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The Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at
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. It is the largest athletic conference in the state of Indiana with 13 member schools. The conference is composed primarily of Class 3A schools, with a few 2A and one 1A. Schools are currently located in Daviess, Dubois,
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, Perry,
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, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties.


History

The Pocket Athletic Conference was established in 1938 with nine founding schools: Cannelton, Chrisney, Lynnville, Mount Vernon, Owensville,
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, Poseyville, Rockport, and
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. Seven of the nine original schools remain members in some form today. Cannelton left in 1971 and is now an independent. Mount Vernon left in 1959 to join the
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then a member of the
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before returning to the conference in 2020. With the exception of Washington and Pike Central, all members are located within counties along the western end of the Interstate 64 corridor within Indiana. The first current member appeared in 1958 when Poseyville consolidated with Cynthiana,
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, and Wadesville to form North Posey. Rockport merged with Richland in 1965 to form South Spencer. Elberfeld merged with former member Lynnville in 1965 to form
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. Also in 1965, Oakland City and Francisco, both of which joined the PAC in 1939, joined to become Wood Memorial. Dale, which had joined in 1939, joined with another former member, Chrisney, to form Heritage Hills in 1972. Huntingburg joined the PAC in 1970 from the SIAC and in 1972 consolidated with
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to become Southridge. In 1974, Owensville consolidated with
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and Haubstadt into Gibson Southern. Both
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and Owensville were members of the PAC at the time. Haubstadt was also briefly a member of the PAC. That same year Petersburg joined with
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, Otwell, and Stendal to form Pike Central. Gibson Southern left the PAC in 1979 when the Big Eight Conference was formed, only to return in 1994. In 2000, Wood Memorial left the PAC and is now a member of the
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. Tell City, which had left in 1953, rejoined in 2001, also came back from the Big Eight Conference but also from the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. In 2007,
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, located in Ferdinand, officially joined the PAC from the Blue Chip Conference increasing the number of members back to the original nine. The conference expanded to thirteen members in 2020, as they accepted former members Boonville and Mount Vernon, as well as
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, whose component school, Mount Olympus, was a member from 1939 to 1965, and complete newcomer
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, all from the now extinct
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. In all, the PAC will inherit six of the original Big Eight members with the other two joining the SIAC.


Football Divisions

With 13 teams in the conference, it is not possible for all football teams to play one another (9 game season). Thus, the PAC is split into two divisions for football only.


PAC Titles, since 2020 expansion


Basketball

Forest Park, Southridge and Tecumseh have four state titles in both boys and girls basketball. Forest Park and Gibson Southern add three more state runner-up titles and a girls state title to the pool to make seven appearances at the state finals, not counting Tecumseh's appearance in the Tournament of Champions. Forest Park, Gibson Southern, North Posey, Southridge, and Tecumseh have all been ranked within the last eight years in either girls or boys basketball, sometimes both. In 1999, Tecumseh lost by six points in the experimental "Tournament of Champions" to the 4A State Champion, Indianapolis' North Central. Tecumseh was the 1A State Champion. Boonville and Washington bring additional strength on the conference's basketball schedule as well as two more of the state's largest gymnasiums.


Baseball and Softball

The Pocket Athletic Conference has been exceptionally strong in baseball and softball in the last 20 years. Both South Spencer and Gibson Southern won the softball state title in their respective classes in 2015. Forest Park also won the title in 2001. North Posey ('05, '06) and South Spencer ('07, '13, '15) have won state titles in baseball. As a result, South Spencer, a AA school, plays in the AAA tournament, and Gibson Southern, a AAA school, plays in the AAAA tournament, where the Titans have made consecutive appearances at the AAAA Semi-State match, preventing their return to AAA. In 2022, Gibson Southern returned to class AAA, following two seasons losing at the regional level. Likewise Tecumseh, having moved up to class AA after a state title and semi state appearance, has advanced to the AA Semi-State joining Gibson Southern in playing in a Semi State in a higher class only after beating conference rival Southridge in the regional. Southridge will also move up into AAA from AA in baseball after back-to-back State Runner-up titles.


Football

The Pocket Athletic Conference has a long history of being a periodic powerhouse in football with several members having state titles or runner-ups. Since 2000, the PAC has been represented in the football state finals ten times. The three schools that have represented the PAC recently are Heritage Hills (2000 3A State Champs, and 2004 and 2023 3A Runner-up), Southridge (2002 and 2006 2A Runner-up and again in 2018 and 2019) and North Posey (2005 and 2023 2A Runner-up) and Gibson Southern (2021 State Champs). Heritage Hills was the dominant force in the conference, winning the conference from 1996 to 2008 and winning the AAA state title in 2000 but have three runner up titles as well. Southridge added a title in AA in 2017 while Gibson Southern added another AAA title in 2021, but Southridge adds a total of 3 more runner up titles in AA while North Posey adds another pair, all within the last 25 years. The oldest state appearance as a member belongs to South Spencer, occurring in 1986. Tell City, while having an appearance just two years earlier, was a member of the Big Eight Conference at the time, before its return. Both were runner-ups and both were in AA. Pocket members Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, Forest Park, North Posey, and Southridge have either periodically or regularly ranked in the top ten in the last 10 years and the conference title has been considerably less predictable in the last ten years, even with the divisions. In the last ten years, 32 Pocket Athletic Conference teams have represented their school and the conference in state championship games.


Member schools


Current members (13)

# Gibson Southern competed in the
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from 1980 to 1994 before rejoining the PAC. # Tecumseh is a 1A
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in football. # Tell City played in the
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from 1953 to 1980, then played in the
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1980–2001 before rejoining.
Boonville and Mount Vernon were also earlier members who left to join the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. They were joined with Gibson Southern and Tell City to form the Big Eight Conference but returned in 2020 after the breakup of the conference. # Sports in which a member is currently competing in a class above their enrollment due to the IHSAA's ''Tournament Success Factor''. # South Spencer advances to AAA for 2 years in Baseball also because of the IHSAA's ''Tournament Success Factor''.http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/schools/201516SchoolDirectory.pdf # Tecumseh advanced to AA also due to the IHSAA's ''Tournament Success Factor'' # In 2025, Gibson Southern will compete in AAAA for the next two years after two consecutive seasons at semi-state and a state championship in AAA. * Shaded schools operate on
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. The rest operate on Central Time.


Former members

# Concurrent with Perry CC 1938-62. # Concurrent with Spencer CC: Chrisney 1938-59; Rockport 1938-65; Dale 1939-65. # Concurrent with Warrick CC: Tecumseh 1938-59; Boonville 1939-41. # Concurrent with Posey CC: Mount Vernon 1938-49; Poseyville 1938-58. # Concurrent with Gibson CC: Owensville 1938-49; Fort Branch, Francisco, Mount Olympus, Oakland City 1939-49. # Concurrent with Pike CC Petersburg 1938-49; Winslow 1939-40 * Schools that operate on
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. # As of 2012-13, Princeton plays in a new 5,200 seat gym which replaced the aging 3,000 seat old gym which is still occasionally used for tourneys as of 2016.


Membership timeline

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Sponsored Sports

1From 2008 to 2022 Tecumseh played football as an independent but is now participating in PAC for all sports. 22 State Titles, however Tell City's football title was won under the Big Eight Conference. *Sectional and Regional numbers include titles won by the nine schools' predecessors, but do not include those who left, i.e. Cannelton, Mount Vernon, and Wood Memorial or their predecessors.


State championships

Boonville Pioneers (2) *2006 Softball (3A) 2 *2021 Softball (3A) Forest Park Rangers (5) *2001 Softball (A) 1 *2005 Boys Basketball (2A) 1 *2006 Boys Basketball (2A) 1 *2022 Girls Basketball (2A) *2023 Girls Basketball (2A) Gibson Southern Titans (5) *2003 Softball (2A) *2005 Softball (3A) *2015 Softball (3A) *2021 Football (3A) *2024 Girls Basketball (3A) Heritage Hills Patriots (1) *2000 Football (3A) Mount Vernon Wildcats (0) North Posey Vikings (3) *2005 Baseball (2A) *2006 Baseball (2A) *2023 Softball (2A) Pike Central Chargers (0) Princeton Community Tigers (2) * 2009 Boys' Basketball (3A) 2 * 2015 Girls' Basketball (3A) 2 Southridge Raiders (3) *1998 Girls Basketball (2A) *2017 Football (2A) *2021 Baseball (3A) South Spencer Rebels (5) *2007 Baseball (2A) *2011 Baseball (2A) *2013 Baseball (2A) *2014 Softball (2A) *2015 Baseball (2A) Tecumseh Braves (8) *1999 Boys Basketball (A) *2003 Baseball (A) *2009 Softball (A) *2011 Softball (A) *2017 Softball (A) *2022 Girls Basketball (A) *2022 Softball (A) *2023 Softball (A) Tell City Marksmen (0) Washington Hatchets (9) *1914 Boys' Track *1915 Boys' Track *1930 Boys' Basketball *1941 Boys' Basketball *1942 Boys' Basketball *2005 Boys' Basketball (3A) 2 *2008 Boys' Basketball (3A) 2 *2010 Boys' Basketball (3A) 2 *2011 Boys' Basketball (3A) 2


Former Member State Titles

Cannelton Bulldogs (0) Wood Memorial Trojans (1) * 2017 Girls' Basketball (A)


State Runner-Up Titles

Forest Park Rangers (4) *1999 Girls Basketball (2A) 1 *2003 Boys Basketball (2A) 1 *2018 Boys Basketball (2A) *2023 Boys Soccer (1A) Gibson Southern Titans (6) *2001 Girls Softball (2A) *2002 Girls Basketball (3A) *2013 Boys Soccer (1A) *2013 Girls Soccer (1A) *2014 Girls Softball (3A) *2014 Boys Baseball (3A) Heritage Hills Patriots (3) *2004 Football (3A) *2019 Football (3A) *2023 Football (3A) North Posey Vikings (4) *2005 Football (2A) *2007 Softball (2A) *2022 Softball (2A) *2023 Football (2A) Pike Central Chargers (1) *1990 Softball Southridge Raiders (6) *1982 Football (A) *1998 Girls Basketball Tournament of Champions *2002 Football (2A) *2006 Football (2A) *2018 Baseball (2A) *2019 Baseball (2A) South Spencer Rebels (2) *1988 Football (2A) *1999 Softball (2A) Tecumseh Braves (10) *1999 Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions *2002 Baseball (1A) *2003 Softball (1A) *2007 Softball (1A) *2008 Softball (1A) *2010 Baseball (1A) *2013 Softball (1A) *2019 Softball (1A) *2022 Baseball (1A) *2024 Softball (1A) Tell City Marksmen (1) *1986 Football (2A) 2 1''Occurred when Forest Park was a member of the
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News and facts

*Southridge's home gymnasium in Huntingburg has a capacity of 6,092 and is one of the 20 largest in Indiana. Boonville and Washington add two more of the state's largest gymnasiums


Alumni

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, Petersburg – Class of 1941. Longtime member of the
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, manager of the 1969 New York "Miracle" Mets. Also the greatest snub in the history of the Baseball Hall of Fame (Elected to the Baseball HOF in 2022) *Bill Feix, Tell City – Class of 1950, 2-year letterman, Captain, Vanderbilt Basketball team. *
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, Tell City – Class of 1951, 2x All-PAC basketball player, was a starter on Indiana University's 1953 NCAA title team. *
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, Dale – Class of 1957, Georgia Tech All-American, led the Dale Golden Aces to PAC Basketball titles in the 1954–55 (SO) and in 1956–57 (SR) seasons. *Bob Reinhart, Dale – Class of 1957, future
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, future NBA Coach, was the Dale Golden Aces Head Coach during the 1961–62 and 1962-63 seasons. * Tim Barrett, Pike Central – Class of 1979, Major League Baseball player,
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* Bruce King, Heritage Hills – Class of 1981, NFL Running Back, 1984–1987 *
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, Heritage Hills – Class of 1981; 1988 Olympian; NCAA & Big Ten Champion track athlete * Ken Dilger, Heritage Hills - Class of 1989,
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Champion Tight End, led Heritage Hills to PAC Football titles in the 1987 (JR) and 1988 (SR) seasons; Ken was also a star baseball and basketball player, helping Heritage Hills to baseball titles in 1987 and 1988; and basketball titles in 1987-88 and 1988-89. *
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, South Spencer - Class of 1989, Basketball star at University of Evansville. Casebier also spent several years in South American professional leagues. * Alex Graman, Southridge – Class of 1996, Major League pitcher,
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, Southridge – Class of 1999, Major League pitcher,
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* Jon Goldsberry, Heritage Hills – Class of 2000,
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quarterback, starred in high school football at Heritage Hills and led them to the 3A state title in 2000 (SR) and PAC titles in his three years as Varsity Starter (1998–2000). *
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- Forest Park - Class of 2012, former
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tight end, starred in high school football & track at
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; consensus All-American Tight End for
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Neighboring Conferences

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Southern Indiana Athletic Conference The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (SIAC) is a high school athletic conference based in Evansville, Indiana. Five of the conferences eight schools; Bosse, Central, Harrison, North, and Reitz; comprise the public Evansville Vanderburgh School ...
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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 County, IN, Daviess, Dubois County, IN, Dubois, Gibson County, IN, Gibs ...
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Patoka Lake Conference The Patoka Lake Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in southern Indiana. The conferences members are small high schools located in Crawford County, Indiana, Crawford, Lawrence County, Indiana, Lawrence, Orange County, Indiana, ...
* Southern Roads Conference


See also

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References


External links

* {{High Schools in Southwestern Indiana Indiana high school athletic conferences Southwestern Indiana Education in Dubois County, Indiana Education in Gibson County, Indiana Education in Perry County, Indiana Education in Pike County, Indiana Education in Posey County, Indiana Education in Spencer County, Indiana Education in Warrick County, Indiana