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 29, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

 

SOCCER STATE FINALS SATURDAY

   The state finals of the 9th Annual IHSAA Girls and Boys Soccer Tournaments is slated for this Saturday morning and evening, November 2, at Kuntz Stadium in Indianapolis. 

 

Girls Semi-Finals at 10:00 a.m.  (two fields)   (Gates open at 8:30 a.m.)

 

            Chesterton (22-2-1)   vs.   Bloomington South (18-4-2)   (East Field)

            Fort Wayne Snider (22-0-1)   vs.   Carmel (23-0)   (West Field)

 

            Note:   Chesterton: State runner-up to Carmel in 2000 (0-5)

                                          Lost to Homestead (1-2) in afternoon game of 2001 state finals

                                         Won their fourth sectional, third regional, second semi-state

                        Bloomington South: 1st trip to State Finals

                                                       Won their third sectional title and first regional and semi-state

                        Fort Wayne Snider: 1st trip to State Finals

                                                       Won their third sectional and regional, first semi-state

                        Carmel:  Five-time state champion (1994, ’95, ’97, ’00, ’01…all under Frank Dixon)

                                      State runner-up in 1996 (Evansville Memorial 0-1)

                                      Won their ninth sectional, eighth regional, sixth semi-state

 

Boys Semi-Finals at 12:00 Noon  (two fields)

 

            Merrillville (20-4)   vs.   North Central (Indpls.) (20-3-1)   (East Field)

            Evansville Memorial (19-3)   vs.   Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-4-2)   (West Field)

 

            Note:    Merrillville: Second trip to state finals, 2001 lost to Fort Wayne Canterbury in afternoon (1-3)

                        North Central (Indpls.): Three-time state champion (1994, ’95, ’96…all under Jerry Little)

                                                              State runner-up in 2000 (Castle 0-1)

                        Evansville Memorial: Second trip to state finals, 1994 lost to North Central (Indpls.) in afternoon (1-2)

                        F.W. Canterbury: Three-time state champion (1997, ’98, ’01)

                                                     State Runner-up in 1996 (North Central, Indpls. 1-6)

 

Girls Championship at 6:00 p.m.  (East Field)  (Gates open at 4:30 p.m.)

Boys Championship at 8:00 p.m.  (East Field

 

Tickets:   Session $8.00,   Season $12.00

 

 

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.  More soccer information is available on the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association website at Indiana Soccer Coaches Association.

 

STATE FINALS IN CROSS COUNTRY ALSO ON SATURDAY

   The State Finals in the 57th Annual Boys and 22nd Annual Girls Cross Country Tournaments will be conducted this Saturday, November 2, 2002, at the Indiana University Cross Country course in Bloomington.

 

   The boys state champ a year ago, Franklin, did not qualify as a team, but did manage to get junior Brad Wheeler in the field.

 

   Carmel won it all for the ninth time a year ago on the ladies side of the ledger and has qualified, once again, to compete for the team title

 

   The girls competition will get underway at 1:00 p.m., with the boys going at 1:45 p.m.  Admission is $5.00 for both events.

 

   Lane assignments for the girls are available on the IHSAA web site at 2002 Girls Cross Country Lane Assignments.

The boys lineup is also online at 2002 Boys Cross Country Lane Assignments.

 

SECOND ROUND OF SECTIONALS IN FOOTBALL

   The 30th Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament kicks moves into the second round of the sectionals this Friday night, November 1.  The matchups are available on the IHSAA web at 2002 Football Pairings.  The state finals will again be played at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis on Friday, November 29, and Saturday, November 30.

 

   Defending 5A state champion Ben Davis rolled to a 63-0 win over Southport and will travel to Pike this Friday.  4A defending state titlist Jasper stays alive with a 24-7 victory over Evansville Central and will host Floyd Central next.  In 3A, last year’s winner, Indianapolis Chatard, came away with a triumph at Lebanon, 28-14, and plays host to West Vigo Friday night.  The 2A winner from 2001-02, Fort Wayne Luers, also lived to play another day, with a 40-12 win at Woodlan.  Next up for Knights is a home game against Bluffton.  Southern Wells, which grabbed the single A crown a year ago, blasted Taylor 41-6 and travels to Madison-Grant for the next tourney affair.

 

   Football state finals 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.

 

   All broadcast requests should be directed to Mr. Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 225 South East Street, Suite 144, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202.  Phone (317) 633-1462.  Fax (317) 633-1461

 

FINAL FOOTBALL RANKINGS

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

 

                        CLASS 5A

IFCA

AP

School

Record

Sectional Last Week

This Week

1

1

Penn

9-0

42-7 Elkhart Memorial

Elkhart Central    

2

2

Warren Central

10-0

42-7 Lawrence North

North Central (Indpls)    

3

6

Valparaiso

9-1

62-6 Gary Wallace

Lake Central   

4

3

Fort Wayne Snider

9-0

bye

Homestead    

5

4

Castle

9-1

7-10 Evansville Reitz

 

6

8

Center Grove

9-1

26-14 Martinsville

T.H. South    

7

7

Franklin Central

9-0

21-7 Lawrence Central

Richmond

8

---

Ben Davis

7-3

 63-0 Southport

Pike     Decatur Central

9

5

Homestead

10-0

65-0 Marion

F.W. Snider

10

9

Goshen

10-0

45-0 Michigan City

 Mishawaka

---

10

Evansville Reitz

9-1

10-7 Castle

Jeffersonville

---

10

Perry Meridian

8-1

35-38 Indpls Northwest

 

 

                        CLASS 4A

IFCA

AP

School

Record

Sectional Last Week

This Week

1

1

Vincennes Lincoln

10-0

29-7 Owen Valley

Boonville

2

3

Muncie Central

10-0

9-7 Delta

Jay County

3

2

Fort Wayne Dwenger

9-1

31-14 East Noble

Concord   

4

4

McCutcheon

9-1

18-7 Plainfield

Brownsburg    

5

6

Pendleton Heights

8-1

bye

Shelbyville

6

5

Delta

8-2

7-9 Muncie Central

 

7

8

Mooresville

8-2

0-3 Zionsville

 

8

7

Jasper

8-2

24-7 Evansville Central

Floyd Central

9

9

Zionsville

8-2

3-0 Mooresville

Avon 

10

---

Munster

7-3

18-21 Griffith

 

---

10

South Bend Clay

8-2

25-0 Hobart

Logansport

 

                        CLASS 3A

IFCA

AP

School

Record

Sectional Last Week

This Week

1

1

Indianapolis Chatard

10-0

28-14 Lebanon

West Vigo

2

2

Heritage Hills

10-0

14-12 Evansville Memorial

Sullivan

3

3

Andrean

9-1

54-16 Gary Wirt

Hammond Noll

4

4

Danville

10--

68-0 Crawfordsville

Brebeuf

5

5

Western

8-2

20-32 Twin Lakes

 

6

6

West Vigo

10-0

39-22 Edgewood

Indpls. Chatard

7

7

Benton Central

8-2

21-23 West Lafayette

 

8

---

NorthWood

8-2

42-0 Lakeland

Tippecanoe Valley 

9

8

Hamilton Heights

9-1

63-6 Elwood

Yorktown

10

10

Corydon Central

9-1

42-0 Rushville

Franklin County

---

9

Frankfort

8-2

55-14 Peru

Maconaquah

 

                        CLASS 2A

IFCA

AP

School

Record

Sectional Last Week

This Week

1

1

Speedway

9-1

7-21 Indpls. Scecina

 

2

2

Indian Creek

10-0

62-0 Lawrenceburg

Salem

3

3

Brownstown Central

10-0

48-22 Charlestown

Clarksville

4

4

North Judson

10-0

44-3 Rochester

Rensselaer

5

6

Eastbrook

9-1

21-13 Eastern (Greentown)

Alexandria 

6

8

Jimtown

8-2

32-0 Churubusco

Garrett

7

5

Seeger

10-0

49-12 Cloverdale

Tri-West Hendricks

8

10

Fort Wayne Luers

7-3

40-12 Woodlan

Bluffton

9

9

Evansville Mater Dei

7-3

47-14 Mitchell

Southridge

10

7

Southridge

8-2

35-0 North Posey

Evansville Mater Dei 

 

                        CLASS A

IFCA

AP

School

Record

Sectional Last Week

This Week

1

1

Pioneer

10-0

48-7 Caston

Lafayette Central Catholic

2

2

Shenandoah

10-0

59-0 Cambridge City Lincoln

Tri

3

4

Southwood

8-1

bye

Adams Central

4

3

Perry Central

9-1

74-6 North Cntl(Farmersburg)

Springs Valley

5

5

Frankton

8-2

19-28 Clinton Prairie

 

6

6

South Putnam

8-2

61-7 Attica

Fountain Central 

7

7

Clinton Prairie

9-1

28-19 Frankton

Sheridan

8

---

Southern Wells

7-3

41-6 Taylor

  Madison-Grant

9

9

North White

8-2

14-7 South Newton

Frontier 

9

---

Whiting

8-2

27-8 River Forest

Triton

---

8

Turkey Run

8-2

46-6 North Vermillion

  Riverton Parke

---

10

Laf. Cntl. Catholic

7-3

14-6 Tri-County

Pioneer   

 

   The latest football statistics through week ten of the 2002 season are updated as they are reported to the IHSAA by the respective schools and compiled on the web at 2002 Football Leaders.

 

 

RYAN KECKLEY, S.B. ST. JOE, CAPTURES BOYS TENNIS SINGLES CROWN

HOLLANDER & VALINETZ OF N.C. DOUBLES CHAMPS

   South Bend St. Joseph’s Ryan Keckley and the North Central doubles team of Ryan Hollander and Adam Valinetz were crowned state champions after winning their respective tournaments on October 26, 2002 at Five Seasons Sports Country Club in Indianapolis.

 

   Keckley completed a perfect 26-0 season (10-0 tournament) with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kokomo senior Matt Zollman in the championship match of the IHSAA state tournament for No. 1 singles players. The senior becomes the first St. Joseph’s player to win the state singles tournament and the first to play in the title match since Chris Varga finished as the runner-up in 1997. Zollman, who finished 27-2, was the first Kokomo player to make it to the final round. This year’s match for all the marbles was a repeat of last year’s consolation match which Keckley also won 6-2, 6-3.

 

   In doubles, Hollander and Valinetz took a straight set victory from Park Tudor’s Ryan Gershman and Jon Lee, 7-5, 6-0, in the championship competition to finish 26-1, including 8-0 in the post-season.  It was the North Central duo’s third victory in three meetings this season between the neighboring schools’ top doubles teams.  Hollander and Valinetz also became the fifth North Central team to win the doubles tournament and first in seven years.

 

   Full results are available on the IHSAA web site at 2002 Boys Singles/Doubles Championships.

 

VOLLEYBALL REGIONALS COMING UP

   The 2002 IHSAA Girls Volleyball Tournament moves to the regional round this Saturday, November 2, at 16 sites.  The State Finals at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis are slated for November 9.

 

   Mishawaka and Muncie Burris are the all-time leaders in regionals won, with seventeen.  Mishawaka’s last regional triumph came in 1999, while Muncie Burris was a regional champ a year ago.  Jasper is next in line on that list, with fourteen.  The Wildcats last advancement to the semi-state occurred in 1998.

 

   Class 4A top-ranked Muncie Central has six regional wins.  The Bearcats (35-1) meet Fort Wayne Northrop at Huntington North.  Indianapolis Chatard (33-2), number-one in 3A, has been a regional title holder three times and will play Franklin County at Greenfield-Central. The top team in 2A, Brownstown Central, has a pair of regional crowns to its credit.  The Lady Braves (33-2) head for Forest Park to meet the host Rangers in search of their third regional victory.  In Class A, Michigan City Marquette (32-3), leader in that class since pre-season, has captured five regionals and will square off against West Central in action at Caston.

 

Class 4A Regional Top-10 Pairings

No.

Team

Reg. Site

Opponent

1.

Muncie Central

Huntington North

Fort Wayne Northrop

2.

New Castle

out

 

3.

Indpls. Cathedral

Center Grove

Avon

4.

Penn

LaPorte

Lake Central

5.

Bloomington North

Seymour

Castle

6.

Columbus East

out

 

 

Terre Haute South

Seymour

Floyd Central

8.

Fort Wayne Northrop

Huntington North

Muncie Central

9.

Elkhart Memorial

out

 

10.

Mishawaka

out

 

 

Class 3A Regional Top-10 Pairings

No.

Team

Reg. Site

Opponent

1.

Chatard

Greenfield-Central

Franklin County

2.

Fort Wayne Concordia

NorthWood

Fort Wayne Luers

3.

Delta

Greenfield-Central

Westfield

4.

Brebeuf

out

 

5.

Providence

Jasper

Jasper

6.

Fort Wayne Luers

NorthWood

Fort Wayne Concordia

7.

Jasper

Jasper

Providence

8.

Heritage Hills

out

 

 

Mishawaka Marian

out

 

10.

Boonville

Jasper

Greencastle

 

Hamilton Heights

out

 

 

 

Class 2A Regional Top-10 Pairings

No.

Team

Reg. Site

Opponent

1.

Brownstown Central

Forest Park

Forest Park

2.

Muncie Burris

Oak Hill

Clinton Central

3.

North Putnam

out

 

4.

North Miami

Bremen

Triton

 

Eastbrook

out

 

6.

Adams Central

Oak Hill

Shenandoah

7.

Evansville Mater Dei

Forest Park

Paoli

8.

Rochester

out

 

9.

Mitchell

out

 

10.

Linton-Stockton

out

 

 

Class 1A Regional Top-10 Pairings

No.

Team

Reg. Site

Opponent

1.

Michigan City Marquette

Caston

West Central

2.

Wapahani

Clinton Prairie

Union (Modoc)

3.

Union (Dugger)

Morristown

Oldenburg Academy

4.

Clinton Prairie

Clinton Prairie

North White

5.

Morristown

Morristown

North Vermillion

6.

Cowan

out

 

7.

North White

Clinton Prairie

Clinton Prairie

8.

Barr-Reeve

Springs Valley

Tecumseh

9.

Oldenburg Academy

Morristown

Union (Dugger)

10.

Springs Valley

Springs Valley

Borden

 

   Pairings for the 31st annual tournament are available online at 2002 Volleyball Tournament Pairings.  The Regional matchups are also there at 2002 Volleyball Regional Schedule.

 

 

MILESTONES

Senior Clayton Richard from McCutcheon has now reached 2,373 yards passing for the season (149/254-21-6), moving him past the 10,000 yards career passing mark.  The Maverick  becomes only the third player in Indiana history to pass that milestone.  The others include Jake Schiff of Evansville Mater Dei, who left in 2001 with 12,195 yards, and Earl Haniford from Martinsville, who finished his career in 1995 with 11,110 yards.  McCutcheon plays at Brownsburg in the second round of the sectionals this Friday night.

 

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

 

  Castle High School Head Football Coach John Lidy has announced his retirement after 30 years as the head coach with the Knights.  A member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame and the University of Evansville Hall of Fame, his overall record is 209-111, including 2 state championships in 1982 and 1994.

 

   Woodlan senior Lance Chapman has been named a state finalist for the 2002 High School Heisman Award and will be honored November 2, 2002.  Chapman is No. 1 in his graduating class and has participated in track, cross country and basketball with the Warriors.

 

   Alva Sibbitt, superintendent at Paoli, has joined his son, Joe, the new head basketball coach with the Rams, as an assistant.  Alva, a Paoli graduate, was the head coach for four seasons at Brownstown Central.

 

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Friday, November 1       Football Sectionals

Saturday, November 2   Volleyball Regionals

Saturday, November 2   Boys & Girls Cross Country Finals

Saturday, November 2   Boys & Girls Soccer Finals

Tuesday, November 4    1st Practice Boys Basketball, Boys Swimming

Friday, November 8       Football Sectionals

Saturday, November 9   Volleyball Finals

Monday, November 11  1st Practice Gymnastics

Monday, November 11  1st Contest Girls Basketball

Friday, November 15     Football Regionals

Saturday, November 16 1st Contest Girls Swimming

Friday, November 22     Football Semi-States

Saturday, November 23 1st Contest Wrestling

 

 

 

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