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 October 28, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

GIRLS AND BOYS SOCCER HEAD TO STATE FINALS

The 2003 boys and girls soccer tournaments have moved to the state championships this Saturday, November 1, with boys’ semifinal action on two fields at 10:00 a.m. and the state finals beginning at 6:00. The girls’ semifinals begin at Noon, with their championship game at 8:00.

Washington has never won a boys’ title, but was state runner-up to Fort Wayne Canterbury (1-0) in 1998. Likewise, South Bend St. Joseph’s and Carroll (Fort Wayne) will be searching for their first boys’ soccer title. North Central (Indpls.) has taken home four first-place (1994-95-96, 2002) and one runner-up (2000) trophies.

For the ladies, Bloomington South finished as runner-up to Carmel (4-0) in 2002 for their best state finals finish. Carmel has captured six crowns, including the last three in a row, to go with a 2^nd place spot in 1996. South Bend St. Joseph’s was state champ in 1998 and also had a second-place finish in 1994. Homestead’s best effort came in 2001 when they finished 2^nd.

BOYS STATE FINALS

School	Record	Rank	vs.	School	Record	Rank	Time	Field
Washington	19-2-1	4	vs.	South Bend St. Joseph’s	22-0	1	10:00 a.m.	East
Carroll (Ft. Wayne)	18-3-1	13	vs.	North Central (Indpls.)	16-3-3	5	10:00 a.m.	West
Championship							6:00 p.m.	East

GIRLS STATE FINALS

School	Record	Rank	vs.	School	Record	Rank	Time	Field
Bloomington South	16-2-3	18	vs.	South Bend St. Joseph’s	17-3-3	9	12:00 Noon	East
Carmel	20-2	2	vs.	Homestead	18-4-1	8	12:00 Noon	West
Championship							8:00 p.m.	East

Complete tourney results are available by clicking on 2003 Boys Soccer Tournament Pairings and 2003 Girls Soccer Tournament Pairings.

SOCCER STATS AVAILABLE

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

CROSS COUNTRY STATE FINALS NEXT UP

The Boys 58^th Annual and Girls 23^rd Annual Cross Country Tournament Series heads to the Indiana University Cross Country Course in Bloomington on Saturday, November 1, for the state finals.

This year’s top-ranked squad and last year’s boys state champ, Columbus North, topped the Franklin Central Semi-State with a 59 point total, the best score from any of the four semi-states.

The girls defending champion, Valparaiso, ranked No. 1 in the final 2003 poll, also had the best results at any of the semi-state locations, finishing with 41 points to win honors at New Prairie.

Lane assignments are available on the IHSAA website at 2003 Boys Cross Country Lane Assignments and 2003 Girls Cross Country Lane Assignments.

CROSS COUNTRY MEDIA NOTE

The Media Center is located in the University Gym (at the former University High School now known as the Stone Belt Center) at the intersection of Ind. 46/45 and East 10th Street on the eastside of the I.U. campus. This is the same facility used in previous years. Media credentials and state finals programs can be obtained in a room at the back of the building that will serve as the media work area. As usual, a phone for filing purposes will be available. From the parking area outside the gymnasium, follow the signage to the back of the building to the entrance. The course is about a half-mile walk from the work area and the start-finish line is even further so comfortable shoes are strongly recommended. Jason Wille, assistant sports information director, will serve as the media host.

VOLLEYBALL REGIONALS SLATED FOR SATURDAY

With two of the state’s top-ranked teams already sidelined, it’s on to the regionals at 16 sites in the 32^nd Annual IHSAA Volleyball Tournament Series this Saturday, November 1.

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (3A) and Wapahani (2A) have already fallen in this year’s event. Indeed, 17 top-10 ranked schools in the four classes have called their season to an end.

Muncie Central (35-0) continues defense of its 4A title, facing Harrison (West Lafayette) (24-11). The 3A champion from a year ago, Delta, was knocked out of this year’s tourney in sectional play by Blackford. Muncie Burris (30-6), winner last year in Class 2A, continues it quest for domination there, as they go for their 15^th title, including seven in a row, when they meet Indianapolis Scecina (17-17). The 2002 Class A winner, Wapahani, has moved up to Class 2A and is also out of this year’s championship, having lost to Muncie Burris.

The regional lineup is on-line at 2003 IHSAA Girls Volleyball Regional Pairings. You may access the complete 2003 tournament pairings sheets on the IHSAA website at 2003 IHSAA Girls Volleyball Tournament Pairings.

Check out the latest volleyball stats from the IHSVC at IHSVC Girls Volleyball Statistics.

FINAL 2003 IHSVC VOLLEYBALL POLLS

IHSVC Poll	ICGSA Poll	Class 4A	Regional Tourney Opp.
	No.	Name
1	1	Muncie Central	Harrison (West Lafayette)
2	2	Indpls. Cathedral	Center Grove
3	3	New Albany	--out---
4	4	Columbus East	Castle
5	5	Elkhart Memorial	Valparaiso
6	6	Merrillville	---out---
7	7	Mishawaka	---out---
8	10	Concord	---out---
9	8	Terre Haute South	Floyd Central
10	---	Floyd Central	Terre Haute South
---	9	Bloomington North	---out---
IHSVC Poll	ICGSA Poll	Class 3A	Regional Tourney Opp.
	No.	Name
1	1	Indianapolis Chatard	---out---
2	2	Mishawaka Marian	Frankfort
3	4	Brebeuf Jesuit	Yorktown
4	5	F.W. Concordia	Fort Wayne Elmhurst
5	3	Indpls. Roncalli	Franklin County
6	7	Kankakee Valley	Hammond Morton
7	6	Providence	---out---
8	---	New Prairie	---out---
9	10	Delta	---out---
10	---	Frankfort	Mishawaka Marian
---	8	Blackford	Northridge
---	9	Heritage Hills	Silver Creek
IHSVC Poll	ICGSA Poll	Class 2A	Regional Tourney Opp.
	No.	Name
1	2	Wapahani	---out---
2	1	Muncie Burris	Indianapolis Scecina
3-t	7	Alexandria	---out---
3-t	6	Adams Central	Eastside
5	9	Clinton Central	Wheeler
6	3	Brownstown Cntl.	Mitchell
7	5	Union County	Lawrenceburg
8-t	4	Wheeler	Clinton Central
8-t	---	Woodlan	---out---
10	---	Linton-Stockton	---out---
---	8	Mitchell	Brownstown Central
---	10	Southwood	Madison-Grant
IHSVC Poll	ICGSA Poll	Class A	Regional Tourney Opp.
	No.	Name
1	2	Mich. City Marquette	Fort Wayne Blackhawk
2	1	Cowan	Wes-Del
3	3	Morristown	Christian Academy
4	4	Clinton Prairie	Indianapolis Lutheran
5	7	Rossville	---out---
6	5	Tecumseh	Riverton Parke
7	6	Triton	---out---
8	9	Barr-Reeve	Union (Dugger)
9	---	Loogootee	---out---
10	8	Wes-Del	Cowan
---	10	Springs Valley	---out---

TWO SCHOOLS FORFEIT FOOTBALL GAMES

Due to the participation of an ineligible player, Pike Central High School has been forced to forfeit two games in which they were victorious this season. Those games included: North Knox (19-13) and Tell City (22-21). The official scores of those games will be 1-0. After losing to Heritage Hills (65-7) in the state tournament, the Chargers’ record is now 0-10.

Meanwhile, South Bend St. Joseph’s, because of the same infraction, is forfeiting its victory (41-21) over Lakeland on October 10. Following its victory over West Noble (48-3) in the opening game of the state tourney, the Indians are now 7-3.

FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ADVANCE TO 2^nd ROUND OF SECTIONALS

The second round of sectional play in the 31^st Annual IHSAA Football Tournament Series takes to gridirons throughout the state this Friday, October 31.

Defending Class 5A champion Ben Davis remained in contention for another title with a 54-26 won over Decatur Central.

Roncalli, winner a season ago in 4A, blanked Westfield, 24-0. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, the Class 3A 2002 champ, jumped on Danville, 40-0. The Class 2A champion last year, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, has moved up to Class 3A and proved worthy of the trip with a 20-12 victory over Maconaquah. In Class A, Southwood opened up defense of its title with a 37-18 win over Southern Wells.

Pairings and results for the 31^st Annual Football Tournament Series are available on the IHSAA website at 2003 Football Pairings-HTML.

FINAL 2003 IFCA & AP FOOTBALL POLLS

CLASS 5A

IFCA	AP	School	W-L	10/31 Opponent
1	2	Ben Davis	9-1	Indianapolis Manual
2	3	Lafayette Jeff	10-0	Hamilton Southeastern
3	1	Evansville Reitz	10-0	Evansville North
4	5	Fort Wayne Snider	9-1	Fort Wayne Northrop
5	4	Penn	9-1	Elkhart Central
6	6	Elkhart Memorial	10-0	South Bend Riley
7	10	Lawrence North	8-2	Warren Central
8	8	Center Grove	8-2	Terre Haute North
9	7	Warren Central	8-2	Lawrence North
10	---	Portage	9-1	Valparaiso
---	9	Evansville North	9-1	Evansville Reitz

CLASS 4A

IFCA	AP	School	W-L	10/31 Opponent
1	1	East Noble	10-0	Wawasee
2	2	Greenwood	10-0	Franklin Community
3	3	Zionsville	9-1	Plainfield
4	4	Muncie Central	9-1	Delta
5	5	Vincennes Lincoln	9-1	Jasper
6	6	Lowell	9-1	Munster
7	---	Roncalli	7-3	Harrison (West Lafayette)
8	7	East Central	8-2	Seymour
9	8	Floyd Central	9-1	Evansville Central
10	9	Munster	8-2	Lowell
---	10	Boonville	8-2	---out---

CLASS 3A

IFCA	AP	School	W-L	10/31 Opponent
1	1	Heritage Hills	10-0	Evansville Mater Dei
2	3	Indpls. Chatard	9-1	Crawfordsville
3	2	Andrean	10-0	Hammond Morton
4	4	Twin Lakes	10-0	Tipton
5	5	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	8-2	---out---
6	6	Evansville Mater Dei	8-2	Heritage Hills
7	9	Hamilton Heights	8-2	Frankfort
8	---	New Prairie	8-2	NorthWood
9	8	West Vigo	9-1	Beech Grove
10	10	South Bend St. Joseph’s	8-2	Tippecanoe Valley
---	7	Corydon Central	8-2	---out---

CLASS 2A

IFCA	AP	School	W-L	10/31 Opponent
1	1	Speedway	10-0	Northwestern
2	2	Heritage	9-1	---out---
3	4	Harding	9-1	Cass
4	3	Central Noble	10-0	Garrett
5	8	Jimtown	9-1	Eastside
6	7	Eastbrook	9-1	Bluffton
7	5	Brownstown Central	10-0	Clarksville
8	6	Cass	10-0	Harding
9	10	Tri-West	9-1	North Montgomery
10	---	Wheeler	9-1	---out---
---	9	Madison-Grant	8-2	---out---

CLASS A

IFCA	AP	School	W-L	10/31 Opponent
1	1	Pioneer	9-0	Seeger
2	2	Seeger	9-0	Pioneer
3	7	Indpls. Ritter	7-2	Monrovia
4	4	South Decatur	9-0	Park Tudor
5	3	Linton-Stockton	9-0	Springs Valley
6	8	Adams Central	7-2	North Miami
7	6	Carroll (Flora)	8-1	Lapel
8	9	Tecumseh	7-2	West Washington
9	---	Sheridan	6-3	Frankton
10	5	Shenandoah	8-1	Eastern Hancock
---	10	Frankton	72	Sheridan

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

The IHSAA continues 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 2003 Football Leaders.

BOYS SINGLES/DOUBLES TENNIS CHAMPIONS CROWNED

Jarrod Epkey (12) of Center Grove claimed the championship in the 24^th Annual IHSAA Boys Tennis Singles Tournament on Saturday, October 24-25, 2001. The duo of Trent Glassley (12) and Brian Fleming (12) combined to capture the 14^th Annual IHSAA Boys Tennis Doubles Tournament title on those same dates.

Friday action was played on the outside courts at Park Tudor High School, but due to rain on Saturday, competition was moved inside to the Indianapolis Tennis Center at IUPUI.

Epkey won his title by defeating Jorge Burmicky (12) of Eastern (Greentown), 6-2-6-1, to run his season overall record to 14-2, having gone 8-0 in tournament play. Epkey became the 2^nd player from his school to win the singles crown, along with Bryan Smith (10) in 1990 and 1992.

Glassley and Fleming defeated Scott Gray (12) and Chad Holajter (12) of Munster in doubles competition, 6-4, 6-1. Their overall season mark finished at 30-1, including their 11-0 march through the state tourney as they became the first state boys doubles titlists in the school’s history.

In the consolation round, Tony Aker (12), Penn, defeated Tony Adeyemi (12) of West Lafayette,4-6, 6-3, 7-5 in singles and Mark Sherman (12) and Andrew Zale (12) of Warsaw got by Andrew Lahr (11) and Brian Finkbiner (12) of Columbus North, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in doubles play.

For the complete results, go to 2003 Boys Tennis Singles/Doubles State Finals

2003-04 IHSAA SCHOOL DIRECTORY AVAILABLE ON-LINE

The 2003-04 IHSAA School Directory is now available on the IHSAA website at 2003-04 IHSAA School Directory in both PDF and HTML.

MEDIA CREDENTIALS REMINDER

A reminder to all members of the working media! If you have not yet applied for your IHSAA State Finals Media Credential, you should do so at your earliest convenience. The application form is on-line at 02003-04 IHSAA Media Credentials Form.

We have already begun the mailing process. The first event at which you will need credentialing will be the cross country and soccer state finals on November 1. Please keep in mind that this year, each credential will be assigned only to an individual and that person should be prepared to show identification from your organization if it is requested. No “generic” credentials will be assigned.

FOOTBALL CREDENTIALS NOW AVAILABLE

Football State Finals credential requests may now be made on company letterhead for representatives of the media outlets throughout the state who will be actively covering the event. Requests should be mailed or faxed to Jerry Baker no later than November 24. Requests received by November 17 will be mailed out to those approved working members of the media, otherwise they must be picked up at media Will Call outside the RCA Dome.

A reminder that your IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will not be accepted for the football finals.

Mailing address: Jerry Baker Fax no: (317) 575-4244

IHSAA

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Indianapolis, IN 46260

BROADCAST INFO

All broadcast requests should be directed to Mr. Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 225 South East Street, Suite 144, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. Phone (317) 633-1462. Fax (317) 633-1461

POLL INFORMATION

IATCC girls cross country poll: http://www.iatccc.org/GCCPoll.htm

IATCC boys cross country poll: http://www.iatccc.org/BCCPoll.htm

IFCA football poll: http://site14112.dellhost.com/IFCA/poll-02.htm

ISCA boys soccer poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/b-soccer/03Poll.htm

ISCA girls soccer poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/g-soccer/03Poll.htm

ICGSA girls golf poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/g-golf/03Poll.htm

IHSTeCA boys tennis poll: http://www.ihsteca.com/page/bt20.shtml

IHSVC volleyball poll: http://www.ihsvc.org/Polls.asp

ICGSA volleyball poll: http://wwwtest.icgsa.org/VBPoll/Poll/VBWeeklyPoll.aspx

MILESTONES

Kathy Nalley-Schembra, head volleyball coach at Roncalli, picked up her 800^th career win with her team’s victory over Indianapolis Bishop Chatard in the state tourney on Saturday.

Zionsville head football coach Larry McWhorter won his 80^th game last Friday with victory over Indianapolis Cathedral, breaking the school record previously held by Orlin Coleman.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Mark Corsaro has been named boys head basketball coach at Indianapolis Arsenal Technical. He succeeds Frank Craig, the school’s current acting athletic director.

Former IHSAA commissioner Bob Gardner, the chief operating officer for the National Federation of State High School Associations, has been appointed to the board of directors of USA Football.

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Friday, October 31	Football Sectionals
Saturday, November 1	Boys & Girls Cross Country State Finals
Saturday, November 1	Boys & Girls Soccer State Finals
Saturday, November 1	Volleyball Regionals
Monday, November 3	First Practice/Boys Basketball, Boys Swimming
Friday, November 7	Football Sectionals
Saturday, November 8	Volleyball State Finals
Monday, November 10	First Practice/Gymnastics
Monday, November 10	First Contest/Girls Basketball
Friday, November 14	Football Regionals
Saturday, November 15	First Contest/Girls Swimming
Friday, November 21	Football Semi-States
Saturday, November 22	First Contest/Wrestling
Monday, November 24	First Contest/Boys Basketball
Thursday, November 27	Thanksgiving/IHSAA Offices Closed
Friday, November 28	Football State Finals (A, 2A)/IHSAA Offices Closed
Saturday, November 29	Football State Finals (3A, 4A, 5A)
Saturday, November 29	First Contest/Boys Swimming

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