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                                                                      October 18, 2005

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director                                                                    

E-Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

 

 

SINGLES, DOUBLES STATE CHAMPS TO BE CROWNED SATURDAY

Two singles players, including the defending state champion, return to the IHSAA Boys Tennis State Finals for Singles and Doubles players this weekend at Park Tudor School in Indianapolis.

 

In all six singles players and nine doubles teams make up this year’s field with early round matches on Friday and semifinals and championship/consolation matches on Saturday.

 

Heritage Christian senior Steven Myers is back to defend the singles title he earned last year and will attempt to become the first repeat winner in the tournament since Carmel’s Rick Witsken turned the trick in 1988. Myers is paired against Fort Wayne Canterbury junior Hunter Schouweiler, the other returnee from 2004. Schouweiler fell in the semifinal round last year and settled for a fourth place finish. Their match will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

 

Senior Christian Nikou of Center Grove and sophomore Derek Carpenter of Fort Wayne South Side each earned a bye into the semifinals on Saturday morning thanks to their respective teams advancing to the semi-state of the team competition on Oct. 8. Nikou will face the winner of Thiago Franco of Hauser and David Kovas of South Bend Adams, while Carpenter awaits the Myers-Schouweiler winner.

 

The doubles bracket will see all new faces this season. After winning both of their matches at last weekend’s team state finals competition, sophomore Joby Bacher and senior Phil Luke of West Lafayette will take on a team from either Plymouth or Providence on Friday at 2 p.m. The match between the latter is scheduled for Friday at 10 a.m.

 

Center Grove and Heritage Christian are the only two schools to have representatives in both tournaments.

 

Boys Individual Tennis State Finals

When: Friday, Oct. 21 and Saturday, Oct. 22.

Times: Listed below.

Admission: Free

Where: Park Tudor School, 7200 N. College Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46240 | School Website | Driving Directions

Note: Won-loss records indicate regular season record followed by post-season tournament record.

Note: Pairings are listed in bracket order below.

 

26th Annual Singles Tournament

Quarterfinals, Fri. 2 p.m.

Christian Nikou (12), Center Grove (16-1, 7-0), bye.

Thiago Franco (11), Hauser (11-0, 4-0) vs. David Kovas (12), South Bend Adams (9-2, 5-0).

Steven Myers (12), Heritage Christian (17-3, 5-0) vs. Hunter Schouweiler (11), Fort Wayne Canterbury (17-2, 4-0)

Derek Carpenter (10), Fort Wayne South Side (18-3, 6-0), bye.

 

Semifinals, Sat. 10 a.m.

Christian Nikou (12), Center Grove (16-1, 7-0) vs. winner of Franco-Kovas.

Derek Carpenter (10), Fort Wayne South Side (18-3, 6-0) vs. winner of Myers-Schouweiler.

 

Finals, Sat. 2 p.m.

 

16th Annual Doubles Tournament

First Round, Fri. 10 a.m.

Josh Beguin (11)/Jacob Palmer (11), Plymouth (17-3, 6-0) vs. Kyle Rodden (11)/Patrick Sweets (12), Providence (15-0, 5-0).

 

Quarterfinals, Fri. 2 p.m.

Joby Bacher (10)/Phil Luke (12), West Lafayette (16-3, 8-0), vs. winner of Beguin/Palmer-Rodden/Sweets.

Corey Kozachenko (12)/Greg Larson (12), LaPorte (13-0, 5-0) vs. John Beeler (12)/Jonathan Plump (12), Brebeuf Jesuit (14-2, 6-0).

 

Eric Doerr (12)/Mark Metheny (12), Terre Haute South (10-7, 7-0) vs. Randy Evans (12)/Tyler Rigby (12), Jay County (15-3, 7-0).

Peter Davis (12)/Robert Mumme (12), Heritage Christian (19-1, 6-0) vs. Matt Smith (10)/Zane Smith (10), Center Grove (15-4, 7-0).

 

Semifinals, Sat. 10 a.m.

Bacher/Phil Luke-winner of Beguin/Palmer-Rodden/Sweets winner vs. Kozachenko/Larson-Beeler/Plump winner.

 

Doerr/Metheny-Evans/Rigby winner vs. Davis/Mumme-M. Smith/Z. Smith winner.

 

Finals, Sat. 2 p.m.

 

 

FOOTBALL

 

DOZEN FOOTBALL TEAMS BEGIN TOURNAMENT PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT

Twelve undefeated teams highlight the first round of sectional action in the 33rd Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament Series which begins this week.

 

Cass, Columbus East, Crown Point, Fort Wayne Snider, Griffith, Knightstown, Linton-Stockton, Logansport, Perry Central Pioneer, Plymouth, and Whiting each boast 9-0 records heading into post-season play.

 

As of Tuesday, with the exception of two contests, 149 games are expected to be played on Friday night. One game, South Decatur at Indiana School for the Deaf, will be played Thursday at 7 pm and another, Ben Davis at Southport, will be played Saturday at 2 pm. Any other schedule changes will be posted to the IHSAA website as they become available. Schedule of games

 

Nine sectionals have only seven teams thus allowing one team in each to receive a bye into the second round. Those nine schools – Evansville Harrison and Lafayette Jefferson in 5A; Owen Valley and Vincennes Lincoln in 4A; Corydon Central and Frankfort in 3A; North Knox and Winamac in 2A and; Southwood in Class A – will begin play on the road in next week’s second round.

 

Sectionals

Dates: Friday, October 21; Friday, October 28; Friday, November 4.

Admission: $5.00.

Determining Home Team

First Round The second-named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site.

Second Round The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were home or both were visitors, the second-named team in the quarter bracket will host.

Third Round – The host team will be the team that has played the most away games. If both teams have played the same number of away games, the bottom bracket team shall host.

 

 

Undefeated Teams All teams are 9-0.

5ACrown Point, Fort Wayne Snider.

4AColumbus East, Logansport, Plymouth.

3AGriffith.

2A – Cass.

A – Knightstown, Linton-Stockton, Perry Central, Pioneer, Whiting.

 

 

Top Games Matchups of teams with four or less losses between them.

Class 5A

None.

 

Class 4A

Sectional 13

Zionsville (8-1) at Roncalli (7-2).

Sectional 14

Greenwood (8-1) at Northview (7-2).

Sectional 15

Seymour (7-2) at Columbus East (9-0).

Sectional 16

Evansville Central (7-2) at Jasper (8-1).

 

Class 3A

Sectional 19

West Noble (8-1) at Culver Academies (7-2).

 

Class 2A

Sectional 27

Cass (9-0) at Heritage (8-1).

Sectional 29

Cascade (8-1) at Tri-West Hendricks (8-1).

 

Class A

Sectional 33

West Central (8-1) at South Newton (7-2).

Sectional 39

Riverton Parke (7-2) at Fountain Central (8-1).

Sectional 40

Perry Central (9-0) at Linton-Stockton (9-0).

 

 

STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS (as of Tuesday, October 18, 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

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Att.

Yds.

TD

YPG

1. Daniel Carter

12

Decatur Central (5A)

9

223

2068

25

229.8

2. Bryan Schroeder

10

North Harrison (3A)

9

157

1946

24

216.2

4. Darryl Stott

12

Union City (A)

9

182

1747

22

194.1

5. Mario Swope

12

Brebeuf Jesuit (3A)

9

220

1705

22

189.4

3. Ryan Fics

12

Michigan City (5A)

9

153

1699

23

188.8

6. Ricky Crider

12

Evansville Reitz (5A)

9

224

1679

24

186.6

9. Daniel Keeling

11

Crawfordsville (3A)

9

246

1615

15

179.4

7. Dwight Brown

12

Perry Central (A)

9

203

1604

23

178.2

10. Luke Schmidt

12

Jasper (4A)

9

172

1499

24

166.6

10. Dan Johnson

12

Wabash (2A)

9

291

1424

8

158.2

 

Passing Yards

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Comp.

Att.

Yds.

TD

Int.

YPG

1. Chris Owen

11

Evansville Central (4A)

9

153

255

2549

26

8

283.2

2. Matt Rogers

12

Indian Creek (2A)

9

129

204

2233

27

6

248.1

3. Eric Watt

11

South Newton (A)

9

128

242

2201

26

9

244.6

4. Levi Knach

12

Columbia City (4A)

9

143

245

2071

18

11

230.1

5. Ben Chappell

12

Bloomington South (5A)

9

141

243

2054

26

4

228.2

6. Dusty Manns

12

Knox (2A)

9

170

293

2050

20

17

227.8

7. Spud Dick

12

Lawrence Central (5A)

9

137

239

1979

18

12

219.9

8. Mike Perkins

11

River Forest (A)

9

154

342

1937

17

16

215.2

9. Kyle Tweed

11

Pendleton Heights (4A)

9

176

291

1919

20

8

213.2

10. Kyle Henson

12

Frontier (A)

9

138

263

1909

19

10

212.1

 

Receiving Yards

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Rec.

Yds.

TD

YPG

1. Kody Lemond

11

Pendleton Heights (4A)

9

86

1126

14

125.1

2. Jeremiah Tworek

12

Indian Creek (2A)

9

43

1025

17

113.9

3. Kris Staats

12

LaPorte (5A)

9

44

967

10

107.4

4. Keith Condon

12

Knox (2A)

9

57

869

11

96.6

5. Brandon Artis

11

Evansville Central (4A)

9

51

867

10

96.3

6. Chuck Davis

12

Lawrence Central (5A)

9

53

864

11

96.0

7. Shawn Mooney

11

Evansville Central (4A)

9

53

860

7

95.6

8. Dimitri Morson

11

North Vermillion

8

43

847

10

105.9

9. Chas Simpson

11

Warsaw (5A)

9

32

841

8

93.4

10. Brandon Bunton

12

Indianapolis Northwest (5A)

9

35

838

8

93.1

               

Scoring

Name

Grade

School

Games

TD

PAT (1)

PAT (2)

FG

Total

PPG

1. Matt Cox

12

Knightstown (A)

9

22

0

14

0

186

20.7

2. Mario Swope

12

Brebeuf Jesuit (3A)

9

26

0

1

0

158

17.6

T3. Daniel Carter

12

Decatur Central (5A)

9

26

0

0

0

156

17.3

T3. Bryan Schroeder

10

North Harrison (3A)