# Ohio River Valley Conference

The Ohio River Valley Conference is an Indiana High School Athletic Association-sanctioned conference located in Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland counties. Formed in 1952, the conference has been fairly stable throughout its history, as five of the current seven members (or their precursors) are original members.

## History

The ORVC traces its history to two conferences, the Southeastern Indiana and Laughery Valley. When the league began, two of its members came from the SEIC (Osgood, Versailles), a third (Rising Sun) had been in the SEIC before helping found the LVC, and a fourth (Milan) was a SEIC member until being removed from the conference in 1942, remaining independent since that point. The first shakeup in conference membership came in the conference's second year, as North closed, and two more LVC schools (Dillsboro, Moores Hill) joined with one SEIC school (Vevay). Hanover and Osgood consolidated with other local schools to become Southwestern and Jac-Cen-Del in 1960, with both staying in the league. Milan, a school that had dominated 1950s basketball and had football, moved to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference in 1962. They were replaced by two schools: Shawe Memorial in 1962, and Sunman in 1964. Versailles became South Ripley in 1966, with Vevay changing to Switzerland County in 1969.
The 1970s were a different story, as the three member schools would not survive to the end of the decade. Sunman was consolidated with North Dearborn in 1973, forming East Central. Dillsboro and Moores Hill would follow suit in 1978, combining with Aurora to form South Dearborn. Both of those schools had pre-consolidation ties to the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference, and would retain their places in that conference. Left as a six-school conference, the ORVC welcomed founding member Milan back in 1985, as the former basketball power was struggling to keep up with larger rivals in the post-consolidation era. The conference has been stable since, a two-year hiatus by Southwestern in the mid-1990s notwithstanding. That stability looks to continue into the future. Lawrenceburg was denied entry in the 1990s, and there is only one other school in the area (Oldenburg Academy) who is of a similar size.

## Membership

| School | Location | Mascot | Size | IHSAA Class | County | Year joined | Previous conference |
| Jac-Cen-Del | Osgood | Eagles | 296 | A | 69 Ripley | 1960 | none (new school) |
| Milan$^1$ | Milan | Indians | 417 | AA | 69 Ripley | 1952 1985 | Independents Eastern Indiana |
| Rising Sun | Rising Sun | Shiners | 312 | A | 58 Ohio | 1952 | Laughery Valley |
| Shawe Memorial | Madison | Hilltoppers | 93 | A | 39 Jefferson | 1962 | Independents |
| South Ripley | Versailles | Raiders | 414 | AA | 69 Ripley | 1966 | none (new school) |
| Southwestern (Hanover)$^2$ | Hanover | Rebels | 462 | AA | 39 Jefferson | 1960 | none (new school) |
| Switzerland County | Vevay | Pacers | 410 | AA | 78 Switzerland | 1968 | none (new school) |
* Milan played in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference from 1962 to 1985.
* Southwestern played as an Independent from 1994 to 1996 after being removed from the conference for rules violations.

## Former members

| School | Location | Mascot | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
| Hanover | Hanover | Bulldogs | 39 Jefferson | 1952 | Jefferson County | 1960 | none (consolidated into Southwestern) |
| North (Madison) | Madison | Tigers | 39 Jefferson | 1952 | Jefferson County | 1953 | none (colsolidated into Madison) |
| Osgood | Osgood | Cowboys | 69 Ripley | 1952 | Southeastern Indiana | 1960 | none (consolidated into Jac-Cen-Del) |
| Versailles | Versailles | Lions | 69 Ripley | 1952 | Southeastern Indiana | 1966 | none (consolidated into South Ripley) |
| Dillsboro | Dillsboro | Bulldogs | 15 Dearborn | 1953 | Laughery Valley | 1978 | none (consolidated into South Dearborn) |
| Moores Hill | Moores Hill | Bobcats | 15 Dearborn | 1953 | Laughery Valley | 1978 | none (consolidated into South Dearborn) |
| Vevay | Vevay | Warriors | 78 Switzerland | 1953 | Southeastern Indiana | 1968 | none (consolidated into Switzerland County) |
| Sunman | Sunman | Tigers | 69 Ripley | 1964 | Tri-County | 1973 | none (consolidated into East Central) |

## Conference championships
### Boys basketball

| # | Team | Seasons |
| 20 | South Ripley | 1970, 1977, 1978*, 1981, 1982*, 1984*, 1986, 1987*, 1995*, 1996, 2002, 2004*, 2005, 2010, 2012*, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017*,2021 |
| 15 | Jac-Cen-Del | 1971, 1984*, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994*, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008*, 2009, 2011*,2022,2023 |
| 13 | Southwestern | 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1987*, 1994*, 2000*, 2018, 2019,2020 |
| 8 | Milan | 1954, 1955, 1956, 2000*, 2001, 2003, 2004*, 2012* |
| 5 | Switzerland County | 1982*, 1995*, 2008*, 2014, 2017* |
| 4 | Rising Sun | 1957, 1988, 1989, 1991 |
| 4 | Shawe Memorial | 1962*, 1987*, 2006, 2011* |
| 3 | Sunman | 1965, 1966*, 1967 |
| 3 | Versailles | 1959, 1960, 1963 |
| 1 | Vevay | 1966* |
| 0 | Dillsboro | |
| 0 | Hanover | |
| 0 | Madison North | |
| 0 | Moores Hill | |
| 0 | Osgood | |
* Champions for 1952–53, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1963–64, 1974–75, 1979–80, 1982–83, and 1989–90 are unverified.

### Girls basketball

| # | Team | Seasons |
| 11 | South Ripley | 1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2004, 2005*, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 |
| 8 | Jac-Cen-Del | 1976, 2006*, 2007, 2010, 2014*, 2015, 2016, 2018 |
| 7 | Southwestern | 1984, 2001, 2002, 2005*, 2006*, 2008, 2009 |
| 6 | Switzerland County | 1983, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2006*, 2014* |
| 0 | Dillsboro | |
| 0 | Milan | |
| 0 | Moores Hill | |
| 0 | Rising Sun | |
| 0 | Shawe Memorial | 1994 |
* Girls champions from 1976-77 until 1998-99 are unverified (except for 1983–84, South Ripley, and Switzerland County titles).

### Boys Soccer

| # | Team | Seasons |
| 5 | Jac-Cen-Del | 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020 |
| 5 | Rising Sun | 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018, |
| 2 | South Ripley | 2009, 2010 |
| 1 | Southwestern | 2011 |
| 1 | Switzerland County | 2022 |

### Girls Soccer

| # | Team | Seasons |
| 4 | Switzerland County | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| 3 | Milan | 2017*, 2018, 2020* |
| 2 | Rising Sun | 2016, 2017* |
| 1 | South Ripley | 2015 |
| 1 | Southwestern | 2017* |
* Girls conference champions not officially recognized until 2015

## State championships
### Jac-Cen-Del (2)

* 2009 Boys Basketball (A)
* 2016 Girls Basketball (A)

### Milan (1)

* 1954 Boys Basketball

### Southwestern (Hanover) (1)

* 2002 Girls Basketball (2A)

### Rising Sun (0)

* 2000 Girls Basketball (2A) Runner-Up