Phone: 317-846-6601 Fax: 317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA INFORMATION November 20, 2005
Contact:
E-Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
FOOTBALL STATE FINALS SET FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
Information on each of the state finalist teams,
including rosters, season results, statistics and other notes, will be posted
to the IHSAA website late Monday afternoon and will serve as a supplement to
the weekly IHSAA News Release.
The 33rd
Friday,
November 25, 2005
Class A at 3:30 pm
EST:
Class 2A at 7 pm
EST: Jimtown (13-1) vs. North Posey (12-2).
Saturday, November
26, 2005
Class 3A at Noon
EST: NorthWood (8-6) vs. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (12-2).
Class 4A at 3:30
pm EST:
Class 5A at 7:05 pm EST:
The
administrators and coaches of the 10 state finalist teams will gather for a
meeting at the IHSAA Office beginning at 10 a.m. EST on Monday. Coaches will be
available for media interviews following the meeting at approximately 11 a.m.
local time. Information packets on each of the state finalists, including
rosters, stats and season results, will be available at the meeting and will be
posted to the IHSAA website later in the afternoon.
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
In a special ceremony prior to Saturday’s 4A
championship game, Bob Carnagey of
The IHSAA, in cooperation with the National
Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and honors an
outstanding official in 11 sports during the school year.
In the 33 years of the state football tournament, Carnagey has been involved in 24 of them, including four
assignments to the state finals. Carnagey worked
the 2004 Class 2A final with his son, Jay, serving as back judge on the
crew. He has worked eight semi-states, 16 regionals,
and 24 sectionals.
Carnagey was selected for this award by a committee of
representatives from the 26 officials associations throughout the state of
While a member of his officials
organization, he has served in the positions of president, vice-president,
sergeant at arms, board member, clinician, and scholarship committee
member. He has chaired the LCAOA Scholarship Committee for the past eight
years. That group has distributed over $30,000 to deserving students
through its Paul Danko and LCAOA Memorial
scholarships.
In addition to football, Carnagey
also maintains IHSAA licenses in basketball and baseball and he has also
officiated in softball.
Carnagey was inspired to pursue officiating after taking a
class taught by officials Ernie Sohl and Bob
“Dutch” Kramer at Purdue-Calumet.
Professionally, Carnagey is
vice president of sales operations for Personets,
Inc.
He is a 1964 graduate of Thornton Fractional North (
Carnagey has two sons, Jay and Craig, who are married to Nikee and Becky, and two granddaughters, Madison and Kenedi.
Carnagey
served in the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star for Meritorious Service.
ADDITIONAL MEDIA INFORMATION
MEDIA HOSTS: IHSAA Sports Information Director
PARKING: There is no designated parking
area for media for this event. Please be advised that the parking lot directly
to the south of
MEDIA WILL-CALL: If not claimed at Monday’s coaches interview session, approved credential requests will
be available for pickup at media will-call at the RCA Dome on game day. Media
will-call will be located at a mobile trailer located on Senate Avenue on the
south side of the RCA Dome and will open at 1:30 pm EST on Friday and 10 am EST
on Saturday. Please have identification available.
MEDIA ENTRANCE: Credentialed media may enter the
RCA Dome off of
SEAT ASSIGNMENTS: With the exception of the Associated Press and Indianapolis
Star who have permanent lines installed, an open seating policy will be used in
the press box. Booth assignments for television, radio and internet
broadcasters will be posted at the broadcast level of the facility.
BROADCAST PHONE LINES: Electronic media requiring
phone lines should contact Pat Hall at the RCA Dome on Monday to make
arrangements – 317-265-7456.
POOL TELEPHONES: Pool phones for filing purposes will be available in the press
box. Only credit card and 800 number calls can be made from those phones.
FIELD LEVEL: All credentialed media will have access to the field level.
However, we solicit cooperation in keeping the sidelines as clean as possible
during the games. During the games, all media personnel must observe the field
markings at the RCA Dome and work behind the white-painted area that is
approximately two yards wide around the perimeter of the field on the sides and
in the end zones. Photographers may work from the end zone to the 30-yard-line
at each end of the field from either sideline. The defined team bench area
between the 30-yard lines is a restricted area. Your cooperation is appreciated
for the safety and working conditions of players, coaches, officials and other
media professionals.
HOSPITALITY: The IHSAA will provide a hospitality area with food and
drinks on Friday and Saturday on the Press Box level for all credentialed
personnel.
GAME DAY WEBSITE
UPDATES: Quarter scores
will be updated during each game on the IHSAA website at www.ihsaa.org. Final
box scores along with a recap will be posted as soon as possible after the
conclusion of each championship game.
TELEVISION: All five state championship games will be broadcast
live throughout the state by the IHSAA Television Network which consists of
Comcast, Bright House Networks and Insight cable systems. A list of channels
and markets will be available on the IHSAA website on Monday. Jerry Baker will
call the play-by-play for the Class A and 2A games with Blair Kiel providing
color and John Michael Vincent as the sideline reporter. The Class 3A, 4A and
5A games will be called by Chris Denari with
RADIO: The IHSAA Championship Radio Network will be
broadcasting all five games live to stations statewide. Markets and frequencies
will be available on the IHSAA website on Monday. Adam Alexander, Tim Barthel and Joe Staysniak will be
calling Friday’s Class A and 2A games with Bob Lovell as the sideline
reporter. On Saturday, Kevin Lee will call play-by-play for the Class 3A and 5A
games with Mark Jaynes calling the 4A game. Dick Dullaghan, Staysniak and Lovell
will work all three games that day.
INTERNET: All five games will be webcast
on the internet at www.hoosierauthority.com
on behalf of the IHSAA. For the Class A and 4A games, Scott Taylor and Bob
Ashworth will provide play-by-play and color analysis, respectively, while Dean
Jackson and Casey Kolkman will be in the same
positions for the 2A, 3A and 5A games.
LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: Spot news reports showing live game action are
prohibited. Stand-up reports for newscasts are permitted from inside the dome
provided that no live action is shown.
POST-GAME AWARDS COURTESY: Due to
contractual obligations, the IHSAA Television and Radio network personnel will
have priority in conducting interviews with coaches on the field immediately
following each game. If time permits before the awards ceremony, additional
interviews may be conducted with the assistance of IHSAA media stewards.
Otherwise, all interviews will be conducted off the field following the awards
ceremony and team photograph session. We solicit your continued cooperation with
this policy in order to continue on-the-field post-game access in the future. The order of awards will be: 1) Eskew Mental Attitude Award; 2) Runner-up team medals and
trophy followed by official team photograph; 3) Championship team medals and
trophy followed by official team photograph.
NO CHILDREN, PLEASE – With the exception of high school students representing their
school’s newspaper, yearbook, radio or television station, and who have a
team participating, no young people or children will be issued media
credentials or be allowed in the working media area.
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