IHSAA Media Release

February 19, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker

E-mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

Phone: 317-846-6601

CARMEL looks to defend title IN BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING

65^th ANNUAL BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING STATE FINALS

Feb. 22, 6 p.m. (swimming preliminaries)

Feb. 23, 9 a.m. (diving preliminaries) and 1 p.m. (consolations and finals)

Indiana University Natatorium, Indianapolis

Admission: $7 for one session; $10 for all sessions.

Credentials: The 2001-02 IHSAA State Finals Media Pass issued previously will be accepted for admittance.

Late Credentials Requests: FAX requests on company letterhead to Jerry Baker at 317-575-4244. Approved requests will be held at the Will Call table on the concourse level of the I.U. Natatorium.

The defending state champion and state’s top-ranked team, Carmel, enters the meet with all three of its relay teams, the 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle, in the top speed positions. Individual number-one seeds for the Greyhounds include Grant Wieczorek, sophomore, in the 200 freestyle, Matt Belcher, senior, in the 100 backstroke and Andrew Albright, senior in the 100 breaststroke.

Carmel has won eight IHSAA titles to tie Hammond and South Bend Central for the all-time record. They rolled to a 415-229 margin over Lawrence North to dominate the Carmel Sectional on Saturday, capturing all three relay events and all but one of the individual events. Only North Central’s victory in the 500 yard freestyle by senior Brian Hartley kept the Greyhounds from a clean sweep in the swimming events. David McKown, freshman from Park-Tudor did manage at first place finish in the one-meter diving.

The closest sectional battle of the day occurred at Wawasee, where the host Warriors sneaked past Warsaw, 258-257, by virtue of a win in the 400 yard freestyle relay, the final event of the evening. Fans at Concord also witnessed a major showdown between Penn and Northridge, with the Kingsmen, also with a victory in the final event, edging the Raiders, 333-331.

The widest margin of victory on Saturday belonged to Munster in their home sectional. The Mustangs were never challenged as they rolled to a 234 point victory over second place Griffith, 430-196.

Only one individual champion will be coming back in 2002 to defend his titles. Senior Brian Hartley of North Central (Indpls) was a winner last year in the 200 yard freestyle and the 500 yard freestyle. Hartley has won the 500 yard freestyle the last two years.

Boys Swimmng & Diving

All-Time Champions	Total	Last
Carmel	8	2001
Hammond	8	1954
South Bend Central	8	1939
South Bend Riley	7	1995
Munster	7	1980
Columbus	6	1965
Columbus North	4	2000

All Time Streaks	Total	Yrs
Hammond	6*	1940-1943, 1951,1952
Carmel	5	1990-1994
Munster	5	1973-1977
Columbus North	3	1998-2000
South Bend Riley	3	1956-1958
Columbus	3	1959-1961, 1963-1965
South Bend Adams	3	1966-1968
Bloomington	3	1970-1972

2002 TOP SEEDS

200 Medley Relay	Carmel, 1:34.74
200 FREESTYLE	Grant Wieczorek, Carmel, 1:41.21
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY	Jamie Lutkus, Penn, 1:52.42
50 FREESTYLE	Seth Barry, Chesterton, 20.95
100 BUTTERFLY	Louis Cavadini, S. B. Riley 51.40
100 FREESTYLE	Seth Barry, Chesterton, 46.48
500 FREESTYLE	Ted Brown, Western, 4:31.82
200 FREESTYLE RELAY	Carmel, 1:26.58
100 BACKSTROKE	Matt Belcher, Carmel, 51.51
100 BREASTSTROKE	Andrew Albright, Carmel, 57.33
400 FREESTYLE RELAY	Carmel, 3:11.28

Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association Final Boys Poll

1	CARMEL	11	YORKTOWN
2	NORTH CENTRAL	12	CRAWFORDSVILLE
3	SOUTH BEND RILEY	13	MERRILLVILLE
4	PENN	14	CASTLE
5	CENTER GROVE	15	HAMILTON SE
6	NORTHRIDGE	16	MUNSTER
7	CHESTERTON	17	RONCALLI
8	LAFAYETTE JEFF	18	F. W. CONCORDIA
9	LAKE CENTRAL	19	HUNTINGTON NORTH
10	CROWN POINT	20	HOMESTEAD

COMPETITORS SET FOR 2002 WRESTLING TEAM STATE FINALS

Center Grove High School, Greenwood Saturday, Feb. 23 10:00 a.m. Tickets $7.00

The 2002 IHSAA Team Wrestling Tournament has pared a field of 307 teams down to the final-eight. The tournament will culminate Feb. 23 at Center Grove High School in Greenwood where those state finalists will compete in three rounds to determine the state champion.

Evansville Mater Dei, #1 in the state in the final Indiana High School Coaches Association poll, is the defending champion, having won seven consecutive IHSAA Team Wrestling state championships. The Wildcats also were the state champions in 1985-86. All eight titles have come under head coach, Mike Goebel. Last year, Mater Dei defeated Portage 40-16 to capture the team crown.

In the semi-state, Bellmont ran up the highest point total in defeating Columbia City 51-17, as the Braves won their fifth straight semi-state and twelfth overall. Franklin advanced to the state finals for the seventh consecutive year. The Grizzly Cubs are in search of their first state championship. Perry Meridian advances to the finals for the second time, having made the trip in 2000. Mishawaka heads to Indianapolis for the fifth time. For Portage, it’s trip number eight. It’s the first time around in the finals for Harrison (West Lafayette). And New Castle comes to the big show for the sixth time.

2002 IHSAA TEAM WRESTLING STATE FINALS PAIRINGS

February 23, 2002 Center Grove High School, Greenwood

Quarterfinals 10 a.m.

Match 1

New Castle vs. Evansville Mater Dei.

Match 2

Franklin vs. Bellmont.

Match 3

Mishawaka vs. Harrison (West Lafayette).

Match 4

Perry Meridian vs. Portage.

Semifinals --- 30 minutes following the conclusion of the quarterfinals at approximately 12 p.m.

Match 5

Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

Match 6

Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.

Championship --- 30 minutes following the conclusion of the semifinals at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Match 7

Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6

Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association

Poll of January 23, 2002 (Final Regular Season Poll)

Rank	School	State Finals Opponent	State Championships
1.	Evansville Mater Dei	New Castle	8
2.	Bellmont	Franklin	3
3.	Perry Meridian	Portage	0
4.	Franklin	Bellmont	0
11.	Mishawaka	Harrison (West Lafayette)	0
13.	Portage	Perry Meridian	0
20t.	Harrison (West Lafayette)	Mishawaka	0
Also receiving votes: New Castle		Evansville Mater Dei	0

GIRLS 2002 SWIMMING ACADEMIC HONOREES

The girls state champion Carmel Greyhounds, coming off their 16^th consecutive title, placed six members on the 2001-2002 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association All State Swimming Team. North Central (Indpls) was second on the list of honorees with five. A complete listing of the all-state and academic honorees is available on the IHSAA web site.

Academic All State Honorees List

All State Honorees List

GIRLS BASKETBALL HEADS TO SWEET-16

The 2001-02 girls basketball field has been reduced to the final-16 with four teams in each class headed toward one of four semi-state sites to pare the field to the final pair in each classification and head to Conseco Fieldhouse. Only eight total top-ten teams will make the trip, with the top-rated teams in 4A and 3A, along with the co-number one team in 2A, already sidelined.

Only a pair of defending champions is still alive. Ben Davis returns in 4A looking for its third straight championship. Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers is back in search of its fourth consecutive title. The other two winners from 2001, Indianapolis Cathedral and Triton, have been pushed aside in this year’s tourney.

SEMI-STATE PAIRINGS

Saturday, February 23 Games at 1:00 and 3:30 p.m. Ticket Information: Session: $7.00

WARSAW

Game 1 – Class A Hebron (24-2) vs Clinton Prairie (21-4)

Game 2 – Class 2A North Judson (24-1) vs Shenandoah (21-3)

PLYMOUTH

Game 1 – Class 3A Highland (21-5) vs Ft. Wayne Luers (19-5)

Game 2 – Class 4A South Bend Riley (23-3) vs Ft. Wayne Northrop (17-8)

SOUTHPORT

Game 1 – Class 2A North Putnam (22-2) vs Southwestern (Hanover) (23-2)

Game 2 – Class 4A Ben Davis (19-8) vs Terre Haute South (23-2)

SOUTHRIDGE

Game 1 – Class A North Vermillion (23-1) vs Loogootee (18-6)

Game 2 – Class 3A Brebeuf Jesuit (25-2) vs Gibson Southern (23-4)

The winners, in their respective classifications, advance to Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday, March 2^nd, with the morning session, featuring the class A and 2A games, set to begin at 10:30. The evening session, with the 3A and 4A titles on the line, will start at 6:30. Admission for the state finals will be $10.00 for a single session, $15.00 for a season pass.

All-Time Girls Semi-State Titles

TEAM	TOTAL	LAST
Valparaiso	5	2000
Bedford North Lawrence	4	1992
Crown Point	4	1997
Kokomo	4	1996
Noblesville	4	1990

Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association

FINAL 2002 REGULAR SEASON POLL

CLASS 4A

Rank	School	Record	Semi-State	vs
1.	Bloomington South		out
2.	Lawrence North		out
3.	Terre Haute South	23-2	Southport	Ben Davis
4.	Indianapolis Cathedral		out
5.	Kokomo		out
6.	Jennings County		out
7.	Wawasee		out
8.	Noblesville		out
9.	Jeffersonville		out
10	North Central (Indpls)		out

CLASS 3A

Rank	School	Record	Semi-State	vs
1.	Alexandria		Out
2.	Brebeuf Jesuit	25-2	Southridge	Gibson Southern
3.	Vincennes Lincoln		out
4.	Fort Wayne Concordia		out
5.	Angola		out
6.	Shelbyville		out
7.	Northwestern		out
8.	Beech Grove		out
9.	Leo		out
10.	Frankfort		out

CLASS 2A

Rank	School	Record	Semi-State	vs
1.	Southwestern (Hanover)	23-2	Southport	North Putnam
1t.	Triton Central		out
3.	North Judson	24-1	Warsaw	Shenandoah
4.	Fremont		Out
5.	North Knox		out
6.	Indian Creek		out
7.	North Putnam	22-2	Southport	Southwestern (Hanover)
8.	Evansville Mater Dei		Out
9.	Fountain Central		Out
10.	Mitchell		Out

CLASS A

Rank	School	Record	Semi-State	vs
1.	North Vermillion	23-1	Southridge	Loogootee
2.	Hebron	24-2	Warsaw	Clinton Prairie
3.	New Harmony		out
4.	Union City		out
5.	Rockville		out
6.	Clinton Prairie	21-4	Warsaw	Hebron
7.	Borden		out
8.	North Central (Farmersburg)		out
9.	Fort Wayne Canterbury		out
10.	Tri-Central		out

Current List of Girls State Scoring Leaders

Current List of Girls State Season Best Performances

GIRLS 2002 BASKETBALL ACADEMIC HONOREES

Four members of the Andrean Fighting 59ers girls basketball squad were named to the first team 2001-2002 Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Academic All State Basketball Team.

A complete listing of the all-state and honorable mention honorees is available on the IHSAA web site.

Academic Honorees List

BOYS BASKETBALL BASKETBALL TOURNEY STARTS FEB. 26

The 92^nd edition of the Indiana Boys Basketball Tournament begins next Tuesday, Feb. 26 at some 64 sites. Pike, Muncie Southside, Harding and Attica are in line to defend titles they picked up a year ago. Complete tourney pairings are available on the IHSAA website.

Defending 4A champion Pike will open up against Indianapolis Broad Ripple in the Carmel Sectional. 3A titleist, Muncie Southside, moves up to 4A and will meet Richmond in the Richmond Sectional. 2A champ, Harding, jumps into the 3A battles this year and will open with Fort Wayne Elmhurst in the Fort Wayne Wayne Sectional. Attica, the class A winner last March, begins defense of its title against Riverton Parke in the sectional at North Vermillion.

2002 Tournament Pairings List

Associated Press Top-Ten Matchups

FEBRUARY 17, 2002 REGULAR SEASON POLL

CLASS 4A

Rank	School	Record	Sectional	vs
1.	New Albany	20-1	Seymour	Jennings County
2.	Indpls. Pike	16-3	Carmel	Broad Ripple
3.	Ben Davis	19-2	Indpls. Arsenal Technical	Brownsburg
4.	Bloomington North	19-2	Columbus North	Columbus North
5.	Dekalb	17-1	DeKalb	Wawasee
6.	North Central (Indpls)	17-3	Carmel	Hamilton Southeastern
7.	Warsaw	17-2	DeKalb	East Noble
8.	S. B. Washington	16-3	Michigan City	South Bend Riley
9.	Elkhart Memorial	16-2	Elkhart Central	Penn
10	F. W. South Side	16-3	F. W. Northrop	Ft. Wayne Northrop

CLASS 3A

Rank	School	Record	Sectional	vs
1.	Bellmont	17-1	Blackford	Norwell
2.	Indpls. Brebeuf	19-3	Beech Grove	Beech Grove
3.	Lebanon	17-2	Hamilton Heights	Westfield
4.	Gibson Southern	19-2	Boonville	Boonville
5.	Gary Roosevelt	15-4	Calumet	Griffith
6.	Hammond Noll	16-3	Hammond Clark	Highland
7.	Benton Central	16-3	Frankfort	Western
8.	Harding	15-4	F. W. Wayne	Ft. Wayne Luers
9.	Boonville	14-5	Boonville	Gibson Southern
10.	Tippecanoe Valley	16-3	Plymouth	Whitko

CLASS 2A

Rank	School	Record	Sectional	vs
1.	Cass	19-0	Taylor	Taylor
2.	Eastern (Bloomfield)	16-3	North Knox	North Posey
3.	Winchester	17-2	Hagerstown	Centerville
4.	North Knox	17-3	North Knox	Linton-Stockton
5.	Muncie Burris	17-1	Mississinewa	Frankton
6.	Speedway	14-4	Indian Creek	Indianapolis Scecina
7.	Crawford County	15-3	Southridge	Forest Park
8.	Paoli	16-5	Paoli	Clarksville
9.	Bluffton	16-3	Woodlan	Garrett
10.	Southmont	16-4	Fountain Central	Covington

CLASS A

Rank	School	Record	Sectional	vs
1.	Lafayette Central Catholic	16-5	Tri-County	North White
2.	Rossville	15-4	Tri-Central	Tri-Central
3.	Barr-Reeve	16-4	Loogootee	Vincennes Rivet
4.	South Central (Elizabeth)	16-4	Springs Valley	Orleans
5.	Loogootee	13-5	Loogootee	Shoals
6.	Caston	14-4	Caston	Argos
7.	Blue River Valley	15-4	Monroe Central	Randolph Southern
8.	Bloomfield	16-6	White River Valley	White River Valley
9.	Argos	16-4	Caston	Caston
10.	Tecumseh	15-6	Oakland City Wood	Northeast Dubois

Current List of Boys State Scoring Leaders

Current List of Boys State Season Best Performances

A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR NEARLY EVERYONE AT THE INDIVIDUAL STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

The fans came out in huge numbers Friday and Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse to witness the excitement of the Individual Wrestling Championships and the wealth was spread amongst a number of teams. Only Griffith managed to have more than one representative’s hand held high as a winner. That included Angel Escobedo in the 112 pound class and Alex Tsirtsis at 130.

Seven wrestlers completed their seasons with undefeated records, led by the pair from Griffith, with Escobedo finishing at 58-0 and Tsirtsis at 59-0. The winner’s marks in all the classes totaled 639 victories, with only 22 losses.

The top-ranked team in the state, Evansville Mater Dei, had only one winner, but placed four in the championship finals. That was Blake Maurer in the 145 pound class.

Attendance for the Friday’s first session was 9,136 followed by Saturday’s second session of 9,218 and the championship crowd of 10,953 for a total of 29,307.

Valparaiso’s Jason Cook named Ward E. Brown Mental Attitude Award winner

Jason Cook of Valparaiso, first place finisher in the 135 pound division, was named recipient of the Ward E. Brown Mental Attitude Award.

The award is presented annually to a senior in the state finals who best demonstrates excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability. The award is named in honor of Mr. Brown, the IHSAA’s fourth commissioner from 1976-83.

Cook became the second wrestler from Valparaiso to capture the award, along with Mark Harbold in 1978.

Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship to Valparaiso High School in the name of Cook.

MILESTONES

Plymouth boys basketball coach, Jack Edison, reached the 450-win mark on Feb. 13 with his team’s 65-52 victory over South Bend St. Joseph’s. Edison is now 450-217 in some 29 years of coaching. He won a state championship in 1982 with the Pilgrims.

Austin’s Anthony Winchester moved to #27 on the boys Indiana high school career scoring list on Feb. 14 with a 23 point effort at Crothersville, moving his career total to 2,052. Kojak Fuller, a 1993 grad of Andeerson, is next on the list at 2,060. Austin closes out the regular season on Feb. 22 against Eastern (Pekin).

Scott Strahm of Avon became the school’s all-time career assist leader on Feb. 13 with 332, surpassing the former record-holder, Rick Etienne.

Culver Community’s Stacy Stevens tied the school record for points scored in a single game when she fired 47 against Southwood in a 70-63 win on Feb. 9. Colleen Foust had set the mark in 1979.

Doug Snyder, head basketball coach at Argos, reached the 100-win plateau on Feb. 7 with a 63-48 victory over Culver Community.

Todd Schafer of Wheeler moved past the 1000-point mark for his career with the Bearcats on Feb. 12 with his 19 points in a loss to Portage. He becomes the sixth player in school history to reach that milestone.

Mike Otto of Maconaquah reached the magical 1000-point career level on Feb. 12 with a 22 point performance against Northfield that moved him into the number-four spot all-time with the Braves, surpassing Dave Alspaugh.

The Mitchell girls basketball team, under head coach Ross Simpson, set a school record for victories in a single season as they finished 20-4, winning their third straight Patoka Lake Athletic Conference title and their first ever sectional.

Bloomington North’s Sean May became Monroe County’s career scoring leader on Feb. 16 with a career mark of 1,550 points, surpassing Jon Holmes, the previous record holder who had 1,536 during his career at Bloomington South.

Seth Colclasure of Bellmont, who is on pace to break the national high school record for career free throw percentage, has become the first player from Adams County to break the 2000-point barrier for his career.

Sam Logan broke South Newton’s school career scoring record on Feb. 16. as he scored 19 points and reached 1,072 against West Central, moving him past the record held by Trent Smith.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Bobby Pettigrew, a member of the 1994 Kokomo track team which won the IHSAA state championship, was inducted into the Indiana Association of Track Coaches Hall of Fame. Pettigrew was the state champ in the shot put in both 1994 and 1995.

On February 13, the Huntington North Athletic Department inducted four individuals into its Hall of Fame. Charles “Chuck” Wohlford, Mike Parker, Phyllis Vance and Leon Goodmiller. The honorees represent former coaches, athletes and contributors to the Viking athletic program.

Jeff Adamson, head football coach at Eastbrook High School has been chosen as head coach of the North All-Stars for their game in July. Jerry Brewer, who coached Jasper to the 4A title in November, will coach the South All-Stars.

Jon Crooks, head basketball coach at Northview, recorded his 300^th career victory as on Feb. 13. The victory total includes his career numbers while coaching in Louisiana before joining the Knights in 1989.

Former Eastbrook High School and Taylor University athlete, Phyllis Vance, was inducted into the Huntington North High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 13. She was the head coach with the Vikings in basketball, track and cross country and becomes the first female at Huntington North to join the hall.

Dick Harmening, who took Franklin to the Final Four in 1973 and 1974 and who was an assistant to Jerry Oliver when Indianapolis Washington won the 1965 state championship, was honored on Feb. 15 at halftime of the Franklin-Plainfield boys basketball contest.

Former Logansport athlete, William Moore, will be inducted into the Northwestern University Hall of Fame on Feb. 22.

Moore won a state championship in the pole vault in 1942, setting a state record at 13’ 6 1/8”.

Dave Cassell has been approved as new head football coach at West Vigo.

Lake Central has announced the inductees into its Athletic Hall of Fame. They include Sandi Dinges Gelon, Wendy Sioux Smith Reigel, James Torres and the 1995 girls state runner-up basketball team, coached by Tom Megyesi.

Marion Fine, for 23 years the athletic director at Ben Davis High School before retiring in 1984, passed away last week. Fine was also boys basketball coach for the Giants from 1956 through 1961. A graduate of Butler University, he was 77.

Penn High School has openings for Jr. varsity football on September 21 or 23, 2002, home or away and varsity football on September 26, 2003, away. Also varsity and Jr. varsity girls basketball for the 2002-03 season, with a flexible date, home or away. Contact athletic director, Ben Karasiak.

Former Indiana Miss Basketball, Sara Nord of Jeffersonville, is one of eleven finalists for the Conseco Nancy Lieberman Award as the nation’s top college point guard.

Bobby Plump, member of the 1954 Milan state championship boys basketball team, was scheduled to be on hand in Liberty, Indiana at the Roy E. Stevens Gymnasium to deliver a motivational speech to benefit the Union County’s boys basketball program on Feb. 16., but was forced to cancel his appearance due to illness.

Marcellus Tennyson of North Central (Indpls) and Molly Kruger from Carmel have been named Gatorade-Indiana players of the year in boys and girls soccer and are eligible for national honors which will be announced later in 2002.

Scott Skiles, who led Plymouth to the boys state basketball championship in 1982 by scoring 30 points in the afternoon game with Indianapolis Cathedral and 39 that night against Gary Roosevelt, resigned as head coach of the Phoenix Suns of the NBA on Feb. 17.