Southern Ohio Conference (OHSAA)
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 |
Dave Frantz (Northwest), Conference Secretary Athletic Directors
Mark Rose (Clay)
Adam Bailey (East)
John Abdella (Eastern)
Tate Skinner (Green)
Jim Parkes (Minford)
Donnie Stapleton (New Boston)
Dave Frantz (Northwest)
Mike Sammons (Notre Dame)
Norm Persin (Oak Hill)
Brett Roberts (South Webster)
Rusty Webb (Symmes Valley)
Bob West (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
Future Members Ironton (Fighting Tigers),Portsmouth (Trojans) |
| Motto |
"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: 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 athletics, and girls' volleyball.
It is listed as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Conferences.
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 (D-I football), Portsmouth West, South Webster (D-I soccer & golf), Valley (D-I soccer), 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 Dave Frantz from Northwest High School.[2]
Southern Ohio Conference Member Schools [3]
S.O.C. Division I (Smaller Schools)
S.O.C. Division II (Larger Schools)
Former Members
Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances
- 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[1][9][10]
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- 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[1][9][10]
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- 1979 - (d. New Madison Tri-Village 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)[1][9][10]
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- 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]
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- 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)[1][12]
- Boys' Golf - OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearance - 2006 [8]
- Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance - 1939[4]
- Girls' Softball
- OHSAA Runner-up[10]
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- 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]
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- 1994 - (lost to LaGrange Keystone 2-0)
- 1996 - (lost to Alliance Marlington 4-0)
- Boys' Basketball
- OHSAA Final Four Appearances[4]
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- 1938
- 1960 - (Salem Local d. New Boston 67-59)
- Football - 1967 & 1970 Associated Press state championships
- Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Runner-up - 2004 (Youngstown Ursuline d. Oak Hill 66-52)[13]
- Boys' Basketball
- OHSAA State Championship[14]
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- 2006 - (d. Lockland 61-58 & d. Columbus Grove 83-65)
- OHSAA Final Four Appearances[4]
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- 2004 - (Holgate d. South Webster 31-28)
- Boys' Basketball (as Waterloo High School before consolidation, "Waterloo Wonders")
- OHSAA State Championship[4]
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- 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]
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- 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]
- Boys' Baseball – 1975 (Valley def. Russia 5-0)[1][12]
- Girls' Softball
- OHSAA Final Four Appearances[10]
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- 1993 - (lost to North Robinson Colonel Crawford 9-3)
- 1994 - (lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 6-1)
- Boys' Baseball – 1954 (Waverly def. Sycamore 2-1)[1][12]
- 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)
- Football - Division IV State Final Appearance - 2002 (Kenton def. Portsmouth West 45-13)
- Girls' Softball
- OHSAA State Runner-up[10]
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- 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]
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- 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)
- Boys' Baseball – 1996 (def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1) [1][12]
- Boys' Basketball
- OHSAA State Runner-up[4]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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)
- 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]
Conference awards and championships
Conference Awards & Championships in each Sport
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]. She also has a star on the Portsmouth Wall of Stars (2009)[23].
- Carol Vice (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2010)[24]; Star on Portsmouth's Wall of Stars[23], 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]
Norm Persin - Oak Hill Basketball - Voted National Basketball Coach Of The Year In 2009.
References
External links & gallery
Member Schools & Websites