Southwestern Indiana Conference
The Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference (SWIAC), is an eight-member
Tri-River Conference concurrently while playing in the SWIAC. The conference was originally formed in 1939, but information on early membership between then and 1958 is incomplete.[1]
Membership
School | Location | Mascot | Colors | Enrollment | IHSAA Class | County | Year joined | Previous conference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bloomfield 1
|
Bloomfield
|
Cardinals | 358 | AA | 28
Greene |
1939 | White River Valley | |
Clay City2 |
Clay City
|
Eels | 278 | A | 11
Clay |
1992 | Tri-River
| |
Eastern Greene |
Bloomfield
|
Thunderbirds | 440 | AA | 28
Greene |
1962 | none (new school) | |
Linton Stockton2 |
Linton
|
Miners | 404 | AA | 28
Greene |
1974 | Western Indiana | |
North Central (Farmersburg) |
Farmersburg
|
Thunderbirds | 303[2] | A | 77
Sullivan |
2010 | Tri-River
| |
North Daviess |
Elnora
|
Cougars | 321 | A | 14
Daviess |
1986 | Blue Chip Conference | |
Shakamak2 | Jasonville
|
Lakers | 256 | A | 28
Greene |
1968 | Tri-River
| |
White River Valley |
Switz City
|
Wolverines | 273 | A | 28
Greene |
1990 | none (new school) |
- Bloomfield played concurrently in the SWIAC and Blue Chip Conference from 1968 to 1985.
- Clay City and Shakamak were both concurrently in the SWIAC and TRC from joining the SWIAC until the TRC's demise in 2010. Linton-Stockton joined the TRC in 1991 while playing simultaneously in both leagues until 2010.
Former members
School | Location | Mascot | Colors | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barr Township
|
Montgomery | Vikings | 14 Daviess |
1939 | Daviess County | 1954 | Daviess County | |
Ellettsville | Ellettsville | Golden Eagles | 53 Monroe |
1939 | Tri-County (Central) | 1964 | none (consolidated into Edgewood) | |
French Lick | French Lick | Red Devils | 59 Orange |
1939 | Southeastern Indiana/Orange County | 1954 | Independents (consolidated into Springs Valley 1957) | |
Loogootee1 | Loogootee
|
Lions | 51
Martin |
1939 | Martin County | 1970 | Blue Chip | |
Oolitic | Oolitic | Bearcats | 47
Lawrence |
1939 | Southeastern Indiana | 1974 | none (consolidated into Bedford-North Lawrence) | |
Plainville | Plainville | Midgets | 14
Daviess |
1939 | Daviess County | 1940 | Daviess County | |
Shoals1, 2 | Shoals
|
Jug Rox | 51
Martin |
1939 1962 |
Martin County Independents |
1955 1979 |
Independents Blue Chip | |
West Baden | West Baden
|
Sprudels | 59 Orange |
1939 | Orange County | 1954 | Independents (consolidated into Springs Valley 1957) | |
Spencer | Spencer
|
Cops | 60
Owen |
1940 | White River Valley | 1970 | none (consolidated into Owen Valley) | |
Needmore | Needmore | Hilltoppers | 47
Lawrence |
pre-1948 | Lawrence County | 1974 | none (consolidated into Bedford-North Lawrence) | |
Shawswick | Shawswick | Farmers | 47
Lawrence |
pre-1948 | Lawrence County | 1974 | none (consolidated into Bedford-North Lawrence) | |
Odon | Odon | Bulldogs | 14
Daviess |
1954 | Daviess County | 1968 | none (consolidated into North Daviess) | |
Central (Switz City) | Switz City
|
Tigers | 28
Greene |
1956 | Greene County | 1990 | none (consolidated into White River Valley) | |
Worthington | Worthington
|
Ramblers | 28
Greene |
1956 | Greene County | 1990 | none (consolidated into White River Valley) | |
Edgewood | Ellettsville | Mustangs | 53 Monroe |
1964 | none (new school) | 1970 | West Central | |
L & M | Marco | Braves | 28
Greene |
1968 | Independents (TCC (Western) 1977) |
1990 | none (consolidated into White River Valley) | |
Union (Dugger)2 |
Dugger
|
Bulldogs | 77
Sullivan |
1974 | Tri-River
|
2014 | none (consolidated into North Central (F'burg)3) |
- Loogootee and Shoals played concurrently in the SWIAC and MCC 1939–43.
- Shoals played concurrently in the SWIAC and Lost River Conference from 1971 to 1974, and in the SWIAC and BCC from 1977 to 1979.
- Union played in the SWIAC and TRC concurrently from 1974 to 2010.
- Union was closed as a public school in 2014, however, a charter school was formed the same year carrying the history of the school. The new Union played as a non-IHSAA independent until 2018, when it joined the Southern Roads Conference.
State championships
Bloomfield (1)
- 1998 Girls Basketball (A)
Clay City (0)
Eastern Greene (0)
Linton Stockton (3)
- 1910 Track and Field
- 2016 Football (1A)
- 2020 Girls Basketball (2A)
- 2021 Girls Basketball (2A)
North Central (0)
North Daviess (1)
- 2022 Boys Basketball (A)
Shakamak (2)
- 2008 Baseball (A)
- 2014 Baseball (A)
Union (Dugger) (0)
White River Valley (0)
References
- ^ "Southwest Indiana Conference Planned". Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN. 1938-12-12. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
- ^ "IDOE Compass: North Central High School (7917)". compass.doe.in.gov. Indiana State Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
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