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 25, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

FIELD SET FOR 2003 BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY

Pairings for the 93rd Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament Series were drawn last Monday, Feb. 24, at the IHSAA offices in Indianapolis.  Commissioner Blake Ress conducted the draw for this year’s event, which will get underway with sectional action on Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 64 sites.

 

Defending 4A champion Gary West Side will open up play in their own sectional against Lake Central.  Last year’s 3A winner, Delta, travels to Yorktown to meet the host Tigers.  The 2A winner in 2001-02, Speedway, hosts its own sectional and plays Indianapolis Ritter in its opener.  And, the class A defending champ, Rossville, meets Clinton Prairie in the Tri-Central curtain raiser.

 

The state’s top-rated teams will put those rankings on the line starting March 4.  Class 4A’s top team, Pike (20-0), opens up with a major test as they face North Central (Indpls.) (14-4) at Noblesville.  Gary Roosevelt (18-1), the leader in 3A, begins play in the bye bracket at Calumet, facing Griffith (16-3).  The top team in 2A, Cass (18-0), hosts its own sectional and meets Delphi (11-6) in the bye game.  In class A, Argos (19-1), number-one in this week’s poll, squares off against Southwood (11-6) at Culver Community.

 

The complete line-up of pairings for the 2003 tourney is available at 2003 Boys Basketball Tournament Pairings

 

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL

No changes among the frontrunners in the weekly Associated Press Poll for the week ending February 22, 2003.  Pike (20-0) stays at number-one in class 4A  Gary Roosevelt (18-1) is still atop 3A. Cass (18-0) leads the field in 3A.  And, in Class A, Argos (19-1) is still number one..

 

A.P. BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/24/03

No.

Class 4A

Sect. Opp.

No.

Class 3A

 

1

Pike

North Central (Indpls.)

1

Gary Roosevelt

Griffith

2

Lawrence North

Connersville

2

Indianapolis Chatard

Brebeuf Jesuit

3

Bloomington North

Columbus North

3

Tippecanoe Valley

Kankakee Valley

4

DeKalb

East Noble

4

Gibson Southern

Mount Vernon

5

Munster

East Chicago Central

5

Yorktown

Delta

6

Columbia City

Warsaw

6

Griffith

Gary Roosevelt

7

Perry Meridian

Franklin Central

7

Washington

Pike Central

8

North Cntl  (Indpls)

Pike

8

Heritage Hills

Evansville Memorial

9

Evansville Harrison

Evansville Reitz

9

North Harrison

Silver Creek

10

Evansville Reitz

Evansville Harrison

10

Vincennes Lincoln

Princeton

No.

Class 2A

 

No.

Class A

 

1

Cass

Delphi

1

Argos

Southwood

2

North Knox

North Posey

2

Orleans

Springs Valley

3

Bluffton

Garrett

3

South Central (Elizabeth)

Medora

4

Muncie Burris

Madison-Grant

4

Clay City

Shakamak

5

Eastern (Bloomfield)

Linton-Stockton

5

Loogootee

Washington Catholic

6

Wheeler

Lake Station Edison

6

Kouts

LaCrosse

7

Winchester

Centerville

7

Bloomfield

Union (Dugger)

8

Forest Park

South Spencer

8

Southwestern (Shelbyville)

Morristown

9

Garrett

Bluffton

9

White River Valley

North Central (Farm.)

10

Centerville

Winchester

10

Pioneer

White’s

 

IBCA BOYS BASKETBALL POLL 2/23/03

No.

School

No.

School

1

Pike

11

Cass

2

Bloomington North

12

South Bend Riley

3

DeKalb

13

Evansville Harrison

4

Lawrence North

14

Hamilton Southeastern

5

Gary Roosevelt

15

Elkhart Central

6

Munster

16

Evansville Reitz

7

Perry Meridian

17

Muncie South

8

Columbia City

18

Lafayette Jefferson

9

Indianapolis Chatard

19

Indianapolis Cathedral

10

North Central (Indpls.)

20

Bluffton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEAM WRESTLING STATE FINALS ON TAP THIS SATURDAY

The final-eight teams have been determined for the 8th Annual IHSAA Team Wrestling Tournament to be conducted Saturday, March 1, 2002 at Center Grove High School in Greenwood.

Evansville Mater Dei, ranked number-one in the final poll, is again the strong favorite as the Wildcats go in search of yet another crown.  Since the IHSAA began conducting separate team and individual tournaments in 1995-96, Mater Dei has finished up in the winners’ circle each year under head coach Mike Goebel.

 

Mater Dei, a 76-6 winner over Jasper in the semi-state, will meet Perry Meridian in Match #4, with that victor advancing to meet the winner of the Bellmont-Bloomington South confrontation.

 

2003 IHSAA TEAM WRESTLING STATE FINALS

Date:               Saturday, March 1, 2003

Time:              10:00 a.m. EST

                        The “Circle of Champions” will begin at 9:40 am, with wrestling to begin at 10:00 am. 

Location:         Center Grove High School, 2717 S. Morgantown Road, Greenwood

Admission:      $7.00

 

QUARTERFINALS

10:00 a.m. EST

 

Match 1

Lawrence North (#6) vs. Fort Wayne Snider (#17)

Match 2

Mishawaka (#9) vs. Griffith (#3)

Match 3

Bellmont (#2) vs. Bloomington South (#11)

Match 4

Perry Meridian (#8) vs. Evansville Mater Dei (#1)

 

SEMIFINALS

30 minutes following the conclusion of the quarterfinals at approximately 12:00 p.m. EST

Match 5

Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

Match 6

Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.

 

CHAMPIONSHIP

30 minutes following the conclusion of the semifinals at approximately 2:30 p.m. EST

Match 7

Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6

 

EIGHT UNDEFEATED WRESTLERS CLAIM INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING TITLES

Of the 24 undefeated wrestlers who entered the 65th annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse on February 21-22, 2003, eight emerged victorious, taking home state championship crowns.

 

Evansville Mater Dei, ranked No. 1 as a team all season, finished up with four individual state champs, equaling a mark set by Lawrence North in the 1992 IHSAA State Finals.

 

A total of 30,659 fans were in attendance for the three sessions of the state tournament.  9,933 were at Conseco Fieldhouse for Friday evening action, with 9,825 filing their way in for the Saturday morning and afternoon session and 10,901 returning for the finals on Saturday evening.

 

That group included:  Garlan Early (36-0) Fort Wayne North Side, 119 lbs; Angel Escobedo (61-0) Griffith, 125 lbs; Andrae Hernandez (61-0) Griffith, 130 lbs; Alex Tsirtsis (62-0) Griffith, 135 lbs; Ryan Pribble (48-0) Turkey Run, 140 lbs; Craig Weinzapfel (41-0) Evansville Mater Dei, 145 lbs; Chase Thompson (40-0) Frankfort, 189 lbs; and Jake O’Brien (44-0) Franklin Central, 215 lbs.

 

All of the results in each weight class are available at 2003 Individual Wrestling Results.

 

JOHN SHEETS OF BELLMONT CAPTURES INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD

John Sheets of Bellmont High Schol was named winner of the Ward E. Brown Mental Attitude Award for Individual Wrestling in 2003. John was state champion at 103-lbs in 2000, third at 112 in 2002, third at 119 in 2002 and finished third at 119 this year with a record of 44-2.  Farm Bureau Insurance, the IHSAA corporate sponsor, presented a $1,000.00 scholarship to Bellmont High School in the name of John Sheets.

 

BOYS  DIVING REGIONALS TONIGHT

 

2003 IHSAA BOYS DIVING REGIONALS

Schedule:        Tuesday, Feb. 25        6:000 p.m.       Diving Preliminaries, Semifinals & Finals

Locations:       Bloomington North, Hamilton Southeastern, LaPorte, Oak Hill

Admission:      $4.00

2002 State Champion:   Marsh Linley, Jeffersonville

 

BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING STATE FINALS FRID