Southern Roads Conference Explained

The Southern Roads Conference is an Indiana-based conference containing IHSAA and non-IHSAA public, charter, and religious schools. This league was founded in 2018, as longtime independents Cannelton and Medora wanted to form a conference that would include the isolated small schools.^[1]

Charter Members include Cannelton High School, Christian Academy of Madison, Columbus Christian School, Dugger Union High School, Evansville Christian School, and Medora High School.

The first school year of the conference was the 2018–2019 school year. The SRC recognized volleyball, girls basketball, and boys basketball. There was also a conference baseball tournament held that year, since there were enough schools with teams and interest.

The first year for girls and boys cross country was the 2021–2022 school year. Lighthouse Christian hosted the first ever SRC cross country meet. Cross country is now a recognized conference sport.

After the 2020–2021 season, Evansville Christian School left the conference. Their enrollment and sports programs were growing rapidly, and they didn't want the conference to lose its competitiveness.

Lighthouse Christian Academy and Seven Oaks Classical Academy became members during the summer of 2021, with the 2021–2022 school year being their first year with the SRC. Pleasant View Christian School was voted in to the conference in September 2021.

Membership

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	County	Year joined	Previous conference
Cannelton	Cannelton	Bulldogs		62 Perry	2018	Independents (TRAC 1989)
Christian-Madison	Madison	Defenders		39 Jefferson	2018	Independents
Columbus Christian	Columbus	Crusaders		03 Bartholomew	2018	Independents
Medora	Medora	Hornets		36 Jackson	2018	Independents (TRAC 1989)
Lighthouse Christian	Bloomington	Lions		53Monroe	2020	Independents
Pleasant View	Montgomery	Bulldogs		14 Daviess	2021	Independents
Seven Oaks Classical	Ellettsvile	Firehawks		53 Monroe	2021	Independents

• -Non-IHSAA Member School

Former Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	County	Year joined	Current conference
Evansville Christian	Evansville Newburgh	Eagles		82 Vanderburgh 87 Warrick	2021	Independent
Union (Dugger)1	Dugger	Bulldogs		77 Sullivan	2018	Independents

1. Union closed in 2014 as a public school, though a charter school opened that same year, retaining its history.

Membership timeline

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Conference Tournament Championships

Boys basketball

	Team	Seasons
2	Cannelton	2018–20192019–2020
0	Christian Academy
0	Columbus Christian
1	Dugger Union	2021–2022
1	Evansville Christian	2020–2021
1	Lighthouse Christian	2022-2023
0	Medora
0	Pleasant View
0	Seven Oaks

Girls basketball

	Team	Seasons
2	Cannelton	2021–20222022–2023
0	Christian Academy
2	Columbus Christian	2019–20202020–2021
1	Dugger Union	2018–2019
0	Evansville Christian
0	Lighthouse Christian
0	Medora
0	Pleasant View
0	Seven Oaks

Girls volleyball

	Team	Seasons
0	Cannelton
0	Christian Academy
2	Columbus Christian	2018–20192019–2020
1	Dugger Union	2021–2022
0	Evansville Christian
0	Lighthouse Christian
0	Medora
0	Pleasant View
0	Seven Oaks

(no volleyball tournament held in 2020–2021 season due to pandemic)

Boys cross country

	Team	Seasons
0	Cannelton
0	Christian Academy
0	Columbus Christian
0	Dugger Union
0	Evansville Christian
1	Lighthouse Christian	2021–2022
0	Medora
0	Pleasant View
1	Seven Oaks	2022-2023

Girls cross country

	Team	Seasons
0	Cannelton
0	Christian Academy
0	Columbus Christian
0	Dugger Union
0	Evansville Christian
2	Lighthouse Christian	2021–2022, 2022–2023
0	Medora
0	Pleasant View
0	Seven Oaks

Conference Season Championships

Boys basketball

	Team	Seasons
1	Cannelton	2018-2019 (tie)
1	Christian Academy	2018-2019 (tie)
	Columbus Christian
	Dugger Union
2	Evansville Christian	2019-20202020–2021
2	Lighthouse Christian	2021-2022 (co-champs)2022-2023 (co-champs)
	Medora
	Pleasant View
	Seven Oaks

Girls basketball

	Team	Seasons
2	Cannelton	2021-20222022–2023
	Christian Academy
2	Columbus Christian	2019-20202020–2021
1	Dugger Union	2018-2019
	Evansville Christian
	Lighthouse Christian
	Medora
	Pleasant View
	Seven Oaks

Girls volleyball

	Team	Seasons
0	Cannelton
1	Christian Academy	2021-2022
3	Columbus Christian	2018-20192019–2020 2020–2021
	Dugger Union
	Evansville Christian
	Lighthouse Christian
	Medora
	Pleasant View
	Seven Oaks

Notes and References

1. Web site: Evansville Christian School to help form Southern Roads Conference . Sokeland, Kyle . Evansville (IN) Courier & Press . 2018-03-15 . 2018-08-28.