Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA INFORMATION
May 17, 2007
Contact:
E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
BASEBALL
STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SET
A field of
387 teams and 7,219 student-athletes will begin play at the end of the month as
the pairings for the 41st Annual IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Series were drawn this morning at the IHSAA Office in
The
tournament will begin with 64 sectionals conducted in four different classes
beginning Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day), and continuing through the week
concluding on Saturday, June 2. Daily schedules for each tournament site will be listed on the IHSAA website as they become available
from the hosts. Because of possible weather postponements and other conflicts,
it is advised to check with the host school for
precise day and time schedules.
Each of the
sectional champions will advance to a one-game regional contest to be played Tuesday, June 5, on the home field of the
even-numbered sectional champion (see pairings).
The 32
regional champions eight in each class will advance to one of eight
semi-state sites on Saturday, June 9. Two semifinal games will be played early
in the day at each site with the two winners returning for a championship game
with a berth in the state finals on the line.
This years
state finals, scheduled for Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16, will be played at Victory Field in
Two
member schools will be making their first appearance in this years baseball
state tournament including Fishers,
which will meet town rival Hamilton Southeastern in Class 4As Sectional 10 played
at
Among the top-ranked teams in each class, 4A No. 1 Center Grove will meet Franklin Central in the first round of
Sectional 12; Norwell (3A) will take
on Fort Wayne Elmhurst in Sectional 21 at Peru; Northwestern (2A) is paired against Taylor in Sectional 40 at Eastbrook and; Michigan
City Marquette (A) is scheduled to play Westville in Sectional 50 at South
Central (Union Mills).
The defending state champions will begin their 2007 tournament trails
the following way: Fort Wayne Snider
(4A) meets Huntington North in Sectional 6 at Homestead; Jasper (3A) will host Washington in Sectional 31; North Posey, the two-time defending
champ in 2A, takes on Crawford County in Sectional 48 at Southridge
and; Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian
(A) plays Elkhart Christian Academy in Sectional 53 at Fort Wayne Canterbury.
NOTABLES
Defending Sectional
Champions
4A
3A Andrean, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Edgewood, Hamilton
Heights, Hammond Clark, Jasper, Madison, New Haven, Mississinewa,
Mount Vernon, Norwell, Plymouth, West Lafayette, West Noble, Whiteland.
2A Austin,
Churubusco, Glenn, Hagerstown, Hammond Bishop Noll, Mitchell, North Judson,
North Posey, Northfield, Oak Hill, Park Tudor, Seeger,
Shenandoah, South Putnam, South Ripley, Woodlan.
A Borden,
Cowan, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Frontier, Hauser, Jac-Cen-Del,
Kouts, Lapel, North White, Orleans, Rockville, Shakamak, South Central (Union Mills), Tecumseh, Vincennes
Rivet, Wes-Del.
Most Consecutive
Sectional Championships
21 by
Active Sectional
Championship Streaks (three or more years)
6 years
5 Andrean, Shakamak.
4 Jasper, LaPorte,
Norwell.
3 Cowan, Hauser, North Posey.
Top 10 All-Time
Sectional Championships
34 LaPorte.
30 Jasper.
28
24
23
22
21
20
19 DeKalb,
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