Big Four Conference (Indiana)

The Big Four Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference that lasted from 1954 to 1971. The four denotes the counties that the schools hailed from (Boone, Hendricks, Montgomery, and Putnam counties). The Montgomery County Conference folded into the B4C in 1966, temporarily turning it into a 15-team superconference.[1] However, with consolidations hitting Montgomery and Putnam counties hard, the conference folded five years later, as the Montgomery County schools folded into North Montgomery and Southmont High Schools, leaving only three schools.

Members

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School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Bainbridge Bainbridge Pointers     67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969 none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Belle Union Belle Union Panthers     67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1965 none (consolidated
into Fillmore)
Granville Wells1 Jamestown Rockets     06
Boone
1955 Boone County 1971 Little 4
Ladoga Ladoga Canners     54
Montgomery
1955 Montgomery County 1964 Wabash River
New Market New Market Purple Flyers     54
Montgomery
1955 Montgomery County 1967 Wabash River
North Salem2 North Salem Blue Devils     32
Hendricks
1955 Hendricks County 1971 Little 4
Pittsboro2 Pittsboro Burros     32
Hendricks
1955 Hendricks County 1971 Little 4
Roachdale Roachdale Hawks     67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969 none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Russellville Russellville Bees     67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969 none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Dover Dover Blue Devils     06
Boone
1957 Boone County 1964 none (consolidated
into Granville Wells)
Fillmore Fillmore Cardinals     67
Putnam
1964 Little 8 1969 none (consolidated
into South Putnam)
Reelsville Reelsville Indians     67
Putnam
1964 Little 8 1969 none (consolidated
into South Putnam)
Waveland Waveland Hornets     54
Montgomery
1964 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Alamo Alamo Warriors     54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1967 none (consolidated
into New Market)
Darlington Darlington Indians     54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
Linden Linden Bulldogs     54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
New Ross New Ross Blue Jays     54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Waynetown Waynetown Gladiators     54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971 none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
  1. Was Jackson Township until 1956.
  2. Concurrent with B4C and NCC 1955-65.

References

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  1. ^ "Big Four Conference Schedules Summer Games". The Daily Banner (Greencastle, IN). 1967-05-24. Retrieved 2016-02-29.