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 Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Columbus North1 Columbus Bulldogs 03 Bartholomew 1936 Independents 1997 Indiana Connersville Connersville Spartans 21 Fayette 1936 Independents 1991 Olympic Franklin2 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 19361941 IndependentsIndependents 19381997 IndependentsIndiana Rushville Rushville Lions 70 Rush 1936 Independents 1995 Hoosier Heritage Shelbyville Shelbyville Golden Bears 73 Shelby 1936 Independents 1997 Hoosier Heritage Greensburg3 Greensburg Pirates 16 Decatur 1937 Independents 1977 Eastern Indiana Indianapolis Washington Indianapolis Continentals 49Marion 1937 Indianapolis 1941 Indianapolis Seymour4 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 South5 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.

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