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 January 7, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

For the most part, the leaders remained the same in the weekly A.P. boys high school basketball poll. Pike (8-0) is still number-one in 4A. Gary Roosevelt (8-0) continues to lead the way in 3A. Cass (8-0) remains atop the 2A bracketing. In Class A, White River Valley (6-1) lost its stranglehold on the premier position and was replaced by unbeaten Kouts (8-0).

A.P.

No.	Class 4A	No.	Class 3A	No.	Class 2A	No.	Class A
1	Pike	1	Gary Roosevelt	1	Cass	1	Kouts
2	DeKalb	2	Indpls. Chatard	2	Bluffton	2	White River Valley
3	North Central (Indpls.)	3	Washington	3	Eastern (Greene)	3	Argos
4	Munster	4	Tippecanoe Valley	4	Muncie Burris	4	Loogootee
5	Bloomington North	5	North Harrison	5	Forest Park	5	Bloomfield
6	Perry Meridian	6	Lebanon	6	North Knox	6	Orleans
7	Lawrence North	7	F.W. Elmhurst	7	Winchester	7	Laf. Cntl. Catholic
8	Kokomo	8	Harding	8	Garrett	8	Tri-Central
9	Northview	9	Yorktown	9	Evansville Mater Dei	9	Tecumseh
10	Muncie Central	10	Gibson Southern	10	Wheeler	10	S. Central (Elizabeth)

ICGSA GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL

For the week ending January 4, 2003, the situation was status quo among the teams in the top spots of the four classifications in girls basketball. Kokomo (10-0), Alexandria (13-0), Heritage Christian (11-1) and North Vermillion (11-0) still cling to their respective leadership positions.

ICGSA

No.	Class 4A	No.	Class 3A	No.	Class 2A	No.	Class A
1	Kokomo	1	Alexandria	1	Heritage Christian	1	North Vermillion
2	Mooresville	2	Beech Grove	2	North Putnam	2	Tri-Central
3	E. Chicago Central	3	Highland	3	Indian Creek	3	New Harmony
4	Ben Davis	4	Gibson Southern	4	Shenandoah	4	Borden
5	Pike	5	Angola	5	North Knox	5	Oregon-Davis
6	Perry Meridian	6	North Harrison	6	Southwestern	6	Randolph Southern
7	Warsaw	7	Shelbyville	7	Rochester	7	Washington Catholic
8	Bloomington North	8	Tippecanoe Valley	8	North Newton	8	N. Central (Sullivan)
9	South Bend Riley	9	Northwestern	9	North Judson	9	Union City
10	Huntington North	10	Brebeuf Jesuit	10	Wabash	10	Barr-Reeve

For the latest girls and boys basketball 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.

IHSSCA SWIMMING POLLS

The Carmel powerhouse continues to dominate the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association polls in both boys and girls swimming. The defending state champs have held down the top spot since pre-season.

BOYS POLL GIRLS POLL

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

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

IHSWCA WRESTLING POLL

No.	Team	No.	Team
1	Evansville Mater Dei	11	Yorktown
2	Bellmont	12	Indpls. Cathedral
3	Griffith	13	Columbia City
4	Portage	14	Elkhart Memorial
5	Warren Central	15	Carmel
6	Franklin	16	Fort Wayne Snider
7	Mishawaka	17	Columbus North
8	Lawrence North	18	New Castle
9	Bloomington South	19	Evansville Memorial
10	Perry Meridian	20	North Posey

For more wrestling information from the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association, log on to IHSWCA.

MILESTONES

Katy Hinkle has become the third player in Northwestern girls’ basketball history to score 1,000 points, joining Kim Tussinger and Marci Norris.

New Palestine head basketball coach Brian Kehrt picked up his 100^th career coaching win on December 13.

Senior Whitney Espenlaub of New Harmony moved past Jill Reynolds into the number-one position on the Rappites’ all-time scoring list on November 30.

Derek Harmon of Eastern Hancock has become the third player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

NorthWood senior wrestler Brandon Garner picked up his 100^th career victory during the Spartan Classic at Connersville on December 28.

With 21 points in Carroll's December 28 game against Noblesville at the Crown Point Invitational, senior guard Abby Noll became the Chargers’ all-time leading scorer. Already the girl's career record holder, Noll's point total now stands at 1,198 which surpasses the 1,196 scored by Gabe Miller from 1998-2001 to make Noll the school's overall career leading scorer.

Culver High School senior Stacy Stevens has passed the 1,500 point career scoring mark.

Bianca Haverstock, a junior from Crawford County, reached 1,000 career points on November 30 and became the school’s all-time leading scorer.

Crystal Norman became South Bend Riley’s all-time leading scorer with her 1,403^rd point against Chesterton on December 14. The previous mark of 1,402 belonged to Erin Miller (1995-99)

Northwestern’s Katy Hinkle has reached 1,000 career points.

Rachel Dixon of South Central set a new school single-game scoring mark with 43 points against Crothersville on December 7, breaking the old mark of 40 tallied by Becky Bruner.

Stephanie Culp set the Heritage Christian career steals record with her 289^th in a 90-49 win over Indianapolis Northwest on January 3. In the same game, junior Cassie Freeman totaled a triple-double with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and topped the 1,000 career point mark .

On January 4 at New Castle, Kokomo seniors Ashley Hayes, with 12 points, and DeUnna Hendrix, with 16 points, both reached the 1,000-point career scoring plateaus.

Teran Warner of Shenandoah reached the 500-rebound mark during the Indiana Hall of Fame Classic on December 27.

Harrison (West Lafaytte) senior Brittany Dildine scored the 1000^th point of her career in a game against Gary West on January 3.

Liz Honegger of Lafayette Jefferson reached the 1,000 point scoring mark for her career in the Bronchos’ game against Gary West Side on January 2.

Washington Township senior Christi Gladdis became the Senators’ all-time leading scorer on December 28 against LaCrosse, breaking the previous record of 787 points held by 1981 graduate Chris Rudman.

Senior Andrew Hershberger topped the 1,000-point career mark for Goshen in the Redskins’ game against Northridge on January 3, becoming the 6^th in school history to reach that goal, the first in 11 years.

A.J. Graves became the 5^th player in White River Valley history to reach 1,000 career points. Other Wolverines to reach that goal include his brothers, Matthew and Andrew, along with Marc Hostetter and Troy Halt.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Matt Wilhoit has stepped down as head girls’ soccer coach at Bloomington South.

Former head basketball coach and athletic director at Rossville, Larry Good passed away December 15.

Bill Doba, the former head coach at Goshen, Angola and Mishawaka, has taken over as the new head football coach at Washington State.

Former North Central (Indpls.) basketball player Kurnie Nickson was presented the Bryce William Mitchell Memorial Fund Award on December 20. It was the first presentation of the award, named for the son of Panthers’ head coach Doug Mitchell.

Kevin Frye has resigned as head football coach at Elwood after seven seasons.

Muncie Central volleyball coach Dave Shondell has been named national volleyball coach of the year by Student Sports Magazine. This year, his team finished 39-1 and was 4A state champ. His 13-year record with the Bearcats is 428-52.

Six women will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in ceremonies scheduled for April 25, 2003. They include: Linda Barnett, Clinton Central; Donna Cheatham, Southwestern (Hanover); Margaret Kelley, Ladywood-St. Agnes Academy; Carmella Dunn, East Chicago Roosevelt; Cecilia Mimms, Indianapolis Cathedral; and Teri Rosinski, Norwell.

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, January 23	Wrestling Team Tourney Series Drawing (8:00 a.m.)
Saturday, February 1	Individual Wrestling Sectionals
Monday, February 3	Girls Basketball Tourney Series Drawing (Noon)
Wednesday, February 5	Team Wrestling Team Regionals
Thursday, February 6	Girls Swimming Sectionals
Saturday, February 8	Girls Swimming Sectionals
Saturday, February 8	Individual Wrestling Regionals
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

IHSAA 02-03/18