Patoka Lake Conference

The Patoka Lake Athletic Conference is a high school athletic conference in southern Indiana. The conferences members are small high schools located in Crawford, Lawrence, Orange, Perry, and Washington counties. The conference was formed in 1979, and has only had one change in membership history, when member Crawford County added football in 2007 to take football membership to six (Orleans does not field a football team).

Location of PLC members in Indiana

Member schools

School	Location	Mascot	Colors	Enrollment 2023-24	IHSAA Class	County	Gym sizes	Previous conference
Crawford County	Marengo	Wolfpack		379	AA	13 Crawford	4000	Blue River
Mitchell	Mitchell	Bluejackets		430	AA	47 Lawrence	2700	Blue Chip
Orleans	Orleans	Bulldogs		262	A	59 Orange	2500	Independents (LRAC in 1977)
Paoli	Paoli	Rams		396	AA	59 Orange	4500	Mid-Southern*
Perry Central	Leopold	Commodores		377	AA	62 Perry	1418	Blue River
Springs Valley	French Lick	Blackhawks		266	A	59 Orange	2700	Blue Chip
West Washington	Campbellsburg	Senators		277	A	88 Washington	2096	Independents (LRAC in 1977)

• Paoli played in both the PLAC and MSC from 1979 until 1985.

Neighboring conferences

• Blue Chip Conference
• Pocket Athletic Conference
• Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference
• Southwest Seven Football Conference

References

• IHSAA Conference Membership
• IHSAA State Champions
• Southwest Indiana Conference Histories