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 August 27, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION INCREASES

In the annual survey conducted by the National High School Federation, for the 13^th consecutive year, the number of students participating in high school athletics has increased, setting an all-time high for participation.

The release generated by the NFHS (http://www.nfhs.org/index.htm) stated that based on figures from the 50 state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the District of Columbia, that are members of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), participation for the 2001-02 school year rose by 62,292 students, to 6,767,515. This marked the fourth consecutive year that a record was established for participation in high school athletics.

Participation numbers for both boys and girls increased. Boys athletics experienced the greater increase, going up 39,448 participants, while girls participation increased by 22,844. The boys' mark of 3,960,517 is the fourth-highest overall, and highest since 1977-78. The girls' mark of 2,806,998 sets an all-time high for female participation.

I.F.C.A. & A.P. FOOTBALL POLL RELEASED

The Indiana Football Coaches’ Association (http://www.indianagridcoach.com/ ) and Associated Press have released their weekly polls. Below are those polls, with last week’s results and this week’s opponent:

CLASS 5A

IFCA	AP	School	Record	Last Week	Opponent This Week
1	1	Ben Davis	1-0	47-7 Indpls Cathedral	vs Penn
2	2	Penn	1-0	31-7 Valparaisio	at Ben Davis
3	3	Warren Central	1-0	45-7 PIke	at Richmond
4	4	Fort Wayne Snider	1-0	34-0 F.W. Luers	at Fort Wayne South
5	5	Castle	1-0	40-33 Owensboro Apollo	vs Boonville
6	6	Valparaiso	0-1	7-31 Penn	at Gary Roosevelt
7	9	Center Grove	1-0	14-7 Roncalli	at Martinsville
8	7	Bloomington South	1-0	63-3 Bedford N. Law	at North Central (Indpls)
9	---	Evansville Reitz	1-0	27-0 Jeffersonville	at New Albany
10	---	Portage	1-0	38-0 East Chicago	vs Lake Central
---	8	Homestead	1-0	34-0 Huntington North	at Warsaw
---	10	Warsaw	1-0	21-7 Columbia City	vs Homestead

CLASS 4A

Rank	AP	School	Record	Last Week	Opponent This Week
1	1	Jasper	1-0	35-0 Ev. Memorial	at Southridge
2	2	McCutcheon	1-0	55-27 Lafayette Jeff	vs Merrillville
3	3	Delta	1-0	14-0 Jay County	at New Palestine
4	---	Carroll (Fort Wayne)	1-0	21-0 Leo	at Goshen
5	4	Zionsville	1-0	17-6 N. Montgomery	at Western Boone
6	6	Plainfield	1-0	61-10 Tri-Central	vs Brownsburg
7	---	Munster	1-0	53-14 Hammond Gavit	at Hammond Morton
8	9	Seymour	0-1	6-34 Columbus North	vs Jeffersonville
9	---	Plymouth	1-0	48-27 Bremen	at Rochester
10	7	Griffith	1-0	49-7 Hammond Clark	vs Hobart
---	5	Indianapolis Roncalli	0-1	7-14 Center Grove	at Franklin Central
---	8	Indianapolis Cathedral	0-1	7-47 Ben Davis	(n) Indpls Chatard
---	10	DeKalb	1-0	53-14 S.B. Riley	at Angola

CLASS 3A

Rank	AP	School	Record	Last Week	Opponent This Week
1	1	Indianapolis Chatard	1-0	49-21 Broad Ripple	(n) Indianapolis Cathedral
2	2	Heritage Hills	1-0	49-0 Boonville	vs Tell City)
3	3	Andrean	1-0	30-20 Hobart	vs Hammond Noll
4	4	Danville	1-0	47-21 Cascade	vs Crawfordsville
5	10	Harding (Fort Wayne)	1-0	54-0 F.W. Wayne	at Fort Wayne North
6	5	NorthWood	1-0	14-9 Jimtown	at Bremen
7	6	Frankfort	1-0	14-7 Western	at North Montgomery
8	---	Norwell	1-0	29-7 Culver Military	at Bluffton
9	7	Tipton	1-0	34-26 Madison Grant	vs Elwood
10	---	Franklin County	1-0	34-6 Muncie South	vs Connersville
---	8	Hamilton Heights	1-0	20-12 Westfield	at Maconaquah
---	9	Benton Central	1-0	40-0 Tri-County	vs Lafayette Cntl Catholic

CLASS 2A

Rank	AP	School	Record	Last Week	Opponent This Week
1	2	Speedway	1-0	43-0 Cloverdale	vs Greencastle
2	9	Southridge	1-0	61-7 Paoli	vs Jasper
3	4	Indian Creek	1-0	75-0 Edinburgh	at Park Tudor
4	3	Fort Wayne Luers	0-1	0-34 F.W. Snider	at Fort Wayne Northrop
5	---	Heritage	1-0	39-6 New Haven	at Manchester
6	6	Evansville Mater Dei	0-1	7-20 Mayfield (KY)	at Evansville Central
7	7	Rochester	1-0	34-0 Logansport	vs Plymouth
8	1	Brownstown Central	1-0	32-0 Mitchell	vs Springs Valley
9	5	Jimtown	0-1	9-14 NorthWood	vs Glenn
10	---	Central Noble	1-0	34-14 South Adams	vs West Noble
---	8	Seeger	1-0	46-14 Rockville	at Clinton Central
---	10	Eastbrook	0-1	21-33 Southwood	at Oak Hill

CLASS A

Rank	AP	School	Record	Last Week	Opponent This Week
1	2	Pioneer	1-0	61-10 Tri-Central	vs Winamac
2	1	Southern Wells	1-0	34-26 Blackford	at Fremont
3	3	South Putnam	1-0	25-0 Owen Valley	vs Tri-West
4	4	Turkey Run	1-0	35-14 N. Vermillion	at Fountain Central
5	9	Eastern Hancock	1-0	26-2 Triton Central	at Alexandria
6	6	Shenandoah	1-0	27-0 Tri	at Eastern (Howard)
7	10	Southwood	1-0	33-21 Eastbrook	vs Wabash
8	8	North White	1-0	33-0 Indiana Deaf	vs Tri-County
9	5	Frankton	1-0	30-6 Union City	vs Lapel
10	7	Perry Central	0-1	19-20 Corydon	vs North Harrison

SOCCER & FOOTBALL STATS TO BE COMPILED

As in the past, the IHSAA will be compiling statewide football statistics in a number of categories and posting them on the website (ihsaa.org) under football. For a copy of the information and forms that been forwarded to the schools, you may contact our media relations department at jbaker@ihsaa.org and we’ll e-mail you an attachment which will allow you to report any news in your area which we can share with the media statewide.

We will begin posting the state leaders following the third game of the season.

This year, for the first time, we are also going to attempt to compile a limited number of soccer statistics. Again, any assistance you may be able to provide in our attempt to put together a statewide review of soccer, both boys and girls, would be appreciated. Simply contact us for a copy of the forms we are using.

We hope to begin posting state soccer statistics next week.

SOCCER SECTIONAL SITE CHANGE

Fort Wayne Snider will be the new host school for sectional site #10 in the upcoming girls state soccer tournament. Fort Wayne Blackhawk will not participate in this year’s tourney. A complete listing of girls soccer tournament sites is available on the IHSAA website under 2002-03 Girls Soccer Tournament Sites.

IATCCC CROSS COUNTRY POLLS UNVEILED

The boys and girls cross country polls have been unveiled by the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches, with Columbus North, runner-up to Franklin Community last year for the state championship, in the top spot. Carmel, Franklin Central, Lawrence North and Fort Wayne Northrop round out the top five.

For a complete look at the top-20, log on to 2002 Boys Cross Country Poll.

Valparaiso, winners of the state title two of the last three years and runner-up in 2001, leads the list. Carmel is second, followed by Columbus North, Franklin Central and New Prairie.

You’ll find the complete top-twenty at 2002 Girls Cross Country Poll.

CENTER GROVE TOPS TENNIS POLL

The Trojans of Center Grove, winners of last year’s state title under head coach Ivan Smith, are atop the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association weekly boys tennis poll. Park Tudor, North Central (Indpls), Carmel and West Lafayette round out the top-five.

For a look at the state’s best, go to the IHSTeCA Poll for 8/26/02, at 2002 Boys Tennis Poll.

WESTERN CURRENT MEDALIST IN ICGSA GIRLS GOLF POLL

Steve Hoppes’ Western High girls golf squad captured the 2001-02 state championship and find themselves in the number-one position in this week’s ICGSA poll. Two-time state titleist Noblesville holds down the second spot, with Center Grove, Penn and Carmel completing the top-five on this week’s leaderboard.

ICGSA Girls Golf Poll

1	Western	11	Homestead
2	Noblesville	12	West Lafayette
3	Center Grove	13	Indianapolis Chatard
4	Penn	14	Franklin Central
5	Carmel	15	Bloomington North
6	Hamilton Southeastern	16	Marion
7	Fort Wayne Dwenger	17	Greenwood
8	Lafayette Jefferson	18	Brebeuf Jesuit
9	Evansville Memorial	19	Goshen
10	Northview	20	Ben Davis