1	Porter Township	Wolves		536	N/A 2A	64 Porter	2014	Independents
Calumet	Gary, IN	Warriors		599	3A 3A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Hanover Central	Cedar Lake	Wildcats		636	3A 3A	45 Lake	2013	Porter County
Lake Station Edison	Lake Station	Fighting Eagles		394	2A 1A	45 Lake	2007	Lake
Marquette Catholic2	Michigan City	Blazers		217	1A N/A	46 LaPorte	2007	Northland
North Newton	Morocco	Spartans		464	2A 2A	56 Newton	2007	Independents (NWHC 1998)
River Forest	Lake Station	Ingots		420	2A 2A	45 Lake	2007	Northland
South Central1	Union Mills	Satellites		304	N/A 1A	46 LaPorte	2007	Independents
Wheeler	Union Township	Bearcats		555	3A 2A	64 Porter	2007	Lake
Whiting	Whiting	Oilers		2A 1A	45 Lake	2007	Lake

1. Boone Grove and South Central (UM) are football-only members, they compete in the Porter County Conference in other sports.
2. Marquette does not play football.

Football Divisions

This divisional format will be used for football starting in 2014.

North	South
Hammond Bishop Noll	Boone Grove
Calumet	Hanover Central
Lake Station Edison	North Newton
River Forest	South Central
Whiting	Wheeler

Conference Championships

Football

#	Team	Seasons
6	Wheeler	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014 (S)
3	Whiting	2012, 2013, 2014 (N)
0	Bishop Noll
0	Boone Grove
0	Calumet
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	South Central (UM)

• N- North Division, S- South Division.

Boys Basketball

#	Team	Seasons
3	Bishop Noll	2011, 2012, 2013
2	Wheeler	2009, 2010
1	Calumet	2008
1	Marquette	2014
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	Whiting

Girls Basketball

#	Team	Seasons
4	Calumet	2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
2	Bishop Noll	2013, 2014
1	Whiting	2012
0	Edison
0	Hanover Central
0	Marquette
0	North Newton
0	River Forest
0	Wheeler

State Champions

Bishop Noll Warriors (5)

• 1968 Baseball
• 1981 Boys Swimming & Diving
• 1984 Boys Swimming & Diving
• 1989 Football (3A)
• 2004 Baseball (2A)

Marquette Catholic Blazers (9)

• 1999 Volleyball (A)
• 2000 Volleyball (A)
• 2001 Volleyball (A)
• 2004 Volleyball (A)
• 2005 Volleyball (A)
• 2006 Volleyball (A)
• 2007 Volleyball (A)
• 2008 Volleyball (A)
• 2014 Boys Basketball (A)

Wheeler High School (2)

• 2010 Boys Basketball (2A)
• 2010 Girls Softball (2A)

Calumet Warriors (1)

• 1966 Track & Field (2A)

Resources

• IHSAA Conferences
• IHSAA Directory
• IHSAA State Champions
• IHSAA Classification
• IHSAA Football Classification