Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc.

9150 North Meridian Street, PO 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                                                                                      October 3, 2006

Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director                                                                    

E–Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org

 

 

BOYS SOCCER SECTIONALS BEGIN THIS WEEK, GIRLS NEXT WEEK

A field of 268 boys teams begins play this week in the sectional rounds of the 13th Annual IHSAA Soccer State Tournament Series.

 

Sectional competition for boys begins a week earlier than in previous years as the early rounds of the boys tournament as the format as undergone significant changes including a new four-week format as a result of a move from 32 to 64 sectionals.

 

Boys sectional action begins at a pair of sites on Wednesday, Oct. 4 with most semifinals on Thursday, Oct. 5, and championships on Saturday, Oct. 7.

 

Defending state champion and current No. 4 North Central of Indianapolis opens up in its own sectional against No. 12 Brebeuf Jesuit, while top-ranked Carmel will host Fishers in the Carmel Sectional.

 

A total of 237 girls teams are entered as their sectional tournaments begin Monday, Oct. 9, at 32 sites and run through Saturday, Oct. 14.

 

Defending state champion and current No. 2 Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger opens against Columbia City at the Homestead Sectional while No. 1 Noblesville will meet Lebanon at the Hamilton Southeastern Sectional.

 

BOYS NOTES

 

Boys Sectionals

Dates: October 4, 5, 7, 2006.

Times: Determined by host school.

Admission: $5.00 per session; $8.00 all sessions.

·   Schedules PDF

 

Defending Sectional Champions (32)

Avon, Ben Davis, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Center Grove, Columbus East, Concord, DeKalb, East Central, Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Harrison (West Lafayette), Jasper, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lake Central, Lawrence Central, Logansport, Madison, Martinsville, Mount Vernon (Fortville), Munster, North Central (Indianapolis), Northridge, Norwell, Pendleton Heights, Richmond, South Bend Clay, Terre Haute North, Valparaiso, Warsaw.

 

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships

10 by Center Grove, 1994-2003.

 

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)

4 – Logansport, Munster, Valparaiso, Warsaw.

3 – East Central, Evansville Mater Dei, Lake Central, Pendleton Heights.

 

Top Five All-Time Sectional Championships

11 – Center Grove, Logansport.

10 – Washington.

9 – Brownsburg, Richmond.

 

 

GIRLS NOTES

 

Girls Sectionals

Dates: October 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2006.

Times: Determined by host school.

Admission: $5.00 per session; $8.00 all sessions.

·   Schedules PDF

 

Defending Sectional Champions (32)

Avon, Ben Davis, Bethany Christian, Bloomington South, Center Grove, Chesterton, Columbus North, East Central, Elkhart Central, Evansville Central, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Snider, Greenfield-Central, Hamilton Heights, Hammond Morton, Harrison (West Lafayette), Homestead, Jasper, Kokomo, Lake Central, LaVille, Lawrence Central, Marion, Muncie Central, Penn, Providence, Richmond, Roncalli, Terre Haute South, Valparaiso, Zionsville

 

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships

11 by Carmel, 1994-2004; 11 by Center Grove, 1995-2005

 

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)

11 – Center Grove.

4 – Avon, Bloomington South, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Hamilton Heights, Hammond Morton.

3 – East Central, Muncie Central, Providence, Richmond.

 

Top Five All-Time Sectional Championships

11 – Carmel, Center Grove, East Central.

10 – Homestead.

9 – Evansville Memorial, Lake Central.

 

 

 

TOM COLLINS TO BE HONORED WITH IHSAA MEDIA SERVICE AWARD

A sports writer since 1968, Tom Collins of the Courier & Press in Evansville, has been selected as the 2006-07 recipient of the IHSAA Distinguished Media Service Award for District III.

 

Collins will be honored on Friday night in a special ceremony during the Boonville-Central football game in Evansville. IHSAA Commissioner Blake Ress will be on hand along with Paul Neidig, athletic director of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, and Mike Whitten, principal at Boonville, both members of the IHSAA Board of Directors, to make the presentation.

 

Collins joined the Courier & Press sports department in 1968 and has covered the high school sports scene in southwestern Indiana since 1989. Prior to that he spent 21 consecutive years as the beat writer for the University of Evansville.

 

He was honored in 2002 with the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association’s Virgil Sweet Service Award which honors individuals who have provided meritorious service in the promotion of basketball in the state of Indiana.

 

Collins was born in Hazleton and attended schools in Fritchton, Wheatland and Vincennes and graduated in 1959 from Princeton High School. Upon graduation, Collins joined the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a communications technician while based in Turkey and Germany. After his discharge in 1963, Collins began working at Crane Naval Depot north of Loogootee as a computer programmer. When a parent fell ill, Collins returned home and began his career with the Evansville newspaper.

 

He and his wife, Diana, have resided in Fort Branch for 32 years. They have two adult children, Angela Speedy and Christopher Collins and one granddaughter, Jordan. In his spare time, Collins enjoys reading books on WWII history and spending time with his granddaughter.

 

This is the 23rd year the IHSAA has recognized an outstanding member of the Indiana news media from each of the three IHSAA legislative districts for excellence in the coverage of high school sports. District III covers 42 counties across southern Indiana. Collins is the first honoree of the 2006-07 school year.

 

On behalf of its 406 member schools, the Indiana High School Athletic Association is pleased to salute Tom Collins and recognize his dedicated service to high school athletics in the state of Indiana.

 

Previous award recipients from southwestern Indiana include:

 

Don Bernhardt, Evansville Courier, 1984-85

Bob Simmers, WITZ, Jasper, 1986-87

Larry Goffinet, Tell City News, 1991-92

Dave Hunter, WAOV, Vincennes, 1992-93

Norman Hall, WBNL, Boonville, 1993-94

Dave Dedrick, WUME/WSEZ, Paoli, 1995-96

Bob Bridge, Bedford Times-Mail, 1996-97

Mike Blake, WFIE-TV, Evansville, 1997-98

Larry Schweizer, WBNL, Boonville, 1998-99

Pete Swanson, Princeton Clarion, 1999-00

Tom Douglas, Spencer Evening World, 1999-00

Dan Egierski, WGBF Radio, Evansville, 2001-02

Mark Downey, Bloomfield Evening World, 2002-03

Brian Bohne, Ferdinand News/Spencer County Leader, 2003-04

Lance Wilkerson, News 25, WEHT-TV, Evansville, 2005-06

 

 

 

FOOTBALL STATE TOURNAMENT DRAW TONIGHT

The pairings for the 34th Annual State Football Tournament Series will be drawn tonight (Tuesday, Oct. 3), at the IHSAA Office in Indianapolis. The draw will be broadcast live beginning at 7:06 pm EDT / 6:06 pm CDT on the IHSAA Championship Radio Network and produced by WIBC Radio (1070 AM) in Indianapolis. Vince Welch of WIBC, Bob Lovell of Indiana Sports Talk, and Paul Condry of Regional Radio Sports Network will serve as hosts for the show.

 

Upon conclusion of the 90-minute broadcast, the complete pairings will be placed on the IHSAA website at www.ihsaa.org. Sectional first round games are scheduled for Friday, Oct. 20.

 

A total of 51 radio affiliates are scheduled to carry the broadcast and are listed below. Any interested radio station wishing to carry the show should immediately contact Liz Milne of Associated Sports Productions at 317-633-1462.

 

IHSAA Championship Radio Network Affiliates

City

Station

Frequency

Anderson

WHBU

1240 AM

Attica

WFWR

91.5 FM

Bedford

WBIW

1340 AM

Berne

WZBD

92.7 FM

Boonville

WBNL

1540 AM

Brazil

WSDX

1130 AM

Chesterton

WDSO

88.3 FM

Corydon

WOCC

1550 AM

Crawfordsville

WIMC

103.9 FM

Elkhart

WFRN

1270 AM

Elkhart

WTRC

1340 AM

Evansville

WGBF

1280 AM

Ferdinand

WQKZ

98.5 FM

Greencastle

WREB

94.3 FM

Hammond

WJOB

1230 AM

Highland

WWCA

1270 AM

Indianapolis

WIBC

1070 AM

Indianapolis

WXLW

950 AM

Jasper

WITZ

104.7 FM

Jeffersonville

WAVG

1450 AM

Kendallville

WAWK

1140 AM

Logansport

WLHM

102.3 FM

Logansport

WSAL

1230 AM

Loogootee

WRZR

94.5 FM

Marengo

WBRO

89.9 FM

Michigan City

WEFM

95.9 FM

Michigan City

WIMS

1420 AM

Mitchell

WQRJ

102.5 FM

Mount Vernon

WRCY

1590 AM

Mount Vernon

WYFX

106.7 FM

Muncie

WXFN

1340 AM

New Castle

WMDH

1550 AM

Plymouth

WTCA

1050 AM

Portland

WPGW

1440 AM

Richmond

WHON

930 AM

Richmond

WKBV

1490 AM

Rochester

WROI

92.1 FM

Rockville

WAXI

104.9 FM

Rushville

WKWH

94.3 FM

Santa Claus

WAXL

103.3 FM

Seymour

WZZB

1390 AM

Seymour

WXKU

92.7 FM

Shelbyville

WKWH

1520 AM

South Bend

WSBT

960 AM

Sullivan

WNDI

1550 AM

Syracuse

WAWC

103.5 FM

Terre Haute

WBOW

1300 AM

Vincennes

WAOV

1450 AM

Wabash

WKUZ

95.9 FM

Warsaw

WRSW

107.3 FM

Washington

WAMW

107.9 FM

 

 

 

BOYS TENNIS SEMI-STATES SATURDAY

Following regional action today and Wednesday, the 40th Annual IHSAA Boys Team Tennis State Tournament Series advances to the semi-state round this Saturday, Oct. 7.

 

The field of 16 teams will be reduced to just four state finalists by the end of that day as action is set for Homestead, Jasper, North Central (Indianapolis) and South Bend Clay.

 

Results from regionals and semi-state contests will be posted to the IHSAA website as they become available from the host schools.

 

Semi-States

Date: Saturday, October 7, 2006.

Time: Morning session at 10 a.m. local time; Afternoon session at 2 p.m. local time

Admission: Free.

 

1.  Homestead

Winner at Carroll (Fort Wayne) vs. Winner at West Lafayette.

Winner at Peru vs. Winner at Delta.

Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

 

2.  Jasper

Winner at Silver Creek vs. Winner at Jasper.

Winner at Seymour vs. Winner at Vincennes Lincoln.

Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

 

3.  North Central (Indianapolis)

Winner at Center Grove vs. Winner at North Central (Indianapolis)

Winner at Richmond vs. Winner at Ben Davis.

Championship – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2.

 

4.  South Bend Clay (Leeper Park Tennis Center)

Winner at Concord vs. Winner at