South Central Conference (Indiana)
# South Central Conference (Indiana)

The South Central Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference from 1936 to 1997. The conference began as a collection of schools in mid-sized and large cities in South Central and Southeast Indiana, expanding into both Indianapolis (Washington and Southport) and far Southern Indiana (Jeffersonville). The conference had been as big as 10 in the 1950s, but was down to six schools in the 1980s. With Connersville and Rushville leaving in the advent of class basketball, being replaced by Bloomington North and Center Grove, the conference had shifted to a small conference of large schools. As class basketball was set to be introduced in the 1997-98 school year, the South Central and Central Suburban conferences, as well as large independent schools, decided to reorganize, giving way to Conference Indiana and the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference.

## Schools

| School | Location | Mascot | # / County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Columbus $North^1$ | Columbus | Bulldogs | 03 Bartholomew | 1936 | Independents | 1997 | Indiana |
| Connersville | Connersville | Spartans | 21 Fayette | 1936 | Independents | 1991 | Olympic |
| $Franklin^2$ | Franklin | Grizzly Cubs | 41 Johnson | 1936 | Johnson County | 1981 | Mid-State |
| Greencastle | Greencastle | Tiger Cubs | 67 Putnam | 1936 | Independents | 1949 | Western Indiana |
| Martinsville | Martinsville | Artesians | 55 Morgan | 1936 1941 | Independents Independents | 1938 1997 | Independents Indiana |
| Rushville | Rushville | Lions | 70 Rush | 1936 | Independents | 1995 | Hoosier Heritage |
| Shelbyville | Shelbyville | Golden Bears | 73 Shelby | 1936 | Independents | 1997 | Hoosier Heritage |
| $Greensburg^3$ | Greensburg | Pirates | 16 Decatur | 1937 | Independents | 1977 | Eastern Indiana |
| Indianapolis Washington | Indianapolis | Continentals | 49 Marion | 1937 | Indianapolis | 1941 | Indianapolis |
| $Seymour^4$ | Seymour | Owls | 36 Jackson | 1938 | Jackson County | 1997 | Hoosier Hills |
| Southport | Indianapolis | Cardinals | 49 Marion | 1951 | Independents (MCAA 1945) | 1963 | Independents (CSC 1995) |
| Jeffersonville | Jeffersonville | Red Devils | 10 Clark | 1957 | Independents | 1981 | Hoosier Hills |
| Bloomington $South^5$ | Bloomington | Panthers | 53 Monroe | 1964 | Southern Indiana | 1997 | Indiana |
| Center Grove | Greenwood | Trojans | Johnson | 1991 | Central Suburban | 1996 | Metropolitan |
| Bloomington North | Bloomington | Cougars | 53 Monroe | 1983 | Hoosier Hills | 1997 | Indiana |

* Was Columbus until 1972.
* Was Alva Neal High School before 1939.
* Played concurrently in SCC and EIAC 1974-77.
* Was Shields High School until 1959.
* Was Bloomington until 1972.
