Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference

Map of Indiana counties with member high schools

The Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference (EIAC) is a distinguished, eight-member IHSAA-sanctioned high school athletic conference. Current members consist of Batesville, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Rushville, and South Dearborn. All eight member schools are located in rural southeast Indiana, spread across Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, and Rush counties. The EIAC was founded in 1956 when Brookville, Cambridge City, and Hagerstown of the East Central Conference joined with Aurora, Batesville, and Lawrenceburg of the Southeastern Indiana Conference. Batesville and Lawrenceburg are the only two of the original six founding schools that haven't consolidated or left the conference. North Dearborn joined the conference in 1962, which eventually consolidated into East Central in 1973. In 1974, Greensburg parted ways with the South Central Conference to join the EIAC. Aurora consolidated into South Dearborn in 1978 and Brookville consolidated into Franklin County in 1989. With the exception of 1962-66, 1973-74, 1977-85 (7 members), and 1974-77 (8 members), the conference had been a six-member league until 2013 when Connersville and Rushville joined.[1]

This conference should not be confused with the Eastern Indiana Conference, a small-school conference in Northeast Indiana that existed from 1953 to 1975.

Membership

School City Team Name Colors Enrollment [1]
24-25 		IHSAA Class IHSAA Class
Football 		County Year joined Previous conference
Batesville Batesville Bulldogs     670 3A 3A 69
Ripley 		1956 Southeastern Indiana
Connersville Connersville Spartans     930 3A 4A 21
Fayette 		2013 Independents
(Olympic 2010)
East Central St. Leon Trojans       1241 4A 5A 15
Dearborn 		1973 none (new school)
Franklin County Brookville Wildcats       650 3A 3A 24
Franklin 		1989 none (new school)
Greensburg Greensburg Pirates     662 3A 3A 16
Decatur 		1974 South Central
Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg Tigers       726 3A 3A 15
Dearborn 		1956 Southeastern Indiana
Rushville Rushville Lions       645 3A 3A 70
Rush 		2013 Hoosier Heritage
South Dearborn Aurora Knights       645 3A 3A 15
Dearborn 		1978 none (new school)


Football divisions

In football, two divisions were implemented starting in 2013.

Large Small
Connersville Batesville
East Central Greensburg
Franklin County South Dearborn
Lawrenceburg Rushville

Former members

School City Team Name Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Aurora Aurora Red Devils     15
Dearborn 		1956 Southeastern Indiana 1978 none (consolidated
into South Dearborn)
Brookville Brookville Greyhounds       24
Franklin 		1956
1973 		East Central
Tri-Eastern 		1966
1989 		Tri-Eastern
none (consolidated
into Franklin County)
Cambridge City Cambridge
City 		Golden Eagles     89
Wayne 		1956 East Central 1962 Tri-Eastern
Hagerstown Hagerstown Tigers       89
Wayne 		1956 East Central 1962 Mississinewa Valley
Milan Milan Indians       69
Ripley 		1962 Ohio River Valley 1985 Ohio River Valley
North Dearborn Guilford Vikings       15
Dearborn 		1962 Independents (new
school 1958) 		1973 none (consolidated
into East Central)
Jennings County1 North Vernon Panthers      2 40
Jennings 		1962 Independents
(SE IN 1958) 		1973 Hoosier Hills Conference
South
Decatur 		Greensburg Cougars     16
Decatur 		1973 Mid-Hoosier 1977 Mid-Hoosier
  1. Was North Vernon before 1968, played concurrently in EIAC and HHC 1972-73.
  2. Colors were light blue   and white   until 1968.

Conference championships

Football

# Team Seasons
28 East Central 1973*, 1982*, 1987*, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998*, 2000, 2001, 2002*, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (4A), 2014 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2016 (4A), 2017 (4A), 2018(4A), 2019(4A), 2020 (4A)
26 Lawrenceburg 1957, 1962*, 1963, 1967*, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984,
1985, 1986, 1987*, 1988, 1992, 1998*, 2014 (3A), 2016 (3A), 2017 (3A), 2019(3A), 2020 (4A)
9 Batesville 1956, 1965, 1973*, 1983*, 2002*, 2009, 2013 (3A), 2015 (3A), 2018(3A)
6 Franklin County 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 1999, 2002*
5 Aurora 1960*, 1962*, 1964, 1966, 1967*
4 Brookville 1958, 1959, 1960*, 1977
3 South Dearborn 1982*, 1983*, 1996
1 Hagerstown 1961
1 Jennings County 1969
1 Milan 1968
0 Cambridge City
0 Connersville
0 Greensburg
0 North Dearborn
0 North Vernon
0 Rushville
0 South Decatur

Boys basketball

# Team Seasons
14 Batesville 1963, 1971, 1975*, 1977, 1978, 1979*, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2003*, 2006, 2007*, 2008
12 Greensburg 1975*, 1980, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2003*, 2005*, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2019
9 East Central 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2011
6 Lawrenceburg 1960, 1961, 1969*, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1992*, 2000*, 2009
4 Connersville 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
4 South Dearborn 1979*, 1985*, 1991, 1992*
2 Aurora 1957, 1975*
2 Brookville 1958, 1962
2 Jennings County 1972, 1973
2 North Dearborn 1968*, 1969*
2 North Vernon 1967, 1968*
1 Cambridge City 1959
0 Franklin County
0 Hagerstown
0 Milan
0 Rushville
0 South Decatur
  • Champions 1963–66, 1969-70, 1973–74, 1975-76, and 1980-88 (except SD 1984-85) unverified.

Girls basketball

# Team Seasons
13 Franklin County 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012*
8 East Central 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2012*, 2013, 2015, 2019
4 Greensburg 2009*, 2016, 2018, 2020
2 Rushville 2014, 2017
1 Batesville 2009*
0 Connersville
0 Lawrenceburg 1980, 1981, 1982
0 South Dearborn
  • Champions between beginning of competition in sport until 1991, and 1992-95 are unverified.

State champions

Batesville Bulldogs (6)

  • 1992 Mike Daily, Wrestling (Wt. 119)
  • 2007 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump)
  • 2008 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump)
  • 2009 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump)
  • 2010 Ellie Tidman, Track & Field (High Jump)
  • 2011 Chris Giesting, Track & Field (400 Meter Dash)

Connersville Spartans (2)

  • 1972 Boys Basketball
  • 1983 Boys Basketball

East Central Trojans (5)

  • 1994 Football (4A)
  • 2017 Football (4A)
  • 2022 Football (4A)
  • 2023 Football (4A)
  • 2020 Wrestling Runner Up - Bryer Hall (152 pounds)
  • 2021 Wrestling Champion - Bryer Hall (170 pounds)
  • 2021 IHSWCA 3A Team State Wrestling Champions

Greensburg Pirates (2)

  • 2013 Boys Basketball (3A)
  • 2014 Boys Basketball (3A)
  • 2018 Girls Basketball Runner up (3A)

Lawrenceburg Tigers (7)

  • 1963 Denver Kennett, Track & Field (High Jump)
  • 1975 Football (A)
  • 1978 Football (A)
  • 1986 Chris Green, Track & Field (400 Meter Dash)
  • 2016-2017-2018 - Mason Parris, Wrestling (220 Pounds)[2]

Resources

References

  1. ^ Keontz, Arv (October 15, 1975). "Sportslights". Seymour (IN) Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  2. ^ ihsaa.org