MEDIA
INFORMATION
February 10, 2009
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information
Director
E–Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
NEW NATIONAL RECORD AT NATATORIUM THIS WEEKEND?
A year
after tying the national girls record for consecutive state championships,
top-ranked Carmel will attempt to move the bar a notch higher this weekend in
the 35th Annual IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving State Finals.
If its able to capture its 23rd consecutive state
title this weekend, Carmel would set the new standard in high school girls
sports after tying Punahou of Honolulu, HI (1974-95)
last February. Currently, the Greyhounds own the longest active string in the
nation in any sport after Paulsboro, New Jersey was unable to extend its streak
of 25 consecutive wrestling championships last winter.
Preliminary
swimming heats will begin Friday at 6 pm ET at the Indiana University
Natatorium with the top 16 in each event returning Saturday for the championship
and consolation finals scheduled for 1 pm ET. Diving regionals
will take place at four sites on Tuesday with the top eight at each advancing
to the state finals. The state diving competition begins Saturday at 9 am ET.
Carmel
boasts the top seed in seven of 11 swimming events heading into Friday’s
action, including all three relays. Four different Greyhounds earned the
fastest time in the state during last Saturday’s sectional action. Seniors
Megan Detro and Jessie Hammes
occupy the coveted fourth lane in the 50 freestyle (23.79) and 100 backstroke
(56.07), respectively. Sophomore Rhiannon Sheets turned in a 1:50.80 in the 200
freestyle and junior Trish Regan clocked the fastest time in the 200 IM in
2:02.82 and was third-fastest in the 100 free. Regan, last year’s 200 free state champ, will not defend her title in that event.
Hamilton
Southeastern junior Carly Mercer is the lone
returning state champion in any individual race having clocked a 50.87 in the
100 freestyle on Saturday for the state’s top time and bettered the 50.95 that
earned her last year’s title. She also comes in with the fourth-best time in
the 200 free and should swim on a couple of HSE’s
three relays having anchored their state title-winning 200 medley and 400
freestyle relays in 2008.
Others that
top their respective events include Penn junior Nikki Hubbard in the 100
butterfly (55.22), last year’s seventh place finisher; McCutcheon sophomore Megan
Gallagher in the 500 freestyle (4:57.30), and the 16th place
finisher a year ago and; Homestead sophomore Tori Bagan in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.41), the third place
finisher in 2008.
Without
diving included, Carmel leads the way with 26 swims heading into Friday’s
prelims. Last year’s runner-up Hamilton Southeastern is next with 19 and
Chesterton and Homestead follow with 14 each.
Regionals (Diving Only)
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009.
Admission: $5.
Advancement: First through eighth place participants will qualify
for the state finals.
1. Bloomington North (5), 6 pm ET
Feeder Sectionals: Columbus North, Floyd
Central, Franklin Community, Jasper, Mount Vernon.
2. Fishers (5), 6 pm ET
Feeder Sectionals: Fort Wayne South Side, Hamilton
Southeastern, Jay County, Lafayette Jefferson, Noblesville.
3. Mishawaka (5), 6 pm ET
Feeder Sectionals: Chesterton, Concord,
Crown Point, Penn, Warsaw.
4. Zionsville (5), 6 pm ET
Feeder Sectionals: Ben Davis, Brownsburg,
Crawfordsville, Franklin Central, New Palestine.
State Finals
Friday,
Feb. 13, 2009, 6 pm ET (Swimming prelims).
Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009, 9 am ET (Diving prelims and semis), 1 pm ET
(Consolations and finals for all events).
Admission: $8 per session or $12 both days.
Site: Indiana
University Natatorium, IUPUI, 901 W. New York St., Indianapolis | Website
Advancement
The top 16
in each swimming event during Friday’s prelims will return for competition on
Saturday with the top eight individuals vying for state championship honors.
Those finishing nine through 16 on Friday will make up the competitors in the
consolation heats. All diving will take place on Saturday with the top 21 of 32
competitors advancing from the prelims to the semis after five dives each.
After three dives each in the semis, the top 16 will advance to the final round
for another three dives each.
Webcast: www.ihsaasports.org will webcast Saturday’s championship and consolation finals
beginning at 1 pm ET.
> State
Finals Heat Sheets | Psych
Sheets
Notables
State Championship
Record Streaks
Longest
streaks of consecutive state championships, all sports, all states
29 – Honolulu Punahou,
26 –
27 –
25 – Paulsboro, NJ, wrestling, 1983-2007.
24 – Tacoma Wilson, Wash., boys swimming, 1960-84.
22 –
Carmel, Ind., girls swimming, 1986-2008.*
22 – Honolulu Punahou, Hawaii, girls swimming, 1974-95.
21 – Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest, Fla., girls swimming, 1956-76.
*Active
streak.
(Source: National Federation of State High School Associations)
Defending State Champions in Field
(Individual Events)
200 Freestyle – Carly Mercer, 11, Hamilton
Southeastern.
Note: Trish Regan (11) of Carmel who
won the 200 freestyle state championship last year is
not entered in this year’s event.
Top Seeds
200 Medley
Relay – Carmel, 1:43.37.
200 Freestyle – Rhiannon Sheets, 10, Carmel, 1:50.80.
200 IM –
Trish Regan, 11, Carmel, 2:02.82.
50 Freestyle – Megan Detro, 12, Carmel, 23.79.
100 Butterfly – Nikki Hubbard, 11, Penn, 55.22.
100 Freestyle – Carly Mercer, 11, Hamilton
Southeastern, 50.87.
500 Freestyle – Megan Gallagher, 10, McCutcheon, 4:57.30.
200
Freestyle Relay – Carmel, 1:34.77.
100 Back –
Jessie Hammes, 12, Carmel, 56.07.
100 Breast – Tori Bagan,
10, Homestead, 1:03.41.
400 Freestyle Relay – Carmel, 3:28.96.
Media Information
Media Hosts: IHSAA Sports Information Director
Jason Wille, Communications Director Chris Kaufman and assistant Kristy Catt
will be on hand to assist in your coverage of the state meet.
Media Credentials: Deadline is Thursday, Feb. 12, 4
pm ET. The 2008-09 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential issued previously
this school year is accepted for admission. For those outlets without
credentials and planning to cover the girls swimming and diving state finals,
please apply for credentials by
e-mailing or faxing your request on company letterhead (with name of individual
applying) to IHSAA Sports Information
Director Jason Wille (jwille@ihsaa.org
or 317-575-4244). E-mail requests MUST originate from a recognized business
account; e-mails from personal accounts (ie:
yahoo.com, aol.com, etc.) will not be accepted. Approved requests may be
claimed at the media will call table at the concourse level of the IU
Natatorium. Please have proper identification available.
Media Work Area: Working space will be available to writers
and photographers in the west bleachers of the Natatorium. Results from each
event will be distributed and also posted to the IHSAA website as the meet
progresses both days. Writers and photographers also will have access to the
pool deck. Please be advised that pool phones will NOT be available for
post-meet filing purposes though wireless internet access will be available
in the building for a fee (see instructions below).
Wireless Internet: The IU Natatorium will have
wireless internet access available for a $10 fee for the two days combined.
Please see the Natatorium Pro Shop located in the northeast corner of the pool
deck to make arrangements.
Off Limits: For safety and liability reasons,
members of the media are not permitted on the moveable bulkheads that separate
the pools or on any of the diving platforms. Also, due to congestion in the
immediate area of the starting blocks with timers and judges, we ask that
writers and photographers steer clear of that area as well. Editors and sports directors -- please share
this information with those who are covering the event and might not
necessarily have access to this release. Thank you for your cooperation.
Results: Results will be posted to the IHSAA
website at ihsaa.org shortly after each event both days. Heat sheets for
Saturday will be posted following completion of Friday’s events and complete
results for both days will be available at the conclusion of Saturday’s
festivities.
STATE
WRESTLING BERTHS ON THE LINE SATURDAY
The 71st
Individual Wrestling State Tournament reaches the semi-state level this
Saturday, Feb. 14, at four sites. The top four finishers in each weight class
will earn a spot in the state championship brackets that run Feb. 20-21 at
Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Results
from Saturday’s semi-states will be posted at ihsaa.org as they become
available from the host sites while state finals brackets will be available
Sunday afternoon.
Individual Semi-States
Date: Saturday,
Feb. 14, 2009.
Admission: $6 (Final
session only); $9 (Season ticket).
Advancement: The top
four place winners in each weight class advance to the state finals.
1. Merrillville (at Merrillville H.S.), 9 am CT
Feeder Regionals:
Calumet, LaPorte, Logansport, Rochester.
2. Woodlan (at Allen
County Coliseum), 9 am ET
Feeder Regionals:
Carroll (Fort Wayne), Goshen, Jay County, Peru.
3. New Castle (at New Castle H.S.), 9 am ET
Feeder Regionals:
North Montgomery, Pendleton Heights, Perry Meridian, Richmond.
4. Evansville Reitz (at Roberts Stadium), 9 am
CT
Feeder Regionals:
Bloomington South, Castle, Jeffersonville, Mooresville.
Individual State Finals
Dates
& Times
Friday, Feb. 20, 6 pm ET.
Saturday, Feb. 21 (Quarterfinals at 9:30 am ET with semifinals to follow;
Consolations at 5 pm ET; Finals at 7:30 pm ET).
Admission: $8 per session or $20 both days.
Site: Conseco Fieldhouse, 125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis | Website
Webcast: www.ihsaasports.org will provide live video
of all Saturday bouts beginning at 9:30 am ET.
Media
Credentials: Deadline is Thursday, Feb. 19 at 4 pm ET.
Please note that the 2008-09 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will NOT
allow admission to this event as a specific credential is required – no
exceptions. Legitimate working news media should apply for credentials by
e-mailing or faxing your request on company letterhead (with name of individual
applying) to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason
Wille (jwille@ihsaa.org
or 317-575-4244). E-mail requests MUST originate from a recognized business
account; e-mails from personal accounts (ie:
yahoo.com, aol.com, etc.) will not be accepted. Approved requests will be left
to claim by the individual at media will-call at Conseco Fieldhouse
the day of the event. Identification is necessary to pick up credentials.
Team State Finals
Date: Saturday,
Feb. 28, 2009.
Site: Center
Grove High School, 2717 S. Morgantown Road, Greenwood | Website
Time:
Quarterfinals begin at 10 am ET with semifinal round and championship round to
follow.
Admission: $8.00.
Advancement: This is a single elimination
tournament in which the winning team shall advance to the next round.
Quarterfinals
Match 1: Mishawaka
(28-0) vs. Indianapolis Cathedral (26-2).
Match 2: Crown Point
(18-1) vs. Roncalli (18-6).
Match 3: Bellmont (18-2) vs. Perry Meridian (24-2).
Match 4: Castle (20-1)
vs. Delphi (23-10).
Semifinals
Match 5: Winner of
Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.
Match 6: Winner of
Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.
Championship
Match
7: Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6.
Team State Finals History
Mishawaka
State Champion: 1991, 2008
Runner-Up: 2000, 2007
Team Finals
Appearances: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Indianapolis Cathedral
Runner-Up:
1986, 1988
Team Finals
Appearances: 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009
Crown Point
First Team Finals Appearance
Roncalli
First Team Finals Appearance
Bellmont
State Champion: 1987, 1988, 1994
Runner-Up: 1979, 1995, 1999, 2006
Team Finals
Appearances: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, 2009
Perry Meridian
Runner-Up: 1992, 2002, 2004
Team Finals Appearances: 2000, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Castle
Runner-Up: 1994
First Team Finals Appearances
Delphi
First Team Finals Appearance
GIRLS
BASKETBALL SECTIONALS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK
The 34th
Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament gets underway this week as
sectional games are scheduled to run through Saturday, Feb. 14, at 64 sites
around the state. Results will be updated nightly on the IHSAA website as
information becomes available from the hosts.
In Class
4A, Sectional 12 host Ben Davis (23-0), ranked first in both polls sponsored by
the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association and Indiana Basketball Coaches
Association, drew Indianapolis Manual for its opener. In 3A, top-ranked Benton
Central drew a bye and will face the West Lafayette-Western winner at home in
Sectional 20. Three-time defending 2A champ Heritage Christian again sits in
the 2A catbird seat and drew a bye and will take on the Indian Creek-Triton
Central winner in Sectional 43 at Triton Central. Vincennes Rivet, No. 1 in
Class A, drew North Daviess in Sectional 63 at Barr-Reeve.
Besides Ben
Davis, two others also in 4A, finished with a spotless regular season record.
South Bend
Washington, ranked second to Ben Davis, has won all 21 of its games this season
and will begin their journey toward a fourth straight trip to the state
championship game. The Panthers drew a bye at the Penn Sectional and will take
on the South Bend Adams-Penn winner on Friday night.
Jay County (18-0)
also drew a bye in the six-team sectional at Fort Wayne North Side. The
Patriots will face the Fort Wayne South Side-Homestead winner on Friday.
Among the
other defending state champions, Class A’s Fort Wayne Canterbury will host
Elkhart Christian in Sectional 51. Class 3A winner Plymouth will face South Bend
St. Joseph’s in the first round of Sectional 19 at Glenn and, in 4A, Carmel will meet Noblesville in Sectional 9 at
Zionsville.
Four member
schools will be making their first appearances in the state tournament while
one, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, will compete in
the tournament for the first time since 1986. Attucks, Fall Creek Academy and
Indianapolis Metropolitan are assigned to Class A, Sectional 59 at University.
Bowman Academy and Seton Catholic will make their debuts in Class A, Sectional 49
at Washington Catholic and Sectional 55 at Tri, respectively.
Castle (4A)
and Shenandoah (2A), lead the state with nine consecutive sectional
championships. Heritage Christian and Northeast Dubois follow with six in a row.
> Tournament
Pairings (AP style)
Sectional Brackets: 4A
| 3A
| 2A
| A
Regional,
Semi-State, State Finals Brackets: 4A
| 3A
| 2A
| A
Facts & Figures
No. of Schools Entered: 397, State tournament record; Previous record was 393 in 1981.
Total No. of Games: 393 games in 27 days.
Schools Entered for First Time (3)
4A: None.
3A: None.
2A: None.
A: Bowman
Academy (Sectional 49 at Washington Township); Fall Creek Academy (Sectional 59
at University); Indianapolis Metropolitan (Sectional 59 at University); Seton
Catholic (Sectional 55 at Tri).
Note: Indianapolis Crispus Attucks (Sectional 59 at University) will play in
state tournament for first time since 1986.
Defending State Champions
4A: Carmel
(Sectional 9 at Zionsville).
3A:
Plymouth (Sectional 19 at Glenn).
2A:
Heritage Christian (Sectional 43 at Triton Central).
A: Fort
Wayne Canterbury (Sectional 51 host).
Defending Sectional Champions
4A: Anderson, Ben Davis, Carmel,
Carroll (Fort Wayne), Castle, Columbus East, Elkhart Memorial, Fort Wayne South
Side, Franklin Community, Gary West Side, Kokomo, Martinsville, Michigan City,
North Central (Indianapolis), Seymour, South Bend Washington.
3A: Calumet, Corydon Central, Eastbrook, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Gibson Southern,
Greensburg, Hammond, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Leo, Northwestern, Owen
Valley, Plymouth, Rushville, Vincennes Lincoln, Wawasee,
Western Boone.
2A: Carroll (Flora), Covenant
Christian, Eastern Greene, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers,
Garrett, Hanover Central, Heritage Christian, Jimtown,
North Miami, Oak Hill, Shenandoah, Southwestern (Hanover), Tell City,
Winchester.
A: Fort Wayne Canterbury, Kouts,
Lafayette Central Catholic, Northeast Dubois, Oregon-Davis, South Central (Elizabeth),
South Decatur, Southern Wells, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Tri, Turkey Run,
University, Vincennes Rivet, West Central, White River Valley, Wood Memorial.
Schools that Won First Sectional
Championship Last Year
4A: None.
3A: Greensburg.
2A: Covenant Christian, Eastern Greene.
A: University, Vincennes Rivet.
Active Sectional Championship
Streaks (Three or more years)
9: Castle,
Shenandoah.
6: Heritage
Christian, Northeast Dubois.
5: Elkhart
Memorial, Fort Wayne Canterbury, South Bend Washington.
4:
Anderson, Hammond, Southwestern (Hanover), Wood Memorial.
3: Gibson
Southern, Lafayette Central Catholic, Owen Valley, Tri.
Most Consecutive Sectional
Championships
18 by Rushville (1980-97).
Most Sectional Championships Last 10
Years
9: Castle, Northeast
Dubois, Shenandoah.
8: Ben
Davis, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Canterbury
7:
Evansville Memorial, Gary West Side, Kokomo, Southwestern (Hanover)
6: Clinton
Prairie, Elkhart Memorial, Garrett, Heritage Christian, North Knox, South Bend
St. Joseph’s, South Bend Washington
5: Cass,
Corydon Central, Fremont, Highland, Huntington North, Indianapolis Cathedral,
Jasper, Kouts, North Central (Indianapolis), North
Judson, North Montgomery, Rushville, South Central (Elizabeth), Tippecanoe
Valley, Valparaiso, White River Valley, Wood Memorial.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional
Championships
25: Rushville.
20: Bedford North Lawrence, Ben Davis, Kokomo,
Valparaiso.
19: NorthWood.
18: Huntington North, Sullivan.
17: Columbia City, Crown Point, New Castle.
Schools Seeking First Sectional
Championship
4A: Fishers, Greenwood, Indianapolis
Broad Ripple, Northridge, Northview.
3A: Crawfordsville, Gary Wirt, Mishawaka
Marian, Mount Vernon, Muncie Southside, Whitko.
2A: Centerville, Central Noble,
Churubusco, Cloverdale, Fairfield, Guerin Catholic, Lake Station Edison, Milan,
Providence, River Forest, Sheridan.
A: Bowman Academy, Cannelton,
Christian Academy of Indiana, Cowan, Crothersville, Daleville, Edinburgh,
Elkhart Christian Academy, Fall Creek Academy, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian,
Frontier, Greenwood Christian, Hamilton, Indiana School for the Deaf,
Indianapolis Metropolitan, International, Keystone, LaCrosse,
Lakewood Park Christian, Lanesville, Liberty Christian, Marquette Catholic,
Medora, Morton Memorial, Orleans, Rock Creek Academy, Seton Catholic, Shakamak, Shawe Memorial, Shoals,
Tindley, Trinity Lutheran, Westville.
NEWS & NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE
Have an
interesting note? A conference or school record, coaching
milestone or something else of interest? Please e-mail IHSAA Sports
Information Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org for consideration.
Park Tudor boys and
girls varsity tennis coach Dave Heffern was
inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis Hall of Fame at the annual IHSTeCA banquet last Friday. Heffern began coaching Park Tudor's teams in 1995 and has
compiled an impressive 503-64 win loss record. His teams have garnered 11 IHSAA
team state championships (6 girls and 5 boys) including a state record-tying four
consecutive girls titles from 2005-08.
Girls basketball coach Martin Huber notched his 250th career
win as Bremen defeated Rochester 63-43 on January 29th.
During his 19 year tenure, Huber is
250-145 with five sectional and two regional championships along with seven Bi-County
Tournament crowns and six conference titles.
During Oak Hill’s 65-40 win at Eastern (Greentown) on Jan. 27, two Lady
Golden Eagles reached the 1,000 point mark in the third quarter of play. Junior
Courtney Moses hit a three-pointer to reach the milestone and, just 1:12
later, senior Kristen Hicks made it by scoring on a break-away layup.
Play was halted and both were recognized and presented with a game ball. They
became the fourth and fifth Oak Hill girls players to
do so joining Laura Speicher (1,110), Amy Berry (1,091)
and Andrea Monroe (1,020).
Indianapolis
Cathedral senior Adrienne Sahm scored the 1,000th point for her career
at the Twin Lakes tournament this past December.
Brook Schutte, a senior forward for Edgewood,
went over the 1,000 point mark for her career in a game against Bedford North
Lawrence on January 24. Schutte is now the
second-leading all-time scorer for the Lady Mustangs behind Sarah Thompson.
Kate Atkinson is the only other EHS girls player to
surpass 1,000 points for her career.
In addition to Shutte,
three other southwestern Indiana girls basketball
players also reached the 1,000 point milestone within the last month. White
River Valley junior Steph Fougerousse
was the first to do it. She was joined by Owen Valley senior Nickole Gonser who
hit the mark on Jan. 16 against Brown County and Fougerousse’s
senior teammate Kelsey Anderson reached
it in a Jan. 31 victory at Linton-Stockton.
Fishers senior Drew
Shields has been named the 2008-09 Gatorade Indiana Boys Cross Country
Runner of the Year. Last fall, Shields won the individual state title in
15:20.3 and helped his team to a fifth-place team finish. Last year, Shields
led the Tigers to the cross country team title and also won the 800 and 1600
meter races at the state track meet.
Wabash junior Brooklyn Short scored her 1,000th career point on Jan. 27th against
Bluffton. Short is just the fourth girl to score 1,000 points at Wabash. Coach Scott Bumgardner
picked up is 100th career win on Jan. 21st when the Lady Apaches defeated Lewis
Cass.
Eminence girls
basketball player Aulani Sinclair scored a career-high 52
points on Feb. 5 in a 91-26 win over Baptist Academy. She ended the regular
season with 1,726 career points.
Roncalli boys basketball coach Michael Wantz
won his 100th game at the school with a 50-47 road victory against Park Tudor
on Feb. 3. Wantz is in his seventh season as the
Rebels head coach and is only seven wins from becoming Roncalli's
all time leader in victories. His teams have won two sectional
titles and one regional championship during his tenure.
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