Big Four Conference (Indiana)

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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

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Bainbridge Bainbridge Pointers   67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Belle Union Belle Union Panthers   67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1965none (consolidated
into Fillmore)
Granville Wells 1 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 Salem 2 North Salem Blue Devils   32
Hendricks
1955 Hendricks County 1971 Little 4
Pittsboro 2 Pittsboro Burros   32
Hendricks
1955 Hendricks County 1971 Little 4
Roachdale Roachdale Hawks   67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Russellville Russellville Bees   67
Putnam
1955 Putnam County 1969none (consolidated
into North Putnam)
Dover Dover Blue Devils   06
Boone
1957 Boone County 1964none (consolidated
into Granville Wells)
Fillmore Fillmore Cardinals   67
Putnam
1964 Little 8 1969none (consolidated
into South Putnam)
Reelsville Reelsville Indians   67
Putnam
1964 Little 8 1969none (consolidated
into South Putnam)
Waveland Waveland Hornets   54
Montgomery
1964 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Alamo Alamo Warriors   54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1967none (consolidated
into New Market)
Darlington Darlington Indians   54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
Linden Linden Bulldogs   54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
New Ross New Ross Blue Jays   54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated
into Southmont)
Waynetown Waynetown Gladiators   54
Montgomery
1966 Montgomery County 1971none (consolidated into
North Montgomery)
  1. Was Jackson Township until 1956.
  2. Concurrent with B4C and NCC 1955-65.

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References

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