Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference

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The Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference or MIC is an interscholastic secondary high school athletic conference based in Central and West Central Indiana. The conference was formed in 1996 when independent schools joined schools from other Indiana conferences that were reorganizing or splitting up to form the new conference.

[edit] Participating institutions

Ben Davis High School "Giants", Carmel High School "Greyhounds", Center Grove High School "Trojans", Lawrence North High School "Wildcats", North Central High School "Panthers", Terre Haute North High School "Patriots", Terre Haute South High School "Braves", and Warren Central High School "Warriors" are the current participating institutions. Ben Davis, Carmel, Center Grove, Lawrence North, North Central, and Warren Central were the six original teams in the conference line-up. Terre Haute North and Terre Haute South joined in 1997.

[edit] Premiere competition

The MIC each year features some of Indiana's best teams in each Indiana High School Athletic Association sport. For example, Warren Central has won the last four Class 5A State Football Championships. Before that, Ben Davis had claimed three titles in four years.

In basketball, Lawrence North has won the last three Class 4A state boys basketball titles. North Central has won two of the last three girls basketball Class 4A titles.

Carmel High School has won 21 straight girls swimming and diving state championships. Warren Central has won cross country state titles. The list goes on.

The MIC also competes in other areas besides athletics. For example, there is a MIC choir competition and a MIC speech and debate tournament. Several of the MIC schools also compete in radio and television broadcasting as part of the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters.