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 26, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

2004 SOCCER TOURNEY TITLES ON THE LINE SATURDAY

The 11th Annual IHSAA Boys and Girls Soccer Tournaments championships will be on the line this Saturday at Kuntz Stadium

in Indianapolis.  The girls action will get underway with semifinal play on two fields at 10:00 a.m., with their championship game at 6:00 p.m.  The boys will begin play on two fields at 12:00 noon, with the title contest at 8:00 p.m.  Tickets are priced at $8.00 per session, or $12.00 for a season ticket for both sessions.

 

Carmel is a seven-time girls soccer champion, having won the last four trophies, as well as finishing first in 1994, 1995 and 1997.

 

Fort Wayne Canterbury has captured a trio of boys state championships, including 1997, 1998 and 2001.

 

BOYS STATE FINALS

Valparaiso (20-0-2) vs. Fort Wayne Canterbury (14-6-2)

East Central (20-1-1) vs. Indianapolis Cathedral (21-0-1)

 

GIRLS STATE FINALS

Evansville Central (18-3-2) vs. Carmel (19-2-1)

Concord (16-2-3) vs. Fort Wayne Snider (15-4-3)

 

The complete listing of former state champs is on the IHSAA website at IHSAA Boys Soccer State Champions and IHSAA Girls Soccer State Champions.

 

The complete boys tourney pairings are on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Soccer Tourney Draw.  The girls draw is available at 2004 IHSAA Girls Soccer Tourney Draw.

 

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

 

Media:  Your 2004-04 State Finals Media Credential is good for admission to the soccer state finals.

 

CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS RUN SATURDAY

The state finals for the 59th Annual Boys Cross Country Tournament and the 24th Annual Girls Cross Country Tournament will be held on Saturday, October 30 at LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute.

 

Lane assignments are available at 2004 Girls Cross Country State Finals Lane Assignments and  2004 Boys Cross Country State Finals Lane Assignments.

 

The 2003 boys champion, Columbus North, returns, looking for their third successive crown.  Valparaiso, likewise, will be searching for its third in a row and fifth overall in girls competition.

 

Brock Hagerman of Pendleton Heights turned in the best boys semi-state time with a 15:19.00 at Franklin Central.  Adele Mitchell, running for Fort Wayne Concordia, had the best semi-state time for the girls with a 14:11.70 at New Haven.

 

The girls will lead off the action at 1:00 p.m., followed by the boys at 1:45.  Admission is $5.00.

 

Carmel holds the honor of having captured the most girls team cross country titles with 10, the last coming in 2001.  The Greyhounds are also the boys all-time state champ leader, also with 10, their most recent occurring in 1996.  A complete listing of former state champions is on the web at IHSAA Boys Cross Country State Champions and IHSAA Girls Cross Country State Champions.

 

Media:  Your 2004-04 State Finals Media Credential is good for admission to the cross country state finals.

 

2004 IHSAA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT MOVES TO 2ND ROUND

The IHSAA Football Tournament Series moves to the second round of sectional play this Friday evening. 

 

The defending 5A state champion, Warren Central, will host Lawrence North.  The 2003 4A winner, Roncalli, travels to McCutcheon.  Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, defending 3A titlist, stays home to play Crawfordsville. In class 2A, Tri-West Hendricks, last year’s state champ, goes to Cascade.  Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter continues defense of its class A crown, playing host to Milan.

 

Pairings are available on the IHSAA website, in HTML format at 2004 IHSAA Football Pairings-HTML or in bracket form at 2004 IHSAA Football Pairings-Brackets.

 

Media:  Credential requests for the football state finals are now being accepted.  Please fax your request on company letterhead to Jerry Baker, (317) 575-4244.   No e-mails.   Requests received by November 15 will be mailed, otherwise they will be available at Media Will Call on the south side of the RCA Dome the day of the games.

 

Broadcast applications must go through Mark Higdon at Associated Sports, Inc., (317) 633-1462.

 

                                                            FINAL FOOTBALL POLLS    

                   CLASS 5A                                                                                CLASS 4A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/29 SECT. OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/29 SECT. OPP.

1

1

Fort Wayne Snider

Vs. Huntington North

1

1

East Noble

At Plymouth

2

4

Penn

At LaPorte

2

3

Muncie Central

At Delta

3

3

Warren Central

Vs. Lawrence North

3

2

Mooresville

Vs. Franklin Comm.

4

2

Lawrence Central

Vs. Indpls. Arlington

4

4

Delta

Vs Muncie Central

5

5

Ben Davis

At Indpls. Northwest

5

5

Zionsville

Vs. Indpls. Cathedral

6

6

Merrillville

At Crown Point

6

6

Columbus East

At East Central

7

7

Avon

Vs. Columbus North

7

8

East Central

Vs. Columbus East

8

---

North Cntl. (Indpls.)

---

8

7

Roncalli

At McCutcheon

9

10

Columbus North

At Avon

9

9

Hobart

At Lowell

10

9

Center Grove

---

10

10

Wawasee

Vs. Dekalb

---

8

Elkhart Central

---

 

 

 

 


                     CLASS 3A                                                                                               CLASS 2A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/29 SECT. OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/29 SECT. OPP.

1

1

Heritage Hills

At Princeton

1

1

Tri-West Hendricks

At Cascade

2

2

Indpls. Chatard

Vs Crawfordsville

2

3

Rensselaer Central

At Winamac

3

3

NorthWood

At Culver Acad.

3

4

Eastbrook

Vs. Winchester

4

4

Hamilton Hts

At West Lafayette

4

2

Heritage

At Woodlan

5

6

Ev. Mater Dei

Vs. Gibson Southern

5

6

Harding

---

6

9

Andrean

Vs. Hammond Gavit

6

8

Garrett

---

7

---

Griffith

At Hammond Morton

7

5

Indian Creek

At Brownstown Central

8

8

Ev. Memorial

---

8

9

South Spencer

Vs. Southridge

9

5

Blackford

---

9

7

North Judson

North Newton

10

7

Brebeuf Jesuit

Vs. Danville

10

10-t

Brownstown Central

Vs. Indian Creek

---

10

New Prairie

At Mishawaka Marian

---

10-t

Winchester

At Eastbrook

 

 

                      CLASS A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

10/29 SECT. OPP.

1

1

Seeger

Vs. Pioneer

2

2

Pioneer

At Seeger

3

4

Whiting

At LaVille

4

5

Sheridan

Vs. Clinton Central

5

3

Shenandoah

Vs. Hagerstown

6

6

Perry Central

At Linton-Stockton

7

7

Carroll (Flora)

Vs. Frankton

8

---

Indianapolis Ritter

Vs. Milan

9

8

Linton

Vs. Perry Central

10

9

Laf. Cntl. Catholic

Vs. Attica

---

19

West Washington

Vs. North Daviess

 

 

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

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

 

2004 VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT ADVANCES TO REGIONAL PLAY

The 2004 IHSAA Volleyball Tournament Series advances to the regional round this Saturday at 16 sites throughout the state.

 

The 2003 class 4A champ, Indianapolis Cathedral, plays Avon at Center Grove.  Brebeuf Jesuit, defending 3A champion, travels to Yorktown to meet Connersville.  Muncie Burris continues defense of its 2003 crown in 2A action by going up against Union County at Triton Central.  Morristown also continues play in defense of its class A win a year ago, heading for South Decatur and a matchup with Rising Sun.

 

Muncie Burris is the all-time leader in regional crowns.  The Owls have taken home 19 regional titles.  For a look at the complete regional titlists list, by total, log on to IHSAA Girls Volleyball Regional Winners.

 

The complete tourney draw is available at 2004 IHSAA Volleyball Tournament.

 

ICGSA VOLLEYBALL POLLS

NO.

CLASS 4A

REGIONAL

OPP.

NO.

CLASS 3A

REGIONAL

OPP.

1

Indpls. Cath.

Avon

1

New Castle

Indpls. Chatard

2

Muncie Cntl.

Lafayette Jefferson

2

Indpls. Chatard

New Castle

3

Mishawaka

---

3

F.W. Concordia

Northridge

4

Concord

---

4

Roncalli

---

5

Elkhart Mem.

---

5

Brebeuf Jesuit

Connersville

6

New Albany

Bloomington North

6

Kankakee Valley

Hammond Morton

7

Carmel

Center Grove

7

Blackford

---

8

F.W. Northrop

Warsaw

8

Delta

---

9

Floyd Central

---

9

Providence

---

10

F.W. Snider

---

10

Boonville

Sullivan

 

NO.

CLASS 2A

REGIONAL

OPP.

NO.

CLASS A

REGIONAL

OPP.

1

Muncie Burris

Union County

1

Cowan

Rossville

2

Brownstown Cntl.

Linton-Stockton

2

M.C. Marquette

F.W. Blackhawk

3

Cascade

Southridge

3

Morristown

Rising Sun

4

Adams Central

Eastbrook

4

Clinton Prairie

---

5

Union County

Muncie Burris

5

Rossville

Cowan

6

Wheeler

Fairfield

6

Washington Twp.

---

7

Park Tudor

---

7

Springs Valley

---

8

Southwood

Central Noble

8

Loogootee

Tecumseh

9

Eastbrook

Adams Central

9

Indpls. Lutheran

Wes-Del

10

Rensselaer Cntl.

---

10

Rising Sun

Morristown

 

IHSSCA PRE-SEASON SWIMMING POLLS RELEASED

The Indiana High School Swimming Coaches Association has released its pre-season girls and boys swimming polls.  Last year’s girls state champs, Carmel, is pre-season ranked No. 1 as the Greyhounds look toward their 20th state title.  On the boy’s side, the 2004 state winner, also Carmel, holds down the pre-season No. 3 position, behind Center Grove and North Central (Indpls.).

 

SWIMMING PRE-SEASON TOP 10’S

GIRLS                                                BOYS

NO.

TEAM

NO.

TEAM

1

Carmel

1

Center Grove

2

North Central (Indpls)

2

North Central (Indpls)

3

Yorktown

3

Carmel

4

Fort Wayne Snider

4

Penn

5

Munster

5

Crawfordsville

6

Chesterton

6

Hamilton Southeastern

7

Lake Central

7

Northridge

8

Hamilton Southeastern

8

Castle

9

Jasper

9

Homestead

10

Brebeuf Jesuit

10

South Bend Riley

 

The complete pre-season lineup is on the web at IHSSCA Girls Pre-Season Poll and IHSSCA Boys Pre-Season Poll.

 

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

150 coaching victories:

Football – Bruce Scifres, Roncalli

100 coaching victories:

Football – Mike Johnson, Pioneer

 

Senior Megan Kikkert reached 1,000 career Kills for the Kankakee Valley volleyball team.

 

Demetrice Jefferson set a Ben Davis school record for yards rushing in a single game with 312 against Southport in the opening sectional tournament game.  The Giants also school marks for team yards rushing in a single game (497) and team rushing attempts in a single game (56).

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

Rex Bowser has announced his retirement as football coach at Lakeland.

 

IHSAA LOOKING AHEAD

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

Monday, November 1

First Practice – Wrestling

Friday, November 5

Football Sectionals

Saturday, November 6

Volleyball State Finals

Monday, November 8

First Practice – Boys Basketball, Boys Swimming

Monday, November 8

First Contest – Girls Basketball, Girls Swimming

Friday, November 12

Football Regionals

Monday, November 15

First Contest – Wrestling

Friday, November 19

Football Semi-States

Monday, November 22

First Practice – Gymnastics

Monday, November 22

First Contest – Boys Basketball, Boys Swimming

Friday, November 26

Football State Finals – Class A, 2A

Saturday, November 27

Football State Finals – Class 3A, 4A, 5A

 


 

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