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14-527: The conference began in 1958, with seven schools leaving the Southeastern Indiana Conference and allying with three schools from Clark County (whose previous conference affiliations are in need of research). The first decade-plus within the league was stable, as the only change was Brownstown becoming Brownstown Central due to consolidation in Jackson County. Meanwhile, the 1970s proved to be

28-622: A comparatively tumultuous decade. Mitchell joined the Blue Chip Conference in 1970, seeking for conference rivals to the west. They were replaced by Floyd Central, which had been independent since forming three years earlier. Austin, which did not sponsor football, joined the Southern Athletic Conference in 1974 while maintaining MSC membership. This allowed the Eagles to ally themselves with other non-football schools, yet maintain

42-528: A nine school, six football team setup for 16 years, the longest period of stability since the league was founded. The conference once again moved to ten members when Eastern (Pekin) decided to start a football team in the early 2000s. They had grown not only to the point where football was feasible, but also too large for the Southern, and joined the MAC in 2003. The number of football schools would move from six to eight by

56-631: The Patoka Lake Conference while maintaining MSC membership. This lasted for six years, as Paoli decided the more geographically compact PLC was better suited to their needs, leaving the Mid-Southern in 1985. There was concern that Austin would also leave, being the other dual-conference member, but Austin would instead leave the SAC in 1987 being by far the largest school in the Southern, as well as being competitively dominant. The conference would stay with

70-658: The South Central Conference to join the EIAC. Aurora consolidated into South Dearborn in 1978 and Brookville consolidated into Franklin County in 1989. With the exception of 1962-66, 1973-74, 1977-85 (7 members), and 1974-77 (8 members), the conference had been a six-member league until 2013 when Connersville and Rushville joined. This conference should not be confused with the Eastern Indiana Conference ,

84-623: The 1950s. Osgood and Versailles would split off to form the Ohio River Valley Conference in 1952 (along with former members Milan and Rising Sun), with Vevay following the next year. The next wave came in 1956, as Aurora, Batesville, and Lawrenceburg left to create the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference . Seven of the ten remaining schools would form the Mid-Southern Conference two years later, ending

98-817: The East and West divisions, the league took in Lawrenceburg, Milan, Rising Sun, and Vevay. This put both divisions at 10 members each. French Lick and Oolitic left in 1939 to help found the Southwestern Indiana Conference , while Brookville did the same a year later to form the Whitewater Valley Conference . Rising Sun also left, helping form the Laughery Valley Conference in 1941. Milan was expelled in 1942 for rules violations. Mitchell joined in 1950. The conference began to fracture in

112-578: The conference. Orleans was able to land in the Southern Monon Conference , but Madison and North Vernon would have to survive as independents. Today, in addition to the EIAC, MSC, and ORVC, former SEIC members also compete in the Hoosier Hills and Patoka Lake conferences. The SEIC used an East-West division format from its inception until the 1953-54 school year, when the conference was reduced to 13 teams. Madison often ended up moving between

126-460: The end of the decade. Eastern would unveil their football team in 2007, while Silver Creek would start their own team in 2010. Current Mid-Southern Conference standings, schedules and information can be located at www.mscsports.org ; launched beginning the fall of 2014, the site will soon include an abundance of archived information. Asterisks denote split championships. Southeastern Indiana Conference The Southeastern Indiana Conference

140-454: The first time membership had dropped below ten schools, though this would only last for two years. North Harrison, a school that had outgrown the small-school Blue River Conference and was within the MSC footprint, joined after starting their football team, bring the league back to 10 schools with seven football-playing members. Paoli was the next school to make a change, becoming a charter member of

154-518: The traditional rivalries from the SEIC. Silver Creek also did not have football, while Scottsburg dropped it in the 1970s, yet they were much larger than most schools that didn't offer the sport. In 2014 they reinstated the football program. Floyd Central grew much faster than anticipated, and by 1976 had outgrown the other schools, necessitating a move to the Hoosier Hills Conference . This marked

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168-735: The two divisions, though after the ORVC schools left, both Madison and Scottsburg ended up in the Eastern Division. Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference The Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference ( EIAC ) is a distinguished, eight-member IHSAA -sanctioned high school athletic conference. Current members consist of Batesville , Connersville , East Central , Franklin County , Greensburg , Lawrenceburg , Rushville , and South Dearborn . All eight member schools are located in rural southeast Indiana, spread across Dearborn , Decatur , Fayette , Franklin , Ripley , and Rush counties. The EIAC

182-465: Was an IHSAA -sanctioned conference that existed from 1930 to 1958. The conference was formed in the fall of 1930 with charter members Aurora, Austin, Batesville, Brookville, Brownstown, Corydon, French Lick, Madison, North Vernon, Oolitic, Orleans, Osgood, Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, and Versailles. Invitations were also made to Edinburgh, Jeffersonville, Milroy, Mitchell, New Albany, Seymour, and West Baden, but they were apparently rejected. To balance out

196-550: Was founded in 1956 when Brookville , Cambridge City , and Hagerstown of the East Central Conference joined with Aurora , Batesville , and Lawrenceburg of the Southeastern Indiana Conference . Batesville and Lawrenceburg are the only two of the original six founding schools that haven't consolidated or left the conference. North Dearborn joined the conference in 1962, which eventually consolidated into East Central in 1973. In 1974, Greensburg parted ways with

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