Indiana High School Athletic Association

Media Release of October 3, 2000

Football tournament pairings

will be drawn Wednesday morning
Pairings for the 2000 IHSAA Football Tournament Series will be drawn Wednesday at the IHSAA office beginning at 8 a.m. (EST). The pairings will be placed on the IHSAA website by 9:30 a.m. under Football/2000 Tournament Pairings. Additionally, the Associated Press will staff the draw and expedite the pairings to its subscriber list.

Unbeaten list in football

drops to 24 teams

With two games remaining in the regular season, the list of unbeatens across the state has dwindled to 24 teams. Leading the way at 7-0 are defending state champions Ben Davis (Class 5A), Indianapolis Cathedral (4A) and Fort Wayne Luers (2A). All are ranked No. 1 in their respective class.

The unbeaten list includes:

Class 5A – Ben Davis, Bloomington South, Castle.
Class 4A – Delta, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jasper, Lowell, Owen Valley, Plainfield.
Class 3A – Benton Central, Elwood, Heritage Hills.
Class 2A – Brownstown Central, Central Noble, Evansville Mater Dei, Fort Wayne Luers, Jimtown, Winamac.
Class A – Attica, Frontier, Hagerstown, Park Tudor, Shenandoah, Southern Wells.

In 1999, 16 teams finished the regular season with perfect records. The count was 17 in 1998 and 1997. The state’s longest regular-season unbeaten streak belongs to Bloomington South with 44 straight victories dating to Oct. 6, 1995.

Sectional draws to watch include four groups that have two unbeaten teams. In Class 4A, Indianapolis Cathedral and Plainfield are in Sectional 15, while Jasper and Owen Valley are in Sectional 16. In Class 2A, Central Noble and Jimtown are in Sectional 27. In Class A, Hagerstown and Shenandoah are in Sectional 36.

FOOTBALL
2000 Individual Single-Game Bests

www.ihsaa.org/b-football/00Bests.htm

2000 Individual Leaders

As reported to the Indiana High School Athletic Association

Through games of Sept. 30, 2000

SCORING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	TD	PAT/1 pt.	PAT/2 pt.	Total Points	Points Per Game
Josh Smith, Attica	A	Senior	7	34	20	12	248	35.4
Courtney Clency, Park Tudor	A	Senior	7	19	0	0	154	22.0
Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley	4A	Senior	7	24	0	4	152	21.7
Donnie McCoy, Decatur Central	5A	Senior	7	23	0	0	138	19.7
Brandon Jones, Peru	3A	Senior	7	22	0	2	136	19.4
Clint Bobb, Seymour	4A	Senior	7	20	0	0	120	17.1
DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet	3A	Junior	7	19	0	3	120	17.1
Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral	4A	Senior	7	20	0	0	120	17.1
Doug Ebey, Central Noble	2A	Senior	7	19	4	0	118	16.8
Luke Seward, Frankfort	3A	Senior	7	17	0	2	106	15.1
R.J. Sanfrey, Homestead	5A	Senior	7	17	0	1	104	14.8
Tyler Roth, Winamac	2A	Senior	7	17	0	1	104	14.8
Cole Seifrig, Heritage Hills	3A	Soph.	7	17	0	0	102	14.5
Chris Trump, Hamilton Heights	3A	Senior	7	17	0	2	102	14.5
Drew Leer, Lakeland	3A	Junior	7	16	0	2	100	14.2
Robbi Petre, Clinton Central	A	Senior	7	14	0	8	100	14.2
Ben Wissel, Richmond	5A	Senior	7	16	0	2	100	14.2
Seth Rainey, Mount Vernon	3A	Soph.	7	16	0	1	98	14.0
Shawn Zellers, Southwood	A	Senior	7	13	17	0	98*	14.0*
Derek Rehage, East Central	4A	Senior	7	16	0	0	96	13.7
Matt Miller, Mitchell	2A	Junior	7	16	0	0	96	13.7
Josh Mills, Delphi	2A	Senior	7	16	0	0	96	13.7
Jon Roman, Pendleton Heights	4A	Junior	7	16	0	0	96	13.7
Lee James, South Vermillion	2A	Junior	7	15	0	2	94	13.4
Tom Restivo, Plainfield	4A	Senior	6	13	0	1	80	13.3

*Includes one field goal

RUSHING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Rushes	Yards	Rushing TD	Yards Per Game
Brandon Jones, Peru	3A	Senior	7	215	1,696	20	242.2
Chris Spillmann, Owen Valley	4A	Senior	7	214	1,676	24	239.4
Otis Shannon, Indianapolis Cathedral	4A	Senior	7	189	1,499	20	214.1
Josh Smith, Attica	A	Senior	7	150	1,474	29	210.5
Chris Trump, Hamilton Heights	3A	Senior	7	179	1,458	17	208.2
Donnie McCoy, Decatur Central	5A	Senior	7	176	1,431	23	204.4
Tom Restivo, Plainfield	4A	Senior	7	146	1,118	12	186.3
Derenzo Bushrod, Evansville North	4A	Senior	7	140	1,300	13	185.6
Gary Fessel, North Harrison	3A	Junior	7	199	1,266	11	180.8
DeMarreo Campbell, Calumet	3A	Junior	7	118	1,255	18	179.2
Josh Mills, Delphi	2A	Senior	7	167	1,214	16	173.4
Brian Bradshaw, Knightstown	A	Junior	7	175	1,200	12	171.4
Robbi Petre, Clinton Central	A	Senior	7	164	1,191	14	170.1
Luke Seward, Frankfort	3A	Senior	7	171	1,187	16	169.5
Corey Jacquay, New Haven	3A	Junior	7	159	1,185	13	169.2
Ryan Roederer, Charlestown	2A	Junior	7	135	1,173	12	167.5
Jon Roman, Pendleton Heights	4A	Junior	7	138	1,167	16	166.7
Drew Leer, Lakeland	3A	Junior	7	193	1,160	15	165.7
Nathan Walker, Tri	A	Junior	7	146	1,145	11	163.5
Josh Santus, North Central (Farmersburg)	A	Senior	7	181	1,142	8	163.1
Doug Ebey, Central Noble	2A	Senior	7	124	1,127	18	161.0
Chris Adkins, Glenn	2A	Senior	7	137	1,098	12	156.8
Courtney Clency, Park Tudor	A	Senior	7	131	1,096	17	156.5
Jonny Zwitt, Center Grove	5A	Senior	7	175	1,083	13	154.7
R.J. Sanfrey, Homestead	5A	Sr.	7	94	1,055	--	150.7

PASSING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Comp.	Attempts	Yards	Passing TD	Per Game
Brett Rhatigan, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Senior	7	108	220	2,110	18	301.4
Will Sullivan, Lebanon	3A	Senior	7	120	220	1,887	17	269.5
Jake Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Junior	7	97	159	1,760	19	251.4
Clayton Richard, McCutcheon	4A	Soph.	7	106	180	1,715	15	245.0
Kirk Page, Mitchell	2A	Senior	7	95	174	1,660	13	237.1
Chris Hill, Lawrence North	5A	Senior	7	114	201	1,648	13	235.4
Brent Doty, Wawasee	4A	Junior	7	139	220	1,547	14	221.0
Elliot Vice, Southmont	2A	Junior	7	108	240	1,542	21	220.2
Matt Ogle, Carroll (Fort Wayne)	4A	Senior	7	88	156	1,487	10	212.4
Brandon Dumford, Northeastern	A	Senior	7	72	154	1,442	18	206.0
Steve Howell, Southport	5A	Senior	7	99	198	1,438	9	205.4
Nathan Gibson, Northwestern	2A	Senior	7	104	177	1,381	12	197.2
Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton	A	Senior	7	82	166	1,349	11	192.7
Curt Rawlings, Clinton Central	A	Senior	7	53	107	1,326	16	189.4
Mike Rhinehart, Homestead	5A	Senior	7	91	167	1,308	15	186.8
Kelvin Norfleet, Harding	2A	Senior	7	81	174	1,303	14	186.1
Justin Wentzel, South Newton	A	Junior	7	52	87	1,218	17	174.0
Mike Watson, Madison	4A	Junior	7	90	183	1,216	8	173.7
Jay Cutler, Heritage Hills	3A	Senior	7	58	95	1,209	19	172.7
Dustin Huff, Martinsville	5A	Soph.	7	87	150	1,167	8	166.7
Jason Reese, North Montgomery	2A	Senior	7	70	158	1,145	14	163.5
Doug Bouchie, Vincennes Lincoln	4A	Senior	7	60	109	1,131	17	161.5
Tim Schafer, Wheeler	2A	Senior	7	82	142	1,129	11	161.2
Alex Kixmiller, North Knox	2A	Junior	7	90	158	1,119	8	159.8
Jason Renn, Valparaiso	5A	Soph.	7	73	127	1,091	14	155.8

RECEIVING

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Catches	Yards	Receiving TD	Yards Per Game
Dustin Deno, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Senior	7	43	875	10	125.0
Sam Logan, South Newton	A	Junior	7	33	817	13	116.7
Brandon Clifton, McCutcheon	4A	Senior	7	37	793	10	113.2
Travis Reynolds, Mitchell	2A	Senior	7	45	757	6	108.1
Torey Rauch, Southmont	2A	Senior	7	43	707	8	101.0
Jared Schiff, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Senior	7	36	699	6	99.8
Nick Elliott, Lebanon	3A	Senior	7	35	680	10	97.1
Matt Singleton, Homestead	5A	Senior	7	44	678	--	96.8
Tyler Clevenger, Winchester	2A	Junior	7	47	645	6	92.1
Nathan Whalen, Greenwood	4A	Senior	7	25	635	5	90.7
Patrick Mallory, Evansville Mater Dei	2A	Junior	7	32	617	8	88.1
Ryan Hahaj, Fort Wayne Northrop	5A	Senior	7	31	614	2	87.7
Kyle Beck, West Lafayette	3A	Junior	7	20	601	7	85.8
Luke Dean, Salem	2A	Senior	7	28	583	5	83.2
Jeremy McCormick, North Montgomery	2A	Junior	7	20	574	7	82.0
Andy Papagiannis, Carroll (Fort Wayne)	4A	Junior	7	39	570	--	81.4
Scott Ritchie, Knox	2A	Senior	7	28	570	--	81.4
BrandonPullen, Clinton Central	A	Junior	7	19	562	6	80.2
Dan Hartman, East Central	4A	Junior	7	29	558	5	79.7
Danny Gibson, Madison	4A	Junior	7	37	549	5	78.4
Bobby Likens, Wawasee	4A	Junior	7	41	549	4	78.4
Brett Behrens, Wheeler	2A	Junior	7	41	543	5	77.5
Kevin Hall, Northwestern	2A	Senior	7	40	542	6	77.4
Marques Keys, Lafayette Jefferson	5A	Senior	7	29	538	3	76.8
Matt Miller, Mitchell	2A	Junior	7	24	527	6	75.2

PUNTING
3 punts per game minimum

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Punts	Total Yards	Best	Avg. Punt
Ross Collins, Union City	A	Senior	3	10	421	66	42.1
Josh Harrison, Riverton Parke	A	Senior	6	19	795	--	41.8
Clay Bays, Kokomo	5A	Junior	7	25	998	61	39.9
Kevin Ksenak, Hobart	4A	Senior	7	27	1,051	58	38.9
Jared Scrafton, Warsaw	5A	Senior	6	26	1,008	55	38.7
Chris Brock, Eastern (Greentown)	A	Senior	7	35	1,347	60	38.4
Ryan Linn, Southmont	2A	Senior	7	28	1,074	57	38.3
Steve Weatherford, Terre Haute North	5A	Senior	7	29	1,107	60	38.1
Phil Vorndran, DeKalb	4A	Junior	7	25	940	50	37.6
Justin Long, Martinsville	5A	Senior	7	23	861	60	37.4
Ryan Stafford, Carmel	5A	Junior	7	21	769	58	36.6
Clint Williams, Elwood	3A	Senior	7	25	902	70	36.0
Dustin Bales, Tipton	2A	Junior	7	31	1,115	--	35.9
Aaron Hanlin, Westfield	3A	Senior	7	24	853	56	35.5
Zach Hawley, Winchester	2A	Junior	7	34	1,200	55	35.2
John Sheridan, Columbus North	5A	Senior	7	28	986	46	35.2
Nick Morris, Cass	2A	Senior	7	23	809	--	35.1

INTERCEPTIONS

Player, School	Class	Grade	Games	Int.	TD
Kyndal Hashman, Columbus East	4A	Senior	7	11	0
Chase Cornils, Hagerstown	A	Senior	7	10	0
Ben Wissel, Richmond	5A	Senior	7	10	0
Theron Schmid, Attica	A	Senior	7	9	0
Andy Bolinger, Huntington North	5A	Senior	7	8	0
Blake Schoen, Benton Central	3A	Junior	7	8	2
Eric Anthrop, Lafayette Central Catholic	A	Senior	7	7	0
David Gater, East Noble	4A	Senior	7	7	0
Jeremy Newton, Linton-Stockton	A	Senior	7	7	1
Aaron Pearison, Sullivan	3A	Senior	7	7	1
Brandon Pullen, Clinton Central	A	Junior	7	6	1
Lee Schulz, Cass	2A	Senior	7	6	0
Chris Adkins, Glenn	2A	Senior	7	5	0
Brett Behrens, Wheeler	2A	Junior	7	5	0
Dougie Brewington, Park Tudor	A	Senior	7	5	0
Brady Crisp, Benton Central	3A	Senior	7	5	0
B.J. Cunningham, Tippecanoe Valley	3A	Senior	7	5	2
Justin Hamm, Seymour	4A	Senior	7	5	0
Josh Parker, Edgewood	3A	Junior	7	5	0
Kyle Podell, Winamac	2A	Junior	7	5	0
Jason Smith, Elwood	3A	Senior	7	5	1
Luke Versprlle, Hamilton Heights	3A	Senior	7	5	1
Jay Cutler, Heritage Hills	3A	Senior	7	4	1
Matt King, Noblesville	5A	Senior	7	4	1
Kyle Davis, Plymouth	4A	Junior	7	4	0
Chris Gurchiek, Penn	5A	Senior	7	4	0
Philo Lange, Park Tudor	A	Senior	7	4	0
Kris Sexton, Westfield	3A	Junior	7	4	0
Derek Zimmerman, Owen Valley	4A	Senior	7	4	0

MILESTONES

Central Noble clinched its first football conference title in 20 years with a 62-0 victory over Fairfield on Sept. 29. The Cougars moved to 4-0 in Division I of the Northeast Corner Conference.

Mitchell named its football field in honor of 1964 graduate Terry Cole during ceremonies Sept. 29. Cole enjoyed an outstanding high school career, highlighted by Mitchell’s 1963 undefeated team, before starring as a running back on Indiana University’s Rose Bowl team in 1968. He later played in the NFL with the Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins.

Bryan Robertson, a senior kicker at Seymour, became the state’s career field goal leader Sept. 29 when he booted a 32-yarder against Jennings County in a 45-0 victory. He has kicked 32 field goals, bettering the previous mark of 31 shared by Bill Manolopoulos of Hobart and Dan Hudak of Lowell.

Brad Seiss, a junior running back at Warsaw, broke the school’s single-game rushing record Sept. 29 with 310 yards on 29 carries and four rushing touchdowns as the Tigers defeated Wawasee 63-13.

Josh Smith, a senior running back at Attica, rushed for a school-record 338 yards and six touchdowns Sept. 30 as the Red Ramblers defeated Covington 65-15 at Indiana State. Smith scored 45 points in the game, pushing his season total to a state-best 248. Smith already ranks 16^th on the state’s single-season rushing list with at least three games yet to play. His season rushing total of 1,474 yards (210.5 per game) ranks fourth on the 2000 season chart.

Chris Spillmann, a senior running back at Owen Valley, broke the school’s single-game records for rushing and touchdowns Sept. 29 as the Patriots topped West Vigo 60-6. He carried 38 times for 381 yards and six rushing touchdowns. The 381 yards also is a state season best. Spillmann ranks second on the state rushing list this week with 239.4 yards a game and is third in scoring.

WHAT'S AHEAD ON THE IHSAA WEBSITE

FOOTBALL

Wednesday (Oct. 4) – Pairings for the 28^th Annual IHSAA Football Tournament under Football/2000 Tournament Pairings.

BOYS TENNIS

Tuesday (Oct. 3) and Wednesday (Oct. 4) -- Team regional results under Boys Tennis/2000 Regional Results.

Thursday (Oct. 5) -- Team semi-state pairings under Boys Tennis/2000 Semi-State Pairings.

Saturday (Oct. 7) -- Team semi-state results under Boys Tennis/2000 Semi-State Results.

BOYS and GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Sunday (Oct. 8)/Monday (Oct. 9) -- Sectional results as they are reported from the 32 sectional sites for each gender. The top five teams and winning individual and his/her time will be posted in the respective gender under Girls Cross Country/2000 Sectional Results or Boys Cross Country/2000 Sectional Results.

VOLLEYBALL

Monday (Oct. 9) -- Tournament pairings will be posted by 1:30 p.m. They will be found under Volleyball/2000 Tournament Pairings. Pairings also will move on the Associated Press wire to its subscriber list.

GIRLS SOCCER/BOYS SOCCER

Monday-Saturday (Oct. 9-14) -- Sectional results will be posted under the respective gender as they are received from the host schools. They will be found under Girls Soccer/2000 Sectional Results and Boys Soccer/2000 Sectional Results.

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