The Southern Athletic Conference is an IHSAA-sanctioned athletic located within Clark, Harrison, and Jackson Counties in South Central Indiana. The conference began in 1974 as a four school conference, and grew to eight members within five years as other local conferences disbanded. The conference has lost two schools in the years since; both left for the Mid-Southern Conference. The Southern also had schools that had dual membership in other conferences at the same time, though by 1986, all of these schools entered full membership with a sole conference.
Membership School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment IHSAA Class County Year joined Previous conference Borden* Borden Braves 228 A 10 Clark 1974 Lost River Crothersville* Crothersville Tigers 180 A 36 Jackson 1974 Mid-Hoosier Henryville Henryville Hornets 347 AA 10 Clark 1977 Lost River Lanesville Lanesville Eagles 237 A 31 Harrison 1979 Blue River New Washington New Washington Mustangs 273 A 10 Clark 1974 Dixie-Monon South Central (Elizabeth) Elizabeth Rebels 277 A 31 Harrison 1979 Blue River Borden played in both the SAC and the LRC for the 1974–75 season before leaving the LRC in 1975. Crothersville played in both the SAC and the MHC from 1974 to 1983.
Future members School Location Mascot Colors County Year joining Previous conference Clarksville Clarksville Generals 10 Clark 2025 Independent Eastern (Pekin) New Pekin Musketeers 88 Washington 2025 Mid-Southern
Former members School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Austin* Austin Eagles 72 Scott 1974 Mid-Southern 1986 Mid-Southern Eastern (Pekin)* New Pekin Musketeers 88 Washington 1975 Lost River 2003 Mid-Southern Austin played concurrently in the SAC and MSC during its entire tenure in the Southern. Eastern had dual membership in the SAC and LRC from 1975 to 1977, when the LRC disbanded.
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