Phone:
317–846–6601 Fax:
317–575–4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA
INFORMATION
September
24, 2007
Contact:
Jason Wille,
Sports Information Director
E–Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS DRAWN THIS MORNING
A field of 278 boys teams
and 240 girls teams are entered as pairings for the 14th Annual IHSAA Soccer
State Tournament Series were drawn this morning in Indianapolis.
The numbers of teams and
participants have risen every year of both tournaments with 10 more boys teams
and three additional girls teams entered than in 2006.
Boys sectional action at 64
sites will be played Thursday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 6. The 16 regionals
will host four teams each with semifinal matches Wednesday, Oct. 10, and
championship matches on Saturday, Oct. 13. The semi-states will be played
Saturday, Oct. 20, and the state finals Saturday, Oct. 27, both using four-team
formats.
The Lawrence Central boys
team, ranked No. 1 in this week’s state coaches poll, drew No. 9
Indianapolis Cathedral for its opening match in the Heritage Christian
Sectional.
Defending state champion and
No. 3 Carmel faces Hamilton Southeastern in the Fishers Sectional.
The girls sectionals will
begin a week later than the boys sectionals on Monday, Oct. 8, at 32 sites and
run through Saturday, Oct. 13. One-match regionals are scheduled for Wednesday,
Oct. 17, at 16 sites with the four semi-states on Saturday, Oct. 20. The state
finals will be Saturday, Oct. 27.
Carmel’s girls team,
ranked first in this week’s state coaches poll, drew the bye in the
seven-team sectional at Hamilton Southeastern and will take on the Western
Boone-Fishers winner.
Two-time defending state
champion Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger is ranked fifth in this week’s coaches
poll. The Saints will meet Fort Wayne North Side in its opener at the Fort
Wayne Canterbury Sectional.
Boys Pairings | Girls Pairings
Boys Sectionals
Dates: October 4, 6, 2007.
Admission: $5 per session; $8 all
sessions.
Defending Sectional
Champions (64)
Anderson,
Andrean, Avon, Ben Davis, Bethany Christian, Bloomington North, Brownsburg,
Carmel, Castle, Center Grove, Centerville, Chesterton, Crawfordsville, Culver
Academies, DeKalb, Delta, East Central, East Noble, Elkhart Central, Evansville
Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Floyd Central, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Fort
Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Hammond, Harrison (West Lafayette),
Homestead, Jac-Cen-Del, Jay County, Lafayette Jefferson, Lake Central, Lawrence
Central, Lawrenceburg, Logansport, Lowell, Maconaquah, Marion, Marquette
Catholic, Mooresville, Munster, New Haven, New Palestine, Noblesville, North
Central (Indianapolis), North Posey, Northridge, NorthWood, Park Tudor, Pike,
Providence, Roncalli, Seymour, Shawe Memorial, Shelbyville, South Bend Adams, South
Bend Riley, Southwestern (Shelbyville), Terre Haute North, Tri-Central,
Vincennes Lincoln, Warsaw, Washington, Zionsville.
Most Consecutive
Sectional Championships
10 by Center Grove
(1994-2003).
Active Sectional
Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
5:
Logansport, Munster, Warsaw.
4: East Central, Evansville Mater Dei, Lake Central.
3:
Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Northridge, Terre Haute North.
Most Sectional
Championships Last 10 Years
9:
Center Grove, Logansport.
8:
Bloomington North, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Mount Vernon (Fortville), Washington.
7:
Brownsburg, Richmond.
6:
DeKalb, East Central, Evansville Memorial, Lake Central, Munster, North Central
(Indianapolis), Norwell, Providence, Valparaiso, Warsaw.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional
Championships
12: Center Grove,
Logansport.
11: Washington.
10: Brownsburg.
9: Fort Wayne Canterbury,
Lake Central, North Central (Indianapolis), Richmond.
8: Bloomington North,
Carroll (Fort Wayne), Evansville Memorial, Mount Vernon (Fortville).
Girls Sectionals
Dates: Oct. 8, 9, 11, 13, 2007.
Admission: $5 per session; $8 all
sessions.
Defending Sectional
Champions (32)
Avon,
Bloomington South, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Center Grove, Columbus East, Culver
Academies, East Central, Evansville Memorial, Evansville Reitz, Floyd Central,
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Snider, Goshen, Hamilton Southeastern,
Indianapolis Cathedral, Lake Central, Logansport, Marion, Mishawaka Marian,
Muncie Central, Munster, New Palestine, North Central (Indianapolis), Perry
Meridian, Portage, Richmond, Terre Haute South, Valparaiso, Washington,
Wawasee, West Lafayette, Westfield.
Most Consecutive
Sectional Championships
12 by Center Grove
(1995-2006).
Active Sectional
Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
12:
Center Grove.
5: Avon, Bloomington South, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger.
4:
East Central, Muncie Central, Richmond.
3:
Fort Wayne Snider, Marion.
Most Sectional
Championships Last 10 Years
10:
Center Grove.
9:
East Central, Valparaiso, Washington.
8:
Carmel, Homestead.
7:
Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Lake Central, West Lafayette.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional
Championships
12:
Center Grove, East Central.
11:
Carmel.
10:
Evansville Memorial, Homestead, Lake Central.
9:
Valparaiso, Washington.
8:
Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger.
7:
Bloomington South, Brownsburg, Indianapolis Cathedral, Lawrence Central,
Logansport, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Terre Haute South, West Lafayette.
IHSAA
07-08/06