South Central Conference (Indiana)

The South Central Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference from 1936 to 1997.[1] The conference began as a collection of schools in mid-sized and large cities in South Central and Southeast Indiana, expanding into both Indianapolis (Washington and Southport) and far Southern Indiana (Jeffersonville). The conference had been as big as 10 in the 1950s, but was down to six schools in the 1980s. With Connersville and Rushville leaving in the advent of class basketball, being replaced by Bloomington North and Center Grove, the conference had shifted to a small conference of large schools. As class basketball was set to be introduced in the 1997-98 school year, the South Central and Central Suburban conferences, as well as large independent schools, decided to reorganize, giving way to Conference Indiana and the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference.

The South Central Conference in Indiana. Counties in red contained schools at the time of disbanding, counties in pink contained former member schools who left before conference folded.

Schools

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School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Columbus North1 Columbus Bulldogs     03
Bartholomew
1936 Independents 1997 Indiana
Connersville Connersville Spartans     21
Fayette
1936 Independents 1991 Olympic
Franklin2 Franklin Grizzly Cubs     41
Johnson
1936 Johnson County 1981 Mid-State
Greencastle Greencastle Tiger Cubs     67
Putnam
1936 Independents 1949 Western Indiana
Martinsville Martinsville Artesians       55
Morgan
1936
1941
Independents
Independents
1938
1997
Independents
Indiana
Rushville Rushville Lions       70
Rush
1936 Independents 1995 Hoosier Heritage
Shelbyville Shelbyville Golden Bears       73
Shelby
1936 Independents 1997 Hoosier Heritage
Greensburg3 Greensburg Pirates     16
Decatur
1937 Independents 1977 Eastern Indiana
Indianapolis
Washington
Indianapolis Continentals     49
Marion
1937 Indianapolis 1941 Indianapolis
Seymour4 Seymour Owls     36
Jackson
1938 Jackson County 1997 Hoosier Hills
Southport Indianapolis Cardinals     49
Marion
1951 Independents
(MCAA 1945)
1963 Independents
(CSC 1995)
Jeffersonville Jeffersonville Red Devils     10
Clark
1957 Independents 1981 Hoosier Hills
Bloomington South5 Bloomington Panthers       53
Monroe
1964 Southern Indiana 1997 Indiana
Center
Grove
Greenwood Trojans     Johnson 1991 Central Suburban 1996 Metropolitan
Bloomington North Bloomington Cougars       53
Monroe
1983 Hoosier Hills 1997 Indiana
  1. Was Columbus until 1972.
  2. Was Alva Neal High School before 1939.
  3. Played concurrently in SCC and EIAC 1974-77.
  4. Was Shields High School until 1959.
  5. Was Bloomington until 1972.

Membership timeline

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Bloomington High School NorthCenter Grove High SchoolBloomington High School SouthJeffersonville High SchoolSouthport High SchoolSeymour High School (Indiana)George Washington Community High SchoolGreensburg High SchoolShelbyville Senior High SchoolRushville Consolidated High SchoolMartinsville High School (Indiana)Greencastle Senior High SchoolFranklin Community High SchoolConnersville High School (Indiana)Columbus North High School

References

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  1. ^ "South Central Conference". AlmanacSports.com. Retrieved 2014-06-01.