The Pioneer Conference is an
IHSAA-sanctioned
athletic conference
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formed in 2009. It is made up of ten small private, military, laboratory, and/or charter schools from
Delaware
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Hamilton
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Marion Marion or MARION may refer to:
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, 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
Former members
History
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. Indianapolis Attucks left in 2018, and was replaced by Bethesda Christian. Park Tudor would also join the conference in 2019.
Membership timeline
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bar:1 color:red from:2009 till:2018 text: Attucks (2009-2018)
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(2009-present)
bar:3 color:red from:2009 till:end text: Greenwood Christian (2009-present)
bar:4 color:red from:2009 till:end text:International
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(2009-present)
bar:5 color:red from:2009 till:end text: Liberty Christian (2009-present)
bar:6 color:red from:2010 till:end text: Shortridge (2010-present)
bar:7 color:red from:2015 till:end text: Anderson Prep (2015-present)
bar:8 color:red from:2015 till:end text: Muncie Burris (2015-present)
bar:9 color:red from:2015 till:end text: Seton Catholic (2015-present)
bar:10 color:red from:2015 till:end text:University
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(2015-present)
bar:11 color:red from:2018 till:end text: Bethesda Christian (2018-present)
bar:12 color:red from:2019 till:end text: Park Tudor (2019-present)
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Conference championships
Boys basketball
Girls basketball
Baseball
Boys' Tennis
All-Conference Teams
Baseball
''2016''
References
External links
Conference MembershipIHSAA
Education in Indianapolis
Indiana high school athletic conferences
Marion County, Indiana
Sports competitions in Indianapolis
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