Season-era buckets: the three programs' courses, era by era at the record's strength

THE ERA TEST · TO NOVEMBER 2026

No era-by-era course existed for any Granger team; this article builds the buckets the surviving record supports, and labels the silences as the archive's, not the programs':

Granger Christian Knights (1972 school; teams ended with the school, summer 2026). Fragment era, 2006–2012: MaxPreps' self-reported archive opens in the winter of 2006-07 with a three-game partial slate (1–2: losses to Grace Christian, 92–70 and 69–57; a 62–57 win at Howardsville Christian), runs 2–12 in 2009-10 against the small Christian-school circuit (Horizon Christian, Victory Christian Academy, DeMotte Christian, Trinity Greenlawn), and reaches its fullest early slate in 2011-12 at 8–20. The undocumented middle, 2012–2016: no season from these years stands in the archive reached — an archive gap, printed as one; the program's existence through it is fixed by the seasons on both sides. The documented peak, 2016–2018: 6–13 in 2016-17, then 13–12 in 2017-18 — the only winning season in the surviving record, and the bucket the fragments earn the word "peak." The final era, 2022–2026: a winless 0–10 volleyball season in 2022-23 (Argos, South Bend Career Academy, Calumet Christian, Victory Christian), a basketball Knights at 6–6 in the school's last full winter after the 37–16 tournament loss to Forest Lake Academy on February 3, 2025, and closure in the summer of 2026 with no successor team. Nineteen-plus school years of play, five documented boys' basketball seasons and one volleyball season: that is the era course at its true size.

Harris Baseball/Softball (Harris Park, Currant Road). The Little League era, to 2015: the league plays under the name Harris Township Little League in the press of record — a Granger coach's February 2015 Tribune obituary records his coaching there and his service on its executive board — and the era's other dated trace is corporate: the travel arm Harris Heat stands in the federal nonprofit record as its own Granger entry from December 2016. The tournament era, 2018: the league's summer tournament (8U–18U) is reported from Granger by the Rensselaer Republican in July 2018, carrying its own billing as "one of the oldest Softball competitions in the state" — the billing printed as the tournament's, not as a verified superlative — with the Heat and Thunder in the surviving box record. The corporation era, 2018–2026: Harris Baseball Softball Inc. carries an exemption dated November 2018 in the IRS-derived directories (a fact about the present corporation, not a founding date), fields numbered to at least six, the coach-pitch to live-pitch ladder, fall sandlot sessions, and Bash Tournaments' Spooky Halloween Bash hosted at Harris Park. The rebuild era, 2026–2027: Fields 1–4 closed in the fall of 2026 for releveling, held out until the 2027 spring season — the present bucket, dated October–November 2026.

Michiana Echo / Echo Premier (Brummitt Road). The pre-record and first standing, to April 2015: the founding itself is converted to a gap in the cluster article below; the club stands in Granger, at standing, by April 2015, when Holy Cross College reported Echo's TOPSoccer program on "the Michiana Echo fields in Granger, Ind." The honors era, 2016–2018: Indiana Soccer's own fall 2016 division-champions list carries three Michiana Echo teams (06 Select, Girls 11U; 04 Premier, Girls 13U; 03 Premier, Girls 14U Premier); the club's coaching honors date the same years (Gallo, Indiana DOC of the Year 2016; Schalliol, TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year 2016; Magagula, Girls Coach of the Year 2018); by December 2018 the club counts ten academy teams and 100-plus First Skills children, and that fall two Echo teams took Indiana Soccer League first-place finishes, the club's report naming the 06 Premier Girls' first-division title at 4-1-1. The cup era, 2019: four teams to the cup finals weekend in May 2019 — the 2004 Premier Girls to a State Cup finals weekend for the third straight year, the 2005 Premier Boys arriving as the prior year's President's Cup winners with a 2–1 Midwest Regionals run behind them, and a club-record entry into the State Cup. The alliance era, 2020–2025: the Coerver identity and the formal Indy Premier alliance (Girls Academy League and MLS NEXT access through Indy Premier United), GotSport's spring 2022 tables seating Echo at Harris Township Park with the 09 Elite I Boys second in Boys 13U Premier, and a 06/07 Elite Girls side atop its G19U Premier II Blue table in spring 2025. The merger era, 2026: on February 12, 2026, Echo Premier and Junior Irish merged into the Northern Indiana Football Club — the club's independent course closes there, and its Granger half plays on at Brummitt Road under the new name.

Sources:

1. MaxPreps, Granger Christian Knights (Granger, IN) schedule archive, read November 2026 — 2006-07 (1–2), 2009-10 (2–12), 2011-12 (8–20), 2016-17 (6–13), 2017-18 (13–12); the February 3, 2025 recap (Knights 6–6) — self-reported, partial by construction, printed at that strength.
2. Sports of this build, read first-hand (the Harris, Echo and school-teams articles and their sources: the league's and club's own postings; the 2015 Tribune obituary; the IRS-derived directories; the trustee's lease account).
3. Indiana Soccer (soccerindiana.org), ISL Division Champions, 2016 Fall Season, Girls — the three Michiana Echo division titles as the league itself lists them.
4. Echo Premier Soccer Club, michianaecho.com — "Echo Has Multiple ISL Champions" (October 30, 2018); "Echo Sends Multiple Teams to Cup Finals" (May 25, 2019); the December 11, 2018 coaching announcement.
5. GotSport ISL tables, spring 2022 and spring 2025, as surfaced November 2026 — Echo home fixtures at Harris Township Park; the 09 Elite I Boys' and 06/07 Elite Girls' table positions.
6. ABC57, February 12, 2026, via Archynewsy — the Northern Indiana Football Club merger; Adam Kirkpatrick, Echo Premier board president.