Southern Athletic Conference of Indiana

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Location of the Southern Athletic Conference within Indiana

The Southern Athletic Conference is an IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Clark, Harrison, and Jackson Counties in South Central Indiana. The conference began in 1974 as a four school conference, and grew to eight members within five years as other local conferences disbanded. The conference has lost two schools in the years since; both left for the Mid-Southern Conference. The Southern also had schools that had dual membership in other conferences at the same time, though by 1986, all of these schools entered full membership with a sole conference.

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Membership

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment IHSAA ClassCountyYear JoinedPrevious Conference
Borden* Borden Braves   228A 10
Clark
1974 Lost River
Crothersville* Crothersville Tigers  180A 36
Jackson
1974 Mid-Hoosier
Henryville Henryville Hornets   347AA 10
Clark
1977 Lost River
Lanesville Lanesville Eagles  237A 31
Harrison
1979 Blue River
New
Washington
New
Washington
Mustangs   273A 10
Clark
1974 Dixie-Monon
South Central
(Elizabeth)
Elizabeth Rebels  277A 31
Harrison
1979 Blue River

Former members

SchoolLocationMascotColorsCountyYear JoinedPrevious ConferenceYear LeftConference Joined
Austin* Austin Eagles   72
Scott
1974 Mid-Southern 1986 Mid-Southern
Eastern (Pekin)* New Pekin Musketeers    88
Washington
1975 Lost River 2003 Mid-Southern

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