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Blue Chip Conference

Blue Chip Conference
No. of teams7 Class A, 2 Class 2A
Region5 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin
Locations
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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, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin counties. The BCC was founded in 1968, with Barr-Reeve, Bloomfield, Loogootee, North Daviess, North Knox, South Knox, and Springs Valley.[1] Barr-Reeve had to wait until 1969 to be released from the Patoka Valley Conference to play in the league, and Loogootee also had to wait until 1970 to leave the Southwestern Indiana Conference. The conference grew to 11 schools in the mid-1970s, but for the most part has stabilized at nine schools since then with the only exception being the 6 year period between the addition of Wood Memorial in 2000 and loss of Forest Park in 2006 where the count was at 10. Aside from Wood Memorial, which being in Gibson County is on Central Time, the rest of the conference's members are in the Eastern Time Zone.

Member schools

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School Location Mascot Colors Enrollment [1]
24-25 		IHSAA Class # / County Year joined Previous conference
Barr-Reeve Montgomery Vikings       282 1A 14
Daviess 		1969 Patoka Valley
Loogootee Loogootee Lions       239 1A 51
Martin 		1970 SW Indiana
North
Knox1, 2 		Bicknell Warriors       349 2A 42
Knox 		1968
1986 		Southern Indiana
Independents
Northeast
Dubois 		Dubois Jeeps       254 1A 19
Dubois 		1977 Lost River
Shoals3 Shoals Jug Rox     210 1A 51
Martin 		1977 SW Indiana
South
Knox 		Vincennes Spartans       393 2A 42
Knox 		1968 none (new school)
Vincennes
Rivet 		Vincennes Patriots       97 1A 42
Knox 		1979
Washington
Catholic 		Washington Cardinals       61 1A 14
Daviess 		1977
Wood
Memorial 		Oakland City Trojans       200 1A 26
Gibson 		2000 Pocket
  1. North Knox is a member of the Southwest Football Conference for football.
  2. North Knox played in the Western Indiana Conference 1977-81, then played independently from 1981 to 1986 before rejoining the BCC.
  3. Shoals played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC from 1977 to 1979.


Former members

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School Location Mascot Colors # / County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Bloomfield1 Bloomfield Cardinals     28
Greene 		1968 SW Indiana 1985 SW Indiana
North
Daviess 		Elnora Cougars       14
Daviess 		1968 none (new school) 1986 SW Indiana
Springs
Valley 		French Lick Blackhawks       59
Orange 		1968 1979 Patoka Lake
Mitchell Mitchell Bluejackets       47
Lawrence 		1970 Mid-Southern 1979 Patoka Lake
Forest Park Ferdinand Rangers       19
Dubois 		1972 Patoka Valley 2006 Pocket
  1. Bloomfield played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC for its entire BCC duration.

Membership timeline

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Waldo J. Wood Memorial Jr/Sr High SchoolVincennes Rivet High School (Vincennes, Indiana)Washington Catholic High SchoolShoals High SchoolNortheast Dubois High SchoolForest Park High School (Indiana)Mitchell High School (Indiana)Loogootee High SchoolBarr-Reeve High SchoolSprings Valley High SchoolSouth Knox High SchoolNorth Knox High SchoolNorth Daviess Junior-Senior High SchoolBloomfield Junior-Senior High School (Indiana)

Conference championships

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Football

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# Team Seasons
3 Mitchell 1971, 1973, 1975
3 North Knox 1970, 1972, 1974
2 Springs Valley 1976. 1977
0 North Daviess

Boys basketball

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# Team Seasons
15 Barr-Reeve 1972, 1995, 1997, 1998*, 2002*, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
9 Loogootee 1973, 1975, 1978, 1996*, 1999*, 2002*, 2005*, 2011, 2013, 2020
7 Forest Park 1994, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005*, 2006, 2007
4 North Knox 1996*, 1998*, 1999*, 2003
1 Springs Valley 1970
0 Bloomfield
0 Mitchell
0 North Daviess
0 Northeast Dubois
0 Rivet
0 Shoals
0 South Knox
0 Washington Catholic
0 Wood Memorial

Girls basketball

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# Team Seasons
7 North Knox 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2018*
7 Rivet 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018*
2 Barr-Reeve 2012, 2015
1 Loogootee 2018*, 2020
1 Northeast Dubois 2008
1 Wood Memorial 2017
1 Forest Park 2001
0 Bloomfield
0 Mitchell
0 North Daviess
0 Shoals
0 South Knox
0 Springs Valley
0 Washington Catholic

State titles

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Barr-Reeve Vikings (3)

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Loogootee Lions (2)

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North Knox Warriors (0)

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Northeast Dubois Jeeps (0)

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Shoals Jug Rox (0)

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South Knox Spartans (0)

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Vincennes Rivet Patriots (0)

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1A Girls Basketball (2011)

Washington Catholic Cardinals (0)

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Wood Memorial Trojans (1)

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Runner-Up Titles, and State Finals Appearances

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Barr-Reeve Vikings

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Wood Memorial Trojans

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Loogootee Lions

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Vincennes Rivet Patriots

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Washington Catholic Cardinals

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Former Member State Titles

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Forest Park Rangers (3)

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Neighboring Conferences

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References

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  1. ^ "New Conference". Jasper Herald, Jasper, IN. 1968-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
  2. ^ "Blue Chip Conference". Almanac Sports. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
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