The Southern Ohio Conference (S.O.C.) is an athletic conference in Ohio. The conference is also a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the governing body of Ohio athletics. There are currently sixteen member schools in the conference. The S.O.C. includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County (Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School). The conference recognizes: baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' soccer, fast pitch softball, boys' and girls' swimming, boys' and girls' tennis, boys' and girls' track and field athletics, and girls' volleyball.
It is listed as part of the Ohio High School Athletic Conferences.
This section underwent a major revision and may need retitling. June 2008.
SOC Division I: Clay, East (Sciotoville), Eastern (Pike), Glenwood/New Boston, Green, Notre Dame, Symmes Valley, & Western (Pike)
SOC Division II: Minford, Northwest (D-I football), Oak Hill (D-I football), Portsmouth West, South Webster (D-I golf & boys soccer), Valley (D-I boys soccer), Waverly, & Wheelersburg
The league president changes each year based on an alphabetical rotating basis. The current league secretary, voted on each year by the league, is Dave Frantz from Northwest High School.
Portsmouth Clay Panthers4 (1979–present)
Beaver Eastern Eagles4 (1981–present)
New Boston Glenwood Tigers (1946–present)
Franklin Furnace Green Bobcats4 (1979–present)
Portsmouth Notre Dame Titans (Portsmouth Central Catholic until 1984, 1954–present)
Sciotoville Community EastTartans (formerly Portsmouth East, 1946–present)
Willow Wood Symmes Valley Vikings (1991–present)
Latham Western Indians (2002–present)
Minford Falcons2 (1947-58, to Scioto County League, 1959–present)
McDermott Northwest Mohawks2 (1960–present) *plays in smaller division for football
Oak Hill Oaks (1991–present) *plays in smaller division for football
West Portsmouth Portsmouth West Senators (Washington Twp. until 1950, 1946–present)
South Webster Jeeps4 (1979–present) *plays in smaller division for golf and boys soccer
Lucasville Valley Indians2 (1958–present) *plays in smaller division for boys soccer
Waverly Tigers1 (1946-70, to Southeastern Ohio Athletic League, 1983–present)
Wheelersburg Pirates2, 3 (1950–present)
- Concurrent with Pike County League 1946-64.
- Concurrent with SCL from entry into SOC until 1979.
- Concurrent with Ohio Valley Conference 1954-57.
- Concurrent with southeastern Tri-County League from entry into SOC until 1985
Portsmouth Holy Redeemer Wildcats (1946-54, consolidated into Portsmouth Central Catholic)
Portsmouth St. Mary's Titans (1946-54, consolidated into Portsmouth Central Catholic
Chesapeake Panthers (1948–1954, to Ohio Valley Conference)
South Point Pointers1 (1948–51, to Lawrence County)
Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant Hornets1 (1950–1952, to Lawrence County)
Piketon Redstreaks (1958–62, to Scioto Valley League)
Ironton St. Joseph Central Flyers (1982–89)
- Concurrent with Lawrence County League for duration of SOC membership.
Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships and appearances
Portsmouth Clay
Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance -
1969 (Arcanum def. Clay 76-61)
Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance -
1980
Boys' Golf - OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearances -
2004, 2005, 2006
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Championships
OHSAA State Runner-up
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships and Second Place Finishes)
OHSAA Softball Tournament Records
East (Sciotoville Community)
Boys' Baseball -
1973 (East def. Adena Buckeye West 5-3)
Eastern Pike
Boys' Golf - OHSAA Division III State Championship Appearance -
2006
Franklin Furnace Green
Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance -
1939
Minford
Girls' Softball
OHSAA Runner-up
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finish)
New Boston
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances
Notre Dame
Football -
1967 & 1970 Associated Press state championships
Oak Hill
Girls' Basketball - OHSAA Runner-ups
2004 - (Youngstown Ursuline d. Oak Hill 66-52)
2009 - (South Euclid Regina d. Oak Hill 63-48)
2011 - (Anna d. Oak Hill 50-32)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Championship
South Webster
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Championship
OHSAA Final Four Appearances
Symmes Valley
Boys' Basketball (as Waterloo High School before consolidation, "Waterloo Wonders")
OHSAA State Championship
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Championships)
Girls' Softball - OHSAA State Runner-up -
2005 (d. Cortland Maplewood 3-2 & lost to Convoy Crestview 6-4 to finish season at 28-5)
Lucasville Valley
Boys' Baseball –
1975 (Valley def. Russia 5-0)
Girls' Softball
OHSAA Final Four Appearances
Waverly
Boys' Baseball –
1954 (Waverly def. Sycamore 2-1)
Boys' Basketball - OHSAA Final Four Appearance -
1970 (Dayton Chaminade d. Waverly 73-55)
1973 - Associated Press Class AA Boys' Basketball Poll Champion (17-1)
Portsmouth West
Football - Division IV State Final Appearance -
2002 (Kenton def. Portsmouth West 45-13)
Girls' Softball
OHSAA State Runner-up
OHSAA Final Four Appearances (besides the Second Place Finishes)
Wheelersburg
Boys' Baseball –
1996 (def. Middlefield Cardinal 4-1)
Boys' Basketball
OHSAA State Runner-up
OHSAA Final Four Appearances
OHSAA State Basketball Tournament Records
Football –
1989 (def. Warren John F. Kennedy 14-7)
Girls' Softball - OHSAA State Runner-up -
2004 (d. Archbold 2-1 & lost to Woodsfield Monroe Central 1-0 to finish season at 25-6)
Conference awards and championships
Conference Awards & Championships in each Sport
Notable coaches' and player awards
Terri Boldman (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, one of only two S.O.C. coaches to lead girls' basketball team to OHSAA Final Four (1980)
Ed Cable (Northwest) - Recipient of the Ohio Sportsmanship, Ethics, & Integrity Softball Coaches' Award (2002)
Odie Estep (Willow Wood Symmes Valley) - Ohio Softball Coaches' Hall of Fame (2007)
Arch Justus (Clay, Minford & Valley) - Ohio Basketball Coaches' Hall of Fame, Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, won 532 total basketball games
David Leightenheimer (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame & OHSAA Officials' Hall of Fame
Kinney Long (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame
Ed Miller (Notre Dame & Wheelersburg) - Ohio Football Coaches' Hall of Fame (1996), 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 (Clay) - played in the first four OHSAA state softball Final Four tournaments (1978–1981), won two state softball championships (as a player) in 1980 & 1981 and finished second in 1979, played in the 1980 girls' basketball Final Four, led her softball team (as a coach) to the 2007 state Final Four, holds many Clay basketball records (including leading scorer), has her number (#14) retired by the school. She also has a star on the Portsmouth Wall of Stars (2009).
Carol Vice (Clay) - Clay Coaches' Hall of Fame, Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2010); 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 (1980, 81, & 83) while also finishing as runners-up twice (1979 & 1988), 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.
