The Three Rivers Conference is a high school athletic conference in northeast Indiana, consisting of schools in Cass, Fulton, Miami, Wabash, and Whitley counties.
History
The conference was formed in 1971 by independents Caston, Culver, Northfield, and Triton, and former Mid-Indiana Conference (MIC) member North Miami. The conference grew in 1976, as Manchester joined from the Northern Lakes Conference (NLC), Southwood joined from the Mid-Indiana Conference, and two recent consolidations, Whitko (1971) and Tippecanoe Valley (1974) joined. Culver left for the Northern State Conference (NSC) at the same time. This incarnation would last for two years, until Caston left for the Midwest Athletic Conference.
Triton left for the NSC in 1980, and was replaced by two MIC schools: Eastern (Greentown) and Oak Hill. Eastern rejoined the MIC in 1987, and was replaced by NLC school Rochester. The lineup changed once more in 2006, when Oak Hill traded places with Central Indiana Athletic Conference member Wabash. The latest change was in 2015, as Maconaquah and Peru joined from the folding MIC.
Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley share a traveling trophy that is called the bell.
In 2023, Tippecanoe Valley announced they would be exiting the conference to form their own 6 team conference featuring John Glenn, LaVille, Jimtown, Knox, and Bremen. Tippecanoe Valley was independent for the 2023-24 school year before joining the new conference.
Also in 2023, the Hoosier Conference announced that Lewis Cass would be leaving the conference at the end of the 2022-23 school year to join the TRC.
On June 1, 2023, North Miami announced they would be exiting the TRC to join the Hoosier North starting at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year. On the next day of June 2nd, Northwestern announced they would take North Miami's place in the TRC, exiting the Hoosier Conference.
Membership
Former members
Football Divisions 2015–2018
Timeline
Sports
Baseball (boys) Basketball Cross Country Football (boys) Golf Softball (girls) Swimming Tennis Track & Field Wrestling (boys) Volleyball (girls)
State champions
Baseball
Wabash (1986)~
Northfield (2001-2A) Manchester (2002-2A) Northfield (2012-2A)
~ Wabash: Current Member of Three Rivers Conference, won title as member of Central Indiana Conference
Football
Tippecanoe Valley (1979-1A) Oak Hill (1982-1A)~~ Whitko (1986-2A) Rochester (1987-2A) North Miami (1993-1A) Southwood (2002-1A)
~~ Oak Hill: Won title as Member of Three Rivers Conference, current member of Central Indiana Conference
Golf
Rochester (1980)
Track and Field
Rochester (1918)
Wrestling
Wabash (1927) Wabash (1928)
Softball
North Miami (2014) Northfield (2021)
Conference champions
Football
Culver did not have a football team until after they left the TRC.
Boys basketball
Girls volleyball
Girls basketball
The champions for 1986-87, 1988–89, 1989–90, and 1992-93 are not verified. Culver left the TRC before girls' competition began.