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 October 8, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

FOOTBALL PAIRINGS WEDNESDAY

Pairings for the 30^th Annual IHSAA Football State Finals will be conducted at the IHSAA headquarters in Indianapolis on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 8:00 a.m. Upon completion, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the draw will be posted on the web (ihsaa.org).

Tourney sectional play will begin on Friday, October 25. The state finals will again be played at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on Friday, November 29, and Saturday, November 30.

Credential requests may be made on company letterhead and mailed or faxed to Jerry Baker no later than November 25. Requests received by November 18 will be mailed out to those approved working members of the media, otherwise they must be picked up at the gate.

FOOTBALL RANKINGS RELEASED

Below is this week’s IFCA poll, with last week’s results and this week’s opponent:

CLASS 5A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Penn	7-0	65 – 0 South Bend Adams	vs Mishawaka
2	Warren Central	7-0	30 – 13 Center Grove	vs North Central (Indpls.)
3	Fort Wayne Snider	7-0	27 – 22 Harding	at Fort Wayne Dwenger
	Valparaiso	6-1	35 – 6 Merrillville	vs Portage
5	Castle	7-0	61 – 12 Evansville Harrison	vs Evansville Mater Dei
6	Homestead	7-0	40 – 0 Carroll (Ft. Wayne)	vs Norwell
7	Portage	6-1	34 – 0 Michigan City	at Valparaiso
8	Franklin Central	6-0	56 – 10 Decatur Central	vs Lawrence Central
	Perry Meridian	6-0	35 – 0 Southport	at Columbus North
10	Chesterton	6-1	33 – 13 Hobart	at Crown Point

CLASS 4A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	McCutcheon	7-0	42 – 21 Noblesville	vs Avon
2	Fort Wayne Dwenger	7-0	45 – 7 Fort Wayne Elmhurst	vs Fort Wayne Snider
3	Vincennes Lincoln	7-0	55 – 6 Washington	at Boonville
4	Muncie Central	7-0	28 – 20 Lafayette Jefferson	at Anderson
5	Zionsville	6-1	14 – 13 Hamilton SE	vs Brownsburg
6	Pendleton Heights	6-1	48 – 13 Greenwood	at Rushville
7	Delta	6-1	14 – 3 Rushville	vs Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
8	Plainfield	6-1	38 – 0 Beech Grove	at Franklin
9	Mooresville	6-1	47 – 0 Franklin	at Jay County
10	Jasper	5-2	56 – 7 Evansville Bosse	vs Washington

CLASS 3A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Indianapolis Chatard	7-0	29 – 7 Indpls Scecina	at Indpls. Northwest
2	Heritage Hills	7-0	42 – 0 Southridge	vs Tecumseh
3	Andrean	7-0	28 – 0 Hammond	vs Kankakee Valley
4	Danville	7-0	43 – 14 North Montgomery	at Lebanon
5	Hamilton Heights	7-0	41 – 0 Northwestern	at Western
6	Franklin County	6-1	35 – 7 South Dearborn	vs Batesville
7	Western	6-1	26 – 10 Eastern (Howard)	vs Hamilton Heights
8	West Vigo	7-0	6 – 0 Owen Valley	vs Northview
9	Benton Central	6-1	18 – 6 Fountain Central	vs Delphi
10	Twin Lakes	6-1	42 – 6 West Lafayette	at Tipton

CLASS 2A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Speedway	7-0	17 – 14 South Putnam	at North Putnam
2	Evansville Mater Dei	6-1	24 – 7 Mt. Vernon (Posey)	at Castle
3	Indian Creek	7-0	69 – 6 North Decatur	(n) Triton Central
4	Brownstown Central	7-0	21 – 12 Charlestown	vs Paoli
5	North Judson	7-0	40 – 0 Winamac	at River Forest
6	Eastbrook	6-1	42 – 29 Frankton	at Alexandria
7	Jimtown	5-2	28 – 0 Culver	at Bremen
8	Seeger	7-0	35 – 26 Turkey Run	at West Lafayette
9	Southridge	5-2	0 – 42 Heritage Hills	at Pike Central
10	Rensselaer	6-1	20 – 0 Delphi	vs Sheridan

CLASS A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Pioneer	7-0	27 – 0 North White	vs Tri-County
2	Shenandoah	7-0	34 – 0 Tri-Central	at Eastern Hancock
3	Southwood	6-1	34 – 8 Manchester	vs Northfield
4	Clinton Prairie	7-0	45 – 16 Lapel	vs Clinton Central
5	Frankton	6-1	29 – 42 Eastbrook	vs Mississisnewa
6	Perry Central	6-1	49 – 0 Mitchell	vs Springs Valley
7	South Putnam	5-2	14 – 17 Speedway	vs Monrovia
8	Southern Wells	5-2	21 – 30 Adams Central	at Heritage
9	Adams Central	5-2	30 – 21 Southern Wells	vs Bluffton
10	Clinton Central	5-2	30 – 31 Carroll (Flora)	at Clinton Prairie

The latest football statistics through week seven of the 2002 season are updated as they are reported to the IHSAA by the respective schools and compiled on the web at 2002 Football Leaders.

PENN CAPTURES GIRLS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

The Penn Kingsmen, under head coach Jim Garrett, picked up their second girls golf state championship on Saturday, October 5, at the Legends of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin, firing rounds of 335-322 (657). Penn was also the state champ in girls golf in 1994, with Terry Tulchinsky at the helm, ending with a 685 total at the Golf Club of Prestwick.

Last year’s defending champs, Western, finished second, six strokes off the pace with a 663 (347-316). Noblesville finished in the number-three spot again, with Lafayette Jefferson and Hamilton Southeastern rounding out the top-five.

Noblesville’s Sally Shonk was named mental attitude award winner. Shonk had rounds of 75-74 (149) for the Lady Millers, to finished second to Katie Tewell of Center Grove who was the tournament medalist with rounds of 74-72 (146).

For more on the story and all the scores, head for 2002 Girls Golf State Championship.

GIRLS GOLF ALL-STATE INDIVIDUALS HONORED

The Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association has released its 2002 All-State Team. It includes this year’s tourney medalist, Katie Tewell of Center Grove, and the mental attitude award winner, Sally Shonk of Noblesville. For an in-depth look at this year’s elite unit, log on to 2002 IHSGCA All-State Team.

SOCCER PAIRINGS RELEASED

Pairings for the 9^th annual Boys and Girls Soccer Tournament Series were drawn at the IHSAA office on Thursday, October 3 and are available online at Boys Soccer Pairings and Girls Soccer Pairings.

CARMEL TOPS GIRLS SOCCER RANKINGS

ISCA Girls Soccer Poll for 10/7/02

#	School	Sect. Site	Opp.	#	School	Sect. Site	Opp.
1	Carmel	Hamilton SE	Lebanon	11	Homestead	Columbia City	Columbia City
2	North Central (Indpls)	Park Tudor	Ben Davis	12	Fort Wayne Dwenger	DeKalb	Leo
3	Zionsville	Hamilton SE	Noblesville	13	Noblesville	Hamilton SE	Zionsville
4	Fort Wayne Snider	F.W. Snider	Heritage	14	Brebeuf Jesuit	Park Tudor	Cov. Christian
5	Portage	LaPorte	Mich. City	15	Evansville Reitz	Eva. Reitz	North Posey
6	Brownsburg	Brownsburg	N. Putnam	16	Carroll (Ft. Wayne)	DeKalb	Angola
7	Chesterton	LaPorte	S.B. Wash.	17	Evansville Memorial	Castle	(bye)
8	South Bend St. Joseph’s	S.B. Riley	S.B. Adams	18	Center Grove	Mooresville	Monrovia
9	Lawrence North	Warren Cntl.	Indpls Cath.	19	West Lafayette	Harrison	(bye)
10	Hamilton Southeastern	Hamilton SE	Westfield	20	Pike	Park Tudor	Park Tudor

ISCA Boys Soccer Poll for 10/7/02

#	School	Sect. Site	Opp.	#	School	Sect. Site	Opp.
1	Washington	Forest Park	Northeast Dubois	11	Fort Wayne Cant.	F.W. Cant.	F.W. South
2	South Bend St. Joseph’s	S.B. Adams	S.B. Riley	12	Valparaiso	Wheeler	Westville
3	North Central (Indpls)	North Cntl.	Brebeuf Jesuit	13	Munster	Munster	Gary West
4	Carmel	Noblesville	Lebanon	14	Plainfield	Ben Davis	Ben Davis
5	Indpls. Cathedral	North Cntl.	Broad Ripple	15	Homestead	F.W. Cant.	F.W. North
6	Lawrence Central	Beech Grove	Indpls. Tech	16	Center Grove	Cntr Grove	Franklin
7	Brebeuf Jesuit	North Cntl.	North Central	17	Brownsburg	Avon	Avon
8	Lawrence North	North Cntl.	Park Tudor	18	Hamilton SE	Noblesville	Noblesville
9	Pike	Ben Davis	Decatur Cntl.	19	Lake Central	Merrillville	Griffith
10	Evansville Memorial	Ev. Harrison	Ev. North	20	Evansville Reitz	Ev. Harrison	Boonville