Hoosier Hills Conference

[Fkfootball]

17 hours ago, ptr said:

For the record, South hasn't had a boys basketball player transfer in since their semi-state team back in 2021 and he was Trevor Taylor who transferred in from county rival Edgewood. All of their players on this year's squad all came up through the middle school feeders to South. I just can't recall another one since Taylor. The football team had four transfers from North this past season and have had a couple of BNL players transfer in over the past year or two.

Bloomington South has better athletes than what we have down here. I think Floyd Central and some other schools matchup with them in a lot of sports but not Football and at times, not basketball.

[Uncle Bubba]

Terrible news.  Praying for the young man and his family! 

[Frozen Tundra]

17 hours ago, Uncle Bubba said:

Terrible news.  Praying for the young man and his family! 

Gives you another perspective as to why Andrew Luck retired when he did. All that rehab after major issues, especially back-to-back, is mentally draining. I just wish Rondale could’ve gone down the same path and spared his life.

[Impartial_Observer]

Mental health issues are very real, and getting access to mental healthcare is near impossible, short of getting the police involved and who really wants to go down that path for a loved one?

[Frozen Tundra]

News broke in late January that Bloomington South would likely be joining the HHC. It’s now March. I would’ve thought we would hear more by now. Has a vote not taken place?

[Impartial_Observer]

On 1/27/2026 at 6:52 PM, Impartial_Observer said:

I can confirm:

HHC voted to expand. 
BHSS is not (as of 7:51pm 1/27/26) currently/in the process of joining the HHC. 

I can still confirm:

HHC voted to expand the conference. 
BHSS is not (as of 4:55pm 3/1/26) currently/in the process of joining the HHC. 

[ptr]

5 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

News broke in late January that Bloomington South would likely be joining the HHC. It’s now March. I would’ve thought we would hear more by now. Has a vote not taken place?

According to the article that appeared in the Bloomington Herald-Times back in January, the HHC may meet in mid-April and there could be a possible vote on South being admitted. AD JR Holmes said the Panthers have applied for membership. This information came from the high school beat writer for the H-T. Here's an excerpt from the article. 

According to athletic director JR Holmes, the Panthers applied to join the Hoosier Hills Conference and in return, the league also expressed interest, leading to a meeting and a possible vote in mid-April. Membership would be in all sports starting in 2027-28.

[Frozen Tundra]

4 hours ago, ptr said:

According to the article that appeared in the Bloomington Herald-Times back in January, the HHC may meet in mid-April and there could be a possible vote on South being admitted. AD JR Holmes said the Panthers have applied for membership. This information came from the high school beat writer for the H-T. Here's an excerpt from the article. 

According to athletic director JR Holmes, the Panthers applied to join the Hoosier Hills Conference and in return, the league also expressed interest, leading to a meeting and a possible vote in mid-April. Membership would be in all sports starting in 2027-28.

Completely forgot it said the vote was in mid-April

[Fkfootball]

What would stop South from joining the HHC? It seems like they would be a Geographic fit and also highly competitive in this conference.

Edited March 2 by Fkfootball

[RetiredSouthernCoach]

The talk around the basketball games this winter was that Bloomington South and Columbus North both wanted in. Bloomington south seemed to have the support to join. Columbus north was supposedly being blocked by their cross town school from joining. I say let them both in, would give them 8 football playing schools, so would fill up the schedules with 7 & 2. Let's schools fill their slots with Jennings County leaving the football side of the conference. Most these schools already play in the other sports like basketball and spring sports. 

[Frozen Tundra]

2 hours ago, RetiredSouthernCoach said:

The talk around the basketball games this winter was that Bloomington South and Columbus North both wanted in. Bloomington south seemed to have the support to join. Columbus north was supposedly being blocked by their cross town school from joining. I say let them both in, would give them 8 football playing schools, so would fill up the schedules with 7 & 2. Let's schools fill their slots with Jennings County leaving the football side of the conference. Most these schools already play in the other sports like basketball and spring sports. 

If Columbus North were to join for some reason, I could see a country club sports rivalry forming between them and Floyd Central.

[Fkfootball]

9 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

If Columbus North were to join for some reason, I could see a country club sports rivalry forming between them and Floyd Central.

This country club sports crap with FC that you have going on, needs to stop. It's an insult. They may have the most successful athletics dept in Southeast Indiana.

Edited March 4 by Fkfootball

[HoopsCoach]

Bloomington South (and Columbus North) make sense for the Hoosier Hills in many ways, but I wonder if the recent demise of the Circle City Conference would make the three remaining Conference Indiana schools consider trying to join together with Roncalli and Chatard.  The CCC and CI already had a scheduling partnership in football for several years, and a merger could bring the conference back to 5 members.  I think BS and CN should at least consider that possibility before making any commitment to another conference.  I would also kick the tires with Cathedral, who already plays Chatard and Southport.  A 6 team conference of Bloomington South, Columbus North, Southport, Roncalli, Chatard, and maybe Cathedral could be competitive in most sports.

[ptr]

53 minutes ago, HoopsCoach said:

Bloomington South (and Columbus North) make sense for the Hoosier Hills in many ways, but I wonder if the recent demise of the Circle City Conference would make the three remaining Conference Indiana schools consider trying to join together with Roncalli and Chatard.  The CCC and CI already had a scheduling partnership in football for several years, and a merger could bring the conference back to 5 members.  I think BS and CN should at least consider that possibility before making any commitment to another conference.  I would also kick the tires with Cathedral, who already plays Chatard and Southport.  A 6 team conference of Bloomington South, Columbus North, Southport, Roncalli, Chatard, and maybe Cathedral could be competitive in most sports.

As it's already been posted by some on here, South has such a strong relationship, for the lack of a better way to say it, with the HHC in so many sports, that I think they would prefer that route rather than joining a conference for what would primarily be because of football. They do not have much of a relationship with the Circle City schools outside of some recent football games, and maybe my memory is faulty on this, but I can't even recall when they last played any of those schools in basketball, not to mention the other sports. I just don't see that happening, unless the HHC thing falls apart, and even then I have my doubts on it.  

Edited March 4 by ptr

[Frozen Tundra]

14 hours ago, Fkfootball said:

This country club sports crap with FC that you have going on, needs to stop. It's an insult. They may have the most successful athletics dept in Southeast Indiana.

What I said wasn’t an insult. Floyd Central is the best in the conference in those sports. Traditionally, Columbus North is great at those sports too. They would be good competition for each other in those sports. That’s simply all I was saying.

[Impartial_Observer]

3 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

What I said wasn’t an insult. Floyd Central is the best in the conference in those sports. Traditionally, Columbus North is great at those sports too. They would be good competition for each other in those sports. That’s simply all I was saying.

Some might argue traditionally, FC would win the All-Sport trophy year in and year out by finishing 2/3 in most sports and win all the CC sports. That has changed some over the years. VB and BB in particular has had some good teams. It is what it is man.
Speaking of country club sports, I played Golf in HS, my coach was a great player, we always played East (Otter Creek) and North (Harrison Lakes) on the road, because our coach loved playing those courses. 

[Frozen Tundra]

14 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Some might argue traditionally, FC would win the All-Sport trophy year in and year out by finishing 2/3 in most sports and win all the CC sports. That has changed some over the years. VB and BB in particular has had some good teams. It is what it is man.
Speaking of country club sports, I played Golf in HS, my coach was a great player, we always played East (Otter Creek) and North (Harrison Lakes) on the road, because our coach loved playing those courses. 

Where did you attend?

[Impartial_Observer]

24 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Where did you attend?

C’mon man, I was born and raised an Owl!

[Frozen Tundra]

1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said:

C’mon man, I was born and raised an Owl!

I figured but my main mistake was forgetting Seymour wasn’t always in the HHC. I was trying to figure out how you guys always managed to play at East every year if you were in the same conference. So that’s why I wondered if you went somewhere else. My bad.

[Impartial_Observer]

Traditionally we always opened with East. Back in my time it was a great week 1 game for us. 79 Seymour lost a tough one. I would LOVE to have seen them play later in the year. I think Seymour might have got them. 

[Frozen Tundra]

With the IHSAA releasing classifications for the next two years in football, here are my guesses on which sectional each HHC team gets assigned to.

6A sectional 8: Jeffersonville remains here with Columbus North and Center Grove. However, Whiteland is now in 6A and replaces Franklin Central since all four are near I-65 and are south of 465.

5A sectional 15: Seymour and Franklin get moved to sectional 15 as sectional 14 becomes a northwest quadrant sectional in the southern half of Indiana. The Owls and Grizzly Cubs are joined by Bloomington North and Bloomington South.

5A sectional 16: No changes here. Floyd Central and New Albany remain with Castle and Evansville North since these are the only teams in deep southern Indiana in 5A. Thank goodness they have I-64 between them to keep travel times from getting too crazy.

4A sectional 23: Columbus East returns to the sectional they called home for years. They are reunited with former sectional foes East Central and Shelbyville as well as former conference mates Jennings County and Madison (they’re back in 4A as well). Along with them are BNL, Charlestown, and Silver Creek once again.

[Impartial_Observer]

In talking to some folks at the BB sectional, BNL thinks they’re dropping to 3A

[Fkfootball]

On 3/4/2026 at 2:30 PM, Impartial_Observer said:

Some might argue traditionally, FC would win the All-Sport trophy year in and year out by finishing 2/3 in most sports and win all the CC sports. That has changed some over the years. VB and BB in particular has had some good teams. It is what it is man.
Speaking of country club sports, I played Golf in HS, my coach was a great player, we always played East (Otter Creek) and North (Harrison Lakes) on the road, because our coach loved playing those courses. 

My point was that people are always saying "You guys are good in Golf and Tennis." I mean they don't win State Championships very often in anything but they do win a lot of Sectionals and Regionals.

[Frozen Tundra]

1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said:

In talking to some folks at the BB sectional, BNL thinks they’re dropping to 3A

Maybe in basketball but they’re nowhere close to 3A in football.

[Frozen Tundra]

14 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

With the IHSAA releasing classifications for the next two years in football, here are my guesses on which sectional each HHC team gets assigned to.

6A sectional 8: Jeffersonville remains here with Columbus North and Center Grove. However, Whiteland is now in 6A and replaces Franklin Central since all four are near I-65 and are south of 465.

5A sectional 15: Seymour and Franklin get moved to sectional 15 as sectional 14 becomes a northwest quadrant sectional in the southern half of Indiana. The Owls and Grizzly Cubs are joined by Bloomington North and Bloomington South.

5A sectional 16: No changes here. Floyd Central and New Albany remain with Castle and Evansville North since these are the only teams in deep southern Indiana in 5A. Thank goodness they have I-64 between them to keep travel times from getting too crazy.

4A sectional 23: Columbus East returns to the sectional they called home for years. They are reunited with former sectional foes East Central and Shelbyville as well as former conference mates Jennings County and Madison (they’re back in 4A as well). Along with them are BNL, Charlestown, and Silver Creek once again.

Retracting my prediction about BNL being in 4A sectional 23. Sectional 21 will need to be the lone 4A sectional with seven teams in the event Cathedral falls back to 4A in 2027 (which is probably likely as they need to advance to state in order to remain in 5A). Therefore, I predict BNL gets sent to sectional 24 to fill the spot vacated by Washington now that they’re moving down to 3A. BNL will join Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Reitz, Heritage Hills, and Jasper. It should be noted that BNL played in this sectional back in 2023.