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 14, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

CHATARD NEW NO. 1 IN A.P. 3A BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard moved up to No. 1 in Class 3A for the first time in school history on Tuesday when the weekly state rankings in boys basketball were announced by the Associated Press. The Trojans (7-0) replaced Gary Roosevelt, which lost at home to Morgan Park, Ill. on Friday. Pike (10-0), Cass (9-0) and Kouts (10-0) all remained No. 1 in Class 4A, 2A and A, respectively.

Class 4A	Class 3A	Class 2A	Class A
1. Pike	1. Indpls. Bishop Chatard	1. Cass	1. Kouts
2. DeKalb	2. Gary Roosevelt	2. Bluffton	2. Loogootee
3. Munster	3. Tippecanoe Valley	3. Muncie Burris	3. Argos
4. Bloomington North	4. Washington	4. Forest Park	4. Orleans
5. Lawrence North	5. Fort Wayne Elmhurst	5. North Knox	5. White River Valley
6. North Central (Indpls.)	6. Lebanon	6. Eastern (Bloomfield)	6. Bloomfield
7. Perry Meridian	7. North Harrison	7. Winchester	7. Clay City
8. Northview	8. Yorktown	8. Garrett	8. South Central (Elizabeth)
9. Kokomo	9. Scottsburg	9. Evansville Mater Dei	9. Tri-Central
10. Jeffersonville	10. NorthWood	10. Wheeler	10. Tecumseh

TOP TEAMS REMAIN UNCHANGED IN GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL

The January 13 poll from the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association finds last week’s top-ranked teams secure for another week as all four – Kokomo (12-0), Alexandria (14-0), Heritage Christian (12-1) and North Vermillion (13-0) – remain atop their respective classes. The biggest jump was made by Bloomington North (12-1) in Class 4A, up four spots to No. 4.

Class 4A	Class 3A	Class 2A	Class A
1. Kokomo	1. Alexandria	1. Heritage Christian	1. North Vermillion
2. East Chicago Central	2. Beech Grove	2. North Putnam	2. Tri-Central
3. Mooresville	3. Highland	3. Indian Creek	3. Borden
4. Bloomington North	4. Gibson Southern	4. Shenandoah	4. New Harmony
5. Pike	5. Angola	5. North Knox	5. Washington Catholic
6. Ben Davis	6. North Harrison	6. Southwestern (Hanover)	6. Oregon-Davis
7. Warsaw	7. Shelbyville	7. Rochester	7. Randolph Southern
8. Perry Meridian	8. Northwestern	8. Wabash	8. White River Valley
9. North Central (Indpls.)	9. Tippecanoe Valley	9. North Newton	9. North Central (Farmersburg)
10. Huntington North	10. Brebeuf Jesuit	10. Westview	10. Culver Community

For this week’s compilation of girls and boys basketball scoring and rebounding leaders through games of Jan. 11, as reported by the member schools, you can go to the IHSAA web site under Girls Statistical Leaders and Boys Statistical Leaders.

DUNELAND TEAMS TOP IHSGC GYMNASTICS POLL

Three Duneland Conference teams lead the way in the latest poll from the Indiana High School Gymnastics Coaches. Defending state champion Chesterton is the top ranked team followed by Valparaiso and Merrillville with Columbus East and Center Grove rounding out the top five.

Poll of Jan. 8

1. Chesterton

2. Valparaiso

3. Merrillville

4. Columbus East

5. Center Grove

6. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger

7. Huntington North

8T. Carmel

8T. Fort Wayne Northrop

10. McCutcheon

NORTH CENTRAL (INDPLS.) NEW NO. 1 IN GIRLS SWIMMING

Based on some recent fast performances turned in, the North Central girls swimming and diving team overtook Carmel’s girls for the first time this season in the Jan. 12 poll from the Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association. The Greyhounds had held down the top spot since the pre-season. Carmel’s boys, meanwhile, continue their perch atop the boys poll this week with South Bend Riley jumping over Hamilton Southeastern for second place.

BOYS POLL	GIRLS POLL
1. Carmel	1. North Central (Indpls.)
2. South Bend Riley	2. Carmel
3. Hamilton Southeastern	3. Lake Central
4. Yorktown	4. Munster
5. Lawrence North	5. Hamilton Southeastern
6. Chesterton	6. Fort Wayne Snider
7. Homestead	7. Columbus North
8. Wawasee	8. South Dearborn
9. North Central (Indpls.)	9. Castle
10. Northridge	10. Noblesville
11. Delta	11. Northridge
12. Center Grove	12. Yorktown
13. Harrison (West Laf.)	13. Brebeuf Jesuit
14. Penn	14. Homestead
15. Fort Wayne Concordia	15. Wheeler
16. Lake Central	16. Center Grove
17. Western	17. Evansville Harrison
18. Kokomo	18T. Southridge
19. Jeffersonville	18T. Terre Haute North
20. West Lafayette	20T. Bloomington North
	20T. Twin Lakes

TWO WEEKENDS REMAINING IN WRESTLING SEASON

Eight-time defending state champion Evansville Mater Dei continued its stranglehold on the top spot in the Jan. 9 poll of the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association. At the same time, the Wildcats and the rest of the state begin the countdown to the end of the regular season and gear up for the post-season state tournament series.

The pairings for the eight-team state finals of the Eighth Annual IHSAA Team Wrestling Tournament Series will be drawn on Thursday, January 23 at the IHSAA office. The draw will begin at 8 a.m. EST and will be posted to the IHSAA website on the Wrestling page shortly thereafter.

Some new wrinkles to the tournament this year include:

• Condensing sectional sites from 64 to 32
• Wrestlebacks at the sectional level only to determine third through sixth places in each weight class
• The top two scoring teams at the sectional will advance to the team regional
• The individual state finals will contain a “placement” round during Saturday’s semifinal round to determine medal match opponents in the evening session.

The entire tournament format is listed in the 2002-03 Winter Bulletin on page 170 for individuals and page 180 for the team portion.

Seeds for the sectional round will be determined at the sectional seeding meetings to be conducted Monday, Jan. 27 at the host school of each sectional.

Poll of Jan. 9

1. Evansville Mater Dei

2. Bellmont

3. Griffith

4. Portage

5. Yorktown

6. Franklin

7. Mishawaka

8. Lawrence North

9. Perry Meridian

10T. Bloomington South

10T. Carmel

10T. Warren Central

13. Columbus North

14. Columbia City

15. New Castle

16. Jennings County

17. East Central

18. Fort Wayne Snider

19. Indianapolis Cathedral

20T. Elkhart Memorial

20T. New Palestine

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

BASEBALL & SOFTBALL SCRIMMAGE RULES ANNOUNCED

Regular season games are still several weeks away for spring sports but the practice season begins February 24 for softball with baseball getting underway one week later on March 3. With those dates in mind, the IHSAA announces the scrimmage rules and regulations for each sport. No changes were made to the format of the scrimmage in either sport from last year.

Baseball Scrimmage Rules

Softball Scrimmage Rules

MILESTONES

Darnell Archey, a New Castle High School graduate and current Butler University basketball player, is in the midst of setting the NCAA Division I record for consecutive free throws made with 82 straight. Archey connected on all three attempts against Illinois-Chicago on Jan. 4 giving him 76 in a row breaking the previous mark of 73 by Villanova’s Gary Buchanan. He added to his string with six more against Detroit on Jan. 11. Archey will try to extend his record in Butler’s next game at Wright State on Thursday.

Trey Eaton broke the Tippecanoe Valley career scoring record in boys basketball with 32 points against Northfield on Jan. 11. Eaton, currently the state’s leading scorer at 27.2 points per game, now has 1,369 points for his varsity career. The old record was 1,352 set in 1992 by Scott Johnson.

Teammates Suntana Granderson and Crystal Norman both scored their 1,500^th point in their South Bend Riley girls basketball careers last week. Norman hit her milestone on Jan. 7 versus NorthWood, while Granderson reached the mark in the team’s Jan. 10 game against South Bend Adams.

DeUnna Hendrix of Kokomo became the 23^rd girls basketball player in Howard County history and sixth in her school’s history to reach the 1,000-point plateau in the Wildkats’ victory over New Castle on Jan. 4.

Anderson’s Kenya Jones scored 30 points in the Indians’ victory over Greenfield-Central on Jan. 9 and joined the 1,000 point club at her school. Jones has scored 1,028 to date in four varsity seasons.

Northridge boys swimming coach Joe Keller posted his 100^th career victory in the Raiders dual with Wawasee on Jan. 7. It was the 30^th consecutive conference victory for Northridge.

Columbus North’s Evan Kleinhenz, a 171-pounder, set the school record for career wrestling victories on Jan. 9 celebrating his 113^th win during the Bull Dogs’ match at Seymour. Kevin Meyer with 112 held the previous school mark.

Scoring 25 points in his team’s Jan. 7 win over Carroll (Flora), Western’s Josh Nelson surpassed the 1,000-point plateau for his career. Nelson becomes just the second player in Panthers history to reach that level joining Rick Pearson who scored 1,053 from 1972-76.

Geoff Van Winkle, a 6-5 senior guard from Forest Park and committed to the University of Southern Indiana, tied the state record for most consecutive free throws made with 72 straight before missing in the Rangers’ game against Washington Catholic on Dec. 28. The streak began last Jan. 12 against Perry Central. His mark also ranks fourth best all-time nationally among high school players and tied, coincidentally, another Indiana player, Rob Cavanaugh of Valparaiso, who hit 72 in a row from Dec. 15, 1989 to Jan. 27, 1990. The national high school record is 126 consecutive free throws made by Daryl Moreau of New Orleans DeLaSalle, LA over the 1978 and 1979 seasons.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Holly Decker has been named girls tennis coach at Bloomington South.

Amanda McCormick of Class 2A volleyball state champion Muncie Burris has been selected as the 2002-03 Gatorade Indiana High School Volleyball Player of the Year. McCormick, also the mental attitude award winner at this year’s state finals, now qualifies for consideration for the National High School Volleyball Player of the Year award that will be named on Jan. 28.

Hank Stram and Bob Kuechenberg, both Northwest Indiana natives, were named two of 15 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Jan. 6. Stram, who starred on the gridiron at Gary Wallace and Purdue and spent 17 seasons in the NFL, coached the Kansas City Chiefs to two Super Bowl appearances and remains the franchise’s winningest coach. Kuechenberg, an all-state lineman at Hobart who went on to Notre Dame, also played 14 years with the Miami Dolphins and played on the 1973 and 1974 Super Bowl championship teams. The Hall of Fame’s 39-member Board of Selectors will meet Jan. 25 to elect this year’s class.

Joe Potesta has been named boys soccer coach at Warren Central. Potesta coached the past four seasons at Ben Davis. Gary Roberts, who previously coached both Warren Central boys and girls teams, will continue to coach the girls team.

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 Regionals
Thursday, February 6	Girls Swimming & Diving Sectionals
Saturday, February 8	Girls Swimming & Diving Sectionals
Saturday, February 8	Individual Wrestling Regionals
Tuesday, February 11	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Tuesday, February 11	Girls Diving Regionals
Wednesday, February 12	Team Wrestling Semi-States
Friday, February 14	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Friday, February 14	Girls Swimming & Diving State Finals
Saturday, February 15	Girls Basketball Sectionals
Saturday, February 15	Individual Wrestling Semi-States
Saturday, February 15	Girls Swimming & Diving State Finals

IHSAA 02-03/19