Big Eight Conference (Indiana)
Encyclopedia
The Big Eight Conference is an athletic conference currently comprising seven IHSAA
Class AAA high schools located in Southwestern Indiana
with one IHSA
Class AAA member in Southern Illinois. The conference members are city-based schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Posey, and Warrick counties in Indiana and Wabash County in Illinois.
(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 and Tell City followed in 2001 also to rejoin the PAC, reducing the Big Eight to six members. 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. There is at least one other Illinois school, Lawrenceville, that is exploring the possibility of becoming the conference's eighth member.
Schools that operate on Eastern Time.
1 Only extra-Indiana School in an IHSAA-sanctioned conference.
Departed disbanded North Egypt Conference
of Illinois.
Boonville Pioneers (1)
Jasper Wildcats (8)
Mount Carmel Golden Aces (3)
Princeton Community Tigers (1)
Washington Hatchets (9)
Gibson Southern Titans (2)
Boys Basketball Championships since 1993-1994'
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.
Indiana High School Athletic Association
The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the 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...
Class AAA high schools located in Southwestern Indiana
Southwestern Indiana
Southwestern Indiana is a 11-county region of Indiana located at the southernmost and westernmost part of the state. As of the 2000 census, the region's combined population is 465,338. Evansville, Indiana's third largest city, is the primary hub for the region as well as the primary regional hub...
with one IHSA
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
Class AAA member in Southern Illinois. The conference members are 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 ConferenceSouthern Indiana Athletic Conference
The Southern Indiana Athletic Conference 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 Corporation...
(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
Pocket Athletic Conference
The Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A...
(Gibson Southern). Gibson Southern left in 1992 to rejoin the PAC and Tell City followed in 2001 also to rejoin the PAC, reducing the Big Eight to six members. 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. There is at least one other Illinois school, Lawrenceville, that is exploring the possibility of becoming the conference's eighth member.
Current members
| School | Mascot | Colors | Location | Joined Conference |
Enrollment http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SAS/sas2.cfm?type=s&tab=peschl&already= 08-09 |
IHSAA Indiana High School Athletic Association The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the 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... Class |
IHSAA Indiana High School Athletic Association The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the 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... Class Football |
Gym Size |
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| Boonville Boonville High School Boonville High School is a public school in Boonville, Indiana. The school is one of three in Warrick County that make up the Warrick County School Corporation.Principal: Mike WhittenAssistant Principal: Keith PaigeSchool Hours: 7:40-2:45... |
Pioneers | Boonville Boonville, Indiana Boonville is a city in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, United States. The population was 6,834 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Warrick County. Founded in 1818 and named for Jesse Boon, father of Ratliff Boon... |
1980 | 936 | AAA | AAAA | 5,650 | 87 Warrick Warrick County, Indiana As of the census of 2000, there were 52,383 people, 19,438 households, and 15,181 families residing in the county. The population density was 136 people per square mile . There were 20,546 housing units at an average density of 54 per square mile... |
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| Jasper Jasper High School (Indiana) Jasper High School is one of the five Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools and is located in Jasper, Indiana. The school's colors are black and gold. The school's mascot is the Wildcat... |
Wildcats | Jasper Jasper, Indiana - Strassenfest :The Jasper Strassenfest is a four-day event held annually during the first weekend in August. The "Fest" is a celebration between Jasper and its German sister-city Pfaffenweiler, a small village in southwest Germany. Many citizens of Pfaffenweiler travel to Jasper around this time... |
1980 | 1,055 | AAA | AAAA | 5,200 | 19 Dubois Dubois County, Indiana Dubois County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. The county seat is Jasper. As of 2010, the population was 41,889.Dubois County is part of the Jasper Micropolitan Statistical Area.-History:... |
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| Mount Carmel Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois) Mount Carmel High School is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson County, Indiana. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Allendale, Patton, Keensburg, and Friendsville... 1 |
Golden Aces |
Mount Carmel Mount Carmel, Illinois Mount Carmel is a city in and the county seat of Wabash County, Illinois, United States. At the time of the 2000 census, the population was 7,982, while the next largest town in Wabash County is Allendale, population 528. Located at the confluence of the Wabash, Patoka, and White Rivers, Mount... |
2003 | 649 | (IL)AAA | -- | 2,500 | 93 Wabash Wabash County, Illinois Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 11,947, which is a decrease of 7.7% from 12,937 in 2000... |
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| Mount Vernon Mt. Vernon Senior High School Mount Vernon Senior High School is a public high school in Mount Vernon, Indiana and is part of the M.S.D. of Mount Vernon. The current campus was completed in 1960 and was expanded in the 1980s. It serves high school students from 4 townships in the southern half of Posey County.-Student... |
Wildcats | Mount Vernon Mount Vernon, Indiana Mount Vernon is a city in southern Indiana along the Ohio River and the county seat of Posey County. It is located in Black Township. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 6,687... |
1980 | 849 | AAA | AAA | 3,200 | 65 Posey Posey County, Indiana As of the census of 2000, there were 27,061 people, 10,205 households, and 7,612 families residing in the county. The population density was 66 people per square mile . There were 11,076 housing units at an average density of 27 per square mile... |
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| Princeton Community Princeton Community High School Princeton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. The school is located on Old US Highway 41 North. The school operates a television station, W06BD, from studios at the high... |
Tigers | Princeton Princeton, Indiana The median income for a household in the city was $26,689, and the median income for a family was $37,308. Males had a median income of $28,076 versus $19,825 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,049... |
1980 | 679 | AAA | AAA | 4,200 | 26 Gibson Gibson County, Indiana Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:... |
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| Vincennes Lincoln |
Alices | Vincennes Vincennes, Indiana Vincennes is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Indiana, United States. It is located on the Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 18,701 at the 2000 census... |
1980 | 772 | AAA | AAA | 5,466 | 42 Knox Knox County, Indiana As of the census of 2000, there were 39,256 people, 15,552 households, and 10,139 families residing in the county. The population density was 76 people per square mile . There were 17,305 housing units at an average density of 34 per square mile... |
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| Washington Washington High School (Washington, Indiana) for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a high school in Washington, Indiana. Its athletic mascot is "The Hatchets". The School's primary colors are old gold and black. WHS plays in the Big Eight Conference... |
Hatchets | Washington Washington, Indiana Washington is a city in Daviess County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,509 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Daviess County.-History:... |
1980 | 746 | AAA | AAA | 7,090 | 14 Daviess Daviess County, Indiana Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 31,648. The county seat is Washington. Daviess County switched to the Central Time Zone on April 2, 2006. It has returned to the Eastern Time Zone as of November 4, 2007.- History :Daviess County was... |
Schools that operate on Eastern Time.
1 Only extra-Indiana School in an IHSAA-sanctioned conference.
Departed disbanded North Egypt Conference
North Egypt Conference
The North Egypt Conference was an Illinois high school athletic conference in existence from 1929 to 2003-Members:-State Titles:...
of Illinois.
Former members
| School | Mascot | Colors | Location | Years with Conference |
County | Current Conference |
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| Gibson Southern Gibson Southern High School Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located near Fort Branch, Indiana in Gibson County.-School Description:Completed in 1974, Gibson Southern was created as a consolidation of Fort Branch Marlette, Haubstadt Johnson, and Owensville Montgomery High Schools... |
Titans | Fort Branch, IN | 1980-1992 2 | Gibson Gibson County, Indiana Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:... |
Pocket Pocket Athletic Conference The Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A... |
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| Tell City Tell City High School Tell City High School is a high school in Tell City, Indiana. Their athletic nickname is the "Marksmen" and their colors are cream and crimson. They play in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Also has a marching band known as the Marching Marksmen.... |
Marksmen | Tell City, IN | 1980-2001 2 3 | Perry Perry County, Indiana Perry County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 19,338. The county seat is Tell City. It is the hilliest county as well as one of the most forested counties of in Indiana as it features more than of Hoosier National Forest... |
Pocket Pocket Athletic Conference The Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A... |
- 2 Both are founding Schools that left to rejoin the Pocket Athletic ConferencePocket Athletic ConferenceThe Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A...
- 3 Tell City was briefly part of the Southern Indiana Athletic ConferenceSouthern Indiana Athletic ConferenceThe Southern Indiana Athletic Conference 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 Corporation...
prior to the Big Eight's founding.
Boonville Pioneers (1)Boonville High SchoolBoonville High School is a public school in Boonville, Indiana. The school is one of three in Warrick County that make up the Warrick County School Corporation.Principal: Mike WhittenAssistant Principal: Keith PaigeSchool Hours: 7:40-2:45...
- 2006 Softball (3A)
Jasper Wildcats (8)Jasper High School (Indiana)Jasper High School is one of the five Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools and is located in Jasper, Indiana. The school's colors are black and gold. The school's mascot is the Wildcat...
- 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)Mount Carmel High School (Mount Carmel, Illinois)Mount Carmel High School is the only high school in Wabash County, Illinois, which is in southern Illinois, just across the Wabash River from Gibson County, Indiana. Other towns that send students to MCHS include Allendale, Patton, Keensburg, and Friendsville...
- 1927 Boys Basketball (Illinois)
- 1981 Football (3A) (Illinois)
- 2010 Boys Golf (1A) (Illinois)
Princeton Community Tigers (1)Princeton Community High SchoolPrinceton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. The school is located on Old US Highway 41 North. The school operates a television station, W06BD, from studios at the high...
- 2009 Boy's Basketball (3A)
Vincennes Lincoln Alices (3)
- 1923 Boys Basketball
- 1981 Boys Basketball
- 2002 Baseball (3A)
Washington Hatchets (9)Washington High School (Washington, Indiana)for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a high school in Washington, Indiana. Its athletic mascot is "The Hatchets". The School's primary colors are old gold and black. WHS plays in the Big Eight Conference...
- 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)
Gibson Southern Titans (2)Gibson Southern High SchoolGibson Southern High School is a public high school located near Fort Branch, Indiana in Gibson County.-School Description:Completed in 1974, Gibson Southern was created as a consolidation of Fort Branch Marlette, Haubstadt Johnson, and Owensville Montgomery High Schools...
- 2003 Softball (2A)
- 2005 Softball (3A)
Big Eight Championships
Football Championships by School| School | Championships | Years |
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| Jasper | 20 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
| Vincennes Lincoln | 8 | 1983, 1984, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006 |
| Tell City | 6 | 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992 |
| Boonville | 3 | 1984, 1986, 1991 |
| Mount Carmel | 2 | 2006, 2007 |
| Gibson Southern | 1 | 1983 |
| Princeton | 1 | 1993 |
| Mount Vernon | 0 | |
| Washington | 0 |
Boys Basketball Championships since 1993-1994'
| School | Championships | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Vincennes Lincoln | 8 | 1993-1994, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2005-2006 |
| Washington | 6 | 1994-1995, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2010-2011 |
| Boonville | 3 | 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001 |
| Jasper | 3 | 1995-1996, 1998-1999, 1999-2000 |
| Princeton | 2 | 2008-2009, 2009-2010 |
| Mount Carmel | 0 | |
| Mount Vernon | 0 | |
| Tell City | 0 |
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.
Interesting Fact
The Big Eight Conference now has two different members that captured the 3A boys basketball title in successive years. Washington captured the 2007-08, 2009-10, and 2010-11 State Titles and Princeton captured the 2008-09 State Title. Very rarely has this occurred in the history of the state finals. The Big Eight Conference has now won the past four IHSAA Class 3A Boy's Basketball State Titles and five out of the last seven.- 2008 Boy's Basketball (3A) WashingtonWashington High School (Washington, Indiana)for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a high school in Washington, Indiana. Its athletic mascot is "The Hatchets". The School's primary colors are old gold and black. WHS plays in the Big Eight Conference...
- 2009 Boy's Basketball (3A) Princeton CommunityPrinceton Community High SchoolPrinceton Community High School is a four-year comprehensive secondary school in Princeton, Indiana. The high school is a part of the North Gibson School Corporation. The school is located on Old US Highway 41 North. The school operates a television station, W06BD, from studios at the high...
- 2010 Boy's Basketball (3A) WashingtonWashington High School (Washington, Indiana)for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a high school in Washington, Indiana. Its athletic mascot is "The Hatchets". The School's primary colors are old gold and black. WHS plays in the Big Eight Conference...
- 2011 Boy's Basketball (3A) WashingtonWashington High School (Washington, Indiana)for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a high school in Washington, Indiana. Its athletic mascot is "The Hatchets". The School's primary colors are old gold and black. WHS plays in the Big Eight Conference...
Neighboring Conferences
- Pocket Athletic ConferencePocket Athletic ConferenceThe Pocket Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in Southwestern Indiana with its headquarters at Forest Park. Its members are mainly Class 2A and 3A public high schools located in Dubois, Gibson, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, and Warrick counties. Only one, Tecumseh, is a 1A...
- Southern Indiana Athletic ConferenceSouthern Indiana Athletic ConferenceThe Southern Indiana Athletic Conference 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 Corporation...
- Blue Chip ConferenceBlue Chip ConferenceThe Blue Chip Conference is a high school athletic conference in southwestern Indiana, USA. The conference's nine members are small A or AA high schools located in Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties.-Member schools:...
- Patoka Lake ConferencePatoka Lake ConferenceThe Patoka Lake Conference is a high school athletic conference in southern Indiana. The conferences members are small high schools located in Crawford, Lawrence, Orange, Perry, and Washington counties...