The Summit Athletic Conference, or SAC, is a high school athletic conference consisting of ten high schools located in

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. Three of the schools are private; one being a Lutheran academy, and the other two being Catholic preparatories. The rest are public schools, being part of

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. Two limited members are part of

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and

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. All member schools are located in

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. Originally called the Fort Wayne City Series, the name was changed to the Summit Athletic Conference in 1973, when Harding High School joined.

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closed at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, with students being spread out between North Side, South Side, and Wayne high schools. Harding closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year.

Membership

# Concordia played in the NEIAC 1955-65, and in both the FWCS/Summit and NEIAC 1965-75. # North Side and South Side played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-1940. # North Side played concurrently in the FWCS and Northern Indiana Athletic Conference 1942-65. # South Side played concurrently in the FWCS and

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1945-47.

Former members

# Central played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-40. Central split into Northrop and Wayne when school closed. # Central Catholic, while a FWCS member, did not join the IHSAA until 1946, when private schools and segregated public schools were allowed into the organization. # Harding was converted to magnet school in 2012.

Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:850 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1930 till:2020 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:150 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 Colors = id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7) id:line value:black id:bg value:white PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:red from:1934 till:1971 text:

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(1934-1971) bar:2 color:red from:1934 till:1972 text: Central Catholic (1934-1972) bar:3 color:red from:1934 till:end text: North Side (1934-present) bar:4 color:red from:1934 till:end text: South Side (1934-present) bar:5 color:red from:1952 till:1955 text: Concordia Lutheran (1952-1955) bar:5 color:red from:1975 till:end text: Concordia Lutheran (1975-present) bar:6 color:red from:1960 till:end text: Bishop Luers (1960-present) bar:7 color:red from:1965 till:end text: Bishop Dwenger (1965-present) bar:8 color:red from:1965 till:end text: Snider (1965-present) bar:9 color:red from:1966 till:2010 text:

Elmhurst Elmhurst may refer to: Places Australia *Elmhurst, Victoria United Kingdom * Elmhurst, Aylesbury *Elmhurst, Staffordshire United States *Elmhurst, Sacramento, California *Elmhurst, Oakland, California *Elmhurst, Delaware *Elmhurst, Illinois *Elmhu ...

(1966-2010) bar:10 color:red from:1971 till:end text: Northrop (1971-present) bar:11 color:red from:1971 till:end text: Wayne (1971-present) bar:12 color:red from:1973 till:2011 text: Harding (1973-2011) bar:13 color:red from:2015 till:end text: Carroll (2015-present) bar:14 color:red from:2015 till:end text: Homestead (2015-present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:10 start:1930 TextData = fontsize:L textcolor:black pos:(175,30) # tabs:(0-center) text:"SAC Membership History"

Football divisions

From 1971 to 1979, football competition was divided into North and South divisions.

Conference champions

Football

* N and S designations are division champions, O denotes title game winner.

Boys basketball

Girls basketball

State championships

Bishop Dwenger Saints (13)

* 1983 Football (3A) * 1990 Football (3A) * 1991 Football (3A) * 1995 Gymnastics * 2003 Gymnastics * 2005 Gymnastics * 2005 Girls Soccer * 2006 Gymnastics * 2006 Girls Soccer * 2010 Softball (3A) * 2012 Gymnastics * 2015 Football (4A) * 2018 Football (4A)

Bishop Luers Knights (19)

* 1985 Football (2A) * 1989 Football (2A) * 1992 Football (2A) * 1999 Girls Basketball (2A) * 1999 Football (2A) * 2000 Girls Basketball (2A) * 2001 Football (2A) * 2001 Girls Basketball (2A) * 2002 Football (2A) * 2002 Girls Basketball (2A) * 2006 Girls Basketball (2A) * 2007 Football (2A) * 2008 Boys Basketball (2A) * 2008 Baseball (2A) * 2009 Football (2A) * 2009 Boys Basketball (2A) * 2010 Football (2A) * 2011 Girls Basketball (2A) * 2011 Football (2A) * 2012 Football (2A)

Concordia Lutheran Cadets (7)

* 1983 Girls Cross Country * 1999 Boys Track & Field * 2010 Girls Basketball (3A) * 2012 Girls Basketball (3A) * 2014 Girls Volleyball (3A) * 2016 Football (3A) * 2019 Boys Cross Country

North Side Legends (7)

* 1941 Boys Track & Field * 1942 Boys Track & Field * 1956 Boys Track & Field * 1957 Boys Track & Field * 1963 Boys Track & Field * 1965 Boys Track & Field * 1968 Boys Cross-Country

Northrop Bruins (15)

* 1974 Boys Basketball * 1981 Girls Track & Field * 1983 Baseball * 1984 Boys Golf * 1986 Girls Basketball * 1991 Girls Track & Field * 1997 Boys Track & Field * 2000 Girls Track & Field * 2001 Girls Track & Field * 2002 Girls Track & Field * 2003 Girls Track & Field * 2004 Boys Track & Field * 2004 Girls gymnastics * 2005 Girls Track & Field * 2011 Girls Track & Field * 2013 Girls Track & Field

Snider Panthers (8)

* 1974 Boys Track & Field * 1987 Volleyball * 1988 Girls Basketball * 1991 Volleyball * 1992 Football (5A) * 2003 Wrestling * 2006 Baseball (4A) * 2009 Baseball (4A) * 2015 Football (5A)

South Side Archers (7)

* 1938 Boys Basketball * 1958 Boys Basketball * 1968 Boys Track & Field * 1980 Girls Track & Field * 1985 Girls Track & Field * 1986 Girls Track & Field * 1989 Girls Track & Field * 2013 Girls Basketball Runnerup.

Wayne Generals (3)

* 1973 Girls Tennis * 1979 Boys Track & Field * 1995 Football (4A)

Homestead Spartans (1)

* 2015 Boys Basketball (4A) ot in SAC* 2017 Girls Basketball (4A) * 2019 Girls Golf ot in SAC* 2021 Girls Soccer (3A) ot in SAC

Central Tigers (2) ¹

* 1943 Boys Basketball * 1944 Boys Track & Field

Central Catholic Irish (2) ¹

* 1950 Football (mythical champion) * 1959 Boys Golf

Elmhurst Trojans (1) ¹

* 2009 Girls Basketball (3A)

Harding Hawks (4) ¹

* 1994 Girls Track & Field * 1995 Girls Track & Field * 2001 Boys Basketball (2A) * 2006 Football (2A) ¹ Won while SAC Member.

Notable athletes

* Jason Baker, NFL punter * Jessie Bates, NFL safety *

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, professional soccer player, two time FIFA World Cup Finals participant *

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, professional soccer player *

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, former professional football player, NFL

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, NFL tight end *

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, offensive lineman *

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, NFL offensive tackle for the Jets, Cowboys and Washington Football Team * Josh Gaines, AFL defensive lineman * Tiffany Gooden, former professional basketball player,

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* James Hardy, NFL wide receiver *

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, NCAA Div I basketball coach * Selwyn Lymon,

, wide receiver *

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, Indiana Mr. Basketball (1980), high school All-American,

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, MLB pitcher, graduated from Norwell High School after attending Wayne High School *

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, NFL safety * Brian Reith, former MLB pitcher *

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, NFL wide receiver *

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, NFL linebacker *

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, NFL running back *

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, NFL running back * Anthony Spencer, NFL linebacker * Caleb Swanigan, Former NBA Player *

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, Indiana's 3rd all time leading men's scorer in basketball *

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, MLB manager * Sharon Wichman, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist,

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, NFL Hall of Famer

Resources

IHSAA Conferences

IHSAA Directory

References

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