Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
____________________________________________________________________
MEDIA INFORMATION
February 21, 2007
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports
Information Director
E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
BOYS
SWIMMING & DIVING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND
Several
first-time state champions will be crowned this weekend in the 70th
Annual IHSAA Boys Swimming & Diving State Finals at the Indiana University
Natatorium in
North
Central of Indianapolis is the two-time defending state champion and the
Panthers claim the only individual in the meet – Mike Christy – to have won an
individual state title. The senior is the defending champ in two events – the
200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke and enters Friday’s prelims with
the state’s best time from last Saturday’s sectionals. He also won the 200 IM
as a freshman in 2004.
Joining
Christy as a top seed in two events is
Preliminary
swimming heats get underway Friday night at 6 pm ET / 5 pm CT. The top 16 in
each event will return for competition on Saturday with the top eight
individuals vying for state championship honors. Those finishing ninth through
16th on Friday will make up the competitors in the consolation heats. All
diving will take place on Saturday beginning at 9 am ET / 8 am CT with the top
21 of 32 competitors advancing from the prelims to the semis after five dives
each. After three dives each in the semis, the top 16 will advance to the final
round for another three dives each. All championship and consolation finals,
including diving, will commence at 1:05 pm ET / 12:05 pm CT on Saturday.
Center
Grove, competing at Indian Creek, and Munster, competing at the Crown Point
Sectional, each won their 22nd sectional crown in a row on Saturday – the
state’s longest active streak of titles in the sport.
Results
from each event will be posted to the IHSAA website as the meet progresses both
days.
70th Annual IHSAA
Boys Swimming & Diving State Finals
Site: Indiana University Natatorium,
IUPUI, 901 W.
Preliminaries:
Friday, Feb. 23, 6
pm ET.
Finals: Saturday, Feb. 24. Diving
preliminaries and semifinals begin at 9 am ET.
Consolations
and finals for all events begin at 1 pm ET.
Admission: $8 per session or $12 both days.
Webcast: Audio streaming
of the meet can be heard through the IHSAA’s internet
partner, HoosierAuthority.com.
State Finals Heat
Sheets | Psych Sheets
Advancement
The top 16
in each swimming event during Friday’s prelims will return for competition on Saturday
with the top eight individuals vying for state championship honors. Those
finishing nine through 16 on Friday will make up the competitors in the
consolation heats. All diving will take place on Saturday with the top 21 of 32
competitors advancing from the prelims to the semis after five dives each.
After three dives each in the semis, the top 16 will advance to the final round
for another three dives each.
DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE
FIELD
200
IM – Mike Christy, 12, North Central (
100
Backstroke – Mike Christy, 12, North Central (
TOP SEEDS
200 Medley Relay – North Central (
200 Freestyle – Ben Wachtel,
11,
200 Individual Medley – Mike Christy, 12, North Central (
50 Freestyle – Tyler Lemert,
12,
100 Butterfly – Jon Hueni,
11,
100 Freestyle – Ben Wachtel,
11,
500 Freestyle – Samuel Trahin,
10, Carroll (
200 Freestyle Relay –
100 Backstroke – Mike Christy, 12, North Central (
100 Breaststroke – Chris Johnson, 10,
400 Freestyle Relay –
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Times are approximate
Friday
15 MINUTE BREAK
Saturday
Advancement: During Friday preliminaries, the
top eight in each swimming event will advance to Saturday’s championship heat,
while the ninth through 16th positions will compete in Saturday’s consolation
heat. All diving will take place on Saturday with the top 21 of 32 competitors
advancing from the prelims to the semis after five dives each. After three
dives each in the semis, the top 16 will advance to the final round for another
three dives each.
Credentials: The 2006-07 IHSAA State Finals
Media Credential is accepted for admittance. Please fax requests, including the
name of the media member to be credentialed, on company letterhead to
Media Work Area: Four phone lines will be available
in the media working area of the west bleachers for use by writers and
photographers. Results from each event will be distributed and also posted to
the IHSAA website as the meet progresses both days. Writers and photographers
will also have access to the pool deck.
Media Hosts: IHSAA Sports Information Director
Jason Wille and assistant Don Kaczorowski will be on hand to assist in your
coverage of the state meet.
Off Limits: For safety and liability reasons,
members of the media are not permitted on the moveable bulkheads that separate the
pools or on any of the diving platforms. Also, due to congestion in the
immediate area of the starting blocks with timers and judges, we ask that
writers and photographers steer clear of that area as well. Editors and sports
directors -- please share this information with those who are covering the
event and might not necessarily have access to this release. Thank you for your
cooperation.
DOUG
GARD HONORED AS TOP SWIMMING OFFICIAL
A licensed
official for 11 years, McCordsville resident Doug Gard is this year’s recipient of the Interscholastic
Athletic Official Association Award for excellence in the sport of swimming and
diving.
Doug will
be honored in a special ceremony during this weekend’s state finals at IU
Natatorium.
Including
this season, Doug has 11 sectionals, two regionals,
and four state finals to his credit.
Each year,
the Indiana High School Athletic Association, in cooperation with the National
Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and honors an
outstanding official in each of the 11 sports during the school year.
Gard was
nominated for this award by Mark Friend, sports chairman of the Indiana
Officials Association (IOA), one of 26 associations located throughout
Gard went
to
TEAM
WRESTLING FINALS SATURDAY
Six
holdovers from last year and seven individuals who advanced to the final match
last week headline the field in the 12th Annual IHSAA Team Wrestling
State Finals on Saturday at
Defending
champion Evansville Mater Dei has been a participant every year of this
tournament and the Wildcats will attempt to win the team title for the 11th
time in 13 years. Mater Dei had six place-winners last week but only one, Nick Dewig, made it to the final match. He finished as the
runner-up at 145.
Also back
to this year’s event are Bellmont, Indianapolis
Cathedral,
Josh Harper
and Ian Hinton each captured their second consecutive state titles last weekend
representing
Cathedral
advanced five wrestlers into last Saturday’s second day with two taking
runner-up honors in their respective weight class. Brandon Wright was the
runner-up at 103 while Frank Troiano was second at
171.
Perry
Meridian is led by heavyweight champion Chico Adams who also is undefeated this
season. He is one of four wrestlers from his school who advanced to the second day
of action last weekend.
Bellmont
had two place-winners and the Braves are appearing in the state finals for 10th
consecutive year after last year’s runner-up finish.
2007 STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE FIELD
112 – Josh
Harper,
145 – Jamal
189 – Ian
Hinton,
285 –
2007 STATE RUNNERS-UP IN THE FIELD
103 –
Brandon Wright,
145 – Nick Dewig,
171 – Frank
Troiano,
12th
Date: Saturday,
Feb. 24.
Site: Center Grove High School,
Time:
Quarterfinals begin at 10 am ET with semifinal round and championship round to
follow.
Admission: $8.00.
Advancement: This is a single elimination
tournament in which the winning team shall advance to the next round.
Quarterfinals
Match 1:
Match 2: Avon vs.
Match 3: Bellmont vs. Perry Meridian.
Match 4:
Semifinals
Match 5: Winner of
Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.
Match 6: Winner of
Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4.
Championship
Match
7: Winner of Match 5 vs. Winner of Match 6.
Credentials: The 2006-07 IHSAA State Finals Media
Credential is accepted for admittance. Please fax requests, including the name
of the media member to be credentialed, on company letterhead to
Media Work Area: Work space in each corner of the
balcony level of the gymnasium will be available for use by credentialed media.
There will be a single room off the northwest corner of the gym floor where
media may send their stories and/or photographs using the available telephone
lines.
Results: Results from each level of the meet
-- quarterfinals, semifinals and finals -- will be posted to the IHSAA website
at www.ihsaa.org.
Media Hosts: IHSAA Communications Director Chris
Kaufman and Sports Information Assistant Mike Wilson will be on hand to assist
in your coverage of the state meet.
Due to space limitations: Due to space limitations on the
gymnasium floor, the tournament administration has asked that the media please
work from the bleacher or balcony area and to avoid the floor until after the
completion of the first round of matches. During the semifinals and
championship round, writers and photographers are welcome to work closer to the
action on the floor. Thank you for your cooperation.
TEAM
WRESTLING FINALS TO BE BROADCAST ON TAPE DELAY
Saturday’s championship round of the Team Wrestling State Finals will be
broadcast on a tape delay basis next Wednesday, Feb. 28, and Thursday, March 1
at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT on the Indiana Cable Network.
Cable systems and channels are listed below.
|
System |
City |
Channel |
|
Insight |
|
3 |
|
Insight |
|
21 |
|
Insight |
|
69 |
|
Bright
House Networks |
|
63 |
|
Comcast |
|
72 |
|
Insight |
|
16 |
|
Insight |
|
16 |
|
Insight |
Noblesville
/ |
18 |
|
Insight |
|
64 |
The Sweet
16 will be whittled down to the eight state finalist teams this Saturday as the
32nd Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Tournament rolls on to the semi-state
round. Each of the four sites will host a doubleheader with the first game set
for 1 pm ET / 12 pm CT.
Class 2A
defending champion Heritage Christian is the lone winner from last year to
survive to this point while
Six of
the remaining teams will be gunning for their first-ever appearance in the
girls basketball state finals. The six are split evenly in Classes A and 2A.
Both Wawasee and Anderson ended long regional title droughts on
Saturday night. Wawasee (3A) won its first regional
since it’s state runner-up season of 1985, while
Scores
from each game will be posted to the IHSAA website as they become available on
Saturday.
Semi-States
Date: Saturday,
Feb. 24.
Admission: $7.
Home Team: Winners of the odd-numbered regionals will be the designated home teams.
North
Game 1 – Class 2A – Jimtown (23-2) vs. Oak Hill (24-1). 1 pm ET
Game 2 – Class 3A –
Game 1 – Class A -- Oregon-Davis (23-3) vs. Lapel
(22-4). 1 pm ET
Game 2 – Class 4A –
South
Game 1 – Class 2A – Heritage Christian (24-3) vs. Mitchell (19-6). 1
pm ET
Game 2 – Class 4A – Center Grove (19-6) vs.
Game 1 – Class A – Northeast Dubois (19-6) vs.
Game 2 – Class 3A – Brebeuf Jesuit (21-6) vs.
TOURNAMENT
NOTES
Looking
for
4A – None.
3A – None.
2A – Jimtown, Mitchell, Oak Hill.
A – Lapel,
Looking
to
23 years – Evansville Bosse (1984).
22 – Wawasee (1985).
13 –
11 – Center Grove (1996).
10 –
Most Consecutive Semi-State
Championships
4 by Noblesville
(1987-90); 4 by Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (1999-2002).
Top Five
All-Time Semi-State Championship Leaders
6
-- Fort Wayne Bishop Luers.
5
–
4
--
2006 State
Champions Still Alive
2A – Heritage
Christian.
2006
State Finals Teams Still Alive
4A –
3A – None.
2A – Heritage
Christian.
A – None.
4A – Center
Grove (1996).
3A – Brebeuf Jesuit (2004), South Bend St. Joseph’s (2005).
2A – Heritage
Christian (2006).
A – None.
First-Time
Regional Champions
4A – None.
3A – None.
2A – Jimtown, Mitchell, Oak Hill.
A –
Regional
Championship Drought Breakers (Five or more years)
22 years – Wawasee (1985).
13 –
10 –
8 –
7 – Center
Grove, Lapel (2000).
Repeat
Regional Champions
4A –
3A – South
Bend St. Joseph’s.
2A – Heritage Christian.
A – None.
Coaches
from the eight schools in the 2007 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals will
gather Monday (Feb. 26) at Conseco Fieldhouse in
Beginning
at 10:45 am ET / 9:45 am CST, members of the media (please have identification
when requested by security) should go to the Media/Employee Entrance on the
southeast side of Conseco Fieldhouse off
Updated
statistics, rosters and other team information as submitted by the schools will
be distributed at the press conference. For outlets that cannot attend, a
special state finals information package will be available on the IHSAA website
later that day. If you would like
to pick up your state finals credentials at the press conference, please
indicate that on your request.
Also, the
IHSAA has partnered with Olive Garden,
which will cater lunch to all administrators, coaches and media in attendance on
Monday. Olive Garden will also invite all eight state finalist teams to dine in
one of their Indianapolis-area restaurants for a pre-game dinner preceeding their state finals.
GIRLS BASKETBALL STATISTICS
ATTENTION GIRLS BASKETBALL COACHES
Please be sure
to report your final statistics of the season at Athlistics.com upon your
team’s elimination from the state tournament so that your players will continue
to appear in the weekly state leaders listings through the end of the state
finals. The last compilation of the season will be announced the week following
the state finals.
Information
as of Tuesday, February 20, 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 |
|
Brittany
Rayburn |
|
11 |
24 |
161 |
65 |
154 |