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
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.

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

Conference Information

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]

Southern Ohio Conference Member Schools [3]

S.O.C. 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

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