SIAC History

Dec. 1934: Representatives from ten area schools form the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference. Founding members are Bicknell, Bloomington, Bosse, Central, Linton, New Albany, Princeton, Reitz, Sullivan and Vincennes.

1936: Washington Hatchets added as eleventh member.

1939: Linton Miners suspended from league.

1940: Boonville Pioneers and Jasper Wildcats admitted.

Sep. 30, 1941: Huntingburg Hunters admitted.

Nov. 25, 1941: Bedford Miners admitted and Linton Miners re-admitted

1947: Memorial Tigers admitted after IHSAA began allowing private schools to join.

1950: Linton Miners permanently withdrew.

1953: Tell City Marksmen admitted; Jasper adds football to athletic program.

Sep. 29, 1953: Mater Dei Wildcats admitted.

Nov. 12, 1957: North Huskies admitted.

1959: Mount Vernon Wildcats admitted.

1961: Sullivan Golden Arrows withdrew; Rex Mundi Monarchs admitted.

1963: Bloomington Panthers withdrew; Harrison Warriors admitted. Bicknell Miners consolidated into North Knox Warriors.

1964: Castle Knights admitted.

1968: Boonville, Castle, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Princeton and Tell City had withdrawn from the SIAC, to be effective on July 1, 1970, but reconsidered and asked to be let back in.

1969: Huntingburg Hunters withdrew.

1971: Rex Mundi Monarches withdrew; The two new Terre Haute schools, the North Patriots and South Braves, admitted.

1973: North Knox Warriors withdrew.

1974: Bedford Stonecutters consolidated into Bedford North Lawrence Stars.

1975: Bedford North Lawrence Stars withdrew.

1977: New Albany Bulldogs withdrew.

1979: Boonville Pioneers, Jasper Wildcats, Mount Vernon Wildcats, Princeton Tigers, Terre Haute North Patriots, Vincennes Lincoln Alices and Washington Hatchets withdrew.

1981: Terre Haute South Braves withdrew, the most recent change in membership.