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ADVISORY
Contact:
Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jbaker@ihsaa.org
The championships
of the 94th Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament are scheduled
for this
One thing is for
certain as it relates to this year’s event….there will be four new teams
gathering up the championship hardware. Last
year’s Class 4A champion, Pike, was eliminated earlier in sectional
action. The Class 3A defending champ,
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, was knocked out of the
tourney in semi-state play. Cass, the
2002-03 Class 2A title-holder, and Lafayette Central Catholic, defending champ
in Class A, both lost in the regionals.
Among the
top-ranked squads, Class 4A No. 1 Lawrence North is still alive and will meet
No team has ever
won a basketball championship, boys or girls, with ten losses on their
record. The previous high for losses by
a state champion is nine, by
The combined
record of the final-8 teams is 187 – 28 (.870).
Lawrence North (1989) is the only former state champion in the field. Evansville Mater Dei was the Class 3A state
runner-up in 2001, losing to Muncie Southside, 81-78 in overtime, under head
coach Roger Sills.
A complete
listing of all school which have won state championships is available at IHSAA Boys State Basketball Champions.
STATE FINALS PAIRINGS
Date: Saturday,
March 27
Location: Conseco
Fieldhouse,
Tickets: Session $10.00
Season $18.00
Tickets can be purchased at the participating schools the
week of the state finals.
Tickets will be available throughout the week at the Conseco Fieldhouse Box Office,
all
Ticketmaster outlets, the Internet (www.ticketmaster.com)
or by phone at 317-239-5151.
Session I ----------
Class A Championship
Class 2A Championship
Session II ----------
Class 3A Championship
Class 4A Championship
FINAL-8 STATS
|
SCHOOL |
CLASS |
RECORD |
OFF. |
DEF. |
BIG WIN |
BIG LOSS |
|
|
4A |
28-2 |
67.8 |
49.5 |
65 (120-55 Broad Ripple) |
5 (55-60 |
|
|
4A |
25-3 |
55.0 |
40.3 |
47 (80-33 |
6 (36-42 Wawasee) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bellmont |
3A |
22-4 |
59.0 |
48.6 |
29 (80-51 |
11 (57-68 F.W. Concordia 11 (41-52 F.W. Dwenger) |
|
Ev. Mater Dei |
3A |
20-6 |
65.2 |
56.6 |
30 (88-58 Tell City) |
13 (78-91 Heritage Hills) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brownstown Cntl. |
2A |
27-1 |
73.8 |
52.6 |
66 (100-34 New |
6 (48-54 |
|
Jimtown |
2A |
24-2 |
56.9 |
39.5 |
43 (66-23 |
10 (47-57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Waldron |
A |
26-0 |
69.1 |
53.2 |
34 (85-51 Jac-Cen-Del) |
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|
F.W. Blackhawk |
A |
15-10 |
59.7 |
56.2 |
25 (74-49 |
26 (44-70 F.W. Concordia) |
The complete draw
is on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament
Pairings.
Requests for credentials for
the 2004
Broadcast
requests must go through Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc.,
SPECIAL
GUESTS TO BE HONORED DURING STATE FINALS
A number of
special guests will be on hand to enjoy the state finals on Saturday and be
recognized throughout the day. They
include members of the 1954
Former team
members who will attend include Glen Butte,
Hoosiers cast members appearing include Wade Schenck (Collie), Brad Long (Buddy), Maris
Valainis (Jimmy) and Scott Sammers
(Strap). Judi Poole will also be on
hand, representing her late husband Kent Poole (Merle).
IHSAA RADIO
NETWORK SURPASSES 60
As of
A complete
listing of the network affiliates is available at IHSAA
Basketball Championship Radio Network.
IBCA
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS SELECTED
Twenty-five
players were chosen for First-Team status on the Indiana Basketball Coaches
Association Academic All-State Teams for senior girls & boys. 115
nominations were received from girls varsity coaches and 121 senior boys were
nominated. The listing for both squads
is available on-line at IBCA 2004
Academic All-State Teams.
Certificates will be
presented to the coaches of those who were chosen at the IBCA Spring Clinic on
April 16 & 17 at
GIRLS
SOFTBALL SEASON UNDERWAY
The 2004 IHSAA
girls softball season officially got underway yesterday with the opening day of
the campaign scheduled.
Regular season
play is slated through May 22, with the state
tournament beginning on May 24, culminating in the state championships
on June 12.
Last year’s Class
3A champion, Center Grove, is pre-season ranked No. 1 in Class 4A by the
Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association, as the sport moves to four classes
for the first time. Last year’s 2A
winner, Gibson Southern, is top-rated in Class 3A, while Eastern (Greentown),
the 2003 Class A titlist, holds down the top spot in Class 2A. Tecumseh, runner-up in the Class A one year
ago, tops the Class A poll.
ICGSA 2004 PRE-SEASON SOFTBALL POLL
CLASS 4A CLASS
3A
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
1 |
Center Grove |
|
1 |
Gibson Southern |
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
DeKalb |
|
3 |
Boonville |
|
4 |
McCutcheon |
|
4 |
Andrean |
|
5 |
Castle |
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
Noblesville |
|
6 |
Blackford |
|
7 |
|
|
7 |
Culver Academies |
|
8 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
9 |
Penn |
|
9 |
New |
|
10 |
Chesterton |
|
10 |
|
CLASS 2A CLASS
A
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
1 |
Eastern (Greentown) |
|
1 |
Tecumseh |
|
2 |
Cass |
|
2 |
Riverton Parke |
|
3 |
Eastside |
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
4 |
Whiting |
|
5 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
6 |
Pioneer |
|
7 |
|
|
7 |
South Central (Union
Mills) |
|
8 |
Eastbrook |
|
8 |
Indianapolis Cardinal
Ritter |
|
9 |
Jimtown |
|
9 |
North Central
(Farmersburg) |
|
10 |
Shenandoah |
|
10 |
Shakamak |
BASEBALL
SEASON FIRST PITCH NEXT MONDAY
Teams throughout
the state will throw out the first pitch for the 2004 IHSAA baseball season
next Monday, with the ultimate goal of each team to make it to the state finals
at Victory Field on June 19. The tournament
will begin on Memorial Day, Monday, May
31, with competition at 64 sectional sites. Regional play is slated for the following
Tuesday, June 8, with single games at 32 sites.
Semi-state games, with four teams per site, will be played on
The Indiana High School
Baseball Coaches Association has released its pre-season poll, which shows
defending Class 4A champion McCutcheon in the No. 2 spot, behind Brownsburg,
last year’s runner-up. Norwell, 2003
winner in Class 3A, is not ranked at the outset of the 2004 campaign. Triton Central, which grabbed the trophy in
Class 2A last June, is pre-season slotted in a tie for fifth. Tecumseh holds down the third position in
Class A, as they look to defend their title.
IHSBCA 2004 PRE-SEASON BASEBALL POLL
CLASS 4A CLASS 3A
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
1 |
Brownsburg |
|
1 |
Andrean |
|
2 |
McCutcheon |
|
2 |
New |
|
3 |
Penn |
|
3 |
|
|
4 |
LaPorte |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
5 |
Roncalli |
|
6 |
|
|
6 |
Sullivan |
|
7 |
Floyd Central |
|
7 |
Bellmont |
|
8 |
Carroll ( |
|
8 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
9 |
Jasper |
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
CLASS 2A CLASS
A
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
1 |
Northeastern |
|
1 |
Layette Central Catholic |
|
2 |
South Spencer |
|
2 |
Riverton Parke |
|
3 |
|
|
3 |
Tecumseh |
|
4 |
Frankton |
|
4 |
Cowan |
|
5-t |
Lawrenceburg |
|
5 |
Kouts |
|
5-t |
Triton Central |
|
6 |
Henryville |
|
7 |
|
|
7 |
Tri-Central |
|
8 |
Knightstown |
|
8 |
Shakamak |
|
9 |
Northwestern |
|
9 |
|
|
10 |
Glenn |
|
10 |
Carroll (Flora) |
F.W.
NORTHROP TOPS BOTH TRACK POLLS
Fort Wayne
Northrop led both the boys and girls Indiana Association of Track and Cross
Country Association Polls in Track & Field this week, as the season is in
full swing heading toward the state championships on June 4-5 at
Boys Top-10 Girls
Top-10
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
RANK |
SCHOOL |
|
1 |
F.W. Northrop |
1 |
F.W. Nothrop |
|
2 |
North Central (Indpls.) |
2 |
Warren Central |
|
3 |
|
3 |
F.W. Concordia |
|
4 |
|
4 |
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
|
|
6 |
F.W. Snider |
6 |
Chesterton |
|
7 |
|
7 |
|
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
|
9 |
Ben Davis |
9 |
|
|
10 |
Center Grove |
10 |
|
The complete listing of ranked schools is on the web at IATCCC Boys Track Poll and IATCCC Girls Track Poll.
IHSAA
OVERTIME
Mark Heeter, girls varsity
basketball coach, and Gayle Perry,
junior varsity girls basketball coach at Triton, have both resigned, but will
remain as teachers. Gayle will also
remain as the girls varsity volleyball coach.
Gary
Roosevelt has announced that Ron Broome
will not return as boys basketball coach.
Volleyball
coach Lynze Lysen and
wrestling coach Greg Gastineau have
resigned their positions at Pike.
Renee’ Turpa has stepped down as girls basketball coach at
Jaclyn Leininger of
Turkey Run has accepted the
resignation of boys basketball coach Jeff
Thompson. He was with the Warriors
for six seasons.
James Aldridge,
head girls basketball coach at Mishawaka Marian the last three years, has
resigned.
IHSAA -----
LOOKING AHEAD
|
Saturday, March
27 |
|
|
Monday, March
29 |
First Contest –
Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis |
|
Wednesday, May
12 |
Softball
Tournament Draw |
|
Tuesday, May 18 |
Girls Track
Sectionals |
|
Thursday, May
20 |
Boys Track
Sectionals |
|
Thursday, May
20 |
Girls Tennis
Sectionals |
|
Thursday, May
20 |
Baseball
Tournament Draw |
|
Friday, May 21 |
Girls Tennis
Sectionals |
|
Saturday, May
22 |
Girls Tennis
Sectionals |
|
Monday, May 24 |
Softball Sectionals |
|
Tuesday, May 25 |
Softball
Sectionals |
|
Tuesday, May 25 |
Girls Tennis Regionals |
|
Tuesday, May 25 |
Girls Track Regionals |
|
Wednesday, May
26 |
Softball
Sectionals |
|
Wednesday, May
26 |
Girls Tennis Regionals |
|
Thursday, May
27 |
Softball
Sectionals |
|
Thursday, May
27 |
Boys Track Regionals |
|
Friday, May 28 |
Softball
Sectionals |
|
Saturday, May
29 |
Softball
Sectionals |
|
Saturday, May
29 |
|
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