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 28, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT BEGINS SATURDAY

Competition in the 65^th Annual Individual and 7^th Annual Team IHSAA Wrestling Tournaments will get underway on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 32 sectional sites. Weigh-in is scheduled for 7:00 – 8:00 a.m, with continuous sessions beginning at 9:00 a.m. and the finals at approximately 4:00 p.m.

Seeds for the Individual Tournament sectional round were determined at coaches meetings conducted Monday at the host school of each sectional. Regional action at 16 locations is slated for Saturday, February 8, with the four semi-states on Saturday, February 15. The state finals will be held at Conseco Fieldhouse on Friday, February 21, and Saturday, February 22.

The team regionals are scheduled for Wednesday, February 5, with semi-state matchups on Wednesday, February 12, and the state finals on Saturday, March 1, at Center Grove High School in Greenwood.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION POLL

No.	School	Sectional Site	No.	School	Sectional Site
1	Evansville Mater Dei	Evansville Central	11	Bloomington South	Owen Valley
2	Bellmont	Jay County	12	Elkhart Memorial	Elkhart Memorial
3	Griffith	Calumet	13	Jennings County	Jennings County
4	Portage	LaPorte	14	Warren Central	Franklin Central
5	Franklin	Martinsville	15	Columbia City	Carroll (Fort Wayne)
6	Lawrence North	Lawrence Central	16	Columbus North	Jennings County
7	Yorktown	Delta	17	Fort Wayne Snider	New Haven
8	Perry Meridian	Decatur Central	18	Evansville Memorial	Evansville Central
9	Mishawaka	Mishawaka	19	East Central	South Dearborn
10	Carmel	Zionsville	20	Indianapolis Cathedral	Lawrence Central
				New Castle	Shenandoah

WRESTLING MEDIA CREDENTIALS

The 2002-03 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will serve as admission to the individual and team state finals competition at Conseco Fieldhouse and Center Grove High School. If you have not applied for such credential, please forward your request, on company letterhead, to Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director, IHSAA, 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260.

For all other rounds of the tournament, you must contact the host school to acquire the proper credentials.

GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY DRAW SET FOR MONDAY

The draw to set the field for the 28^th Annual Girls Basketball Tournament Series will be conducted at the IHSAA headquarters on Monday, February 3, 2003, at 12:00 Noon. The pairings will be released immediately upon completion and will be available on the IHSAA web site under Girls Basketball.

The sectional round of the tourney will be held on February 11, 14 and 15 at 64 sites in four classes. Regional play is penciled in for February 22, with the semi-states on March 1 and the state finals at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 8.

ICGSA GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL

For the week ending January 25, 2003, the number-one teams remained the same in all four girls basketball classifications. The runner-up slot also remained the same in all but class A, where New Harmony made the leap from fourth to second as they picked up their fifth straight win to run their record to 17-3. Tri-Central dropped to third.

ICGSA POLL 1/28/03

No.	Class 4A	Sectional Site	No.	Class 3A	Sectional Site
1	Kokomo	Harrison (W. Laf.)	1	Alexandria	Alexandria
2	E. Chicago Central	E. Chicago Central	2	Beech Grove	Beech Grove
3	Bloomington North	Columbus East	3	North Harrison	Scottsburg
4	Ben Davis	Avon	4	Gibson Southern	Evansville Bosse
5	Pike	Broad Ripple	5	Angola	West Noble
6	Mooresville	Plainfield	6	Highland	Highland
7	Perry Meridian	Franklin Central	7	Northwestern	Frankfort
8	Warsaw	Columbia City	8	Delta	Alexandria
9	Huntington North	F.W. Northrop	9	Brebeuf Jesuit	Beech Grove
10	North Central (Indpls.)	Broad Ripple	10	Evansville Memorial	Evansville Bosse
No.	Class 2A	Sectional Site	No.	Class A	Sectional Site
1	Heritage Christian	Monrovia	1	North Vermillion	North Vermillion
2	North Putnam	Cascade	2	New Harmony	Oakland City Wood
3	Indian Creek	Monrovia	3	Tri-Central	Tri-Central
4	Shenandoah	Winchester	4	North Central (Farm.)	White River Valley
5	Rochester	Manchester	5	Borden	New Washington
6	Southwestern (Hanover)	Southwestern (Han.)	6	Oregon-Davis	West Central
7	North Knox	South Knox	7	White River Valley	White River Valley
8	North Newton	Rensselaer Central	8	Union City	Randolph Southern
9	Westview	Prairie Heights	9	South Central (Eliz.)	West Washington
10	Wabash	Manchester	10	Randolph Southern	Randolph Southern

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

There were a couple of changes among the leaders in the weekly Association Press Poll of boys high school basketball for the week ending January 25, 2003. Pike (14-0) continues with its stranglehold on the top spot in 4A. Gary Roosevelt (13-1) reversed its tumble from the number-one position and has regained the lead in AAA, with Indianapolis Chatard (9-1) falling from first to third. Cass (12-0) maintains the premier position in AA again this week. In Class A, Orleans (14-0) jumps up two notches from third to first, with Kouts (13-1) dropping to third.

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1/28/03

No.	Class 4A	No.	Class 3A	No.	Class 2A	No.	Class A
1	Pike	1	Gary Roosevelt	1	Cass	1	Orleans
2	Munster	2	Tippecanoe Valley	2	Bluffton	2	Argos
3	Bloomington North	3	Indianapolis Chatard	3	Muncie Burris	3	Kouts
4	Lawrence North	4	Yorktown	4	North Knox	4	Loogootee
5	DeKalb	5	North Harrison	5	Winchester	5	Bloomfield
6	Perry Meridian	6	Washington	6	Eastern (Bloomfield)	6	Clay City
7	Lafayette Jefferson	7	Scottsburg	7	Forest Park	7	Southwestern (Shelbyville)
8	Evansville Harrison	8	Griffith	8	Garrett	8	S. Central (Elizabeth)
9	Columbia City	9	Gibson Southern	9	Evansville Mater Dei	9	White River Valley
10	Indianapolis Cathedral	10	F.W. Elmhurst	10	Wheeler	10	Monroe Central

IBCA BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 1/26/03

No.	School	No.	School
1	Pike	11	Perry Meridian
2	Munster	12	North Central (Indpls.)
3	Bloomington North	13	South Bend Riley
4	Lawrence North	14	Indianapolis Cathedral
5	DeKalb	15	Cass
6	Gary Roosevelt	16	Muncie Central
7	Lafayette Jefferson	17	Northview
8	Evansville Harrison	18	Tippecanoe Valley
9	Indianapolis Chatard	19	Elkhart Central
10	Columbia City	20	Bluffton

TREY EATON AND KATIE GEARLDS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS

In the weekly compilation of state scoring leaders, Tippecanoe Valley’s Trey Eaton and Beech Grove’s Katie Gearlds hold down the top spots. Senior Eaton moved into the leadership position for the first time this season with a 29.5 average over 13 games. Senior Gearlds, who has now passed the 2,000 point career mark, is the girls leader with an average of 29.1 over 19 games.

Senior David Allen of Borden is the state’s top rebounder with a 13.1 average over 12 games for the boys. Amy Dunbar of Oregon-Davis, also a senior, leads the rebounding column for the girls with a 17 game average of 20.0.

For the latest girls and boys basketball complete 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 Greyhounds continue to dominate both sides of the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association polls. The defending state champs have held down the top spot since pre-season.

Looking ahead, the 29^th Annual Girls Tournament Series will begin with sectional competition on Thursday, February 6, and Saturday, February 8. The diving regionals will be held on Tuesday, February 11. The state champion will be crowned following competition on Friday, February 14, and Saturday, February 15, at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI, 901 West New York Street, Indianapolis.

The 66^th Annual Boys Tournament Series will get underway on Thursday, February 21, and conclude on Friday, February 28, and Saturday, March 1.

IHSSCA BOYS POLL 1/26/03 IHSSCA GIRLS POLL 1/26/03

No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team
1	Carmel	10	Wawasee	1	Carmel	11	Yorktown
2	South Bend Riley	12	Delta	2	N. Central (Indpls.)	12	Homestead
3	Hamilton Southeastern	12	Northridge	3	Munster	13	Center Grove
4	Harrison (W. Laf.)	14	Penn	4	Lake Central	14	Northridge
5	Yorktown	15	Crawfordsville	5	Hamilton SE	14	Terre Haute North
6	Center Grove	16	Western	6	F.W. Snider	16	Brebeuf Jesuit
7	Lawrence North	17	F.W. Concordia	7	Columbus North	17	Evansville Harrison
8	North Central (Indpls.)	18	Kokomo	8	Castle	17	F.W. Northrop
9	Chesterton	18	Plainfield	9	South Dearborn	19	Southridge
10	Homestead	18	West Lafayette	10	Noblesville	20	Twin Lakes

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

CHESTERTON NO. 1 IN GYMNASTICS

The latest Indiana High School Gymnastics Coaches Poll continues to showcase defending state champ Chesterton in the top spot. Fort Wayne Dwenger, the 2002 runner-up, is running second to the Trojans in the latest poll, with Valparaiso, New Castle, 8^th in the title chase a year ago, and Center Grove rounding out the top-five.

IHSGC POLL 1/22/03

No.	School	No.	School
1	Chesterton	11	Plainfield
2	F.W. Dwenger	12	Wawasee
3	Valparaiso	13	Columbus East
4	New Castle	14	LaPorte
5	Center Grove	15	Southport
6	Hobart	16	Portage
7	Merrillville	17	Columbus North
8	F.W. Northrop	18	Warren Central
9	Roncalli	19	Huntington North
10	Lawrence Central	19	McCutcheon
		19	Carmel

For the latest gymnastics information, log on to the Indiana High School Coaches Gymnastics web site at IHSCG.

MILESTONES

Drew Sease of Zionsville set two school records during the Pike swim meet, breaking the Eagles’ marks in the 200 IM and 100 Fly. The previous marks had been set in 1992 and 1987 respectively.

Amanda Norris of Shenandoah became the school’s all-time leading scorer on January 24 in a game against Knightstown. 2001 graduate Kelly Troxell was the previous record-holder with 1,225 career points.

Fort Wayne Canterbury’s Lindsey Swanson passed the 1,500-point career mark on January 21 versus Central Noble.

Janese Banks of Ben Davis scored her 1000^th career point on January 15 in a game against Decatur Central.

Lindsay Benko of Elkhart, Ind., swimming for the United States, set a world record Sunday in the 400-meter freestyle at the short course World Cup in Berlin. Benko was timed in three minutes, 59.53 seconds, easily breaking the mark of 4:00.03 set by Costa Rica's Claudia Poll in 1997.

For the first time in school history, New Castle has 4 players with over 500 points in their career. They include Megan Spurlock (783), Lyndsay Padgett (668), Lindsey Miller (600), and Brittanie Thompson (530).

IHSAA OVERTIME

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has announced that Patricia “Pat” Roy will be honored at this year’s women’s banquet as the recipient of the St. Vincent Silver Medal Award. A former assistant commissioner with the IHSAA, Pat will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on April 25, 2003. The Hall also announced that James Cox of Marion and Rosalie Leedy of Lebanon of recipients of the Center Circle Officials Recognition Award.

Phil Watkins of Bloomington South has been named recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award presented by the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame. He will receive the award at a banquet in Indianapolis February 22. Others to be honored include Larry Burns of Delta, Carl Gioia and Ben Potts of Valparaiso, Evan Kleinhenz of Columbus North, Cody Porter of North Vermillion, Trent Rogers of Clinton Prairie, Joey Smith of Mooresville, Chris West of Speedway and Matt Zore of Indianapolis Cathedral.

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

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

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