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 INFORMATION                                                                      January 31, 2006

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director                                                                    

E-Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

 

 

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING OPENS SECTIONALS THIS WEEK

A total of 230 schools and 3,570 participants will be involved as the 32nd Annual IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving Tournament Series gets underway Thursday afternoon, Feb. 2 with sectional preliminary heats at 20 sites around the state. Diving prelims and semifinals start Saturday morning, Feb. 4 at each site with consolations and finals in each event scheduled for later in the day. All first place swimming event winners in each sectional will advance to the state meet along with any participant who equals or betters the state time standard in that event’s consolation or championship heat. The next fastest times in each event also will qualify in order to bring the field to 32 entrants.

 

The top four divers at each sectional will advance to one of four diving regionals slated for Tuesday, Feb. 7 with the top eight advancing to the state meet.

 

Heat sheets for the state finals and results from each sectional site will be posted to the girls swimming page on the IHSAA website on Sunday, Feb. 5 as they become available. Diving regional results will be posted on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

 

Carmel will look to add its 20th consecutive state championship – an IHSAA sports record – when the State Finals convene at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis on Feb. 10-11.

 

Defending Sectional Champions: Avon, Bloomington North, Carmel, Castle, Center Grove, Chesterton, Columbus North, Crawfordsville, Fort Wayne Snider, Hamilton Southeastern, Homestead, Jeffersonville, Lafayette Jefferson, Munster, Noblesville, Northridge, Penn, Richmond, Roncalli, Warsaw.

 

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years): 22 years – Columbus North; 21 – Carmel; 16 – Center Grove; 9 – Hamilton Southeastern, Munster; 7 – Bloomington North; 6 – Chesterton; 5 – Castle, Noblesville; 4 – Fort Wayne Snider, Northridge; 3 – Crawfordsville, Penn.

 

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships: 26 – Columbus North; 22 – Carmel; 20 – Anderson, Elkhart Central, Lafayette Jefferson; 18 – Munster; 16 – Center Grove, Lake Central; 14 – Bloomington South, Crawfordsville, Penn, Valparaiso.

 

Sectionals

Dates: Thursday, Feb. 2 (swimming prelims); Saturday, Feb. 4 (All rounds of diving and swimming consolations and finals).

Admission: $4.00 per session; $7.00 all sessions.

Swimming Advancement: 1. First place sectional winners in each event qualifies for the state meet plus; 2. Any contestant who equals or betters the state time standard in their respective event in the consolation finals or championship finals of the sectional qualifies for the state plus; 3. The next fastest number of contestants in the state that would bring the total number of state meet entrants to thirty-two (32) in each event. In the event that a tie exists for the 32nd position, the state qualifier shall be determined by the fastest preliminary time of both swimmers. If preliminary times are identical, both swimmers shall advance.

Diving Advancement: First through fourth place winners will qualify for the diving regional.

 

1.   Bloomington South (9): Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Edgewood, Martinsville, Mooresville, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, West Vigo.

2.   Brownsburg (9): Avon, Brownsburg, Cascade, Danville, Lebanon, Plainfield, Tri-West Hendricks, Western Boone, Zionsville.

3.   Carmel (11): Brebeuf Jesuit, Carmel, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Broad Ripple, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Cathedral, North Central (Indpls.), Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, Park Tudor, Pike.

4.   Chesterton (11): Calumet, Chesterton, Gary Roosevelt, Gary West Side, Hobart, LaPorte, Merrillville, Michigan City, Portage, Valparaiso, Wheeler.

5.   Columbus North (15): Batesville, Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Greensburg, Jennings County, Lawrenceburg, Madison, Milan, Oldenburg Academy, Salem, Scottsburg, Seymour, South Dearborn, Southwestern (Hanover).

6.   Concord (10):  Angola, Concord, DeKalb, East Noble, Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, Hamilton, Northridge, NorthWood.

7.   Crawfordsville (12): Attica, Clinton Central, Crawfordsville, Fountain Central, Frankfort, Greencastle, North Montgomery, North Putnam, Seeger, South Putnam, South Vermillion, Southmont.

8.   Crown Point (16): Crown Point, East Chicago Central, Griffith, Hammond, Hammond Clark, Hammond Gavit, Hammond Morton, Hammond  Bishop Noll, Highland, Kankakee Valley, Lake Central, Lowell, Munster, North Newton, Rensselaer Central, South Newton.

9.   Fort Wayne South Side (11): Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fort Wayne Concordia, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne.

10.  Franklin Central (13): Beech Grove, Ben Davis, Covenant Christian, Decatur Central, Franklin Central, Indianapolis Deaf School, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, International, Roncalli, Speedway, Warren Central.

11.  Hamilton Southeastern (11): Alexandria, Anderson, Anderson Highland, Cowan, Delta, Elwood, Hamilton Southeastern, Muncie Central, Muncie Southside, Pendleton Heights, Yorktown.

12.  Homestead (11): Adams Central, Bellmont, Blackford, Bluffton, Homestead, Huntington North, Jay County, Marion, Norwell, Oak Hill, South Adams.

13.  Indian Creek (8): Center Grove, Franklin Community, Greenwood, Indian Creek, Perry Meridian, Shelbyville, Southport, Whiteland.

14.  Jasper (18): Charlestown, Corydon Central, Floyd Central, Forest Park, Heritage Hills, Jasper, Jeffersonville, New Albany, North Harrison, Northeast Dubois, Pike Central, Providence, Silver Creek, South Spencer, Southridge, Tell City, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington.

15.  Lafayette Jefferson (12): Benton Central, Carroll (Flora), Cass, Delphi, Harrison (West Lafayette), Lafayette Central Catholic, Lafayette Jefferson, Logansport, McCutcheon, Pioneer, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette.

16.  Mount Vernon (13): Boonville, Castle, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Evansville North, Evansville Reitz, Gibson Southern, Mount Vernon, Oakland City Wood Memorial, Tecumseh.

17.  New Palestine (10): Centerville, Connersville, Eastern Hancock, Greenfield-Central, Hagerstown, Mount Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, New Palestine, Richmond, Rushville.

18.  Noblesville (9): Eastern (Greentown), Hamilton Heights, Kokomo, Maconaquah, Noblesville, Northwestern, Tipton, Western, Westfield.

19.  Penn (10): Bremen, Mishawaka, Mishawaka Marian, New Prairie, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Clay, South Bend Riley, South Bend St. Joseph’s, South Bend Washington.

20.  Warsaw (12): Columbia City, Culver Academies, Fairfield, Knox, Manchester, North Judson, Oregon-Davis, Plymouth, Rochester, Tippecanoe Valley, Warsaw, Wawasee.

 

Regionals (Diving only)

Dates: Tuesday, Feb. 7.

Admission: $4.00.

Diving Advancement: First through eighth place winners will qualify for the state finals.

 

1.   Bloomington North (5): Bloomington South, Columbus North, Indian Creek, Jasper, Mount Vernon.

2.   Mishawaka (5): Chesterton, Concord, Crown Point, Penn, Warsaw.

3.   Hamilton Southeastern (5): Carmel, Fort Wayne South Side, Hamilton Southeastern, Homestead, Noblesville.

4.   Zionsville (5): Brownsburg, Crawfordsville, Franklin Central, New Palestine, Lafayette Jefferson.

 

State Finals

Prelims: Friday, Feb. 10; Starting time is 6 p.m. EST.

Finals: Saturday, Feb. 11; Diving prelims and semis begin at 9 a.m. EST; Consolations and finals for all events begin at 1 p.m. EST.

Admission: $8.00 per session or $12.00 both days.

Site: Indiana University Natatorium, IUPUI, 901 W. New York St., Indianapolis.

Media Credentials: Please fax requests on company letterhead, including names of applicants, to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at 317-575-4244.

 

 

NEW CREDENTIAL POLICY FOR INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING STATE FINALS

For the first time, news media interested in covering the IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals will be required to apply for credentials to this year’s event on Feb. 17-18. The generic state finals media credential issued earlier this year will NOT allow admission as in previous years – no exceptions.

 

Interested media should fax a request on company letterhead to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at 317-575-4244. Requests via e-mail will not be accepted. Please include the names of the individuals to be credentialed limiting your requests to legitimate, working members of the media. Credentials are not transferable from person to person and unauthorized usage may result in revocation of credential privileges. Also, children will not be granted credentials and should not be brought to the venue.

 

Approved requests may be claimed at media will-call at Conseco Fieldhouse on the days of the event. As a friendly reminder, the IHSAA does not issue credentials to sectional, regional or semi-state competitions. In those cases, please contact the host school’s athletic department.

 

Those outlets wishing to broadcast any level of any IHSAA tournament event should contact Mark Higdon of Associated Sports Productions at 317-633-1456 to make advance arrangements.

 

NOTE: This new policy does not affect the Team Wrestling State Finals at Center Grove High School on Saturday, Feb. 25. The generic 2005-06 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential, issued earlier this year for other state finals events, will continue to allow admission to that event as in previous years.

 

 

TEAM WRESTLING REGIONALS WEDNESDAY, INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS SATURDAY

With the start of last Saturday’s 68th Annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling Tournament Series at the sectional level, the sport now breaks off into two separate tournaments. The top two teams at each of the sectionals now advance their full complement of wrestlers to regional action of the 11th Annual Team Wrestling Tournament Series at 16 sites Wednesday, Feb. 1. A new state champion is assured as two-time defending state champion Lawrence North did not advance its team from the sectional tournament. Following two rounds of dual competition, the regional championship teams will head to semi-state competition on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

 

Meanwhile, in the individual tournament, the top four wrestlers from Saturday’s sectionals head to regional action this Saturday at 16 various sites. The top three participants in each weight class will qualify for the individual semi-states on Saturday, Feb. 11.

 

Results from each site will be posted to the IHSAA website as they become available.

 

Team Regional Pairings | Individual Regional Sites

 

Defending Regional Champions Still Alive (15 of 16): Avon, Bellmont, Bloomington South, Carmel, Columbia City, Elkhart Memorial, Evansville Mater Dei, Floyd Central, Kokomo, McCutcheon, Merrillville, Mishawaka, New Castle, Portage, Warren Central.

 

Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more years): 27 years – Evansville Mater Dei; 12 – Bellmont; 6 – Mishawaka, Portage; 4 – Bloomington South, Elkhart Memorial; 3 – Carmel.

 

Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships: 27 – Evansville Mater Dei; 24 – Bellmont; 17 – Mishawaka; 15 – Delta, Portage; 14 – New Castle; 12 – Bloomington South, Lawrence North, Warren Central; 11 – Ben Davis, Calumet.

 

 

NFHS ANNOUNCES RULES CHANGES IN FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced rules changes in football and volleyball today as affirmed by each sport’s respective rules committee.

 

Removal of the word “intentional” from the spearing rule and new requirements for the visiting team’s jersey beginning in 2010 highlighted high school football rules changes while all stipulations regarding the libero approved last year were incorporated into the body of the NFHS Volleyball Rules Book.

 

Link to NFHS News website

 

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL

 

STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS (as of Tuesday, January 31, 2006)

The following lists of statistical leaders are compiled from information contained at Stats & Go, the IHSAA’s exclusive athletic statistics reporting and publishing service. The IHSAA encourages each of its member schools to participate by registering for free at www.statsandgo.com and updating team and individual statistics by 4 p.m. each Monday of the season.

 

Points per game

 

Name

School (Class)

Grade

G

FG

3FG

FTM

Points

High

PPG

1.

Megan King

Fort Wayne Canterbury (A)

11

16

165

21

122

473

43

29.6

2.

Samantha Stahl

Owen Valley (3A)

11

18

173

11

127

484

37

26.9

3.

Mallory Gorski

South Central (Union Mills) (A)

12

18

185

16

97

483

51

26.8

4.

Ashley Barlow

Pike (4A)

12

19

165

35

118

483

42

25.4

5.

Kyleigh Jones

Elwood (3A)

12

19

153

33

139

478

42

25.2

6.

Ty’Ronda Benning

Muncie Southside (4A)

11

16

134

32

59

359

32

22.4

7.

Becca Bruszewski

Wheeler (2A)

11

18

153

16

74

396

35

22.0

8.

Angie Bush

Morgan Township (A)

12

17

138

20

77

373

37

21.9

9.

Caitlyn Vann

Muncie Burris (2A)

11

16

128

20

69

345

38

21.6

10.

Stephanie Wagner

Jimtown (2A)

11

18

126

16

119

387

29

21.5

T11.

Melissa Lechlitner

South Bend St. Joseph’s (3A)

12

18

136

28

81

381

28

21.2

T11.

Susan Lester

Pendleton Heights (3A)

12

20

160

20

124

424

34

21.2

13.

Alyssa Pittman

Elkhart Memorial (4A)

12

18

134

51

61

380

32

21.1

14.

Sarah Bassler

Southport (4A)

11

13

77

19

57

230

38

20.9

15.

Amanda Stull

Rushville (3A)

12

20

132

9

133

406

30

20.3

16.

Deja Mattox

Maconaquah (3A)

10

18

126

28

84

364

31

20.2

T17.

Fahkara Malone

Evansville Memorial (4A)

12

19

145

26

65

381

34

20.1

T17.

Amberly O’Dell

Argos (A)

11

18

121

42

77

361