Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference


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
SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment
2024–2025		Indiana [High School Athletic Association|IHSAA] Class# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Ben [Davis High School|Ben Davis]IndianapolisGiants 4,5676AMarion1996Independents
Central Suburban
Lawrence CentralLawrenceBears 2,4046AMarion2013Conference Indiana
Lawrence [North High School|Lawrence North]LawrenceWildcats 2,8176AMarion1996Central Suburban
North [Central High School |North Central]IndianapolisPanthers 3,6166AMarion1996Independents
PikeIndianapolisRed Devils 3,1926AMarion2013Conference Indiana
Warren CentralIndianapolisWarriors 3,7486AMarion1996Independents

Former members
SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollmentIHSAA Class# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Terre Haute NorthTerre HautePatriots 1,5755A49
Vigo		1997Independents
2013Conference Indiana1
Terre Haute SouthTerre HauteBraves 1,6515A49
Vigo		1997Independents
2013Conference Indiana1
CarmelCarmelGreyhounds 5,3276A29
Hamilton		1996Olympic20212Independent3
Center GroveGreenwoodTrojans 2,7546A41
Johnson		1996South [Central Conference |South Central]20212Independent3

Membership timeline


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  2. Played only football in CI 2013–14, full members in 2014–15.
  3. Carmel and Center Grove were voted out of the MIC on December 13, 2021, by the other six member schools.
  4. 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

Boys basketball

Girls basketball

Boys Cross Country