The state’s powerful Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC) will be weaker in 2022 after principals voted two-time defending 6A champ Center Grove and Carmel out of the conference.
“We respect the coaches, faculty, administrators and student-athletes of the MIC Conference,” Carmel and Center Grove wrote in a joint statement. “We have had a long-standing and positive relationships with the MIC Conference and appreciate the 26 years of collaboration and competition with the MIC schools. The decision to request to change conferences is rooted in the belief that this move would provide our schools with the collaboration, competition and support necessary to grow our programs over the next 20 years.”
According to media reports, the two schools will now apply for entrance into the Hoosier Crossroads Conference.
Last year, Center Grove finished No. 11 in the High School Football America 300 national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football. Carmel finished No. 191.
Ben Davis, North Central, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, Pike and Warren Central remain in the conference.
