Southern Monon Conference

The Southern Monon Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference in Southern Indiana. The conference was named after the two railroad lines the four founding schools were located along: the Southern (Milltown) and Monon (Borden, Campbellsburg, and Pekin). The conference doubled in size in its second year, yet had a large amount of turnover in its existence,[1] The conference ended in 1965, when it merged with the Dixie Athletic Conference to form the Dixie-Monon Conference (Milltown left the league in 1959, ending the presence of the Southern Railroad its footprint).

Membership

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School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Borden Borden Braves       10
Clark
1957 Clark County 1965 Dixie-Monon
Campbellsburg1 Campbellsburg Warriors     88
Washington
1957 Washington County 1963 none (consolidated
into West Washington)
Milltown2 Milltown Millers     13
Crawford
1957 Crawford County 1959 Blue River
Pekin1 New Pekin Musketeers       88
Washington
1957 Washington County 1965 Dixie-Monon
Henryville Henryville Hornets       10
Clark
1958 Clark County 1959 Independents
(Dixie in 1961)
New
Washington
New
Washington
Mustangs       10
Clark
1958 Clark County 1959 Independents
(Dixie in 1961)
Hardinsburg Hardinsburg Bearcats     88
Washington
1958 Washington County 1963 none (consolidated
into West Washington)
Tunnelton3 Tunnelton Indians     47
Lawrence
1958 Lawrence County 1965 Dixie-Monon
Fayetteville3 Fayetteville Lions       47
Lawrence
1959 Lawrence County 1965 Dixie-Monon
Medora4 Medora Hornets     36
Jackson
1959 Jackson County 1965 Dixie-Monon
Williams3 Williams Bulldogs       47
Lawrence
1959 Lawrence County 1963 none (consolidated
into Bedford
Orleans Orleans Bulldogs       59
Orange
1963 Independents (previous
SE Indiana 1958)
1965 Dixie-Monon
West Washington Campbellsburg Senators       88
Washington
1963 none (new school) 1965 Dixie-Monon
  1. Played concurrently in SMC and WCC 1957–58.
  2. Played concurrently in SMC and CCC 1957–59.
  3. Played concurrently in SMC and LCC throughout SMC tenure.
  4. Played concurrently in SMC and JCC 1959–65.

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Cecil J. (February 2010). "The Bell Was the Prize..." (PDF). The Hoosier Line. 29 (1): 8.