Hoosier Hills Conference

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The Hoosier Hills Conference in Indiana.

The Hoosier Hills Conference is a seven-member, IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference comprising large 4A and 5A (football)-sized schools in Bartholomew, Clark, Floyd, Jackson, Jennings, and Lawrence in South Central and Southeast Indiana. Madison departed the conference in 2021, thereby reducing its size to seven member schools. [1]

Contents

Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment
24-25
IHSAA
Class
IHSAA Class
Football
CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Bedford
N. Lawrence
Bedford Stars   1,2424A4A 47
Lawrence
1974none (new school)
Columbus
East
Columbus Olympians   1,5184A5A 03
Bartholomew
1972none (new school)
Floyd
Central
Floyds Knobs Highlanders  1,8234A5A 22
Floyd
1976 Mid-Southern
Jeffersonville Jeffersonville Red Devils  2,1414A6A 10
Clark
1979 South Central
Jennings
County
1
North Vernon Panthers   1,1693A4A 40
Jennings
1972 Eastern Indiana
New
Albany
New Albany Bulldogs  1,8144A5A 22
Floyd
1976 Southern Indiana
Seymour Seymour Owls  1,7194A5A 36
Jackson
1997 South Central
  1. Played concurrently in HHC and EIAC 1972–73.

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Bedford 1 Bedford Stonecutters   47
Lawrence
1972 Southern Indiana 1974none (consolidated into
Bedford-North Lawrence)
Bloomington North Bloomington Cougars    53
Monroe
1976none (new school)1983 South Central
Madison
Consolidated
Madison Cubs   53
Jefferson
1972Independents
(SE IN 1958)
2020 [2] Independents
  1. Played concurrently in HHC and SIAC 1972–73.

Conference championships

Football

#TeamSeasons
27Columbus East1976, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984*, 1986, 1989*, 1990*, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006*, 2007, 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2024
8Jeffersonville1982, 1987, 1988, 1990*, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997
7Bedford-N.L.1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1995, 2006*, 2022*
5Floyd Central1989*, 1990*, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2023
4New Albany1984*, 1985, 2002, 2021
4Seymour1999, 2000, 2001, 2022*
2Madison1973*, 1989*
1Bedford1973*
1Bloomington North1977
1Jennings County1974

Boys basketball

#TeamSeasons
18New Albany1978, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014,
2015, 2016, 2017, 2021
13Bedford-N.L.1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989*, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1998*, 1999*, 2000, 2011, 2023*
12Jeffersonville1983, 1984, 1993, 1996, 1999*, 2000*, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2019*, 2020, 2021, 2023*
5Columbus East1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 2003
5Floyd Central1986, 1989*, 2018, 2019*, 2022
4Jennings County1975, 1997, 1998*, 2023*
2Madison1973, 1998*
1Seymour2024
0Bloomington North
0Bedford

Girls basketball

#TeamSeasons
16Jeffersonville1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2005*, 2007*, 2009, 2010*, 2011, 2017, 2018*, 2020*
10Bedford-N.L.1980*, 1982*, 1991, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018*, 2019, 2020*
9Columbus East1979, 1980*, 1982*, 2005*, 2006, 2007*, 2008, 2021, 2022
3Floyd Central1980*, 1982*, 2010*
2Jennings County2001, 2002
2Seymour2007*, 2016
2New Albany1999, 2005*
0Bloomington North
0Madison

Boys Soccer

#TeamSeasons
16Columbus East1997*, 1998*, 2000*, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009*, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020*, 2021, 2024
10New Albany1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997*, 2000*, 2001*, 2002*, 2022*
10Floyd Central1995*, 1996*, 2002*, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020*, 2022*, 2023
7Seymour1997*, 1998*, 2001*, 2002*, 2009*, 2016, 2018
1Jeffersonville2011*
1Jennings County1997*
1Madison1995*
0Bedford-N.L.

State champions

IHSAA State Champions

Bedford North Lawrence Stars (8)

Columbus East Olympians (5)

Floyd Central Highlanders (7)

Jeffersonville Red Devils (4)

Madison Cubs (2)

New Albany Bulldogs (5)

Seymour Owls (3)

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