Southern Ohio Conference

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Southern Ohio Conference
Founded1946
FounderCharter Members: Central Catholic HS (Notre Dame), Glenwood HS (New Boston), Portsmouth East HS (Sciotoville Community), Washington Township HS (Portsmouth West), & Waverly HS
Type Ohio High School Athletic Association athletic conference
FocusAthletic participation
Area served
5 Ohio counties (Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, Gallia, & Scioto)
Members18
Commissioner
Tony Mantell
Key people
Athletic Directors:

Mark Rose (Clay)

Adam Bailey (East)

Rob Day (Eastern)

Matthew McCorkle (Green)

Kristin Ruby (Minford)

Donnie Stapleton (New Boston)

Bill Crabtree (Northwest)

Bob Boldman (Notre Dame)

Beth McCorkle (Oak Hill)

Greg Bryant (St. Joe)

Greg Sullivan (South Webster)

Eric Holland (Symmes Valley)

Darren Crabtree (Valley)

Bo Arnett (Waverly)

Ben Johnson (West)

Rachel Henderson (Western)

Jarod Shaw (Wheelersburg)

The Southern Ohio Conference (S.O.C.) is an athletic conference in Ohio. The conference is also a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the governing body of Ohio athletics. [1] There are currently seventeen member schools in the conference. The S.O.C. includes teams from five different Ohio counties - Lawrence County (St. Joe High School and Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School). [2] The conference recognizes: baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' and girls' soccer, fast pitch softball, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track and field athletics, and girls' volleyball.

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It is listed as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Conferences.

Conference Information

Football

SOC Division I: East (Sciotoville), Eastern (Pike), Green, Notre Dame, Symmes Valley, South Gallia

SOC Division II: Minford, Northwest, Oak Hill, Portsmouth West, Valley, Waverly, & Wheelersburg

Basketball/Volleyball/Baseball/Softball

SOC Division I: Clay, East (Sciotoville), Ironton St. Joseph, Glenwood (New Boston) Green, Notre Dame

SOC Division II: Eastern (Pike), Northwest, Oak Hill, South Gallia, Symmes Valley, Western (Pike)

SOC Division III: Minford, Portsmouth West, South Webster, Valley, Waverly, Wheelersburg

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Southern Ohio Conference Mem [3]

.O.CIronton St. Joseph, . Division I Smaller Schools)

S.O.C. Division II (Larger Schools)

  1. Concurrent with Pike County League 1946-64.
  2. Concurrent with SCL from entry into SOC until 1979.
  3. Concurrent with Ohio Valley Conference 1954-57.
  4. Concurrent with southeastern Tri-County League from entry into SOC until 1985

Former Members

  1. Concurrent with Lawrence County League for the duration of SOC membership.

Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances

Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearance
1969 (Arcanum def. Clay 76-61) [4]
Girls' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearance
1980 [5]
Boys' Golf
OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearances
2004, 2005, 2006 [6] [7] [8]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Championships [1] [9] [10]
1980 - (d. Archbold 18-6 & d. New Madison Tri-Village 12-3 to finish season at 25-0)
1981 - (d. Jeromesville Hillsdale 7-2 & d. Beverly Fort Frye 21-0 to finish season at 29-0)
1983 - (d. Pioneer North Central 8-7 & d. Mineral Ridge 6-2 to finish season at 24-1)
OHSAA State Runner-up [1] [9] [11]
1979 - (d. New Madison Tri-Village 11-2 & lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 1-4 to finish the season at 19-1)
1988 - (d. Sycamore Mohawk 10-0 & lost to Strasburg-Franklin 0-14 to finish the season at 27-3)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships and Second Place Finishes) [1] [9] [10]
1978 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 5-0)
1984 - (lost to Arcanum 10-4)
1986 - (lost to Archbold 5-4)
2007 - (lost to Triad 13-3 to finish season at 22-5)
OHSAA Softball Tournament Records [12]
Most Runs (Game, One Team) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 21 v. Beverly Fort Frye, 1981
Most Hits (Game) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 19 v. Archbold, 1980
Most Hits (Game) - North Lewisburg Triad (Division IV) 13 v. Portsmouth Clay, 2007
Most Hits (Game, Both Teams) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 28 v. Archbold, 1980
Teresa Ruby - played in first four OHSAA state softball tournaments (1978-1981), coach (2007)
Boys' Baseball -
OHSAA State Championship
1973 (East def. Adena Buckeye West 5-3) [1] [13]
Boys' Golf
OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearance
2006 [8]
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearance
1939 [14]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA Runner-up [15]
1997 - (d. LaGrange Keystone 1-0 & lost to Tallmadge 7-0 to finish season at 27-4)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finish) [10]
1994 - (lost to LaGrange Keystone 2-0)
1996 - (lost to Alliance Marlington 4-0)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances [16]
1938
1960 - (Salem Local d. New Boston 67-59)
2021 (Columbus Grove d. New Boston 58-53)
Football - 1967 & 1970 Associated Press state championships
Girls' Basketball
OHSAA Runner-ups
2004 - (Youngstown Ursuline d. Oak Hill 66-52) [17]
2009 - (South Euclid Regina d. Oak Hill 63-48)
2011 - (Anna d. Oak Hill 50-32)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Championship
2009 - ( d. Kalida 48-43 2OT)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Championship [18]
2006 - (d. Lockland 61-58 & d. Columbus Grove 83-65)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances [19]
2004 - (Holgate d. South Webster 31-28)
Boys' Basketball (as Waterloo High School before consolidation, "Waterloo Wonders")
OHSAA State Championship [20]
1934 - (d. Lowellville 43-32 & d. Mark Center 40-26)
1935 - (d. Fremont St. Joseph 48-21 & d. Oxford Stewart 25-22)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships) [20]
1941
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Runner-up
2005 (d. Cortland Maplewood 3-2 & lost to Convoy Crestview 6-4 to finish season at 28-5) [21]
Boys' Baseball
OHSAA State Championship
1975 (Valley def. Russia 5-0) [1] [13]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances [22]
1993 - (lost to North Robinson Colonel Crawford 9-3)
1994 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 6-1)
Boys' Baseball
OHSAA State Championship
1954 (Waverly def. Sycamore 2-1) [1] [13]
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearance
1970 (Dayton Chaminade d. Waverly 73-55) [20]
1973 - Associated Press Class AA Boys' Basketball Poll Champion (17-1)
Football
Division IV State Final Appearance
2002 (Kenton def. Portsmouth West 45-13) [23]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Runner-up [24]
1987 - (d. Marion Elgin 4-3 & lost to Akron Hoban 5-1 to finish season at 22-6)
1988 - (d. Newark Licking Valley 5-4 & lost to Tallmadge 16-2 to finish season at 28-1)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finishes) [25]
1986 - (lost to Newark Licking Valley 11-1)
1989 - (lost to Springfield Northwestern 8-4)
1998 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 2-1)
1999 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 1-0)
2000 - (lost to Lima Bath 3-2)
2001 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 3-0)
2002 - (lost to Springfield Kenton Ridge 4-0)
2003 - (lost to Convoy Crestview 5-0)
Boys' Baseball
OHSAA State Championships
1996 - def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1 [1] [13]
2012 - def. Lima Central Catholic 1-0 [1] [13]
2013 - def. Bloom-Carroll 5-4 [1] [13]
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Runner-up [26]
1984 - (d. Willard 70-64 & lost to Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary 75-71 to finish season at 23-5)
1995 - (d. Columbus Bishop Hartley 76-60 & lost to Orrville 79-50 to finish season at 23-4)
OHSAA Final Four Appearances [27] [28] [29]
1982 - Youngstown Rayen d. Wheelersburg 61-45)
1989 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 71-67 (2OT))
2006 - (Cleveland Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph d. Wheelersburg 71-62)
2007 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 69-66 (OT))
OHSAA State Basketball Tournament Records [30]
Largest Margin of Victory - Championship Game (Division III) - Orrville 79 d. Wheelersburg 50 in 1995
Most Two-Point Field Goals - Championship Game - Orrville (35) v. Wheelersburg in 1995
Most Two-Point Field Goals, Both Teams - Championship Game - 53 (Orrville 35 & Wheelersburg 18) in 1995
Most Rebounds - Championship Game - Orrville (44) v. Wheelersburg in 1995
Football
OHSAA State Championship
1989 (def. Warren John F. Kennedy 14-7) [23]
2017 (def. Pemberville Eastwood 21-14OT) [23]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Runner-up
2004 (d. Archbold 2-1 & lost to Woodsfield Monroe Central 1-0 to finish season at 25-6) [10]
OHSAA State Championship
2016 (d. Johnstown-Monroe, 1-0, within the state semifinals, and then d. South Range, 8-3, within the championship final. The Pirates finished the season 26-2.

Conference awards and championships

Conference Awards & Championships in each Sport

Notable coaches' and player awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on February 4, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws". Southern Ohio Conference. January 2007.
  3. ↑ "History of the Southern Ohio Conference". Archived from the original on January 18, 2008.
  4. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 49 & 59.
  5. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA State Girls' Basketball Tournament Program".
  6. ↑ OHSAA. "2004 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Archived from the original on August 6, 2007. Retrieved July 17, 2007.
  7. ↑ OHSAA. "2005 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Retrieved July 17, 2007.
  8. 1 2 OHSAA. "2006 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Retrieved July 6, 2007.
  9. 1 2 3 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Softball". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". pp. 34–39.
  11. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". p. 38.
  12. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program--All-Time Tournament Records". p. 40.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  14. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 58.
  15. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". pp. 35, 36 & 38.
  16. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 48 & 58.
  17. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA Girls' Basketball Tournament Information" . Retrieved June 23, 2007.
  18. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2006 Boys' Div. IV Basketball Recap" . Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  19. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 59.
  20. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". pp. 45–46 & 59.
  21. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". p. 37.
  22. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". p. 35.
  23. 1 2 3 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Football". Archived from the original on January 13, 2007. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
  24. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". p. 39.
  25. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". pp. 34–36.
  26. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 51 & 59.
  27. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". pp. 51–52 & 59.
  28. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2006 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap" . Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  29. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2007 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap" . Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  30. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 62.
  31. 1 2 3 4 5 Clay High School Athletic Department. "Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
  32. ↑ Jim Walker. "Estep to join softball hall of fame" . Retrieved June 22, 2007.[ dead link ]
  33. ↑ "Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on January 15, 2010. Retrieved June 20, 2007.
  34. ↑ "Ed Miller's Induction into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)" (PDF). Wheelersburg High School. Retrieved August 6, 2007.[ permanent dead link ]
  35. ↑ Clay Athletic Department. "Clay Girls' Basketball Records". Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2007.
  36. 1 2 Portsmouth's Wall of Stars Selections Committee. "Portsmouth's Wall of Stars". Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  37. ↑ OHSFSCA. "Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association" . Retrieved January 4, 2010.

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