Laughery Valley Conference

The Laughery Valley Conference was an IHSAA-sanctioned conference that existed between 1941^[1] and 1958. The conference had its footprint in the Southeast Indiana counties of Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland.^[2] The conference was stable for its first 11 years, but lost three schools to the Ohio River Valley Conference within two years. The LVC is believed to have ended in 1958, as two of the five members at the time consolidated, leaving three schools. It is possible that Cross Plains and Sunman moved to the southern Tri-County Conference (not to be confused with the northern version of the Tri-County Conference, which became the Mid-Indiana Conference in 1965), which contained other Ripley County-based schools, but this has not been verified. Patriot, unable to obtain membership in the ORVC, most likely played as an independent until it consolidated into Switzerland County in 1968.

Members

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	County	Year Joined	Previous Conference	Year Left	Conference Joined
Bright	Bright	Panthers		15 Dearborn	1941		1958	none (consolidated into North Dearborn)
Cross Plains	Cross Plains	Wildcats		69 Ripley	1941		1958	Independents (consolidated into South Ripley 1966)
Dillsboro	Dillsboro	Bulldogs		15 Dearborn	1941		1953	Ohio River Valley
Guilford	Guilford	Wildcats		15 Dearborn	1941		1958	none (consolidated into North Dearborn)
Moores Hill	Moores Hill	Bobcats[3]		15 Dearborn	1941		1953	Ohio River Valley
Rising Sun	Rising Sun	Shiners		58 Ohio	1941	Southeastern Indiana	1952	Ohio River Valley
Patriot	Patriot	Trojans		78 Switzerland	1941		1958	Independents (consolidated into Switzerland County 1968)
Sunman	Sunman	Tigers[3]		69 Ripley	1941		1958	Independents (ORVC 1964)

References

1. "Better Prep Fives Found in Leagues". The Vidette-Messenger, Valparaiso, IN. 1942-12-16. Retrieved 2014-10-06.
2. "On The Boards", Lawrenceburg Register (Lawrenceburg, IN), 1941-11-20
3. "IHSAA participants: Dearborn County". Retrieved February 2, 2014.