Blue River Conference
The Blue River Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference that originally began as the Crawford County Conference. The small membership decided to join with schools from neighboring Harrison and Perry counties in 1959, changing to the Blue River Conference moniker. Originally consisting of smaller schools in the area, but as member schools consolidated mostly with each other, the schools became larger while the membership shrank. The only two non-consolidation additions were North Central in 1962, and Cannelton in 1974. Membership had shrank to five schools in 1976 when four schools combined to form Crawford County. The discrepancy in size between the schools caused its demise in 1979, as the schools moved to the Patoka Lake, Southern, and Three Rivers conferences.
Membership
[edit]School | Location | Mascot | Colors | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
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English | English | Red Raiders | 13 Crawford |
<1945 | Independents | 1976 | none (consolidated into Crawford County) | |
Leavenworth | Leavenworth | Wyandottes | 13 Crawford |
<1945 | Independents | 1976 | none (consolidated into Crawford County) | |
Marengo | Marengo | Cavemen | 13 Crawford |
<1945 | Independents | 1976 | none (consolidated into Crawford County) | |
Milltown1 | Milltown | Millers | 13 Crawford |
<1945 | Independents | 1976 | none (consolidated into Crawford County) | |
Lanesville2 | Lanesville | Eagles | 31 Harrison |
1959 | Harrison County | 1979 | Southern | |
Morgan Township2 | Palmyra | Raiders | 31 Harrison |
1959 | Harrison County | 1969 | none (consolidated into North Harrison) | |
Oil Township3 | Branchville | Oilers | 62 Perry |
1959 | Perry County | 1962 | none (consolidated into Perry Central) | |
South Central (Elizabeth)2 |
Elizabeth | Rebels | 31 Harrison |
1959 | none (new school) | 1979 | Southern | |
North Central | New Salisbury | Tigers | 31 Harrison |
1962 | Harrison County | 1969 | none (consolidated into North Harrison) | |
Perry Central | Leopold | Commodores | 62 Perry |
1962 | none (new school) | 1979 | Patoka Lake | |
North Harrison | Ramsey | Cougars | 31 Harrison |
1969 | none (new school) | 1974 | Independents (MSC 1978) | |
Cannelton | Cannelton | Bulldogs | 62 Perry |
1974 | Independents (PAC 1971) |
1979 | Three Rivers | |
Crawford County |
Marengo | Wolfpack | 13 Crawford |
1976 | none (new school) | 1979 | Patoka Lake |
- Played concurrently in CCC and Southern Monon Conference 1957–59.
- Played concurrently in BRC and HCC 1959–62.
- Played concurrently in BRC and PCC 1959–62.
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