IHSAA Media Release of Sept. 26, 2000

 

21 teams aim for girls golf state championship

Defending state champion Martinsville will be joined by 20 other schools in the 28th Annual IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals Friday and Saturday (Sept. 29-30) at the Legends of Indiana in Franklin.

It’s the largest field in tournament history, as the number of regional sites was increased from six to seven this year to accommodate the growing number of schools competing in the tournament series. As in previous years, the top three teams at each regional site advanced to the state finals.

The Legends of Indiana is the tournament’s site for the first time. Designed by Jim Fazio and opened in 1992, the Legends of Indiana already has hosted three United States Golf Association qualifiers and several of Indiana’s major golf championships. That includes both the men’s and women’s state amateur tournaments and the Indiana PGA. Under the direction of head professional Ted Bishop, the course has previously hosted IHSAA sectional and regional championships for girls and boys.

The IHSAA Girls Golf State Finals will be played on the Middle Nine and the Road Nine at the Legends of Indiana, which is a 27-hole facility. The complex also includes The Niblick, a sporty 18-hole par-three course, and a superior practice facility that includes the largest grass hitting area in Indiana.

Martinsville captured the Bloomington North Sectional and Martinsville Regional to reach the state finals for the 12th consecutive year. The Artesians have won five straight state championships and eight of the last nine. The 2000 squad, ranked No.2 in the most recent coaches association poll, shot a state-best 307 in sectional play at Cascades G.C. in Bloomington. Its 335 in regional competition was third lowest in the state. Top regional honors went to third-ranked Noblesville with a 325 at the New Castle Regional played at Westwood C.C.

Center Grove, ranked No. 1 in the coaches association poll, finished second to Martinsville at the sectional and the regional.

Individually, a new state champion is assured. Leigh Ann Hardin of Martinsville won medalist honors the past three years, and now is a freshman at Duke University. Her final-round 68 and 36-hole total of 139 in 1999 were state finals records. She also joined Martha Foyer (Carmel, 1979-81) as the only three-time IHSAA state champions.

Among returning players, senior Lauren Gant of Fort Wayne Dwenger, had the best 1999 finish. She took third with a 36-hole total of 153. Gant was the Indiana Golf Association Girls Junior champion in 1999 and 2000.

Other returning players from the 1999 IHSAA State Finals top 20 are sophomore Katie Tewell of Center Grove (seventh in 1999), senior Adrienne Mayhew of Carmel (tie, 13th), sophomore Lynnsey Showers of Western (16th), and senior Ashley Powell of Marion (tie, 20th).

The top scores in regional play were posted by senior Joni Reynolds of Twin Lakes and junior Kim Thompson of Park Tudor. Reynolds shots a 76 at the Lafayette Regional at Lafayette Municipal G.C. to win by two strokes. Thompson fired a 76 at the New Castle Regional to win by two strokes.

 

 

 

2000 IHSAA GIRLS GOLF STATE FINALS

September 29-30

Legends of Indiana, Franklin

First TeeTime -- 8 a.m. each day.

Admission -- No charge.

Media Credentials -- Not required.

Competing teams -- Ben Davis, Carmel, Center Grove, Columbus North, DeKalb, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Dwenger, Fremont, Jennings County, Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, Martinsville, Michigan City Marquette, Noblesville, Northview, Penn, Plymouth, Twin Lakes, Western, Yorktown, Zionsville.

Advancement – Team: The top nine teams, and any team within 20 strokes of the lead, will advance. Individual: The top nine players, excluding those whose teams advance to Round 2, plus any player within six strokes of the leader, will advance.

Pro shop phone -- 317-736-8186.

Media Room – Will be located adjacent to the pro shop in the cart barn. Working space and a pool phone will be available for credit card and 800 calls for media representatives.

Tournament Results – Final scores for individuals and teams will be posted on the IHSAA website under Girls Golf/2000 State Finals Results as they become available.

Legends of Indiana information -- www.legendsofindiana.com

Directions to Legends of Indiana --- www.ihsaa.org/g-golf/00FinalsInfo.htm

First-Round Tee Times -- www.ihsaa.org/g-golf/00FinalsInfo.htm

 

 

WHAT’S NEW ON THE IHSAA WEBSITE

GIRLS SOCCER, BOYS SOCCER – Pairings for the state tournament series will be drawn Thursday (Sept. 28) beginning at 8 a.m. The boys soccer pairings will be available by 9:30 a.m. under Boys Soccer/2000 Tournament Pairings. The girls soccer pairings will be available by 10:30 a.m. under Girls Soccer/2000 Tournament Pairings.

GIRLS GOLF – State finals tournament results will be posted on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 29-30) as they become available under Girls Golf/2000 State Finals Results.

BOYS TENNIS – Sectional results will be posted as they become available from the host schools under Boys Tennis/2000 Sectional Results.

 

UPCOMING DATES OF NOTE

FOOTBALL DRAW – Pairings for the 2000 state tournament series will be drawn at 8 a.m. on Oct. 4. Pairings will be posted under Football/2000 Sectional Pairings on the IHSAA website by 9:30 a.m.

VOLLEYBALL DRAW – Pairings for the 2000 state tournament series will be drawn at noon on Oct. 9 Pairings will be posted under Volleyball/2000 Sectional Pairings on the IHSAA website by 1:30 p.m.

 

FOOTBALL

2000 Individual Leaders

As reported to the Indiana High School Athletic Association

Through games of Sept. 23, 2000

SCORING

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

TD

PAT/1 pt.

PAT/2 pt.

Total Points

Points

Per Game

Josh Smith, Attica

A

Senior

6

28

17

9

203

33.8

Courtney Clency, Park Tudor

A

Senior

6

19

0

0

154

25.6

Donnie McCoy, Decatur Central

5A

Senior

6

19

0

2

118

19.6

Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley

4A

Senior

6

18

0

4

116

19.3

Clint Bobb, Seymour

4A

Senior

6

19

0

0

114

19.0

Brandon Jones, Peru

3A

Senior

6

18

0

2

112

18.6

DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet

3A

Junior

6

17

0

3

108

18.0

Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral

4A

Senior

6

18

0

0

108

18.0

Drew Leer, Lakeland

3A

Junior

6

16

0

2

100

16.6

Tyler Roth, Winamac

2A

Senior

6

16

0

1

98

16.3

R.J. Sanfrey, Homestead

5A

Senior

6

16

0

1

98

16.3

Adam Barth, Centerville

2A

Senior

6

16

0

0

96

16.0

Cole Seifrig, Heritage Hills

3A

Soph.

6

16

0

0

96

16.0

Sal Shabazz, South Bend Clay

4A

Senior

6

15

0

1

92

15.3

Chris Trump, Hamilton Heights

3A

Senior

6

15

0

1

92

15.3

David Gater, East Noble

4A

Senior

6

13

0

4

86

14.3

Josh Mills, Delphi

2A

Senior

6

14

0

0

84

14.0

Seth Rainey, Mount Vernon

3A

Soph.

6

14

0

0

84

14.0

Robbi Petre, Clinton Central

A

Senior

6

12

0

5

82

13.6

Tom Restivo, Plainfield

4A

Senior

6

13

0

1

80

13.3

Ben Wissel, Richmond

5A

Senior

6

13

0

1

80

13.3

Derek Rehage, East Central

4A

Senior

6

13

0

0

78

13.0

Noel Wagner, Perry Central

A

Soph.

6

13

0

0

78

13.0

Blair DeCrane, Mishawaka

5A

Senior

6

12

0

1

74

12.3

Luke Seward, Frankfort

3A

Senior

6

12

0

1

74

12.3

Matt Miller, Mitchell

2A

Junior

6

12

0

0

72

12.0

 

RUSHING

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

Rushes

Yards

Rushing TD

Yards Per Game

Brandon Jones, Peru

3A

Senior

6

190

1,451

17

241.8

Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral

4A

Senior

6

163

1,336

18

222.6

Chris Trump, Hamilton Heights

3A

Senior

6

156

1,298

15

216.3

Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley

4A

Senior

6

176

1,295

18

215.8

Donnie McCoy, Decatur Central

5A

Senior

6

151

1,166

19

194.3

Josh Smith, Attica

A

Senior

6

125

1,138

23

189.6

Tom Restivo, Plainfield

4A

Senior

6

146

1,118

12

186.3

Courtney Clency, Park Tudor

A

Senior

6

131

1,096

17

182.6

Drew Leer, Lakeland

3A

Junior

6

170

1,095

15

182.5

DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet

3A

Junior

6

102

1,086

16

181.0

Robbi Petre, Clinton Central

A

Senior

6

153

1,072

12

178.6

Gary Fessel, North Harrison

3A

Junior

6

171

1,066

6

177.6

Josh Mills, Delphi

2A

Senior

6

134

1,043

14

173.8

Luke Seward, Frankfort

3A

Senior

6

140

1,009

12

168.1

Chris Adkins, Glenn

2A

Senior

6

117

987

--

164.5

Nathan Walker, Tri

A

Junior

6

120

986

10

164.3

Sal Shabazz, South Bend Clay

4A

Senior

6

110

948

15

158.0

R.J. Sanfrey, Homestead

5A

Sr.

6

77

943

--

157.1

Corey Fogle, Eastside

2A

Fr.

6

106

936

8

156.0

Jonny Zwitt, Center Grove

5A

Senior

6

144

932

10

155.3

Corey Jacquay, New Haven

3A

Junior

6

138

928

--

154.6

Seth Rainey, Mount Vernon

3A

Soph.

6

166

916

14

152.6

Ben Wissel, Richmond

5A

Senior

6

110

907

13

151.1

Noel Wagner, Perry Central

A

Soph.

6

128

872

13

145.3

Ryan Lantz, Northwestern

2A

Senior

6

109

868

7

144.6

Mike French, Lowell

4A

Senior

6

135

852

10

142.0

PASSING

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

Comp.

Attempts

Yards

Passing

TD

Per Game

Brett Rhatigan, Lafayette Jefferson

5A

Senior

6

95

197

1,767

14

294.5

Clayton Richard, McCutcheon

4A

Soph.

6

102

168

1,648

13

274.6

Will Sullivan, Lebanon

3A

Senior

6

102

194

1,620

14

270.0

Jake Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei

2A

Junior

6

85

143

1,558

18

259.6

Chris Hill, Lawrence North

5A

Senior

6

106

179

1,525

12

254.1

Kirk Page, Mitchell

2A

Senior

6

77

141

1,348

11

224.6

Brent Doty, Wawasee

4A

Junior

6

117

186

1,313

12

218.8

Elliot Vice, Southmont

2A

Junior

6

91

206

1,270

17

211.6

Rob Thomas, Indpls. Broad Ripple

5A

Freshman

6

59

100

1,217

12

202.8

Kelvin Norfleet, Harding

2A

Senior

6

75

153

1,216

14

202.6

Matt Ogle, Carroll (Fort Wayne)

4A

Senior

6

67

122

1,201

11

200.1

Brandon Dumford, Northeastern

A

Senior

6

58

129

1,200

16

200.0

Mike Watson, Madison

4A

Junior

6

87

171

1,176

8

196.0

Lloyd Effner, Avon

5A

Senior

2

26

45

391

4

195.5

Nathan Gibson, Northwestern

2A

Senior

6

86

144

1,144

9

190.6

Curt Rawlings, Clinton Central

A

Senior

6

49

97

1,110

14

185.0

Mike Rhinehart, Homestead

5A

Senior

6

80

147

1,107

11

184.5

Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton

A

Senior

6

67

138

1,103

9

183.8

Jason Renn, Valparaiso

5A

Soph.

6

71

114

1,083

14

180.5

Wes Oler, Union County

2A

Junior

6

78

140

1,062

7

177.0

Jay Cutler, Heritage Hills

3A

Senior

6

50

81

1,054

17

175.6

Dustin Huff, Martinsville

5A

Soph.

6

74

129

1,004

7

167.3

Alex Kixmiller, North Knox

2A

Junior

6

82

136

1,001

7

166.8

Seth Rainford, West Lafayette

3A

Junior

6

48

119

935

10

155.8

Jason Reese, North Montgomery

2A

Senior

6

62

139

928

12

154.6

RECEIVING

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

Catches

Yards

Receiving

TD

Yards

Per Game

Dustin Deno, Lafayette Jefferson

5A

Senior

6

41

784

8

130.6

Pat Graham, Indpls. Broad Ripple

5A

Senior

6

29

781

10

130.1

Brandon Clifton, McCutcheon

4A

Senior

6

35

741

8

123.5

Nick Elliott, Lebanon

3A

Senior

6

33

655

10

109.1

Travis Reynolds, Mitchell

2A

Senior

6

38

647

6

107.8

Jared Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei

2A

Senior

6

32

637

6

106.1

Kyle Beck, West Lafayette

3A

Junior

6

19

594

7

99.0

Torey Rauch, Southmont

2A

Senior

6

36

578

7

96.3

Matt Singleton, Homestead

5A

Senior

6

39

563

--

93.8

Tyler Clevenger, Winchester

2A

Junior

6

41

553

5

92.1

Sam Logan, South Newton

A

Junior

6

22

532

8

88.6

Luke Dean, Salem

2A

Senior

6

26

523

4

87.1

Danny Gibson, Madison

4A

Junior

6

35

522

5

87.0

Nathan Whalen, Greenwood

4A

Senior

6

21

513

4

85.5

Bobby Likens, Wawasee

4A

Junior

6

37

507

4

84.5

Hakeem Abdullah, Lawrence North

5A

Senior

6

28

499

2

83.1

Patrick Mallory, Evansville Mater Dei

2A

Junior

6

26

499

8

83.1

Ryan Hahaj, Fort Wayne Northrop

5A

Senior

5

28

489

1

81.5

Andy Papagiannis, Carroll (Fort Wayne)

4A

Junior

6

30

481

--

80.1

Zach Wellsand, Chesterton

5A

Senior

6

23

481

7

80.1

BrandonPullen, Clinton Central

A

Junior

6

17

479

6

79.8

Kevin Hall, Northwestern

2A

Senior

6

34

467

4

77.8

Brett Behrens, Wheeler

2A

Junior

6

34

451

5

75.1

Scott Ritchie, Knox

2A

 

6

23

451

--

75.1

Jeff McAllister, Heritage Hills

3A

Junior

5

17

362

7

72.4

Matt Miller, Mitchell

2A

Junior

6

21

430

4

71.6

Billy Gibbs, Union County

2A

Senior

5

24

356

2

71.2

J.D. Saucerrman, North Knox

2A

Junior

6

31

424

2

70.6

PUNTING

3 punts per game minimum

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

Punts

Total Yards

Best

Avg. Punt

Ross Collins, Union City

A

Senior

2

19

421

66

42.1

Jason Squier, Greenwood

4A

Senior

5

15

621

78

41.4

Kyle Geiger, Center Grove

5A

Senior

6

18

716

--

38.8

Clay Bays, Kokomo

5A

Junior

5

20

784

61

39.2

Kevin Ksenak, Hobart

4A

Senior

6

24

938

58

39.0

Jared Scrafton, Warsaw

5A

Senior

4

25

973

55

38.9

Ryan Linn, Southmont

2A

Senior

6

26

1,005

57

38.6

Justin Long, Martinsville

5A

Senior

6

19

732

63

38.5

Steve Weatherford, Terre Haute North

5A

Senior

6

27

1,034

60

38.2

Dave Helvey, Hamilton Southeastern

5A

Junior

6

22

820

50

37.2

Aaron Hanlin, Westfield

3A

Senior

6

18

650

56

36.1

David Smith, Mitchell

2A

Soph.

6

22

795

47

36.1

Zach Hawley, Winchester

2A

Junior

6

28

999

55

35.6

John Sheridan, Columbus North

5A

Senior

6

24

855

46

35.6

Dustin Bales, Tipton

2A

Junior

6

24

852

--

35.5

Nick Morris, Cass

2A

Senior

6

22

775

--

35.2

INTERCEPTIONS

Player, School

Class

Grade

Games

Int.

TD

Kyndal Hashman, Columbus East

4A

Senior

6

11

0

Chase Cornils, Hagerstown

A

Senior

6

9

0

Theron Schmid, Attica

A

Senior

6

9

0

Eric Anthrop, Lafayette Central Catholic

A

Senior

6

7

0

Blake Schoen, Benton Central

3A

Junior

6

7

1

Rusty Hansen, North Putnam

2A

Junior

6

6

0

Aaron Pearison, Sullivan

3A

Senior

6

6

0

Lee Schulz, Cass

2A

Senior

6

6

0

Chris Adkins, Glenn

2A

Senior

6

5

0

Brett Behrens, Wheeler

2A

Junior

6

5

0

Justin Hamm, Seymour

4A

Senior

6

5

0

Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton

A

Senior

6

5

1

Brandon Pullen, Clinton Central

A

Junior

6

5

0

Eldrie Turner, Indpls. Arlington

5A

Senior

6

5

1

Bret Winegardner, Pioneer

A

Fr.

6

5

0

Rob Vrabel, Whiting

A

Senior

6

5

0

Dougie Brewington, Park Tudor

A

Senior

6

4

0

Pat Brown, Terre Haute North