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 February 4, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

EIGHTH ANNUAL IHSAA TEAM WRESTLING REGIONALS NEXT UP

Team regionals are next up in the IHSAA Eighth Annual Team Wrestling Tournament to be held tomorrow evening at 16 sites. The hottest contest may come at Seymour, where three ranked schools, Bloomington South (#11), Jennings County (#13) and Columbus North (#16), compete for the title.

Top-ranked Evansville Mater Dei is one of two ranked squads in the Mater Dei regional, Evansville Memorial (#18) being the other. Last year’s runner-up, Perry Meridian (#8), will participate in the Beech Grove regional.

Wednesday, February 5 6:00 p.m. Admission $6.00

Regional Site	Participating Teams
Highland:	Highland vs. Merrillville Griffith vs. Lake Central
LaPorte:	Crown Point vs. LaPorte Portage vs. Valparaiso
South Bend Clay:	Mishawaka vs. Wawasee Bremen vs. Penn
Harrison (WL):	Winamac vs. McCutcheon Harrison (W. Laf.) vs. Rensselaer Central
Jimtown:	Elkhart Memorial vs. Angola Prairie Heights vs. Northridge
Garrett:	Columbia City vs. New Haven. Fort Wayne Snider vs. Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Huntington North:	Peru vs. Kokomo Eastern (Greentown) vs. Maconaquah
Muncie Central:	Bellmont vs. Winchester Community Yorktown vs. Adams Central
North Montgomery:	Turkey Run vs. Zionsville. Carmel vs. Southmont
Indpls. Manual:	Hamilton Heights vs. Indianapolis Cathedral Lawrence North vs. Anderson Highland
Beech Grove:	Perry Meridian vs. New Palestine Warren Central vs. Pike
Milan:	New Castle vs. Union County East Central vs. Centerville
Avon:	Avon vs. Martinsville. Franklin Community vs. Brownsburg
Seymour:	Bloomington South vs. Jennings County. Columbus North vs. West Vigo
Jasper:	Floyd Central vs. Pike Central Jasper vs. Providence
Evans. Mater Dei:	Castle vs. Evansville Memorial Evansville Mater Dei vs. Boonville

INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING REGIONALS SLATED FOR SATURDAY

Saturday, February 8 Admission: Final Session only $4.00, Season $6.00

Weigh-In: 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

Session 1: 9:00 a.m.

Session 2: 1:30 p.m.

Session 3: 5:30 p.m.

Finals: 7:00 p.m.

Note: Times subject to change based on decision by individual regional sites.

The top four (4) individuals from each weight class in the sectional advance to the regional. For a look at the regional qualifiers, log on to 2003 Wrestling Sectional Results. The top three (3) individuals from each weight class in the regional advance to the semi state. Single elimination format.

REGIONAL SITES	PARTICIPATING SECTIONALS
Calumet	Calumet, East Chicago Central.
LaPorte	Crown Point, LaPorte.
Mishawaka	Mishawaka, Plymouth.
Logansport	Lafayette Jefferson, Twin Lakes.
Goshen	Westview, Elkhart Memorial.
Carroll (Fort Wayne)	Carroll (Fort Wayne), New Haven.
Peru	Oak Hill, Peru.
Delta	Delta, Jay County.
North Montgomery	Crawfordsville, Zionsville.
Pendleton Heights	Hamilton Heights, Lawrence Central.
Perry Meridian	Decatur Central, Franklin Central.
Richmond	Shenandoah, South Dearborn.
Martinsville	Avon, Martinsville.
Bloomington South	Owen Valley, Jennings County.
Jeffersonville	Jeffersonville, Southridge.
Castle	Castle, Evansville Central.

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING COACHES ASSOCIATION TEAM POLL

No.	School	Regional	No.	School	Regional
1	Evansville Mater Dei	Evansville Mater Dei	11	Bloomington South	Seymour
2	Bellmont	Muncie Central	12	Elkhart Memorial	Jimtown
3	Griffith	Highland	13	Jennings County	Seymour
4	Portage	LaPorte	14	Warren Central	Beech Grove
5	Franklin	Avon	15	Columbia City	Garrett
6	Lawrence North	Indpls. Manual	16	Columbus North	Seymour
7	Yorktown	Muncie Central	17	Fort Wayne Snider	Garrett
8	Perry Meridian	Beech Grove	18	Evansville Memorial	Evansville Mater Dei
9	Mishawaka	South Bend Clay	19	East Central	Milan
10	Carmel	North Montgomery	20	Indianapolis Cathedral	Indpls. Manual

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 SWIMMING TOURNAMENT SET TO START

The 29^th Annual Girls Swimming & Diving Tournament Series will begin on Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 20 sites across the state. For a listing of those sites and the participating schools, go to 2003 Girls Swimming Sectional Sites.

Sectional schedule: Thursday, February 6 5:30 p.m. Swimming Preliminaries

Saturday, February 8 9:00 a.m. Diving Preliminaries & Semifinals

2:00 p.m. Consolation & Finals in all events

Admission: Session ticket: $4.00, Season ticket: $6.00

Columbus North is the all-time leader in sectional victories with 23, including a title in their own sectional in 2002, their sixth consecutive sectional crown. Anderson and Elkhart Central are tied for second in total sectionals won with 20, but the Indians last victory came in 1997 and the last title for the Blazers was 1994. Go to Girls Swimming Sectional Champions for a complete school-by-school listing of former sectional winners. For total sectional champs, log on to Girls Swimming Total Sectional Titles

Top-ranked and defending state champ Carmel will be seeking its 19^th overall sectional win and seventh in a row.

GIRLS SWIMMING MEDIA CREDENTIALS

Media credentials for the sectionals and diving regionals must be obtained through the host school. The 2002-03 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will be in use for the state tournament at the Natatorium on February 14-15. If you have not received nor applied for that media credential and plan to cover the girls swimming finals, you should do so immediately by mailing or faxing your request on company letterhead to Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director, IHSAA, 9150 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260. Fax (317) 575-4244.

Media Heads Up! The media location for the 2003 girls and boys swimming championships at the Natatorium has been moved to the west side of the arena in the media section used by the NCAA, Big 10 and U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. You are advised to enter the west concourse, proceed south, and enter the media area between aisles 7-8-9 and 10-11-12. This is intended to provide the media with a better view of the action in the pool and alleviate the crowded conditions of the past.

Four telephones will be installed in the first two rows of the media section for your use. A runner will provide updated results as soon as they become available. A stairwell at the south end of the west concourse will provide quick and easy access to the pool deck. This stairwell is being designated for use of the media only, so it is mandatory that your media credential be in full view for admittance.

Sports editors and sports directors who plan to have reporters covering this event should make those changes known to their reporters to avoid any untimely delays or confusion.

IHSSCA SWIMMING POLLS

With state tournaments just around the corner, the Carmel Greyhounds continue to lead the way in the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association polls. The defending state champs have held down the top spot since pre-season.

IHSSCA BOYS POLL 2/02/03 IHSSCA GIRLS POLL 2/02/03

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

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

GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY DRAW ON IHSAA WEB

The pairings for the 2003 IHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament were announced yesterday (Feb. 3) and are available on the IHSAA website under 2003 Girls Basketball Tourney Pairings.

Defending 4A state champ Terre Haute South will open up play against cross-town rival Terre Haute North in the Plainfield Sectional. 3A defending champ Fort Wayne Bishop Luers will battle Fort Wayne Elmhurst in Elmhurst Sectional action. 2002 2A winner Southwestern (Hanover) will host its own sectional and meet Lawrenceburg in its opening game. Class A defending champion North Vermillion plays Riverton Parke in North Vermillion Sectional.

ICGSA GIRLS BASKETBALL POLL

For the week ending February, 2003, there were no changes in the teams holding down the top spots in all four girls basketball classifications. The runner-up position also remained the same in all but class A, where Tri-Central moved past New Harmony to re-take the runner-up notch, with last week’s second place squad falling to fourth.

ICGSA POLL 1/28/03

No.	Class 4A	Sectional Opponent	No.	Class 3A	Sectional Opponent
1	Kokomo	Marion	1	Alexandria	Delta
2	E. Chicago Central	Lake Central	2	Beech Grove	Greenfield-Central
3	Mooresville	Northview	3	North Harrison	Corydon
4	Pike	North Cntll (Indpls.)	4	Angola	Leo
5	Ben Davis	Indpls. Northwest	5	Gibson Southern	Boonville
6	Warsaw	DeKalb	6	Delta	Alexandria
7	Bloomington North	Columbus North	7	Northwestern	Twin Lakes
8	Huntington North	Homestead	8	Highland	Hammond Gavit
9	Perry Meridian	Indpls. Manual	9	Brebeuf Jesuit	New Palestine
10	Jeffersonville	Floyd Central	10	Evansville Memorial	Mount Vernon
No.	Class 2A	Sectional Opponent	No.	Class A	Sectional Opponent
1	Heritage Christian	Indpls. Scecina	1	North Vermillion	Riverton Parke
2	North Putnam	Tri-West Hendricks	2	Tri-Central	Covenant Christian
3	Indian Creek	Park Tudor	3	North Central (Farm.)	Clay City
4	Shenandoah	Centerville	4	New Harmony	Tecumseh
5	Rochester	Winamac	5	White River Valley	Shakamak
6	Southwestern (Hanover)	Lawrenceburg	6	Oregon-Davis	LaCrosse
7	North Newton	Lake Station Edison	7	Union City	Tri
8	North Knox	Evansville Mater Dei	8	Borden	New Washington
9	Westview	Fremont	9	South Central (Eliz.)	Orleans
10	Wabash	Northfield	10	Culver Community	Caston

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

Though there was an ample amount of movement among the fields, the leaders remained the same in the weekly Association Press Poll of boys high school basketball for the week ending February 1, 2003. Pike (16-0) continues its domination in class 4A. After regaining the top slot a week ago, Gary Roosevelt (14-1) is still there this week in 3A. Undefeated Cass (14-0) maintains its leadership role this week in 3A. In Class A, Orleans (17-0), after moving to number-one last week, is still there according to the AP voters.

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/03/03

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

IBCA BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/02/03

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

SCHAFER AND GEARLDS BASKETBALL SCORING LEADERS

In the weekly compilation of state scoring leaders, Wheeler’s Todd Schafer and Beech Grove’s Katie Gearlds hold on the top spots. Schafer, a senior, regains the top spot he lost to Tippecanoe Valley’s Trey Eaton a week ago with a 30.0 average over 14 games. Senior Gearlds, now number-six on the girls all-time scoring list with 2,263 points, is the girls leader with an average of 29.3 over 20 games.

Senior David Allen of Borden is the state’s top rebounder with a 12.9 average over 13 games for the boys. Amy Dunbar of Oregon-Davis, also a senior, leads the rebounding column for the girls with a 19 game average of 20.2.

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.

TIE AT THE TOP IN GYMNASTICS POLL

Fort Wayne Dwenger moved into a first-place tie with defending state champion Chesterton in the latest IHSGC poll. Each team received 184 votes, with Fort Wayne Dwenger garnering six first-place votes and Chesterton five.

With the state meet just over a month away, Valparaiso remains in the third slot, with Fort Wayne Northrop jumping from eighth to fourth and Merrillville making the leap from seventh to round out the top-five.

IHSGC POLL 1/29/03

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

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

MILESTONES

Brianne Sunday of North Miami went over 1000 career points on January 24 against Oak Hill. She joins Ruth Riley as the only other North Miami girl to surpass 1000 points.

Elwood freshman Kyleigh Jones poured in 40 points versus Mississinewa on January 24, tying the school single-game scoring record set by Morgan Groover one year ago.

Riverton Parke set a pair of school records on January 23 in a victory over Chrisman, Illinois. The Panthers tied a school single-game mark set in 1987 with their 77 points, while Kristina Gravil set a school record with six 3-point baskets.

Hammond Bishop Noll’s Gary Patterson surpassed the 1,000-point total in a game against Andrean on January 18.

River Forest’s Amanda Alexander reached 1,000 career points during her team’s game against Kankakee Valley.

Geoff Van Winkle of Forest Park moved past the 1,000 career point total versus South Knox on January 25.

Indianapolis Arsenal Technical’s Marshall Kulp has set the school record for career victories (121) and pins (62)

As of January 25, Springs Valley’s Jessica Qualkenbush has scored 1,001 career points and moved into third place on the school’s all-time scoring list behind Erin Stackhouse (1,394) and Leslie Land (1,075).

Krystal Parker has become the all time leading scorer in North Putnam history, surpassing Selena Page's record of 1219 points.

Ellen Hamilton of Greenfield-Central recently became the Cougars all-time leader in scoring (1,816) and assists (296).

Ashli Senff set a new Triton career scoring record in a game against Manchester on January 28. With 29 points, Ashli’s total reached 1,551, surpassing the previous mark of 1,563 points set by Lorea Feldman in 1984.

Evansville Reitz senior Kyle Anslinger reached the 1,000-point mark in career points in the Panthers game against Evansville Bosse on January 28.

Heather Luttrell of Northwestern surpassed the 1,000-point career mark in the Tigers game versus Twin Lakes on January 23, becoming the seventh player from the school, both girls and boys, to attain that goal.

Pete Campbell of Yorktown scored his 1,000^th career point on February 1 against Brebeuf Jesuit.

When the Carroll (Fort Wayne) H.S. girl's basketball team defeated #9 Huntington North last week, Charger Head Coach Lisa Miller notched her 100th career coaching victory.

Carrie Martzolf of Park Tudor reached the 1,000 career point milestone on February 3 in a game against Heritage Christian.

Indianapolis Northwest’s Nekisha Stevens has now surpassed 1,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds for the Space Pioneers.

Megan Casado of Bloomington South reached the career 1,000-point mark in mid-January.

Savannah Werner passed the 1,000 career point barrier for Angola as the Hornets moved to 20-0 on the season with a victory over Hamilton.

Northview junior Logan Whitman scored his 1,000^th career point on January 31 vs. Sullivan.

Jody Folks of Fort Wayne North Side set a school single-game scoring record with a 40-point effort on January 31 against Fort Wayne Northrop. She hit nine three-pointers in the 72-66 win.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Five former athletes and a past principal were inducted into the Harrison (West Lafayette) High School Athletic Hall of Fame during ceremonies on January 24 and 25. They included Brian Knoy, Chad Welch, Todd Dunwoody, Bob Day and Suzanne Schueffner.

Kokomo High School will celebrate its 100th Year of Basketball on Friday, February 7, 2003.  Former players and coaches from both Kokomo and Haworth High School have been invited to attend the celebration.

Rick Mettler, a 1982 graduate of Bluffton High School, has been approved as the Tigers new head football coach. He will take over for Rod Mosser.

Fort Wayne Snider graduate Rod Woodson, a four-year starter for the Boilermakers and a member of this year’s Super Bowl runner-up Oakland Raiders, will be inducted into the Purdue Hall of Fame on April 26.

Todd Sheets has announced his resignation as athletic director at NorthWood, effective June 30, 2003.

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

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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