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 13th 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