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- ↑ "Last Saturday the Superintendents and principals from Fowler, Boswell, Raub and Oxford met at the school building here and form ed Benton County Athletic Association". Oxford (IN) Gazette. 1910-12-02. Archived from the original on 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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- ↑ "The executive committee of the County Athletic association will hole a meeting in the County superintendent's office at 2 o'clock next Saturday afternoon". Greensburg (IN) Standard. 1916-09-08. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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- ↑ "Plan Athletic Association". News and Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN). 1919-11-24. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "County Ball Tournament Feb. 17-18, Form Athletic Association". Brownstown (IN) Banner. 1921-12-21. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ↑ "Seven Net Games on Tap for Fans in This Territory". Linton Daily Citizen (Linton, IN). 1954-11-09. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ↑ "Volume 17, Number 4". Winslow (IN) Dispatch. 1914-04-17. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "The Randolph County Athletic association met during the county teachers institute last week". Winchester (IN) Journal. 1913-09-10. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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- ↑ "Bluffton Team Won Game". Bluffton (IN) Banner. 1904-10-26. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ↑ "In the ñeld and track meet of the White County Athletic Association of High Schools held at Monticello last Saturday, the Monticello boys took about everything in sight". Monon (IN) News. 1908-05-08. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
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