Big South Conference (Minnesota)

Big South Conference

Classification	MSHSL
Founded	2013
Region	Minnesota

The Big South Conference is a Minnesota State High School League sanctioned athletic conference, comprising schools located in the south central and southwest regions of Minnesota. The conference was founded in 2013. The Big South Conference play began with the 2014–2015 school year.

Foundation members of the conference were thirteen schools, with six coming from the South Central Conference (the SCC of the c. pre-2010s), which competed in the East Division, and seven coming from the Southwest Conference (SWC), which competes in the West Division.

Foundation Big South Conference members

Institution	Location	Community population (2013)	Founded	Status	Enrollment (2013)	Nickname	Prev. conf	Notes
Blue Earth Area High School	Blue Earth	3,353	1957	Public	441	Buccaneers	SCC
Fairmont High School	Fairmont	10,666	1989	Public	492	Cardinals	SCC
Jackson County Central High School	Jackson	3,299	1997	Public	305	Huskies	SWC
Luverne High School	Luverne	4,745	1878	Public	384	Cardinals	SWC
Marshall High School	Marshall	13,680	1884	Public	824	Tigers	SWC
New Ulm High School	New Ulm	13,522	1857	Public	646	Eagles	SCC
Pipestone Area High School	Pipestone	4,317	1891	Public	316	Arrows	SWC
Redwood Valley High School	Redwood Falls	5,254	1882	Public	318	Cardinals	SWC
St. James Area High School	Saint James	4,605	1896	Public	272	Saints	SCC
St. Peter High School	St. Peter	11,196	1865	Public	482	Saints	SCC
Waseca High School	Waseca	9,410	1878	Public	621	Bluejays	SCC
Windom Area High School	Windom	4,646	1894	Public	300	Eagles	SWC
Worthington Senior High School	Worthington	12,764	1881	Public	870	Trojans	SWC

References

• "The Big South Conference". thebigsouthconference.org. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
• "St. Peter to join new athletic conference - St. Peter MN: News". southernminn.com. Retrieved July 27, 2014.