Big Eight Conference (Indiana)

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The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference comprised of medium-size high schools located in southwestern Indiana with one member in Illinois. The conference members are city-based schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, and Warrick counties in Indiana and Wabash County in Illinois.

Contents 1 History 2 Member Schools 2.1 Current Members 2.2 Past Members 3 State Championships 3.1 Boonville 3.2 Jasper 3.3 Mount Carmel (Illinois) 3.4 Vincennes Lincoln 3.5 Washington 4 Neighboring Conferences 5 References

[edit] History

The Big Eight Conference was created in 1980 when seven members of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference left to form a new conference with a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference. The foundins school were: Boonville, Gibson Southern, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Princeton, Tell City, Vincennes Lincoln, and Washington. Gibson Souther left in 1992 to rejoin the PAC and Tell City followed in 2001, reducing the Big Eight to six members. Mount Carmel joined in 2003 to increase the membership to seven. Currently Mount Carmel, located in Illinois, is the only school from outside Indiana to compete in an Indiana atheltic conference.

[edit] Member Schools

[edit] Current Members

• Boonville High School Pioneers, Boonville, IN (1980- )
• Jasper High School Wildcats, Jasper, IN (1980- )
• Mount Carmel High School Golden Aces, Mount Carmel, IL (2003- )
• Mount Vernon High School Widcats, Mount Vernon, IN (1980- )
• Princeton Community High School Tigers, Princeton, IN (1980- )
• Vincennes Lincoln High School Alices, Vincennes, IN (1980- )
• Washington High School Hatchets, Washington, IN (1980- )

[edit] Past Members

• Gibson Southern High School Titans, Fort Branch, IN (1980-1992)
• Tell City High School Marksmen, Tell City, IN (1980-2001)

[edit] State Championships

[edit] Boonville

• 2006 Softball (3A)

[edit] Jasper

• 1949 Boys Basketball
• 1996 Baseball
• 1997 Baseball
• 1998 Baseball (3A)
• 1999 Boys Tennis
• 2000 Baseball (3A)
• 2001 Football (4A)
• 2006 Baseball (3A)

[edit] Mount Carmel (Illinois)

• 1927 Boys Basketball
• 1981 Football (3A)

[edit] Vincennes Lincoln

• 1923 Boys Basketball
• 1981 Boys Basketball
• 2002 Baseball (3A)

[edit] Washington

• 1914 Boys Track
• 1915 Boys Track
• 1930 Boys Basketball
• 1941 Boys Basketball
• 1942 Boys Basketball
• 2005 Boys Basketball (3A)

[edit] Neighboring Conferences

• Pocket Athletic Conference
• Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
• Blue Chip Conference

[edit] References

• IHSAA Conference Membership
• IHSAA State Champions
• Southwest Indiana Conference Histories