INDIANA -- Ever wonder which high school has been on the naughty list the most? This project attempts to compile how many times over the years each school has been reprimanded by the IHSAA!
Schools traditionally point to dusty banners from the rafters marking decades old championships, and the IHSAA routinely recognizes total number of state titles in programs etc. ..But have you ever considered what school holds the record for most IHSAA violations?
Beginning with the IHSAA's first bulletin from the 1903-04 season, I have compiled each instance a school was placed on probation or suspension. The results below are accurate from the IHSAA's inception through 1975.
The early 1970's marked a true turning point in the way the IHSAA dealt with penalties. After this time, the IHSAA made a clear switch to warnings over the earlier heavy handed approach of probation first. Due to this shift, I will closing this list down and starting a separate one to include warnings from 2000 to present.
4 Lebanon – 1905 Non-enrolled players, 1910 Coach not teacher, 1946 Played game after State Tourney, 1967 Coach grabbed official
4 Hammond - 1921 Ineligible player, 1934 Five year player, 1938 Contest with non-IHSAA opponent, 1955 Coach threatened official,
3 Austin - 1927 Ineligible players, 1936 Ineligible players, 1939 Fight at game,
3 Bedford - 1934 Five year player, 1941 Laxness of athletic management, 1968 Player punched opposing player,
3 Frankfort - 1928 Undue influence, 1939 Ineligible player, 1940 Covering-up illegal scrimmage,
3 FW Central - 1924 Ineligible player, 1963 Player punched opposing player, 1970 Money demanded from exiting cars of opposing fans,
3 Liberty Center - 1918 Failure to control crowd, 1930 Unlicensed official, 1935 Unruly fans,
3 Marion - 1923 Team played in exhibition game, 1926 Player on independent team, 1964 Fans spat on opposing cheerleader,
3 Oakland City - 1926 Player on independent team, 1940 Student participated in counting ticket money, 1965 Fan punched opposing fan,
3 Ossian - 1927 Over age player, 1965 Coach refused to leave floor after ejection, 1967 Coach ejected from game as fan,
3 Seymour - 1922 Throwing oranges at Vallonia Team, 1940 Illegal scrimmage, 1959 Undue Influence,
3 Terre Haute Glenn - 1923 Ineligible player, 1930 Fight at game, 1951 Over-age player,
2 Adams Twp (Carroll Co) - 1927 8th grade player, 1949 Fighting at game,
2 Albion - 1914 Playing non-IHSAA opponents, 1926 Ineligible player
2 Andrews - 1928 Failure to control crowd, 1937 Crowd beat official after game,
2 Attica - 1909 Played non-IHSAA school, 1911 Ineligible player,
2 Brownsburg – 1910 Ineligible player, Sunday scrimmage,
2 Crawfordsville - 1926 Players swearing during game, 1940 Illegal scrimmage,
2 Crown Point - 1926 Ineligible player, 1941 Ineligible players,
2 Decatur - 1923 Referee abuse, 1924 Ill treatment of Bluffton Coach,
2 Edinburg(h) - 1921 Ineligible player, 1960 Fight during game,
2 Elizabeth - 1926 Players on non-school teams, 1928 Girls game before season,
2 Elkhart - 1922 Playing a five year man, 1940 Ineligible players,
2 Elnora - 1927 Using non-licensed officials, 1935 Coach removed team from contest,
2 Evansville - 1917 Ineligible player, 1918 Ineligible player,
2 Fayetteville - 1948 Failure to control crowd, 1955 Player punched official,
2 Frankton - 1926 Player on independent team, 1945 Illegal Scrimmage,
2 Green Twp (Randolph Co) - 1933 Player out of district, 1948 Fans attacked opposing coach,
2 Hanover - 1934 Unlicenced official, 1958 - Player played five quarters,
2 Huntington - 1926 Ineligible player, 1940 Illegal scrimmage,
2 Jackson Twp (Frankfort) - 1938 Unlicensed official, 1950 Players fighting in game
2 Jeffersonville - 1931 Undue influence 3 players, 1950 Undue influence
3 players,
2 Lancaster Twp. - 1929 Non-licensed officials,
2 Michigantown - 1938 Unlicensed official, 1952 Unlicensed official,
2 Morocco - 1920 Ineligible player, 1940 Illegal scrimmage,
2 Mt. Summit - 1926 Ineligible player, 1929 Bringing legal action vs IHSAA,
2 New Salisbury - 1926 Players on non-school teams, 1928 Girls game before season
,2 Orange - 1930 Played against independent team, 1949 Coach cursing at officials,
2 Orleans - 1917 Ineligible players, 1932 Player on independent team,
2 Perry Central (Lebanon) - 1935 Player not passing 3 classes, 1950 Players fighting in game,
2 Plainville - 1938 Out of district player, 1944 Lack of eligibility oversight,
2 Rensselaer - 1910 Ineligible player, 1926 100 students crashed Kentland pep rally,
2 Roanoke - 1916 Playing non-IHSAA opponent, 1918 Ineligible player,
2 Sheridan - 1940 Illegal scrimmage, 1946 Played game after State Tourney,
2 Smithville - 1934 Lack of crowd control, 1965 Fans pushed official off stairway,
2 Swayzee - 1926 Poor sportsmanship, 1929 Ineligible player,
2 Tell City - 1934 Ineligible player, 1945 Player out of district,
2 Whitestown - 1913 Played ineligible players, 1926 Using non-approved official,
2 Wingate - 1919 Ineligible player, 1927 Played two games after tourney,
1 Albany - 1960 Coach shoved official,
1 Amboy - 1927 Coach provided car to out of district player,
1 Anderson - 1933 Player out of district,
1 Arcadia - 1919 Failure to control crowd,
1 Argos - 1920 Ineligible player,
1 Aurora - 1923 Lax scholarship, 1 Bainbridge - 1927 8th grade player,
1 Beech Grove - 1928 Coach used obscene language,
1 Bicknell - 1908 Taking-up collection at a game,
1 Bloomfield - 1957 Coach blocked officials from dressing room,
1 Bloomingdale Academy - 1910 Failure to fulfill a contract,
1 Bloomington - 1936 Ineffective tracking of player eligibility
1 Bluffton - 1939 Too many games,
1 Bourbon 1958 - Player played five quarters,
1 Brazil - 1932 Five year players,
1 Brebeuf - 1975 Practice before physical,
1 Brook - 1942 40 Brook students went to entered Rensselaer High during school hours after Sectional,
1 Burlington - 1932 Player not passing 3 classes,
1 Burns City - 1928 Used over age player,
1 Camden - 1939 Fan attacked official,
1 Carrollton - 1948 Fans attacked official,
1 Carthage - 1925 Ineligible player,
1 Cathedral - 1975 - Driving 8th grader to get physical,
1 Centerville - 1917 Ineligible players,
1 Chrisney - 1939 Playing more than 20 games,
1 Clarksburg - 1926 Five year player,
1 Clear Spring - 1935 Undue influence,
1 Clinton Center - 1927 Academically ineligible player,
1 Coalmont - 1917 Playing non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Colfax - 1938 Unlicensed official,
1 Columbia City - 1930 Players given prizes,
1 Concannon - 1930 Fight at game,
1 Connersville - 1929 Ineligible player,
1 Converse - 1926 Lax scholarship,
1 Corunna - 1920 Disclaiming IHSAA obligations,
1 Corydon - 1926 Played 8th grader
1 Cromwell - 1946 Lax oversight of tourney entry,
1 Cutler - 1914 Playing non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Cynthiana - 1938 Ineligible player,
1 Delphi - 1914 Playing non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Deputy - 1947 Player used assumed name to play for independent team
1 Dillsboro - 1926 Player played in church league,
1 East Chicago Washington - 1962 Changing grade,
1 Eaton - 1948 Fan punched official,
1 Economy - 1949 Played expelled player,
1 EV Bosse - 1928 Pulling team out of contest,
1 EV Central - 1926 Player on independent team,
1 Fair Oaks - 1928 Ineligible player,
1 Fairland - 1946 Illegal scrimmage,
1 Filmore - 1914 Playing independent team,
1 Flora - 1914 Playing non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Franklin - 1960 Franklin fan attacked opposing coach,
1 FW Elmhurst - 1954 Fight in game,
1 FW South - 1926 Principal mishandling Sectional money,,
1 Galveston - 1909 Failure to keep contract,
1 Gary Edison - 1966 Coach knowingly reentered ejected player,
1 Gary Emerson - 1918 Ineligible players,
1 Gary Froebel - 1918 Ineligible players,
1 Gary Horace Mann - 1934 Player not passing 3 classes,
1 Gary Roosevelt - 1943 Illegal scrimmage,
1 Gary West Side - 1972 Failure to control crowd,
1 Grandview - 1939 Playing more than 20 games,
1 Granville Wells - 1965 Coach removed team from game,
1 Greencastle - 1946 8th grade player,
1 Greens Fork - 1922 Five year player,
1 Hamilton - 1926 Five year player,
1 Hammond Tech - 1930 Coach removed team,
1 Harlan - 1954 Fight in game,
1 Hillsdale - 1938 Unlicensed official,
1 Hobart - 1940 Covering-up illegal scrimmage,
1 Homer - 1920 Ineligible players,
1 Hope - 1920 Playing in out-of-state tourney,
1 Huntertown - 1927 Lax control of athletics,
1 Huntsville - 1926 Lax Scholarship,
1 Huron - 1929 Unlicensed official,
1 Indy Howe - 1950 Coach removed team from contest,
1 Indy Washington - 1930 Ineligible player,
1 Jackson Central - 1946 Played game after State Tourney,
1 Jackson Twp (West Point) - 1918 Ineligible player,
1 Jasonville - 1951 Fans threw debris on floor,
1 Jefferson Twp (Adams Co) - 1955 Coach removed team fro contest,
1 Kendallville - 1946 Lax oversight of tourney entry,
1 Kingsbury - 1932 Unlicensed officials,
1 Kirkland Twp. - 1928 Undue influence,
1 Kniman - 1928 8th grade players,
1 Knox - 1963 Coach berating officials,
1 Kokomo - 1938 Contest with non-IHSAA opponent
,1 La Grange - 1920 Ineligible player,
1 Ladoga - 1930 Ineligible player,
1 Lafayette - 1924 Ineligible player,
1 Lanesville - 1926 Non-licensed officials,
1 Lapel - 1941 Gifting gold watches to basketball team,
1 Laurel - 1927 Five year player,
1 Liberty Twp (Valpo) - 1949 Unlicensed official,
1 Linton - 1924 Player over age,
1 Little York - 1946 Using unlicensed official,
1 Logansport - 1940 Covering-up illegal scrimmage,
1 Loogootee - 1939 Mismanagement of crowd,
1 Lowel - 1935 Coach arguing with officials,
1 Luce Twp - 1939 Playing more than 20 games,
1 Manilla - 1926 Player not enrolled,
1 Marengo - 1918 Failure to honor contract,
1 Marshall Twp (Bedford) - 1936 Player out of district,
1 Mauckport - 1928 Girls game before season,
1 McCordsville - 1925 Played 8th grader,
1 McKinley - 1943 Coach removed team from contest,
1 Medaryville - 1918 Ineligible player,
1 Mentone - 1914 Unenrolled players,
1 Merrillville - 1935 Unruly fans,
1 Metea - 1926 Player on independent team,
1 Middletown - 1932 Playing too many games,
1 Midland - 1928 Ineligible player,
1 Mill Creek - 1932 Unlicensed officials,
1 Monroe Twp (Flora) - 1932 Ineligible player,
1 Monrovia - 1914 Playing independent team,
1 Mooreland - 1922 Playing five year player,
1 Morgantown - 1959 Coach verbal abuse of official,
1 Muncie – 1910 Ineligible player,
1 Muncie Burris - 1938 Undue influence,
1 Muncie Central - 1964 Player through the ball into face of opposition from out of bounds
1 New Bethel - 1922 Ineligible player,
1 New Lebanon - 1934 Unenrolled player,
1 New London - 1925 Ineligible players,
1 New Market - 1918 Failure to honor contract,
1 Noblesville 1927 Coach punched Advance fan,
1 North Bend - 1917 Failure to honor contract,
1 Onward - 1925 Ineligible player,
1 Oolitic - 1945 Player out of district,
1 Orland - 1920 Ineligible player,
1 Oxford - 1910 Non-control of crowd,
1 Palmyra - 1926 Playing 8th grader
,1 Patoka - 1947 Fan punched opposing player,
1 Pennville - 1919 Overage player,
1 Peru - 1906 Played non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Plymouth - 1925 Ineligible female player,
1 Polk Twp (Huntington Co) - 1929 Non-licensed officials,
1 Portland - 1918 Failure to provide security at game,
1 Quincy - 1927 Unenrolled player.
1 Ramsey - 1926 Playing 8th grader
1 Remington - 1929 Player in unauthorized contest,
1 Reynolds - 1915 Failure to carry on satisfactory game,
1 Richmond - 1946 Illegal scrimmage,
1 Roan - 1927 Out of district players,
1 Rochester - 1926 Player on independent team,
1 Rock Creek - 1928 Failure to control crowd,
1 Rockport - 1939 Playing more than 20 games,
1 Romney - 1934 Unlicensed official,
1 Rossville - 1938 Unlicensed official,
1 Scircleville - 1938 Unlicensed official,
1 Scottsburg - 1915 Playing non-IHSAA opponent,
1 Sharpsville - 1934 Playing more than 20 games,
1 Shelburn - 1925 FIve year player,
1 Shipshewana - 1961 Offical’s car followed and attempt to run off road,
1 Sidney - 1960 Sidney fan kicked opposing player,
1 Silver Lake - 1923 Failure to honor contract,
1 Solsberry - 1943 Player out of district,
1 Somerset - 1926 Team pulled from contest early,
1 South Bend - 1922 Playing five year players,
1 South Bend Adams - 1956 Failure to leave playing area,
1 South Bend Catholic - 1948 Coach charging floor,
1 South Milford - 1926 Player in 8th grade,
1 Spencer - 1934 Coach removed team from contest,
1 St. Paul - 1927 Out of district player,
1 Star City - 1930 Player not passing 3 classes,
1 Staunton - 1966 Coach refusing to leave after ejection,
1 Stewartsville - 1929 Over age player,
1 Stinesville - 1960 Ineligible player
1 Sugar Creek Twp (Kirklin) - 1938 Unlicensed official,
1 Sullivan - 1947 Practice too early,
1 Terre Haute gerstmeyer - 1955 Coach charged official,
1 Tipton - Several ineligible players,
1 Tunnelton - 1963 Player punched player on opposing bench
1 Turkey Run - 1971 Coach removed team from contest,
1 Union Center - 1930 Players on independent team,
1 Union City - 1925 Ineligible player,
1 Union Twp (Kingsbury) - 1923 Ineligible player,
1 Urbana - 1933 Coach removed team,
1 Valparaiso - 1930 Unlicensed official,
1 Vincennes - 1964 Sunday practice,
1 Wadesville - 1941 Ineligible players,
1 Wakarusa - 1933 Player not passing 3 classes,
1 Walton - 1929 Ineligible player,
1 Wanatah - 1928 Coach removed team from contest,
1 Warsaw - 1915 Failure to control crowd,
1 Wawaka - 1914 Playing independent ball,
1 West Central - 1970 Sunday practice,
1 West Lafayette - 1924 Ineligible player,
1 West Middleton - 1918 Players on independent team,
1 West Washington - 1966 Cheerleaders obscene gestures to opposing crowd,
1 Western - 1970 Coach ran onto floor bumping official,
1 Westpoint - 1927 Played two games after tourney,
1 Wilkinson - 1930 Coach refused to play overtime,
1 Williamsport - 1927 Coach pulled team from contest,
1 Windfall - 1948 Fan attacked official,
1 Winslow - 1929 Ineligible player,
1 Wolcott - 1915 Failure to carry on satisfactory game,
1 Worthington - 1922 Playing five year players,
1 Yankeetown - 1928 Unsportsmanlike behavior,
1 Yorktown - 1928 Ineligible player,
1 Zionsville - 1946 Played game after State Tourney
