Mid-Southern Conference

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The Mid-Southern Conference in Indiana

The Mid-Southern Conference is a ten-member IHSAA-Sanctioned Athletic Conference within the South Central Indiana counties of Clark, Harrison, Jackson, Scott, and Washington.

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History

The conference began in 1958, with seven schools leaving the Southeastern Indiana Conference and allying with three schools from Clark County (whose previous conference affiliations are in need of research). The first decade-plus within the league was stable, as the only change was Brownstown becoming Brownstown Central due to consolidation in Jackson County. Meanwhile, the 1970s proved to be a comparatively tumultuous decade. Mitchell joined the Blue Chip Conference in 1970, seeking for conference rivals to the west. They were replaced by Floyd Central, which had been independent since forming three years earlier. Austin, which did not sponsor football, joined the Southern Athletic Conference in 1974 while maintaining MSC membership. This allowed the Eagles to ally themselves with other non-football schools, yet maintain the traditional rivalries from the SEIC. Silver Creek also did not have football, while Scottsburg dropped it in the 1970s, yet they were much larger than most schools that didn't offer the sport. In 2014 they reinstated the football program.

Floyd Central grew much faster than anticipated, and by 1976 had outgrown the other schools, necessitating a move to the Hoosier Hills Conference. This marked the first time membership had dropped below ten schools, though this would only last for two years. North Harrison, a school that had outgrown the small-school Blue River Conference and was within the MSC footprint, joined after starting their football team, bring the league back to 10 schools with seven football-playing members.

Paoli was the next school to make a change, becoming a charter member of the Patoka Lake Conference while maintaining MSC membership. This lasted for six years, as Paoli decided the more geographically compact PLC was better suited to their needs, leaving the Mid-Southern in 1985. There was concern that Austin would also leave, being the other dual-conference member, but Austin would instead leave the SAC in 1987 being by far the largest school in the Southern, as well as being competitively dominant. The conference would stay with a nine school, six football team setup for 16 years, the longest period of stability since the league was founded.

The conference once again moved to ten members when Eastern (Pekin) decided to start a football team in the early 2000s. They had grown not only to the point where football was feasible, but also too large for the Southern, and joined the MAC in 2003. The number of football schools would move from six to eight by the end of the decade. Eastern would unveil their football team in 2007, while Silver Creek would start their own team in 2010.

Current Mid-Southern Conference standings, schedules and information can be located at www.mscsports.org; launched beginning the fall of 2014, the site will soon include an abundance of archived information.

Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment
24-25
IHSAA Class # / CountyYear joinedPrevious conference
Austin 1 Austin Eagles  4072A 72
Scott
1958 Southeastern Indiana
Brownstown Central Brownstown Braves   4693A 36
Jackson
1965none (new school)
Charlestown Charlestown Pirates  8453A 10
Clark
1958 Clark County
Corydon Central Corydon Panthers   7543A 31
Harrison
1958 Southeastern Indiana
North Harrison Ramsey Cougars  6293A 31
Harrison
1978Independents
(BRC 1974)
Salem Salem Lions   4942A 88
Washington
1958 Southeastern Indiana
Scottsburg Scottsburg Warriors   7264A 72
Scott
1958 Southeastern Indiana
Silver Creek Sellersburg Dragons   9433A 10
Clark
1958 Clark County
  1. Austin was also a member of the Southern Athletic Conference from 1974 to 1987.

Future members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joiningPrevious conference
Madison Madison Cubs   39
Jefferson
2026 Independent

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear joinedPrevious conferenceYear leftConference joined
Brownstown Brownstown Bears    36
Jackson
1958 Southeastern Indiana 1965none (consolidated into
Brownstown Central)
Mitchell Mitchell Bluejackets    47
Lawrence
1958 Southeastern Indiana 1970 Blue Chip
Paoli 1 Paoli Rams    59
Orange
1958 Southeastern Indiana 1985 Patoka Lake
Floyd Central Floyds Knobs Highlanders   22
Floyd
1970Independents1976 Hoosier Hills
Clarksville Clarksville Generals   10
Clark
1958 Clark County 2020Independent
Eastern (Pekin) New Pekin Musketeers    88
Washington
2003 Southern 2025 Southern
  1. Paoli was also a member of the Patoka Lake Conference from 1979 until it left the MSC in 1985.

Conference champions

Asterisks denote split championships.

Football

#TeamSeasons
22Brownstown Central1968*, 1981, 1982*, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998*, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005*, 2010,
2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021
16Charlestown1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982*, 1985*, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998*, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2012, 2022
15Clarksville1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970*, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1983*, 1984, 1985*, 1986, 2006
8Salem1962, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005*, 2008*
2Corydon Central1968*, 1983*
2North Harrison2015, 2017
2Paoli1966, 1968*
1Floyd Central1970*
1Mitchell1963
1Silver Creek2020
0Eastern (Pekin)
0Scottsburg

Boys basketball

#TeamSeasons
21Brownstown Central1963, 1968*, 1976, 1981*, 1983*, 1984*, 1986, 1989*, 1991, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011*, 2012*,
2013, 2014*, 2016, 2017, 2022*, 2023
15Scottsburg1964*, 1965*, 1967, 1968*, 1969, 1981*, 1988*, 1989*, 1992, 1995*, 1996, 1999*, 2000, 2003*, 2007
12Silver Creek1966, 1970*, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1983*, 1995*, 1997, 1998, 1999*, 2012*, 2018
10Corydon Central1960*, 1968*, 1970*, 1984*, 1985, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2011*, 2014*
7North Harrison1981*, 1987*, 1988*, 1989*, 2003*, 2021, 2022*
6Charlestown1965*, 1981*, 1987*, 1990, 2008*, 2011*
5Clarksville1974, 1977, 1978, 2012*, 2014*
3Austin1981*, 1999*, 2002
3Paoli1959, 1960*, 1961
3Salem1982, 2008*, 2009
2Floyd Central1972, 1975
2Mitchell1962, 1964*

Girls basketball

#TeamSeasons
24Scottsburg1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981*, 1983, 1985*, 1986*, 1987*, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993*, 1994,
1995, 1996, 2002*, 2004*, 2007, 2011*, 2012*, 2013*, 2014*
8Austin1980, 1981*, 1982, 1984, 1985*, 2008, 2010, 2013*
8Corydon Central1981*, 1986*, 1999, 2000, 2004*, 2005, 2006, 2023
8North Harrison1987*, 2002*, 2003, 2004*, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018
5Charlestown1992, 1993*, 1997*, 1998, 2000
5Brownstown Central1997, 2001, 2011*, 2014*, 2020*
2Salem2019, 2020*
2Silver Creek2021, 2022
1Clarksville1987*
1Eastern (Pekin)2012*
0Floyd Central
0Paoli

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