The Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC) 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.
10-560: 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
20-1326: Is 33% (Lower than the Indiana state average of 62%). Central High School placed in the bottom 50% of all schools in Indiana for overall test scores (Math proficiency is bottom 50%, and reading proficiency is bottom 50%). The athletic director is Grayling Gordon. The Cardinals compete in the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) as well as in the state championship series sponsored by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) which governs athletic activities in Indiana . School colors are Cardinal red and Navy blue. The school sponsors interscholastic teams for both boys and girls in Basketball , Coed Flag Football , Coed Track , Cross Country , Soccer , Swimming & Diving, and Tennis . Girls also compete in Volleyball . Boys also compete in Baseball , Football , Golf and Wrestling . East Chicago Central athletic teams placed in
30-598: Is a public high school in the industrial City of East Chicago , Indiana , located in the eastern portion of the Chicago metropolitan area . All of East Chicago is in the School City of East Chicago , and this is the sole comprehensive high school of that school district. The school district built East Chicago Central High School in 1986 to replace two aging high schools; East Chicago Washington and East Chicago Roosevelt High Schools. Central's first semester began in
40-560: Is placed on the athlete's high school career for induction. The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame was organized in 1962. The museum was in Indianapolis from 1970 to 1986; the present-day facility in New Castle opened in 1990. In addition to featuring its Hall of Fame inductees, the museum includes photographs, pennants, and displays of artifacts of championship teams and their schools. Players become eligible for induction into
50-493: The United States with 8,054 seats, behind Lloyd E. Scott Gymnasium at Seymour High School (capacity: 8,228) and New Castle Fieldhouse at New Castle High School (capacity: 8,424), both of which are also in Indiana. The gym was dedicated in 1988 and is named in honor of legendary EC Washington basketball coach John Baratto, who went 484-170, secured 15 sectional titles, 8 regional titles, 4 semi-state crowns, and
60-694: The 1960 IHSAA basketball title. Baratto was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 1972. The racial makeup of students attending Central is 51% Hispanic , 47% African-American , 2% White , and 1% Two or More Races. The gender makeup is 48 % female and 52 % male. Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame is a sports museum and hall of fame in New Castle, Indiana . While it honors men and women associated with high school, college, and professional basketball in Indiana , an emphasis
70-701: The Hall of Fame "twenty-six years after they graduate from high school." The first women became eligible for induction following the 2000–2001 season. On March 1, 2002, Cinda Rice Brown became the first woman inducted onto the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame's website provides an official list of inductees; notables include John Wooden , Everett Case , Oscar Robertson , Lee H. Hamilton , Larry Bird , Del Harris , Baron Hill , Gregg Popovich , Bobby Plump , and Chuck Taylor . 39°54′36″N 85°22′51″W / 39.91000°N 85.38083°W / 39.91000; -85.38083 This basketball-related article
80-787: 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 . Chesterton Trojans (12) Crown Point Bulldogs (11) LaPorte Slicers (10) Lake Central Indians (13) Merrillville Pirates (7) Michigan City Wolves (0) Portage Indians (12) Valparaiso Vikings (24) Hobart Brickies (8) Michigan City Rogers Raiders (1) East Chicago Central High School East Chicago Central High School or commonly known as Central or EC Central,
90-470: The fall of 1986. East Chicago Central High School is ranked 293rd out of the 397 high schools of Indiana and #12,248 in National Rankings. Central had an average composite ACT score of 22 and has a 69% graduation rate (State graduation rate average is 86%). Central students' proficiency in math is 12% (Lower than the Indiana state average of 54%). Students' proficiency in reading/language arts
100-466: The top four of their respective class in their respective sports in IHSAA sponsored state championship series: *T itles won by East Chicago Washington High School and East Chicago Roosevelt High School are claimed by Central as a result of merging in 1986 to become East Chicago Central High School. The John A. Baratto Athletic Center is the third-largest high school basketball gym by seating capacity in
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