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 11, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNEY TIPS OFF TONIGHT

The 28^th Annual Girls Basketball Tournament Series takes to courts in full force across the state tonight with a field of 381 teams and one common goal – a trip to Conseco Fieldhouse and the state championships on March 8. The complete pairings lineup can be found on the IHSAA web site at 2003 Girls Basketball Tournament Pairings.

Rushville is the state’s all-time leader in sectionals won with 21, the last occurring in 1999. The Lions will open up play in tonight’s second game at Greensburg. Bedford North Lawrence ranks second in sectional victories with 20. The Stars open up play in the Seymour sectional meeting Jennings County in this evening’s nightcap. For an overview of previous state champions by total log on to Girls Basketball Sectional Champions By Total. A year-by-year listing of sectional winners in alphabetical order is also available on the web (ihsaa.org).

ICGSA GIRLS FINAL BASKETBALL POLL

The final regular season girls ICGSA basketball poll has been released and, as the field heads into the state tournament, the number-one positions of a week ago remain solidified heading into tourney play. Kokomo (20-0) opens up against Marion (9-11) in 4A. Alexandria (21-0) faces Delta (20-1) in 3A action. Heritage Christian (20-1) begins 2A competition with Indianapolis Scecina (5-14) providing the opposition. And, in class A, North Vermillion (20-0) takes to the court in their opening contest against Riverton Parke (8-11).

ICGSA POLL 2/10/03

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	Pike	North Cntl (Indpls.)	3	North Harrison	Corydon
4	Mooresville	Northview	4	Angola	Leo
5	Warsaw	DeKalb	5	Gibson Southern	Boonville
6	Bloomington North	Columbus North	6	Highland	Hammond Gavit
7	Huntington North	Homestead	7	Delta	Alexandria
8	Ben Davis	Indpls. Northwest	8	Northwestern	Twin Lakes
9	Perry Meridian	Indpls. Manual	9	Brebeuf Jesuit	New Palestine
10	Jeffersonville	Floyd Central	10	Tippecanoe Valley	Culver Military
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	New Harmony	Tecumseh
4	Rochester	Winamac	4	Union City	Tri
5	Shenandoah	Centerville	5	Borden	New Washington
6	North Newton	Lake Station Edison	6	Oregon-Davis	LaCrosse
7	North Knox	Evansville Mater Dei	7	Culver Community	Caston
8	Southwestern (Hanover)	Lawrenceburg	8	Washington Catholic	Loogootee
9	Westview	Fremont	9	North Cntl. (Farm.)	Clay City
10	Wabash	Northfield	10	White River Valley	Shakamak

GIRLS DIVING REGIONALS TONIGHT

Date: February 11, 2003

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Tickets: $4.00

Participants: 1^st through 4^th place sectional qualifiers advance to regional

Advancement: 1^st through 8^th place regional winners advance to State Finals February 14-15

Regional Site	Qualifiers from
Bloomington North	Bloomington South, Boonville, Center Grove, Columbus North, Mount Vernon
Hamilton Southeastern	Ben Davis, Carmel, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Hamilton Southeastern
Kokomo	Fort Wayne South Side, Jay County, Lafayette Jefferson, Noblesville, Warsaw
Penn	Chesterton, Concord, Lake Central, Munster, Penn

GIRLS SWIMMING STATE FINALS THIS WEEKEND

The Natatorium on the IUPUI campus in downtown Indianapolis will be the scene for the state finals in the 29^th Annual Girls Swimming and Diving Tournament Series.

Schedule: Friday 4:30 p.m. Gates open to public

5:45 p.m. Opening Ceremonies

6:00 p.m. Swimming Preliminaries

Saturday 7:30 a.m. Gates Open to public

9:00 a.m. Diving Preliminaries and Semi-finals

1:00 p.m. Consolation and Finals in all events

Admission: Session ticket $7.00, Season ticket $10.00

Heat Sheets: 2003 Girls Swimming Heat Sheets

Returning 2002 Individual Champions: 200 Yard IM Leah Retrum, Columbus North

50 Yard Freestyle Katherine Robinson, South Dearborn

100 Yard Butterfly Katherine Robinson, South Dearborn

500 Yard Freestyle Leah Retrum, Columbus North

100 Yard Backstroke Erin Morris, Fort Wayne Snider

100 Yard Breaststroke Leslie VanWinkle, Evansville Harrison

One Meter Diving Kari Retrum, Hamilton Southeastern

Defending State Champion: Carmel (17 total championships, 16 in succession)

IHSSCA SWIMMING POLLS

With the 29^th Annual Girls Swimming Tournament Series Finals this Friday and Saturday, the defending state champion Carmel Greyhounds continue to lead the way in the most recent Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association poll.

The boys’ state tourney will dive in on February 20 and the Carmel team still holds down the top spot in this week’s poll.

IHSSCA BOYS POLL 2/09/03 IHSSCA FINAL GIRLS POLL

No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team	No.	Team
1	Carmel	11	Penn	1	Carmel	11	Yorktown
2	South Bend Riley	12	Northridge	2	N. Central (Indpls.)	12	Bloomington South
3	Hamilton Southeastern	13	Homestead	3	Lake Central	13	Center Grove
4	Harrison (W. Laf.)	14	Delta	4	Munster	14	Terre Haute North
5	Lawrence North	15	Kokomo	5	Hamilton SE	15	Homestead
6	Yorktown	16	Columbus North	6