Location of PLC members in Indiana

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).

Member schools

SchoolLocationMascotColorsEnrollment 2023–24IHSAA ClassCountyGym sizesPrevious conference
Crawford CountyMarengoWolfpack379AA13 Crawford4000Blue River
MitchellMitchellBluejackets430AA47 Lawrence2700Blue Chip
OrleansOrleansBulldogs262A59 Orange2500Independents (LRAC in 1977)
PaoliPaoliRams396AA59 Orange4500Mid-Southern*
Perry CentralLeopoldCommodores377AA62 Perry1418Blue River
Springs ValleyFrench LickBlackhawks266A59 Orange2700Blue Chip
West WashingtonCampbellsburgSenators277A88 Washington2096Independents (LRAC in 1977)
  • Paoli played in both the PLAC and MSC from 1979 until 1985.

Neighboring conferences