Blue Chip Conference

The Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, United States. The conference's members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties. The BCC was founded in 1968, with Barr-Reeve, Bloomfield, Loogootee, North Daviess, North Knox, South Knox, and Springs Valley.[1] Barr-Reeve had to wait until 1969 to be released from the Patoka Valley Conference to play in the league, and Loogootee also had to wait until 1970 to leave the Southwestern Indiana Conference. The conference grew to 11 schools in the mid-1970s, but for the most part has stabilized at nine schools since then with the only exception being the 6 year period between the addition of Wood Memorial in 2000 and loss of Forest Park in 2006 where the count was at 10.

Blue Chip Conference
Members7 Class A, 2 Class 2A
Region5 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin
Locations

Member schools
School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment
19-20		 IHSAA Class # / County Year Joined Previous Conference
Barr-Reeve Montgomery Vikings       227 A 14
Daviess		 1969 Patoka Valley
Loogootee Loogootee Lions       286 A 51
Martin		 1970 SW Indiana
North
Knox1, 2		 Bicknell Warriors       394 AA 42
Knox		 1968
1986		 Southern Indiana
Independents
Northeast
Dubois		 Dubois Jeeps       274 A 19
Dubois		 1977 Lost River
Shoals3 Shoals Jug Rox     193 A 51
Martin		 1977 SW Indiana
South
Knox		 Vincennes Spartans       361 AA 42
Knox		 1968 none (new school)
Vincennes
Rivet		 Vincennes Patriots       79 A 42
Knox		 1979
Washington
Catholic		 Washington Cardinals       68 A 14
Daviess		 1977
Wood
Memorial1, 4		 Oakland City Trojans       245 A 26
Gibson		 2000 Pocket
  1. North Knox and Wood Memorial are members of the Southwest Football Conference for football.
  2. North Knox played in the Western Indiana Conference 1977-81, then played independently from 1981 to 1986 before rejoining the BCC.
  3. Shoals played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC from 1977 to 1979.
  4. Wood Memorial has suspended their football program for the 2018-19 season.

Former members
School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Bloomfield1 Bloomfield Cardinals     28
Greene		 1968 SW Indiana 1985 SW Indiana
North
Daviess		 Elnora Cougars       14
Daviess		 1968 none (new school) 1986 SW Indiana
Springs
Valley		 French Lick Blackhawks       59
Orange		 1968 1979 Patoka Lake
Mitchell Mitchell Bluejackets       47
Lawrence		 1970 Mid-Southern 1979 Patoka Lake
Forest Park Ferdinand Rangers       19
Dubois		 1972 Patoka Valley 2006 Pocket
  1. Bloomfield played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC for its entire BCC duration.

Membership timeline
Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High SchoolWashington Catholic High SchoolShoals High SchoolNortheast Dubois High SchoolForest Park High School (Indiana)Mitchell High School (Indiana)Loogootee High SchoolBarr-Reeve High SchoolSprings Valley High SchoolSouth Knox High SchoolNorth Knox High SchoolNorth Daviess Junior-Senior High SchoolBloomfield Junior-Senior High School (Indiana)

Conference Championships

Football
#TeamSeasons
3Mitchell1971, 1973, 1975
3North Knox1970, 1972, 1974
2Springs Valley1976. 1977
0North Daviess
  • Football was discontinued as a conference sport after the 1977-78 school year. Mitchell and Springs Valley would move to the Patoka Lake Conference one year later, and North Daviess would be an independent until joining the Southwest Seven Conference.[2]

Boys Basketball
#TeamSeasons
14Barr-Reeve1995, 1997, 1998*, 2002*, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
9Loogootee1973, 1975, 1978, 1996*, 1999*, 2002*, 2005*, 2011, 2013, 2020
7Forest Park1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005*, 2006, 2007
4North Knox1996*, 1998*, 1999*, 2003
1Springs Valley1970
0Bloomfield
0Mitchell
0North Daviess
0Northeast Dubois
0Rivet
0Shoals
0South Knox
0Washington Catholic
0Wood Memorial
  • Champions before 1993-94 season unverified.

Girls Basketball
#TeamSeasons
7North Knox2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018*
7Rivet2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018*
2Barr-Reeve2012, 2015
1Loogootee2018*, 2020
1Northeast Dubois2008
1Wood Memorial2017
1Forest Park2001
0Bloomfield
0Mitchell
0North Daviess
0Shoals
0South Knox
0Springs Valley
0Washington Catholic
  • Champions before 2000-01 season unverified.

State titles

Barr-Reeve Vikings (3)
  • 2013 Volleyball (A)
  • 2015 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2018 Girls Volleyball (A)

Loogootee Lions (2)
  • 2012 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2020 Girls Basketball (A)

Vincennes Rivet Patriots (0)

1A Girls Basketball (2011)

Wood Memorial Trojans (1)
  • 2017 Girls Basketball (A)

Runner-Up Titles, and State Finals Appearances

Barr-Reeve Vikings
  • 1998 Boys Baseball (A)
  • 1998 Girls Volleyball(A)
  • 2001 Girls Volleyball(A)
  • 2002 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2007 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2008 Girls Volleyball(A)
  • 2009 Girls Volleyball(A)
  • 2010 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2014 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2015 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2016 Boys Cross Country - Single Class
  • 2018 Girls Cross Country - Single Class

Wood Memorial Trojans
  • 2007 Girls Basketball (A)

Loogootee Lions
  • 2005 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 1975 Boys Basketball (Pre-Class)
  • 1970 Boys Basketball (Pre-Class)
  • 2012 Girls Volleyball (A)
  • 2007 Girls Volleyball (A)
  • 2006 Girls Volleyball (A)
  • 2005 Girls Volleyball (A)
  • 2000 Girls Volleyball (A)

Vincennes Rivet Patriots
  • 2009 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2009 Boys Baseball (A)
  • 2010 Girls Basketball (A)
  • 2018 Girls Basketball (A)

Washington Catholic Cardinals
  • 2005 Girls Basketball (A)

Former Member State Titles

Forest Park Rangers (3)
  • 2001 Softball (A)
  • 2005 Boys Basketball (2A)
  • 2006 Boys Basketball (2A)

Neighboring Conferences

References
  1. "New Conference". Jasper Herald, Jasper, IN. 1968-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  2. "Blue Chip Conference". Almanac Sports. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
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