MEDIA
INFORMATION
November 18, 2008
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information
Director
E–Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
TRIP TO LUCAS OIL STADIUM
HANGS IN THE BALANCE
Ten games,
two in each class, are scheduled this weekend as the 36th Annual
IHSAA Football State Tournament reaches the semi-state round. The winners of
each game will have stamped their tickets for the first state championship
games to be played at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis over Thanksgiving
weekend.
Nine of the
10 games are set for Friday with the Class 4A northern semi-state game featuring
unbeatens Lowell (13-0) and Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger
(13-0) scheduled for Saturday in Fort Wayne. It’s the only rematch from last
year’s semi-state round won by Lowell, 10-7.
One other
game pits a pair of unbeatens as Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (13-0) travels to
Linton-Stockton (13-0) in the Class A southern
semi-state.
Five of
last year’s defending semi-state champions, one in each class, are still alive and attempting to play for another state title
next week.
Sheridan
(Class A), Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (3A) and Carmel (5A) each won it all a
year ago and are joined by Heritage Christian (2A) and Lowell (4A) which
finished as state runners-up in 2007.
Three-time
defending champion Sheridan (12-1), which will face a stiff challenge from
another unbeaten in Southern Wells (13-0), has won 22 consecutive tournament
games over the last four seasons. A 23rd straight win would move
them into a tie for second place in state history with Roncalli
(2002-05). Warren Central won 26 straight tournament games from 2003-07.
Southern Wells on the other hand won its second sectional championship in
school history two weeks ago. Their first sectional title came in 2001 – the year
the Raiders won the state championship.
Indianapolis
Bishop Chatard (11-1), the 2006 and 2007 state champs in Class 3A and winners
of 15 straight tourney contests, travel to Evansville Memorial (11-2) on
Friday. Chatard, like Sheridan, will be looking to tie a state record with its
fourth consecutive semi-state win. Memorial, which won its first regional crown
since 1993 last week, is one of six teams eyeing its first semi-state
championship. The Tigers are joined by Columbus East (4A), Bellmont
(3A), Brownstown Central and Cass (both 2A) and Linton-Stockton (A).
Columbus
East, also unbeaten at 13-0, will host Indianapolis Cathedral (10-2) in the
Class 4A southern semi-state title game. The Olympians,
haven’t played for a state championship since taking the 3A title in 1979, the
largest class at the time. Since the semi-state round didn’t come into
existence until the 1981 state tournament, a semi-state victory would also be a
first for the school. Cathedral hopes to advance to the state championship for
the second time in three seasons.
Bellmont
(12-1), which won its first sectional championship in school history two weeks
ago, finds itself hosting NorthWood (11-2) in the
Class 3A northern semi-state. NorthWood will be
looking to get back to Indianapolis for the first time since its state
championship season of 2005.
In Class
2A, Jimtown (11-2) travels to Cass (12-1) in one
pairing while Brownstown Central (11-1) heads to Heritage Christian (12-1) in
the other. Jimtown has six semi-state titles to its
credit, most recently in 2005, while Cass hopes a home-field advantage will
yield its first championship. Brownstown Central has the same aspirations but
its first trip to state must come on the road at last year’s state runner-up
Heritage Christian.
With the
exception of Carmel which will be playing for a third straight trip to state, the
other three teams in Class 5A hope to end their respective semi-state “droughts”.
The Greyhounds (12-1) host Penn (10-3) which hasn’t hoisted a semi-state trophy
since 2003, while Center Grove (12-1) hosts Ben Davis (10-3) in the other matchup.
Center Grove hopes to end a string of eight years without a semi-state title
while Ben Davis’s dry-spell is at six seasons.
Visit www.ihsaa.org this weekend as scores from each
game become available as well as information for next weekend’s five state
championship games at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Semi-States
Date: Friday, November 21.
Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.
Admission: $7.00.
Determining Home Team
Classes 2A and 4A: *Regional
non-host, if applicable, or lower sectional # (i.e., Sect. 1 is lower than
Sect. 2).
Classes A, 3A and 5A: *Regional
non-host, if applicable, or higher sectional # (i.e., Sect. 2 is higher than
Sect. 1).
*If regional winner has
not hosted either sectional final or regional, that school will be the
designated host.
Class 5A
Penn (10-3) at Carmel (12-1). 7:30 pm
Ben Davis (10-3) at Center Grove (12-1).
Class 4A
Lowell (13-0) at Fort Wayne
Bishop Dwenger (13-0). Sat, 7 pm ET at Zollner Stadium
Indianapolis Cathedral
(10-2) at Columbus East (13-0).
Class 3A
NorthWood (11-2) at Bellmont (12-1). 7:30 pm
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (11-1) at Evansville
Memorial (11-2).
6:30 pm CT at Bosse HS
Class 2A
Jimtown (11-2) at Cass (12-1). 7:30 pm
Brownstown Central (11-1) at Heritage Christian
(12-1). 7:30 pm
Class A
Southern Wells (13-0) at
Sheridan (12-1).
7:30 pm
Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (13-0) at
Linton-Stockton (13-0). 7:30 pm
State Finals
Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis. | Indiana Convention Center & Lucas
Oil Stadium website
Dates: Friday, Nov. 28; Saturday, Nov. 29.
Admission: $15 per day; $25 both days (all seats general admission).
Determining Home Team: Home team shall be determined by a
coin toss at the pre-tournament meeting on Monday, Nov. 24.
Times:
Class A, Friday, 3:30 pm ET.
Class 2A, Friday, 7
pm ET.
Class 3A, Saturday,
12 pm ET.
Class 4A, Saturday,
3:30 pm ET.
Class 5A, Saturday,
7:05 pm ET.
Notables
All-Time Consecutive Tournament Victories
26: Warren Central, 2003-07.
23: Roncalli, 2002-05.
22: Penn, 1995-98; Indianapolis Bishop Chatard,
2001-04; Sheridan, 2005-current.
Active Consecutive Tournament Victory Streaks
22: Sheridan, 2005-current.
15: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2006-current.
10: Carmel (2007-current).
Defending Semi-State Champions Still
Alive (5 of 10)
5A: Carmel.
4A: Lowell.
3A:
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard.
2A:
Heritage Christian.
A:
Sheridan.
Active Semi-State Championship
Streaks
3:
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Sheridan.
2: Carmel.
Most Consecutive Semi-State
Championships
4 by Fort
Wayne Bishop Luers, 1999-2002; 4 by Roncalli, 2002-05; 4 by Warren Central, 2003-06.
Seeking First Semi-State
Championship
5A: None.
4A:
Columbus East.
3A: Bellmont, Evansville Memorial.
2A:
Brownstown Central, Cass.
A:
Linton-Stockton.
Drought-Breakers? (Five or more years since last semi-state championship)
8: Center
Grove (2000).
7: Southern
Wells (2001).
6: Ben
Davis, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (2002).
5: Penn
(2003).
Top 10 All-Time Semi-State
Championships
11: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers; Roncalli.
9: Ben Davis, Hobart, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Penn,
Sheridan.
7: Indianapolis Cathedral.
6: Franklin Central, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Jimtown, Warren Central.
FRIDAY
ON IHSAASPORTS.ORG: BEN DAVIS AT CENTER GROVE
The Class 5A
semi-state game featuring Ben Davis (10-3) and Center Grove (12-1) will be
webcast live at IHSAASports.org beginning at 7 pm ET on Friday.
FOOTBALL
COACHES INTERVIEW SESSION AT LUCAS OIL STADIUM MONDAY
Members of the news media are invited to interview the 10 state finalist
football coaches during a gathering at Lucas Oil Stadium next Monday, Nov. 24.
It will not take place at the IHSAA Office as in years past. A school
personnel meeting will begin at 10 am ET / 9 am CT and will be closed to the
news media though coaches will be available for interviews beginning at
approximately 11 am ET / 10 am CT.
Upon your arrival at Lucas Oil Stadium, please
park in the South Lot through Gate 6 which is off Capitol Avenue. Once parked,
please enter the Northeast Administrative Entrance. Signage will be
placed to lead you to the meeting room which is on field level. Lucas
Oil Stadium map | Downtown
Indianapolis map
A special
state finals information packet containing updated statistics, rosters and
other team information as submitted by the schools will be distributed at the
interview session. For outlets that cannot attend, the information packet
will be e-mailed later that day to all that receive regular IHSAA media
updates. If you would like to pick
up your state finals credentials at the coaches interview session, please
indicate that on your advance request. Instructions are listed below.
FOOTBALL
MEDIA CREDENTIAL REQUESTS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
For media outlets intending to cover the football state finals on Nov.
28-29, please apply for credentials through IHSAA Sports Information Director
Jason Wille. Requests
may be e-mailed or faxed on company
letterhead to 317-575-4244. E-mail requests must originate from a
recognized business account and include the name/s of the individual/s to be
credentialed; e-mails from personal accounts (yahoo.com, aol.com, etc.) will not
be accepted. If your request is
contingent on a specific team advancing, please indicate so. The deadline
for requests is 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Credentials will not
be granted after that time. Advance requests will be available for pickup
at the state finals coaches meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday, Nov. 24
(please indicate your intentions to do so). All other approved requests will be
available at media will-call located inside the northwest entrance to Lucas Oil
Stadium nearest the corner of Missouri and South streets on game day.
Credentials will not be mailed.
STATE STATISTICAL LEADERS
ATTENTION COACHES / STATISTICIANS
Please be sure
to report your final statistics of the season at DigitalSports.com upon your
team’s elimination from the state tournaments so that your players will
continue to appear in the weekly state leaders listings through the end of the
state finals. The last compilation of each respective sport will follow the
week after its state finals.
Football Leaders | Volleyball
Leaders | Boys Soccer
Leaders | Girls Soccer
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NEWS & NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE
Have an interesting
note? A conference or school record, coaching milestone or
something else of interest? Please e-mail IHSAA Sports Information
Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org for consideration.
Tell City senior guard Lauren Goffinet scored a school-record
43 points in the Marksmen's 63-43 season-opening girls
basketball victory over Cannelton Friday. Goffinet's point total broke the previous school record of
42 set by Kara Kessans against New Harmony Feb. 10,
1998.
The Hamilton Heights girls
swimmers set three school records Monday night in their season-opening
tri-meet at Elwood. Cheyanne Jackson swam school
records in winning the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 56.47 seconds and the
100 freestyle in 54.04. Jackson, Katelin Hatcher,
McKenna Stonebraker and Jillian Bischoff swam a
school-record 1:45.47 in winning the 200 freestyle relay.
Rick Minnich, the head football
coach at Adams Central the past 32 seasons has resigned his positon
as head football coach. He will remain in his position as athletic director. Minnich
was 235-137 in his tenure at the school. The Jets won the Class A state championship in 2000. Minnich coached the Jets to 63
tournament wins in 88 games.
Former Lebanon boys basketball coach and Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer Jim
Rosenstihl passed away Saturday at the age of 82.
A 1944 graduate of Zionsville, Rosenstihl coached at
Lebanon, Center Grove, Zionsville and Bluffton and totaled 506 victories in 35
seasons. He won 385 games at Lebanon from 1963-86 and coached legendary shooter
Rick Mount in the 1960s. Rosenstihl was inducted into the Indiana
Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984, and was inducted into the Butler Athletic Hall
of Fame in 1998. The Lebanon high school gymnasium bears his
name and will host a visitation service Thursday from 2 to 6 pm ET. The funeral
will follow the visitation at 6 pm.
Steve Shondell, volleyball coach at Muncie Burris,
guided the Owls to their 20th state championship overall and 12th
consecutive in Class 2A on Nov. 8. During his 31 years as Burris coach he owns 1,143
victories and just 95 losses (.923).
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