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                                                        December 2, 2003

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

FOOTBALL CHAMPS CROWNED

Warren Central, making its first appearance in the state finals since back-to-back titles in 1984 and 1985, dominated in nearly every way possible as the Warriors defeated Penn, 57-7, for the big school state championship at the RCA Dome on Saturday.

 

That same afternoon, The Roncalli defense held previously unbeaten East Noble in check throughout the game and the defending 4A state champs won their second straight title with a 17-0 win.

 

Earlier in the day, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard running back Dray Mason and his Trojan teammates were simply dominating at the Dome winning their third consecutive IHSAA Class 3A state championship in a 49-0 victory over NorthWood.

 

On Friday, Tri-West Hendricks won a wild offensive fireworks display holding off a determined Harding team for a 41-36 victory in the IHSAA Class 2A state championship.

 

Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter got all the points it needed early on in a 28-0 shutout of Seeger in the Class A championship game in the opening game of the tournament.

 

For a complete summary and box score of each state championship game, log on to 2003 IHSAA State Football Championship Information.

 

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

The final weekly compilation of football statistics has been completed.  Those stats, as provided by the schools, are available on the IHSAA website under IHSAA 2003 Football Leaders.

 

START OF BOYS BASKETBALL SEASON

The 2003-04 boys basketball regular season tipped off November 24.  Sectional play for the state tournament is slated for March 2-5-6, with Regional play on March 13, the Semi-States on March 20 and the State Finals on March 27.

 

Pike, 4A; Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 3A, Cass, 2A; and Lafayette Central Catholic, 1A are the defending state champions from the 2002-03 campaign.

 

New additions to the IBCA Poll this week included Bloomington South, Anderson and Terre Haute North. Dropping out of the top-20 in the IBCA poll were Hamilton Southeastern, Elkhart Central and Perry Meridian

 

            Associated Press Pre-Season Polls

 

            Class 4A                                 Class 3A

Rk.

School

Rk.

School

1

Lawrence North

1

Fort Wayne Elmhurst

2

Pike

2

Gary Roosevelt

3

North Central (Indpls)

3

Washington

4

Columbia City

4

Indpls. Chatard

5

Carmel

5

Fort Wayne Concordia

6

Muncie Central

6

Sullivan

7

Munster

7

Benton Central

8

Bloomington North

8

Gibson Southern

9

Fort Wayne Snider

9

New Castle

10

Hamilton Southeastern

10

Bellmont

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Class 2A                                 Class A

Rk.

School

Rk.

School

1

Muncie Burris

1

Lafayette Central Catholic

2

Cass

2

White River Valley

3

Bluffton

3

Loogootee

4

Forest Park

4

Pioneer

5

Hammond Noll

5

Bloomfield

6

Winchester

6

Tri-Central

7

Brownstown Central

7

Morgan Township

8

Indian Creek

8

Tecumseh

9

Austin

9

Argos

10

Centerville

10

Wes-Del

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

            ICBA Coaches 12/01/03 Poll

 

Rk.

Last

Wk.

School

Rk.

Last

Wk.

School

1

1

Lawrence North

11

15

Indianapolis Chatard

2

2

Pike

12

--

Bloomington South

3

4

Columbia City

13

--

Anderson

4

5

Carmel

14-t

14

Fort Wayne Snider

5

6

Muncie Central

14-t

10

Gary Roosevelt

6

3

North Central (Indpls)

16

11

Merrillville

7

8

Munster

17

18-t

Northview

8

9

Bloomington North

18

20

Warren Central

9

7

Fort Wayne Elmhurst

19

--

Terre Haute North

10

17

Washington

20

16

Ben Davis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAIR OF CHANGES AT TOP OF GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

It didn’t take long for the shuffle at the top of the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association’s weekly basketball polls to begin.  Two of last week’s top-ranked squads are no longer there.

 

North Central (Indpls.) fell from its lofty perch in Class 4A down to 6th and was replaced by Bloomington North, up from No. 3 the previous week.  In Class 3A, Brebeuf Jesuit also bit the dust and found itself dropping to 4th, exchanging places with Tippecanoe Valley.

 

It was status quo in the top spot for the Class 2A (Shenandoah) and Class A (North Vermillion) leaders.

 

            ICGSA 12/01/03 Polls

 

ICGSA

Class 4A

ICGSA

Class 3A

No.

Last

Wk

School

No.

Last

Wk.

School

1

3

Bloomington North

1

4

Tippecanoe Valley

2

6

Hamilton SE

2

3

Evansville Memorial

3

4

Jeffersonville

3

5

Angola

4

5

Gary West

4

1

Brebeuf Jesuit

5

7

E.C. Central

5

2

Ft. Wayne Luers

6

1

North Cntl. (Indpls.)

6

8

Pendleton Heights

7

2

Merrillville

7

---

New Castle

8

8

Mooresville

8

10

Mt. Vernon (Fortville)

9

9

Warsaw

9

---

Edgewood

10

10

Ben Davis

10

7

Beech Grove

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICGSA

Class 2A

ICGSA

Class A

No.

Last

Wk

School

No.

Last

Wk.

School

1

1

Shenandoah

1

1

North Vermillion

2

2

Heritage Christian

2

3

Indpls. Lutheran

3

3

North Knox

3

2

Clinton Prairie

4

4

Boone Grove

4

4

Southwestern (Shelbyville)

5

6

Winamac

5

5

Tri-Central

6

5

Indian Creek

6

6

Washington Catholic

7

7

Taylor

7

9

Union City

9

8

Southwestern (Hanover)

8

7

F.W. Canterbury

8

9

Rochester

9

10

Triton

10

---

Winchester

10

8

West Central

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL STATS NOW ON-LINE

The latest girls basketball scoring and rebounding statistics, as reported by the schools, is now available on-line at 2003-04 Girls Basketball Scoring and Rebounding Leaders.

 

BOYS & GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING SEASONS UNDERWAY

The Carmel Greyhounds grabbed the top spots in both the boys and girls Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association’s polls for the week.

 

The boys had held the top spot in the pre-season rankings, but the girls had been ranked No. 2 behind Munster, with those two squads exchanging positions this week.

 

IHSSCA BOY’S SWIM TEAMS 12/01/03 RANKINGS

Rank

Last

Wk.

School

Rank

Last

Wk.

School

1

1

  Carmel

10-t

--

  West Lafayette

2

2

  Homestead

10-t

13

  Yorktown

3

3

  Penn

13

10

  Plainfield

4

4

  Chesterton

14

12

  Evansville Harrison

5

5

  Northridge

15-t

14

  Delta

6

6

  South Bend Riley

15-t

15

  Evansville Reiz

7

7

  Center Grove

17

16-t

  North Central (Indpls.)

8

8

  Hamilton Southeastern

18

16-t

  Pendleton Heights

9

9

  Westfield

19-t

18

  Zionsville

10-t

11

  Jeffersonville

19-t

20

  Crawfordsville

 

IHSSCA GIRL'S SWIM TEAMS 12/01/03 RANKINGS

Rank

Last Wk.

School

Rank

Last Wk.

School

1

2

  Carmel

11

20

  Homestead

2

1

  Munster

12

7

  Hamilton Southeastern

3

6

  Yorktown

13-t

--

  Jeffersonville

4

30

  Chesterton

13-t

3

  North Central (Indpls)

5

15

  Castle

15

27

  Mount Vernon

6

11

  Southridge

16

--

  Penn

7

4

  Columbus North

17

13

  Evansville Harrison

8

33

  Jasper

18-t

29

  Bloomington North

9

5

  Lake Central

18-t

12

  Brebeuf Jesuit

10

9

  Center Grove

20

8

  Fort Wayne Snider

 

ICGSA ANNOUNCES 2003 CROSS COUNTRY

DISTRICT AND STATE COACHES OF THE YEAR

                                                District 1        Michael Rouse, Chesterton

                                                District 2        Lisa Gausman, Lawrence North

                                                District 3        Ryan McClane, Northridge

                                                District 4        Rick Weinheimer, Columbus North

                                                District 5        Mary Beth Hansen, Bloomington South

 

                                                State Coach of the Year:     Karen DeVries, Valparaiso

 

2003-04 GYMNASTICS BEGINS MONDAY

Monday, December 8, will be the date for the first official gymnastics meet of the 2003-04 season.  The IHSAA state tournament sectionals are scheduled for March 6, with the regionials on the 13th and the state finals March 20 at Perry Meridian High School.

 

Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger is the defend title-holder, having picked up its second title last March, out-pointing three-time state champ Chesterton, 111.425 – 110.950.  A complete list of former state team champs is available at  History: Gymnastics Team State Champions on the IHSAA website.  Past individual winners may be found at History: Gymnastics Individual State Champions.

 

ISCA 2003 BOYS SOCCER ALL-STATE TEAMS ANNOUNCED

The Indiana Soccer Coaches Association has announced its selections for the 2003 Boys Soccer All-State Teams, as well as well as player and coach of the year.  A pair of players from this year’s state championship team, South Bend St. Joseph’s, are listed on the 1st team, including John Cavanaugh and Michael Hughes.

 

The complete list is available at 2003 Boys Soccer All-State Teams.

 

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.

 

                        Latest Rankings:                                                                    

IBCA Boys Basketball:       http://www.ibcahoopscoaches.com/top_20/index.asp

ICGSA Girls Basketball:     http://www.icgsa.org/poll/pollinfo.html

Boys Swimming:              http://www.indianaswimming.org/boy/brank.htm

Girls Swimming:               http://www.indianaswimming.org/girl/grank.htm

Individual Wrestling:          http://www.ihswca.com/Page2a.html

Gymnastics:                    http://www.ingymnastics.com/poll.htm

 

 

MILESTONES

Ben Davis girls basketball coach Stan Benge won his 350th career game when Ben Davis beat Pike, 63-50, back on November 15th.  In his 19th season at Ben Davis, Benge is 350-97 with Class 4A titles in 2000 and 2001.

 

Glenn Head coach Gordon Mosson picked up his 300th career win November 26 with a victory over South Bend Clay.

 

Kiki Bytnar, a senior at Calumet, scored her 1000th career point on November 28 in the Warriors’ 65-41 victory at Whiting.

 

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

Elmer McCall passed away November 26.  He coached South Bend Central to the boys basketball state championships in 1953 and 1957, becoming just the 2nd team in IHSAA history to complete an undefeated season in 1957.  He was 87.

 

Shae Young has been named head coach of the girls swim team at Pioneer, becoming the 3rd member of the family to hold such a position.

 

Tom Allen, defensive coordinator for the past six seasons, has been named head football coach at Ben Davis, succeeding eight-time state championship coach Dick Dullaghan, who has retired.

 

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has announced its Silver Anniversary Team for 2004.  It includes: David Bastian, North Central (Indpls.); Steve Bouchie, Washington; Cam Cameron, Terre Haute South; James Fisher, Lebanon; Chuck Franz, Clarksville; Daniel Glanders, Elkhart Central; Dennis Goins, Rushville; Tom Heitz, Hamilton; Michael Isrigg, Frankfort; Rick McKinstry, Indpls. Howe; Raynard Malaine, Gary Wirt; Lynn Mitchem, South Bend Adams; Bill O’Dell, Argos; Frank Smith, Jr, Gary Wallace; Leroy Sutton, South Bend Adams; and Eric Williams, South Bend Washington.  The will be inducted into the Hall on March 24, 2004.

 

The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame will add five new members in ceremonies on January 23, 2004.  They include: George Phares, Taylor; Rick Tomaszewski, South Bend Washington; Dave Krider, LaPorte; George Crowe, Franklin; and Lou Criger, Elkhart.

 

Terre Haute North has selected Chuck Payne as its new boys head golf coach.  He replaces Steve Higham who coached the boys for some 29 seasons and will continue as girls golf head coach.

 

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Monday, December 8

First Contest/Gymnastics

Wed-Thurs-Fri, December 24-25-26

IHSAA Offices Closed

Wednesday, Thursday, Dec. 31, Jan. 1

IHSAA Offices Closed

Thursday, January 22

Wrestling Team Tourney Series Drawing (8:00 a.m.)

Saturday, January 31

Wrestling Sectionals - Individual

Sunday, February 1

Girls Basketball Pairings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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