Southern Ohio Conference

Conference Information

Southern Ohio Conference Member Schools

S.O.C. Division I (Smaller Schools)

• Portsmouth Clay Panthers⁴
• Beaver Eastern Eagles⁴
• New Boston Glenwood Tigers
• Franklin Furnace Green Bobcats⁴
• Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans
• Sciotoville Community EastTartans
• Willow Wood Symmes Valley Vikings
• Latham Western Indians
• Ironton St.Joseph Central Flyers

  S.O.C. Division II (Larger Schools)

• Minford Falcons²
• McDermott Northwest Mohawks² *plays in smaller division for football
• Oak Hill Oaks *plays in smaller division for football until 2019
• West Portsmouth Portsmouth West Senators
• South Webster Jeeps⁴ *plays in smaller division for golf and boys soccer until 2019
• Lucasville Valley Indians² *plays in smaller division for boys soccer
• Waverly Tigers¹
• Wheelersburg Pirates^{2, 3}

1. Concurrent with Pike County League 1946-64.
2. Concurrent with SCL from entry into SOC until 1979.
3. Concurrent with Ohio Valley Conference 1954-57.
4. Concurrent with southeastern Tri-County League from entry into SOC until 1985

   Former Members

• Portsmouth Holy Redeemer Wildcats
• Portsmouth St. Mary's Titans
• Chesapeake Panthers
• South Point Pointers¹
• Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant Hornets¹
• Piketon Redstreaks
• Ironton St. Joseph Central Flyers

1. Concurrent with Lawrence County League for the duration of SOC membership.

   Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances

• Portsmouth Clay
• East
• Eastern Pike
• Franklin Furnace Green
• Minford
• New Boston
• Notre Dame
• Oak Hill
• South Webster
• Symmes Valley
• Lucasville Valley
• Waverly
• Portsmouth West
• Wheelersburg

  Conference awards and championships

Notable coaches' and player awards

• Terri Boldman - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, one of only two S.O.C. coaches to lead girls' basketball team to OHSAA Final Four
• Ed Cable - Recipient of the Ohio Sportsmanship, Ethics, & Integrity Softball Coaches' Award
• Odie Estep - Ohio Softball Coaches' Hall of Fame
• Arch Justus - Ohio Basketball Coaches' Hall of Fame, Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, won 532 total basketball games
• David Leightenheimer - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame & OHSAA Officials' Hall of Fame
• Kinney Long - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame
• Ed Miller - Ohio Football Coaches' Hall of Fame, won two Associated Press state titles with Notre Dame in 1967 and 1970 and a Division IV OHSAA title with Wheelersburg in 1989
• Teresa Ruby - played in the first four OHSAA state softball Final Four tournaments, won two state softball championships in 1980 & 1981 and finished second in 1979, played in the 1980 girls' basketball Final Four, led her softball team to the 2007 state Final Four, holds many Clay basketball records, has her number retired by the school. She also has a star on the Portsmouth Wall of Stars.
• Carol Vice - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame ; Star on Portsmouth's Wall of Stars, made it to the Final Four in softball 9 of 10 years as a coach, won three OHSAA state softball titles while also finishing as runners-up twice, only softball coach from S.O.C. to win a softball title
• Norm Persin - Oak Hill Basketball - voted National Basketball Coach of The Year in 2009.