July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Two join NCC; Jay next?
Jay County Patriots
The North Central Conference is now at 11 teams. The Patriots could make it a dozen.
Tippecanoe School Corporation voted Wednesday at its board of trustees meeting for Harrison and McCutcheon high schools to accept their invitations to join the North Central Conference, according to the Journal and Courier (Lafayette).
Jay County, Jefferson, Harrison and McCutcheon all received invitations on Feb. 7 to join the NCC.
The Lafayette School Corporation board on Monday voted to approve Jefferson’s return to the conference. The Jay School Board is set to discuss the issue at its regular meeting on Monday.
The Lafayette-area schools had all been looking for conference solutions since December, when the Hoosier Crossroads Conference announced it would cut its ties with them.
“I don’t think that there’s any recommendation that you’ve seen from Harrison and McCutcheon that is as unified as we are on this subject,” Harrison principal Doug Lesley told the Tippecanoe school board, according to the Journal and Courier. “We’re absolutely committed to doing what’s in the best interest of our student-athletes, our students, our coaches, our administrators and our communities, and we believe this recommendation will do that.”
Jay County is in its third year competing as an independent after the Olympic Athletic Conference folded in 2010.
The North Central Conference has talked about expansion since the beginning of the school year, and Anderson principal Lucinda McCord said in December that she expected the group to grow to 10 or 12 teams from its traditional eight. JCHS applied for entry to the conference in December, and representatives from the NCC visited five schools — Jay County, Jefferson, Harrison, McCutcheon and Muncie Southside — in January. The league extended invitations to four of those schools, with the exception of Muncie Southside, on Feb. 7 following meetings of its principals and athletics directors.
Jay County’s invitation included a plan to split the conference into two divisions, with the Patriots, Anderson, Huntington North, Muncie Central, New Castle and Richmond in the East. The West would be made up of Harrison, Jefferson, Kokomo, Logansport, Marion and McCutcheon.
The format of conference schedules and tournaments have yet to be determined.[[In-content Ad]]
Tippecanoe School Corporation voted Wednesday at its board of trustees meeting for Harrison and McCutcheon high schools to accept their invitations to join the North Central Conference, according to the Journal and Courier (Lafayette).
Jay County, Jefferson, Harrison and McCutcheon all received invitations on Feb. 7 to join the NCC.
The Lafayette School Corporation board on Monday voted to approve Jefferson’s return to the conference. The Jay School Board is set to discuss the issue at its regular meeting on Monday.
The Lafayette-area schools had all been looking for conference solutions since December, when the Hoosier Crossroads Conference announced it would cut its ties with them.
“I don’t think that there’s any recommendation that you’ve seen from Harrison and McCutcheon that is as unified as we are on this subject,” Harrison principal Doug Lesley told the Tippecanoe school board, according to the Journal and Courier. “We’re absolutely committed to doing what’s in the best interest of our student-athletes, our students, our coaches, our administrators and our communities, and we believe this recommendation will do that.”
Jay County is in its third year competing as an independent after the Olympic Athletic Conference folded in 2010.
The North Central Conference has talked about expansion since the beginning of the school year, and Anderson principal Lucinda McCord said in December that she expected the group to grow to 10 or 12 teams from its traditional eight. JCHS applied for entry to the conference in December, and representatives from the NCC visited five schools — Jay County, Jefferson, Harrison, McCutcheon and Muncie Southside — in January. The league extended invitations to four of those schools, with the exception of Muncie Southside, on Feb. 7 following meetings of its principals and athletics directors.
Jay County’s invitation included a plan to split the conference into two divisions, with the Patriots, Anderson, Huntington North, Muncie Central, New Castle and Richmond in the East. The West would be made up of Harrison, Jefferson, Kokomo, Logansport, Marion and McCutcheon.
The format of conference schedules and tournaments have yet to be determined.[[In-content Ad]]
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