MEDIA INFORMATION

March 30, 2009

2009, 2010 FOOTBALL SECTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS APPROVED

The sectional assignments for the 2009 and 2010 football state tournaments were approved Friday by the IHSAA Executive Committee at its March meeting. The format was designed by the 15-person Football Realignment Committee with representatives from all three IHSAA legislative districts and every classification and was forwarded to the Executive Committee for its approval.

A total of 319 football-playing schools were assigned to 40 sectionals within the five-class structure. Of those 40 sectionals, all but one (Class 5A, Sectional 8) will have eight teams for the next two seasons. Those eight team sectionals will have four first-round games, two semifinal games and the sectional championship game over a three-week period. Sectional 8 will have three first-round games with one team receiving a bye into one of the two semifinals followed by the championship game.

A total of 28 schools will play in a different classification than they had in the previous two-year cycle.

> Football Sectional Assignments | School Enrollment Figures

Schools Changing Classification in Football

Moving from 4A to 5A (5)

Columbus East, East Chicago Central, Westfield, Whiteland, Zionsville.

Moving from 5A to 4A (5)

Anderson, Anderson Highland, Fort Wayne South Side, Indianapolis Arlington, South Bend Riley.

Moving from 3A to 4A (2)

Angola, Gary Roosevelt.

Moving from 4A to 3A (1)

Frankfort.

Moving from 2A to 3A (4)

Harding, Indian Creek, Jimtown, Rochester.

Moving from 3A to 2A (2)

Crawford County, Greencastle.

Moving from A to 2A (5)

Eastern (Greentown), Eastside, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Park Tudor, River Forest.

Moving from 2A to A (4)

Eastern Greene, Knightstown, North Knox, Winamac.

IHSAA Football Realignment Committee

District I	Class A	Debb Stevens, Caston HS
	Class AA	Bruce Jennings, Bremen HS
	Class AAA	Brian Williamson, New Prairie HS
	Class AAAA	Geoff Penrod, Columbia City HS
	Class AAAAA	Janis Qualizza, Merrillville HS
District II	Class A	Gary St. Clair, Indianapolis Lutheran HS
	Class AA	Jim Diagostino, Tri-West Hendricks HS
	Class AAA	Eric Morgan, Norwell HS
	Class AAAA	Kevin Horrigan, Greenfield-Central HS
	Class AAAAA	Steve Goeglein, Lawrence North HS
District III	Class A	Jed Jerrels, North Daviess HS
	Class AA	Virgil Ferguson, North Posey HS
	Class AAA	Kelly Simpson, North Harrison HS
	Class AAAA	Kim Simonson, Franklin County HS
	Class AAAAA	John Evers, Castle HS

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