IHSAA Media Release

July 30, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director

317-846-6601

jbaker@ihsaa.org

2001-02 IHSAA PARADE OF CHAMPIONS

SPORT	CHAMPION COACH	RUNNER-UP COACH	SCORE	MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD WINNER
Boys Tennis Oct. 13 North Central (Indpls)	Center Grove, Ivan Smith	Terre Haute North, Jim Cook	4-1	Lawrence Lee, West Lafayette
Boys Cross Country Oct. 27 I.U. Course, Bloomington	Franklin, Doug Drenth	Columbus North, Rick Weinheimer	91-106	Kaleb Van Ort, DeKalb
Girls Cross Country Oct. 27 I.U. Course, Bloomington	Carmel, Chuck Koeppen	Valparaiso, Karen DeVries	56-72	Jessica Gall, West Lafayette
Boys Soccer Oct. 27 Kuntz Stadium, Indpls	Ft. Wayne Canterbury, Greg Mauch	Brownsburg, Chad Medcalfe	1-0	Matt Lovell, Brownsburg
Girls Soccer Oct. 27 Kuntz Stadium, Indpls	Carmel, Frank Dixon	Homestead, Patrick Teagarden	1-0	Lesley Wells, Carmel
Girls Volleyball, Class A Nov. 3 Butler University, Indpls	Michigan City Marquette, Jim Dove	Barr-Reeve, Amber Guinn	15-5, 15-1	Lauren Laramore, Michigan City Marquette
Girls Volleyball, Class 2A Nov. 3 Butler University, Indpls	Muncie Burris, Steve Shondell	Mitchell, John Tyree	15-3, 15-3	Meghan Tyree, Mitchell
Girls Volleyball, Class 3A Nov. 3 Butler University, Indpls	Delta, Robb Painter	Ft. Wayne Luers, Joyce Moss	15-5, 15-5	Diana Zipp, Providence
Girls Volleyball, Class 4A Nov. 3 Butler University, Indpls	Indianapolis Cathedral, Jean Kesterson	Franklin, Scott McQueen	15-5, 15-5	Erin Deboy, Franklin
Football, Class A Nov. 23 RCA Dome, Indianapolis	Southern Wells, Mark Lefebvre	Perry Central, Mike Spencer	30-7	Peter Wagner, Southern Wells
Football, Class 2A Nov. 23 RCA Dome, Indianapolis	Ft. Wayne Luers, Matt Lindsay	Evansville Mater Dei, Mike Goebel	57-29	Kyle Lindsay, Ft. Wayne Luers
Football, Class 3A Nov. 24 RCA Dome, Indianapolis	Indianapolis Chatard, Tom Dilley	Andrean, Jeff Karras	3-0	Casey Nowinski, Andrean
Football, Class 4A Nov. 24 RCA Dome, Indianapolis	Jasper, Jerry Brewer	Delta, Grant Zgunda	35-20	Alex Hensley, Jasper
Football, Class 5A Nov. 24 RCA Dome, Indianapolis	Ben Davis, Dick Dullaghan	Valparaiso, Mark Hoffman	35-16	Matt Handlon, Valparaiso
Girls Swimming Feb. 9 I.U. Natatorium, Indpls	Carmel, Ken Stopkotte	North Central (Indpls), Mark Hesse	306-240	Kristy Siminski, Portage
Boys Swimming Feb. 23 I.U. Natatorium, Indps	Carmel, Ken Stopkotte	South Bend Riley, John VanDriessche	299.5-154	Brian Hartley, North Central (Indpls)
Wrestling Feb. 23 Center Grove H.S., Greenwood	Evansville Mater Dei, Mike Goebel	Perry Meridian, Jim Tonte	49-12	Jason Cook, Valparaiso
Girls Basketball, Class A March 2 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	North Vermillion, Ken Gentrup	Hebron, Jerry Bechtold	45-42	Lauren Bechtold, Hebron
Girls Basketball, Class 2A March 2 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Southwestern (Hanover), Donna Cheatham	Shenandoah, Todd Salkoski	70-64	Brianna Howard, Southwestern (Hanover)
Girls Basketball, Class 3A March 2 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Ft. Wayne Luers, Terri Rosinski	Gibson Southern, Jason Blackard	51-37	Jamie Elpers, Gibson Southern
Girls Basketball, Class 4A March 2 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Terre Haute South, Alan Maroska	South Bend Riley, Mike Megyesi	63-42	Darci Rector, Terre Haute South
Gymnastics March 16 Perry Meridian H.S., Indpls	Chesterton, Maria Bachuchin	Ft. Wayne Dwenger, Rose Nix	111.350-109.225	Carrie Best, Angola
Boys Basketball, Class A March 23 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Rossville, Jeff Henley	Barr-Reeve, Bryan Hughes	79-68	Troy Roberson, Rossville
Boys Basketball, Class 2A March 23 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Speedway, Trent Lehman	Bluffton, Wayne Barker	62-48	Mark Gonzales, Speedway
Boys Basketball, Class 3A March 23 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Delta, Paul Keller	Harding, Al Gooden	65-54	Brian Wright, Delta
Boys Basketball, Class 4A March 23 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls	Gary West Side, John Boyd	Pike, Larry Bullington	58-55	Chris Hunter, Gary West Side
Girls Track May 31 Carroll Stadium, Indpls	Ft. Wayne Northrop, Tom Knudson	Warren Central, Hope Sanders	60-49	Rebecca Berdel, Jennings County
Boys Track June 1 Carroll Stadium, Indpls	Lawrence North, Bob Potter	Ben Davis, Mike Davidson	84-40	Kevin Kempf, Ben Davis
Girls Tennis June 1 North Central, Indpls	North Central (Indpls), Heather Iffert	Jasper, Ed Jarbrough	4-1	Emily Krodel, Jasper
Softball, Class A June 8 Cherry Tree Complex, Carmel	Clinton Prairie, Randy Cooper	Clarksville, Tim Hauber	5-0	Amy Gum, Riverton Parke
Softball, Class 2A June 8 Cherry Tree Complex, Carmel	Evansville Memorial, Bob McFall	Blackford, Tony King	3-0	Christina Machuca, Evansville Memorial
Softball, Class 3A June 8 Cherry Tree Complex, Carmel	Lake Central, Keith Hauber	Center Grove, Russ Milligan	8-1	Amy Kendall, Ft. Wayne Northrop
Boys Golf June 13 Legends of Indiana, Franklin	Zionsville, Dave Sollman	Richmond, Ron Murphy	599-607	David Kelvin, Zionsville
Girls Golf Sept. 29 Legends of Indiana, Franklin	Western, Steve Hoppes	Martinsville, Sharon Most	629-645	Elly Leonard, Zionsville
Baseball, Class A June 15 Victory Field, Indpls	Ft. Wayne Blackhawk, Tom Hopewell	Tecumseh, Ron Kahle	7-3	Kyle Wright, Ft. Wayne Blackhawk
Baseball, Class 2A June 15 Victory Field, Indpls	Manchester, Jack Rupley	Batesville, John Rigney	9-8	Drew Walters, Manchester
Baseball, Class 3A June 15 Victory Field, Indpls	Vincennes Lincoln, Brandon Pfoff	Bellmont, Jon Stevens	4-0	Mitchell Prout, Vincennes Lincoln
Baseball, Class 4A June 15 Victory Field, Indpls	Munster, Bob Shinkan	Evansville North, Dan Sparrow	9-1	Kyle Smith, Evansville North

2002-03 IHSAA CALENDAR AT A GLANCE

Sport	First Practice Date	First Contest Date	Tournament Draw	Sectionals	Regionals	Semi- States	State Finals
G-Golf	Aug. 2	Aug. 5	--	Sept. 20, 21, 23	Sept. 28	--	Oct. 4, 5, Legends of Indiana, Franklin
B-Tennis	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	--	Oct. 3, 4, 5	Oct. 8, 9	Oct. 12	Oct. 19 (Team), North Central (Indpls) Oct. 25, 26 (Singles/Doubles), Five Seasons Sports Country Club, Indpls.
B-Soccer	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	Oct. 3 (8:00)	Oct. 15, 17, 19	Oct. 23	Oct. 26	Nov. 2, Kuntz Stadium, Indpls.
G-Soccer	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	Oct. 3 (8:00)	Oct. 14, 16, 19	Oct. 22	Oct. 26	Nov. 2, Kuntz Stadium, Indpls.
B-Cross Country	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	--	Oct. 15	Oct. 19	Oct. 26	Nov. 2, I.U. Cross Country Course, Bloomington
G-Cross Country	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	--	Oct. 15	Oct. 19	Oct. 26	Nov. 2, I.U.Cross Country Course, Bloomington
Volleyball	Aug. 5	Aug. 19	Oct. 14 (Noon)	Oct. 24, 26	Nov. 2	--	Nov. 9, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indpls.
Football	Aug. 5 (Noncontact) Aug. 7 (Contact)	Aug. 23	Oct. 9 (8:00)	Oct. 25; Nov. 1, 8	Nov. 15	Nov. 22	Nov. 29, 30, RCA Dome, Indpls.
G-Swimming	Oct. 21	Nov. 16	--	Feb. 6, 8	Feb. 11 (Diving)	--	Feb. 14, 15, I.U. Natatorium, Indpls
Wrestling	Oct. 21	Nov. 23	Jan. 23 (Team) (8:00)	Feb. 1	Feb. 5 (Team) Feb. 8 (Ind.)	Feb. 12 (Team) Feb. 15 (Ind.)	Feb. 21, 22 (Ind.), Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls. March 1 (Team), Center Grove H.S., Greenwood
B-Swimming	Nov. 4	Nov 30	--	Feb. 20, 22	Feb. 25 (Diving)	--	Feb. 28, March 1, IU Natatorium, Indpls.
G-Basketball	Oct. 21	Nov. 11	Feb. 3 (Noon)	Feb 11, 14, 15	Feb. 22	March 1	March 8, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls
G-Gymnastics	Nov. 11	Dec. 9	--	March 8	March 15	--	March 22, Perry Meridian H.S., Indpls.
B-Basketball	Nov. 4	Nov. 25	Feb. 24	Mar. 4, 7, 8	March 15	March 22	March 29, Conseco Fieldhouse, Indpls.
G-Track	Feb. 17	March 3	--	May 20	May 27	--	June 7, Carroll Track Stadium, Indpls.
B-Track	Feb. 17	March 3	--	May 22	May 29	--	June 6, Carroll Track Stadium, Indpls.
G-Tennis	March 10	March 31	--	May 22, 23, 24	May 27, 28	May 31	June 7 (Team), North Central (Indpls) June 13, 14 (Singles/Doubles), North Central (Indpls)
B-Golf	March 10	March 31	--	June 6, 7, 9	June 14	--	June 18, 19, Legends of Indiana, Franklin
Softball	Feb. 24	March 24	May 14 (8:00)	May 26-31	June 7	--	June 13, 14, Cherry Tree Complex, Carmel
Baseball	March 3	March 31	May 22 (Noon)	June 2-7	June 14	--	June 20, 21, Victory Field, Indpls.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Tri-County boys basketball coach Josh Kendrick has resigned and taken a position at Kokomo as a varsity

assistant. Kendrick went 33-35 in 3 years at Tri-County, including 13-10 this past season when his team won the White County Tourney.

West Central’s head football coach, Damon Groves, has resigned to take a position as athletic director at John Glenn. Brad Urban has been hired to coach the Trojans. Urban spent this past season as head coach at Jay County. He played on two state championship teams at Sheridan. Also, Bill Ball is stepping down after 11 years as baseball coach at West Central. He will remain in the classroom

Tom Drake has stepped aside as head football coach at Hagerstown.

After 17 seasons on the job, Lee DeTurk is retiring at athletic director at Churubusco. He has been involved in education for 38 years as a teacher and coach at a number of schools.

Jim Noffsinger, coach of both and girls track and cross county teams at union county, has retired.

Bloomington South has hired Meg Montgomery as softball coach, replacing retiring Jody Duncan; Mike Smith as boys soccer coach, replacing Chris Doran; and Kim Prashaw as girls golf coach, replacing retiring Jan Britton.

Mike Buczkowski has resigned as baseball coach at Caston. He will stay on at the school as a teacher.

Corey Williamson is the new head football coach at Gary Mann. He was already a member of the communications department at the school.

Crown Point baseball coach Chad Bush has offered up his resignation. He had taken over this year for Ed Sherry who had coached the Bulldogs for 20 seasons.

Sara Detmer is leaving her position as girls softball coach at South Dearborn.

Western boys soccer coach, Adrian DeBoy, has resigned to begin work on his master’s degree.

Duane Potts takes over as football coach at Owen Valley, replacing Troy Burgess who has moved on to the same position at Greenfield-Central.

After six seasons, R.C. Ganser is leaving as baseball coach at Mishawaka Marian to relocate in Miami, Florida.

57-year old Ed Woodrick, who coached football and track in the Munster School Corporation for 22 years, died unexpectedly on June 18.

Dave Shelbourne takes over as the new football coach at Avon. He was an assistant at North Central (Indpls) for the past two seasons and prior to that was head coach at Warren Central for 11 years.

Ralph Shrader, who led Attica to the Class A boys basketball title in 2001 and then became assistant principal at Fountain Central last year, has been named basketball coach at the Veedersburg school. He takes over for Joe Luce, who spent the past four seasons at Fountain Central, and has been named boys basketball coach at Benton Central, succeeding Pat Skaggs who resigned in early June after seven seasons with the Bison to move to Anderson Highland.

Jennings County has named Rick Zimmerman as new head football coach. He was a coach at Perry Meridian for eight seasons, the last five as offensive coordinator.

Ray Schultz has returned from retirement to assume the head football coaching duties at Indianapolis Manual, succeeding Doug Armstrong, who resigned to take over as coach at New Palestine. Schultz has previously coach the Redskins from 1973-84.

Northwest has named Victor Bush as boys basketball coach, with Otis Curry moving into the athletic director’s chair. Bush was head coach at Columbus East the last three seasons.

Aaron Charles has been named boys basketball coach at Clinton Central. He replaces Kyle Barrentine who resigned after four years to become the assistant principal at Western Middle School.

Todd Jarry is the new volleyball coach at Northwestern. He has nine years of coaching experience in New Mexico.

Elwood has hired Drew Richardson as its varsity volleyball coach replacing Angie O’Donnell, who will become an assistant track and cheerleading coach at the school. Richardson spent the last two campaigns as an assistant at Muncie Central.

Following six seasons on the job, Bill Alter has announced his resignation as baseball coach at Oak Hill to devote more time to his position as Marion PAL Club director.

Jim Martin takes over as athletic director and boys basketball coach at Cardinal Ritter in Indianapolis after 22 years at Heritage Christian, the past 14 as athletic director and 13 of the past 14 as boys basketball coach. He replaces Michael Holmes who left for a coaching position in Iowa.

Jill Meerman is stepping down as girls basketball coach at Decatur Central after six seasons, but will remain as assistant athletic director.

Mike Megyese, softball coach at South Bend Riley for the last eight seasons, has announced his decision to resign. Megyese will continue as girls head basketball coach at South Bend St. Joseph’s.

Kokomo athletic director, Jim Callane, will be inducted into the DePauw University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 12. Callane was a 1964 graduate of DePauw and the eighth-leading scorer in school basketball history at the time.

Collin McCart has been approved as boys basketball coach at Prairie Heights and will also teach physical education and health. McCart replaces Steve Wiktorowski who resigned at the end of last season.

Dick Kretz is the new boys golf coach at Portage. He is an assistant varsity basketball coach and has been a volunteer with the Indians’ golf team the past three seasons.

Marty Harshman as stepped down as boys basketball coach at South Bend St. Joseph’s after one season.

After 15 seasons as the junior varsity coach, Doug Ogle has been selected as the new boys basketball coach at Warsaw, replacing Al Rhodes who resigned at the end of last season.

Michelle Sanson is the new athletic director at Lafayette Central Catholic, replacing Jim Jovanovic who takes over as principal at the school following Dave Worland’s departure for Indianapolis Cathedral. Sanson was the girls golf coach and junior varsity girls basketball coach this past season at McCutcheon.

Denny Schwegman has called it quits as baseball coach at East Central after three seasons.

The head basketball coach at Hammond Bishop Noll , Adam Patai, has submitted his resignation, with plans to move to Las Vegas where he and his wife have acquired teaching positions.

At South Vermillion, Ryan Luce has been named boys basketball coach and Rene Foli will take over as athletic director and continue as football coach. Earlier, Dave Mahurin had resigned as AD and boys basketball coach to move to Rockville as assistant principal.

Tom Spina, girls basketball coach at Hammond Gavit the past three seasons, has submitted his resignation.

Merrillville has named Bob Maicher as its new girls basketball coach. He replaces Joe Poteet, who resigned after four seasons with the Pirates. Maicher coached at Munster from 1974-81.

Tom Bajzatt hs returned to the boys basketball coaching position he held from 1988-91 at Tri-County. He replaces Joshua Kendrick, who left to become an assistant at Kokomo.

Teressa Lewis has resigned her position as girls basketball coach at Brebeuf Jesuit after five seasons.

Chad Wetz, Anderson’s boys basketball JV coach, has been approved as the new girls basketball coach with the Indians. Mike King, coach of the boys freshman team the past two years, will join him as an assistant.

West Vigo has selected Steve DeGroote as its new girls basketball coach, replacing Dave Cassell, who replaced Chris Barrett as the Vikings’ football coach in February. DeGroote will remain the school baseball and girls cross country coach, as well as a health teacher.

At Kokomo, Jim Jameson takes over as baseball coach, Jason Snyder as boys golf coach and Shawn Flanary as boys tennis coach.

Kent Ramey was hired as basketball coach at Mitchell, stepping in for Gary Sims, who coached the Bluejackets for nine seasons.

Troy Akers has resigned as boys track coach at Wawasee. He plans to remain at the school as an assistant principal and assistant football coach.

South Bend Adams has named Brian Burkart as its new head football coach, succeeding Mike McClure who departed for Elkhart Central.

South Central (Union Mills) has tabbed Travis Flora as it’s new football coach. He replaces Bob Holmes who moves on to Michigan City.

Brad Smith is the new coach in charge of girls basketball at Carroll (Flora), replacing Dave Schneider who resigned following last season.

Michael Hill gets his first head football coaching position at Jay County. Brad Urban resigned the job in June.

Steve Brett, athletic director at Loogootee, also takes over the head basketball coaching position with the Lions, replacing Jack Butcher, who retired last month after 45 years at the school.

Rich Schelsky, longtime baseball coach at Rockville, will take over as the boys head basketball coach this season, replacing Mitch Lancaster, who resigned in the spring to become the head boys basketball coach at Northview.

Chesterton has named Mike Rouse as the new girls cross-country coach. He replaces Steve Kearney.

Zionsville has chosen Greg Hall as the Eagles’ new athletic director, stepping in for Kirby Whitacre, who has traveled north to Mishawaka as A.D.

Bloomington South has hired a pair of new coaches for its fall sports programs. Matt Wilhoit takes over in girls soccer and Joe Doyle is now in charge of boys tennis. Earlier this spring, Jan Britton and Jody Duncan retired from the Panthers’ girls golf and softball sidelines.

Tim Reagan is the new man in charge of football at Hagerstown, replacing Tom Drake, who was head coach for a dozen years. Drake resigned in June, but will remain on the coaching staff as an assistant. Reagan was the offensive coordinator for the Tigers during that 12-year span.

Craig Helfrich, who was softball coach at Warsaw for four seasons before stepping down prior to last year to pursue his master’s degree, has been re-named head coach of the Tigers. He replaces Kurt Burner.

After five seasons, DeKalb girls basketball coach Mark Rohm has announced his resignation, but will stay with the school as a teacher and computer technology consultant.

Michael Haisten takes over as boys soccer coach at Mishawaka. He replaces Dennis Jay who resigned.

Former Andrean coach Jeff Karras has been named head football coach at Hammond Clark. He takes over for Artie Rogers, who left after one season for a job in Illinois.

The South Bend School Corporation has reinstated the position of corporation athletic director, vacant since 1994, and named former LaSalle athletic director Nan Tulchinsky to the post.

Steve Moritz, for the past seven years administrative assistant to the athletic director at Marion, has been named interim A.D. for the Giants, follokwing the resignation of Jim Fricke.

Following four seasons as Castle head basketball coach, Steve Brunes has accepted a similar position at Columbus East. He replaces Victor Bush, who moved to the basketball coaching position at Indianapolis Northwest.

Corey Williamson is the choice as new head football coach at Gary Mann. He was an assistant track coach with the Horsemen last season. He steps in for Fred Nolan who resigned.

Steve Nestich has been hired as girls basketball coach at Hammond Gavit, filling the spot left open by the recent resignation of Tom Spina. Nestich had been girls coach at Hammond Morton the past six years.

Whiting has announced the signing of Joe Pokraka, former girls basketball varsity assistant at Hammond Bishop Noll, as its new girls basketball leader. He replaces Paul Laub who retired after 26 years with the Oilers.

Scott Rost is leaving the head coaching post with the girls softball team at Elkhart Memorial after four seasons to take over as head baseball coach for the Chargers, moving into a slot vacated by Bob Harvey in June.

Hammond Morton has named Reggie Sanderson as its new boys tennis coach. He succeeds Rick Boner, who was named coach of the Governors’ girls basketball team.

LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, August 1 Girls Golf – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Boys Tennis – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Boys Cross Country – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Girls Cross Country – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Boys Soccer – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Girls Soccer – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Volleyball – 1^st practice

Monday, August 5 Football – 1^st practice (non-contact)

Wednesday, August 7 Football – 1^st practice (contact)

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