Duneland Athletic Conference


The Duneland Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore. Each school is classified based on enrollment as 6A or 5A for football and 4A for basketball, the classes for the largest schools in Indiana. The Duneland Conference is also known for its gymnastics programs which have won a combined total of 35 state championship and state runner-up titles.

Members

Current members

Former Members

Membership Timeline


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Sponsored Sports & Current Standings

History

In 2002, five schools - East Chicago Central High School, Elkhart Central High School, Lake Central High School, Mishawaka High School, & Penn High School - submitted proposals to join the DAC when expansion talks began following Hobart's announcement it would leave to join the Lake Athletic Conference. Lake Central, Mishawaka and Penn were invited to join the DAC. Mishawaka, shortly followed by Penn, opted to not join the conference. These two schools cited wanting Elkhart Central and East Chicago Central to have been invited to join as well. This coupled with the extensive travel times to Lake County schools and the time zone difference led to their decision to remain in the Northern Indiana Conference.

Conference Champions

Football

Boys Basketball

Girls Basketball

Chesterton Trojans (9)

Hobart Brickies (7)

Current members

Chesterton Trojans
Crown Point Bulldogs
LaPorte Slicers
Lake Central Indians
Merrillville Pirates
Michigan City Wolves
Portage Indians
Valparaiso Vikings
Hobart Brickies
Michigan City Rogers Raiders