Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
____________________________________________________________________
MEDIA INFORMATION
January 30, 2007
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports
Information Director
E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
GIRLS
SWIMMING SECTIONALS START THURSDAY
A
total of 234 schools and 3,507 participants will be involved as the 33rd Annual
IHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving Tournament Series gets underway Thursday
afternoon, Feb. 1, with sectional preliminary heats at 20 sites around the
state. Diving prelims and semifinals start Saturday morning, Feb. 3, at each
site with consolations and finals in each event scheduled for later in the day.
All first place swimming event winners in each sectional will advance to the
state meet along with any participant who equals or betters the state time
standard in that event’s consolation or championship heat. The next fastest
times in each event also will qualify in order to bring the field to 32
entrants.
The
top four divers at each sectional will advance to one of four diving regionals slated for Tuesday, Feb. 6, with the top eight
advancing to the state meet.
Heat
sheets for the state finals and results from each sectional site will be posted
to the girls swimming page on the IHSAA website on Sunday, Feb. 4, as they
become available. Diving regional results will be posted on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Sectionals
Dates: Thursday, Feb. 1 (Swimming Preliminaries). Saturday, Feb. 3 (Diving;
Consolations & Finals in Swimming events).
Admission: $5 per session. $8 both sessions.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
Defending Sectional Champions
Active Sectional Championship
Streaks (Three or more years)
23 years –
Columbus North.
22 –
17 – Center Grove.
10 –
8 –
7 –
Chesterton.
6 –
Noblesville.
5 –
4 –
Most All-Time Consecutive Sectional
Championships
23 by Columbus North, 1983-current.
Top 5 All-Time Sectional Championships
27 –
23 –
21 –
20 –
TEAM
WRESTLING REGIONALS WEDNESDAY, INDIVIDUAL REGIONALS SATURDAY
With
the start of last Saturday’s 69th Annual IHSAA Individual Wrestling Tournament
Series at the sectional level, the sport now breaks off into two separate
tournaments. The top two teams at each of the sectionals now advance their full
complement of wrestlers to regional action of the 12th Annual Team Wrestling
Tournament Series at 16 sites Wednesday, Jan. 31. Following two rounds of dual
competition that evening, the regional championship teams will head to
semi-state competition on Wednesday, Feb. 7.
Meanwhile,
in the individual tournament, the top four wrestlers from Saturday’s sectionals
head to regional action this Saturday at 16 various sites. The top three
participants in each weight class will qualify for the individual semi-states
on Saturday, Feb. 10.
Results
from each site will be posted to the IHSAA website as they become available.
APPLY
As in 2006,
news media planning to cover the IHSAA Individual Wrestling State Finals on
Feb. 16-17 will be required to apply for credentials. The generic state finals
media credential issued earlier this year will NOT allow admission – no exceptions.
Interested
media should fax a request on company letterhead to IHSAA Sports Information
Director Jason Wille at 317-575-4244. Requests via e-mail will not be accepted.
The deadline to apply is Wednesday, Feb. 14. Please include the names of the
individuals to be credentialed limiting your requests to legitimate, working
members of the media. Credentials are not transferable from person to person
and unauthorized usage may result in revocation of credential privileges. Also,
children will not be granted credentials and should not be brought to the
venue.
Approved
requests may be claimed at media will-call at Conseco Fieldhouse
on the days of the event. As a friendly reminder, the IHSAA does not issue
credentials to sectional, regional or semi-state competitions. In those cases,
please contact the host school’s athletic department.
NOTE: This policy does not affect
the Team Wrestling State Finals at Center Grove High School on Saturday, Feb.
24. The generic 2006-07
Individual Regionals
Date: Saturday, Feb. 3.
Admission: $6.
Advancement: The top three place winners in each weight class
advance to the semi-state tournament.
Team Regionals
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 31.
Admission: $6.00.
Advancement: This is a single elimination
tournament in which the winning team shall advance to the next round.
TEAM TOURNAMENT NOTES
Defending Regional Champions Still
Alive (15 of 16)
Bellmont,
Bloomington South, Carmel, Columbia City, Crown Point, East Central, Elkhart
Memorial, Evansville Mater Dei, Franklin, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jasper,
Lafayette Jefferson, Merrillville, Mishawaka, Perry Meridian.
Active Regional Championship Streaks
(Three or more years)
28
years – Evansville Mater Dei.
13
– Bellmont.
7
–
5
–
4
–
3 –
Most Consecutive Regional
Championships
28 –
Evansville Mater Dei (1979-current).
Top 5 All-Time Regional
Championships
28 –
25 – Bellmont.
18 –
15 – Delta,
GIRLS
BASKETBALL SECTIONALS BEGIN NEXT WEEK
The 32nd
Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament Series gets underway next week
with a majority of the action set for Tuesday, Feb. 6. Complete schedules will
be posted to the IHSAA website later this week.
Semifinals
are scheduled for Friday and championship games on Saturday night. Sectional
champions will advance to regional play on Saturday, Feb. 17 at 16 sites.
Results
will be updated nightly on the IHSAA website as scores become available.
Sectionals
Dates: Monday,
Feb. 5 – Saturday, Feb. 10.
Admission: $5 per
session; $9 all sessions.
TOURNAMENT NOTES
Schools Entered for First Time (3)
4A – Fishers (Sectional 9 at
3A – None.
2A – Guerin Catholic (Sectional 43 at
A –
Defending State Champions
4A – Castle (Sectional 16 at Castle).
3A – Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (Sectional 23 at
Leo).
2A – Heritage Christian (Sectional 43 at
A –
Defending Sectional Champions
4A – Anderson, Bloomington North, Castle, Chesterton, DeKalb, East Chicago Central, Elkhart Memorial, Franklin Central,
Hamilton Southeastern, Huntington North, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lawrence
North, Pike, Plainfield, South Bend Washington.
3A – Andrean, Benton Central,
Corydon Central, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers,
Gibson Southern, Hammond, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard,
Jay County, Lebanon, New Castle, NorthWood, Owen
Valley, Rushville, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Tippecanoe Valley.
2A – Boone Grove, Charlestown, Harding, Heritage
Christian, Manchester, Monrovia, North Knox, North Montgomery, Prairie Heights,
Rensselaer Central, Shenandoah, South Spencer, Southwestern (Hanover), Taylor,
Union County, Westview.
A – Argos, Attica, Barr-Reeve, Bloomfield, Fort Wayne
Canterbury, Indianapolis Lutheran, Lafayette Central Catholic, Morgan Township,
Northeast Dubois, Oakland City Wood, Oldenburg Academy, South Central
(Elizabeth), Tri, Tri-Central, Tri-County, Waldron.
Schools that won first sectional
championship last year
4A – None.
3A – None.
2A –
A –
Active Sectional Championship
Streaks (Three or more years)
7 –
Shenandoah (2A).
6 – Castle
(4A).
5 – South
Bend St. Joseph’s (3A).
4 –
3 – Corydon
Central (3A), Elkhart Memorial (4A), Fort Wayne Bishop Luers
(3A), Fort Wayne Canterbury (A), Harding (2A), Huntington North (4A),
Indianapolis Lutheran (A), North Knox (2A), NorthWood
(3A), Rushville (3A), South Bend Washington (4A), Taylor (2A).
Most Consecutive Sectional
Championships
18 by
Rushville, 1980-97.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional
Championships
24 –
Rushville.
20 –
19 –
18 – Ben
Davis, Huntington North, Sullivan.
17 –
Schools Seeking First Sectional
Championship
4A – Fishers,
3A – Crawfordsville, Gary Wirt, Greensburg, Indianapolis
Bishop Chatard, Mishawaka Marian, Mount Vernon,
Northridge, Whiteland, Whitko.
2A – Centerville, Central Noble, Churubusco,
Cloverdale, Eastern Greene, Fairfield, Guerin Catholic, Lake Station Edison,
Milan, Oak Hill, Providence, Sheridan.
A – Bethesda Christian, Cannelton,
Christian Academy of Indiana, Covenant Christian, Cowan, Crothersville,
Daleville, Edinburgh, Elkhart Christian Academy, Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Christian, Frontier, Greenwood Christian, Hamilton, Indiana School for the
Deaf, International, Keystone, LaCrosse, Lakewood
Park Christian, Lanesville, Liberty Christian, Medora, Michigan City Marquette,
Orleans, Restoration Christian, River Forest, Shakamak,
Shawe Memorial, Shoals, Trinity Lutheran, University,
Vincennes Rivet, Westville.
NORTH
CENTRAL BOYS BASKETBALL GAME ON ESPN2 THURSDAY
One of
The game
will be aired nationally on ESPN2 beginning at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT.
North
Central (10-3) features 6-2 guard Eric Gordon, widely considered one of the
best prep players in the country, while Loyola counters with Jeffrey and Marcus
Jordan, sons of legendary Michael Jordan.
North
Central appeared on ESPN2 last season falling at home to Lawrence North on Jan.
19, 2006.
SCHOOLS
HONORED WITH IHSAA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS
The Indiana
High School Athletic Association has announced that 97 member high schools
qualified to receive the third annual IHSAA Sportsmanship Award for the 2005-06
school year, including 46 who will be recognized for the first time. A total of
400 high schools participated in the sportsmanship program last school year.
In order to
be eligible for the award, schools are required to have a written sportsmanship
plan in place and a method for sharing that plan with faculty, coaches,
parents, fans and student-athletes. Further, schools cannot have any players or
coaches ejected from a game and cannot be on probation or suspension by the
IHSAA due to a rules violation.
“Our goals
at the IHSAA have never focused on developing ‘All-Americans,’ but rather good
Americans,” said Blake Ress, Commissioner of the IHSAA. “This sportsmanship
program promotes that concept by recognizing schools whose coaches and
student-athletes have exhibited a positive attitude, been good citizens and
promoted fair play. In essence, this is what good, healthy competition is all
about.”
Each school
that qualifies for the first time will receive a commemorative IHSAA
Sportsmanship Award banner to hang in its gymnasium. The four-color, 4 x 7 foot
banner will be personalized and presented during a special ceremony. The banner
serves as a visual reminder for every student-athlete, coach and fan about the
importance of good sportsmanship. Schools that have won in previous years will
receive an attachment with the school year printed on it that can be added to
the banner they had previously earned.
Schools
that qualified for the award, including those which won for the first time
listed in italics, include:
Adams Central, Angola, Attica, Austin, Batesville, Bethesda
Christian, Bloomfield, Blue River Valley, Bluffton, Borden, Brownstown Central, Cannelton,
Caston, Charlestown, Christian Academy of
Indiana, Churubusco, Clinton Prairie,
Covington, Crawford County, Crothersville, Crown Point, Culver Community, Daleville, Eastern (Pekin), Evansville
Reitz, Fairfield, Floyd Central,
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fountain Central, Gary Wirt, Goshen, Greensburg, Hammond Clark, Hebron,
Heritage, Holy Cross, Howe Military, Indiana
School for the Blind, Indiana School for the Deaf, Jimtown, Kankakee Valley, Keystone, Kokomo, Kouts,
LaCrosse, Lapel, Liberty Christian, Manchester, Marion Lakeview Christian, Medora,
Mitchell, Monroe Central, Morton
Memorial, Mount Vernon (Fortville),
New Harmony, New Prairie, North Central
(Farmersburg), North Daviess, North Decatur, North Judson, North Knox, North Vermillion, North White, Northeast Dubois,
Northridge, Oldenburg Academy, Orleans, Owen
Valley, Perry Central, Randolph
Southern, Restoration Christian, Rossville,
Shakamak, South
Central (Elizabeth), South Decatur, Southern Wells, Southmont, Southridge, Southwestern
(Hanover), Southwood, Switzerland County, Tipton, Tri-County, Triton, Tri-West Hendricks, Union (Dugger), University, Vincennes Rivet, Washington Catholic, Washington
Township, West Noble, West Washington,
White’s, Whitko, Winchester, Woodlan.
In 2004-05,
96 schools met the requirements while 70 qualified in 2003-04, the program’s
first year.
GIRLS BASKETBALL STATISTICS
Information
as of Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The
following lists of statistical leaders are compiled from information contained
at Athlistics.com, 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 Athlistics.com
and updating team and individual statistics by 10 a.m. ET / 9 a.m. CT each
Monday through the end of the season. Subscribers to the site will be
able to assist their favorite school’s athletic department as 25 percent of
subscription revenue benefits the school designated by the individual.
Points per game
|
Name |
School (Class) |
Grade |
G |
FG |
3FG |
FTM |
Points |
High |
PPG |
|
Megan King |
|
12 |
19 |
162 |
27 |
105 |
510 |
38 |
26.8 |
|
Brittany
Rayburn |
|
11 |
17 |
112 |
43 |
103 |
456 |
46 |
26.8 |
|
Deja Mattox |
Maconaquah (3A) |
11 |
17 |
131 |
27 |
102 |
445 |
35 |
26.2 |
|
Sam Stahl |
|
12 |
20 |
148 |
24 |
117 |
485 |
31 |
24.3 |
|
Sha’la |
|
12 |
19 |
151 |
26 |
76 |
456 |
3 |
24.0 |
|
Brittany
Schoen |
South
Central (Elizabeth) (A) |
11 |
17 |
72 |
62 |
72 |
402 |
38 |
23.7 |
|
Skyler Diggins |
|
10 |
21 |
144 |
39 |
77 |
482 |
31 |
23.0 |
|
Jordan
Lewis |
Greenfield-Central
(4A) |
11 |
15 |
131 |
1 |
71 |
336 |
34 |
22.4 |
|
Kayla
Thompson |
Covenant
Christian (A) |
12 |
17 |
107 |
33 |
66 |
379 |
33 |
22.3 |
|
Amie
Newhart |
|
12 |
18 |
124 |
17 |
99 |
398 |
34 |
22.1 |
|
Marah Kyle |
Bluffton
(2A) |
11 |
17 |
93 |
28 |
91 |
361 |
36 |
21.2 |
|
Stephanie
Wagner |
Jimtown (2A) |
12 |
14 |
86 |
14 |
80 |
294 |
30 |
21.0 |
|
Betsy
Adams |
|
11 |
20 |
75 |
60 |
84 |
414 |
35 |
20.7 |
|
Shaylee Brown |
|
11 |
17 |
90 |
36 |
60 |
348 |
4 |
20.5 |
|
Mollie Taulbee |