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                                                                        August 23, 2005

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director                                                                    

E-Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

 

 

FIRST WEEK OF FALL SPORTS STATISTICS COMPILED

Following the first week of competition, the IHSAA, using the on-line service of Stats & Go, has published the state’s statistical leaders in several categories in the sports of football, soccer and volleyball. The listings can be found later in this news release.

 

If a school hasn’t already registered, the IHSAA encourages every member school to participate in this statistical compilation by designating a single individual to register at www.statsandgo.com and to maintain the school’s team and individual statistics throughout the season. The service is free of charge and is an efficient way of promoting your student-athletes’ achievements during the course of the season.

 

All updates should conclude each Monday as the leaders in various categories will be published in the IHSAA news release and distributed to media statewide each Tuesday.

 

 

IHSAA FALL BULLETIN POSTED TO WEBSITE

The Fall edition of the IHSAA Bulletin, containing tournament policies, procedures, rules and alignments for all fall sports, has been posted to the Association’s website as a PDF file: Fall Bulletin

 

Printed copies of the publication will be mailed to school administrators in the coming days.

 

 

CROSS COUNTRY SEMI-STATE MOVES FROM BLOOMINGTON TO BEDFORD

Due to a conflict with Indiana University, the boys and girls cross country semi-state scheduled for Saturday, October 22 and previously hosted by Bloomington North has been moved to Bedford North Lawrence for this year’s tournament series.

 

The event is the same day as the Ohio State-Indiana football game in Bloomington. Teams and individuals advancing from the October 15 regionals at Bedford North Lawrence, Brown County, Eastern (Pekin) and Pike Central will feed into the Bedford North Lawrence semi-state.

 

 

RECENT HEADLINES

 

WITH TWO NEW SCHOOLS APPROVED, IHSAA MEMBERSHIP REACHES 400

During its first meeting of the new school year on August 4, the IHSAA Executive Committee approved applications for two new member schools – Campagna Academy Charter School in Schererville (Lake County) and Charles A. Tindley Accelerated School of Indianapolis. Both schools will be able to compete in regular season events immediately but, by IHSAA rule, won’t be eligible to participate in state tournament competition for two years (2007-08).

 

With the two new schools, IHSAA membership now totals 400 schools, the highest number since 1983-84 when 401 schools belonged to the Association. In the last five years, 14 schools have joined as full members. Peak membership of 820 schools was reached in 1942, the year that private, parochial and institutional schools were first admitted to the Association.

 

IHSAA Membership Totals Since 1980-81

1980-81

403

1989-90

391

1998-99

386

1981-82

401

1990-91

389

1999-00

386

1982-83

400

1991-92

389

2000-01

387

1983-84

401

1992-93

389

2001-02

386

1984-85

396

1993-94

388

2002-03

392

1985-86

397

1994-95

388

2003-04

396

1986-87

392

1995-96

385

2004-05

398

1987-88

391

1996-97

385

2005-06

400

1988-89

390

1997-98

384

 

 

 

COMMITTEE APPROVES CHANGES TO BOYS SOCCER TOURNAMENT

Also at its August 4 meeting, the IHSAA Executive Committee unanimously approved changing the format of the boys soccer tournament series beginning in 2006-07 including adding a fourth week to the tournament.

 

The number of sectionals will move from the current 32 to 64 and be played in a Thursday-Saturday format during Week 14 (one week earlier than current format). Each sectional will have four or five teams instead of eight or nine as is the case in many parts of the state.

 

The regional will change from a two-team to a four-team affair and be played in a new Thursday-Saturday format. Currently, the regional is played mid-week in between sectionals and semi-states.

 

The semi-states and state finals will be played on the following Saturdays and each remain in the current four-team format.

 

 

MUNCIE BURRIS’ SHONDELL WINS 1,000TH CAREER VOLLEYBALL MATCH

Muncie Burris volleyball coach Steve Shondell won his 1,000th career match last Thursday night in the Owls’ season opener against Monroe Central, 25-8, 25-8, 25-7 at Ball Gym. Shondell, in his 30th season as coach, has guided Burris to 16 state championships, including the last eight consecutive in Class 2A.

 

In the match, Burris was led by Lauren Kaminsky’s 14 kills, while Christie Waters and Caitlyn Vann each had seven in the Mid-Eastern Conference season-opener for both schools. It was also Burris’ 49th consecutive victory dating back to the 2003 season.

 

At the conclusion of the match, Shondell’s career varsity record stands at 1,000-79. He ranks first in Indiana and eighth nationally among high school volleyball coaches in career victories, and his winning percentage (92.6 percent) is the best in the nation among that same group.

 

 

 

FOOTBALL

 

STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS (as of Tuesday, August 23, 2005)

The following lists of statistical leaders are compiled weekly 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.

 

Rushing Yards Per Game

Name

Grade

School

Games

Att.

Yds.

TDs

YPG

1. Bryan Schroeder

10

North Harrison (3A)

1

12

352

5

352.0

2. Rick Burchfield

12

Bloomington South (5A)

1

28

255

2

255.0

3. Darryl Scott

12

Union City (A)

1

19

237

4

237.0

4. Mario Swope

12

Brebeuf Jesuit (3A)

1

33

222

2

222.0

5. Derek Stitt

11

Madison-Grant (2A)

1

31

208

4

208.0

6. Cory Lamb

11

Clinton Central (A)

1

20

198

3

198.0

7. J.T. Owens

12

Lawrence North (5A)

1

9

197

4

197.0

8. William Stubbs

11

Indpls. Cathedral (4A)

1

26

184

2

184.0

9. Joe Gibson

11

Northridge (4A)

1

26

174

0

174.0

10. Eric Crowder

11

Fountain Central (A)

1

14

169

3

169.0

 

Passing Yards Per Game

Name

Grade

School

Games

Comp.

Att.

Yds.

TD

Int.

YPG

T1. Alex Kiel

12

Franklin Central (5A)

1

29

48

383

2

1

383.0

T1. Chris Owen

11

Evansville Central (4A)

1

15

23

383

4

0

383.0

3. Tyler Bruce

11

Tri-West Hendricks (2A)

1

17

24

348

4

0

348.0

4. Brandon Deig

12

Evansville Mater Dei (3A)

1

28

43

324

2

1

324.0

5. Holt Doyle

11

Lakeland (3A)

1

20

44

309

3

2

309.0

6. Brandon Huffer

11

Lafayette Jefferson (5A)

1

16

33

289

3

4

289.0

7. Levi Knach

12

Columbia City (4A)

1

16

27

270

2

0

270.0

8. Franklin Kincaid

12

Evansville Reitz (5A)

1

21

32

269

2

1

269.0

9. Colton Cooper

10

Danville (3A)

1

18

28

249

3

1

249.0

10. Ryan Kapp

11

Castle (5A)

1

14

24

242

3

1

242.0

 

Receiving Yards Per Game

Name

Grade

School

Games

Rec.

Yds.

TD

YPG

1. Chris Rutherford

12

Tri-West Hendricks (2A)

1

7

214

4

214.0

2. Kyle Rucks

12

Columbia City (4A)

1

6

173

2

173.0

3. Josh Killian

10

Lafayette Jefferson (5A)

1

6

145

2

145.0

4. Brandon Artis

11

Evansville Central (4A)

1

5

140

1

140.0

5. Josh Snyder

11

Franklin Central (5A)

1

9

138

0

138.0

6. Adam Gemmer

12

Hamilton Southeastern (5A)

1

6

135

1

135.0

7. Adam Mellencamp

12

Brownstown Central (2A)

1

9

130

1

130.0

8. Joel Workman

11

Lakeland (3A)

1

7

127

1

127.0

9. Ben Gulley

12

Lakeland (3A)

1

7

125

1

125.0

10. Ron Taylor

11

Franklin Central (5A)

1

5

121

1

121.0

               

Scoring

Name

Grade

School

Games

TD

PAT (1)

PAT (2)

FG

Total

PPG

1. Bryan Schroeder

10

North Harrison (3A)

1

5

0

1

0

32

32.0

T2. Tom Mambourg

11

Munster (4A)

1

4

0

0

0

24

24.0

T2. J.T. Owens

12

Lawrence North (5A)

1

4

0

0

0

24

24.0

T2. Derek Stitt

12

Madison-Grant (2A)

1

4

0

0

0

24

24.0

T2. Darryl Stott

12

Union City (A)

1

4

0

0

0

24

24.0

6. Cory Lamb

11

Clinton Central (A)

1

3

0

1

0

20

20.0

T7. Eric Chowder

11

Fountain Central (A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

T7. Scott Hogue

11

Bloomington South (5A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

T7. Dominique Isom

11

Muncie Central (4A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

T7. Mark Linn

12

Woodlan (2A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

T7. Tom Mix

12

Westfield (4A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

T7. Bill O’Conner

11

Hammond Bishop Noll (2A)

1

3

0

0

0

18

18.0

 

Punting Average (min. 3 punts/game)

Name

Grade

School

Games

No.

Yds.

Avg.

1. Trey Sacksteder

12