Ohio River Valley Conference

The Ohio River Valley Conference is an Indiana High School Athletic Association-sanctioned conference located in Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland counties. Formed in 1952, the conference has been fairly stable throughout its history, as five of the current seven members (or their precursors) are original members.[1]

The Ohio Valley Conference in Indiana

History

The ORVC traces its history to two conferences, the Southeastern Indiana and Laughery Valley. When the league began, two of its members came from the SEIC (Osgood, Versailles), a third (Rising Sun) had been in the SEIC before helping found the LVC, and a fourth (Milan) was a SEIC member until being removed from the conference in 1942, remaining independent since that point. The first shakeup in conference membership came in the conference's second year, as North closed, and two more LVC schools (Dillsboro, Moores Hill) joined with one SEIC school (Vevay). Hanover and Osgood consolidated with other local schools to become Southwestern and Jac-Cen-Del in 1960, with both staying in the league. Milan, a school that had dominated 1950's basketball and had football, moved to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference in 1962. They were replaced by two schools: Shawe Memorial in 1962, and Sunman in 1964. Versailles became South Ripley in 1966, with Vevay changing to Switzerland County in 1969.

The 1970s were a different story, as the three member schools would not survive to the end of the decade. Sunman was consolidated with North Dearborn in 1973, forming East Central. Dillsboro and Moores Hill would follow suit in 1978, combining with Aurora to form South Dearborn. Both of those schools had pre-consolidation ties to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference, and would retain their places in that conference. Left as a six-school conference, the ORVC welcomed founding member Milan back in 1985, as the former basketball power was struggling to keep up with larger rivals in the post-consolidation era. The conference has been stable since, a two-year hiatus by Southwestern in the mid-1990s notwithstanding. That stability looks to continue into the future. Lawrenceburg was denied entry in the 1990s, and there is only one other school in the area (Oldenburg Academy) who is of a similar size.

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors Size IHSAA
Class
County Year Joined Previous Conference
Jac-Cen-Del Osgood Eagles       296 A 69
Ripley
1960 none (new school)
Milan1 Milan Indians       417 AA 69
Ripley
1952
1985
Independents
Eastern Indiana
Rising Sun Rising Sun Shiners       312 A 58
Ohio
1952 Laughery Valley
Shawe
Memorial
Madison Hilltoppers       93 A 39
Jefferson
1962 Independents
South
Ripley
Versailles Raiders     414 AA 69
Ripley
1966 none (new school)
Southwestern
(Hanover)
2
Hanover Rebels       462 AA 39
Jefferson
1960 none (new school)
Switzerland
County
Vevay Pacers         410 AA 78
Switzerland
1968 none (new school)
  1. Milan played in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference from 1962 to 1985.
  2. Southwestern played as an Independent from 1994 to 1996 after being removed from the conference for rules violations.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Hanover Hanover Bulldogs     39
Jefferson
1952 Jefferson County 1960 none (consolidated
into Southwestern)
North
(Madison)
Madison Tigers     39
Jefferson
1952 Jefferson County 1953 none (colsolidated into
Madison)
Osgood Osgood Cowboys     69
Ripley
1952 Southeastern Indiana 1960 none (consolidated
into Jac-Cen-Del)
Versailles Versailles Lions     69
Ripley
1952 Southeastern Indiana 1966 none (consolidated into
South Ripley)
Dillsboro Dillsboro Bulldogs       15
Dearborn
1953 Laughery Valley 1978 none (consolidated
into South Dearborn)
Moores Hill Moores Hill Bobcats[2]     15
Dearborn
1953 Laughery Valley 1978 none (consolidated
into South Dearborn)
Vevay Vevay Warriors       78
Switzerland
1953 Southeastern Indiana 1968 none (consolidated into
Switzerland County)
Sunman Sunman Tigers[2]       69
Ripley
1964 Tri-County 1973 none (consolidated
into East Central)

Membership timeline

Switzerland County Senior High SchoolSouth Ripley High SchoolEast Central High School (Indiana)Shawe Memorial High SchoolSouthwestern High School (Hanover, Indiana)Jac-Cen-Del Junior-Senior High SchoolSwitzerland County Senior High SchoolSouth Dearborn High SchoolSouth Dearborn High SchoolSouth Ripley Junior/Senior High SchoolRising Sun High School (Indiana)Jac-Cen-Del Junior-Senior High SchoolMadison Consolidated High SchoolMilan High School (Indiana)Southwestern High School (Hanover, Indiana)

Conference Championships

Boys Basketball

#TeamSeasons
19South Ripley1970, 1977, 1978*, 1981, 1982*, 1984*, 1986, 1987*, 1995*, 1996, 2002, 2004*, 2005, 2010, 2012*,
2013, 2015, 2016, 2017*
13Jac-Cen-Del1971, 1984*, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2011*
12Southwestern1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1987*, 1994*, 2000*, 2018, 2019
8Milan1954, 1955, 1956, 2000*, 2001, 2003, 2004*, 2012*
5Switzerland County1982*, 1995*, 2008*, 2014, 2017*
4Rising Sun1957, 1988, 1989, 1991
4Shawe Memorial1962*, 1987*, 2006, 2011*
3Sunman1965, 1966*, 1967
3Versailles1959, 1960, 1963
1Vevay1966*
0Dillsboro
0Hanover
0Madison North
0Moores Hill
0Osgood
  • Champions for 1952-53, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1982–83, and 1989–90 are unverified.

Girls Basketball

#TeamSeasons
11South Ripley1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
8Jac-Cen-Del1976, 2006*, 2007, 2010, 2014*, 2015, 2016, 2018
7Southwestern1984, 2001, 2002, 2005*, 2006*, 2008, 2009
6Switzerland County1983, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006*, 2014*
0Dillsboro
0Milan
0Moores Hill
0Rising Sun
0Shawe Memorial
  • Girls champions from 1976-77 until 1998-99 are unverified (except for 1983-84, South Ripley, and Switzerland County titles).

Boys Soccer

#TeamSeasons
5Jac-Cen-Del2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
5Rising Sun2004, 2014, 2016, 2018,
2South Ripley2009, 2010
1Southwestern2011
  • Incomplete at this time

Girls Soccer

#TeamSeasons
3Milan2017*, 2018, 2020*
2Rising Sun2016, 2017*
2Switzerland County2019, 2020*
1South Ripley2015
1Southwestern2017*
  • Girls conference champions not officially recognized until 2015

State Championships

Jac-Cen-Del (2)

  • 2009 Boys Basketball (A)
  • 2016 Girls Basketball (A)

Milan (1)

Southwestern (Hanover) (1)

  • 2002 Girls Basketball (2A)

Rising Sun (0)

  • 2000 Girls Basketball (2A) Runner-Up

References

  1. "New Ohio River Loop Ready to Roll". Anderson Daily Bulletin. 1952-05-09. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
  2. "IHSAA participants: Dearborn County". Archived from the original on February 19, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

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