Delta to ECC Official

[olinecoach]

Release on athletics website.

https://deltaeaglesports.com/news/2025/10/29/athletic-department-delta-schools-to-join-eastern-crossroads-conference-in-2027-2028.aspx

[Frozen Tundra]

Curious to see how the Hoosier Heritage Conference responds.

[HoopsCoach]

1 hour ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Curious to see how the Hoosier Heritage Conference responds.

Some social media discussions have mentioned a merger with the Circle City Conference (Roncalli, Chatard, Guerin, Brebeuf) as a possibility.

[Coach Nowlin]

Shelbyville still in HHC?    that would be rough for them 

[Coach Harvey]

1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Shelbyville still in HHC?    that would be rough for them 

Leaving for Hoosier Legends after this year. Yorktown, Fortville, Greenfield, NP, Pendleton are what remain after 2026 season.

[Frozen Tundra]

1 hour ago, HoopsCoach said:

Some social media discussions have mentioned a merger with the Circle City Conference (Roncalli, Chatard, Guerin, Brebeuf) as a possibility.

I’ve seen those discussions but it sounded more like wishful thinking than anything credible, at least based on what I saw.

[JustRules]

3 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

I’ve seen those discussions but it sounded more like wishful thinking than anything credible, at least based on what I saw.

It would make for a very good conference. Would love to see Cathedral in it as well.

[crimsonace1]

13 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Curious to see how the Hoosier Heritage Conference responds.

They have been working on plans since Shelbyville and New Castle left. This was not unexpected. 

[Indiana Fan]

1 hour ago, crimsonace1 said:

They have been working on plans since Shelbyville and New Castle left. This was not unexpected. 

What do you believe will end up happening with HHC or schedules with HHC teams? Or in your opinion, what should end up happening? What is the most realistic?

[Frozen Tundra]

1 hour ago, crimsonace1 said:

They have been working on plans since Shelbyville and New Castle left. This was not unexpected. 

Oh I know it wasn’t unexpected. I’m just curious to see what the HHC has up their sleeve in response.

[fenderbender]

10 hours ago, JustRules said:

It would make for a very good conference. Would love to see Cathedral in it as well.

13 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

I’ve seen those discussions but it sounded more like wishful thinking than anything credible, at least based on what I saw.

I heard there were reasons on CCC side on why Cathedral was never in conference.  Not sure if Roncalli-Cathedral bad blood or if it was the smaller schools that did not play conference football.  Wonder if that would be a factor for the other CCC teams moving. 

[Playmaker]

Sucks to see Delta leave the HHC and go to the ECC. Hopefully they can get Yorktown to come along with them. Also hoping the circle city combines with the other HHC teams now that delta has left. Was definitely a conference that was a competitive conference and prepared teams for the post season. The ECC won’t do that for Delta now. They will definitely have to find some out of conference games to build up schedules.

[crimsonace1]

10 hours ago, Playmaker said:

Sucks to see Delta leave the HHC and go to the ECC. Hopefully they can get Yorktown to come along with them. Also hoping the circle city combines with the other HHC teams now that delta has left. Was definitely a conference that was a competitive conference and prepared teams for the post season. The ECC won’t do that for Delta now. They will definitely have to find some out of conference games to build up schedules.

Yorktown likely is not going with them. They're a little bigger than Delta (not much, but a little), but the HHC gives them a challenge in volleyball and they are competitive in a number of other sports (including football and softball). Their administration prefers playing teams that challenge them (and, again, with an elite volleyball program, they want to play top competition in that sport).