Indiana High School Athletic Association

9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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MEDIA ADVISORY September 9, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

WILSON TO CONTINUE AS OFFICIAL BALL IN ELEVEN IHSAA SPORTS

After consideration of bids from various sporting goods companies, Commissioner Blake Ress has announced that the IHSAA has reached agreement with Wilson Sporting Goods to continue as the official supplier of balls in eight of its sanctioned sports, including baseball, boys basketball, girls basketball, football, boys golf, girls golf, boys soccer, girls soccer, softball, boys tennis and girls tennis through 2008-09. Wilson has been the official ball provider to the IHSAA since 1990-91.

With corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, Wilson Sporting Goods Co. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of sports equipment and focuses on making technologically-advanced products which help the average player play better. Wilson, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer m/f/d/v, currently has 3,062 employees worldwide (2,472 U.S. based employees, 590 international). Their core sport categories include: Football, Basketball, Baseball, Volleyball, Soccer, Youth Sports, Uniforms/Apparel, Golf, Footwear, and Racquet Sports (Tennis, Racquetball, Squash, Badminton, Platform Tennis).

Wilson manufacturing sites include: footballs, Ada, Ohio; uniforms, Sparta, Tennessee, golf balls, Humboldt, Tennessee; golf bags, Springfield, Tennessee; and golf clubs, Tullahoma, Tennessee. Their team sports distribution center is located in Nashville, Tennessee.

Commissioner Ress also announced that Molten U.S.A., Inc will continue to supply volleyballs for all state tournament competition. Their contract with the IHSAA has also been extended through 2008-09.

Founded in 1958 with worldwide headquarters in Hiroshima, Japan, Molten is a worldwide conglomerate which entered the United States in 1983. Originally located in Southern California, Molten moved their U.S. headquarters to Sparks, NV in 1988.

Molten has a storied history. By 1964, only six years after their founding, Molten basketballs, volleyballs and soccer balls were the official balls of the Tokyo Olympics. Molten volleyballs became the official ball for the U.S. National Teams in 1997 and remain so to this day.

IHSAA SIGNS CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH

THE LEGENDS OF INDIANA GOLF COURSE

IHSAA Commissioner Blake Ress has announced an extension of an agreement with The Legends Of Indiana Golf Course in Franklin to conduct the IHSAA boys and girls state golf championships at that location through 2008-09.

The 27-hole championship course features plenty of sand and water to challenge the best of players and is noted for its playability, service and immaculate course conditions. Added attractions at The Legends include The Niblick, an 18-hole par three course, and a superior practice facility featuring the largest grass hitting area in Indiana.

The readers of The Indiana Business Magazine selected The Legends as "Indiana's Best Course" in 1996. Golf Digest has rated the facility among the nation's best since it was opened in 1992.

The new Gongaware Indiana Junior Golf Academy and the Indiana Golf Association (IGA), the governing body of amateur golf in Indiana as recognized by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is located adjacent to the course.

Ted Bishop has been the General Partner and Director of Golf at The Legends of Indiana Golf Course since the project's inception in 1991. Prior to that, Bishop was the Pro and Superintendent of the Phil Harris Golf Course in Linton upon his graduation from Purdue University in 1976. Ryan Ford is the Head Golf Professional.

The Legends has been home to the state championships for three years, since the 2000-01 season. The upcoming scheduled dates for the girls and boys IHSAA state championships are:

Year	Girls’ Golf	Boys’ Golf
2003-04	October 3-4	June 15-16
2004-05	October 1-2	June 14-15
2005-06	September 30, October 1	June 13-14
2006-07	September 29-30	June 12-13
2007-08	September 28-29	June 10-11
2008-09	October 3-4	June 16-17

HIGH SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SETS RECORD FOR FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR

For the 14^th consecutive year, the number of students participating in high school athletics has increased, setting an all-time high for participation. Based on figures from the 50 state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the District of Columbia, that are members of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), participation for the 2002-03 school year rose by 77,581 students, to 6,845,096, according to the 2002-03 High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the NFHS. This marked the fifth consecutive year that a record was established for participation in high school athletics.

For more on the participation survey, go to 2002-03 Sports Participation Survey.

2003 FOOTBALL SEASON ADVANCES TO WEEK FOUR

The 2003 IHSAA football season moves into its fourth weekend of play this Friday evening at sites across the state, again with a number of changes in the poll positions.

In class 5A, Warren Central, with a 28-7 victory over Ben Davis on Friday, replaced the Giants in the leadership spot in the IFCA poll and stayed at No. 1 in the AP rankings. Ben Davis dropped to 4^thin the IFCA poll, but only to 2^nd place by AP. In 4A, Vincennes Lincoln remained in the top spot in both rating systems , as did Indianapolis Chatard (3A) and Harding (2A). In class A, Indianapolis Ritter stayed atop the heap according to the IFCA, while AP moved the Raiders from 3^rd to 2^nd, still behind their top choice, Pioneer.

Newcomers to the IFCA poll included: Lawrence North (#9) and Franklin Central (#10) in class 5A; East Noble (#6), Plymouth (#7), Greenwood (#9) and Lowell (#10) in class 4A; Corydon Central (#8), Danville (#9) and Western (#10) in class 3A; South Spencer (#10) in class 2A; and, South Decatur (#8), Linton-Stockton (#9) in class A. AP added: Evansville North (5A); East Noble and Plymouth (4A); Western (3A); South Spencer (2A); and Tecumseh (A).

Key games involving IFCA and AP teams which are both ranked this week include:

Center Grove at Lawrence North

Fort Wayne Luers at Harding

Brownstown Central at Corydon Central

Indianapolis Ritter at Speedway

South Spencer at Tecumseh

Bloomington North at Franklin Central

Evansville Mater Dei at Evansville North

IFCA & AP FOOTBALL POLLS FOR 9/8/03

CLASS 5A

IFCA		AP
No.	Last Wk.	No.	Last Wk.	School	W-L	9/12 Opponent
1	2	1	1	Warren Central	3-0	vs. Terre Haute North
2	3	3	4	Center Grove	3-0	at Lawrence North
3	5	6	5	Lafayette Jeff	3-0	at Kokomo
4	1	2	2	Ben Davis	2-1	vs. Terre Haute South
5	4	8	9	Portage	3-0	at Merrillville
6	6	4	3	Penn	2-1	at South Bend Washington
7	9	5	6	Evansville Reitz	3-0	at Evansville Harrison
8	10	9	8	Fort Wayne Snider	2-1	vs. Huntington North
9	---	---	---	Lawrence North	3-0	vs. Center Grove
10	---	7	7	Franklin Central	3-0	vs. Bloomington North
---	---	10	---	Evansville North	3-0	vs. Evansville Mater Dei

CLASS 4A

IFCA		AP
No.	Last Wk.	No.	Last Wk.	School	W-L	9/12 Opponent
1	1	1	1	Vincennes Lincoln	3-0	at Mount Vernon (Posey)
2	3	3	4	Muncie Central	3-0	vs. New Castle
3	2	2	3	Zionsville	3-0	vs. Harrison (West Lafayette)
4	5	4	5	Delta	3-0	at Muncie South
5	7	6	8	Munster	3-0	at Griffith
6	---	7	---	East Noble	3-0	at DeKalb
7	---	10	---	Plymouth	3-0	vs. Northridge
8	6	---	---	East Central	2-1	at Franklin County
9	---	---	---	Greenwood	3-0	at Franklin
10	---	---	---	Lowell	3-0	at Hammond Morton
---	4	5	2	Jasper	2-1	at Heritage Hills
---	---	8	---	Bloomington North	3-0	at Franklin Central
---	---	9	10	Fort Wayne Dwenger	2-1	at Fort Wayne Northrop

CLASS 3A

IFCA		AP
No.	Last Wk.	No.	Last Wk.	School	W-L	9/12 Opponent
1	1	1	1	Indpls. Chatard	3-0	at Cincinnati Elder (OH)
2	2	3	3	Andrean	3-0	at Hammond
3	3	2	2	Heritage Hills	3-0	vs. Jasper
4	4	4	4	Evansville Mater Dei	3-0	at Evansville North
5	5	5	5	West Vigo	3-0	vs. Eastern Greene
6	6	6	6	Fort Wayne Luers	2-1	at Harding
7	8	8	8	Twin Lakes	3-0	at Delphi
8	---	7	7	Corydon Central	3-0	vs. Brownstown Central
9	---	9	9	Danville	2-1	at Southmont
10	---	10	---	Western	3-0	at Northwestern

CLASS 2A

IFCA		AP
No.	Last Wk.	No.	Last Wk.	School	W-L	9/12 Opponent
1	1	1	1	Harding	3-0	vs. Fort Wayne Luers
2	2	2	2	Jimtown	3-0	at Knox
3	3	3	3	Eastbrook	3-0	vs. Madison-Grant
4	4	5	5	Speedway	3-0	vs. Indpls. Ritter
5	5	4	4	Heritage	3-0	vs. South Adams (9/13)
6	6	7	9	Central Noble	3-0	vs. Fremont
7	7	6	8	Indian Creek	3-0	at Beech Grove
8	10	9	10	Tri-West	3-0	at North Montgomery
9	9	8	7	Brownstown Central	3-0	at Corydon Central
10	---	10	---	South Spencer	3-0	at Tecumseh

CLASS A

IFCA		AP
No.	Last Wk.	No.	Last Wk.	School	W-L	9/12 Opponent
1	1	2	3	Indpls. Ritter	3-0	at Speedway
2	2	1	1	Pioneer	3-0	at Caston
3	3	3	2	Seeger	3-0	at Riverton Parke
4	5	4	4	Shenandoah	3-0	at Wes-Del
5	6	6	---	Tecumseh	3-0	vs. South Spencer
6	7	8	10	Carroll (Flora)	3-0	vs. North Newton
7	9	7	8	Adams Central	2-1	vs. South Central (Union Mills) (9/13)
8	---	---	---	South Decatur	3-0	vs. Edinburgh
9	---	---	---	Linton-Stockton	3-0	at Cascade
10	4	10	5	Frankton	2-1	vs. Alexandria
	---	9	6	Perry Central		at Charlestown
	---	5	7	Clinton Central		vs. Sheridan

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

The IHSAA has begun its weekly compilation of football statistics in a number of categories. Those stats, as provided by the schools, are available on the IHSAA website under IHSAA Boys Football.

VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS SIMILAR

Only one discrepancy was noted for the #No.1 ranking in the weekly Indiana High School Volleyball Coaches Association and Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association weekly volleyball poll. That occurred in Class 3A, where the IHSVC had slotted Indianapolis Bishop Chatard in the top spot, while the ICGSA had given that honor to Delta, with Chatard placed at No. 2.

Elsewhere, the two polls were in agreement in class 4A (Muncie Central), class 2A (Muncie Burris) and class A (Michigan City Marquette).

IHSVC – ICGSA VOLLEYBALL POLLS FOR 9/8/03

IHSVC	ICGSA	Class 4A	IHSVC	ICGSA	Class 3A
No.	No.	Name	No.	No.	Name
1	1	Muncie Central	1	2	Indianapolis Bishop Chatard
2	2	Indianapolis Cathedral	2	5	Mishawaka Marian
3-t	4	Merrillville	3	4	Fort Wayne Concordia
3-t	6	Floyd Central	4	3	Brebeuf Jesuit
5	5	Valparaiso	5	6	Providence
6	3	Bloomington North	6	1	Delta
7	7	New Albany	7	7	Roncalli
8	8	Columbus East	8-t	---	Kankakee Valley
9	---	Fort Wayne Snider	8-t	9	New Castle
10	10	Mishawaka	10	---	Yorktown
---	9	Terre Haute South	---	8	Heritage Hills
			---	10	Fort Wayne Luers
IHSVC	ICGSA	Class 2A	IHSVC	ICGSA	Class A
No.	No.	Name	No.	No.	Name
1	1	Muncie Burris	1	1	Michigan City . Marquette
2-t	3	Brownstown Central	2	2	Cowan
2-t	2	Wapahani	3	3	Morristown
4	8	Clinton Central	4	4	Triton
5-t	4	Union County	5	5	Tecumseh
5-t	9	Wheeler	6	6	Clinton Prairie
7	10	Alexandria	7	8	Rossville
8-t	5	Adams Central	8	10	Barr-Reeve
8-t	6	Mitchell	9	7	Wes-Del
10	---	Linton	10	9	Springs Valley
---	7	Southwood

HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN STILL LEADER IN GIRLS GOLF POLL

After taking over the #1 position in the weekly ICGSA girls’ golf poll a week ago, Hamilton Southeastern managed to hang on to that top spot in this week’s numbers game. Western gained a position, moving to 2^nd, with Penn dropping a spot to third. Evansville Memorial remained stationary at 4^th and Mishawaka moved up one slot to complete the top-five.

Mount Vernon (Fortville) was the only new addition to the weekly rankings, as they returned to the poll at #16. Leo fell from the top-20 after being ranked in a tie for 19^th on September 2.

ICGSA GIRLS GOLF POLL 9/08/03

No.	Last Week	Team	No.	Last Week	Team
1	1	Hamilton Southeastern	11	11	Greensburg
2	3	Penn	12	15	Noblesville
3	2	Western	13	14	Greenwood
4	4	Evansville Memorial	14	17	Franklin Central
5	6	Mishawaka Marian	15	16	Bloomington North
6	5	Fort Wayne Dwenger	16	---	Mount Vernon (Fortville)
7	8	Carmel	17	19-t	Martinsville
8	7	Indpls. Roncalli	18	10	Brebeuf Jesuit
9	9	Valparaiso	19	18	Homestead
10	13	Northview	20	12	Richmond

CARMEL AGAIN ATOP THE ISCA GIRLS SOCCER POLL

Coming of a pair of victories on Saturday, the Carmel Greyhounds remained atop the weekly Indiana Soccer Coaches Association girls soccer poll for September 8, with North Central (Indpls.) maintaining its spot at No. 2. Noblesville reached its high water mark on the season, jumping from 5^th to 3^rd, in front of Fort Wayne Dwenger which climbed from 6^th to 4^th. South Bend St. Joseph’s rounded out the top-five, sliding from the No. 3 slot a week ago.

Ben Davis (#20) was the only newcomer added this week, as Castle was shoved aside.

ISCA GIRLS SOCCER POLL FOR 9/8/03

No.	Last Wk.	Team	No.	Last Wk.	Team
1	1	Carmel	11	11	Evansville North
2	2	North Central (Indpls.)	12	13	Pike
3	5	Noblesville	13	12	Avon
4	6	Fort Wayne Dwenger	14	14	Fort Wayne Snider
5	3	South Bend St. Joseph’s	15	15	Indianapolis Cathedral
6	4	Hamilton Southeastern	16	17	Bloomington South
7	7	Zionsville	17	18	Lawrence North
8	8	Homestead	18	20	Portage
9	9	Penn	19	19	Evansville Reitz
10	10	Brownsburg	20	---	Ben Davis

SOME SHUFFLING AMONG TOP-10 IN BOYS SOCCER

Though there was movement among the group, the top-10 teams all remained in that top-10, albeit in different spots in this week’s ISCA boy’ soccer poll. North Central (Indpls.), Indianapolis Cathedral and Lawrence Central all remained positioned at 1-2-3. South Bend St. Joseph’s made the leap from 6^th to 4^th, with Carmel staying at No. 5.

Three squads dropped out of the Top-20, including Evansville Memorial, Bloomington North and Warsaw, while Jasper (#19) and Pike (#20) entered the poll.

ISCA BOYS SOCCER POLL FOR 9/8/03

No.	Last Wk.	Team	No.	Last Wk.	Team
1	1	North Central (Indpls.)	11	12	Homestead
2	2	Indpls. Cathedral	12	11	Castle
3	3	Lawrence Central	13	13	Carroll (Ft. Wayne)
4	6	S.B. St. Joseph’s	14	16	Pendleton Heights
5	5	Carmel	15-t	17	Avon
6	8	Brownsburg	15-t	14-t	Hamilton Southeastern
7	7	Valparaiso	17	18	Center Grove
8	9	Washington	18	14-t	Columbus North
9	10	Brebeuf Jesuit	19	---	Jasper
10	4	F.W. Canterbury	20	---	Pike

SOCCER STATS AVAILABLE

The IHSAA has begun compiling weekly statistics for both girls and boys soccer and that information will be updated on the web each Tuesday following receipt of the material from the schools across the state. Girls information will be available on the web at 2003 Girls Soccer Stats. Boys information is on-line at 2003 Boys Soccer Stats.

CROSS COUNTRY POLLS STILL LED BY COLUMBUS NORTH AND VALPARAISO

It was the same story as a week ago in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches weekly polls, with the same duo leading the way for both the boys and the girls for the third consecutive week.

In girls cross country, it was still Valparaiso as the poll leader, with Chesterton maintaining his hold on 2^nd. Indianapolis Cathedral and Northridge exchanged positions, with the Irish bumped up to 3^rd and the Raiders sliding to 4^th. Fort Wayne Concordia made a huge leap from 11^th a week ago to complete the top-five.

The only newcomer in the girls’ top-ten was North Central (Indpls.) at No. 16, with East Noble making an exit from the weekly poll.

The boys’ ratings were still being led by Columbus North. Carmel made the leap from 3^rd to 2^nd , followed by Lawrence North, up from 5^th, Fort Wayne Northrop, dropping from the runner-up spot to 4^th and Hamilton Southeastern, sliding one position to No. 5.

There were three new teams putting in appearances in the boys’ top-ten: Northridge (#7); Fort Wayne Concordia (#17); and West Noble (#20). Portage, Indianapolis Cathedral and Franklin Community were dismissed.

IATCCC BOYS CROSS COUNTRY FOR 9/8/03

No.	Last Wk.	School	No.	Last Wk.	School
1	1	Columbus North	11	7	Center Grove
2	3	Carmel	12	6	Fort Wayne Snider
3	5	Lawrence North	13	18	Southport
4	2	Ft. Wayne Northrop	14	14	Crown Point
5	4	Hamilton Southeastern	15	12	LaPorte
6	10	Franklin Central	16	13	Warren Central
7	---	Northridge	17	---	Fort Wayne Concordia
8	11	Bloomington North	18	19	Pendleton Heights
9	15	West Lafayette	19	9	Chesterton
10	17	Valparaiso	20	---	West Noble

IATCCC GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY FOR 9/8/03

No.

Last

Wk.

School

No.

Last

Wk.

School

Valparaiso

Franklin Central

Chesterton