South Knox High School is a high school located southeast of Vincennes in an unincorporated community called Verne. Its athletic nickname is the "Spartans", and it participates in the Blue Chip Conference.
and Blue with White. The school song is "Hail South Knox High."
The dedication of the gymnasium was held in November, 1967, with IHSAA Commissioner Phil N. Eskew presiding. The Spartans won the first boys' basketball game played there when defeating North Posey. The first South Knox boys' basketball coach was Sam Alford, father of Steve Alford. In 1968, South Knox became a charter member of the Blue Chip Athletic Conference and has remained a member ever since. In 1985, the High School and Middle School were organized as two separate schools.
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