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 Former Members 3 State Championships 3.1 Boonville Pioneers 3.2 Jasper Wildcats 3.3 Mount Carmel (Illinois) Golden Aces 3.4 Vincennes Lincoln Alices 3.5 Washington Hatchets 3.6 Princeton Community Tigers 3.7 Mount Vernon Wildcats 4 Neighboring Conferences 5 References

[edit] History

The Big Eight Conference was created in 1980 when seven members of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (Boonville, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Princeton, Tell City, Vincennes Lincoln, and Washington) left to form a new conference with a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (Gibson Southern). Gibson Southern left in 1992 to rejoin the PAC and Tell City followed in 2001 also to rejoin the PAC, 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. There is at least one other Illinois School, Lawrenceville, that is exploring the possibility of becoming the conference's eighth member.

[edit] Member Schools

[edit] Current Members

School	Mascot	Location	Joined Conference	County
Boonville	Pioneers	Boonville, IN	1980	Warrick
Jasper	Wildcats	Jasper, IN	1980	Dubois
Mount Carmel 1	Golden Aces	Mount Carmel, IL	2003	Wabash
Mount Vernon	Wildcats	Mount Vernon, IN	1980	Posey
Princeton	Tigers	Princeton, IN	1980	Gibson
Vincennes Lincoln	Alices	Vincennes, IN	1980	Knox
Washington	Hatchets	Washington, IN	1980	Daviess

¹ Only extra-Indiana School in an IHSAA-sanctioned conference

[edit] Former Members

School	Mascot	Location	Years with Conference	County
Gibson Southern	Titans	Fort Branch, IN	1980-1992 2	Gibson
Tell City	Marksmen	Tell City, IN	1980-2001 2	Perry

² Re-Joined Pocket Athletic Conference

[edit] State Championships

[edit] Boonville Pioneers

• 2006 Softball (3A)

[edit] Jasper Wildcats

• 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) Golden Aces

• 1927 Boys Basketball (Illinois)
• 1981 Football (3A) (Illinois)

[edit] Vincennes Lincoln Alices

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

[edit] Washington Hatchets

• 1914 Boys Track
• 1915 Boys Track
• 1930 Boys Basketball
• 1941 Boys Basketball
• 1942 Boys Basketball
• 2005 Boys Basketball (3A)
• 2008 Boys Basketball (3A)

[edit] Princeton Community Tigers

• None

[edit] Mount Vernon Wildcats

• None

[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

v • d • e Indiana's Big Eight Conference Boonville • Jasper • Mount Carmel, Illinois • Mount Vernon • Princeton • Vincennes Lincoln • Washington Former members: Gibson Southern • Tell City