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                                                                      November 8, 2005

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director                                                                    

E-Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

  

FOOTBALL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES THIS WEEKEND

Defending state champions Warren Central (5A), Roncalli (4A) and Tri-West Hendricks (2A) lead a field of 40 teams into this weekend’s regional title games as the 33rd Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament Series advances to its fourth week.

 

Roncalli will put the state’s longest active post-season winning streak on the line Friday as it hosts Greenwood. The three-time defending state champion Rebels have pocketed 21 consecutive victories which is one shy of tying the state record of 22 set by Penn (1995-98) and Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (2001-2004). Warren Central and Tri-West Hendricks will each be looking for their 16th consecutive post-season wins.

 

Decatur Central in Class 5A and Riverton Parke in Class A each celebrated the first sectional championship in school history last Friday. The Hawks ousted Indianapolis Northwest, 49-13, in Sectional 6 while the Panthers defeated Rockville, 35-14, in Sectional 39 action.

 

Fort Wayne South Side ended a 15-year sectional title drought with its 23-13 victory at Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger on Saturday and will host Delta in Class 4A regional competition on Friday. Others ending long streaks were Greenwood in 4A, which beat Whiteland, 33-14, for its first sectional crown since 1992, and Cass in 2A, which turned away Churubusco, 34-7, for its first sectional championship since 1994.

 

Four more previously unbeaten teams fell in last weekend’s sectional championship action as Crown Point, Pioneer, Plymouth and Whiting each bowed out. Five teams at 12-0 – Cass, Fort Wayne Snider, Griffith, Knightstown, Perry Central – will attempt to keep their perfect seasons intact this weekend.

 

None of the 20 regional games are rematches from earlier this season though five contests are between teams that fought for the regional crown a year ago. They include Merrillville at Penn (5A); Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at New Palestine and Batesville at Heritage Hills (3A); Speedway at Tri-West Hendricks (2A) and; West Central at Adams Central (A).

 

Regional pairings and schedules are listed below. Any schedule changes will be added to the regional pairings page as they are received. This weekend’s winning teams will move on to semi-state championship games scheduled for Nov. 18-19.

 

Regionals

Dates: Friday, November 11 or Saturday, November 12.

Times: All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Admission: $6.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: Host school will be sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or lowest sectional number.  (i.e., Sectional 1 is lower than Sectional 2).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: Host school will be sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or highest sectional number.  (i.e., Sectional 2 is higher than Sectional 1).

 

Class 5A

Merrillville (10-2) at Penn (10-2). 7:30 p.m. EST

Fort Wayne Snider (12-0) at Hamilton Southeastern (9-3).

 

Warren Central (11-1) at Decatur Central (10-2).

Avon (11-1) at Evansville Reitz (11-1). Saturday, 5 p.m. CST

 

Class 4A

Lowell (8-4) at Concord (9-3). 8 p.m. EST

Delta (11-1) at Fort Wayne South Side (10-2).

 

Greenwood (11-1) at Roncalli (10-2).

East Central (10-2) at Jasper (11-1). 8 p.m. EST

 

Class 3A

Griffith (12-0) at Hamilton Heights (8-4). 8 p.m. EST

NorthWood (6-6) at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (8-4). 7:30 p.m. EST

 

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (10-2) at New Palestine (10-2).

Batesville (9-3) at Heritage Hills (11-1). 6:30 p.m. CST

 

Class 2A

Rensselaer Central (11-1) at Jimtown (11-1). 8 p.m. EST

Eastbrook (11-1) at Cass (12-0).

 

Speedway (10-2) at Tri-West Hendricks (11-1).

North Posey (10-2) at Lawrenceburg (10-2). Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

 

Class A

West Central (11-1) at Adams Central (11-1). 8 p.m. EST

Lafayette Central Catholic (9-3) at Sheridan (10-2). 7:30 p.m. EST

 

Park Tudor (10-2) at Knightstown (12-0).

Riverton Parke (10-2) at Perry Central (12-0). Saturday, 6 p.m. EST

 

 

Semi-States

Dates: Friday, November 18 or Saturday, November 19.

Times: All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Admission: $7.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: Host school will be regional game non-host, if applicable, or highest sectional number.  (i.e., Sectional 2 is higher than Sectional 1).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: Host school will be regional game non-host, if applicable, or lowest sectional number.  (i.e., Sectional 1 is lower than Sectional 2).

Note:  If regional winner has not hosted either sectional final or regional, that school will be the designated host.

 

 

Active Post-Season Win Streaks: 21: Roncalli, 15: Tri-West Hendricks, Warren Central.

 

Longest All-Time Post-Season Winning Streaks: 22: Penn (1995-98), Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (2001-2004).

 

Defending Regional Champions Still Alive – 5A: Fort Wayne Snider, Penn, Warren Central; 4A: Roncalli; 3A: Heritage Hills, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard; 2A: Brownstown Central, Eastbrook, Tri-West Hendricks; A: West Central.

 

Active Regional Championship Streaks (three or more years) – 5: Heritage Hills; 4: Fort Wayne Snider, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard; 3: Roncalli.

 

Seeking First Regional Championship – 5A: Decatur Central; 4A: Fort Wayne South Side; 3A: None; 2A: Rensselaer Central; A: Park Tudor, Riverton Parke.

 

Drought Breaker Hopefuls (Five or more years since last sectional championship) – 20 years: Lawrenceburg (1985); 19: Batesville (1986); 15: Greenwood, New Palestine (1990); 13: Merrillville (1992); 11: Cass (1994); 9: North Posey (1996); 8: Avon, Griffith, Hamilton Southeastern, Knightstown (1997); 7: Concord, Jimtown, Sheridan (1998); 6: Lafayette Central Catholic, Lowell (1999).

 

All-Time Regional Championships – 15: Hobart; 13: Ben Davis; 12: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Roncalli; 11: Fort Wayne Snider, Penn; 10: Carmel, Jasper; 9: Adams Central, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard; 8: Bloomington South, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jimtown, NorthWood, Sheridan, Tri-West Hendricks; 7: Evansville Mater Dei; 6: Bremen, Franklin Central, Heritage Hills, South Putnam; 5: Andrean, East Central, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Wayne, Goshen, North Judson, Southwood, Valparaiso.

 

Rematches – None of the 20 regional games are rematches from this season, but five contests are rematches from last year’s tournament.

 

2005 Regional Game

Last Year’s Result

Class 5A

 

Merrillville at Penn

Penn 31, Merrillville 0 (at Penn)

Class 3A

 

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at New Palestine

Indianapolis Bishop Chatard 38, New Palestine 7 (at New Palestine)

Batesville at Heritage Hills

Heritage Hills 3, Batesville 0 (at Batesville)

Class 2A

 

Speedway at Tri-West Hendricks

Tri-West Hendricks 17, Speedway 14 (at Tri-West Hendricks)

Class A

 

West Central at Adams Central

West Central 41, Adams Central 14 (at West Central)

 

 

FOOTBALL STATE FINALS COACHES MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOV. 21

Looking ahead to the football state finals, the IHSAA will host the administrators and coaches of the 10 state finalist teams for a meeting at 10 a.m. EST on Monday, Nov. 21. Coaches will be available for media interviews following the meeting beginning at approximately 11 a.m. Information packets on each of the state finalists will be available that day and be posted to the IHSAA website later in the afternoon.

 

FOOTBALL MEDIA CREDENTIAL REQUESTS NOW BEING ACCEPTED

For media outlets intending to cover the football state finals on Nov. 25-26, please fax a credential request on company letterhead to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at 317-575-4244. Please be sure to include the names of the individuals who will be working. The deadline for requests is 4 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 23. No credentials will be granted after that time. Approved requests will be available for pickup at the state finals coaches meeting on Nov. 21 if designated otherwise they will be available at media will-call at the RCA Dome on game day.

 

 

STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS (as of Tuesday, November 8, 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.

 

Note: Individuals listed in bold are still playing in the state tournament. 

 

Rushing Yards

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Att.

Yds.

TD

YPG

1. Bryan Schroeder

10

North Harrison (3A)

12

225

2557

32

213.1

2. Daniel Carter

12

Decatur Central (5A)

12

252

2324

28

193.7

3. Darryl Stott

12

Union City (A)

11

223

2109

26

191.7

4. Ricky Crider

12

Evansville Reitz (5A)

12

290

2196

29

183.0

5. Dwight Brown

12

Perry Central (A)

12

296

2173

29

181.1

6. Daniel Keeling

11

Crawfordsville (3A)

11

304

1952

16

177.5

7. Mario Swope

12

Brebeuf Jesuit (3A)

10

220

1705

22

170.5

8. Drew Bianski

12

Churubusco (2A)

12

194

1875

27

156.3

9. Scott Gray

12

Lowell (4A)

12

259

1857

23

154.8

10. Matt Cox

12

Knightstown (A)

12

273

1845

28

153.8

 

Passing Yards

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Comp.

Att.

Yds.

TD

Int.

YPG

1. Chris Owen

11

Evansville Central (4A)

10

168

274

2704

28

11

270.4

2. Matt Rogers

12

Indian Creek (2A)

11

175

282

2964

36

6

269.5

3. Eric Watt

11

South Newton (A)

10

146

281

2512

26

9

251.2

4. Ben Chappell

12

Bloomington South (5A)

10

156

282

2359

27

5

235.9

5. Kyle Henson

12

Frontier (A)

11

171

328

2568

24

14

233.5

6. Spud Dick

12

Lawrence Central (5A)

11

175

301

2543

22

16

231.2

7. Dusty Manns

12

Knox (2A)

10

186

329

2290

22

19

229.0

8. Kyle Tweed

11

Pendleton Heights (4A)

10

204

331

2271

23

9

227.1

9. Levi Knach

12

Columbia City (4A)

10

156

275

2184

19

15

218.4

T10. Justin Boser

11

Hamilton Heights (3A)

12

158

251

2456

23

8

204.7

T10. Robert Harrison

12

North Vermillion (A)

11

146

301

2252

19

20

204.7

 

Receiving Yards

Name

Grade

School (Class)

Games

Rec.

Yds.

TD

YPG

1. Kody Lemond

11

Pendleton Heights (4A)

10

100

1317

16

131.7

2. Jeremiah Tworek

12

Indian Creek (2A)

11

51

1108

18

100.7

3. Dimitri Morson

11

North Vermillion (A)

11

53

1103

14

100.3

4.  Kris Staats

12

LaPorte (5A)

11

49

1037

11

94.3

5. Keith Condon

12

Knox (2A)

10

64

995

12

99.5