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 May
10, 2006
Contact:
Jason Wille,
Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
PAIRINGS ANNOUNCED FOR 22ND STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
A field of 366 teams and
6,447 participants will begin play in less than two weeks as the pairings for
the 22nd Annual IHSAA Softball State Tournament Series were drawn this morning
at the IHSAA Office in Indianapolis.
The tournament will begin
with 64 sectionals conducted in four different classes on Monday, May 22, and
continue through the course of the week concluding on Saturday, May 27. Daily schedules for each tournament site will be
listed on the IHSAA website as they become available from the host schools. Because of possible weather postponements and
other conflicts, it is advised to check with the host school for precise day
and time schedules.
Each of the sectional
champions will advance to regional play – four sites in each class – on
Saturday, June 3. Each of the 16
regional tournaments will feature four teams with two semifinal games beginning
in the morning, followed by the championship game later in the day and a berth
in the state finals on the line.
The 16 regional champions –
four in each class – will advance to the state finals Friday, June 9, and
Saturday, June 10. On Friday night,
there will be two semifinal games in each class at four different sites. The Class A semifinals will be played at Hamilton
Southeastern, the Class 2A semifinals will be played at North Central (Indianapolis), the Class 3A semifinals will be contested
at Pike, and the 4A semifinals are scheduled for Carmel's Cherry Tree Complex. On Saturday, June 10, the four championship games
will each be played at Ben
Davis High
School for the second year.
Among the top-ranked teams
in the most recent poll from the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association,
4A No. 1 Chesterton begins its
tournament run against host Portage in Sectional 2; Class 3A’s Pendleton
Heights drew Mount Vernon (Fortville) in the Sectional 27 opener at Hamilton
Heights; Class 2A’s Indianapolis Scecina will meet home-standing Indian Creek
in the bye game in Sectional 43 and; host Whiting drew the bye and will take on
the Hebron-Kouts winner in the semifinals of Class A’s Sectional 49.
Pairings for the defending
state champions include: Martinsville (Class 4A) meets Terre Haute South in the
opening game of Sectional 13 at Mooresville; Gibson Southern (Class 3A) takes
on Vincennes Lincoln in one semifinal of Sectional 31 at Pike Central; host
Eastern (Greentown) (Class 2A) drew Northwestern in the first game of Sectional
40 and; Clinton Prairie (Class A) will host Rossville in Game 1 of Sectional 53.
Two member
schools will be making their first appearance in the softball state tournament
including Liberty Christian (Sectional 54 at Wes-Del) and Trinity Lutheran
(Sectional 59 at Northeast Dubois).
Both are assigned to Class A.
SECTIONALS
Dates: Monday, May 22 – Saturday, May
27, 2006.
Times: Determined by host schools as
listed below. All times are EDT except where noted.
Admission: $4.00 per session or $7.00
all sessions.
Home Team: The second-named team in each game is designated as
the home team except when they advanced by virtue of a bye. The home
team shall have choice of dugout except when participating against the host
school. In a six team tournament, the teams drawing
the bye will play in the second semifinal game, and will be the visiting team
in the championship game.
Class 4A
1.
Lake Central Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Munster vs. Gary West Side.
Game 2 – Lake
Central vs.
Lowell.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Highland vs. East
Chicago Central.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
2.
Portage Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Portage
vs. Chesterton.
Game 2 – Valparaiso
vs. Hobart.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Merrillville
vs. Crown Point.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
3.
South Bend Adams
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Michigan
City vs.
LaPorte.
Game 2 – South Bend Washington vs.
South Bend
Riley.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – South Bend
Adams vs. South Bend Clay.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
4.
Penn Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Elkhart
Memorial vs. Elkhart Central.
Game 2 – Concord vs. Goshen.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Mishawaka vs. Penn.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
5.
DeKalb Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – DeKalb vs.
Columbia City.
Game 2 – East Noble vs.
Warsaw.
Game 3 – Carroll (Fort Wayne) vs.
Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
6.
Homestead Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Homestead vs. Fort
Wayne Snider.
Game 2 – Fort Wayne North Side vs. Fort
Wayne Northrop.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Fort Wayne
South Side vs. Huntington North.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
7.
Harrison (West Lafayette)
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Harrison (West Lafayette) vs.
McCutcheon.
Game 2 – Lafayette
Jefferson vs. Marion.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Kokomo vs. Logansport.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
8.
Anderson
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Muncie
Central vs. Muncie Southside.
Game 2 – Anderson vs. Richmond.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Anderson Highland vs.
Greenfield-Central.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
9.
Westfield
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Indianapolis
Broad Ripple vs. Noblesville.
Game 2 – Carmel vs. Hamilton
Southeastern.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – North Central (Indianapolis)
vs. Westfield.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
10.
Lawrence
Central Sectional (7 teams)
Game 1 – Indianapolis
Arlington vs.
Indianapolis
Cathedral.
Game 2 – Indianapolis
Emmerich Manual vs. Lawrence North.
Game 3 – Lawrence
Central vs. Warren Central.
Game 4 – Indianapolis
Arsenal Technical vs. Winner of Game
1.
Game 5 – Winner of Game 2 vs.
Winner of Game 3.
Championship – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5.
11.
Decatur Central
Sectional (7 teams)
Game 1 – Greenwood vs. Southport.
Game 2 – Perry Meridian vs.
Decatur Central.
Game 3 – Franklin Community vs.
Center Grove.
Game 4 – Franklin Central vs.
Winner of Game 1.
Game 5 – Winner of Game 2 vs.
Winner of Game 3.
Championship – Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5.
12.
Zionsville Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Avon vs.
Indianapolis
Northwest.
Game 2 – Ben Davis vs. Brownsburg.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Pike vs. Zionsville.
Championship – Winner of
Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
13.
Mooresville Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Martinsville
vs. Terre Haute South.
Game 2 – Terre Haute North vs.
Northview.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Plainfield
vs. Mooresville.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
14.
Bloomington
South Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – East Central vs.
Columbus North.
Game 2 – Shelbyville vs.
Bloomington
South.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Bloomington
North vs. Columbus East.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
15.
Jeffersonville
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Seymour vs. New
Albany.
Game 2 – Bedford
North Lawrence vs. Jennings County.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Jeffersonville
vs. Floyd Central.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
16.
Evansville
Reitz Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – Castle vs.
Evansville
Central.
Game 2 – Evansville
Harrison vs. Evansville Reitz.
Game 3 – Evansville
North vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
Class 3A
17.
Hammond Morton
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Griffith vs. Hammond.
Game 2 – Hammond
Morton vs. Hammond Gavit.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Hammond
Clark vs. Calumet.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
18.
Andrean Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – Gary Wallace vs.
Gary Roosevelt.
Game 2 – Kankakee
Valley vs. Andrean.
Game 3 – Gary Wirt vs.
Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
19.
South Bend St. Joseph’s Sectional (6
teams)
Game 1 – Knox vs.
New Prairie.
Game 2 – Plymouth vs. Mishawaka
Marian.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – South Bend St. Joseph’s
vs. Culver Academies.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
20.
Twin Lakes Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Maconaquah vs.
West Lafayette.
Game 2 – Western vs.
Benton Central.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Twin
Lakes vs.
Frankfort.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
21.
Lakeland
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Wawasee vs.
Northridge.
Game 2 – Angola vs.
West Noble.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – NorthWood vs.
Lakeland.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
22.
Norwell Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Norwell vs.
Peru.
Game 2 – Whitko vs.
Fort Wayne Wayne.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Tippecanoe
Valley vs.
Fort Wayne Elmhurst.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
23.
Bellmont Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger vs. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran.
Game 2 – New
Haven vs.
Leo.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Fort Wayne Bishop Luers vs. Bellmont.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
24.
Tipton Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Jay
County vs. Delta.
Game 2 – Mississinewa vs.
Blackford.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Elwood vs.
Tipton.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
25.
Crawfordsville Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Danville
vs. Crawfordsville.
Game 2 – Brebeuf Jesuit vs.
Western Boone.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Southmont vs.
Lebanon.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
26.
Beech Grove Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Whiteland vs.
Roncalli.
Game 2 – Indianapolis
Howe Academy
vs. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Beech Grove vs.
Indianapolis Washington.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
27.
Hamilton Heights Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Pendleton
Heights vs.
Mount Vernon
(Fortville).
Game 2 – Hamilton
Heights vs.
New Palestine.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Yorktown vs.
New Castle.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
28.
Connersville
Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – South Dearborn vs. Greensburg.
Game 2 – Franklin County
vs. Connersville.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1
vs. Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Batesville vs.
Rushville.
Championship – Winner of
Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
29.
Edgewood Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Owen
Valley vs.
West Vigo.
Game 2 – Greencastle vs.
Sullivan.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Edgewood vs.
Brown County.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
30.
Silver Creek Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – North Harrison vs.
Madison.
Game 2 – Salem
vs. Silver Creek.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Scottsburg vs.
Corydon Central.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
31.
Pike Central Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Princeton vs.
Washington.
Game 2 – Jasper vs.
Pike Central.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Gibson Southern vs.
Vincennes Lincoln.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
32.
Evansville
Memorial Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Heritage Hills vs.
Evansville
Memorial.
Game 2 – Mount Vernon
vs. Evansville Bosse.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Boonville vs.
Evansville
Mater Dei.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
Class 2A
33.
Lake Station
Edison Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – Wheeler vs.
Hanover
Central.
Game 2 – Lake
Station Edison
vs. Boone Grove.
Game 3 – Hammond
Bishop Noll vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
34.
LaVille Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Jimtown vs.
Glenn.
Game 2 – LaVille vs.
Fairfield.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Westview vs.
Bremen.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
35.
Rochester
Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – Winamac vs.
Rochester.
Game 2 – North Judson vs.
Rensselaer Central.
Game 3 – North Newton
vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
36.
North Montgomery Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Delphi vs.
Clinton Central.
Game 2 – Sheridan vs. North Montgomery.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Fountain Central vs.
Seeger.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
37.
Garrett Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Garrett vs.
Eastside.
Game 2 – Prairie
Heights vs. Central Noble.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Fremont
vs. Churubusco.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
38.
Bluffton Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Adams Central vs.
South Adams.
Game 2 – Heritage vs.
Harding.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Bluffton vs.
Woodlan.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
39.
Wabash Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Cass vs.
Wabash.
Game 2 – Southwood vs.
Northfield.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Manchester
vs. North Miami.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
40.
Eastern (Greentown) Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Eastern (Greentown) vs. Northwestern.
Game 2 – Eastbrook vs.
Taylor.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Oak Hill vs.
Madison-Grant.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
41.
Frankton Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Alexandria
vs. Knightstown.
Game 2 – Wapahani vs.
Frankton.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Eastern Hancock vs.
Shenandoah.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
42.
Union County Sectional (5 teams)
Game 1 – Cambridge
City Lincoln vs.
Northeastern.
Game 2 – Union
County vs.
Winchester.
Game 3 – Centerville
vs. Winner of Game 1.
Championship – Winner of Game 2 vs. Winner of Game 3.
43.
Indian Creek Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – Speedway
vs. Heritage Christian.
Game 2 – Park Tudor vs.
Triton Central.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Indianapolis
Scecina vs. Indian Creek.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.
44.
Switzerland County Sectional (6 teams)
Game 1 – South Ripley vs.
Switzerland County.
Game 2 – Southwestern (Hanover)
vs. Milan.
Game 3 – Winner of Game 1 vs.
Winner of Game 2.
Game 4 – Lawrenceburg vs.
North Decatur.
Championship – Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4.