IHSAA Media Release
Contact: Jerry Baker,
Sports Information Director
317-846-6601
In 4A…..It took Gary West Side 30 years to get back to a
state championship game and the Cougars made up for lost time holding on for a
thrilling 58-55 victory over defending champion Pike on Saturday, March 23 at Conseco Fieldhouse in
It was
the seventh state championship for Gary West Side, but the first in a sport
other than track and field. It also was the first basketball state title for a
The
Cougars (23-4) were coached by third-year leader John Boyd. The Red Devils of
first year coach Larry Bullington finished 24-4.
In 3A…..Kelly Robbins scored a Class 3A game record 38
points to power unranked Delta to a 65-54 triumph over Harding for the state
championship on Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse.
Robbins,
who averaged 19.6 per game coming in to the game, made 10-20 attempts from the
field, including three three-pointers, and connected on all 15 free throws to
help Delta to its first state championship in boys basketball. The Eagles
finished as the state runner-up in 1997, their only other appearance in the
state finals.
Delta,
guided by 10th year head coach Paul Keller, finished a 22-6
campaign. Harding, ranked fourth in Class 3A and last year’s state champion in
Class 2A, finished its season 23-5 under 12th year head coach Al
Gooden.
In
2A…..
Junior
guard Chris West led
Coached
by Trent Lehman,
In
A…..Sustaining a big second half rally, Rossville claimed its first state
championship in boys basketball with a 79-68 victory over Barr-Reeve in the state
championship game on Saturday.
It was
the second state championship in school history after the baseball team
captured the Class A title in 1999-00.
Rossville
senior forward Brock Graves shared game honors with Barr-Reeve junior forward
Zane Bowman with 37 points each, a Class A record which bettered the 35 point
output by Union’s (Dugger) Brody Boyd in 2000.
Rossville,
coached by Jeff Henley, finished the year 23-4. Barr-Reeve, third-ranked in
Class A and coached by Bryan Hughes, ended a 24-5 season.
ARTHUR L. TRESTER
AWARD WINNERS
Troy Roberson of Class A
Brian
Wright of Class 3A
The award, named in honor of the IHSAA’s first commissioner, who served the association from
1929 to 1944, is presented to a senior who is nominated by his principal and
coach and who best displays mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and
athletic ability in each classification of the boys
state basketball championships
Farm Bureau Insurance, the corporate partner
of the IHSAA, presented a $1,000 scholarship to each of the four schools in the
name of its mental attitude award recipient.
Pat McKee, sportswriter for The Indianapolis Star, was presented the
2002 District II Distinguished Media Service Award from the Indiana High School
Athletic Association on Saturday, March 23, at half-time of the 3A boy’s state
basketball championship game.
Commissioner,
Since the inception of this award in 1984, a
broadcaster or sportswriter from each of the IHSAA legislative districts has
been recognized annually.
Pat McKee recently observed his 20th
anniversary as a member of the sports department of The Indianapolis Star,
where he has spent a good portion of this time either covering or supervising
those who cover high school sports throughout the city and state.
ATTENDANCE
UP FOR 2002 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
Attendance at the boys state high school
basketball championships at Conseco Fieldhouse in
The morning session attendance totaled
14,113, with the evening attendance at 15,797 for a total on the day of 29,910,
up from 26,424 during the 2001 championships.
Since moving to class sports, the previous three years attendance
included 28,595 in 2000, 25,322 in 1999 and 27,295 in 1998.
Three weeks earlier, the girls basketball
championships’ attendance total was the second highest since the advent of the
class system as they had 9,161 on hand for the morning session and 8,159 at
night for a total of 17,320, which was surpassed only by the 18,429 in
attendance in 1998.
GIRLS AND BOYS
STATE TRACK AND FIELD NEXT IHSAA CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
The girls and boys track and field season is
now underway and state championships in those events will be the next ones
conducted by the IHSAA. The girls state championship will be held at the Michael Carroll
Track and Field Stadium on the IUPUI campus in
Fort Wayne Northrop will be looking for its
third straight girls title and fifth overall. On the boys side,
Lawrence North returns as defending champion in search of its third overall
title.
GIRLS BOYS
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Rank |
School |
Rank |
School |
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1 |
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1 |
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2 |
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2 |
North Central (Indpls) |
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3 |
Warren Central |
3 |
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4 |
North Central (Indpls) |
4 |
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5 |
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5 |
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6 |
Pike |
6 |
Ben Davis |
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7 |
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7 |
Warren Central |
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8 |
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8 |
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9 |
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9 |
Franklin Central |
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10 |
South Bend St. Joseph’s |
10 |
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IBCA BOB KING
COACH OF THE YEAR WINNERS
Members
of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association have published their selections
for Coach of the Year in the five districts of the state.
GIRLS
DISTRICT I DAN SHEAD, NEW PRAIRIE
DISTRICT II DOUG CURTIS, ANGOLA
DISTRICT III LEAH WOOLDRIDGE, NOBLESVILLE
DISTRICT IV DONNA CHEATHAM, SOUTHWWESTERN
DISTRICT V JANIS HERT,
BOYS
DISTRICT
I PAT SKAGGS,
DISTRICT II
DISTRICT III STEVE WITTY, BEN DAVIS
DISTRICT IV CHIP MEHAFFEY, WINCHESTER
DISTRICT V JIM SHANNON,
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has also announced the speakers
for its clinic on April 12-13. They
include: Tim Buckley,
Joe Sibbitt has been named boys basketball coach at
his alma mater, Paoli.
The field has
already been set for the Wabash Valley
Classic scheduled for December 2630, 2002, at
Lebanon Athletic
Director,
Bob Buscher, for the last five seasons the boys head
basketball coach at Chesterton, has decided to step down from that position,
but will remain at the school teaching physical education and health.
After four
seasons at the helm, Andy Rang has
resigned as boys head basketball coach at Eastside. He plans to stay on at the school as a
physical education teacher.
Wednesday, May 8 Girls Softball Tourney Series Drawing
Tuesday, May 14 Girls Track Sectionals
Thursday, May 16 Girls Tennis Sectionals
Thursday, May 16 Boys Track Sectionals
Thursday, May 16 Baseball Tourney Series Drawing