Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
____________________________________________________________________________
MEDIA
ADVISORY
Contact:
Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jbaker@ihsaa.org
FOOTBALL
PRACTICE IN HIGH GEAR
309 state high school football teams began
practice on August 5th in preparation for the 2002 IHSAA season
which will kickoff this Friday, August 23..
That total remains the same as last year, despite the loss of South Bend
LaSalle. With the departure of the
Lions, Heritage Christian became eligible for varsity competition and, at this
time, has an eight-game schedule lined up.
Back to defend their respective titles this
season are Ben Davis in 5A, with the Giants opening up on the road against
Indianapolis Cathedral; Jasper in 4A at Evansville Memorial on Saturday; Indianapolis Bishop Chatard
in 3A traveling to Indianapolis Broad Ripple; Fort Wayne Bishop Luers at Fort Wayne Snider in 3A; and Southern Wells in
Class A hosting Blackford.
A complete listing of schedules for each of
the state teams is available on the IHSAA website at 2002 IHSAA Football.
The scores of each team’s
games will be updated weekly throughout the season. Again this year, updated statistics on the
state’s individual leaders will be made available on the web.
I.F.C.A.
PRE-SEASON POLL RELEASED
The Indiana Football Coaches’ Association (http://www.indianagridcoach.com/ )
and Associated Press have released their pre-season polls. Below are those polls, with a listing of the
top-ranked teams opening round opponents:
CLASS
5A
|
IFCA |
AP |
School |
Opponent |
|
1 |
1 |
Ben Davis |
(n) |
|
2 |
2 |
|
@ Penn |
|
3 |
3 |
Penn |
vs |
|
4 |
5 |
|
vs Fort Wayne Luers |
|
5 |
4 |
Warren Central |
vs Pike |
|
6 |
--- |
|
vs |
|
7 |
10 |
Center Grove |
vs Indianapolis Roncalli |
|
8 |
6 |
Castle |
vs Owensboro (KY) Apollo (8/24) |
|
9 |
--- |
|
at |
|
10 |
--- |
|
vs |
|
--- |
7 |
|
at |
|
--- |
8 |
|
vs Huntington North |
|
--- |
9 |
|
vs Bedford North Lawrence |
CLASS
4A
|
Rank |
AP |
School |
Opponent |
|
1 |
1 |
Jasper |
at |
|
2 |
5 |
Delta |
at |
|
3 |
2 |
|
vs Columbus North |
|
4 |
3 |
McCutcheon |
at |
|
5 |
6 |
|
(n) Ben Davis |
|
6 |
4 |
|
at Center Grove |
|
7 |
--- |
Carroll ( |
vs Leo |
|
8 |
7 |
Zionsville |
vs |
|
9 |
--- |
East Central |
vs |
|
tie |
--- |
Whiteland |
vs Franklin Central |
|
--- |
8 |
|
at |
|
--- |
9 |
|
vs Hammond Clark |
|
--- |
10 |
DeKalb |
vs South Bend Riley |
CLASS
3A
|
Rank |
AP |
School |
Opponent |
|
1 |
1 |
|
at |
|
2 |
3 |
Andrean |
at |
|
3 |
2 |
Heritage Hills |
(n) Boonville (8/24) |
|
4 |
4 |
|
at Cascade |
|
5 |
--- |
Harding |
vs Fort Wayne Wayne |
|
6 |
7 |
NorthWood |
at Jimtown |
|
7 |
--- |
Western |
at |
|
8 |
6 |
|
vs Western |
|
9 |
5 |
Tipton |
at Madison-Grant |
|
10 |
--- |
Norwell |
vs Culver Military |
|
--- |
8 |
|
vs |
|
--- |
9 |
Batesville |
vs |
|
--- |
10 |
|
at Tri-County |
CLASS
2A
|
Rank |
AP |
School |
Opponent |
|
1 |
1 |
|
at |
|
2 |
2 |
|
vs Mayfield (KY) (8/24) |
|
3 |
7 |
|
at Cloverdale |
|
4 |
4 |
Eastbrook |
vs Southwood |
|
5 |
--- |
Southridge |
vs Paoli |
|
6 |
6 |
Indian Creek |
vs |
|
7 |
--- |
Heritage |
vs |
|
8 |
3 |
Jimtown |
vs NorthWood |
|
9 |
10 |
|
at |
|
10 |
9 |
|
at |
|
--- |
5 |
Brownstown |
at Mitchell |
|
--- |
8 |
Seeger |
vs |
CLASS
A
|
Rank |
AP |
School |
Opponent |
|
1 |
1 |
Southern Wells |
vs Blackford |
|
2 |
2 |
Perry Central |
at Corydon |
|
3 |
3 |
Pioneer |
at Tri-Central |
|
4 |
6 |
South Putnam |
vs |
|
5 |
5 |
|
at North Vermillion |