Page 72 - The History of Lafayette Area Boys Basketball

1943: LaCrosse is admitted to the Kankakee Valley.
1947: St. Joseph’s Prep closes & is removed the Kankakee Valley Conference.
1949: LaCrosse drops out of the Kankakee Valley to re-join the LaPorte County Conference.
1954: Morocco leaves the Kankakee Valley to join the Northern State Conference.
1955: Brook, Kentland, & Monon withdrawal from the KVC to join the Midwest Conference. Remington
withdrawals from the KVC to join the Prairie Conference.
1956: Goodland leaves the KVC to join the Prairie Conference.
1957: Hamlet drops out of the KVC to join the Tippecanoe Valley Conference.
1958: Morocco re-joins the Kankakee Valley Conference.
1959: San Pierre withdrawals from the KVC to join the Tippecanoe Valley Conference, while Kouts leaves to join
the Porter County Conference.
1965: Fair Oaks consolidates into DeMotte. Tefft consolidates into Wheatfield.
1967: DeMotte & Wheatfield leave the KVC for the Midwest Conference. Hebron withdrawals from the KVC to join
the Porter County Conference. Morocco & Mount Ayr close as part of the consolidation that forms North
Newton. The KVC disbands after the 1966-67 school year.

Mid-Central Conference

The Mid-Central Conference began competition during the 1966-67 school year.
Mid-Central Timeline
1966: The Mid-Central Conference is formed.
Membership: Battle Ground, Carroll, Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, East Tipp, Southwestern,
Thorntown, Wainwright
1970: Battle Ground & East Tipp close & are part of the consolidation that forms Harrison.
1974: Thorntown closes & is part of the consolidation that forms Western Boone.
1975: Southwestern & Wainwright close as part of the consolidation that forms McCutcheon. This causes the
Mid-Central Conference to disband.
Mid-Central Conference Champions

Year Champion(s)
1967 Carroll
1968 Thorntown
1969 Clinton Central
East Tipp
1970
Thorntown
1971 Clinton Central
Thorntown
1972
Southwestern
1973 Clinton Central
1974 Clinton Central
1975 Clinton Central

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