Southern Indiana Athletic Conference

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Member Schools

tate Titles

John H. Castle Knights

*Football (1982) (1994)
*Boys Soccer (2000)
*Girls Basketball (2006)
*Softball (2001)

Evansville Benjamin Bosse Bulldogs

* Boys Basketball (Back to Back) (1943 & 1944)
* Boys Basketball (1962)

Evansville Central Bears

None

Evansville William Henry Harrison Warriors

* Girls Golf (1989)

Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats

* Baseball (1999)
* Boys Basketball (2004)
* Football (2001)
* Wrestling (1986), (1995), (1996), (1997), (1998), (1999), (2000), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2006), (2007)

Evansville North Huskies

* Boys Basketball (1967)
* Boys Golf (2000)
* Boys Basketball (1968)

Evansville Francis Joseph Reitz Panthers

* Girls Basketball (1981)
* Boys Football (2007)

Evansville Francis Joseph Reitz Memorial Tigers

* Baseball (1978), (1989), (1993)
* Girls Soccer (1997)
* Softball (2002)
* Girls Tennis (1991), (1993), (1994), (1995), (1996)
* Boys Soccer (2007) (Mythical National Champions, ranked #1 in Adidas Top 25)

Neighboring Conferences

*Big Eight Conference
*Pocket Athletic Conference

The Old Southern Indiana Athletic Conference

The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference was once a very large and very spread out conference, comprising of almost all of Evansville's High Schools plus schools from Terre Haute, New Albany, and Bloomington.

* Total Membership: 25 High Schools, stretching over 150 traveling miles.

* Black indicates present members of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (8 Members).

* Red indicates members that left to form the Big Eight Conference (7 Members).

* Blue indicates members that presently belong to the Blue Chip Conference (1 Member).

* Maroon indicates members that presently belong to the Pocket Athletic Conference (1 Member).

* Green indicates members that left for other athletic conference closer to home (8 Members).

Founding, Former and Present Members: 1935 - Present

* Name (Current Name)
Current Conference(s)
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(Years w/ SIAC)

* Bicknell Bulldogs (North Knox Warriors)
Blue Chip Conference
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(1936-1973)
* Bloomington Panthers (Bloomington South Panthers)
Conference Indiana
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(1936-1963)
* Evansville Bosse Bulldogs
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1936-Present)
* Evansville Central Bears
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1936-Present)
* Evansville Reitz Panthers
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1936-Present)
* Linton Miners (Linton-Stockton Miners)
Southwestern Indiana Conference
Tri-River Conference
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(1936-1940)
* New Albany Bulldogs
Hoosier Hills Conference
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(1936-1977)
* Princeton Tigers (Princeton Community Tigers)
Big Eight Conference
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(1936-1979)
* Sullivan Golden Arrows
Tri-River Conference
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(1936-1961)
* Vincennes Alices (Vincennes Lincoln Alices)
Big Eight Conference
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(1936-1979)

Additional Members - The making of a Super Conference

* Name (Current Name) (Years w/ SIAC)

* Washington Hatchets
Big Eight Conference
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(1936-1979)
* Boonville Pioneers
Big Eight Conference
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(1941-1979)
* Bedford Stonecutters
(Beford North Lawrence Stars)
Hoosier Hills Conference
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(1942-1975)
* Huntingburg Happy Hunters
(Southridge Raiders)
Pocket Athletic Conference
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(1942-1969)
* Linton Miners (Linton-Stockton Miners)
Southwestern Indiana Conference
Tri-River Conference
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(1942-1951)
* Evansville Memorial Tigers
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1947-Present)
* Jasper Wildcats
Big Eight Conference
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(1953-1979)
* Tell City Marksmen
Pocket Athletic Conference
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(1953-1979)
* Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1954-Present)
* Evansville North Huskies
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1958-Present)
* Mount Vernon Wildcats
Big Eight Conference
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(1959-1979)
* Evansville Rex Mundi Monarchs*
None
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(1961-1971)
* Evansville Harrison Warriors
Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1963-Present)
* John Castle Knights
"'Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
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(1964-Present)
* Terre Haute North Patriots
Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
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(1971-1979)
* Terre Haute South Braves
Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference
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(1971-1981)

* Evansville Rex Mundi and Evansville Lincoln were consolidated into Evansville Central
* In 1980, Princeton Community, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington, Tell City, Mount Vernon, Boonville, and Jasper created the Big Eight Conference along with Gibson Southern from the Pocket Athletic Conference

Source: [http://www.almanacsports.com/football/confchmp2.php?confchmp=siac Southern Indiana Athletic Conference History - Almanac Sports.com]

See also

* Hoosier Hysteria
* Largest high school gyms in the United States

External links

[http://www.almanacsports.com/siac SIAC Homepage]

References

* [http://www.ihsaa.org/school_rosters.htm IHSAA Conference Membership]
* [http://www.ihsaa.org/tourney_state_champs_frame.htm IHSAA State Champions]
* [http://www.almanacsports.com/basketball/boys/confchmp.php Southwest Indiana Conference Histories]