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 8, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

FOOTBALL PAIRINGS WEDNESDAY

Pairings for the 30^th Annual IHSAA Football State Finals will be conducted at the IHSAA headquarters in Indianapolis on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 8:00 a.m. Upon completion, at approximately 10:00 a.m., the draw will be posted on the web (ihsaa.org).

Tourney sectional play will begin on Friday, October 25. The state finals will again be played at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on Friday, November 29, and Saturday, November 30.

Credential requests may be made on company letterhead and mailed or faxed to Jerry Baker no later than November 25. Requests received by November 18 will be mailed out to those approved working members of the media, otherwise they must be picked up at the gate.

FOOTBALL RANKINGS RELEASED

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	7-0	65 – 0 South Bend Adams	vs Mishawaka
2	Warren Central	7-0	30 – 13 Center Grove	vs North Central (Indpls.)
3	Fort Wayne Snider	7-0	27 – 22 Harding	at Fort Wayne Dwenger
	Valparaiso	6-1	35 – 6 Merrillville	vs Portage
5	Castle	7-0	61 – 12 Evansville Harrison	vs Evansville Mater Dei
6	Homestead	7-0	40 – 0 Carroll (Ft. Wayne)	vs Norwell
7	Portage	6-1	34 – 0 Michigan City	at Valparaiso
8	Franklin Central	6-0	56 – 10 Decatur Central	vs Lawrence Central
	Perry Meridian	6-0	35 – 0 Southport	at Columbus North
10	Chesterton	6-1	33 – 13 Hobart	at Crown Point

CLASS 4A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	McCutcheon	7-0	42 – 21 Noblesville	vs Avon
2	Fort Wayne Dwenger	7-0	45 – 7 Fort Wayne Elmhurst	vs Fort Wayne Snider
3	Vincennes Lincoln	7-0	55 – 6 Washington	at Boonville
4	Muncie Central	7-0	28 – 20 Lafayette Jefferson	at Anderson
5	Zionsville	6-1	14 – 13 Hamilton SE	vs Brownsburg
6	Pendleton Heights	6-1	48 – 13 Greenwood	at Rushville
7	Delta	6-1	14 – 3 Rushville	vs Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
8	Plainfield	6-1	38 – 0 Beech Grove	at Franklin
9	Mooresville	6-1	47 – 0 Franklin	at Jay County
10	Jasper	5-2	56 – 7 Evansville Bosse	vs Washington

CLASS 3A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Indianapolis Chatard	7-0	29 – 7 Indpls Scecina	at Indpls. Northwest
2	Heritage Hills	7-0	42 – 0 Southridge	vs Tecumseh
3	Andrean	7-0	28 – 0 Hammond	vs Kankakee Valley
4	Danville	7-0	43 – 14 North Montgomery	at Lebanon
5	Hamilton Heights	7-0	41 – 0 Northwestern	at Western
6	Franklin County	6-1	35 – 7 South Dearborn	vs Batesville
7	Western	6-1	26 – 10 Eastern (Howard)	vs Hamilton Heights
8	West Vigo	7-0	6 – 0 Owen Valley	vs Northview
9	Benton Central	6-1	18 – 6 Fountain Central	vs Delphi
10	Twin Lakes	6-1	42 – 6 West Lafayette	at Tipton

CLASS 2A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Speedway	7-0	17 – 14 South Putnam	at North Putnam
2	Evansville Mater Dei	6-1	24 – 7 Mt. Vernon (Posey)	at Castle
3	Indian Creek	7-0	69 – 6 North Decatur	(n) Triton Central
4	Brownstown Central	7-0	21 – 12 Charlestown	vs Paoli
5	North Judson	7-0	40 – 0 Winamac	at River Forest
6	Eastbrook	6-1	42 – 29 Frankton	at Alexandria
7	Jimtown	5-2	28 – 0 Culver	at Bremen
8	Seeger	7-0	35 – 26 Turkey Run	at West Lafayette
9	Southridge	5-2	0 – 42 Heritage Hills	at Pike Central
10	Rensselaer	6-1	20 – 0 Delphi	vs Sheridan

CLASS A

IFCA	School	Record	Last Week	This Week
1	Pioneer	7-0	27 – 0 North White	vs Tri-County
2	Shenandoah