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

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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

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8

Elkhart Central

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                     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