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Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA
INFORMATION
October 3, 2006
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34TH
The pairings for the 34th Annual IHSAA Football
State Tournament Series were drawn this evening by Commissioner Blake Ress at
the IHSAA Office in
Three hundred fourteen schools, three more than in
2005 and the most since the IHSAA moved to a five class system in 1985, have
entered this year’s tournament with most beginning sectional play on
Friday, October 20. Six sectionals have only seven teams thus allowing one team
in each to receive a bye into the second round. Those six schools – Evansville
North in 5A;
Forty sectional champions will be crowned on Friday,
November 3. Regional games will be played Friday, November 10 and semi-states
on Friday, November 17.
The 10 teams that earn a berth in the state finals
will play on Thanksgiving weekend at the RCA Dome in
Two of the five top-ranked teams in the latest
coaches polls are also defending state champions in their respective classes.
In 5A, top-ranked Warren Central will begin its quest for an unprecedented
fourth consecutive state championship hosting
Among other current No. 1 teams, 4A Columbus East opens
up at home against East Central. In 3A, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard drew a home
date with Crawfordsville. And in 2A, Cass will host
Three schools – Fishers, Guerin Catholic and
Indianapolis Lutheran – are entered in the state tournament for the first
time. Fishers will play at Kokomo in Class 5A, Sectional 4; Guerin Catholic
will travel to Winamac in Class 2A, Sectional 25 and Indianapolis Lutheran will
host Northfield in Class A, Sectional 34.
This is the final year of a four-year cycle that
divides the sport into five classes based on school enrollment. Beginning next
year, the football tournament will be reclassified every two years.
NOTES
All-Time Consecutive Tournament Victories
23 – Roncalli, 2002-05.
Active Consecutive Tournament Victory Streaks
18 – Warren Central, 2003-05.
6 – Jimtown, Lowell, NorthWood, Sheridan.
Defending Sectional Champions
Adams Central, Avon, Batesville, Cass, Concord,
Decatur Central, Delta, East Central, Eastbrook, Evansville Reitz, Fort Wayne
Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Greenwood, Griffith,
Hamilton Heights, Hamilton Southeastern, Heritage Hills, Indianapolis Bishop
Chatard, Jasper, Jimtown, Knightstown, Lafayette Central Catholic,
Lawrenceburg, Lowell, Merrillville, New Palestine, North Posey, NorthWood, Park
Tudor, Penn, Perry Central, Rensselaer Central, Riverton Parke, Roncalli,
Sheridan, Speedway, Tri-West Hendricks, Warren Central, West Central.
Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)
11 –
6 –
5 – Batesville, Eastbrook, Indianapolis Bishop
Chatard.
4 –
3 – Adams Central,
Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
19
by
Top 5 All-Time Sectional Championships
19 –
17 – Ben Davis.
16 – Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Jimtown, Penn, Roncalli.
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