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Dixie Athletic Conference
The Dixie Athletic Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference in Southern Indiana. The conference was formed in 1961 by smaller, far-flung schools. In 1965, left with only four schools, it merged with the Southern Monon Conference to form the Dixie-Monon Conference. Membership # Played concurrently in DCC and JCC throughout membership in Dixie. References Indiana high school athletic conferences High school sports conferences and leagues in the United States Indiana High School Athletic Association disestablished conferences {{Indiana-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana High School Athletic Association
The Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as classes, are intended to foster fair competition among schools of similar sizes. A school ranked 3A is larger than a school ranked 1A, but not as large as a 6A-ranked school. Only football has 6 classes. Boys' basketball, girls' basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball are divided into four classes. Boys' and girls' soccer have featured three classes since the 2017–18 school year. All other sports compete in a single class. Structure The IHSAA is divided into three board of director districts: northern, central, and southern. For the state tournament, there are two divisions. The northern district is composed of 21 of Indiana's counties consisting the northern third of Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-Hoosier Conference
The Mid-Hoosier Conference is a seven-member IHSAA-sanctioned athletic association located within Bartholomew, Decatur, Johnson, and Shelby Counties in Central Indiana. History The conference was formed in 1964 by seven schools from Bartholomew (Hauser), Brown (Brown County), and Shelby (Southwestern, Triton Central, Waldron) counties as a conference for smaller schools south of Indianapolis. Johnson County schools Edinburgh and Whiteland would join in 1965. The conference had some roster changes in its early years, as Whiteland outgrew the MHC and moved to the Mid-State, while Indian Creek and South Decatur joined as newly consolidated schools. Triton Central left in 1969, and was replaced by Crothersville. South Decatur would join the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference in 1973, but would return in 1977. The league would once again go through changes in the 1980s, as North Decatur (1980) and Morristown (1985) would join, and Crothersville would leave to become a full-time memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana High School Athletic Conferences
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816. It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the south and southeast, and the Wabash River and Illinois to the west. Various indigenous peoples inhabited what would become Indiana for thousands of years, some of whom the U.S. government expelled between 1800 and 1836. Indiana received its name because the state was largely possessed by native tribes even after it was granted statehood. Since then, settlement patterns in Indiana have reflected regional cultural segmentation present in the Eastern United States; the state's northernmost tier was settled primarily by people from New England and New York, Central Indiana by migrants from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cortland, Indiana
Cortland is an unincorporated community in eastern Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana, United States. It lies along State Road 258, northwest of the city of Seymour. Cortland's elevation is 561 feet (171 m), and it is located at (38.9731084, -85.9641467). Although Cortland is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47228. History The Cortland post office was established in 1850. Cortland was named after Cortland, New York Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 17,556. The city of Cortland, near the county's western .... Notable events Cortland is the home of the Jackson County Rodeo. References Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{JacksonCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seymour High School (Indiana)
Seymour High School is a public high school in Seymour, IN, Seymour, Indiana. It is the only high school in the Seymour Community Schools district. History Prior to 1870, an iron fence separated a tract of forest land from the growing town of Seymour, Indiana, Seymour. In that year the tree-covered plot was leased by the town school board and work began on a three-story brick building facing the east. The heirs of Captain Meedy Shields later gave this land to the city for school purposes. Here stood the first Shields High School, surrounded by trees and for many years bordered on the west by a pond. On the first floor were two grade rooms and the public library; on the second, two grade rooms and the superintendent (education), superintendent's office; and on the third, the music room and the School assembly, assembly room. In 1876 there had been an addition of six rooms, but the growing population of Seymour now demanded even more space if the supply of rooms was to meet the nee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennings County, Indiana
Jennings County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 27,613. The county seat is Vernon. History Jennings County was formed in 1817. It was named for the first Governor of Indiana and a nine-term congressman, Jonathan Jennings. Jennings was governor when the county was organized. Geography According to the 2010 census, the county has a total area of , of which (or 99.53%) is land and (or 0.47%) is water. It is a rural county, with majority of the county consisting of personal farms and woodlands. There are only two incorporated towns in this county, Vernon, the county seat, and North Vernon. Both are quite small and underdeveloped by urban standards. The county is located in the center of an imaginary triangle consisting of Indianapolis, IN, Cincinnati, OH, and Louisville, KY and requires only 1 hour drive time to any of these urban centers. It is also home to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, located just outside North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon, Indiana
Vernon is a town within Vernon Township and the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, United States. With a population of 318 in the 2010 census, it is the smallest town with that designation in the state of Indiana, lying just south of the much larger North Vernon. It is also the smallest county seat in Indiana. It is nearly surrounded by the Muscatatuck River. Vernon is the only Indiana town with an elected mayor and an elected town marshal. , Dan Wright is the mayor and Britt Burgmeier is the marshal. The Vernon Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the site of many firsts in the state. * The first area set aside for use as a public playground in Indiana, The Commons * The first elevated railroad overpass west of the Alleghenies * The first all women's jury in Indiana * The first Disciples of Christ church in Indiana It was also the home of Indiana's fourth state park, now called Muscatatuck County Park. History Vernon was named after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennings County High School
Jennings County High School is a public high school located in North Vernon, Indiana. Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,423 students enrolled in 2014-15 was: *Male - 50.2% *Female - 49.8% *Native American/Alaskan - 0.4% *Asian - 0% *Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - 0% *Black - 0.8% *Hispanic - 3.3% *White - 93.4% *Multiracial - 2.1% 49.4% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Athletics The Jennings County Panthers are members of the Hoosier Hills Conference. The school colors are red, white and blue. The following IHSAA sanctioned sports are available: *Baseball (boys') *Basketball (boys' and girls') *Cross country (boys' and girls') *Football (boys') *Golf (boys' and girls' *Soccer (boys' and girls') *Softball (girls') *Swimming (boys' and girls') *Tennis (boys' and girls') *Track (boys' and girls') *Volleyball (girls') *Wrestling (boys') Notable alumni * Scott Earl - Former MLB player for the Detroit Tigers. See also * List of high sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Washington, IN
New Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 566. Geography New Washington is located in northeastern Clark County at (38.562575, -85.541524). Indiana State Road 62 runs through the center of the community, leading north then east to Madison and southwest to Jeffersonville across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.29%, is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 547 people, 228 households, and 163 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 253 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 99.63% White and 0.37% African American. There were 229 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Washington Junior-Senior High School
New Washington Junior-Senior High School is a middle school and high school located in New Washington, Indiana. See also * List of high schools in Indiana * Southern Athletic Conference of Indiana * New Washington, Indiana New Washington is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 566. Geography New Washington is located in northeastern Clark County at (38.562575, -85.541524). Indiana St ... References External links * Public high schools in Indiana Education in Clark County, Indiana Buildings and structures in Clark County, Indiana {{Indiana-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark County, IN
Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. At the 2020 census, the population was 121,093. The county seat is Jeffersonville. Clark County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Clark County lies on the north bank of the Ohio River. A significant gateway to the state of Indiana, Clark County's settlement began in 1783. The state of Virginia rewarded General George Rogers Clark and his regiment for their victorious capture of Forts Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes from the British, by granting them of land. A small portion of this land, , became known as Clarksville, the first authorized American settlement in the Northwest Territory, founded the next year in 1784. Clark County Genealogical Records (accessed 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryville, Indiana
Henryville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe Township, Clark County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 1,905 at the 2010 census. Henryville is home to Indiana's oldest state forest, Clark State Forest, and birthplace of entrepreneur Colonel Harland Sanders, whose iconic image appears in the Kentucky Fried Chicken logo and Grammy award-winning bluegrass fiddle player Michael Cleveland. History In 1850, the village of Morristown was established. It was renamed Henryville in 1853 to honor Colonel Henry Ferguson, who was once a colonel in the Pennsylvania militia. He purchased the land on which Henryville was established, and helped persuade Pennsylvania Railroad officials to run the line through Clark County. The Henryville post office was established in 1865. Henryville is the birthplace of "Colonel" Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. 2012 tornado At approximately 3:15 p.m. (EST) on March 2, 2012, an EF4 tornado caused extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
