Southeastern Indiana Conference

The Southeastern Indiana Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference that existed from 1930 to 1958.

History

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.[1] Invitations were also made to Edinburgh, Jeffersonville, Milroy, Mitchell, New Albany, Seymour, and West Baden, but they were apparently rejected. To balance out the East and West divisions, the league took in Lawrenceburg, Milan, Rising Sun, and Vevay. This put both divisions at 10 members each.[2] 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.[3] Mitchell joined in 1950.[4]

The conference began to fracture in 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 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.

Membership
School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Aurora Aurora Red Devils     15
Dearborn		 1930 Dearborn County 1956 Eastern Indiana
Austin Austin Eagles     72
Scott		 1930 1958 Mid-Southern
Batesville Batesville Bulldogs     69
Ripley		 1930 Ripley County 1956 Eastern Indiana
Brookville1 Brookville Greyhounds       24
Franklin		 1930 Franklin County 1940 Whitewater Valley
Brownstown Brownstown Bears       36
Jackson		 1930 Jackson County 1958 Mid-Southern
Corydon Central2 Corydon Panthers       31
Harrison		 1930 1958 Mid-Southern
French Lick French Lick Red Devils     59
Orange		 1930 1939 Southwestern Indiana
Lawrenceburg Lawrenceburg Tigers       15
Dearborn		 1930 Dearborn County 1956 Eastern Indiana
Madison Madison Cubs     39
Jefferson		 1930 1958 Independents
(HHC 1973)
Milan Milan Indians       69
Ripley		 1930 Ripley County 1942 Independents
(ORVC 1952)
North Vernon North Vernon Panthers     40
Jennings		 1930 1958 Independents
(EIAC 1962)
Oolitic Oolitic Bearcats     47
Lawrence		 1930 1939 Southwestern Indiana
Orleans Orleans Bulldogs       59
Orange		 1930 1958 Southern Monon
Osgood Osgood Cowboys     69
Ripley		 1930 Ripley County 1952 Ohio River Valley
Paoli Paoli Rams       59
Orange		 1930 1958 Mid-Southern
Rising Sun Rising Sun Shiners       58
Ohio		 1930 1941 Laughery Valley
Salem Salem Lions       88
Washington		 1930 1958 Mid-Southern
Scottsburg Scottsburg Warriors       72
Scott		 1930 1958 Mid-Southern
Versailles Versailles Lions     69
Ripley		 1930 Ripley County 1952 Ohio River Valley
Vevay Vevay Warriors       78
Switzerland		 1930 1953 Ohio River Valley
Mitchell Mitchell Bluejackets       47
Lawrence		 1950 1958 Mid-Southern
  1. Played concurrently in SEIC and FCC 1930-40.
  2. School was Corydon until 1950. Played concurrently in SEIC and HCC 1930-58.

Divisions

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 the two divisions, though after the ORVC schools left, both Madison and Scottsburg ended up in the Eastern Division.

1931-39 1939-40 1940-41 1941-42 1942-1950 1950-52 1952-53
EastWestEastWestEastWestEastWestEastWestEastWestEastWest
AuroraAustinAuroraAustinAuroraAustinAuroraAustinAuroraAustinAuroraAustinAuroraAustin
BatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstownBatesvilleBrownstown
BrookvilleCorydonBrookvilleCorydonLawrenceburgCorydonLawrenceburgCorydonLawrenceburgCorydonLawrenceburgCorydonLawrenceburgCorydon
LawrenceburgFrench LickLawrenceburgMadisonMilanMadisonMilanMadisonMadisonOrleansMadisonMitchellMadisonMitchell
MilanMadisonMilanNorth VernonNorth VernonOrleansNorth VernonOrleansNorth VernonPaoliNorth VernonOrleansNorth VernonOrleans
North VernonOoliticOsgoodOrleansOsgoodPaoliOsgoodPaoliOsgoodSalemOsgoodPaoliScottsburgPaoli
OsgoodOrleansRising SunPaoliRising SunSalemVersaillesSalemVersaillesScottsburgVersaillesSalemVevaySalem
Rising SunPaoliVersaillesSalemVersaillesScottsburgVevayScottsburgVevayVevayScottsburg
VersaillesSalemVevayScottsburgVevay
VevayScottsburg

References
  1. "High Schools Organize New Conference in Southern Indiana". The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, IN. 1930-11-15. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  2. "Weekly Report- Southeastern Indiana Conference". The Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, IN. 1931-02-25. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
  3. "Drop School From Indiana Prep Loop". Hammond Times. 1942-10-20. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  4. "Two Southern Schools to Rejoin Conference". Logansport Press, Logansport, IN. 1950-01-04. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
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