Entry List Deadline: Tuesday, October 14, 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT.
Tournament Draw: Tuesday, October 7, 7 pm ET / 6 am CT.
Time: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.
Admission: $5 per person.
Determining Home Team
First Round: The second-named team in the blind draw is the host school, unless both teams agree to switch the site.
Semifinals: The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were hosts or both were visitors, the second-named team in the quarter bracket will host.
Championships: The team that has played the most away games will host. If both teams have played the same number of away games, the bottom bracket team will host.
Class 5A Brackets | Class 4A Brackets | Class 3A Brackets | Class 2A Brackets | Class 1A Brackets
Class 5A (63 teams)
Sectional 1: Chesterton, Crown Point, Lake Central, Merrillville, Michigan City, Munster, Portage, Valparaiso.
Sectional 2: Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, LaPorte, Mishawaka, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Riley.
Sectional 3: Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Homestead, Huntington North, Warsaw.
Sectional 4: Anderson, Anderson Highland, Carmel, Harrison (West Lafayette), Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Noblesville.
Sectional 5: Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Arlington, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Richmond, Warren Central.
Sectional 6: Avon, Ben Davis, Brownsburg, Franklin Central, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Perry Meridian, Pike, Southport.
Sectional 7: Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Center Grove, Columbus North, Decatur Central, Martinsville, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South.
Sectional 8: Bedford North Lawrence, Castle, Evansville North, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Jennings County, New Albany.
Class 4A (63 teams)
Sectional 9: East Chicago Central, Gary Wallace, Gary West Side, Griffith, Hammond, Hammond Morton, Highland, Hobart.
Sectional 10: Concord, Kankakee Valley, Logansport, Lowell, Northridge, Plymouth, South Bend Clay, South Bend Washington.
Sectional 11: Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Fort Wayne Wayne, New Haven, Wawasee.
Sectional 12: Delta, Jay County, Marion, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Muncie Central, Muncie Southside, New Castle, Pendleton Heights.
Sectional 13: Frankfort, Indianapolis Broad Ripple, Indianapolis Northwest, Lebanon, Mooresville, Plainfield, Westfield, Zionsville.
Sectional 14: Franklin, Greenfield-Central, Greenwood, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Manual, New Palestine, Roncalli, Whiteland.
Sectional 15: Columbus East, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Madison, Seymour, Shelbyville, South Dearborn.
Sectional 16: Boonville, Evansville Central, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Reitz, Jasper, Northview, Owen Valley.
Class 3A (63 teams)
Sectional 17: Andrean, Calumet, Gary Roosevelt, Gary Wirt, Hammond Clark, Hammond Gavit, Knox, New Prairie.
Sectional 18: Culver Academies, Glenn, Maconaquah, Mishawaka Marian, NorthWood, Peru, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Tippecanoe Valley.
Sectional 19: Angola, Bellmont, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Heritage, Lakeland, Leo, Norwell, West Noble.
Sectional 20: Benton Central, Blackford, Eastbrook, Mississinewa, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette, Western, Yorktown.
Sectional 21: Brebeuf Jesuit, Crawfordsville, Danville, Greencastle, North Montgomery, Southmont, West Vigo, Western Boone.
Sectional 22: Batesville, Beech Grove, Greensburg, Hamilton Heights, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Howe, Rushville.
Sectional 23: Brown County, Charlestown, Corydon Central, Crawford County, Edgewood, Heritage Hills, North Harrison, Salem.
Sectional 24: Evansville Bosse, Evansville Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mount Vernon, Pike Central, Princeton, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington.
Class 2A (64 teams)
Sectional 25: Delphi, Hammond Bishop Noll, North Judson, North Newton, Rensselaer Central, Seeger, Wheeler, Winamac.
Sectional 26: Bluffton, Bremen, Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, Rochester, Wabash, Whitko.
Sectional 27: Central Noble, Fairfield, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Garrett, Harding, Jimtown, Prairie Heights, Woodlan.
Sectional 28: Alexandria, Elwood, Frankton, Madison-Grant, Northwestern, Taylor, Tipton, Winchester.
Sectional 29: Centerville, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Washington, Knightstown, Lawrenceburg, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County.
Sectional 30: Cascade, Cloverdale, Monrovia, North Putnam, South Putnam, South Vermillion, Speedway, Tri-West Hendricks.
Sectional 31: Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern (Pekin), Eastern Greene, Indian Creek, Mitchell, Paoli, Providence.
Sectional 32: Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, North Knox, North Posey, South Spencer, Southridge, Sullivan, Tell City.
Class 1A (64 teams)
Sectional 33: Lake Station Edison, LaVille, River Forest, South Central (Union Mills), South Newton, Triton, West Central, Whiting.
Sectional 34: Adams Central, Churubusco, Eastside, Fremont, Northfield, South Adams, Southern Wells, Southwood.
Sectional 35: Carroll (Flora), Caston, Culver Community, Frontier, North Miami, North White, Pioneer, Tri-County.
Sectional 36: Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Eastern (Greentown), Guerin Catholic, Lafayette Central Catholic, Park Tudor, Sheridan, Tri-Central.
Sectional 37: Edinburgh, Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis Lutheran, Indianapolis Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina, Milan, North Decatur, South Decatur.
Sectional 38: Cambridge City Lincoln, Eastern Hancock, Hagerstown, Lapel, Northeastern, Tri, Union City, Wes-Del.
Sectional 39: Attica, Covington, Fountain Central, North Central (Farmersburg), North Vermillion, Riverton Parke, Rockville, Turkey Run.
Sectional 40: Linton-Stockton, North Daviess, Perry Central, Springs Valley, Tecumseh, Union (Dugger), West Washington, Wood Memorial.
Time: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.
Admission: $6 per person.
Determining Home Team
Classes 2A & 4A: Sectional final game non-host (if applicable) or higher sectional number.
Classes 1A, 3A, & 5A: Sectional final game non-host (if applicable) or lower sectional number.
Class 5A Bracket | Class 4A Bracket | Class 3A Bracket | Class 2A Bracket | Class 1A Bracket
Time: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.
Admission: $7 per person.
Determining Home Team
Classes 2A & 4A: *Regional non-host (if applicable) or lower sectional number.
Classes 1A, 3A, & 5A: *Regional non-host (if applicable) or higher sectional number.
*If regional winner has not hosted either sectional final or regional, that school will be the designated host.
Class 5A Bracket | Class 4A Bracket | Class 3A Bracket | Class 2A Bracket | Class 1A Bracket
Site: Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis.
Admission: $15 per person per day, $25 per person both days. All seats are general admission. Tickets may be purchased at participating schools during the week prior to the state finals. Contact schools for ticket distribution hours. Tickets will also be available on game day at the Lucas Oil Stadium Ticket Office, located on the southeast side of the venue at street level near Capitol Avenue.
Determining Home Team: Home team shall be determined via coin toss at the pre-tournament meeting on Monday, November 24.
Gates Open: Lucas Oil Stadium will open its gates to fans beginning one hour prior to kickoff of the first game each day. Gates will open at 2:30 pm ET on Friday and again at 11 am ET on Saturday.
Television: All five state championship games will be broadcast live throughout the state by the Indiana Cable Network which consists of Comcast, Bright House Networks, and Insight Cable Systems.
Webcast: All five state championship games will be webcast in live audio and video and available around the globe at IHSAAtv.org.
Radio: The IHSAA / Methodist Sports Medicine Championship Radio Network will broadcast all five games to affiliates statewide.
Souvenir Programs: Complimentary copies of the souvenir program may be obtained at each entrance gate to Lucas Oil Stadium.
Class 5A Bracket | Class 4A Bracket | Class 3A Bracket | Class 2A Bracket | Class 1A Bracket
Meet the Teams | Official Program
Session 1
Class 1A State Championship
Final | Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter 34, Sheridan 27
> Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter Claims Third State Championship (1997, 2003, 2008)
> Brent Hume of Sheridan Wins Phil N. Eskew Mental Attitude Award
> Final Records: Sheridan (13-2), Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (15-0)
Box Score | Recap
Class 2A State Championship
Final | Heritage Christian 17, Cass 14
> First State Championship for Heritage Christian
> Brady Tolle of Cass Wins Phil N. Eskew Mental Attitude Award
> Final Records: Cass (13-2), Heritage Christian (14-1)
Box Score | Recap
Session 2
Class 3A State Championship
Final | Bellmont 28, Evansville Memorial 14
> Bellmont Captures First Football State Championship
> Evansville Memorial’s Andrew Theising Named Eskew Award Winner
> Final Records: Bellmont (14-1), Evansville Memorial (12-3)
Box Score | Recap
Class 4A State Championship
Final | Indianapolis Cathedral 10, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 7
> Indianapolis Cathedral Edges Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger for Second Title in Three Years
> Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger’s Joe Colone Named Eskew Award Winner
> Final Records: Indianapolis Cathedral (12-2), Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (14-1)
Box Score | Recap
Class 5A State Championship
Final | Center Grove 36, Carmel 33
> Center Grove Overcomes 19-Point Fourth Quarter Deficit to Win First Title
> Trojans’ Luke Swift Wins Eskew Mental Attitude Award
> Final Records: Center Grove (14-1), Carmel (13-2)
Box Score | Recap