Blue Chip Conference

Blue Chip Conference
No. of teams	7 Class A, 2 Class 2A
Region	5 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin
Locations

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

School	Location	Mascot	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 Knox^{1, 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

North Knox is a member of the Southwest Football Conference for football.
North Knox played in the Western Indiana Conference 1977-81, then played independently from 1981 to 1986 before rejoining the BCC.
Shoals played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC from 1977 to 1979.

Former members

School	Location	Mascot	# / 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

Bloomfield played concurrently in the BCC and SWIAC for its entire BCC duration.

Membership timeline

Conference championships

Football

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

Football was discontinued as a conference sport after the 1977-78 school year. Mitchell and Springs Valley would move to the Patoka Lake Conference one year later, and North Daviess would be an independent until joining the Southwest Seven Conference.^[2]

Boys basketball

#	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

Champions before 1993-94 season unverified.

Girls basketball

#	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

Champions before 2000-01 season unverified.

State titles

Barr-Reeve Vikings (3)

2013 Volleyball (A)
2015 Boys Basketball (A)
2018 Girls Volleyball (A)
2020 Girls Volleyball (AA)
2021 Boys Basketball (A)

Loogootee Lions (2)

2012 Boys Basketball (A)
2020 Girls Basketball (A)

North Knox Warriors (0)

Northeast Dubois Jeeps (0)

Shoals Jug Rox (0)

South Knox Spartans (0)

Vincennes Rivet Patriots (0)

1A Girls Basketball (2011)

Washington Catholic Cardinals (0)

Wood Memorial Trojans (1)

2017 Girls Basketball (A)

Runner-Up Titles, and State Finals Appearances

Barr-Reeve Vikings

1998 Boys Baseball (A)
1998 Girls Volleyball(A)
2001 Girls Volleyball(A)
2002 Boys Basketball (A)
2007 Boys Basketball (A)
2008 Girls Volleyball(A)
2009 Girls Volleyball(A)
2010 Boys Basketball (A)
2014 Boys Basketball (A)
2015 Girls Basketball (A)
2016 Boys Cross Country - Single Class
2018 Girls Cross Country - Single Class
2019 Boys Basketball (A)

Wood Memorial Trojans

2007 Girls Basketball (A)

Loogootee Lions

2005 Boys Basketball (A)
1975 Boys Basketball (Pre-Class)
1970 Boys Basketball (Pre-Class)
2012 Girls Volleyball (A)
2007 Girls Volleyball (A)
2006 Girls Volleyball (A)
2005 Girls Volleyball (A)
2000 Girls Volleyball (A)
2021 Girls Basketball (A)
2020 Girls Volleyball (A)

Vincennes Rivet Patriots

2009 Girls Basketball (A)
2009 Boys Baseball (A)
2010 Girls Basketball (A)
2013 Boys Baseball (A)
2018 Girls Basketball (A)
2019 Girls Basketball (A)

Washington Catholic Cardinals

2005 Girls Basketball (A)

Former Member State Titles

Forest Park Rangers (3)

2001 Softball (A)
2005 Boys Basketball (2A)
2006 Boys Basketball (2A)

Neighboring Conferences

References

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

External links

[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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