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 12, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

BOYS TENNIS TEAM STATE FINALS SATURDAY

The state finals in the 38th Annual IHSAA Boys Tennis Tournament will be conducted on October 16 at North Central (Indpls.) High School.  The morning session will begin at 10:00, with the afternoon session at 2:00.  There is no admission charge.

 

PAIRINGS

Terre Haute North (17-2) vs. Penn (15-0)

Carmel (19-0) vs. Delta (25-0)

 

Carmel is the only former team state champ in this year’s finals field, having won titles in 1980-81-87 under Lee Lonzo, and in 2003 under Mike Bostic.  The Greyhounds were also state runner-up to Marion in 1991.  Terre Haute North was runner-up to Center Grove in 2001.

 

Information on each of the state finals teams, along with probable starting lineups and records, is currently available on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Tennis Team State Finals.

 

A history of former state champions is available on the IHSAA website under History: HSAA Boys Tennis State Champions.

 

The regional round of the IHSAA Boys Tennis Singles/Doubles Tournament will played in conjunction with the team championships on Saturday at North Central (Indpls.) High School.  The pairings are on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Tennis Singles-Doubles Regional Pairings.

 

The singles/doubles state finals are slated for Friday and Saturday, October 22-23, at Park Tudor High School, Indianapolis.

 

2004 SOCCER TOURNEY UNDERWAY

The 11th Annual IHSAA Boys and Girls Soccer Tournaments are now underway, with sectional action slated to continue through Saturday,  Regional action is scheduled for October 19 (girls) and 20 (boys), with the semi-states on October 23 and the state finals on October 30.

 

Boys complete pairings are on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Soccer Tourney Draw.  The girls draw can be found at 2004 IHSAA Girls Soccer Tourney Draw.

 

FINAL ISCA GIRLS SOCCER POLL

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

OPP.

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

OPP.

1

Noblesville

---bye---

11

Hamilton SE

Westfield

2

Carmel

Lebanon

12

Homestead

Manchester

3

Avon

Danville

13

Carroll (F.W.)

F.W. Dwenger

4

North Cntl  (Indpls)

Cov. Christian

14

Indpls. Chatard

Heritage Christian

5

Penn

Mish. Marian

15

Ben Davis

Brebeuf Jesuit

6

Lawrence Central

Broad Ripple

16

Evansville Central

Mount Bernon

7

Evansville Reitz

North Posey

17

Center Grove

Plainfield

8

Zionsville

W. Boone

18

Valparaiso

Wheeler

9

Indpls. Cathedral

Lawrence North

19

Brownsburg

North Putnam

10

F.W. Dwenger

Carroll (F.W.)

20-t

Lawrence North

Indpls. Cathedral

 

 

 

20-t

Pike

Park Tudor

 

FINAL ISCA BOYS SOCCER POLL

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

OPP.

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

OPP.

1

Valparaiso

Westville

11

Lake Central

Highland

2

North Cntl (Indpls.)

Brebeuf Jesuit

12

F.W. Dwenger

---bye---

3

Castle

Evansville Reitz

13-t

Carmel

Noblesville

4

Indpls. Cathedral

---bye---

13-t

Zionsville

Westfield

5

F.W. Snider

New Haven

15

Washington

Vincennes Lincoln

6

Brownsburg

N. Montgomery

16

Munster

---bye---

7

Pike

Speedway

17

Columbus North

Hauser

8

Homestead

F.W. Wayne

18

Warsaw

Plymouth

9

Evansville Mem.

Heritage Hills

19

Elkhart Central

Elkhart Memorial

10

Plainfield

Whiteland

20

F.W. Canterbury

F.W.. Elmhurst

 

Soccer stats available at IHSAA Girls Soccer Statistics and IHSAA Boys Soccer Statistics.

 

SOCCER ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS ANNOUNCED

The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association has announced its selections for the 2004 Soccer Academic All-State Teams.  That list is available on the IHSAA website at 2004 ICGSA Academic All-State Teams.

 

2004 IHSAA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT DRAW AVAILABLE

Pairings for the 32nd Annual IHSAA Football Tournament Series are available now on the IHSAA website, in HTML format under 2004 IHSAA Football Pairings-HTML or in bracket form at 2004 IHSAA Football Pairings-Brackets.

 

This year’s tournament will begin Friday, October 22.  The state finals are set for November 26-27 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.

 

10/12/04 FOOTBALL POLLS

          CLASS 5A                                                                                CLASS 4A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/15 OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/15 OPP.

1

1

Fort Wayne Snider

Vs. F.W. Wayne

1

1

East Noble

At Bellmont

2

2

Lawrence Central

At Martinsville

2

5

East Central

Vs. Cinn. LaSale (OH)

3

4

Penn

Vs. Mishawaka

3

2

Mooresville

Vs. Greenfield-Central

4

3

Warren Central

At Lawrence North

4

3

Muncie Central

Vs. Marion

5

6

Merrillville

At Chesterton

5

4

Delta

At Shelbyville

6

5

Ben Davis

Vs. T.H. North

6

6

Zionsville

Vs. Westfield

7

7

North Central (Indpls)

Vs. Center Grove

7

8

Columbus East

At Bed. N. Lawrence

8

8

Bedford-N. Law.

Vs. Columbus East

8

7

Roncalli

Vs. Brebeuf Jesuit

9

---

Lafayette Jeff

Vs. Indpls. Cathedral

9

9

F.W. Dwenger

At F.W. Luers

10

---

Columbus North

At Pike

10

10

Hobart

At Griffith

---

9

Avon

Vs. Harrison (W.L.)

 

 

 

 

---

10

Elkhart Central

Vs. S.B. St. Joseph’s

 

 

 

 


            CLASS 3A                                                                                            CLASS 2A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/15 OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/15 OPP.

1

1

Heritage Hills

Vs. South Spencer

1

1

Tri-West Hendricks

At Danville

2

2

Indpls. Chatard

Vs. Indpls. Howe

2

7

South Spencer

At Heritage Hills

3

3

NorthWood

At Plymouth

3

5

Garrett

Vs. Eastside

4

5

Hamilton Hts

Vs. Peru

4

4

Rensselaer Central

Vs. Benton Central

5

7

Griffith

Vs. Hobart

5

2

Heritage

Vs. Angola

6

8

Ev. Mater Dei

Vs. Evansville Reitz

6

3

Eastbrook

Vs. Elwood

7

4

Ev. Memorial

Vs. Castle (10/16)

7

8

Brownstown Central

At West Washington

8

10

Andrean

Vs. Munster

8

9

Harding

Vs. F.W. South

9

6

Brebeuf Jesuit

At Roncalli

9

6

Indian Creek

Vs. South Decatur

10

9

Blackford

At Mississinewea

10

---

Speedway

At Whiteland

 

 

 

 

---

10

North Judson

Vs. Twin Lakes

 

 

             CLASS A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/15 OPP.

1

1

Seeger

Vs. North Vermillion

2

2

Pioneer

At West Central

3

4

Whiting

At Kankakee Valley

4

5

Sheridan

At West Lafayette

5

3

Shenandoah

Vs. Lawrenceburg

6

8

West Central

Vs. Pioneer

7

6

Perry Central

At Paoli

8

7

Carroll (Flora)

Vs. North White

9

 

Indianapolis Ritter

Vs. Heritage Christian

10

9

Linton

Vs. North Central (Farmersburg)

---

10

Laf. Central Catholic

Vs. Clinton Prairie

 

 

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

The compilation of 2004 IHSAA football stats is available on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Statistics Leaders.

 

SCHEDULES ON IHSAA WEBSITE

The 2004 IHSAA football schedules for teams throughout the state are available on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Football Schedules.

 

2004 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS ON-LINE

The pairings for the 33d Annual IHSAA Volleyball Tournament Series were decided yesterday at the IHSAA offices and are available on the web at 2004 IHSAA Volleyball Tourney Draw.

 

Class 4A defending state champion Indianapolis Cathedral will open up against Lawrence Central as the Irish host their own sectional.  The 2003 3A winner, Brebeuf Jesuit, will also play host to sectional action and meet Lebanon.  The class 2A defending champ, Muncie Burris, travels to Eastern Hancock to take on Knightstown.  In Class A, Morristown, the 2003 winner, will host its own sectional at will meet Morton Memorial in its initial challenge.

 

The state tourney gets underway on October 21.  The state finals will be conducted November 6.

 

10/12/04 ICGSA VOLLEYBALL POLLS

NO.

LAST WK.

CLASS 4A

SECT.

SITE

NO.

LAST WK.

CLASS 3A

SECT.

SITE

1-t

5

Indpls. Cath.

Indpls. Cath.

1-t

1

Indpls. Chatard

Indpls. Howe

1-t

1

Muncie Cntl.

Muncie South

1-t

4

New Castle

Yorktown

3

2

Mishawaka

Penn

3

3

F.W. Concordia

F.W. Dwenger

4

9

Concord

Penn

4

2

Roncalli

Indpls. Howe

5

4

Elkhart Mem.

Penn

5-t

5

Brebeuf Jesuit

Brebef Jesuit

6

3

New Albany

Jennings Co.

5-t

7

Kankakee Valley

Kankakee Valley

7

8

Carmel

Broad Ripple

7

10

Delta

Delta

8

7

Floyd Central

Jennings Co.

8

9

Blackford

Delta

9

10

F.W. Snider

F.W. South

9

6

Providence

N. Harrison

10

---

F.W. Northrop

F.W. South

10-t

8

F.W. Luers

F.W. Dwenger

 

 

 

 

10-t

---

West Lafayette

Frankfort

 

NO.

LAST WK.

CLASS 2A

SECT.

SITE

NO.

LAST WK.

CLASS A

SECT.

SITE

1

1

Muncie Burris

E. Hancock

1

2

Cowan

Cowan

2

2

Brownstown Cntl.

Brown. Cntl.

2

3

M.C. Marquette

M.C. Marquette

3-t

6

Adams Central

South Adams

3

4

Clinton Prairie

Frontier

3-t

3

Union County

Winchester

4

5

Rossville

Frontier

5

4

Cascade

Tri-West

5

1

Morristown

Morristown

6

5

Wheeler

Lake Station

6

8

Springs Valley

W. Washington

7

7

Park Tudor

Indian Creek

7-t

6

Loogootee

North Daviess

8-t

---

Forest Park

Perry Central

7-t

7

Washington Twp.

Kouts

8-t

---

Rensselaer Cntl.

North Newton

9-t

9

Barr-Reeve

N. Daviess

10

9

Wapahani

E. Hancock

9-t

10

Indpls. Lutheran

Indpls. Lutheran

 

 

 

 

9-t

---

Rising Sun

Rising Sun

 

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS BEGIN TODAY

The girls and boys cross country tournaments begin today at 32 sectional sites across the state.  The regional round of action is set for Saturday, October 16, with the semi-states on Saturday, October 23, and the state finals on Saturday, October 30 at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute.

 

Sectional team participants and locations are at 2004 IHSAA Cross Country Tournament Information.

 

10/12/04 IATCCC GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY POLL

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

SITE

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

SITE

1

Indpls. Cathedral

Brebeuf Jesuit

11

North Central (Indpls.)

Brebeuf Jesuit

2

Northridge

Elkhart Cntl.

12

Lawrence North

Brebeuf Jesuit

3

Valparaiso

Chesterton

13

Bloomington North

Brown County

4

Columbus North

Jennings County

14

Portage

Chesterton

5

Westfield

Carmel

15

Fort Wayne Snider

Woodlan

6

Indpls. Chatard

Brebeuf Jesuit

16

Penn

S.B. Riley

7

Chesterton

Chesterton

17

Brebeuf Jesuit

Brebeuf Jesuit

8

Carmel

Carmel

18

Lafayette Jefferson

Harrison (W.L.)

9

Carroll (F.W.)

Carroll (F.W.)

19

Center Grove

Edinburgh

10

Fort Wayne Concordia

Woodlan

20

Hamilton Heights

Carmel

 

10/12/04 IATCCC BOYS CROSS COUNTRY POLL

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

SITE

NO.

SCHOOL

SECT.

SITE

1

Lawrence North

Brebeuf Jesuit

11

Southport

Edinburgh

2

Hamilton Southeastern

Pendleton Hts.

12

Valparaiso

Chesterton

3

Carmel

Carmel

13

Pendleton Heights

Pendleton Hts.

4

Northridge

Elkhart Cntl.

14

Lafayette Jefferson

Harrison (W.L.)

5

Fort Wayne Snider

Woodlan

15

Pike

Brebeuf Jesuit

6

Franklin Central

Ben Davis

16

West Noble

West Noble

7

Columbus North

Jennings Co.

17

Avon

South Putnam

8

Portage

Chesterton

18

Brownsburg

South Putnam

9

Warren Central

Ben Davis

19

North Central (Indpls.)

Brebeuf Jesuit

10

Elkhart Memorial

Elkhart Cntl.

20

Edgewood

Brown County

 

BRUCE WHITEHEAD NAMED NIAAA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Bruce Whitehead, who spent 25 years as a high school athletic director in Indiana and who has been involved with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) for the past 25 years, has been selected to lead the NIAAA as executive director, effective January 1, 2005.

 

Whitehead retired from Crawfordsville High School in 2001 after a 33-year career, including the final 25 years as athletic director, and has served the past three years as an administrative assistant with the NIAAA.

 

A 1968 graduate of Purdue University, Whitehead went directly from West Lafayette to Crawfordsville and served in a variety of positions until his retirement three years ago.  While serving as athletic director at Crawfordsville High School, Whitehead hosted more than 150 tournament events for the IHSAA.

 

To read more, go to NIAAA Bruce Whitehead Announcement.

 

STATE TRACK & FIELD FINALS RETURN TO I.U.

By a unanimous vote of approval from the Indiana High School Athletic Association Executive Committee on October 7, 2004, in their regularly scheduled monthly meeting at the IHSAA offices in Indianapolis, the IHSAA Boys & Girls Track and Field Championship Finals will return to the Robert C. Haugh Track and Field Complex on the Indiana University campus in Bloomington next June 3-4, 2004.

 

The 2004 meet was contested on the I.U. campus as part of its Centennial Celebration, commemorating the 1904 Track and Field Championship, which was held at Jordan Field on the I.U. campus on May 14 of that year.

 

IHSAA Executive Committee Meeting 10/07/04 Minutes:

 

APPROVE 2005 BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SITE

Assistant Commissioner Cox presented proposals from Indiana University and IUPUI to host the 2005-09 Boys and Girls Track and Field State Championships.  After discussion, a motion to award the hosting of the Boys and Girls Track and Field State Championships to Indiana University was made by Randy Barrett; seconded by Jim Feist; motion passed 17-0.

 

 

COACHES ASSOCIATIONS SITES

Golf:                    http://www.ezwebsite.org/ihsgca

Tennis:                http://www.ihsteca.com/

Cross Country:     http://www.iatccc.org/

Soccer:                http://www.indianasca.com/

Volleyball:           http://www.ihsvc.org/

Football:              http://site14112.dellhost.com/ifca.htm

ICGSA:                 http://www.icgsa.org/

 

MILESTONES

250 coaching victories:

 

Football – Bill Sharpe, Jimtown

200 coaching victories:

 

Boys Soccer – Pete Reist, Andrean

150 coaching victories:

 

Football – Rick Wimmer, Greenwood

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

Concord has named Mike Jackowiak as baseball coach.

 

Mark Branstad will be the new boys track coach at Franklin Central. He replaces Jim Hoskins who spent 13 years in that position.

 

Carmel boys basketball coach Mark Galloway has been inducted into the Bethel College Athletic Hall of Fame.

 

Bill Patrick, boys basketball coach at Tippecanoe Valley, is the 2004 recipient of the Manchester College M Association Claude Wolfe Award for coaching excellence.

 

Larry Lael is expected to be named the boys basketball coach at Whitko during the school board’s next meeting on October 18, replacing Don Zawlocki, who resigned following the 2003-04 season.

 

IHSAA LOOKING AHEAD

Tuesday, October 12

Boys/Girls Cross Country Sectionals

Tuesday, October 12

Boys Soccer Sectionals

Wednesday, October 13

Girls Soccer Sectionals

Thursday, October 14

Boys Soccer Sectionals

Saturday, October 16

Boys/Girls Soccer Sectionals

Saturday, October 16

Boys/Girls Cross Country Regionals

Saturday, October 16

Boys Tennis-Team State Finals

Tuesday, October 19

Girls Soccer Regionals

Wednesday, October 20

Boys Soccer Regionals

Thursday, October 21

Volleyball Sectionals

Friday, October 22

Football Sectionals

Friday, October 22

Boys Tennis-Singles/Doubles State Finals

Saturday, October 23

Volleyball Sectionals

Saturday, October 23

Boys & Girls Cross Country Semi-States

Saturday, October 23

Boys & Girls Soccer Semi-States

Saturday, October 23

Boys Tennis-Singles/Doubles State Finals

Monday October

First Practice-Girls Basketball/Girls Swimming

Friday, October 29

Football Sectionals

Saturday, October 30

Volleyball Regionals

Saturday, October 30

Boys & Girls Cross Country State Finals

Saturday, October 30

Boys & Girls Soccer State Finals

 


 

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