MEDIA
INFORMATION
September 29, 2008
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information
Director
E–Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
STATE SOCCER TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS DRAWN THIS MORNING
A field of
282 boys teams and 244 girls teams are entered as
pairings for the 15th annual IHSAA soccer state tournaments were drawn this morning
in Indianapolis.
Boys
sectional action at 64 sites will be played Thursday, Oct. 9, and Saturday,
Oct. 11. The 16 regionals will host four teams each
with semifinal matches Wednesday, Oct. 15, and championship matches on
Saturday, Oct. 18. The semi-states will be played Saturday, Oct. 25, and the
state finals Saturday, Nov. 1, both using four-team formats.
Defending
state champion and top-ranked Evansville Memorial drew the bye in the five team
sectional at Evansville Harrison and will face the Evansville Bosse-Evansville Harrison winner.
The girls sectionals will begin the week after the boys on
Monday, Oct. 13, at 32 sites and run through Saturday, Oct. 18. One-match regionals are scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 16 sites
with the four semi-states on Saturday, Oct. 25. The state finals will be
Saturday, Nov. 1.
Carmel’s girls team, ranked first in this week’s state coaches poll,
drew Lebanon in the seven-team sectional at Hamilton Southeastern.
Defending
state champion Indianapolis Cathedral will take on Lawrence North in the
eight-team sectional at Warren Central.
Boys
Pairings | Girls Pairings
Boys Sectionals
Dates: Oct. 9,
11.
Admission: $5 per
session; $8 all sessions.
Most
Consecutive Sectional Championships
10 by
Center Grove (1994-2003).
Active
Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
6: Logansport, Munster.
5: East Central, Lake Central.
4: Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Canterbury, Terre Haute North.
3: Ben Davis, Center Grove, DeKalb, Harrison (West Lafayette), North
Central (Indianapolis).
Most
Sectional Championships Last 10 Years
9: Bloomington North, Center Grove, Logansport.
8: Fort Wayne Canterbury, Washington.
7: Brownsburg, DeKalb, East Central, Mount Vernon (Fortville), Munster.
6: Carroll (Fort Wayne), Castle, Evansville Memorial, Harrison (West
Lafayette), Lake Central, North Central (Indianapolis), Pike, Richmond.
Top 10
All-Time Sectional Championships
13: Center Grove, Logansport.
12: Washington.
11: Brownsburg.
10: Fort Wayne Canterbury, Lake Central, North
Central (Indianapolis).
9: Bloomington North, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Evansville
Memorial, Richmond.
Girls Sectionals
Dates: Oct. 13,
14, 16, 18.
Admission: $5 per
session; $8 all sessions.
Most
Consecutive Sectional Championships
13 by Center Grove (1995-current).
Active Sectional
Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
13: Center Grove.
6: Bloomington South, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger.
5: Muncie Central, Richmond.
4: Fort Wayne Snider.
3: Lake Central, Valparaiso.
Most
Sectional Championships Last 10 Years
10: Center Grove.
9: Valparaiso.
8: Carmel, East Central, Washington.
7: Bloomington South, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger,
Fort Wayne Snider, Homestead, Lake Central, North Central (Indianapolis), West
Lafayette.
6: Chesterton, Columbus North, Evansville Memorial, Muncie Central, Roncalli, Terre Haute South.
Top 10
All-Time Sectional Championships
13: Center Grove.
12: Carmel, East Central.
11: Lake Central.
10: Evansville Memorial, Homestead, Valparaiso.
9: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger,
Washington.
8: Bloomington South, Brownsburg, Indianapolis
Cathedral, West Lafayette.
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