1999 Class 4A State Finals

Tackles

For Loss

Josh Barton

Erik Wolfe

Schuyler Barkes

Brandon Schrock

Robert Swank

1999 Class 4A State Finals

Saturday, Nov. 27, 3:30 p.m.

Goshen

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP

Offense	Position	Defense	Position
Kevin Park	TE	Adam Lovely	DE
Jeremy Swonger	T	Jeremy Pries	T
Cameron Nissley	G	Robert Swank	T
Justin Leatherman	C	Clyde Stickler	DE
Brian McKee	G	Brandon Schrock	OLB
Nick Kovarik	T	Erik Wolfe	ILB
Tom Judd	SE	Josh Barton	ILB
Sean Fredrickson	FL	Schyuler Barkes	OLB
Andy Yoder	QB	Eric Wiese	DB
Tom Mikel	TB	Andrew Bushong	DB
Dan Yoder	FB	Ryan Lewallen	FS
Brandon Schrock	Punter	Vicenti Mejia	Kicker

Indianapolis Cathedral

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP

Offense	Position	Defense	Position
Matt Hasbrook	T	Mathias Kiwanuka	DE
Joe Byrne	G	Chris Beaty	DT
Andrew Loehrer	C	Matt Hasbrook	N
Rufus Sanders	G	Rufus Sanders	DT
Jeremy Trueblood	T	Joe Byrne	DE
Mathias Kiwanuka	TE	Eric Summers	LB
Ronnie Hayes	SE	Charlie Thompson	LB
Kyle McGrath	QB	Otis Shannon	SS
William Birdsong	FB	Marion Larkins	FS
Otis Shannon	RB	Justin Tillis	CB
Maurice Perkins	FL	Marques Newson	CB
Mike Maynard	Punter	Zach Decatur	Kicker

Goshen Redskins

Team Roster

No.	Name	Grade	Height	Weight	Position
1	Schuyler Barkes	12	5-11	143	OLB
2	Matt Taylor	12	5-11	175	OLB
3	Kevin Russell	11	5-5	120	DB
4	Kevin Leisure	9	5-4	125	LB
6	Travis Stewart	10	5-3	109	DB
7	Lewis Hummell	10	5-6	104	WR
8	Thom Bernheisel	9	5-9	155	QB
9	Vicente Mejia	12	5-7	160	K
10	Brian Cotherman	12	5-11	167	QB
11	Jared Markham	9	5-3	120	DB
14	Geoff Zentz	10	6-1	181	QB
15	Andy Yoder	12	6-2	205	QB
19	Greg Mueller	11	5-7	147	OLB
19	Matt Lewallen	9	5-11	145	LB
20	Aaron Holderman	11	5-5	123	DB
21	Sean Fredrickson	12	6-3	160	WR
22	Joe McKalips	10	5-9	148	RB
23	Tom Mikel	11	5-10	173	RB
24	Andrew Bushong	11	5-8	160	WR
25	Trent Truex	9	5-9	155	RB
26	Michael Sevison	9	5-10	190	OL
27	Eric Wiese	12	5-11	151	DB
28	Dan Sword	11	6-0	160	TE
29	Jeremy Miller	11	5-8	154	DB
30	Bob Hooley	12	6-0	160	DB
31	Josh Hile	10	5-9	165	RB
32	Dan Yoder	12	5-10	182	RB
33	Trenton Beachy	10	5-10	160	RB
35	Aaron Slagel	11	5-7	174	LB
36	Dan Laughlin	9	5-10	175	RB
37	Erik Wolfe	11	5-10	190	LB
38	Adam Lovely	12	5-9	200	DT
40	Matt Farrell	12	5-8	186	DE
41	Chris Null	9	5-10	210	DT
42	Carlos Ortega	12	5-10	187	DE
44	Randy Eaton	11	5-10	155	LB
45	D.J. Lepper	9	5-7	155	OL
46	Kevin Park	12	6-7	220	TE
47	Derek Doss	10	5-7	154	TE
48	Josh Barton	11	5-8	165	LB
49	Brandon Schrock	11	5-10	190	RB
50	Eric Hershberger	11	5-10	235	DT
51	David Stump	11	5-11	188	LB
52	Jeremy Pries	12	5-10	220	DT
53	Brad Shoup	10	5-8	210	OL
54	Cory Yoder	11	5-8	202	OL
55	Clyde Stickler	11	5-9	227	DE
56	Caleb Coblentz	10	5-11	172	LB
57	Robert Swank	12	5-11	285	DT
58	Scott Snyder	10	6-2	245	OL
59	Mike McClure	10	6-0	212	DT
60	Wayne Mertz	10	5-9	171	DE
61	Brian McKee	12	5-11	229	OL
62	Justin Leatherman	12	5-11	210	OL
63	Steven Leisure	10	5-9	225	DT
64	Cameron Nissley	12	6-2	245	OL
65	Mike Grover	11	5-9	211	OL
66	Doug Acord	10	5-7	188	OL
67	Josh Keck	10	6-1	235	DT
68	Kahlil Alkattan	11	6-0	248	OL
70	John Newburn	9	5-6	135	OL
71	Brad Stroud	10	6-2	230	DT
72	Drew Cripe	10	5-10	179	OL
73	Mark Ulfig	11	6-2	178	DE
74	Marc Grover	10	6-0	238	OL
75	Morgan Young	11	6-0	251	DE
76	Jeff Cotherman	10	6-4	254	OL
77	Phil Gran	11	5-11	196	DT
78	Nick Kovarik	11	5-10	250	OL
79	Jeremy Swonger	12	6-3	265	OL
81	Tim Hochstetler	9	5-4	135	LB
82	Mike Hochstetler	12	5-9	136	WR
83	Nick VanderMolen	10	5-9	131	WR
84	Chucky Yoder	9	5-5	130	RB
85	Tom Judd	12	6-0	150	WR
86	Austin Moore	10	5-10	188	RB
87	Robert Sutherland, Jr.	10	5-7	138	WR
88	Ryan Lewallen	12	5-11	165	DB
89	Tyler Miller	9	5-10	200	OL
90	Pedro Zamora	9	5-9	245	OL

Head Coach Brad Park

School No. Years W-L

Sullivan H.S. Assistant 10 1975-84 --

Goshen H.S. Assistant 8 1985-92 --

Goshen H.S. Head Coach 7 1993-99 54-24

Totals 25 54-24

Semi-States Won: 1 1999

Regionals Won: 2 1996, 1999

Sectionals Won: 2 1996, 1999

Team Statistics

	GHS	Opponents
Points/Per Game	450/32.1	175/12.5
First Downs/Per Game	223/15.9	185/13.2
Rushing Yards/Per Game	3,303/235.9	1,882/134.4
Passing Yards/Per Game	1,443/103.1	1,611/115.1
Total Yards/Per Game	4,746/339.0	3,493/249.5
Fumbles Recovered By	18	19
Intercepted By	10	5
Total Punts/Average	38/36.6	60/29.0
Penalties/Yards	NA/474	NA/364

Individual Statistics

Scoring

	Games	TD	PAT/1pt	PAT/2pt	FG	TP	Avg.
Tom Mikel	14	17	0	1	0	104	7.4
Dan Yoder	14	16	0	1	0	98	7.0
Vicente Mejia	14	0	48	0	1	51	3.6
Andy Yoder	14	8	0	0	0	48	3.4
Brandon Schrock	14	7	0	0	0	42	3.0

Rushing

	Games	Att.	Yds.	TD	Avg.
Tom Mikel	14	195	1,346	15	96.1
Dan Yoder	14	143	961	11	68.6
Josh Hile	14	31	343	4	24.5
Brandon Schrock	14	43	337	5	24.0

Passing

	Games	Comp.	Att.	Int.	TD	Yds.	Avg.
Andy Yoder	14	92	167	4	16	1,311	93.6
Brian Cotherman	14	1	5	1	0	45	3.2
Brandon Schrock	14	1	1	0	1	8	0.5

Receiving

	Games	Rec.	Yds.	TD	Avg.
Kevin Park	14	28	416	3	29.7
Dan Yoder	14	19	362	6	25.8
Tom Judd	14	17	341	6	24.3
Tom Mikel	14	18	179	2	12.7

Defense

Goshen's Tournament History

State Champions: 2 1978 (2A), 1988 (4A)

State Runner-Up: 1 1981 (2A)

Semi-States Won: 3 1981 (2A), 1988 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Regionals Won: 5 1978 (2A), 1981 (2A), 1988 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Sectionals Won: 6 1978 (2A), 1981 (2A), 1987 (4A), 1988 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Team Facts

City/Town: Goshen

County: Elkhart

Superintendent: Kent Evans

Principal: Robert Gunn

Athletic Director: John Dechant

Head Coach: Brad Park

Assistant Coaches: Craig Frazier, J.D. Russell, Steve Swihart, Mike Biller, Shan Hartsough, Jim Alber, Chris Immel, Corey Guilfoos, Chris Minier, Colin Dechant, Brock Rose, Shawn Campbell, Chris Bennett

Nickname: Redskins

Colors: Red & White

Conference: Northern Lakes

Enrollment: 1,398 in four grades

Last Year's Tournament: Lost in the first round of sectionals at eventual Class 4A state runner-up Concord, 28-14

1999 Results (12-2)

8/20 Elkhart Memorial W 34-10

8/27 at DeKalb W 63-13

9/3 South Bend St. Joseph's W 14-6

9/10 at NorthWood L 31-14

9/17 Concord W 16-15

9/24 Warsaw L 41-7

10/1 at Northridge W 49-7

10/8 at Plymouth W 20-14

10/15 Wawasee W 47-7

Sectional

10/22 South Bend LaSalle W 63-6

10/29 at South Bend Washington W 42-3

11/5 South Bend Clay W 23-7

Regional

11/12 East Noble W 34-7

Semi-State

11/19 Lowell W 24-8

Indianapolis Cathedral Fighting Irish

Team Roster

No.	Name	Grade	Height	Weight	Position
4	Greg Shannon	10	5-6	160	RB/DB
5	Justin Tillis	12	5-8	150	RB/DB
7	John O'Hara	10	6-1	155	QB/DB
9	Zach Decatur	9	5-8	137	QB/K
10	Chris Matthews	12	6-1	175	QB/DE
11	Otis Shannon	11	5-9	180	RB/DB
12	Brandon Kelly	11	6-3	170	TE/DE
14	Mike Huntington	10	5-8	150	K
15	Earl Morgan, Jr.	10	5-9	160	WR/DB
16	Kyle McGrath	11	5-11	160	QB/DB
21	Marion Larkins	11	6-0	160	WR/DB
23	Maurice Perkins	11	5-9	160	WR/DB
25	Michael Cheesman	10	5-7	145	WR/DB
26	William Birdsong	11	6-0	175	FB/DL
30	Brett Longenecker	10	5-10	160	RB/DB
31	Alex Purvis	10	5-8	135	WR/DB
32	Eric Summers	10	5-11	170	WR/LB
33	Marques Newson	12	6-0	160	WR/DB
35	Kevin McAteer	10	6-0	160	TE/DE
36	Adam Commons	10	5-11	185	FB/LB
43	Tom McGinley	10	5-8	125	WR/DB
44	Charlie Thompson	11	5-11	175	FB/LB
45	Nick Szymanski	11	5-11	175	FB/LB
48	Carl Rice	11	5-10	190	FB/LB
50	Jon Koers	10	5-7	220	OL/DL
51	Ross Browning	12	6-2	210	OL/DE
52	Eric Saunders	11	5-7	160	RB/LB
53	Cooper Keeler	10	5-10	175	OL/LB
54	Michael Allen	10	5-8	210	OL/DL
55	Chris Beaty	12	6-3	245	OL/DL
56	Xchel Zendejas	10	5-10	209	OL/DL
57	Anthony Solhan	10	5-10	180	OL/DL
58	Aron Leirer	10	5-8	180	OL/DL
59	Christopher Mattson	9	6-1	176	OL/DL
60	Matt Hasbrook	12	6-3	240	OL/DL
61	Andrew Loehrer	11	6-1	195	OL/DL
62	Max Heger	10	5-4	156	OL/DL
63	Ben Marten	12	6-4	230	OL/DL
64	John Moorman	12	5-8	175	OL/DL
65	Peter DeCoursey	10	6-1	225	OL/DL
66	Joe Byrne	12	5-11	230	OL/LB
67	Joshua Maly	10	5-10	170	OL/DL
68	Mark White	12	6-3	275	OL/DL
70	Robert Cleary	10	5-10	163	OL/DL
72	Peter Malm	11	5-11	220	OL/DL
73	Jeremy Trueblood	11	6-8	270	OL/DL
74	Jason Miller	11	6-2	230	OL/DL
75	Shane Givens	11	6-4	285	OL/DL
76	Rufus Sanders	12	6-7	300	OL/DL
80	Stephen Fountain	10	6-4	190	TE/DE
81	Ronald Hayes	11	6-0	160	WR/DB
86	Mike Maynard	10	6-1	180	P
88	J.D. Jordan	11	6-1	190	TE/DE
90	Mathias Kiwanuka	11	6-5	205	TE/DE
---	Rafiq Abdullah	9	5-9	170	---
---	Dustin Aponte	9	5-7	120	---
---	John Bissmeyer	9	5-9	145	---
---	Sean Creamer	9	5-2	120	---
---	Brandon Dickinson	9	5-9	137	---
---	Andrew Diefendorf	9	5-11	155	---
---	Vincent Eagan	9	5-5	160	---
---	Scott Echard	9	5-6	130	---
---	Marcus Elliott	9	5-9	190	---
---	Riley Faulk	9	6-1	140	---
---	Matt Ferguson	9	5-5	115	---
---	David Finn	9	5-10	130	---
---	Gabe Fleck	9	6-0	149	---
---	Jim Hackl	9	5-8	132	---
---	Jacob Jordan	9	6-1	195	---
---	Eric Kennedy	9	5-5	130	---
---	Jeffrey Lintzenich	9	6-0	130	---
---	Carlo Marino	9	5-4	119	---
---	Nick McLaughlin	9	6-2	189	---
---	Michael McLinn	9	5-6	125	---
---	Craig McMains	9	6-1	223	---
---	Kevin Miller	9	5-8	125	---
---	Ryan Noblet	9	6-4	205	---
---	Thomas O'Donnell	9	5-8	126	---
---	Sean Roseman	9	6-2	155	---
---	Maurice Sayles	9	5-8	142	---
---	Andy Schaak	9	5-4	115	---
---	Edward Shipley	9	6-1	159	---
---	Joseph Spenia	9	5-4	148	---
---	Greg Sylvester	9	5-5	115	---
---	Colin Thornburg	9	5-6	130	---
---	George Vestermark	9	5-8	153	---
---	Arthur Walter	9	5-11	155	---
---	Stephen Wantuck	9	5-11	145	---
---	Patrick Ward	9	5-10	185	---
---	Mike Wieland	9	6-0	160	---
---	Adam Yovanovich	9	5-4	155	---
---	Samuel Zinkan	9	5-8	145	---
---	Matt Zore	9	6-1	140	---

Head Coach Rick Streiff

School No. Years W-L

Indpls. Chatard H.S. Assistant 3 1985-88 --

Brebeuf H.S. 1 1988-89 2-7

Indianapolis Cathedral 11 1989-99 101-32

Totals 15 103-39

Indianapolis Cathedral's Tournament History

State Titles Won: 4 1986 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A)

Semi-States Won: 6 1986 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Regionals Won: 6 1986 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Sectionals Won: 7 1986 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1993 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Team Statistics

	Indianapolis Cathedral	Opponents
Points/Per Game	494/35.3	167/11/9
First Downs/Per Game	248/17.7	152/10.9
Rushing Yards/Per Game	4,359/311.4	1,326/94.7
Passing Yards/Per Game	911/65.1	1,435/102.5
Total Yards/Per Game	5,270/376.4	2,761/197.2
Fumbles Recovered By	15	8
Intercepted By	29	8
Total Punts/Average	48/34.1	69/33.7
Penalties/Yards	98/1,037	70/699

Individual Statistics

Scoring

	Games	TD	PAT/1pt	PAT/2pt	FG	TP	Avg.
Otis Shannon	14	40	0	7	0	254	18.1
Mike Huntington	11	0	38	0	3	47	4.2
Kyle McGrath	14	6	0	3	0	42	3.0
Justin Tillis	14	5	0	1	0	32	2.2
William Birdsong	14	4	0	0	0	24	1.7

Rushing

	Games	Att.	Yds.	TD	Avg.
Otis Shannon	14	385	3,171	35	226.5
William Birdsong	14	84	466	3	33.2
Justin Tillis	14	41	280	4	20.0
Kyle McGrath	14	72	115	6	8.2

Passing

	Games	Comp.	Att.	Int.	TD	Yds.	Avg.
Kyle McGrath	14	62	131	7	12	852	60.8
John O'Hara	7	4	6	1	0	42	6.0
Chris Matthews	11	1	4	0	0	17	1.5

Receiving

	Games	Rec.	Yds.	TD	Avg.
Ronnie Hayes	12	18	320	4	26.6
Mathias Kiwanuka	13	18	207	2	15.9
Otis Shannon	14	11	203	3	14.5
Eric Summers	14	6	50	2	3.5

Defense

	Games	Tackles	For Loss	Int.	FC	FR
Eric Summers	14	77	5	0	1	1
Charlie Thompson	12	69	4	2	1	0
Chris Beaty	13	64	27	0	1	2
Mathias Kiwanuka	13	63	21	0	2	3
Matt Hasbrook	13	50	23	0	1	1
Marion Larkins	14	48	2	7	0	1
Marques Newson	14	35	3	9	1	0

Indianapolis Cathedral's Tournament History

State Champions: 4 1986 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A)

State Runner-Up: 3 1973 (3A), 1976 (3A), 1991 (3A)

Semi-States Won: 6 1986 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Regionals Won: 7 1976 (3A), 1986 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Sectionals Won: 10 1973 (3A), 1976 (3A), 1986 (3A), 1987 (3A), 1991 (3A), 1992 (3A), 1993 (4A), 1996 (4A), 1998 (4A), 1999 (4A)

Team Facts

City/Town: Indianapolis

County: Marion

President: Stephen J. Helmich

Principal: Rev. Patrick J. Kelly

Athletic Director: Jim Williams

Asst. Athletic Director: Denise Farrell

Head Coach: Rick Streiff

Assistant Coaches: Doug Armstrong, Jim O'Hara, Tom Luken, Chris Kaufman, Steve Marcou, Greg Boysaw, Kevin Mattson, Bill Peebles, Phil Mattson

Nickname: Fighting Irish

Colors: Navy Blue & Old Gold

Conference: Independent

Enrollment: 1,064 in four grades

Last Year's Tournament: Won Class 4A state championship; defeated Concord, 38-7

1999 Results (12-2)

8/20 at Pike W 48-6

8/27 Indianapolis Chatard W 27-0

9/4 Gary Wirt W 41-6

9/10 Cincinnati St. Xavier L 14-7

9/17 at Indianapolis Broad Ripple W 31-20

9/24 at Brebeuf W 46-3

10/1 Indianapolis Technical W 46-0

10/8 at Indianapolis Arlington L 21-20 (OT)

10/15 at Cincinnati LaSalle W 34-24

Sectional

10/22 Mooresville W 62-20

10/29 at Plainfield W 33-7

11/5 at Brownsburg W 28-13

Regional

11/13 Evansville North W 37-20

Semi-State

11/19 Seymour W 34-13