title: Dixie Athletic Conference
text: # Dixie Athletic Conference
  
  The Dixie Athletic Conference was a short-lived IHSAA-sanctioned conference in Southern Indiana. The conference was formed in 1961 by smaller, far-flung schools. In 1965, left with only four schools, it merged with the Southern Monon Conference to form the Dixie-Monon Conference.
  
  ## Membership
  
  | School | Location | Mascot | County | Year joined | Previous conference | Year left | Conference joined |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | $Crothersville^1$ | Crothersville | Tigers | 36 Jackson | 1961 | Jackson County | 1965 | Dixie-Monon |
  | Deputy | Deputy | Warriors | 39 Jefferson | 1961 | Tri-County | 1965 | Dixie-Monon |
  | Hauser | Hope | Jets | 03 Bartholomew | 1961 | Bartholomew- Shelby County | 1964 | Mid-Hoosier |
  | Henryville | Henryville | Hornets | 10 Clark | 1961 | Independents (SMC 1959) | 1965 | Dixie-Monon |
  | New Washington | New Washington | Mustangs | 10 Clark | 1961 | Independents (SMC 1959) | 1965 | Dixie-Monon |
  | Vernon | Vernon | Blue Devils | 40 Jennings | 1961 | Tri-County | 1964 | none (consolidated into North Vernon) |
  | $Cortland^1$ | Cortland | Eagles | 36 Jackson | 1962 | Jackson County | 1965 | none (consolidated into Seymour) |
  
  * Played concurrently in DCC and JCC throughout membership in Dixie.
  