The Tri-County Conference (not to be confused with the conference of the same name located in the northern or western portions of the state) was located in Jefferson, Jennings, and Ripley counties in the southeastern part of Indiana. Originally the Jennings County Conference, when the Laughery Valley Conference was formed, it left Ripley County without enough schools to continue their county league, and the remaining schools were absorbed into the rebranded Jennings-Ripley County Conference in 1941. With many smaller schools in the area continuing to be consolidated into their slightly larger neighbors, both the JRCC and Jefferson County Conference continued to shrink in size. When one JCC school left to join the Ohio River Valley Conference in 1952, the remaining JCC schools joined with the JRCC under the Tri-County moniker. Consolidation and defections to other conferences continued to plague the league, with all of the Jennings County schools gone by 1961. The conference struggled on for five more years, until three of the remaining four schools in the league consolidated, leaving only Holton. Holton would continue as an independent for another three years, until being absorbed by South Ripley High School in 1969.
Membership School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined Brewersville Brewersville Hornets 40 Jennings 192? 1924 none (consolidatedinto North Vernon) Butlerville Butlerville Bulldogs 40 Jennings 192? 1950 none (consolidatedinto North Vernon) Hayden Hayden Haymakers 40 Jennings 192? 1961 none (consolidatedinto North Vernon) Lovett Lovett Pirates 40 Jennings 192? 1939 none (consolidatedinto Paris Crossing) Marion Township Uniontown Panthers 40 Jennings 192? 1940 none (consolidatedinto Paris Crossing) Paris Crossing Paris Crossing Pirates1 40 Jennings 192? 1961 none (consolidatedinto Vernon) San Jacinto San Jacinto Bearcats 40 Jennings 192? 1940 none (consolidatedinto Hayden) Scipio Scipio Tigers 40 Jennings 192? 1946 none (consolidatedinto North Vernon) Vernon Vernon Blue Devils 40 Jennings 192? 1961 Dixie Zenas Zenas Warriors 40 Jennings 192? 1948 none (consolidatedinto Vernon) Holton Holton Warhorses 69Ripley 1941 Ripley County 1966 Independents (consolidated intoSouth Ripley 1969) Napoleon Napoleon Bearcats 69Ripley 1941 Ripley County 1960 none (consolidatedinto Jac-Cen-Del) New Marion New Marion Panthers 69Ripley 1941 Ripley County 1966 none (consolidatedinto South Ripley) Central (Madison) Madison Wildcats 39 Jefferson 1952 Jefferson County 1966 none (consolidatedinto Madison) Deputy Deputy Warriors 39 Jefferson 1952 Jefferson County 1961 Dixie Dupont Dupont Hornets 39 Jefferson 1952 Jefferson County 1966 none (consolidatedinto Madison) Saluda Saluda Bulldogs 39 Jefferson 1952 Jefferson County 1960 none (consolidatedinto Southwestern) Cross Plains Cross Plains Wildcats 69 Ripley 1958 Laughery Valley 1966 none (consolidatedinto South Ripley) Sunman Sunman Tigers 69 Ripley 1958 Laughery Valley 1964 Ohio River Valley
Lions before 1940.
Resources Ripley County Basketball HOF Class of 2005