Founded | 1946 |
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Founder | Charter 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 |
Focus | Athletic participation |
Area served | 4 Ohio counties (Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, & Scioto) |
Members | 17 |
Key people | Dave Stamm, Conference Secretary 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) Scott Lewis (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 four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), 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.
It is listed as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Conferences.
SOC Division I: Clay, East (Sciotoville), Glenwood/New Boston, Green, Notre Dame, Symmes Valley, Western (Pike), Ironton St. Joseph
SOC Division II: Minford, Northwest (D-I football), Oak Hill, Portsmouth West, South Webster (D-I golf & boys soccer), Valley (D-I boys soccer), Waverly, Eastern (Pike, D-I football) & Wheelersburg
The league president changes each year based on an alphabetical rotating basis with the principal of member schools. The current league secretary (voted on each year by the league) is Dave Stamm. [2]
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