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                                                         November 9, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

 

2004 IHSAA FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT HEADS TO REGIONAL PLAY

The IHSAA Football Tournament Series heads to the regional round of tournament play this Friday evening. All five of last year’s state champions are still alive in this years tourney:

 

The defending 5A state champion, Warren Central (11-1), is home to Ben Davis (10-2).

The 2003 4A winner, Roncalli (10-2), travels to Mooresville (12-0).

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (10-2), defending 3A titlist, is at New Palestine (10-2).

In class 2A, Tri-West Hendricks (12-0), last year’s state champ, will host Speedway (10-2).

Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (8-4) continues defense of its class A crown with a game at Shenandoah (12-0)

 

Ten teams remain unbeaten heading into regional action:

 

 SCHOOL

RECORD

CLASS

REGIONAL OPPONENT

 Columbus East

12-0

4A

  at Boonville (7-5)

 Eastbrook

12-0

2A

  vs. Heritage (12-0)

 Fort Wayne Snider

12-0

5A

  at Carmel (8-4)

 Heritage

12-0

2A

  at Eastbrook (12-0)

 Heritage Hills

12-0

3A

  at Batesville (7-5)

 Mooresville

12-0

4A

  vs. Roncalli (10-2)

 Muncie Central

12-0

4A

  vs. Logansport (10-2)

 Seeger

12-0

A

  vs. Sheridan (11-1)

 Shenandoah

12-0

A

  vs. Indpls. Ritter (8-4)

 Tri-West

12-0

2A

  vs. Speedway (10-2)

 

A history of former regional champions is on the web at IHSAA Football History: Regional Champions. The complete 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

REGIONAL OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

REGIONAL OPP.

1

1

Fort Wayne Snider

At Carmel

1

1

East Noble

---

2

4

Penn

Vs. Merrillville

2

3

Muncie Central

Vs. Logansport

3

3

Warren Central

Vs. Ben Davis

3

2

Mooresville

Vs. Roncalli

4

2

Lawrence Central

---

4

4

Delta

---

5

5

Ben Davis

At Warren Central

5

5

Zionsville

---

6

6

Merrillville

At Penn

6

6

Columbus East

At Boonville

7

7

Avon

---

7

8

East Central

---

8

---

North Cntl. (Indpls.)

---

8

7

Roncalli

At Mooresville

9

10

Columbus North

 

9

9

Hobart

---

10

9

Center Grove

---

10

10

Wawasee

At Lowell

---

8

Elkhart Central

---

 


                     CLASS 3A                                                                                               CLASS 2A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

REGIONAL OPP.

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

REGIONAL OPP.

1

1

Heritage Hills

At Batesville

1

1

Tri-West Hendricks

Vs. Speedway

2

2

Indpls. Chatard

At New Palestine

2

3

Rensselaer Central

---

3

3

NorthWood

---

3

4

Eastbrook

Vs. Heritage

4

4

Hamilton Hts

At Andrean

4

2

Heritage

At Eastbrook

5

6

Ev. Mater Dei

---

5

6

Harding

---

6

9

Andrean

Vs. Hamilton Heights

6

8

Garrett

---

7

---

Griffith

---

7

5

Indian Creek

---

8

8

Ev. Memorial

---

8

9

South Spencer

---

9

5

Blackford

---

9

7

North Judson

At Glenn

10

7

Brebeuf Jesuit

---

10

10-t

Brownstown Central

At Southridge

---

10

New Prairie

Vs. Norwell

---

10-t

Winchester

---

 

 

                      CLASS A

IFCA

AP

SCHOOL

REGIONAL OPP.

1

1

Seeger

Vs. Sheridan

2

2

Pioneer

---

3

4

Whiting

---

4

5

Sheridan

At Seeger

5

3

Shenandoah

Vs. Indpls Ritter

6

6

Perry Central

---

7

7

Carroll (Flora)

---

8

--

Indianapolis Ritter

At Shenandoah

9

8

Linton

At Fountain Central

10

9

Laf. Cntl. Catholic

---

---

19

West Washington

---

 

 

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

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

 

2005 IHSAA BASEBALL FINALS MOVE TO LAFAYETTE

At the monthly meeting of the Indiana High School Athletic Association Executive Committee at the IHSAA offices in Indianapolis on Friday, November 05, 2004, the 2005 IHSAA State Baseball Championships were awarded to Loeb Stadium in Lafayette Park in Lafayette, Indiana.

 

Due to a scheduling conflict with the Indianapolis Indians, Victory Field in Indianapolis would not be available of use on June 18, 2005, the scheduled date for the state finals.  That necessitated the move and, after consideration of a number of sites, Loeb Stadium was deemed to be the facility which best fit the needs of the IHSAA and was approved unanimously by the Executive Committee.

 

Loeb Stadium seats slightly over 3,000 fans with the feasibility of increasing the seating capacity to over 4,000 with the addition of bleacher seats through the cooperation of Lafayette Jefferson High School.

 

The Lafayette Police Department has estimated that there are 1,291 parking spaces within Ľ mile of the stadium and 4,915 parking spaces within ˝ mile of the stadium.

 

The schedule calls for a single championship contest on Friday, June 17, at 7:00 p.m., with three games on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 10:30 a.m.  The Friday evening contestants will be determined, based on geography, following the semi-state games on June 11, with the Saturday games in ascending order according to class.

 

COLTS TO HONOR ACADEMIC ALL-STARS

The Indianapolis Colts will be honoring 24 high school student-athletes on Sunday, November 14, prior to their NFL game against Houston.  The list of recipients includes:

 

            OFFENSE                                                         DEFENSE                    

POS.

NAME

HIGH SCHOOL

POS.

NAME

HIGH SCHOOL

WR

Eric Raver

North Decatur

DL

Josh Ratcliff

Lafayette Harrison

WR

Jordan McClain

Whiteland

DL

Jason Toler

Indianapolis North Central

TE

Mark Turpin

Evansville Harrison

DL

Joshua Weddell

Indianapolis Northwest

OL

Justin Wirth

Floyd Central

DL

Thomas Bemenderfer

Penn

OL

Cody Panszi

Muncie Central

LB

Kyle Bowman

Southwood

OL

John Garrison

Clinton Central

LB

Mark Graves

Evansville Memorial

OL

Andy Steward

Plainfield

LB

Tommy Szalasny

West Lafayette

OL

Kurt Graham

Pioneer

LB

Devin Shone

New Castle

QB

Kai McCurdy

Anderson Highland

DB

Philip Schmidt

South Adams

RB

Bryan Wong

Tippecanoe Valley

DB

Shea Idlewine

Madison Grant

RB

Tyler Frounfelter

Rochester

DB

Cal Bearman

Heritage

RB

Tim Schrock

Avon

PK

Matthew Hostettler

North Posey

 

For the complete Indianapolis Colts’ release, go to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­2004 Indianapolis Colts Academic All-Stars.

 

ICGSA GIRLS BASKETBALL PRE-SEASON POLLS RELEASED

The 2004-05 IHSAA girls basketball season officially got underway on Monday, November 8.  The Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association has released its pre-season polls.

 

All four of last year’s state champions are in the pre-season Top 10:  North Central (Indpls.) (4A), #6; Brebeuf Jesuit (3A), #4; Rochester (2A), #5; and Tri-Central (A), #1.

 

Class 4A No. 1 Bloomington North finished the 2003-04 at 18-4 and lost in the semi-state.  Class 3A No. 1 South Bend St. Joseph’s concluded the year at 17-9, losing in the semi-state.  The top pre-season club in Class 2A, Shenandoah, was 22-2 and lost in regional tourney play.  Tri-Central, the leader in Class A, was 21-6 in 2003-04 and claimed the state championship.

 

CLASS 4A                                  CLASS 3A

RANK

SCHOOL

2003-04

RANK

SCHOOL

2003-04

1

Bloomington North

18-4

1

South Bend St. Joseph’s

17-9

2

Hamilton Southeastern

20-2

2

Fort Wayne Luers

22-4

3

Gary West

22-3

3

Evansville Memorial

21-4

4

Castle

21-4

4

Brebeuf Jesuit

26-3

5

East Chicago Central

17-5

5

West Lafayette

21-4

6

North Central (Indpls.)

23-3

6

Scottsburg

17-5

7

Valparaiso

23-3

7

Pendleton Heights

20-4

8

Jeffersonville

22-3

8

North Harrison

17-4

9

New Albany

17-4

9

Corydon Central

21-4

10

Ben Davis

23-1

10

NorthWood

16-8

 

CLASS 2A                                CLASS A

RANK

SCHOOL

2003-04

RANK

SCHOOL

2003-04

1

Shenandoah

22-2

1

Tri-Central

21-6

2

Taylor

21-2

2

Fort Wayne Canterbury

17-9

3

Winamac

19-3

3

Indianapolis Lutheran

18-5

4

Boone Grove

17-5

4

Clinton Prairie

9-13

5

Rochester

25-2

5

Southern Wells

16-4

6

Harding

18-6

6

Argos

17-6

7

North Knox

26-2

7

Morristown

15-5

8

Charlestown

16-9

8

Northeast Dubois

16-9

9

Brownstown Central

15-9

9

South Central (Elizabeth)

19-7

10

South Putnam

20-4

10

Washington Catholic

22-4

 

IHSAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS

The Executive Committee of the Indiana High School Athletic Association held its regular monthly meeting at the Indianapolis offices of the IHSAA on Friday, November 5, 2004.  The minutes of that meeting are available on the IHSAA website at IHSAA Executive Committee Meeting - November 5, 2004.

 

COACHES ASSOCIATIONS SITES

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/

Swimming:          http://www.indianaswimming.org/

Wrestling:            http://www.ihswca.com/

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

 

MILESTONES

Senior Randy Hernandez broke the Glenn school record with 47 carries for 400 yards in the sectional championship win over Eastside on Friday.

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

Andy Rang has been hired as the girls head basketball coach at Fort Wayne South Side, replacing Gary Arrington, who resigned.  Also, Jeremy Sassanella becomes the Archers’ new head baseball coach.  He replaces Rob Milledge, who moved over to Fort Wayne Northrop.

 

Gene Wise has resigned as baseball coach at Columbus East.

 

Tom Corbett leaves as Lawrence North's head softball coach to assume the same position at Lawrence Central.

 

Daniel Weimer, an assistant track and cross country coach at Brebeuf Jesuit the past three years, has been named the new girls track coach at the school.

 

Tom Miller has resigned as boys and girls cross country coach at Penn.  He will continue as an assistant track coach there.

 

Fort Wayne Elmhurst has announced that Todd Armstrong will take over as baseball coach and Greg Daugherty will become the boys track coach.

 

IHSAA LOOKING AHEAD

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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