IHSAA Media Release
January 17, 2002
Contact: Jerry Baker
E-mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org
Phone: 317-846-6601
The 2002 IHSAA Individual
Wrestling Tournament Series begins with sectional competition on Saturday, Jan.
26 at 64 sites and 307 schools in competition. The team champion at each site
is determined on the basis of individual match competition. The team champions
then advance to the team regional round on Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 16 sites. The
semi-states are scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6 at eight sites, with the state
finals slated for Saturday, Feb. 23 at
The 64th Annual
Individual Tournament, following sectional competition on Jan. 26, will hold
its regionals on Saturday, Feb. 2, the semi-states on
Saturday, Feb. 9 and the state finals on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16
at Conseco Fieldhouse in
Evansville Mater Dei is the
defending state champion, having won the last seven state titles in a row and
eight overall.
ALL-TIME SECTIONAL TITLES
Evansville Mater Dei 31
Hobart 28
Lafayette Jefferson 28
New Castle 28
Richmond 28
Bellmont 27
Logansport 27
ACTIVE SECTIONAL STREAKS
New Castle 26
Evansville Mater Dei 25
Lafayette Jefferson 12
Bellmont 11
Portage 11
East Central 10
27th IHSAA State Tournament Draw
Set For Jan. 28
Pairings for the 27th
annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals will be drawn next Monday (Jan. 28)
at the IHSAA office beginning at Noon (EST).
The draw will be posted on the IHSAA website under Girls Basketball/2002 Tournament Pairings at approximately 1:30
(EST). The draw will also be e-mailed to
the IHSAA media release list.
Tournament play begins Feb. 5
at 64 Sectional sites, with the Sectional semi-finals on Feb. 8 and the
Sectional championship games on Feb. 9.
The Regional round will consist of three games at each of the 32
Regional sites on Feb. 16, with the winner at each of those sites advancing to
Semi-State play on Feb. 23 at one of 4 locations. The Girls State Finals will held at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 2.
Members of the media are invited and encouraged to
attend the basketball pairings. Commissioner Blake Ress will conduct the draw
and
Current List of Girls
State Scoring Leaders
Current List of
Boys State Scoring Leaders
Lindy Carey of
Leo broke her own school record for points scored in a single game Tuesday,
Jan. 15, when she poured in 38 in the Lions 80-61 victory over Bluffton in the
opening round of the ACAC Girls Basketball Tournament. Her previous mark was 37.
Southwestern (Hanover) girls basketball coach Donna Cheatham is fast approaching the
state’s all-time career coaching victories record. With two more victories last
week, Cheatham has 446 career wins, just two shy of tying long-time Rushville
coach Cinda Brown at 448. The (Class 2A) top-ranked
Rebels (14-2) will play at South Ripley tonight (Tues., Jan. 22), host Jac-Cen-Del on Thursday (Jan. 24) and travel to Switzerland
County on Monday (Jan. 28).
Blue River Valley senior
guard Kyle Cox scored 31 points vs.
Lapel on Saturday, Jan. 19 to become the school’s all-time leading scorer with
1,698 points. The school record holder in every free throw category, Cox is
currently shooting .926 (75-81) on the year and .919 (502-546) for his career.
South Central (Elizabeth)
junior guard Rachel Dixon became the
school’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday, Jan. 19 in a 32-point performance
against New Washington. Dixon has 1,212 points surpassing the 1,188 set by
Becky Bruner (1996-2000).
Freshman Morgan
Groover set an Elwood single-game scoring record
with 40 points in the Panthers’ 74 -68 loss to Mississinewa
on Friday, Jan. 18, breaking the mark of 38 points set in 2000 by Heidi Murray.
Eminence senior Ashley
Houston recorded a triple-double in the Eels victory over Union (Dugger) back on Dec. 8. Houston tallied 28 points, 13
rebounds and 13 steals in the contest.
Amanda Kyle
of Edgewood set a school mark in the 100 Butterfly on Jan. 15 with a time of
1:05.22, breaking the old record of 1:06.56 she set last year.
East Noble’s Kurtis Leer set a conference record in the
100 Backstroke competition in the Northeast Hoosier Conference Swimming and
Diving Championships on Jan. 12 at the Northwest Allen County Schools
Natatorium with a time of 54.16, nearly a full second better than the old
conference mark..
Though no official records
are kept in this category, Madison’s
boys basketball team scored 29 points in the fourth quarter – all on free
throws -- in a 77-69 victory over Floyd Central on Saturday, Jan. 19.
George Richey
of Frontier scored a school record 52 points, including 26 in the first
quarter, in Frontier’s 118-65 victory over North White in the consolation game
of the White County Tournament on Jan. 12.
Covington’s Ryan Sowers surpassed the 1,000 point mark
for his career on in the Trojans win over Cascade on Jan 12.
Lindsey Swanson,
a junior guard from Fort Wayne Canterbury, scored her 1,000th career
point in the Cavaliers’ 49-40 victory over Central Noble on Jan. 15.
Meghan Tyree of Mitchell scored her 1000th point on Jan. 15 at
Loogootee. Meghan has been all conference in volleyball, basketball and track
every year. Her GPA is over 4.0, ranks No. 1 in her class and was the state’s Class
2A Volleyball Mental Attitude Award winner.
John Dechant, active in a number of capacities during his 30 years
at Goshen H.S., was presented the Northern Lakes Conference Outstanding Service
Award prior to the championship round of the Northern Lakes Conference
wrestling tournament Jan. 19. Dechant was Goshen’s head wrestling coach for 19 years with
a 204-63-4 dual meet record and 6 NLC, 12 Sectional and 5 Regional titles to
his credit. He produced 41 individual
NLC champions, 121 Sectional champions, 40 Regional titleists,
3 Semi-State winners, 17 State finalists and 1 State champion.
Andrean head football coach, Jeff Karras, announced his resignation
last week. Karras
had compiled a 26–11 record in 3 years at the school and had taken the Fighting
59ers to the 3A State championship game in November.
Jerry Brewer,
the state’s winningest high school football coach,
has announced that his anticipated retirement will be delayed at least one year
and that he will return to coach Jasper next season. Brewer’s record is 357-102-2 in 43 campaigns
with the Wildcats and, this past November, picked up the Class 4A championship
as his team completed the season 13-1.
Shelbyville High School won its first-ever girls Hoosier Heritage Conference
basketball championship last Saturday evening with a 66-38 win at home against
Delta.
Former
Boonville High School and University of Louisville football player Jon Hilbert was honored Friday night,
Jan. 11 in a picture autograph session in Boonville as part of a fundraiser for
the VistaCare Foundation, which provides special
needs for terminally ill patients and their families
Monday,
January 28 Girls Basketball
Tournament Pairings
Wednesday,
January 30 Wrestling Regionals (Team)
Thursday,
January 31 Girls Swimming
Sectionals
Saturday,
February 2 Wrestling Regionals
(Individual)
Saturday,
February 2 Girls Swimming
Sectionals
Tuesday,
February 5 Girls Basketball
Sectionals
Tuesday,
February 5 Girls
Swimming-Diving Regionals