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 23, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

STATE FOOTBALL FINALS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND

The 32nd Annual IHSAA Football Tournament Series heads to the State Finals round this Friday and Saturday at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.  Ticket will be available at the participating schools or the RCA Dome Box Office.  General admission each day is $10.00 or a season ticket may be purchased for $18.00.

 

Class A – Friday, 3:30 p.m.

Seeger (14-0) vs. Indianapolis Ritter (10-4)

Seeger was state runner-up to Indpls. Ritter last year (0-28)

Ritter state champs in 1977, 2003; state runner-up 1987, 1991, 1992

 

Class 2A – Friday, 7:00 p.m.

Eastbrook (14-0) vs. Tri-West Hendricks (14-0)

Eastbrook has never won a football state championship

Tri-West state champs in 1996, 2003; state runner-up 1989, 1995

 

Class 3A – Saturday, 12:00 Noon

Andrean (12-2) vs. Heritage Hills (14-0)

Andrea has never won a football state championship; state runner-up 1997, 2001

Heritage Hills state champs in 2000

 

Class 4A – Saturday, 3:30 p.m.

Wawasee (13-1) vs. Roncalli (12-2)

Wawasee has never won a football state championship; state runner-up 1986

Roncalli state champs 1985, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003

 

Class 5A – Saturday, 7:00 p.m.

Fort Wayne Snider (14-0) vs. Warren Central (13-1)

F.W. Snider state champs 1992; state runner-up 1981, 1986, 2002

Warren Central state champs 1984, 1985, 2003 (57-7 Penn)

 

Complete information is available on each of the teams on the IHSAA website at IHSAA Football:  Meet The Teams.

 

A history of previous state champions is on the web at History: IHSAA Football State 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.

 

STATE FOOTBALL FINALS BROADCST STATEWIDE

Numerous radio and television outlets across the state will be providing coverage of the 2004 IHSAA State Football Tournament Finals from the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.  The list is available at 2004 IHSAA Football Coverage.

 

FOOTBALL STATS ON-LINE

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

 

SHIFT AT TOP IN LATEST ICGSA GIRLS BASKETBALL POLLS

Evansville Memorial and Shenandoah moved into the top spots in the latest ICGSA Class 2A and Class 3A polls respectively this week, moving up one notch from the pre-season poll one week ago.  Bloomington North stayed atop the chart in 4A, while Fort Wayne Canterbury and Indianapolis Lutheran were deadlocked for the No. 1 slot in class A.

 

     CLASS 4A                                                   CLASS 3A

RANK

LAST

WEEK

SCHOOL

RANK

LAST

WEEK

SCHOOL

1

1

Bloomington North

1

2

Evansville Memorial

2

2

Hamilton Southeastern

2

1

South Bend St. Joseph’s

3

3

Gary West

3

4

Brebeuf Jesuit

4

4

Castle

4

5

West Lafayette

5

6

Valparaiso

5

3

Fort Wayne Luers

6

8

East Chicago Central

6

6

Pendleton Heights

7

5

North Central (Indpls.)

7

8

Plymouth

8

7

Jeffersonville

8

7

Corydon Central

9

9

Ben Davis

9

9

NorthWood

10

10

New Albany

10

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Mount Vernon (Fortville)

 

     CLASS 2A                                                   CLASS A

RANK

LAST

WEEK

SCHOOL

RANK

LAST

WEEK

SCHOOL

1

2

Shenandoah

1-t

2

Indianapolis Lutheran

2

1

Taylor

1-t

1

Fort Wayne Canterbury

3

3

Winamac

3

3

Tri-Central

4

4

Boone Grove

4

4

Clinton Prairie

5

5-t

Rochester

5

5

Northeast Dubois

6

8

South Putnam

6

8

Southern Wells

7

7

Harding

7

9

Morristown

8

5-t

Charlestown

8

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Loogootee

9

9

Garrett

9

10

Washington Catholic

10

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Southwestern (Hanover)

10

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Triton

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL STATS ON-LINE

The compilation for girls basketball statistics for the 2004-05 season is underway and will be updated on a weekly basis, as reported by schools throughout the state.  The update is on the web under Girls Basketball.

 

BOYS BASKETBALL SEASON UNDERWAY

The 2004-05 IHSAA boys basketball season officially began on Monday, November 22, as teams from throughout the state began regular season competition, all leading up to the State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse on Saturday, March 26, 2005.

 

A.P. PRE-SEASON RANKINGS

4A                                                                            3A                                              

RANK

SCHOOL

RANK

SCHOOL

1

Lawrence North

1

Evansville Mater Dei

2

Pike

2

Bellmont

3

North Central (Indpls.)

3

Washington

4

Muncie Central

4

Vincennes Lincoln

5

Carmel

5

Fort Wayne Concordia

6

Indpls. Arlington

6

Heritage Hills

7

Bloomington South

7

Western

8

Richmond

8

Tippecanoe Valley

9

Fort Wayne Snider

9

Pendleton Heights

10

Anderson

10

Indpls. Bishop Chatard

                                           

2A                                                                      A                                                    

RANK

SCHOOL

RANK

SCHOOL

1

Jimtown

1

Tri-Central

2

Forest Park

2

Loogootee

3

Bluffton

3

Waldron

4

Brownstown Cntl.

4

Caston

5

Muncie Burris

5

Bloomfield

6

Centerville

6

White River Valley

7

Cass

7