[Lone Ranger]

Can't tell you a lot about teams that participated, particularly when Taylor was a member, but SKAC was the Southern Kentucky Athletic Conference.
Playing in a conference used to have quite a few advantages to it, especially in the 80's and before, back when nearly every team in the state did not make the playoffs.
It gave teams a set out of district schedule which helped coaches with scheduling. Plus they were able to do some nice things for the kids with All Conference Teams and Conference Championships and the like. It made the games more important (if that is possible) from the beginning of the season to the end because pretty much every week you were playing for position, either fighting for a playoff spot or trying to better yourself inside your conference.

One other note, to the best of my knowledge most conferences were area specific and not class/school size specific.