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GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE
FINALISTS GATHER FOR 30TH TIME SATURDAY
Two defending state
champions, one former champ, one former runner-up and four schools that will be
making their first appearance on Indiana’s biggest basketball stage, make up
this year’s eight participants in the IHSAA’s 30th
Girls State Finals.
Tri-Central in Class A and
North Central of Indianapolis in 4A are both back to defend their respective
titles won a year ago. In fact, Tri-Central, coached by Kathie Layden, will be looking to become the first school to win
its third consecutive state championship in the small school class. The Trojans
return three of their five starters from last year’s title winner – juniors Kaci Allen, Meranda Burnett
and Janel Cox. North Central, meanwhile, went
into the post-season losing two of its last three ballgames, but has caught
fire in the tournament including an upset victory over top-ranked Hamilton
Southeastern in the sectional opener on the opponent’s home floor. The Panthers,
who only returned one starter – 6-5 junior Amber Harris – from last year’s
squad, have won all six tournament games by 10 or more points and the last
three by 20 or more. They are coached by
Shenandoah in Class 2A is
returning to the state finals for the fourth time in five seasons under the
coaching of
Also back for another shot
at a crown is South Bend St. Joseph’s, the 2003 state runner-up to Beech Grove
in Class 3A. Top-ranked in the 3A poll and with all five starters back from
last year’s regional championship team, the Indians sport the best record of
any state finalist team at 24-1 and have beaten their six tournament foes by an
average of 26.3 per game. In their last regular season contest on Jan. 29,
Each championship game will
feature a team that is making its first trip to the state finals.
In Class A, Northeast Dubois,
skippered by
After five previous journeys
to the semi-state, North Judson-San Pierre’s girls
team finally broke through to the state finals this year. It’s the first Bluejays basketball team to play in the state finals since
the boys team played in the 16-team finals in 1934 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The 2005 North Judson-San Pierre team comes
into the game having won 18 of its last 19 games with
Like Northeast Dubois,
Corydon Central will be represented in a team sport state finals for the first
time in school history. Coached by
In the big school
championship game, the third trip to semi-state was the charm for Gary West
Side and coach Rodney Fisher.
The girls basketball state
finals also will be part of a great list of hardwood events coming to
Indianapolis over the next five weeks, particularly in the women’s game,
including the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament at Conseco
Fieldhouse (March 3-7) and the NCAA Women’s Final
Four (April 3, 5) at the RCA Dome.
THE 30TH ANNUAL IHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL
STATE FINALS
Session I
Class A | Tri-Central
(18-7) vs. Northeast Dubois (20-5)
Game begins at
Class 2A | North Judson-San
Pierre (22-3) vs. Shenandoah (21-5)
Game begins approximately 40
minutes following conclusion of previous game.
Session II
Class 3A |
Class 4A |
For a PDF view of the team
rosters, statistics and other information, click on Meet The Teams.
Where: Conseco Fieldhouse, (capacity
18,500) (www.consecofieldhouse.com),
This is the fifth year the IHSAA Girls Basketball
State Finals have been played in this venue. It is the home of the Indiana
Pacers (NBA) and the Indiana Fever (WNBA).
Conseco Fieldhouse | Seating
Chart | Driving
Directions | Parking
| Fieldhouse
Facts | Fieldhouse History
Tickets: Single
Session $10.00 | Season $18.00.
Reserved
tickets can be purchased at the participating schools the week of the state
finals. Contact those schools for ticket distribution hours. Any remaining
tickets will be available game day at the Conseco Fieldhouse ticket office.
Television:
WHMB-TV,
Radio:
WIBC Radio in
Souvenir Programs: $3.00 per copy, available
at the event on gameday. $5.00 by
mail. To pay by Visa or MasterCard, contact the IHSAA at 317-846-6601
(M-F,
Lodging in Indy: For those interested in
making hotel reservations in
Public Entrance -- The public may enter from
Media Hosts:
IHSAA Sports Information Director
Media Work Room -- As in previous years, the media workroom at Conseco
Fieldhouse will be open all day and be available to
working media members. The work area contains complimentary phones that will
accept credit card and 800 calls. Soft drinks and snacks will be available.
Media Credentials – Media credentials are available to this event to legitimate, working
members of the media. Credentials are not transferable person to person.
Broadcast media should contact
Media Entrance -- To gain admittance, the 2004-05
IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals Media Media
Credential is required. The entrance is in the southeast corner of Conseco Fieldhouse adjacent to
Press Seating – With the exception of the Associated Press, all radio stations, the
IHSAA Championship Radio Network and the IHSAA Television Network whose seats
are marked, an open seating policy is used on the west side of Conseco Fieldhouse.
Results and Statistics – Both will be posted to the IHSAA website as soon
as possible after the game. Stats and box scores will be distributed at the end
of each quarter on press row as well as in the media work room.
No Children, Please – With the exception of high school students representing their
school’s newspaper, yearbook, radio or television station, and who have a
team participating, no young people or children will be issued media credentials or be allowed in the working
media area.
Post Game Guidelines and Procedures
With the exception of the IHSAA’s Official Photographer -- 20-20 Photographic, the
IHSAA Championship Radio Network and IHSAA Television Network, all media
members are asked to remain off the floor during the post-game ceremonies.
The post-game ceremonies
order will be as follows:
Following the Class A, 2A
and 3A awards ceremonies, coaches
and selected players will be escorted to the Media Interview Room for a formal
press conference which is located on playing floor level just off the media
entrance elevator. We ask your assistance to use the press conference as the
appropriate time to conduct interviews. The runner-up team coach and selected
players will go first followed by the championship team coach and players.
Because of newspaper deadline issues at the end of
the 4A contest, no press conference
will be scheduled and news media will be allowed to conduct interviews on and
around the floor after the awards ceremonies. For those working on deadline,
the IHSAA will distribute “quick quotes” in the media work room taken from the
IHSAA Television and Radio Network interviews as soon as possible after the
game.
DON COREY NAMED
STATE’S TOP GIRLS BASKETBALL OFFICIAL FOR 2005
A 17-year veteran
official,
Corey will be honored
in a special ceremony during Saturday’s state finals. During his career, he has
12 sectionals, seven regionals, five semi-states and
one state finals assignment to his credit.
Each year, the
Indiana High School Athletic Association, in cooperation with the National
Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and honors an
outstanding official in each of 11 sports during the school year.
Corey was nominated
for this award by his peers from the Wabash Valley Officials Association, one
of 26 associations located throughout
A 17-year member of
the
He is a graduate of
He has a son, Andrew Corey.
Compiled
by the
State Scoring & Rebounding Leaders
As reported to the IHSAA
through games of
A
complete list of the state’s top scorers and rebounders
is available at: State's
Leaders
Top 10 Scoring
Player |
School |
Class |
Grade |
Games |
Total |
Avg. |
High |
Jodi Howell |
|
2A |
12 |
22 |
631 |
28.7 |
52 |
Megan King |
|
A |
10 |
23 |
616 |
26.8 |
40 |
Samantha Stahl |
|
3A |
10 |
21 |
547 |
26.1 |
41 |
Stefanie Gerardot |
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers |
3A |
12 |
25 |
600 |
24.0 |
38 |
Amanda Stull |
Rushville |
3A |
11 |
22 |
526 |
23.9 |
41 |
Ashley Barlow |
Pike |
4A |
11 |
22 |
521 |
23.7 |
36 |
Candace Jones |
|
4A |
12 |
21 |
487 |
23.2 |
39 |
Janette Burgin |
|
A |
12 |
22 |
499 |
22.7 |
37 |
Angela Willis |
|
4A |
12 |
22 |
499 |
22.7 |
37 |
Brittany Schoen |
South Central ( |
A |
9 |
19 |
411 |
21.6 |
31 |
Top 10 Rebounding
Player |
School |
Class |
Grade |
Games |
Total |
Avg. |
High |
|||
Kelsie Manuel |
|
A |
11 |
20 |
268 |
13.4 |
20 |
|||
Maria
Roller |
Medora |
A |
11 |
21 |
276 |
13.1 |
27 |
|||
Ta’Shia Phillips |
Brebeuf Jesuit |
3A |
10 |
25 |
326 |
13.0 |
27 |
|||
Anna
Kammrath |
South
Central (Union Mills) |
A |
11 |
25 |
317 |
12.7 |
21 |
|||
Kris
Coner |
Indian
Creek |
2A |
12 |
21 |
256 |
12.2 |
20 |
|||
Stephanie
Lynch |
|
4A |
12 |
20 |
232 |
11.7 |
19 |
|||
Poppy
Miller |
|
3A |
12 |
22 |
258 |
11.7 |
-- |
|||
Brittney
Moore |
|
4A |
11 |
21 |
243 |
11.6 |
18 |
|||
Leah
Young |
Medora |
A |
12 |
21 |
245 |
11.6 |
16 |
|||
Rachel
Varnes |
Cloverdale |
2A |
12 |
20 |
229 |
11.5 |
16 |
|||
Katie
Hunsinger |
|
3A |
12 |
21 |
241 |
11.5 |
16 |
|||
LaDonna Weedman |
Cannelton |
A |
12 |
21 |
242 |
11.5 |
-- |
|||
Audi
Winney |
|
3A |
11 |
23 |
264 |
11.5 |
16 |
|||
BOYS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
SECTIONALS ROLL ON
Despite the weather which postponed sectional play at nine
sites around the state on Tuesday evening, the 95th Annual state
tournament rolls on through the rest of the week with many sites resuming play
tonight. The semifinals at each site are scheduled for Friday, March 4 with the
championship game scheduled for Saturday, March 5. In the event any school that has a
girls basketball team playing at the state finals -- Corydon Central, Gary West
Side, North Central (Indpls.), North Judson-San
Pierre, Northeast Dubois, Shenandoah, South Bend St. Joseph’s or Tri-Central --
and a boys basketball team playing for the sectional championship game, the
boys game will be contested on Monday evening, March 7 at the host site.
In sectional play,
Evansville Mater Dei and Tecumseh currently lead the state with six consecutive
sectional championships each. Mater Dei has won three of those six in Class 2A
and the other three as a 3A team. Tecumseh’s have each come in Class A. Both
teams begin sectional play on Friday night. Those two teams are followed by
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (3A) and
As for all-time leaders in
sectional championships,
Updated scores
will be posted each evening as they are reported to the IHSAA. For a set of brackets
in PDF, choose one of the following: 1A | 2A | 3A | 4A
Compiled by the
State Scoring & Rebounding Leaders
As reported to the IHSAA through games of
A
complete list of the state’s top scorers and rebounders
is available at: State's
Leaders
Top 10 Scoring
Player |
School |
Class |
Grade |
Games |
Total |
Avg. |
High |
Dominic
James |
|
4A |
12 |
20 |
622 |
31.1 |
49 |
Kyle
Benge |
|
3A |
12 |
20 |
572 |
28.6 |
44 |
Eric
Gordon |
North
Central ( |
4A |
10 |
20 |
543 |
27.1 |
36 |
Shannon
McCormick |
|
2A |
11 |
19 |
487 |
25.7 |
46 |
Adam
Gore |
|
2A |
12 |
22 |
550 |
25.0 |
43 |
Jeremy
Stouder |
|
A |
12 |
20 |
496 |
24.8 |
46 |
Jesse
Howell |
South
Spencer |
2A |
12 |
20 |
478 |
23.9 |
40 |
Jordan
Brewer |
|
A |
12 |
20 |
477 |
23.9 |
44 |
Luke
Harangody |
Andrean |
3A |
11 |
15 |
355 |
23.7 |
--- |
Darren Cloud |
|
4A |
12 |
20 |
467 |
23.4 |
39 |
Brandon
Kaiser |
East
Central |
4A |
12 |
20 |
468 |
23.4 |
36 |
Top 10 Rebounding
Player |
School |
Class |
Grade |
Games |
Total |
Avg. |
High |
Luke
Harangody |
Andrean |
3A |
11 |
15 |
201 |
13.4 |
--- |
Andrew
Joslin |
|
3A |
10 |
17 |
223 |
13.1 |
22 |
Jeremy
Stouder |
|
A |
12 |
20 |
261 |
13.0 |
22 |
Brandon
Schumm |
Southern
Wells |
A |
12 |
19 |
234 |
12.4 |
16 |
Jordan
Brewer |
|
A |
12 |
20 |
245 |
12.3 |
21 |
Mark
Williams |
Howe
Military |
A |
11 |
20 |
237 |
11.9 |
20 |
Cody
Jones |
Churubusco |
2A |
11 |
20 |
237 |
11.9 |
23 |
Matt
Howard |
|
3A |
10 |
19 |
225 |
11.8 |
-- |
Brandon
Mayse |
|
2A |
12 |
13 |
153 |
11.8 |
20 |
Josh
McRoberts |
|
4A |
12 |
22 |
254 |
11.5 |
17 |
GIRLS GYMNASTICS
The 33rd
edition of the IHSAA Girls Gymnastics State Tournament Series begins with
sectionals this Saturday, March 5 at eight sites around the state. At each
location, the top three teams will advance their entire squads to the regional
level. Individually, the top six in each event, the top six all-around
participants and all entrants who receive the score of the sixth place gymnast in
a respective event at the previous state meet will advance. Those standards
include:
Floor Exercise –
9.375
Balance Beam –
9.125
Vault – 9.350
Bars – 9.300
All-Around –
36.725
Regionals
are scheduled for Saturday, March 12 at four sites and the state finals are
Saturday, March 19 at
First-time state
champion Hobart, coached by Danielle Carlson who took over for Christine Jetmund this year, will begin defense of its title Saturday in the 10-team
sectional at Chesterton. The Brickies had only one
senior among last year’s top four at the state meet and are led by Kara Morton,
who won the Balance Beam and placed third in the All-Around competition as a
freshman a year ago. Another returning champion who will look to make it back
is Fort Wayne Northrop senior Brianna Neumann who captured the Uneven Bars state
crown in 2004. The Bruins will compete at the 12-team sectional at Fort Wayne
Concordia Lutheran this weekend.
Fort Wayne
Bishop Dwenger and Wawasee
with three consecutive sectional titles are the state’s leading active marks. Among
all-time sectional championship leaders, Wawasee with
23 leads the state followed by
Sectionals
Date:
Time: Start time determined by host schools.
Admission: $4.00
1. Chesterton (10): Boone Grove, Chesterton,
2.
3.
4. Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
(12): Angola, Carroll (Fort Wayne), DeKalb, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger,
Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort
Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne,
Homestead, Leo.
5.
6.
7. Warren Central (11):
8. Wawasee (9): East
Noble,
Regionals
Date: Friday, March 11 or Saturday, March 12
Time: Start time determined by host school.
Admission: $5.00
1.
2.
3.
4.
State Finals
Date: Saturday, March 19
Time: Opening ceremonies begin at
Admission: $6.00
IHSAA CALENDAR
To view the “2004-05 IHSAA
Sports Seasons at a Glance” page in PDF, click here.
This Week
Wednesday, March 2 – Boys
Basketball Sectionals
Friday, March 4 – Boys
Basketball Sectionals
Saturday, March 5 – Boys
Basketball Sectionals
Saturday, March 5 –
Gymnastics Sectionals
Saturday, March 5 –
Next Week
Monday, March 7 – First practice
date for Softball
Saturday, March 12 – Boys
Basketball Regionals
Saturday, March 12 –
Gymnastics Regionals
NEWS & NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE
IHSAA
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