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Founded | 1938 |
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No. of teams | 8 Class 3A, 4 Class 2A, and 1 Class A |
Region | 8 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick, Indiana |
Locations | |
PAC's now current configuration as of 2020-21 season. The Yellow Squares are Large School Division Members, The White Squares are the Small School Division members. |
The Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. It is the largest athletic conference in the state of Indiana with 13 member schools. [1] The conference is composed primarily of Class 3A schools, with a few 2A and one 1A. Schools are currently located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties.
The Pocket Athletic Conference was established in 1938 with nine founding schools: Cannelton, Chrisney, Lynnville, Mount Vernon, Owensville, Petersburg, Poseyville, Rockport, and Tell City. Seven of the nine original schools remain members in some form today. Cannelton left in 1971 and is now an independent. Mount Vernon left in 1959 to join the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference then a member of the Big Eight Conference before returning to the conference in 2020. With the exception of Washington and Pike Central, all members are located within counties along the western end of the Interstate 64 corridor within Indiana.
The first current member appeared in 1958 when Poseyville consolidated with Cynthiana, Griffin, and Wadesville to form North Posey. Rockport merged with Richland in 1965 to form South Spencer. Elberfeld merged with former member Lynnville in 1965 to form Tecumseh. Also in 1965, Oakland City and Francisco, both of which joined the PAC in 1939, joined to become Wood Memorial. Dale, which had joined in 1939, joined with another former member, Chrisney, to form Heritage Hills in 1972. Huntingburg joined the PAC in 1970 from the SIAC and in 1972 consolidated with Holland to become Southridge. In 1974, Owensville consolidated with Fort Branch and Haubstadt into Gibson Southern. Both Fort Branch and Owensville were members of the PAC at the time. Haubstadt was also briefly a member of the PAC. That same year Petersburg joined with Winslow, Otwell, and Stendal to form Pike Central.
Gibson Southern left the PAC in 1979 when the Big Eight Conference was formed, only to return in 1994. In 2000, Wood Memorial left the PAC and is now a member of the Blue Chip Conference. Tell City, which had left in 1953, rejoined in 2001, also came back from the Big Eight Conference but also from the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. In 2007, Forest Park, located in Ferdinand, officially joined the PAC from the Blue Chip Conference increasing the number of members back to the original nine.
The conference expanded to thirteen members in 2020, as they accepted former members Boonville and Mount Vernon, as well as Princeton, whose component school, Mount Olympus, was a member from 1939 to 1965, and complete newcomer Washington, all from the now extinct Big Eight Conference. In all, the PAC will inherit six of the original Big Eight members with the other two joining the SIAC. [2]
With 13 teams in the conference, it is not possible for all football teams to play one another (9 game season). Thus, the PAC is split into two divisions for football only. [3]
Large School | Small School |
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Boonville | Forest Park |
Gibson Southern | North Posey |
Heritage Hills | Pike Central |
Mount Vernon | Southridge |
Princeton | South Spencer |
Washington | Tecumseh |
Tell City |
School Year | Baseball | Basketball | Football-Lg | Football-Sm | Softball | Basketball-G | Volleyball |
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2020/21 | North Posey | Heritage Hills | Gibson Southern | Southridge | GS / NP | Washington | Tecumseh |
2021/22 | Forest Park | South Spencer | Gibson Southern | North Posey | North Posey | Washington | Tecumseh |
2022/23 | Southridge | South Spencer | Gibson Southern | Southridge | North Posey | Forest Park | Tecumseh |
2023/24 | North Posey | HH/ Princeton | Gibson Southern | North Posey | Gibson Southern | Gibson Southern | Tecumseh |
Forest Park, Southridge and Tecumseh have four state titles in both boys and girls basketball. Forest Park and Gibson Southern add three more state runner-up titles and a girls state title to the pool to make seven appearances at the state finals, not counting Tecumseh's appearance in the Tournament of Champions. Forest Park, Gibson Southern, North Posey, Southridge, and Tecumseh have all been ranked within the last eight years in either girls or boys basketball, sometimes both. In 1999, Tecumseh lost by six points in the experimental "Tournament of Champions" to the 4A State Champion, Indianapolis' North Central. Tecumseh was the 1A State Champion. Boonville and Washington bring additional strength on the conference's basketball schedule as well as two more of the state's largest gymnasiums.
The Pocket Athletic Conference has been exceptionally strong in baseball and softball in the last 20 years. Both South Spencer and Gibson Southern won the softball state title in their respective classes in 2015. Forest Park also won the title in 2001. North Posey ('05, '06) and South Spencer ('07, '13, '15) have won state titles in baseball. As a result, South Spencer, a AA school, plays in the AAA tournament, and Gibson Southern, a AAA school, plays in the AAAA tournament, where the Titans have made consecutive appearances at the AAAA Semi-State match, preventing their return to AAA. In 2022, Gibson Southern returned to class AAA, following two seasons losing at the regional level. Likewise Tecumseh, having moved up to class AA after a state title and semi state appearance, has advanced to the AA Semi-State joining Gibson Southern in playing in a Semi State in a higher class only after beating conference rival Southridge in the regional. Southridge will also move up into AAA from AA in baseball after back-to-back State Runner-up titles.
The Pocket Athletic Conference has a long history of being a periodic powerhouse in football with several members having state titles or runner-ups. Since 2000, the PAC has been represented in the football state finals ten times. The three schools that have represented the PAC recently are Heritage Hills (2000 3A State Champs, and 2004 and 2023 3A Runner-up), Southridge (2002 and 2006 2A Runner-up and again in 2018 and 2019) and North Posey (2005 and 2023 2A Runner-up) and Gibson Southern (2021 State Champs). Heritage Hills was the dominant force in the conference, winning the conference from 1996 to 2008 and winning the AAA state title in 2000 but have three runner up titles as well. Southridge added a title in AA in 2017 while Gibson Southern added another AAA title in 2021, but Southridge adds a total of 3 more runner up titles in AA while North Posey adds another pair, all within the last 25 years. The oldest state appearance as a member belongs to South Spencer, occurring in 1986. Tell City, while having an appearance just two years earlier, was a member of the Big Eight Conference at the time, before its return. Both were runner-ups and both were in AA. Pocket members Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, Forest Park, North Posey, and Southridge have either periodically or regularly ranked in the top ten in the last 10 years and the conference title has been considerably less predictable in the last ten years, even with the divisions.
In the last ten years, 32 Pocket Athletic Conference teams have represented their school and the conference in state championship games.
School School Corp. | Mascot | Colors | Location | County | Gym Size | Enrollment | Division | Other Sports | Football | Soccer | Softball4 | Baseball4 | Girl's Basketball4 | Year Joined | Previous Conference |
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Boonville Warrick County | Pioneers | Boonville | 87 Warrick | 5,650 | 919 | Large | AAA | AAAA | AA | AAA | AAA | AAA | 1939 3 2020 | Big Eight SIAC PAC | |
Forest Park Southeast Dubois | Rangers | | Ferdinand | 19 Dubois | 3,500 | 446 | Small | AA | AA | A | AA | AA | AA | 2007 | Blue Chip |
Gibson Southern South Gibson | Titans | | Fort Branch | 26 Gibson | 3,870 | 708 | Large | AAA | AAA | A | AAA | AAA | AAAA7 | 1974 1 1994 | new school Big Eight |
Heritage Hills N. Spencer | Patriots | | Lincoln City | 74 Spencer | 2,800 | 619 | Large | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | 1972 | none (new school) |
Mount Vernon MSD Mount Vernon | Wildcats | Mount Vernon | 65 Posey | 3,200 | 728 | Large | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | 1938 3 2020 | Big Eight SIAC PAC | |
North Posey MSD North Posey | Vikings | | Poseyville | 65 Posey | 2,000 | 504 | Small | AA | AA | A | AA | AA | AA | 1958 | none (new school) |
Pike Central Pike County | Chargers | | Petersburg | 63 Pike | 3,200 | 630 | Small | AAA | AAA | A | AAA | AAA | AAA | 1974 | none (new school) |
Princeton Community North Gibson | Tigers | Princeton | 26 Gibson | 3,210 | 628 | Large | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | AAA | 2020 | Big Eight SIAC | |
Southridge Southwest Dubois | Raiders | | Huntingburg | 19 Dubois | 6,092 | 538 | Small | AAA | AAA | A | AA | AA | AA | 1972 | none (new school) |
South Spencer S. Spencer | Rebels | | Rockport | 74 Spencer | 3,500 | 422 | Small | AA | AA | A | AA | AA | AAA5 | 1965 | none (new school) |
Tecumseh Warrick County | Braves | | Lynnville | 87 Warrick | 2,600 | 259 | Small | A | A2 | A | AA6 | A | A | 1965 | none (new school) |
Tell City 3 Tell City / Troy Twp. | Marksmen | | Tell City | 62 Perry | 3,487 | 424 | Small | AA | AA | A | AA | AA | AA | 1938 2001 | Independents SIAC Big Eight |
Washington Washington Community | Hatchets | Washington | 14 Daviess | 7,090 | 710 | Large | AAA | AAA | AA | AAA | AAA | AAA | 2020 | Big Eight SIAC |
School School Corp. | Mascot | Colors | Location | County | Year Joined | Previous Conference | Year Left | Conference Joined |
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Cannelton 1 Cannelton Comm. Schools | Bulldogs | Cannelton | 62 Perry | 1938 | Perry County | 1971 | Southern Roads (BRC 1974) | |
Chrisney 2 North Spencer | Wildcats | Chrisney | 74 Spencer | 1938 | Spencer County | 1959 | Patoka Valley | |
Lynnville 3 Warrick County | Lyndis | Lynnville | 87 Warrick | 1938 | Warrick County | 1959 | Patoka Valley | |
Owensville 5 South Gibson | Kickapoos | Owensville | 26 Gibson | 1938 | Gibson County | 1974 | none (consolidated into Gibson Southern) | |
Petersburg 6 Pike County | Indians | Petersburg | 63 Pike | 1938 | Pike County | 1974 | none (consolidated into Pike Central) | |
Poseyville 4 M.S.D. North Posey | Posies | Poseyville | 65 Posey | 1938 | Posey County | 1958 | none (consolidated into North Posey) | |
Rockport 2 South Spencer | Zebras | Rockport | 74 Spencer | 1938 | Spencer County | 1965 | none (consolidated into South Spencer) | |
Dale 2 North Spencer | Golden Aces | Dale | 74 Spencer | 1939 | Spencer County | 1972 | none (consolidated into Heritage Hills) | |
Fort Branch 5 South Gibson | Twigs | Fort Branch | 26 Gibson | 1939 | Gibson County | 1974 | none (consolidated into Gibson Southern) | |
Francisco 5 East Gibson | Owls | Francisco | 26 Gibson | 1939 | Gibson County | 1965 | none (consolidated into Wood Memorial) | |
Mount Olympus 5 North Gibson | Mountaineers | Mount Olympus | 26 Gibson | 1939 | Gibson County | 1965 | none (consolidated into Princeton) | |
Oakland City 5 East Gibson | Acorns | Oakland City | 26 Gibson | 1939 | Gibson County | 1965 | none (consolidated into Wood Memorial) | |
Winslow 6 Pike County | Eskimos | Winslow | 63 Pike | 1939 | Pike County | 1940 | Pike County | |
Wood Memorial East Gibson | Trojans | Oakland City | 26 Gibson | 1965 | none (new school) | 2000 | Blue Chip | |
Huntingburg Southwest Dubois | Happy Hunters | Huntingburg | 19 Dubois | 1970 | Southern Indiana | 1972 | none (consolidated into Southridge) | |
Haubstadt South Gibson | Elites | Haubstadt | 26 Gibson | 1972 | Independents (GCC 1965) | 1974 | none (consolidated into Gibson Southern) |
Boys | State Titles | Runner-Up | Regional | Sectional | Girls | State Titles | Runner-Up | Regional | Sectional |
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Archery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Archery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Basketball | 3 | 3 | 18 | 119 | Softball | 4 | 6 | 13 | 39 |
Baseball | 6 | 1 | 20 | 69 | Basketball | 1 | 2 | 11 | 50 |
Football 12 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 36 | Cross Country | 0 | 0 | ||
Cross Country | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | Golf | 0 | 0 | ||
Golf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Soccer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Soccer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Swimming | 0 | 0 | No Regional | |
Swimming | 0 | 0 | No Regional | 3 | Tennis | 0 | 0 | ||
Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | Track & Field | 0 | 0 | ||
Track & Field | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Volleyball | 0 | 0 | ||
Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 71 | 307 | Total | 4 | 8 | 25 | 96 |
Conference Total | 14 | 17 | 96 | 403 |
1From 2008 to 2022 Tecumseh played football as an independent but is now participating in PAC for all sports.
22 State Titles, however Tell City's football title was won under the Big Eight Conference.
Boonville Pioneers (2)
Forest Park Rangers (5)
Gibson Southern Titans (5)
Heritage Hills Patriots (1)
Mount Vernon Wildcats (0)
North Posey Vikings (3)
Pike Central Chargers (0)
Princeton Community Tigers (2)
Southridge Raiders (3)
South Spencer Rebels (5)
Tecumseh Braves (8)
Tell City Marksmen (0)
Washington Hatchets (9)
Cannelton Bulldogs (0)
Wood Memorial Trojans (1)
Forest Park Rangers (4)
Gibson Southern Titans (6)
Heritage Hills Patriots (3)
North Posey Vikings (4)
Pike Central Chargers (1)
Southridge Raiders (6)
South Spencer Rebels (2)
Tecumseh Braves (10)
Tell City Marksmen (1)
1Occurred when Forest Park was a member of the Blue Chip Conference.
2Occurred as a member of the Big Eight Conference.
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