Southern Ohio Conference

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Southern Ohio Conference
Founder(s)	Charter Members: Central Catholic HS (Notre Dame), Glenwood HS (New Boston), Portsmouth East HS (Sciotoville Community), Washington Township HS (Portsmouth West), & Waverly HS
Type	Ohio High School Athletic Association athletic conference
Founded	1946
Key people	Dick McCleese (Clay), Conference Secretary Athletic Directors Mark Rose (Clay) Adam Bailey (East) TBA (Eastern) David Hopper (Green) Jim Parkes (Minford) Donnie Stapleton (New Boston) Dave Frantz (Northwest) Kyle McKnight (Notre Dame) Norm Persin (Oak Hill) Brett Roberts (South Webster) Rusty Webb (Symmes Valley) Darren Crabtree (Valley) Bo Arnett (Waverly) Eric Nichols (West) Jenny Penn (Western) Chris Porter (Wheelersburg)
Area served	4 Ohio counties (Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, & Scioto)
Focus	Athletic participation
Members	16
Slogan	"Ohio's Strongest Little Conference"

The Southern Ohio Conference (S.O.C.) is an athletic conference in Ohio. The conference is also a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the governing body of Ohio athletics.^[1] There are currently sixteen member schools in the conference. The S.O.C. includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County (Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School).^[2] The conference recognizes the following sports: baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' soccer, fast pitch softball, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track and field, and girls' volleyball.

It is listed as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Conferences.

1 History of the conference
2 Southern Ohio Conference Member Schools ^[3]
3 Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances
4 Conference awards and championships
5 Notable coaches' and player awards
6 References
7 External links & gallery

[edit] History of the conference

This section underwent a major revision and may need retitling. June 2008.

SOC Division I: Clay, East (Sciotoville), Eastern (Pike), Glenwood/New Boston, Green, Notre Dame, Symmes Valley, & Western (Pike)

SOC Division II: Minford, Northwest, Oak Hill, Portsmouth West, South Webster (D1 soccer), Valley, Waverly, & Wheelersburg

The league president changes each year based on an alphabetical rotating basis. The current league secretary, voted on each year by the league, is Richard McCleese from Clay Jr.-Sr. High School.^[2]

[edit] Southern Ohio Conference Member Schools ^[3]

[edit] S.O.C. Division I (Smaller Schools)

Portsmouth Clay Panthers (1979- )
Beaver Eastern Eagles (1981- )
New Boston Glenwood Tigers (1946- )
Franklin Furnace Green Bobcats (1979- )
Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans (formerly Portsmouth Central Catholic, 1946- )
Sciotoville Community East Tartans (formerly Portsmouth East, 1946- )
Willow Wood Symmes Valley Vikings (1991- )
Lantham Western Indians (2002- )

[edit] S.O.C. Division II (Larger Schools)

Minford Falcons (1947-1958 & 1959 - )
Oak Hill Oaks (1991- ) *plays in smaller division for football
West Portsmouth Portsmouth West Senators (formerly Washington Twp., 1946- )
McDermott Scioto Northwest Mohawks (1960- )
South Webster Jeeps (1979- ) *plays in smaller division for golf and soccer
Lucasville Valley Indians (1958- ) *plays in smaller division for soccer
Waverly Tigers (1946-1970 & 1983- )
Wheelersburg Pirates (1950- )

[edit] Former Members

Chesapeake Panthers (1948-1954)
Dawson Bryant Coal Grove Hornets (1950-1952)
Ironton St. Joe Flyers (1982-1989)
Piketon Redstreaks (1959-1962)
South Point Pointers (1948-1951)

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances

Portsmouth Clay

Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance - 1969 (Arcanum def. Clay 76-61)^[4]

Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance - 1980^[5]

Boys' Golf - OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearances - 2004, 2005, 2006^[6]^[7]^[8]

Girls' Softball

OHSAA State Championships^[9]^[1]^[10]

1980 - (d. Archbold 18-6 & d. New Madison Tri-Village 12-3 to finish season at 25-0)

1981 - (d. Jeromesville Hillsdale 7-2 & d. Beverly Fort Frye 21-0 to finish season at 29-0)

1983 - (d. Pioneer North Central 8-7 & d. Mineral Ridge 6-2 to finish season at 24-1)

OHSAA State Runner-up^[9]^[1]^[10]

1979 - (d. New Madison Tri-Vilalge 11-2 & lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 1-4 to finish the season at 19-1)

1988 - (d. Sycamore Mohawk 10-0 & lost to Strasburg-Franklin 0-14 to finish the season at 27-3)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships and Second Place Finishes)^[9]^[1]^[10]

1978 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 5-0)

1984 - (lost to Arcanum 10-4)

1986 - (lost to Archbold 5-4)

2007 - (lost to Triad 13-3 to finish season at 22-5)

OHSAA Softball Tournament Records^[11]

Most Runs (Game, One Team) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 21 v. Beverly Fort Frye, 1981

Most Hits (Game) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 19 v. Archbold, 1980

Most Hits (Game) - North Lewisburg Triad (Division IV) 13 v. Portsmouth Clay, 2007

Most Hits (Game, Both Teams) - Portsmouth Clay (Division III) 28 v. Archbold, 1980

Teresa Ruby - played in first four OHSAA state softball tournaments (1978-1981), coach (2007)

East (Sciotoville Community)

Boys' Baseball - 1973 (East def. Adena Buckeye West 5-3)^[12]^[1]

Eastern Pike

Boys' Golf - OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearance - 2006 ^[8]

Franklin Furnace Green

Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance - 1939^[4]

Minford

Girls' Softball

OHSAA Runner-up^[10]

1997 - (d. LaGrange Keystone 1-0 & lost to Tallmadge 7-0 to finish season at 27-4)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finish)^[10]

1994 - (lost to LaGrange Keystone 2-0)

1996 - (lost to Alliance Marlington 4-0)

New Boston

Boys' Basketball

OHSAA Final Four Appearances^[4]

1938

1960 - (Salem Local d. New Boston 67-59)

Notre Dame

Football - 1967 & 1970 Associated Press state championships

Oak Hill

Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Runner-up - 2004 (Youngstown Ursuline d. Oak Hill 66-52)^[13]

South Webster

Boys' Basketball

OHSAA State Championship^[14]

2006 - (d. Lockland 61-58 & d. Columbus Grove 83-65)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances^[4]

2004 - (Holgate d. South Webster 31-28)

Symmes Valley

Boys' Basketball (as Waterloo High School before consolidation, "Waterloo Wonders")

OHSAA State Championship^[4]

1934 - (d. Lowellville 43-32 & d. Mark Center 40-26)

1935 - (d. Fremont St. Joseph 48-21 & d. Oxford Stewart 25-22)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships)^[4]

1941

Girls' Softball - OHSAA State Runner-up - 2005 (d. Cortland Maplewood 3-2 & lost to Convoy Crestview 6-4 to finish season at 28-5)^[10]

Lucasville Valley

Boys' Baseball – 1975 (Valley def. Russia 5-0)^[12] ^[1]

Girls' Softball

OHSAA Final Four Appearances^[10]

1993 - (lost to North Robinson Colonel Crawford 9-3)

1994 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 6-1)

Waverly

Boys' Baseball – 1954 (Waverly def. Sycamore 2-1)^[12]^[1]

Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance - 1970 (Dayton Chaminade d. Waverly 73-55)^[4]

1973 - Associated Press Class AA Boys' Basketball Poll Champion (17-1)

Portsmouth West

Football - Division IV State Final Appearance - 2002 (Kenton def. Portsmouth West 45-13)^[15]

Girls' Softball

OHSAA State Runner-up^[10]

1987 - (d. Marion Elgin 4-3 & lost to Akron Hoban 5-1 to finish season at 22-6)

1988 - (d. Newark Licking Valley 5-4 & lost to Tallmadge 16-2 to finish season at 28-1)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finishes)^[10]

1986 - (lost to Newark Licking Valley 11-1)

1989 - (lost to Springfield Northwestern 8-4)

1998 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 2-1)

1999 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 1-0)

2000 - (lost to Lima Bath 3-2)

2001 - (lost to Keystone LaGrange 3-0)

2002 - (lost to Springfield Kenton Ridge 4-0)

2003 - (lost to Convoy Crestview 5-0)

Wheelersburg

Boys' Baseball – 1996 (def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1) ^[12]^[1]

Boys' Basketball

OHSAA State Runner-up^[4]

1984 - (d. Willard 70-64 & lost to Akron St. Vincent - St. Mary 75-71 to finish season at 23-5)

1995 - (d. Columbus Bishop Hartley 76-60 & lost to Orrville 79-50 to finish season at 23-4)

OHSAA Final Four Appearances^[4]^[16]^[17]

1982 - Youngstown Rayen d. Wheelersburg 61-45)

1989 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 71-67 (2OT))

2006 - (Cleveland Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph d. Wheelersburg 71-62)

2007 - (Cincinnati North College Hill d. Wheelersburg 69-66 (OT))

OHSAA State Basketball Tournament Records^[4]

Largest Margin of Victory - Championship Game (Division III) - Orrville 79 d. Wheelersburg 50 in 1995

Most Two-Point Field Goals - Championship Game - Orrville (35) v. Wheelersburg in 1995

Most Two-Point Field Goals, Both Teams - Championship Game - 53 (Orrville 35 & Wheelersburg 18) in 1995

Most Rebounds - Championship Game - Orrville (44) v. Wheelersburg in 1995

Football – 1989 (def. Warren John F. Kennedy 14-7) ^[15]

Girls' Softball - OHSAA State Runner-up - 2004 (d. Archbold 2-1 & lost to Woodsfield Monroe Central 1-0 to finish season at 25-6)^[10]

[edit] Conference awards and championships

Conference Awards & Championships in each Sport

[edit] Notable coaches' and player awards

Terri Boldman (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, one of only two S.O.C. coaches to lead girls' basketball team to OHSAA Final Four (1980)^[18]
Ed Cable (Northwest) - Recipient of the Ohio Sportsmanship, Ethics, & Integrity Softball Coaches' Award (2002)^[10]
Odie Estep (Willow Wood Symmes Valley) - Ohio Softball Coaches' Hall of Fame (2007)^[10]^[19]
Arch Justus (Clay, Minford & Valley) - Ohio Basketball Coaches' Hall of Fame, Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, won 532 total basketball games^[18]
David Leightenheimer (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame & OHSAA Officials' Hall of Fame^[18]
Kinney Long (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame^[18]
Ed Miller (Notre Dame & Wheelersburg) - Ohio Football Coaches' Hall of Fame (1996), won two Associated Press state titles with Notre Dame in 1967 and 1970 and a Division IV OHSAA title with Wheelersburg in 1989^[20]^[21]
Teresa Ruby (Clay) - played in the first four OHSAA state softball Final Four tournaments (1978-1981), won two state softball championships (as a player) in 1980 & 1981 and finished second in 1979, played in the 1980 girls' basketball Final Four, led her softball team (as a coach) to the 2007 state Final Four, holds many Clay basketball records (including leading scorer), has her number (#14) retired by the school^[22]
Carol Vice (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, Star on Portsmouth's Wall of Stars, made it to the Final Four in softball 9 of 10 years as a coach, won three OHSAA state softball titles (1980, 81, & 83) while also finishing as runners-up twice (1979 & 1988), only softball coach from S.O.C. to win a softball title^[18]