Summit Athletic Conference (IHSAA)


The Summit Athletic Conference, or SAC, is a high school athletic conference consisting of eight high schools located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Three of the schools are private; one being a Lutheran academy, and the other two being Catholic preparatories. The rest are public schools, being part of Fort Wayne Community Schools. Two limited members are part of Northwest Allen County Schools and Southwest Allen County Schools.
All member schools are located in Allen County, Indiana. Originally called the Fort Wayne City Series, the name was changed to the Summit Athletic Conference in 1973, when Harding High School joined.
Elmhurst High School closed at the end of the 2009-10 academic year, with students being spread out between North Side, South Side, and Wayne high schools.Harding closed at the end of the 2010-11 school year.
In December 2013, Fort Wayne Homestead and Fort Wayne Carroll both accepted limited membership into the SAC for Football, Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. The two schools were in the market for a new conference after six members of the Northeast Hoosier Conference decided to leave in 2015 to form a new league with Leo and Huntington North. Full membership for the two schools will be considered beginning in 2017.

Membership

  1. Concordia played in the NEIAC 1955-65, and in both the FWCS/Summit and NEIAC 1965-75.
  2. North Side and South Side played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-1940.
  3. North Side played concurrently in the FWCS and Northern Indiana Athletic Conference 1942-65.
  4. South Side played concurrently in the FWCS and Central Indiana Athletic Conference 1945-47.

    Former members

  5. Central played concurrently in the FWCS and NEIAC 1934-40. Central split into Northrop and Wayne when school closed.
  6. Central Catholic, while a FWCS member, did not join the IHSAA until 1946, when private schools and segregated public schools were allowed into the organization.
  7. Harding was converted to magnet school in 2012.

    Membership timeline


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Football Divisions

From 1971 to 1979, football competition was divided into North and South divisions.
NorthSouth
Bishop DwengerBishop Luers
ConcordiaElmhurst
NorthropHarding
North SideSouth Side
SniderWayne

Conference Champions

Football

Girls Basketball

State Championships

Bishop Dwenger Saints (13)

1 Won while SAC Member.

Notable athletes