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Pioneer Conference (Indiana)

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The Pioneer Conference in Indiana

The Pioneer Conference is an IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference formed in 2009. It is made up of ten small private, military, laboratory, and/or charter schools from Delaware, Hamilton, Johnson, Madison, Marion, and Wayne counties. All schools are Class 1A or 2A IHSAA members, aside from the much larger Indianapolis Shortridge Charter School, which is a 4A member.

Members

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School Location Mascot Colors County Size[1]
20-21
IHSAA
Class
Year joined Previous conference
affiliation
Anderson Prep Anderson Jets     48
Madison
241 A 2015 Independents
Bethesda Christian Brownsburg Patriots     31
Hendricks
107 A 2018 Independents
Greenwood Christian Greenwood Cougars       41
Johnson
166 A 2009 Independent
Indianapolis
Shortridge
Indianapolis Blue Devils     49
Marion
1,025 AAAA 2010 none (reopened 2009)
International Indianapolis Gryphons     49
Marion
138 A 2009 Independent
Liberty Christian Anderson Lions     48
Madison
126 A 2009 Independent
Muncie Burris Muncie Owls       18
Delaware
423 AA 2015 Independents
(MEC 2014)
Indianapolis
Park Tudor
Indianapolis Panthers       49
Marion
378 AA 2019 Indiana Crossroads
Seton Catholic Richmond Cardinals       89
Wayne
78 A 2015 Independents
University Carmel Trailblazers       29
Hamilton
343 AA 2015 Independents

Former members

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School City Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Indianapolis
Crispus Attucks
Indianapolis Tigers     49
Marion
2009 Indianapolis 2018 Independents
Central Christian Indianapolis Chargers       49
Marion
2009 Central Indiana
Christian Conference
2021 Greater Indianapolis

History

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The conference was formed in 2009, with four Indianapolis-area private schools (Baptist, Greenwood Christian, International, Liberty Christian) joining with recently reopened IPS school Attucks, whose medical focus causes the school to be smaller than its public counterparts. The 2010–11 school year also brought another small IPS school into the fold, Shortridge. The Conference expanded outside of the immediate Indianapolis area in 2015, adding three Independent schools (Anderson Prep, Seton Catholic, and University), as well as Muncie Burris, who had been voted out of the Mid-Eastern Conference the year before.[2] Indianapolis Attucks left in 2018, and was replaced by Bethesda Christian.[3] Park Tudor would also join the conference in 2019.[4]

Membership timeline

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Park Tudor School (Indianapolis, Indiana)Bethesda Christian High School (Brownsburg, Indiana)University High School (Carmel, Indiana)Seton Catholic High School (Richmond, Indiana)Burris Laboratory SchoolAnderson Preparatory AcademyShortridge High SchoolLiberty Christian School (Anderson, Indiana)International School of IndianaGreenwood Christian AcademyBaptist Academy (Indianapolis)Crispus Attucks High School

Conference championships

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Boys basketball

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# Team Seasons
3 Greenwood Christian 2011, 2012, 2014*
2 Attucks 2015, 2017
2 Liberty Christian 2013*, 2016
2 Shortridge 2013*, 2014*
1 Baptist 2010
4 University 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021[5]
0 Anderson Prep
0 Burris
0 International
0 Seton Catholic

Girls basketball

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# Team Seasons
4 Attucks 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (W)
3 Shortridge 2012, 2013, 2014
2 Greenwood Christian 2010 2021
1 Liberty Christian 2017 (E)
0 Baptist
0 International
0 Anderson Prep
0 Burris
0 Seton Catholic
2 University 2019 2020 - 1 Bethesda Christian 2018

Baseball

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# Team Seasons
1 Greenwood Christian 2016*
1 Seton Catholic 2016*
3 University 2016* 2018 2019
1 Liberty Christian 2017
1 Park Tudor 2021

Boys' Tennis

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# Team Seasons
1 University 2016
0 Shortridge
0 Baptist
0 Liberty Christian
0 Attucks
0 International

All-Conference Teams

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Baseball

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2016

Name Class School
Tristan Williams Fr. Anderson Prep
Krae Sparks Sr. Greenwood Christian
Joel Stinnett So. Greenwood Christian
Nate Weems Sr. Greenwood Christian
Isaiah Brees So. Liberty Christian
Peyton Quinn Jr. Liberty Christian
Matt Armstrong Sr. Muncie Burris
Cliff Dickman Sr. Seton Catholic
Nick Matthews Seton Catholic
Vince Mosey Jr. Seton Catholic
Colten Pippenger Sr. Seton Catholic
Hudson Bebo So. University
Dawson Estep Fr. University
John Lawicki Jr. University
Zach Nerney Sr. University

References

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  1. ^ "Extract Indiana Education Data". mustang.doe.state.in.us. Archived from the original on 6 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Burris Finds Conference to Call Home". The Star Press, Muncie, IN. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  3. ^ "IHSAA Athletic Conferences". Indiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
  4. ^ "Park Tudor to Join Pioneer Academic/Athletic Conference in 2019". Park Tudor School. 2018-11-08. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  5. ^ "University past boys basketball seasons".
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