The Tri-County Conference (not to be confused with the conference of the same name located in the northern or western portions of the state) was located in Jefferson, Jennings, and Ripley counties in the southeastern part of Indiana. Originally the Jennings County Conference, when the Laughery Valley Conference was formed, it left Ripley County without enough schools to continue their county league, and the remaining schools were absorbed into the rebranded Jennings-Ripley County Conference in 1941. With many smaller schools in the area continuing to be consolidated into their slightly larger neighbors, both the JRCC and Jefferson County Conference continued to shrink in size. When one JCC school left to join the Ohio River Valley Conference in 1952, the remaining JCC schools joined with the JRCC under the Tri-County moniker. Consolidation and defections to other conferences continued to plague the league, with all of the Jennings County schools gone by 1961. The conference struggled on for five more years, until three of the remaining four schools in the league consolidated, leaving only Holton. Holton would continue as an independent for another three years, until being absorbed by South Ripley High School in 1969.

Membership

School Location Mascot Colors County Year joined Previous conference Year left Conference joined
Brewersville Brewersville Hornets     40
Jennings		 192? 1924 none (consolidated
into North Vernon)
Butlerville Butlerville Bulldogs     40
Jennings		 192? 1950 none (consolidated
into North Vernon)
Hayden Hayden Haymakers     40
Jennings		 192? 1961 none (consolidated
into North Vernon)
Lovett Lovett Pirates     40
Jennings		 192? 1939 none (consolidated
into Paris Crossing)
Marion Township Uniontown Panthers     40
Jennings		 192? 1940 none (consolidated
into Paris Crossing)
Paris Crossing Paris Crossing Pirates1     40
Jennings		 192? 1961 none (consolidated
into Vernon)
San Jacinto San Jacinto Bearcats     40
Jennings		 192? 1940 none (consolidated
into Hayden)
Scipio Scipio Tigers     40
Jennings		 192? 1946 none (consolidated
into North Vernon)
Vernon Vernon Blue Devils       40
Jennings		 192? 1961 Dixie
Zenas Zenas Warriors     40
Jennings		 192? 1948 none (consolidated
into Vernon)
Holton Holton Warhorses     69
Ripley		 1941 Ripley County 1966 Independents (consolidated into
South Ripley 1969)
Napoleon Napoleon Bearcats     69
Ripley		 1941 Ripley County 1960 none (consolidated
into Jac-Cen-Del)
New Marion New Marion Panthers     69
Ripley		 1941 Ripley County 1966 none (consolidated
into South Ripley)
Central
(Madison)		 Madison Wildcats     39
Jefferson		 1952 Jefferson County 1966 none (consolidated
into Madison)
Deputy Deputy Warriors     39
Jefferson		 1952 Jefferson County 1961 Dixie
Dupont Dupont Hornets     39
Jefferson		 1952 Jefferson County 1966 none (consolidated
into Madison)
Saluda Saluda Bulldogs     39
Jefferson		 1952 Jefferson County 1960 none (consolidated
into Southwestern)
Cross Plains Cross Plains Wildcats     69
Ripley		 1958 Laughery Valley 1966 none (consolidated
into South Ripley)
Sunman Sunman Tigers       69
Ripley		 1958 Laughery Valley 1964 Ohio River Valley
  1. Lions before 1940.

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