Southern Ohio Conference

Southern Ohio Conference
Founded 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
Type Ohio High School Athletic Association athletic conference
Focus Athletic participation
Area served
4 Ohio counties (Jackson, Lawrence, Pike, & Scioto)
Members
16
Key people

Dave Frantz (Northwest), Conference Secretary

Athletic Directors

Mark Rose (Clay)

Adam Bailey (East)

Rob Day (Eastern)

Ted Newsome (Green)

Kristin Ruby (Minford)

Jimmy Bailey (New Boston)

Dave Frantz (Northwest)

JD McKenzie (Notre Dame)

Norm Persin (Oak Hill)

Gabe Havens (South Webster)

Rusty Webb & Brandon Walker (Symmes Valley)

Darren Crabtree (Valley)

Bo Arnett (Waverly)

Ben Johnson (West)

Rachel Henderson (Western)

Jarod Shaw (Wheelersburg)
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: 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 (D-I football), Oak Hill (D-I football), Portsmouth West, South Webster (D-I golf & boys soccer), Valley (D-I boys 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)

  1. Concurrent with Pike County League 1946-64.
  2. Concurrent with SCL from entry into SOC until 1979.
  3. Concurrent with Ohio Valley Conference 1954-57.
  4. Concurrent with southeastern Tri-County League from entry into SOC until 1985

Former Members

  1. Concurrent with Lawrence County League for duration of SOC membership.

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]
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]
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]
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)
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]
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)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances[4]
1938
1960 - (Salem Local d. New Boston 67-59)
Football - 1967 & 1970 Associated Press state championships
Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Runner-ups
2004 - (Youngstown Ursuline d. Oak Hill 66-52)[13]
2009 - (South Euclid Regina d. Oak Hill 63-48)
2011 - (Anna d. Oak Hill 50-32)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Championship
2009 - ( d. Kalida 48-43 2OT)
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)
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]
Boys' Baseball – 1975 (Valley def. Russia 5-0)[1][12]
Girls' Softball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances[10]
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)[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)
Boys' Baseball
OHSAA State Championships
1996 - def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1) [1][12]
2012
2013
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]
OHSAA State Championship
2016

Conference awards and championships

Conference Awards & Championships in each Sport

Notable coaches' and player awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  2. 1 2 "Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws". Southern Ohio Conference. January 2007.
  3. ↑ "History of the Southern Ohio Conference".
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 OHSAA. "OHSAA 84th Annual State Basketball Tournament Program". p. 49 & 59.
  5. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA State Girls' Basketball Tournament Program".
  6. ↑ OHSAA. "2004 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  7. ↑ OHSAA. "2005 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
  8. 1 2 OHSAA. "2006 Boys Division III Golf Championship". Ohio High School Athletic Association website. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
  9. 1 2 3 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Softball". Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program". pp. 34–39.
  11. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA 30th Annual State Fast Pitch Softball Tournament Program--All-Time Tournament Records". p. 40.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  13. ↑ OHSAA. "OHSAA Girls' Basketball Tournament Information". Retrieved 2007-06-23.
  14. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2006 Boys' Div. IV Basketball Recap". Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  15. 1 2 Yappi. "Yappi Sports Football". Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  16. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2006 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap". Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  17. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site, 2007 Boys' Div. III Basketball Recap". Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 Clay High School Athletic Department. "Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  19. ↑ Jim Walker. "Estep to join softball hall of fame". Retrieved 2007-06-22.
  20. ↑ "Ohio High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2007-06-20.
  21. ↑ "Ed Miller's Induction into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)" (PDF). Wheelersburg High School. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
  22. ↑ Clay Athletic Department. "Clay Girls' Basketball Records". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2007-05-16.
  23. 1 2 Portsmouth's Wall of Stars Selections Committee. "Portsmouth's Wall of Stars". Archived from the original on 2007-05-05. Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  24. ↑ OHSFSCA. "Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association". Retrieved 2010-01-04.

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