Indiana High School Athletic Association

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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MEDIA ADVISORY February 11, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY TIPS OFF TONIGHT

The 28^th Annual Girls Basketball Tournament Series takes to courts in full force across the state tonight with a field of 381 teams and one common goal – a trip to Conseco Fieldhouse and the state championships on March 8. The complete pairings lineup can be found on the IHSAA web site at 2003 Girls Basketball Tournament Pairings.

Rushville is the state’s all-time leader in sectionals won with 21, the last occurring in 1999. The Lions will open up play in tonight’s second game at Greensburg. Bedford North Lawrence ranks second in sectional victories with 20. The Stars open up play in the Seymour sectional meeting Jennings County in this evening’s nightcap. For an overview of previous state champions by total log on to Girls Basketball Sectional Champions By Total. A year-by-year listing of sectional winners in alphabetical order is also available on the web (ihsaa.org).

ICGSA GIRLS FINAL BASKETBALL POLL

The final regular season girls ICGSA basketball poll has been released and, as the field heads into the state tournament, the number-one positions of a week ago remain solidified heading into tourney play. Kokomo (20-0) opens up against Marion (9-11) in 4A. Alexandria (21-0) faces Delta (20-1) in 3A action. Heritage Christian (20-1) begins 2A competition with Indianapolis Scecina (5-14) providing the opposition. And, in class A, North Vermillion (20-0) takes to the court in their opening contest against Riverton Parke (8-11).

ICGSA POLL 2/10/03

No.	Class 4A	Sectional Opponent	No.	Class 3A	Sectional Opponent
1	Kokomo	Marion	1	Alexandria	Delta
2	E. Chicago Central	Lake Central	2	Beech Grove	Greenfield-Central
3	Pike	North Cntl (Indpls.)	3	North Harrison	Corydon
4	Mooresville	Northview	4	Angola	Leo
5	Warsaw	DeKalb	5	Gibson Southern	Boonville
6	Bloomington North	Columbus North	6	Highland	Hammond Gavit
7	Huntington North	Homestead	7	Delta	Alexandria
8	Ben Davis	Indpls. Northwest	8	Northwestern	Twin Lakes
9	Perry Meridian	Indpls. Manual	9	Brebeuf Jesuit	New Palestine
10	Jeffersonville	Floyd Central	10	Tippecanoe Valley	Culver Military
No.	Class 2A	Sectional Opponent	No.	Class A	Sectional Opponent
1	Heritage Christian	Indpls. Scecina	1	North Vermillion	Riverton Parke
2	North Putnam	Tri-West Hendricks	2	Tri-Central	Covenant Christian
3	Indian Creek	Park Tudor	3	New Harmony	Tecumseh
4	Rochester	Winamac	4	Union City	Tri
5	Shenandoah	Centerville	5	Borden	New Washington
6	North Newton	Lake Station Edison	6	Oregon-Davis	LaCrosse
7	North Knox	Evansville Mater Dei	7	Culver Community	Caston
8	Southwestern (Hanover)	Lawrenceburg	8	Washington Catholic	Loogootee
9	Westview	Fremont	9	North Cntl. (Farm.)	Clay City
10	Wabash	Northfield	10	White River Valley	Shakamak

GIRLS DIVING REGIONALS TONIGHT

Date: February 11, 2003

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Tickets: $4.00

Participants: 1^st through 4^th place sectional qualifiers advance to regional

Advancement: 1^st through 8^th place regional winners advance to State Finals February 14-15

Regional Site	Qualifiers from
Bloomington North	Bloomington South, Boonville, Center Grove, Columbus North, Mount Vernon
Hamilton Southeastern	Ben Davis, Carmel, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Hamilton Southeastern
Kokomo	Fort Wayne South Side, Jay County, Lafayette Jefferson, Noblesville, Warsaw
Penn	Chesterton, Concord, Lake Central, Munster, Penn

GIRLS SWIMMING STATE FINALS THIS WEEKEND

The Natatorium on the IUPUI campus in downtown Indianapolis will be the scene for the state finals in the 29^th Annual Girls Swimming and Diving Tournament Series.

Schedule: Friday 4:30 p.m. Gates open to public

5:45 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

6:00 p.m. Swimming Preliminaries

Saturday 7:30 a.m. Gates Open to public

9:00 a.m. Diving Preliminaries and Semi-finals

1:00 p.m. Consolation and Finals in all events

Admission: Session ticket $7.00, Season ticket $10.00

Heat Sheets: 2003 Girls Swimming Heat Sheets

Returning 2002 Individual Champions: 200 Yard IM Leah Retrum, Columbus North

50 Yard Freestyle Katherine Robinson, South Dearborn

100 Yard Butterfly Katherine Robinson, South Dearborn

500 Yard Freestyle Leah Retrum, Columbus North

100 Yard Backstroke Erin Morris, Fort Wayne Snider

100 Yard Breaststroke Leslie VanWinkle, Evansville Harrison

One Meter Diving Kari Retrum, Hamilton Southeastern

Defending State Champion: Carmel (17 total championships, 16 in succession)

IHSSCA SWIMMING POLLS

With the 29^th Annual Girls Swimming Tournament Series Finals this Friday and Saturday, the defending state champion Carmel Greyhounds continue to lead the way in the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association poll.

The boys’ state tourney will dive in on February 20 and the Carmel team still holds down the top spot in this week’s poll.

IHSSCA BOYS POLL 2/09/03 IHSSCA FINAL GIRLS POLL

No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team
1	Carmel	11	Penn	1	Carmel	11	Yorktown
2	South Bend Riley	12	Northridge	2	N. Central (Indpls.)	12	Bloomington South
3	Hamilton Southeastern	13	Homestead	3	Lake Central	13	Center Grove
4	Harrison (W. Laf.)	14	Delta	4	Munster	14	Terre Haute North
5	Lawrence North	15	Kokomo	5	Hamilton SE	15	Homestead
6	Yorktown	16	Columbus North	6	Columbus North	16	Brebeuf Jesuit
7	Center Grove	17	Western	7	Fort Wayne Snider	17	Northridge
8	Chesterton	18	West Lafayette	8	Castle	18	Evansville Harrison
9	Wawasee	19	Lafayette Jefferson	9	South Dearborn	19	Fort Wayne Northrop
10	North Central (Indpls.)	19	Westfield	10	Noblesville	20	Southridge

For more swimming information from the Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association, log on to IHSSCA.

GIRLS SWIMMING MEDIA CREDENTIALS

Media credentials for the diving regionals must be obtained through the host school. The 2002-03 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will be in use for the state tournament at the Natatorium on February 14-15. If you have not received nor applied for that media credential and plan to cover the girls swimming finals, you should do so immediately by faxing your request on company letterhead to Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director, IHSAA, 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260. Fax (317) 575-4244. Credentials will be left at the IHSAA table in the main lobby of the Natatorium.

Media Heads Up! The media location for the 2003 girls and boys swimming championships at the Natatorium has been moved to the west side of the arena in the media section used by the NCAA, Big 10 and U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. You are advised to enter the west concourse, proceed south, and enter the media area between aisles 7-8-9 and 10-11-12. This is intended to provide the media with a better view of the action in the pool and alleviate the crowded conditions of the past.

Four telephones will be installed in the first two rows of the media section for your use. A runner will provide updated results as soon as they become available. A stairwell at the south end of the west concourse will provide quick and easy access to the pool deck. This stairwell is being designated for use of the media only, so it is mandatory that your media credential be in full view for admittance.

Sports editors and sports directors who plan to have reporters covering this event should make those changes known to their reporters to avoid any untimely delays or confusion.

TEAM WRESTLING SEMI-STATE ON WEDNESDAY

A field of 16 teams, including a dozen ranked in the top-20, will advance to semi-state competition in the IHSAA Team Wrestling Championship at eight sites tomorrow evening.

Top-ranked Evansville Mater Dei will showcase its talents in the Southridge Semi-State against Jasper. The Wildcats rolled to impressive wins in their own regional, defeating Boonville (76-0) and Evansville Memorial (54-12). Mater Dei will be attempting to reach the “big show” for the eighth consecutive year, having won the title in each previous appearance.

For a look at the complete results from regional competition, log on to 2003 Wrestling Regional Results.

Date: Wednesday, February 12

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Admission: $5.00

Advancement: Single elimination. The winning teams advance to State Finals, March 1.

Semi-State Site	Schools / Coaches Poll Ranking
Valparaiso	Griffith (#3) vs. Portage (#4)
Rochester	Mishawaka (#9) vs. Harrison (West Lafayette)
Columbia City	Elkhart Memorial (#12) vs. Fort Wayne Snider (#17)
Bellmont	Peru vs. Bellmont (#2)
Lawrence North	Carmel (#10) vs. Lawrence North (#6)
New Castle	Perry Meridian (#8) vs. New Castle
Avon	Franklin Community (#5) vs. Bloomington South (#11)
Southridge	Jasper vs. Evansville Mater Dei (#1)

INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING SEMI-STATES ON SATURDAY

Date: Saturday, February 15

Admission: Final session only $5.00 Season ticket $7.00

Schedule: 7:30—8:30 a.m. Weigh In

9:00 a.m. Session 1

1:30 p.m. Session 2

5:30 p.m. Session 3

7:30 p.m. Finals

Semi-State Sites	Qualifiers from:
Merrillville (Merrillville H.S.)	Calumet, LaPorte, Logansport, Mishawaka
New Haven (Allen County Coliseum)	Carroll (Ft. Wayne), Delta, Goshen, Peru
New Castle (New Castle H.S.)	North Montgomery, Pendleton Heights, Perry Meridian, Richmond
Evansville Reitz (Roberts Stadium)	Bloomington South, Castle, Jeffersonville, Martinsville

For a complete list of the individual semi-state qualifiers, log on to 2003 Individual Wrestling Regional Results.

FINAL INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION TEAM POLL

No.	School	Semi-State	No.	School	Semi-State
1	Evansville Mater Dei	Southridge	11	Bloomington South	Avon
2	Bellmont	Bellmont	12	Elkhart Memorial	Columbia City
3	Griffith	Valparaiso	13	Jennings County	---
4	Portage	Valparaiso	14	Warren Central	---
5	Franklin	Avon	15	Columbia City	---
6	Lawrence North	Lawrence North	16	Columbus North	---
7	Yorktown	---	17	Fort Wayne Snider	Columbia City
8	Perry Meridian	New Castle	18	Evansville Memorial	---
9	Mishawaka	Rochester	19	East Central	---
10	Carmel	Lawrence North	20	Indianapolis Cathedral	---

WRESTLING MEDIA CREDENTIALS

The 2002-03 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will serve as admission to the individual and team state finals competition at Conseco Fieldhouse and Center Grove High School. If you have not applied for such credential, please forward your request, on company letterhead, to Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director, IHSAA, 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260.

For all other rounds of the tournament, you must contact the host school to acquire the proper credentials.

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

The leaders in three of the four classes in boys basketball remained the same in the weekly Associated Press Poll for the week ending February 8, 2003. Pike (17-0) is still king of the hill in class 4A Gary Roosevelt (16-1) hangs in again this week in 3A Cass (16-0) stays in its leadership role this week in 3A. The only change among the leaders came in Class A, as Argos (17-1) takes over the number-one slot, with Orleans (17-1) dropping to second following an overtime loss at Paoli (66-62) on February 7.

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/11/03

No.	Class 4A	No.	Class 3A	No.	Class 2A	No.	Class A
1	Pike	1	Gary Roosevelt	1	Cass	1	Argos
2	Bloomington North	2	Yorktown	2	Bluffton	2	Orleans
3	Lawrence North	3	Indianapolis Chatard	3	Muncie Burris	3	Loogootee
4	DeKalb	4	Tippecanoe Valley	4	North Knox	4	South Central (Elizabeth)
5	Munster	5	Gibson Southern	5	Eastern (Bloomfield)	5	Kouts
6	Columbia City	6	Griffith	6	Forest Park	6	Clay City
7	Perry Meridian	7	Washington	7	Winchester	7	Southwestern (Shelbyville)
8	Evansville Harrison	8	Lebanon	8	Wheeler	8	White River Valley
9	North Cntl (Indpls)	9	Scottsburg	9	Evansville Mater Dei	9	Bloomfield
10	Lafayette Jefferson	10	Western	10	Garrett	10	West Washington

IBCA BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/10/03

No.	School	No.	School
1	Pike	11	South Bend Riley
2	Bloomington North	12	North Central (Indls.)
3	Lawrence North	13	Indianapolis Chatard
4	DeKalb	14	Bluffton
5	Gary Roosevelt	15	Lafayette Jefferson
6	Munster	16	Elkhart Central
7	Evansville Harrison	17	Hamilton Southeastern
8	Perry Meridian	18	Indianapolis Cathedral
9	Columbia City	19	Muncie South
10	Cass	20	Columbus East

SCHAFER AND GEARLDS #1 IN BASKETBALL SCORING

For the second straight week, Wheeler’s Todd Schafer and Beech Grove’s Katie Gearlds hold on to the top positions in the weekly compilation of state scoring leaders,. Schafer stays at number-one with a 30.2 average over 15 games. Gearlds, number-six on the girls all-time scoring list with 2,295 points, only 49 points short of taking over fifth place, is the girls leader with an average of 29.4 over 22 games.

David Allen of Borden is the state’s leading rebounder with a 13.0 average over 14 games for the boys. Amy Dunbar of Oregon-Davis tops the rebounding column for the girls with a 21 game average of 20.0.

For the latest girls and boys basketball complete scoring and rebounding stats, as reported by the schools, you can go to the IHSAA web site under Girls Statistical Leaders and Boys Statistical Leaders.

CHESTERTON BACK ON TOP IN GYMNASTICS POLL

Defending state champion Chesterton regained sole possession of first place in the latest IHSGC poll. Fort Wayne Dwenger, tied for the top spot with the Trojans a week ago, dropped into a second place tie with Valparaiso, with Merrillville and Center Grove each moving up a spot to complete the top-five.

IHSGC POLL 2/05/03

No.	School	No.	School
1	Chesterton	11	Homestead
1	F.W. Dwenger	12	Portage
3	Valparaiso	13	Wawasee
4	F.W. Northrop	14	New Palestine
5	Merrillville	15	Lawrence Central
6	Center Grove	16	F.W. Snider
7	New Castle	17	Columbus East
8	Roncalli	18	Plainfield
9	Hobart	19	Southport
10	LaPorte	19	Richmond

For the latest gymnastics information, log on to the Indiana High School Coaches Gymnastics web site at IHSCG.

BOB LOVELL NAMED DISTRICT II MEDIA SERVICE AWARD WINNER

Veteran radio broadcaster Bob Lovell has been selected as the 2002-03 recipient of the IHSAA Distinguished Media Service Award for District II. For more information, log on to District II Media Award.

MILESTONES

Heritage Hills' Head Basketball Coach Marty Echelbarger won his 400th game on February 1 vs. South Spencer.

Bryan Welsh of Noblesville set a school record with 17 assists against Westfield on January 24.

Alexandria's Jackie Closser surpassed the school record for career points on February 4 in a game vs. Lapel. Jackie scored 22 points to eclipse Rachel Garner's former record of 1,517.

Danielle Rains, a junior at Eastern (Bloomfield), recently set three girls basketball school records: eight 3 point field goals in one game against Shakamak on 2/1/03, sixty-five 3 point field goals in one season, and after twenty regular season games, Danielle is 65 of 123 for a 53% 3 point field goal percentage, the best single season percentage in school history.

Rochester sophomore Courtney Felke went over the 1,000 point mark in the Lady Zebras’ game with West Central on Feb. 4.

Senior Allison Lindborg became the all-time leading rebounder in South Bend St. Joseph's High School history on Feb. 8 in a game against Portage.  She grabbed her 618th career rebound to break the school record previous held by 1986 graduate Melissa Standley. 

St. Joseph's Head Coach Mike Megyese tallied his 100th career win on Feb. 8 in a victory over LaPorte. Megyese has the best winning percentage of any St. Joe Girls coach with a 66.7% mark. 

Western senior Alan Davidson scored his 1,000th career point Feb. 7 against Taylor. Davidson entered the game 30 points shy of 1,000 and he proceeded to score 30 in the first half. He finished with a career-high 41 points. He is the third Western boys player to reach 1,000 points, joining 1976 graduate Rick Pearson and 2003 classmate Josh Nelson.

Rebekah Parker of Tippecanoe Valley set a new school single-game mark with 13 assists on Feb. 6 against Mississinewa. She also had her 2^nd career triple-double with 28 points and 19 rebounds.

Tipton senior Judy Walrath broke Jane Calhoun's Tipton High School girls' basketball career scoring record of 1061 against Western on Feb. 5. Judy finshed the regular season with 1072 points for her career.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Caston head wrestling coach Larry Doan has announced his intent to step down at the end of the season. After six seasons with the Comets, he has accepted a teaching position at the Miami Correctional facility at Grissom.

Former Andrean head football coach Ted Karras takes over the football program at Rose-Hulman. Karras was an All-State player at Hobart H.S. in 1982.

Ashlee Davis of Anderson Highland was presented the Galyan’s Cinderella Award as part of the National Girls & Women in Sports Day activities at Conseco Fieldhouse on February 6. Others honored included volleyball and track athlete Lauren Ostendorf of Zionsville, Eastbrook volleyball coach Wilma Cox, former NFHS staff member Susan True, along with Special Olympians Ashley Baker, Katie Crawford, Cristina Neeb, Becky Jack and Lisa Tucker. Sisters Shelly and Tammy Haley also received special recognition.

Sophomore Chris Thomas, a graduate of Pike High School, is among 30 finalists for the 2002-03 John R. Wooden Award, an honor bestowed upon the nation’s best player at an institution of higher education.

Former Kokomo Tribune sportswriter David Kasey died Feb. 6 after a long battle with diabetes. He was 42. Kasey, who was a 1978 Kokomo High School graduate, wrote for the Tribune for 20 years. During his tenure at the Tribune, he served as a sportswriter and assistant sports editor and more recently as the community editor. He was also the managing editor of Indiana Sports Magazine for two years in the 1980s and contributed to many sports broadcasts in WHMB-TV 40.

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Tuesday, February 11	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Tuesday, February 11	Girls Swimming Diving Regionals
Wednesday, February 12	Team Wrestling Semi-States
Friday, February 14	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Friday, February 14	Girls Swimming State Finals
Saturday, February 15	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Saturday, February 15	Individual Wrestling Semi-States
Saturday, February 15	Girls Swimming State Finals
Monday, February 17	Boys & Girls Track—1^st Practice
Thursday, February 20	Boys Swimming Sectionals
Friday, February 21	Wrestling State Finals (Indv.)
Saturday, February 22	Wrestling State Finals (Indv.)
Saturday, February 22	Boys Swimming Sectionals
Saturday, February 22	Girls Basketball Regionals

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