Southwestern Indiana Conference

An eight-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic conference located within Clay, Daviess, Greene and Sullivan Counties in Southwest and West Central Indiana. North Central (Farmersburg) joined in 2010 with the folding of the Tri-River Conference. Prior to that time, Clay City, Linton Stockton, Shakamak, and Union (Dugger) also participated in the 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]

Location of the Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference within Indiana.

Membership
School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA Class County Year joined Previous conference
Bloomfield1 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)
  1. Bloomfield played concurrently in the SWIAC and Blue Chip Conference from 1968 to 1985.
  2. 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)
  1. Loogootee and Shoals played concurrently in the SWIAC and MCC 1939–43.
  2. Shoals played concurrently in the SWIAC and Lost River Conference from 1971 to 1974, and in the SWIAC and BCC from 1977 to 1979.
  3. Union played in the SWIAC and TRC concurrently from 1974 to 2010.
  4. 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)

Linton Stockton (3)
  • 1910 Track and Field
  • 2016 Football (1A)
  • 2020 Girls Basketball (2A)
  • 2021 Girls Basketball (2A)

North Daviess (1)
  • 2022 Boys Basketball (A)

Shakamak (2)
  • 2008 Baseball (A)
  • 2014 Baseball (A)

References
  1. "Southwest Indiana Conference Planned". Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, IN. 1938-12-12. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  2. http://compass.doe.in.gov/dashboard/overview.aspx?type=school&id=7917

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