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<