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.

Blue Chip Conference
No. of teams7 Class A, 2 Class 2A
Region5 Counties: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, and Martin
Locations
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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
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
  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
  • 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

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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
  • Champions before 1993-94 season unverified.

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
  • Champions before 2000-01 season unverified.

State titles

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Barr-Reeve Vikings (3)

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

Loogootee Lions (2)

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

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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  • 2017 Girls Basketball (A)

Runner-Up Titles, and State Finals Appearances

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Barr-Reeve Vikings

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  • 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

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  • 2007 Girls Basketball (A)

Loogootee Lions

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 2005 Girls Basketball (A)

Former Member State Titles

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Forest Park Rangers (3)

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

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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