Category:Three Rivers Conference

History
The Three Rivers (Wabash, Eel and Tippecanoe) as a football conference began with four teams in 1972 -- Caston, North Miami, Northfield and Triton, with the Trojans winning or sharing the title each of the first four years. They were joined by Manchester, Southwood, Tippecanoe Valley and Whitko in 1976, and Southwood won the first eight-team title that year. Caston left after the 1977 season, leaving seven teams in 1978, and Triton dropped out after 1979, leaving only six for 1980. Tippy Valley won the league's first state championship in 1979 in just its third year of football.

In 1981, Oak Hill and Eastern joined the TRC from the Mid-Indiana Conference, bringing the number back up to eight, and the Golden Eagles won their state title in 1982. The Comets won a share of the league title in 1984 but dropped out after the '86 season to move back to the MIC -- the same year Whitko won its state championship. Rochester took Eastern's place in 1987, the year the Zebras won a state title, and the TRC would remain intact with those eight teams until Oak Hill traded places with Wabash in the Central Indiana Conference prior to the 2006 season. In the meantime, the Warriors (1993) and the Knights (2002) were winners on Thanksgiving Weekend.

Sectional (23)
Manchester: 1988, 1989, 1991 (2A)

North Miami: 1985 (2A); 1993, 1994 (A)

Rochester: 1985, 1987, 1994, 1998 (2A); 2000 (3A)

Southwood: 1980, 1989, 1990, 2002 (A); 1991, 1995 (2A)

Tippecanoe Valley: 1977, 1978, 1979 (A); 1983, 1992 (2A)

Whitko: 1986 (2A)

Regional (12)
North Miami: 1993, 1994 (A)

Rochester: 1987, 1998 (2A)

Southwood: 1989, 1990, 2002 (A); 1991, 1995 (2A)

Tippecanoe Valley: 1977, 1979 (A)

Whitko: 1986 (2A)

Semistate (5)
North Miami: 1993 (A)

Rochester: 1987 (2A)

Southwood: 1990, 2002 (A)

Whitko: 1986 (2A)

State (5)
North Miami: 1993 (A)

Rochester: 1987 (2A)

Southwood: 2002 (A)

Tippecanoe Valley: 1979 (A)

Whitko: 1986 (2A)

Note: Oak Hill won three sectionals and a state championship as a member of the Three Rivers Conference from 1981 to 2005.

--Sportsguy 09:30, 7 March 2007 (EST)