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 October 1, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

PAIRINGS SET FOR GIRLS GOLF FINALS

Twenty-one teams, and twenty-two individuals not on an advancing team, have moved on to the state finals of the 2002 IHSAA Girls Golf Tournament Series, with competition this Friday and Saturday, October 3-4, at The Legends of Indiana golf Club in Franklin.

Defending state champ and number-one ranked Western will lead the field into the final 36-holes, but will face stiff competition from a Noblesville squad which turned in a regional-best 302 score at Westwood Country Club in New Castle, beating second place Carmel by some forty-three strokes. The Millers were led by seniors Sally Shonk, who fired a 71 in Saturday’s competition, and Ashley Prange, who finished with 72. Homestead’s Connie Shim, a junior, also had an outstanding afternoon, getting around the Cobblestone Golf Course in Kendallville in 72.

The closest competition occurred at the Otis Park Golf Course in Bedford, were Northview and Evansville Memorial battled to a tie, with team totals of 351. The Knights of Northview were awarded the top spot by virtue of the fifth player’s score.

Play will begin on the first and tenth tees at 8:00 a.m. this Friday. Advancement from Round 1 to Round 2 includes the top nine teams, plus any team within 20 strokes of the lead after round 1, plus the top 9 individuals, excluding those individuals who’s team advances to Round 2, plus any individual within 6 strokes of the lead after Round 1. Admission is free to this IHSAA championship event.

For complete information and tee times for this year’s IHSAA state championship, log on to 2002 Girls Golf State Finals.

SOCCER PAIRINGS SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY

The boys & girls soccer tourney draw will take place at the IHSAA office at 8:00 a.m., Thursday, October 3, and will be posted on the web site (ihsaa.org) under boys and girls soccer shortly after the completion of the draw.

CARMEL TOPS GIRLS SOCCER RANKINGS

The Carmel girls soccer team was number-one again this week in the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association poll, a position they have held since the beginning of the season.

North Central (Indpls.), Fort Wayne Snider and Zionsville stayed two through four, with Portage taking over the number-five slot, after being thirteenth last polling period.

ISCA Girls Soccer Poll for 9/30/02

1	Carmel	11	Fort Wayne Dwenger
2	North Central (Indpls)	12	Noblesville
3	Fort Wayne Snider	13	Brebeuf Jesuit
4	Zionsville	14	Lawrence North
5	Portage	15	Carroll (Fort Wayne)
6	Brownsburg	16	Evansville Reitz
7	Hamilton Southeastern	17	Evansville Memorial
8	Homestead	18	Center Grove
9	Chesterton	19	Lake Central
10	South Bend St. Joseph’s	20	West Lafayette
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On the boys’ side, Washington has taken over the top spot from North Central (Indpls.), moving the Panthers to third, behind South Bend St. Joseph’s. Lawrence Central and Indianapolis Cathedral stay four and five.

Westfield and Lafayette Jefferson dropped out of the top-twenty this week and were replaced by Valparaiso (#13) and Evansville Reitz (#20).

ISCA Boys Soccer Poll for 9/30/02

1	Washington	11	Fort Wayne Canterbury
2	South Bend St. Joseph’s	12	Munster
3	North Central (Indpls)	13	Valparaiso
4	Lawrence Central	14	Center Grove
5	Indpls. Cathedral	15	Plainfield
6	Carmel	16	Lake Central
7	Pike	17	Brownsburg
8	Lawrence North	18	Homestead
9	Brebeuf Jesuit	19	Hamilton Southeastern
10	Evansville Memorial	20	Evansville Reitz

BOYS AND GIRLS SOCCER LEADERS LISTED

The statewide statistical listing of boys and girls soccer leaders is available on the IHSAA website under 2002 Boys Soccer Leaders and 2002 Girls Soccer Leaders. And more soccer information is available on the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association website at Indiana Soccer Coaches Association.

FOOTBALL RANKINGS RELEASED

There were changes aplenty in this week’s IFCA Class 5A poll, as Evansville Reitz, Portage and Marion were all defeated and shoved out of the top-ten. In 4A, number-two Delta, with a loss to Pendleton Heights slid to eighth, with Fort Wayne Dwenger jumping into the runner-up position. With losses, Mooresville and DeKalb were dropped from the top-ten. In 3A, the top four squads were solid, but number-five Benton Central lost to Twin Lakes, which dropped them to tenth. In 2A, number-five Jimtown came up on the short end of the score with Concord and slipped to number-eight, while Fort Wayne Luers and Rochester both suffered losses and dropped aside, with Rensselaer and Seeger gaining spots this week. In Class A, Southern Wells and South Putnam exchanged places for sixth and seventh. Eastern Hancock, with a loss to Tipton, fell out of the elite-ten, while Clinton Central moved to ninth and North White put in an appearance at number-ten.

Below are this week’s IFCA and AP polls, with last week’s results and this week’s opponent:

CLASS 5A

IFCA	AP	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	1	Penn	6-0	35 – 12 South Bend Clay	at South Bend Adams
2	2	Warren Central	6-0	49 – 14 Carmel	at Center Grove
3	5	Castle	6-0	27 – 8 Evansville Reitz	vs Evansville Harrison
4	7	Valparaiso	5-1	43 – 10 Crown Point	at Merrillville
5	3	Fort Wayne Snider	6-0	47 – 0 Fort Wayne Wayne	vs Harding
6	4	Center Grove	6-0	21 – 6 Terre Haute South	vs Warren Central
7	6	Homestead	6-0	51 – 13 DeKalb	at Carroll (Ft. Wayne)
8	8	Franklin Central	5-0	16 – 13 Columbus North	vs Decatur Central
9	---	Ben Davis	3-3	48 – 7 North Central (Indpls)	vs Lawrence North
9	---	Chesterton	5-1	42 – 40 Portage	at Hobart
9	---	Perry Meridian	5-0	49 – 13 Pike	vs Southport
---	9	Goshen	6-0	15 – 10 Warsaw	vs Northridge
---	10	Evansville Reitz	5-1	8 – 27 Castle	vs Evansville North

CLASS 4A

IFCA	AP	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	1	McCutcheon	6-0	21 – 20 Harrison (W. Lafayette)	at Kankakee Valley
2	2	Fort Wayne Dwenger	6-0	26 – 6 Fort Wayne Luers	at Fort Wayne Elmhurst
3	3	Vincennes Lincoln	6-0	38 – 6 Northview	at Washington
4	7	Seymour	5-1	38 – 35 Franklin	vs Jennings County
5	5	Muncie Central	6-0	45 – 27 Logansport	at Lafayette Jefferson
6	4	Zionsville	5-1	41 – 21 Avon	at Hamilton Southeastern
7	8	Pendleton Heights	5-1	35 – 32 Delta	vs Greenwood
8	6	Delta	5-1	32 – 35 Pendleton Heights	at Rushville
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