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 September 10, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

FIVE NEW SCHOOLS ADMITTED TO IHSAA

At the monthly Indiana High School Athletic Association Executive Committee meeting at the organization’s headquarters in Indianapolis on September 5, 2002, applications from five new member schools were unanimously approved for membership in the IHSAA.

Those schools are:

Ø Elkhart Baptist Christian School, Elkhart

Ø Holy Cross High School (Gibault, Inc.), Terre Haute

Ø International School of Indiana, Indianapolis

Ø Restoration Christian School, Sellersburg

Ø Signature Learning Center, Evansville

The new arrivals may begin regular season play in any IHSAA sanctioned sport immediately, but will not be eligible to participate in IHSAA championship events until the 2004-05 season, following the normal two-year waiting period.

That brings the total of IHSAA sanctioned schools to 392 regular members, along with 7 junior members. This year, South Bend LaSalle was closed, but Indianapolis Washington and Indianapolis Howe reopened, thus the change in total. Both Washington and Howe, having once been members of the IHSAA, are eligible for championship competition during the 2002-03 school year.

The minutes of the September 5 meeting are available on-line at IHSAA September 5, 2002 Executive Meeting Minutes.

I.F.C.A. FOOTBALL POLL RELEASED

The Indiana Football Coaches’ Association (http://www.indianagridcoach.com/ ) has released its weekly poll. There were no changes at the top of the respective leaderboards, but shuffling did occur in the ranks.

In 5A, Bloomington South and Portage dropped out of the top-eleven, replaced by Marion. In 4A, Zionsville and Indianapolis Roncalli were dismissed from that upper tier and replaced by South Bend Clay and Vincennes Lincoln. Changes in 3A found Tipton and Franklin County being supplanted by Benton Central and Hamilton Heights. In 2A, the only changes involved the addition of Eastbrook and the subtraction of Central Noble. In Class A, Clinton Prairie gained a spot among the chosen few and Turkey Run fell away.

Going into the fourth week of the season, three teams have yet to be scored upon. In 5A, Portage has rolled over its three opponents by a 96 – 0 margin. In 3A, Heritage Hills has dominated the opposition 182 – 0. In the 2A field, North Judson has shut out the opening three teams on its schedule, 128 – 0.

Below is this week’s IFCA poll, with last week’s results and this week’s opponent:

CLASS 5A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Penn	3-0	69 – 0 S.B. Washington	vs South Bend Riley
2	Warren Central	3-0	17 – 14 ot Ben Davis	at Terre Haute North
4	Fort Wayne Snider	3-0	24 – 14 Fort Wayne Northrop	at Fort Wayne Elmhurst
5	Valparaiso	2-1	23 – 0 LaPorte	at Michigan City
5	Center Grove	3-0	42 – 10 Carmel	vs Lawrence North
6	Castle	3-0	51 – 26 Evansville Bosse	at Evansville Central
7	Ben Davis	1-2	14 – 17 ot Warren Central	at Terre Haute South
8	Evansville Reitz	3-0	31 – 16 Evansville Central	vs Evansville Harrison
9	Homestead	3-0	41 – 13 East Noble	at Columbia City
9	Marion	3-0	64 – 6 New Castle	(n) Richmond

CLASS 4A

Rank	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Jasper	3-0	35 – 7 Boonville	vs Heritage Hills
2	McCutcheon	3-0	28 – 13 Zionsville	vs Westfield
3	Delta	3-0	55 – 35 Greenfield	vs Muncie South
4	DeKalb	3-0	31 – 7 New Haven	at East Noble
5	Munster	3-0	41 – 13 Lake Central	vs Andrean
6	Fort Wayne Dwenger	3-0	54 – 19 Fort Wayne North	at Fort Wayne Northrop
7	Brownsburg	3-0	37 – 6 Westfield	vs Avon
8	Seymour	2-1	20 – 17 Columbus East	vs Floyd Central
9	South Bend Clay	3-0	43 – 0 South Bend Adams	vs Mishawaka
10	Vincennes Lincoln	3-0	22 – 16 Terre Haute South	vs Mount Vernon (Posey)

CLASS 3A

Rank	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Indianapolis Chatard	3-0	14 – 10 Indpls Roncalli	at Indpls Manual
2	Heritage Hills	3-0	78 – 0 Pike Central	at Jasper
3	Andrean	3-0	26 – 23 ot Griffith	at Munster
4	Danville	3-0	29 – 14 Western Boone	vs Southmont
5	Harding (Fort Wayne)	3-0	56 – 14 Fort Wayne Elmhurst	at Fort Wayne Luers
6	NorthWood	3-0	20 – 16 Concord	at Goshen
7	Norwell	3-0	37 – 6 Carroll (Fort Wayne)	at Bellmont
8	Frankfort	3-0	47 – 7 Crawfordsville	at Lebanon
9	Benton Central	3-0	56 – 8 Tipton	at West Lafayette
10	Hamilton Heights	3-0	35 – 25 Jay County	vs Cass

CLASS 2A

Rank	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Speedway	3-0	33 – 21 Beech Grove	vs Indpls. Ritter
2	Indian Creek	3-0	42 – 14 Eastern Hancock	vs Beech Grove
3	Evansville Mater Dei	2-1	42 – 14 Evansville Memorial	vs Evansville North
4	Rochester	3-0	26 – 0 Oak Hill	at Northfield
5	Brownstown Central	3-0	33 – 0 Clarksville	vs Corydon
6	Jimtown	3-1	21 – 0 LaVille	vs Knox
7	Southridge	2-1	36 – 3 Tecumseh	at North Posey
8	North Judson	3-0	34 – 0 Rensselaer	at Culver Military
9	Fort Wayne Luers