2005-06 IHSAA Football State Tournament Series

First Practice Date: Monday, August 1 (non-contact); Wednesday, August 3 (contact).

First Contest Date: Friday, August 19.

Entry List Deadline Date: Tuesday, October 11, 4 p.m.

Tournament Draw Date: Sunday, October 2, 6 p.m.

2004 Champions: Class 5A – Warren Central (defeated Fort Wayne Snider, 35-23); Class 4A – Roncalli (defeated Wawasee, 35-10); Class 3A – Andrean (defeated Heritage Hills, 21-14); Class 2A – Tri-West Hendricks (defeated Eastbrook, 62-21); Class A – Seeger (defeated Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, 20-7).

Sectionals

Dates: Friday, October 21; Friday, October 28; Friday, November 4.

Times: 7 p.m.

Admission: $5.00.

Determining Home Team

First Round – The second-named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site.

Second Round – The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were home or both were visitors, the second-named team in the quarter bracket will host.

Third Round – The host team will be the team that has played the most away games. If both teams have played the same number of away games, the bottom bracket team shall host.

Class 5A

Sectional 1 - Chesterton, Crown Point, East Chicago Central, Lake Central, Merrillville, Michigan City, Portage, Valparaiso.

Sectional 2 - Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, LaPorte, Mishawaka, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley.

Sectional 3 - Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Goshen, Homestead, Huntington North, Marion, Warsaw.

Sectional 4 - Anderson, Anderson Highland, Carmel, Hamilton Southeastern, Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, Noblesville.

Sectional 5 - Franklin Central, Indianapolis Arlington, Indianapolis Broad Ripple, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indpls.), Richmond, Warren Central.

Sectional 6 - Ben Davis, Decatur Central, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Indianapolis Emmerich Manual, Indianapolis Northwest, Perry Meridian, Pike, Southport.

Sectional 7 - Avon, Bloomington South, Brownsburg, Center Grove, Columbus North, Martinsville, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South.

Sectional 8 - Bedford North Lawrence, Castle, Evansville Harrison, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz, Jeffersonville, New Albany.

Class 4A

Sectional 9 - Gary Roosevelt, Gary Wallace, Gary West Side, Highland, Hobart, Kankakee Valley, Lowell, Munster.

Sectional 10 - Angola, Concord, DeKalb, East Noble, Northridge, Plymouth, South Bend Washington, Wawasee.

Sectional 11 - Bellmont, Columbia City, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Logansport.

Sectional 12 - Connersville, Delta, Greenfield-Central, Jay County, Muncie Central, Muncie Southside, New Castle, Pendleton Heights.

Sectional 13 - Harrison (West Lafayette), Indianapolis Cathedral, Lebanon, McCutcheon, Plainfield, Roncalli, Westfield, Zionsville.

Sectional 14 - Bloomington North, Franklin Community, Greenwood, Mooresville, Northview, Owen Valley, Whiteland.

Sectional 15 - Columbus East, East Central, Franklin County, Jennings County, Madison, Seymour, Shelbyville, South Dearborn.

Sectional 16 - Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Floyd Central, Jasper, Mount Vernon, Vincennes Lincoln.

Class 3A

Sectional 17 - Andrean, Calumet, Gary Wirt, Griffith, Hammond, Hammond Clark, Hammond Gavit, Hammond Morton.

Sectional 18 - Benton Central, Frankfort, Hamilton Heights, Tipton, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette, Western.

Sectional 19 - Culver Academies, Lakeland, Mishawaka Marian, New Prairie, NorthWood, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Tippecanoe Valley, West Noble.

Sectional 20 - Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Leo, Maconaquah, New Haven, Norwell, Peru, Whitko.

Sectional 21 - Blackford, Elwood, Indianapolis Howe, Mississinewa, Mount Vernon (Fortville), New Palestine, Rushville, Yorktown.

Sectional 22 - Beech Grove, Brebeuf Jesuit, Crawfordsville, Danville, Greencastle, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Washington, West Vigo.

Sectional 23 - Batesville, Brown County, Corydon Central, Edgewood, Greensburg, North Harrison, Salem.

Sectional 24 - Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, Pike Central, Princeton, Sullivan, Washington.

Class 2A

Sectional 25 - Hammond Bishop Noll, Knox, North Judson, North Newton, Rensselaer Central, Wheeler, Winamac.

Sectional 26 - Bremen, Central Noble, Eastside, Fairfield, Garrett, Glenn, Jimtown, Prairie Heights.

Sectional 27 - Cass, Churubusco, Harding, Heritage, Manchester, Rochester, Wabash, Woodlan.

Sectional 28 - Alexandria, Bluffton, Centerville, Eastbrook, Madison-Grant, Oak Hill, South Adams, Winchester.

Sectional 29 - Cascade, Cloverdale, North Montgomery, North Putnam, South Putnam, South Vermillion, Southmont, Tri-West Hendricks.

Sectional 30 - Delphi, Eastern (Greentown), Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Scecina, Northwestern, Speedway, Taylor, Western Boone.

Sectional 31 - Brownstown Central, Charlestown, Clarksville, Indian Creek, Lawrenceburg, Providence, Triton Central, Union County.

Sectional 32 - Mitchell, North Knox, North Posey, Paoli, Southridge, South Spencer, Tell City.

Class A

Sectional 33 - Culver Community, Lake Station Edison, LaVille, River Forest, South Central (Union Mills), South Newton, West Central, Whiting.

Sectional 34 - Adams Central, Fremont, North Miami, Northfield, Southern Wells, Southwood, Triton.

Sectional 35 - Attica, Caston, Frontier, Lafayette Central Catholic, North White, Pioneer, Seeger, Tri-County.

Sectional 36 - Carroll (Flora), Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Frankton, Lapel, Sheridan, Tri-Central, Wes-Del.

Sectional 37 - Cambridge City Lincoln, Eastern Hancock, Hagerstown, Knightstown, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Tri, Union City.

Sectional 38 - Edinburgh, Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Milan, Monrovia, North Decatur, Park Tudor, South Decatur.

Sectional 39 - Covington, Fountain Central, North Central (Farmersburg), North Vermillion, Riverton Parke, Rockville, Turkey Run, Union (Dugger).

Sectional 40 - Eastern Greene, Linton-Stockton, North Daviess, Oakland City Wood, Perry Central, Springs Valley, Tecumseh, West Washington.

Regionals

Dates: Friday, November 11.

Times: 7 p.m.

Admission: $6.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: Host school will be sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or lowest sectional number. (i.e., Sectional 1 is lower than Sectional 2).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: Host school will be sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or highest sectional number. (i.e., Sectional 2 is higher than Sectional 1).

Semi-States

Dates: Friday, November 18.

Times: 7 p.m.

Admission: $7.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: Host school will be regional game non-host, if applicable, or highest sectional number. (i.e., Sectional 2 is higher than Sectional 1).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: Host school will be regional game non-host, if applicable, or lowest sectional number. (i.e., Sectional 1 is lower than Sectional 2).

Note: If regional winner has not hosted either sectional final or regional, that school will be the designated host.

State Finals

RCA Dome, 100 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis. Indiana Convention Center & RCA Dome website

Dates: Friday, November 25; Saturday November 26.

Times

Friday – Class A begins at 3:30 p.m.; Class 2A begins at 7 p.m.

Saturday – Class 3A begins at 12 p.m.; Class 4A begins at 3:30 p.m.; Class 5A begins at 7:05 p.m.

Admission: $10.00 per day; $18.00 both days (all seats general admission).

Determining Home Team: Home team shall be determined by a coin toss at the pre-tournament meeting on Monday, November 21 at 10 a.m. at the IHSAA office in Indianapolis.