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Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA
INFORMATION
October
8, 2007
Contact:
Jason
Wille, Sports Information Director
E–Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
STATE VOLLEYBALL TOURNEY PAIRINGS SET
The pairings for
the 36th Annual IHSAA Volleyball State Tournament Series were drawn this
morning by Commissioner Blake Ress at the IHSAA Office in Indianapolis.
Three hundred
ninety-five schools (395), one more than last year and the most since 1985,
have entered this year’s tournament with sectional play beginning on
Tuesday, Oct. 16, and finishing on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 64 sites across four
classifications.
Regional
matches will be played Saturday, Oct. 27, at 16 sites with the winners
advancing to the state finals in and around Muncie on Saturday, Nov. 3.
Class 2A
top-ranked Muncie Burris begins its quest for its 11th straight state
championship with Elwood in Sectional 41 at Wapahani. Among other current No. 1
teams, 4A defending state champion Indianapolis Cathedral opens on its own
floor against Lawrence North in Sectional 10. In 3A, Mishawaka Marian will face
Culver Academies in Sectional 19 at
Marquette
Catholic, the three-time defending champ in Class A, will start up against
home-standing Triton in Sectional 50. Roncalli, the defending 3A champ, begins
with Beech Grove in Sectional 26 at Indianapolis Broad Ripple.
Sectionals
Dates: October 16, 18, 20, 2007.
Admission: $5 per session; $8 all
sessions.
Tournament
Pairings (AP style)
Brackets
Sectionals: 4A | 3A | 2A | A
Regional, State Finals: 4A | 3A | 2A | A
NOTABLES
Defending Sectional Champions
4A: Avon, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Castle,
Center Grove, Fort Wayne Northrop, Indianapolis Cathedral, LaPorte,
Martinsville, McCutcheon, Muncie Central, Munster, New Albany, Penn, Portage,
Shelbyville.
3A: Andrean, Batesville, Bellmont, Brebeuf
Jesuit, Delta, Evansville Mater Dei, Griffith, Jasper, Maconaquah, Mishawaka
Marian, New Castle, Northridge, Norwell, Providence, Roncalli, Sullivan.
2A: Brownstown Central, Cambridge City Lincoln, Cloverdale,
Eastbrook, Fairfield, Heritage, Heritage Christian, Milan, Mitchell, Muncie
Burris, North Montgomery, Northfield, Prairie Heights, Rochester, Southridge,
Wheeler.
A: Bloomfield, Cowan, Fort Wayne Canterbury,
Indianapolis Lutheran, Kouts, Lafayette Central Catholic, Loogootee, Marquette
Catholic, Morristown, Northeast Dubois, Oldenburg Academy, Pioneer, Rockville,
South Central (Elizabeth), Tecumseh, Wes-Del.
Active Sectional Championship Streaks
(Three or more years)
18: Jasper.
13: Castle.
11: Center
Grove.
10: Brownstown
Central, Marquette Catholic, Morristown, Muncie Burris.
8: Indianapolis
Cathedral.
6: Avon.
5: Muncie
Central, Tecumseh, Wheeler.
4: Brebeuf
Jesuit, Carmel, Cowan, Indianapolis Lutheran, Northeast Dubois, Wes-Del.
3: Delta, Fairfield,
Loogootee, New Albany, New Castle, Norwell, Sullivan.
Most Consecutive Sectional
Championships
20 by Evansville Mater Dei (1978-1997).
Most
Sectional Championships Last 10 Years
10: Brownstown Central, Castle, Center
Grove, Jasper, Marquette Catholic, Morristown, Muncie Burris.
9: Indianapolis Cathedral, Muncie
Central, Union County.
8: Adams Central, Southwood.
7: Avon, Carmel, Cowan, Delta, Fort Wayne
Blackhawk, Fort Wayne Northrop, Tecumseh.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional
Championships
30: Jasper.
26: Carmel, Evansville Mater
Dei.
25: Castle, Providence.
24: Clinton Prairie.
23: Bellmont, Muncie Burris,
Roncalli.
22: Center Grove,
Martinsville, Plymouth.
IHSAA
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