Blue Chip Conference

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Blue Chip Conference
No. of teams7 Class A, 2 Class 2A
Region5 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin
Locations
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The Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, United States. The conference's members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties. The BCC was founded in 1968, with Barr-Reeve, Bloomfield, Loogootee, North Daviess, North Knox, South Knox, and Springs Valley. [1] Barr-Reeve had to wait until 1969 to be released from the Patoka Valley Conference to play in the league, and Loogootee also had to wait until 1970 to leave the Southwestern Indiana Conference. The conference grew to 11 schools in the mid-1970s, but for the most part has stabilized at nine schools since then with the only exception being the 6 year period between the addition of Wood Memorial in 2000 and loss of Forest Park in 2006 where the count was at 10.

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Member schools

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment
22-23
IHSAA Class# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Barr-Reeve Montgomery Vikings   2461A 14
Daviess
1969 Patoka Valley
Loogootee Loogootee Lions   2541A 51
Martin
1970 SW Indiana
North
Knox
1, 2
Bicknell Warriors   3882A 42
Knox
1968
1986
Southern Indiana
Independents
Northeast
Dubois
Dubois Jeeps   2751A 19
Dubois
1977 Lost River
Shoals 3 Shoals Jug Rox  2071A 51
Martin
1977 SW Indiana
South
Knox
Vincennes Spartans   3792A 42
Knox
1968none (new school)
Vincennes
Rivet
Vincennes Patriots   681A 42
Knox
1979
Washington
Catholic
Washington Cardinals   741A 14
Daviess
1977
Wood
Memorial
Oakland City Trojans   2291A 26
Gibson
2000 Pocket
  1. North Knox is a member of the Southwest Football Conference for football.
  2. North Knox played in the Western Indiana Conference 1977-81, then played independently from 1981 to 1986 before rejoining the BCC.
  3. Shoals played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC from 1977 to 1979.


Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColors# / CountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Bloomfield 1 Bloomfield Cardinals   28
Greene
1968 SW Indiana 1985 SW Indiana
North
Daviess
Elnora Cougars    14
Daviess
1968none (new school)1986 SW Indiana
Springs
Valley
French Lick Blackhawks    59
Orange
19681979 Patoka Lake
Mitchell Mitchell Bluejackets    47
Lawrence
1970 Mid-Southern 1979 Patoka Lake
Forest Park Ferdinand Rangers    19
Dubois
1972 Patoka Valley 2006 Pocket
  1. Bloomfield played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC for its entire BCC duration.

Membership timeline

Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High SchoolVincennes Rivet High School (Vincennes, Indiana)Washington Catholic High SchoolShoals High SchoolNortheast Dubois High SchoolForest Park High School (Indiana)Mitchell High School (Indiana)Loogootee High SchoolBarr-Reeve High SchoolSprings Valley High SchoolSouth Knox High SchoolNorth Knox High SchoolNorth Daviess Junior-Senior High SchoolBloomfield Junior-Senior High School (Indiana)Blue Chip Conference

Conference championships

Football

#TeamSeasons
3Mitchell1971, 1973, 1975
3North Knox1970, 1972, 1974
2Springs Valley1976. 1977
0North Daviess

Boys basketball

#TeamSeasons
15Barr-Reeve1972, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 2002*, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
9Loogootee1973, 1975, 1978, 1996*, 1999*, 2002*, 2005*, 2011, 2013, 2020
7Forest Park1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005*, 2006, 2007
4North Knox1996*, 1998*, 1999*, 2003
1Springs Valley1970
0Bloomfield
0Mitchell
0North Daviess
0Northeast Dubois
0Rivet
0Shoals
0South Knox
0Washington Catholic
0Wood Memorial

Girls basketball

#TeamSeasons
7North Knox2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018*
7Rivet2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018*
2Barr-Reeve2012, 2015
1Loogootee2018*, 2020
1Northeast Dubois2008
1Wood Memorial2017
1Forest Park2001
0Bloomfield
0Mitchell
0North Daviess
0Shoals
0South Knox
0Springs Valley
0Washington Catholic

State titles

Barr-Reeve Vikings (3)

Loogootee Lions (2)

North Knox Warriors (0)

Northeast Dubois Jeeps (0)

Shoals Jug Rox (0)

South Knox Spartans (0)

Vincennes Rivet Patriots (0)

1A Girls Basketball (2011)

Washington Catholic Cardinals (0)

Wood Memorial Trojans (1)

Runner-Up Titles, and State Finals Appearances

Barr-Reeve Vikings

Wood Memorial Trojans

Loogootee Lions

Vincennes Rivet Patriots

Washington Catholic Cardinals

Former Member State Titles

Forest Park Rangers (3)

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