Indiana High School Athletic Association

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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

22

31 – 28 ot Fort Wayne South

vs Harding

10

Eastbrook

2-1

63 – 0 Elwood

at Madison Grant

 

 

                        CLASS A

Rank

School

Record

Last Week

This Week

1

Pioneer

3-0

38 – 7  South Newton

vs Caston

2

Southern Wells

3-0

36 – 31 Indpls Ritter

vs Leo

3

Shenandoah

3-0

77 – 0 Centerville

vs Wes-Del

4

Frankton

3-0

20 – 0 Madison-Grant

at Alexandria

5

South Putnam

2-1

48 – 6 Rockville

vs North Putnam

6

Clinton Prairie

3-0

26 – 16 Turkey Run

at Tri-Central

7

Perry Central

2-1

34 – 6 West Washington

vs Charlestown

8

North White

3-0

22 – 12 Winamac

at West Central

9

Eastern Hancock

2-1

14 – 42 Indian Creek

vs Lapel

10

Southwood

2-1

0 – 27 Whitko

vs Tippecanoe Valley

 

FOOTBALL LEADERS UP AND RUNNING

   The weekly posting of statewide individual football statistics, as reported by the schools, is now available on the IHSAA website at 2002 Football Statistics. 

 

   Early reports through the first three games have senior Ray Everhart from Castle as the state’s leading rusher, with 653 yards in 49 carries for an average of 217.6 per game.  The state’s top passer at this juncture is Mike Vlahogeorge, a junior from Lafayette Jefferson, who has thrown the ball 147 times, with 79 completions for 1,195 yards, an average of 398.3 per game.  The top receiver in the state is Reggie Smith of Harding.  The junior has 16 catches for 424 yards, averaging 141.3 per contest.

 

MT. VERNON (FORTVILLE) – CONNERSVILLE FOOTBALL HAD IT ALL

   An interesting note from Andrew Smith of the Greenfield Daily Reporter regarding last Friday's Mt. Vernon (Fortville)-Connersville football game.  Mt. Vernon scored every way possible in the third quarter of that contest.  The scoring line for the period:

 

                        MV-Kyle Williams 7 run (kick blocked), 10:46 (13-6)

                        MV-Safety, Miller tackled in end zone, 9:20 (15-6)

                        MV-Rob Rhinesmith 33 run (Scott Niederhaus kick), 7:29 (22-6)

                        MV-Rob Rhinesmith 4 run (Jeff Grey pass from Scott Niederhaus), 7:09 (30-6)

                        MV-Scott Niederhaus 25 FG, 2:29 (33-6)

 

The final was 54-6 and was the first game at Mt. Vernon's brand-new 5,300-seat stadium. MV had played on the road for nearly a year while the old stadium was being bulldozed (to make way for a new school building) and the new one being built.

 

IHSAAA BOYS SOCCER RANKINGS

 

ISCA Poll For 9/9/02

1

North Central (Indpls)

11

Lawrence Central

2

Fort Wayne Canterbury

12

Pike

3

Evansville Memorial

13

Merrillville

4

Brebeuf Jesuit

14

Munster

5

Indpls. Cathedral

15

Center Grove

6

Washington

 

Lake Central

7

Carmel

17

Columbus North

8

South Bend St. Joseph’s

18

Mishawaka Marian

9

Brownsburg

19

Valparaiso

10

Homestead

20

Bloomington North

 

 

 

IHSAA GIRLS SOCCER RANKINGS

 

ISCA Poll For 9/9/02

1

Carmel

11

Fort Wayne Dwenger

2

North Central (Indpls).

12

Lake Central

3

Fort Wayne Snider

13

Evansville Memorial

4

Zionsville

14

Lawrence North

5

Homestead

15

Brebeuf Jesuit

6

Hamilton Southeastern

16

Evansville Reitz

7

South Bend  St Joseph’s

17

Indpls. Cathedral

8

Brownsburg

18

Center Grove

9

Chesterton

19

Lawrence Central

10

Noblesville

20

Evansville North

         

GIRLS & BOYS SOCCER STATS POSTED

   In statistics reported by teams statewide, junior Suzy Doughty from Mooresville has the early lead in scoring in girls soccer with 26 goals in eight games.  The state’s assist leader is Maggie Shields, a senior from Hamilton Heights, with ten assists in six games.  The saves leader is Nichole Smith from McCutcheon.  The sophomore has 124 saves in 7 games. 

 

   For complete access to the state leaders in girls soccer, go to 2002 Girls Soccer Leaders.

 

IATCCC CROSS COUNTRY POLLS ON-LINE

   Columbus North maintained its hold on the top spot in the weekly Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches poll.  Lawrence North jumped over Franklin Central into second, with the Flashes falling to third.  Fort Wayne Northrop leaped from ninth to fourth and Carmel edged its way into the top-five.

 

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

 

   The top-two spots in the girls cross country poll remained the same, with Valparaiso and Columbus North checking in one-two.  Chesterton moved to third, with Franklin Central falling to fourth and Bloomington South to fifth.

 

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

 

 NORTH CENTRAL (INDPLS) MOVES TO #1 IN BOYS TENNIS

 

   The North Central (Indpls) boys tennis team continued to lay claim to the premier position in this week’s IHSTeCA Poll.  Center Grove, Park Tudor, Carmel and West Lafayette all maintained their positions from last week as numbers two through five.  Bloomington North climbed to sixth, with Delta and Indianapolis Cathedral tied for seventh.  Pike and South Bend St. Joseph’s completed the top-ten.

 

   After falling out, Terre Haute North rejoined the top-twenty this week, returning as number-thirteen.  Bloomington South was the only team to be ousted from the elite-twenty rankings.

 

WESTERN STILL #1 IN ICGSA GIRLS GOLF POLL

   It is another week as queen of the hill for the Western girls golf team as the Panthers again head up the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association poll.  Noblesville and Penn stayed locked in second and third, but Lafayette Jefferson nudged its way to number-four, while Fort Wayne Dwenger stayed put at number-five.

 

                                    ICGSA Girls Golf Poll --- 9/6/02

RANK

TEAM

RANK

TEAM

1

Western

11

Indianapolis Chatard

2

Noblesville

12

Northview

3

Penn

13

Madison

4

Lafayette Jefferson

14

Brebeuf Jesuit

5

Fort Wayne Dwenger

15

Evansville Memorial

6

Carmel

16

Leo

7

Center Grove

17

West Lafayette

8

Hamilton Southeastern

18

Greensburg

9

Northview

19

Bloomington South

10

Bloomington North

20

Greenwood

 

 

 

Fremont

 

 

 

Roncalli

         

SOLID AT THE TOP AMONG VOLLEYBALL LEADERS

    Muncie Central stayed put in the number-one spot in this week’s Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches’ Association 4A poll with  Indianapolis Cathedral following in the number-two position.  New Castle, Penn and Columbus East completed the top-five teams there.

 

   In 3A, Delta stays in the top spot again this week.  Indianapolis Chatard, Fort Wayne Concordia, Brebeuf Jesuit and Providence all found their way into the state’s top-five best.

 

   2A competition is once again being led by Muncie Burris.  Brownstown Central, Eastbrook, North Miami and Triton all follow along in line.

 

   In Class A,  Michigan City Marquette is the leader of the pack, again.  Cowan, Union (Dugger), Morristown and North White complete the remainder of the top-five list.

 

   You can check out the leaders in more detail at 2002 Girls Volleyball Poll.

 

 

MILESTONES

Judy Badger, volleyball coach at Sullivan, picked up her 400th career coaching victory in a contest against South Vermillion.

 

Trent Rogers set a Clinton Prairie school record with 28 points in the Gophers’ 60—6 win over Attica on August 30.

 

Warren Central set school records on August 30 against Richmond with 755 yards rushing and 787 yards total offense.

 

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

 

The 2002 Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame induction class has been announced, with 22 nominees to be welcomed at a banquet on October 26.

 

Tom Ott resigned as Edinburgh's football coach on Monday, September 9.  When approved, he will be replaced by Bryan Burton.

 

Jack Butcher, the recently retired boys head basketball coach at Loogootee has been selected as the National High School Boys Basketball Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association.

 

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

 

Friday, September 20     Girls Golf Tourney Sectionals

Saturday, September 21 Girls Golf Tourney Sectionals

Monday, September 23  Girls Golf Tourney Sectionals

Thursday, October 3      Boys & Girls Soccer Tourney Draw

Thursday, October 3      Boys Tennis Tourney Sectionals

Friday, October 4          Boys Tennis Tourney Sectionals

Saturday, October 5       Boys Tennis Tourney Sectionals

Wednesday, October 9  Football Tourney Draw

Monday, October 14      Volleyball Tourney Draw

Monday, October 14      Girls Soccer Tourney Sectionals

Tuesday, October 15     Boys & Girls Cross Country Tourney Sectionals

Tuesday, October 15     Boys Soccer Tourney Sectionals

Wednesday, October 16 Girls Soccer Tourney Sectionals

Thursday, October 17    Boys Soccer Tourney Sectionals

Saturday, October 19     Boys & Girls Soccer Tourney Sectionals

IHSAA 02-03/04