Indiana High School Athletic Association

Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc.

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

May 22, 2007

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director

E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

REGIONAL CROWNS, STATE TRACK MEET QUALIFYING ON THE LINE THIS WEEK

Sixteen regional events will be conducted this week in the track and field state tournaments for girls and boys. All eight girls events will be contested today (May 22), while seven of eight boys sites are scheduled for Thursday, May 24. Qualifiers for the Evansville Central boys regional will compete on Wednesday.

Qualifiers from each site will advance to their respective state meets in Bloomington. This year’s boys state meet is scheduled for Friday, June 1 with the girls meet the next day.

Results from each regional will be posted on the IHSAA website as they become available from the host site. Heat sheets for the state meet also will be posted to the IHSAA website later this week.

Girls Regionals

Date: Tuesday, May 22.

Admission: $6.

Advancement from Regionals to State: 1st, 2nd and 3rd place regional winners in all individual events and relays plus any individual meeting or relay team the 3 Participant Standard in the regional finals of their event. An individual or relay team shall not advance to the state finals from the regional finals unless the time is recorded by fully automatic timing (FAT). If there are less than 3 in any event meeting the 3 Participant Standard, the next best regional finishers shall be added to bring the total number of entrants to 27 in each event.

1. Bedford North Lawrence (4) 5:45 pm ET

Qualifiers from Bloomington North, Corydon Central, Jeffersonville, Seymour.

2. Bremen (4) 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Bremen, Madison-Grant, Rochester, Warsaw.

3. Evansville Central (4) 5:30 pm CT

Qualifiers from Mt. Vernon, Perry Central, Princeton, Terre Haute North.

4. Fort Wayne Northrop (4) 5:30 pm ET

Qualifiers from Angola, Bluffton, Fort Wayne Northrop, Huntington North.

5. Highland (4) 5:30 pm CT

Qualifiers from Chesterton, Highland, Kankakee Valley, Lowell.

6. Lawrence North (4) 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Lawrence Central, Muncie Southside, Pendleton Heights, Southport.

7. Shelbyville (4) 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Columbus East, Connersville, Franklin County, Shelbyville.

8. West Lafayette (4) 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Benton Central, Harrison (West Lafayette), Noblesville, South Putnam.

Notables

Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)

6 years – Warren Central.

5 – Hamilton Southeastern.

4 – Fort Wayne Northrop.

3 – None.

Most Consecutive Regional Championships

8 by North Central (Indianapolis), 1984-1991.

Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships

15 – Fort Wayne Northrop.

13 – Jeffersonville.

12 – North Central (Indianapolis).

8 – Carmel.

7 – Bloomington North, Gary Roosevelt, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical.

6 – Fort Wayne South Side, Gary West Side, Hamilton Southeastern, South Bend Adams, Warren Central.

Boys Regionals

Date: Thursday, May 24.

Admission: $6.

1. Bloomington North 5:30 pm ET

Qualifiers from Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Corydon Central, Jeffersonville.

2. Connersville 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Columbus North, Connersville, East Central, Warren Central.

3. Evansville Central 5:30 pm CT on Wed, May 23

Qualifiers from Evansville Central, Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute North.

4. Fort Wayne Wayne 5 pm ET

Qualifiers from East Noble, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Marion.

5. Kokomo 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Goshen, Kokomo, Penn, Plymouth.

6. Lafayette Jefferson 5:30 pm ET

Qualifiers from Benton Central, Carmel, Lafayette Jefferson, Plainfield.

7. Mount Vernon (Fortville) 6 pm ET

Qualifiers from Ben Davis, Muncie Central, Mount Vernon (Fortville), North Central (Indianapolis).

8. Valparaiso 5:30 pm CT

Qualifiers from Crown Point, Highland, Portage, Rensselaer.

Notables

Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)

4 years – Fort Wayne Northrop, Warren Central.

3 – None.

Most Consecutive Regional Championships

10 by Gary Roosevelt, 1981-90.

Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships

29 – Gary Roosevelt.

21 – North Central (Indianapolis).

15 – Jeffersonville.

12 – Fort Wayne Northrop.

11 – Carmel, Elkhart Central, Fort Wayne North Side.

10 – Richmond.

9 – Fort Wayne Snider.

8 – Bloomington North, Gary West Side, Kokomo, Lawrence Central.

NEW MEDIA CREDENTIAL POLICY FOR TRACK STATE FINALS

News media interested in covering the IHSAA Girls and/or Boys Track and Field State Finals will be required to apply for credentials to this year’s events on June 1-2. The generic state finals media credential issued earlier this year will NOT allow admission as in previous years – 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. 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.

Approved requests may be claimed at media will-call at the Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex in Bloomington that weekend. 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.

GIRLS TENNIS REGIONALS THIS WEEK, SEMI-STATES SATURDAY

Sixteen sites will host team regional competition this week in the girls tennis state tournament. Semifinal matches begin this afternoon with champions to be crowned Wednesday. The regional winners will move to the semi-state round on Saturday, May 26, at one of four sites.

Individual sectional play for undefeated No. 1 singles and doubles players also continues this week at the team regional sites with survivors moving on to the individual regional round on Saturday, June 2, at North Central High School in Indianapolis. That field, which will be announced next week, includes any post-season unbeatens whose teams were eliminated this week.

Team Regional, Semi-State Information

Individual Sectionals

Notables

Defending Regional Champions Still Alive (14 of 16)

Bloomington South, Carmel, Center Grove, Delta, Elkhart Central, Homestead, Jasper, Kokomo, Merrillville, Munster, Park Tudor, Plymouth, Providence, Zionsville.

Most Consecutive Regional Championships: 12 by Munster, 1993-2004.

Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)

9 years – Park Tudor.

6 – Kokomo, Zionsville.

4 – Center Grove.

3 – Delta.

Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships

23 – Munster.

20 – Homestead.

18 – North Central (Indianapolis).

15 – Marion.

13 – Elkhart Central, Terre Haute South.

12 – Center Grove, Columbus North.

11 – Evansville Memorial.

10 – Park Tudor.

SOFTBALL SECTIONALS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK

Softball games at 64 sectional sites continue this week across the state in each of four different classes in the 23rd Annual IHSAA State Tournament Series. Championship teams will be crowned later this week with some as early as Wednesday night.

This week’s sectional winners will advance to one of 16 regional sites (four teams at each site) on Saturday, June 2, for two semifinal games and an evening championship contest.

Final scores from each host site will be updated nightly on the IHSAA website as they are received.

Sectionals

Dates: Monday, May 21 – Saturday, May 26.

Admission: $5 per session; $8 all sessions.

Home Team: The second-named team in each game is the designated home team.

Sectional Brackets: 4A | 3A | 2A | A

Regional, State Brackets: 4A | 3A | 2A | A

Notables

Defending Sectional Champions

4A – Anderson, Avon, Bloomington North, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Center Grove, Chesterton, Evansville Harrison, Floyd Central, Huntington North, Indianapolis Cathedral, Kokomo, Lake Central, Martinsville, Penn, South Bend Riley.

3A – Bellmont, Blackford, Boonville, Edgewood, Griffith, Jasper, Kankakee Valley, Madison, New Palestine, New Prairie, Northridge, Norwell, Roncalli, South Dearborn, West Lafayette, Western Boone.

2A – Cass, Delphi, Eastern (Greentown), Eastern (Pekin), Eastside, Frankton, Hammond Bishop Noll, Indianapolis Scecina, Jimtown, Linton-Stockton, North Posey, North Putnam, Switzerland County, Union County, Winamac, Woodlan.

A – Cowan, Hauser, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Jac-Cen-Del, Lafayette Central Catholic, Lakewood Park Christian, Lanesville, North Central (Farmersburg), North Daviess, Northeast Dubois, Pioneer, South Central (Union Mills), Southern Wells, Tecumseh, Turkey Run, Whiting.

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships

11 by Pike Central, 1988-98.

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)

8 years – Eastern (Greentown), Pioneer.

7 – Eastside.

6 – Lake Central.

5 – Southern Wells.

4 – Bellmont, Indianapolis Cathedral, Tecumseh, West Lafayette.

3 – Cass, Cowan, Hauser, Indianapolis Scecina, Lanesville, Martinsville, Northridge, Penn.

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships

17 – Eastern (Greentown).

16 – Boonville, Center Grove.

15 – Shenandoah.

14 – Lake Central.

12 – Blackford, Decatur Central, Huntington North, Jennings County, Western Boone.

BASEBALL SECTIONALS START MEMORIAL DAY

The 41st Annual IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Series begins next week as 64 sectionals get underway around the state. Most sites will begin on Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day) and conclude Saturday, June 2. This year’s field includes 387 teams in four different classes. Scores and any schedule changes will be added to the IHSAA website throughout the week as they become available from the host sites.

This year’s state finals, scheduled for Friday, June 15, and Saturday, June 16, will be played at Victory Field in Indianapolis for the 10th time. The 4A state championship game, which will begin at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT on Saturday, will be televised live on the Indiana Cable Network to systems throughout the state. The schedule and order for the three other title games will be announced following the semi-state games.

Two member schools will be making their first appearance in this year’s baseball state tournament including Fishers, which will meet town rival Hamilton Southeastern in Class 4A’s Sectional 10 played at Westfield, and Guerin Catholic, which plays Heritage Christian in Class 2A’s Sectional 43 at Speedway.

The defending state champions will begin their 2007 tournament trails the following way: Fort Wayne Snider (4A) meets Huntington North in Sectional 6 at Homestead; Jasper (3A) will host Washington in Sectional 31; North Posey, the two-time defending champ in 2A, takes on Crawford County in Sectional 48 at Southridge and; Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian (A) plays Elkhart Christian Academy in Sectional 53 at Fort Wayne Canterbury.

State Tournament Pairings

NOTABLES

Defending Sectional Champions

4A – Crown Point, Decatur Central, East Central, Evansville Central, Fort Wayne Snider, Greenfield-Central, Harrison (West Lafayette), Indianapolis Cathedral, Jennings County, LaPorte, Munster, North Central (Indianapolis), Penn, Terre Haute North, Warsaw, Zionsville.

3A – Andrean, Connersville, Crawfordsville, Edgewood, Hamilton Heights, Hammond Clark, Jasper, Madison, New Haven, Mississinewa, Mount Vernon, Norwell, Plymouth, West Lafayette, West Noble, Whiteland.

2A – Austin, Churubusco, Glenn, Hagerstown, Hammond Bishop Noll, Mitchell, North Judson, North Posey, Northfield, Oak Hill, Park Tudor, Seeger, Shenandoah, South Putnam, South Ripley, Woodlan.

A – Borden, Cowan, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Frontier, Hauser, Jac-Cen-Del, Kouts, Lapel, North White, Orleans, Rockville, Shakamak, South Central (Union Mills), Tecumseh, Vincennes Rivet, Wes-Del.

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships

21 by Logansport, 1973-1993.

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)

6 years – Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Penn.

5 – Andrean, Shakamak.

4 – Jasper, LaPorte, Norwell.

3 – Cowan, Hauser, North Posey.

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships

34 – LaPorte.

30 – Jasper.

28 – Logansport, Richmond.

24 – Evansville Memorial.

23 – Plymouth.

22 – Benton Central.

21 – Madison.

20 – Marion.

19 – DeKalb, Hammond Bishop Noll, Valparaiso.

NEWS & NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE

Have an interesting note? Please e-mail IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org for consideration.

Benton Central athletic director Dan Dawson will leave his position to coach the girls basketball team at Delphi next year. Dawson has been the Bison AD the last 10 years. Prior to that he had been the athletic director and girls basketball coach at Carroll (Flora). He’s also been a boys basketball coach at Sheridan and Seeger.

John Glenn High School hired Travis Hannah as its next varsity boys basketball coach. Hannah had guided the Oregon-Davis boys team to the Class A state title in March.

Springs Valley has hired Josh Thompson as its boys varsity basketball coach. He had been the varsity assistant coach at Loogootee. Thompson will also double as assistant principal at Springs Valley. The school also has hired Kelly Schmitt as its girls varsity basketball coach. Schmitt had been the junior varsity coach for the past three seasons while teaching elementary special education.

Martinsville baseball coach Bill Tutterow won his 600th game on May 9 with a 10-5 victory over Northview. He is in his 35th season as Martinsville's baseball coach.

Clarksville tennis player Tiffany Welcher, the 2006 state singles champion, was named a National High School All-American for 2007 by the National High School Tennis All-American Foundation. Welcher is playing No. 1 doubles in this year’s state tournament with her sister, Deahna.

After a 33-year career, Penn’s Henry Wilk announced he is stepping down as wrestling coach and from his teaching position at the end of the school year opting for retirement. Wilk coached Penn to three state finals appearances, including a state runner-up finish in 1997. As a high school wrestler at Mishawaka, Wilk finished as the state runner-up at 95 pounds in 1968 and came back to win the state title a year later to become the school’s first wrestling state champion.

Hamilton Heights has announced Rick Willoughby as the Huskies new head wrestling coach. Willoughby was the head coach at Westfield for 10 years and coached seven wrestlers to the state finals.

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