Big Eight Conference (IHSAA)

Big Eight Conference
Established 1980
Members 7
Region 7 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, Warrick, and Wabash of Illinois
Headquarters Indiana
Locations

The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference currently comprising six IHSAA Class AAA high schools located in Southwestern Indiana with one IHSA Class 2A/3A member in Southern Illinois. The conference members are small city-based schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, and Warrick counties in Indiana and Wabash County in Illinois.

History

The Big Eight Conference was created in 1980 when seven members of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference (Boonville, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Princeton, Tell City, Vincennes Lincoln, and Washington) left to form a new conference with a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (Gibson Southern). Gibson Southern left in 1992 to rejoin the PAC. Tell City followed to rejoin the PAC in 2001 as well (they had been in that conference before joining the SIAC), reducing membership to six schools. Mount Carmel joined in 2003 to increase the membership to seven. Currently Mount Carmel, located in Illinois, is the only school from outside Indiana to compete in an Indiana athletic conference.

Two different members that captured the 3A boys' basketball title in four successive years. Very rarely has this occurred in the history of the state finals. Washington captured the 2007-08, 2009–10, and 2010–11 titles, and Princeton captured the 2008-09 State Title.[1]

Member schools

Current members

School Location Mascot Colors # / County Enrollment
15-16		 IHSAA Class IHSAA Class
Football		 Gym
Size		 Year
Joined		 Previous
Conference
Boonville Boonville Pioneers           87
Warrick		 889 AAA AAAA 5,650 1980 Southern Indiana
Jasper Jasper Wildcats           19
Dubois		 1,079 AAA AAAA 5,200 1980 Southern Indiana
Mount
Carmel		 Mount
Carmel		 Golden
Aces		           (IL)
Wabash		 499 (IL)2A[2] (IL)3A[3] 2,500 2003 North Egypt
Mount
Vernon		 Mount
Vernon		 Wildcats           65
Posey		 728 AAA AAA 3,200 1980 Southern Indiana
Princeton
Community		 Princeton Tigers                26
Gibson		 628 AAA AAA 5,200 1 1980 Southern Indiana
Vincennes
Lincoln		 Vincennes Alices                42
Knox		 794 AAA AAA 5,466 1980 Southern Indiana
Washington Washington Hatchets           14
Daviess		 710 AAA AAA 7,090 1980 Southern Indiana
  1. 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.

Former members

School Location Mascot Colors County Year Joined Previous Conference Year Left Conference Joined
Gibson
Southern		 Fort Branch Titans          
         		 26
Gibson		 1980 Pocket 1992 Pocket
Tell
City		 Tell City Marksmen           62
Perry		 1980 Southern Indiana 2001 Pocket

State championships

Boonville Pioneers (1)

  • 2006 Softball (3A)

Jasper Wildcats (8)

  • 1949 Boys' Basketball
  • 1996 Baseball
  • 1997 Baseball
  • 1998 Baseball (3A)
  • 1999 Boys' Tennis
  • 2000 Baseball (3A)
  • 2001 Football (4A)
  • 2006 Baseball (3A)

Mount Carmel Golden Aces (3)

  • 1927 Boys' Basketball (Illinois)
  • 1981 Football (3A) (Illinois)
  • 2010 Boys' Golf (1A) (Illinois)

Princeton Community Tigers (2)

  • 2009 Boys' Basketball (3A)
  • 2015 Girls' Basketball (3A)

Vincennes Lincoln Alices (3)

  • 1923 Boys' Basketball
  • 1981 Boys' Basketball
  • 2002 Baseball (3A)

Washington Hatchets (9)

  • 1914 Boys' Track
  • 1915 Boys' Track
  • 1930 Boys' Basketball
  • 1941 Boys' Basketball
  • 1942 Boys' Basketball
  • 2005 Boys' Basketball (3A)
  • 2008 Boys' Basketball (3A)
  • 2010 Boys' Basketball (3A)
  • 2011 Boys' Basketball (3A)

One of the former members, Gibson Southern, has captured three state titles (2003, 2005, 2015 2A Softball) after rejoining the PAC. Tell City has never won a state title.


Conference Championships

Sources:[4][5][6]

Football

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Jasper231981, 1982, 1984*, 1985, 1986*, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996*, 1998, 1999*, 2000, 2001, 2004*,
2005, 2006*, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014*, 2015
Vincennes Lincoln101983*, 1984*, 1996*, 1997, 1999*, 2002, 2003, 2004*, 2014*, 2017
Tell City61980, 1984*, 1988, 1989, 1991*, 1992
Mount Carmel52006*, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014*, 2016
Boonville31984*, 1986*, 1991*
Gibson Southern11983*
Princeton Community11993
Mount Vernon0
Washington0

Boys Basketball

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Vincennes Lincoln211981, 1982*, 1984*, 1987, 1988, 1989*, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999*, 2002, 2003*,
2004, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016*
Washington91983, 1995, 2003*, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2016*, 2017
Jasper91982*, 1989*, 1993, 1996, 1999*, 2000*, 2014*, 2016*, 2018
Princeton Community51984*, 1985, 2009, 2010, 2014*
Boonville41986, 1999*, 2000*, 2001
Mount Carmel0
Mount Vernon0
Tell City0
Gibson Southern0

Girls Basketball

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Washington101992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998*, 1999, 2001, 2003
Jasper81982, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1998*, 2005, 2010*, 2012
Boonville71981, 1984*, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2000, 2017*
Vincennes Lincoln62002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2017*, 2018
Mount Carmel42007, 2008, 2011, 2013
Princeton Community32014, 2015, 2016
Mount Vernon21984, 2010*
Tell City21989, 1990
Gibson Southern0

Note: Big Eight Conference championships are determined by a single round-robin among the active members. The Big Eight Conference does not break ties in the standings for championship purposes, instead co-championships are awarded.

Neighboring Conferences

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1347.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/1347.htm
  4. ↑ "Past Champions".
  5. ↑ "Big 8 Conference Constitution" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Past Champions".
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