Great Lakes Athletic Conference

The Great Lakes Athletic Conference is a four-member IHSAA-sanctioned conference located entirely within Lake County. The conference is among the youngest in the state, created in 2007 following the disbandment of the Lake Athletic Conference and after failing to find acceptance in another conference for each of the four schools. The GLAC's "sister" conferences also created from the Lake Athletic Conference are the Greater South Shore Athletic Conference and the Northwest Crossroads Conference. At the start of the 2021–2022 school year, the conference lost two members as Hammond Clark and Hammond Gavit were closed due to the consolidation of Hammond Schools.

Membership

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School Town Team Name Colors Enrollment [1]
24-25
IHSAA Class IHSAA Class
Football
Year joined Previous conference
East Chicago Central East Chicago, Indiana Cardinals     1009 3A 4A 2016 Independents
(ILSC 1987)
Gary West Side Gary, Indiana Cougars     995 3A 4A 2018 Independents
(NWC 2014)
Hammond Central Hammond, Indiana Wildcats     1923 4A 5A 2007 Lake
Hammond Morton Hammond, Indiana Governors     1534 4A 5A 2007 Lake

State champions

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Hammond High School Wildcats (17)

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  • 1905 Boys Track & Field
  • 1906 Boys Track & Field
  • 1935 Wrestling
  • 1936 Wrestling
  • 1936 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1937 Wrestling
  • 1938 Boys Track & Field
  • 1939 Boys Track & Field
  • 1940 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1941 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1942 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1943 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1951 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1952 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1954 Boys Swimming & Diving
  • 1962 Wrestling
  • 1963 Wrestling

Hammond Clark Pioneers (1)

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  • 1938 Wrestling

Hammond Morton Governors (1)

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  • 1965 Football

Resources

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