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The Midwest Athletic Conference was (and will be) a high school athletic conference in northwestern Indiana, United States. The Conference began in 1955 with eight schools located in Benton, Carroll, Cass, Newton, and White counties. The MAC had a tumultuous history of membership turnover for much of its history, but had stabilized since going to 10 members with West Central and Winimac joining in 1980 and 1981, respectively. The only changes since then were Rossville and Carroll joining the Hoosier Heartland Conference in 1989 and 1992, leaving a stable 8 school membership for 20 years. In 2013, Caston, Pioneer, and Winamac announced that they were leaving the Conference to join with 2 other schools from the Northern State Conference as well as Independent North Judson for the 2015-2016 school year.This touched off an exodus that ended the conference, as West Central joined Caston, Pioneer, and Winamac in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference, while Frontier and Tri-County joined the Hoosier Heartland Conference. South Newton joined the Sangamon Valley Conference of Illinois. North White was the only school that had not been accepted to another conference immediately, though they were accepted as a football-only member of the Hoosier Heartland. The Conference is set to reform in 2017, with six former schools rejoining.
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Future Membership
- Played in the Hoosier Heartland Conference 2015-18.
- Played in the NWHC 1975-98, as an Independent 1998-2007 and 2017-18, and in the GSSC 2007-17.
- Played as an Independent (football played in Hoosier Heartland) 2015-18.
- Played in the Sangamon Valley Conference (IL) 2015-18.
- Played 1975-80 in the NWHC, and 2015-19 in the HNAC, playing 2018-19 in both conferences.
Former Members
1 Tri-County also has students living in Benton and Jasper Counties. 2 West Central also has students living in Jasper County.