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{Infobox Non-profit | Non-profit_name = Southern Ohio Conference | Non-profit_logo = | Non-profit_type = Ohio High School Athletic Association athletic conference | founded_date = 1946 | founder = Charter Members: Central Catholic HS (Notre Dame), Glenwood HS (New Boston), Portsmouth East HS (Sciotoville Community), Washington Township HS (Portsmouth West), & Waverly HS | location = | origins = | 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 | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = 16 | owner = | Non-profit_slogan = "Ohio's Strongest Little Conference" | homepage = | dissolved = | footnotes = }

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.

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[edit] History of the conference

The Southern Ohio Conference was established in 1946. The original charter members of the league were Central Catholic HS (Notre Dame), Glenwood HS (New Boston), Portsmouth East HS (Sciotoville Community), Washington Township HS (Portsmouth West), and Waverly HS. Minford HS joined the league in 1947 for basketball only. In 1948 Chesapeake joined league for track only, South Point joined for baseball and track only, and Minford began play in baseball. Wheelersburg & Dawson Bryant (Coal Grove) joined the league in 1950. In 1951 South Point withdrew from the league. Coal Grove withdrew from the league in 1952. Central Catholic HS became Notre Dame High School in 1952. Chesapeake withdrew from the league in 1954. Piketon entered the conference in 1959 and left in 1962. Minford withdrew from the league in 1958 only to rejoin the league the next year. Lucasville Valley joined the conference in 1958. In 1960 McDermott Northwest entered league play. Waverly withdrew from the SOC after the 1969–1970 season. In 1979 Clay, Green, & South Webster joined the league and the SOC went to two divisions. Eastern (Pike) entered the conference in 1981. Ironton St. Joe joined the league in 1982 and withdrew in 1989. In 1983 Waverly re-entered conference play. Oak Hill & Symmes Valley both entered the league in 1991 (began play w/1992–1993 season). Western (Pike) left the Southern Hills League and joined the SOC in 2002. Portsmouth East becomes Sciotoville Community School (East Jr.-Sr. High School) in 2002.[3]

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)

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

[edit] Former Members

[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]

[edit] References

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[edit] External links & gallery

Member Schools & Websites

Portsmouth Clay HS

Minford HS

Glenwood HS

Notre Dame

Oak Hill HS

Portsmouth West HS

South Webster HS

Wheelersburg HS


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