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 March 11, 2003
Contact:
Jerry
Baker,
Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jbaker@ihsaa.org
GIRLS
BASKETBALL CHAMPS CROWNED
A boisterous
crowd of 20,365 was in attendance at Conseco Fieldhouse for the 28th Annual IHSAA Girls
Basketball Tournament Finals on Saturday, March 8, 2003.
That attendance mark bettered last year’s total of 17,320 and was the
largest turnout since 1997.
Top-ranked Kokomo scrapped back in the late going for its third state
championship with a 44-42 victory over Perry Meridian in the Class 4A state
title game. It was the Wildkats’ first title since back-to-back championships in
1992 and 1993 and their first under coach Charlie
Hall. It also was the first unbeaten Kokomo squad at 26-0.
Laura Gaybrick of Perry Meridian High
School was
named winner of the 2003 class 4A girls basketball
Patricia L. Roy Mental Attitude Award.
Stats and
story available at 2003 Girls Basketball 4A
Finals.
Katie Gearlds
scored a Class 3A record 33 points and led second-ranked Beech Grove to a 63-45
victory over unranked South Bend St. Joseph’s in the Class 3A state
championship game. It was the first state
championship in any sport for Beech Grove. Katie Gearlds of Beech Grove High School was named
winner of the 2003 class AAA girls basketball Patricia
L. Roy Mental Attitude Award. Stats and story available at 2003 Girls Basketball
3A Finals.
Shenandoah senior Amanda Norris hit a
pair of free throws with :02.1 remaining to give
Shenandoah a 52-51 victory over Southwestern (Hanover) in the
Class 2A state championship game. It was
the first state championship in any sport for Shenandoah. The team’s third
consecutive trip to the state finals proved to be the charm as the Raiders had
fallen short each of the two previous years, including last year’s 70-64 loss
to Southwestern in the final. Amanda
Norris of Shenandoah High School was named
winner of the 2003 Patricia L. Roy Mental Attitude Award in Class 2A Girls
Basketball. Stats and
story available at 2003 Girls Basketball 2A Finals.
Tri-Central preyed on three North
Vermillion turnovers in the final minute of play and rallied to top the
defending Class A state champion Falcons, 57-55, for its first state
championship in school history. North Vermillion’s
Allison Hughes topped all scorers with a Class A championship game record 25
points. The Falcons (26-1), had their 50 game winning streak snapped with the
loss. Annie Morgan of North Vermillion High School was named
winner of the 2003 Class A Girls Basketball Patricia
L. Roy Mental Attitude Award, becoming the first athlete from the school, in
any sport, to take home this prestigious honor.
Stats and story available at 2003 Girls Basketball A Finals.
BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY MOVES TO REGIONALS
The 93rd Annual IHSAA Boys
Basketball Tournament Series moves into the regional round of play at 16 sites throughout
the state. Already, all four of the 2002
state champs have been eliminated from this year’s tourney play. Class 4A winner Gary West Side lost the first
game in its own sectional, 60-39 to Lake Central. Delta also could not escape the first-round
jinx, getting knocked out of the 3AYorktown Sectional by Pendleton Heights, 43-26. The Class 2A winner from a year ago, Speedway, as a sectional
host, was also knocked out in the opening round by Indianapolis Ritter, 52-40. Rossville, a winner in Class A last season,
dropped its first contest in the Tri-Central Sectional, 60-53, to Clinton
Prairie.
Lafayette Jefferson is the all-time
leader in regional victories with 38, followed by Marion (34) and Kokomo (33). Marion is the leader in
consecutive regional crowns with 13, between 1975-1987. You’ll find a complete list of regional champs in the
history
section
of the IHSAA web site.
Note:
To accommodate the expected crowd, the class 2A Regional at Mississinewa has been moved to Blackford
BOYS
BASKETBALL REGIONAL INFORMATION
Saturday, March 15 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 8:00 p.m.
Ticket Information: Single Session: $6.00
Season Ticket: $9.00
The complete regional schedule is
available at 2003
Boys Basketball Regional Pairings.