{{short description|High school athletic conference based in Central and Western Indiana}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2016}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox sports league | name = Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference | founded = 1996 | teams = 6 Class 6A | region = One Indiana County: Marion, | map = Map of Indiana highlighting Marion County.svg | map_size = 250px }} The '''Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference''' or MIC is a secondary or more commonly used, high school athletic conference based in the Indianapolis Metropolitan area of Indiana. The conference was formed in 1996 in a time when independent schools joined schools with other existing conferences that were reorganizing or splitting up to form new conferences due to the initiation of class basketball. In recent years, the MIC has been recognized nationally as a superior secondary athletic conference to participate in athletics. The MIC also competes in other areas besides athletics. For example, there is a MIC choir competition and a MIC speech and debate tournament, as well as MIC Academic Challenge.
On December 13, 2021, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference voted Carmel and Center Grove out of the MIC as the two schools had flirted with a move to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference. In September 2025, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference chose to allow Carmel and Center Grove to rejoin the conference for the 2026–2027 school year.
==Member schools== '''Current members''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! School ! Location ! Mascot ! Colors ! Enrollment [https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Boys%20Basketball%20Classifications%20for%202024-25%20and%202025-26.pdf] <br /> 2024–2025 ! IHSAA Class ! # / County ! Year joined ! Previous conference |- | Ben Davis | Indianapolis | Giants | {{Color box|purple|border=silver}} {{Color box|silver|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} | 4,567 | 6A | Marion | 1996 | Independents <br /> Central Suburban |- | Lawrence Central | Lawrence | Bears | {{Color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{Color box|gray|border=silver}} | 2,404 | 6A | Marion | 2013 | Conference Indiana |- | Lawrence North | Lawrence | Wildcats | {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|green|border=silver}} | 2,817 | 6A | Marion | 1996 | Central Suburban |- | North Central | Indianapolis | Panthers | {{Color box|black|border=silver}} {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} | 3,616 | 6A | Marion | 1996 | Independents |- | Pike | Indianapolis | Red Devils | {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} | 3,192 | 6A | Marion | 2013 | Conference Indiana |- | Warren Central | Indianapolis | Warriors | {{Color box|#c5b358|border=silver}} {{Color box|black|border=silver}} | 3,748 | 6A | Marion | 1996 | Independents |} '''Former members''' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! School ! Location ! Mascot ! Colors ! Enrollment ! IHSAA Class ! # / County ! Year joined ! Previous conference ! Year left ! Conference joined |- | Terre Haute North | Terre Haute | Patriots | {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|navy|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} |1,575<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=181209001917|title = Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Terre Haute North Vigo High School}}</ref> | 5A | 49 <br /> Vigo | 1997 | Independents<br />(SIAC 1980) | 2013 | Conference Indiana<sup>1</sup> |- | Terre Haute South | Terre Haute | Braves | {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|black|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} | 1,651<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=181209001918|title = Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Terre Haute South Vigo High School}}</ref> | 5A | 49 <br /> Vigo | 1997 | Independents<br />(SIAC 1982) | 2013 | Conference Indiana<sup>1</sup> |- | Carmel | Carmel | Greyhounds | {{Color box|gold|border=silver}} {{Color box|blue|border=silver}} | 5,327<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=180120000193|title = Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Carmel High School}}</ref> | 6A | 29 <br /> Hamilton | 1996 | Olympic | 2021<sup>2</sup> | Independent<sup>3</sup> |- | Center Grove | Greenwood | Trojans | {{Color box|red|border=silver}} {{Color box|white|border=silver}} | 2,754<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=180144000209|title = Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Center Grove High School}}</ref> | 6A | 41 <br /> Johnson | 1996 | South Central | 2021<sup>2</sup> | Independent<sup>3</sup> |}
=== Membership timeline === <timeline> DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1996 till:2025 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:20 left:0 bottom:50 top:5 #> to display a count on left side of graph, use "left:20" to suppress the count, use "left:20"<# Colors = id:barcolor id:line value:pink id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.78,0.391,0.654) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote) id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two
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bar:2 color:Full from:1996 till:end text:Lawrence North (1996–present)
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bar:6 color:Full from:1996 till:2021text:Center Grove (1996–2021) bar:6 color:Full from:2000 till:2021 bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2021 till:end text:Independent
bar:7 color:Full from:1997 till:2013 text:Terre Haute South (1997–2013) bar:7 color:Full from:1997 till:2013 text: bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:Conference Indiana
bar:8 color:Full from:1997 till:2013 text:Terre Haute North (1997-2013) bar:8 color:Full from:1997 till:2013 text: bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:Conference Indiana
bar:9 color:Full from:2013 till:end text:Pike (2013–present)
bar:10 color:Full from:2013 till:end text:Lawrence Central (2013–present)
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# Played only football in CI 2013–14, full members in 2014–15. # Carmel and Center Grove were voted out of the MIC on December 13, 2021, by the other six member schools. #Carmel and Center Grove submitted an application to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference but was denied membership by the eight HCC schools.
== Conference championships == *Denotes a Tie
=== Football === {| class="wikitable" style= ! # || Team || Seasons |- | 13 || Ben Davis || 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001, 2003, 2012*, 2013*, 2017, 2019*, 2022, 2023 |- | 10 || Warren Central || 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007*, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019* |- | 8|| Center Grove || 2000*, 2007*, 2008*, 2012*, 2013*, 2015, 2020, 2021 |- | 6 || Carmel || 2000*, 2008*, 2009, 2012*, 2014, 2019*, |- | 2 || Lawrence North || 2024, 2025 |- | 1 || North Central || 2019* |- | 0 || Lawrence Central|| |- | 0 || Pike || |- |}
=== Boys basketball === {| class="wikitable" style= ! # || Team || Seasons |- | 11 || Lawrence North || 1998*, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008*, 2009*, 2020*, 2024* |- | 7 || Carmel || 2008*, 2012*, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022 |- | 4 || North Central (Ind) || 1997, 1999*, 2009*, 2011* |- | 4 || Warren Central || 2007*, 2012*, 2017, 2018, 2019 |- | 4 || Ben Davis || 2001, 2002, 2023, 2024* |- | 2 || Center Grove || 2007*, 2010* |- | 2 || Lawrence Central || 2016, 2020* |- | 0 || Pike || |- | 0 || Terre Haute North || |- | 0 || Terre Haute South || |}
=== Girls basketball === {| class="wikitable" style= ! # || Team || Seasons |- | 11 || Ben Davis || 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001*, 2003, 2004, 2005*, 2008*, 2009, 2010, 2011 |- | 8 || Lawrence North || 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023* |- | 5 || North Central (Ind) || 2005*, 2008*, 2017, 2021, 2022 |- | 3 || Carmel || 2005*, 2006*, 2007* |- | 3 || Center Grove || 1997, 2001*, 2006* |- | 3 || Warren Central || 2005*, 2012, 2023* |- | 3 || Lawrence Central || 2023, 2024, 2025 |- | 2 || Terre Haute South || 2001*, 2007* |- | 1 || Pike || 2018 |- | 0 || Terre Haute North || |}
=== Boys Cross Country === {| class="wikitable" style= ! #<ref>{{cite web |title=Boys Cross Country Results |url=http://www.micathletics.org/boys-cross-country-results/ |publisher=Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference |accessdate=12 Jan 2019}}</ref> || Team || Seasons |- | 20 || Carmel || 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |- | 5 || North Central || 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |- | 2 || Warren Central || 2005, 2006 |- | 2 || Lawrence North || 2000, 2004 |- | 1 || Ben Davis || 1996 |- | 0 || Center Grove || |- | 0 || Lawrence Central || |- | 0 || Pike || |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234523/http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/chs/downloads/cms_block_file/12558/file/107217 MIC Records Book] * [http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/bdathl Ben Davis Athletics Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209023412/http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/schools/NC/Sports/schedules/nchome1.html North Central Athletics Website] * [https://lawrencenorth.ltschools.org/athletics/06PAGES/Trial%20Run%20USE/mainathletics/athletics%20front%20page.htm Lawrence North Athletics Website]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [https://archive.today/20131119160135/http://lawrencecentral.ltschools.org/content/lc-athletics Lawrence Central Athletics Website] * [https://www.pikehsathletics.com/ Pike Athletics Website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060929071252/http://wchs.warren.k12.in.us/athletics/schedules.asp Warren Central Athletics Website]
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