Indiana High School Athletic Association

     9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601    Fax: 317-575-4244    Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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MEDIA ADVISORY                                                        March 2, 2004

Contact: Jerry Baker, Sports Information Director                                                          

E-Mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS SATURDAY

The IHSAA 2004 Girls Basketball State Finals field of eight has been set, with action on tap throughout the day on Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

 

The combined record of the elite-eight is 182-27 (.871).  There are three former champions in the field:  Tri-Central, which defeated North Vermillion 57-55 in the Class A title game a year ago;  Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, which captured championships in 1999 (59-48 vs. Austin), 2000 (62-60 vs. Forest Park), 2001 (55-39 vs. Shenandoah), 2001 (51-37 vs. Gibson Southern); and Warsaw, champion in 1976 (57-52 vs. Bloomfield) and 1978 (75-60 vs. Jac-Cen-Del).

 

Date:                           Saturday, March 6   

Location:                     Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

Ticket Information:   Session $10.00   Season $18.00

Reserved tickets can be purchased at the participating schools throughout the week.  Contact those schools for ticket distribution hours.  Tickets will also be available at the ticket office in the main lobby of Conseco Fieldhouse.

 

Session I ----------

Class A Championship

10:30 a.m. – Tri-Central (20-6) vs. Washington Catholic (22-3)

 

Class 2A Championship

12:30 p.m. (approx.) – Rochester (24-2) vs. Heritage Christian (21-5)

 

Session II ----------

Class 3A Championship

6:30 p.m. – Fort Wayne Luers (22-3) vs. Brebeuf Jesuit (25-3)

 

Class 4A Championship

8:30 p.m. (approx.) – Warsaw (26-2) vs. North Central (Indpls.) (22-3)

 

MEDIA:  A reminder that the 2003-04 IHSAA State Finals Media Credential will not provide entry into the 2004 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 6, 2004.

 

Applications for credentials to this event must be faxed to our offices on company letterhead.  E-mail requests will not be honored.  Please provide the name of each person for whom you are requesting a credential.  Credentials will be left at Media Will Call on the Delaware Street side of Conseco Fieldhouse.

 

The credential form is also on the IHSAA website under Girls Basketball at Girls Basketball 2004 Credentials. 

 

Credential request deadline is Wednesday

March 3

2004

 

 

48 NETWORK STATIONS / 7 ORIGINATING FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL

At this time, the IHSAA Radio Network consists of 48 stations throughout the state, with seven more outlets having earned the right to originate their own broadcasts on Saturday. WIBC Radio in Indianapolis will again anchor the network and provide live coverage of each of the four state title contests, with pre and post-game interviews with players, coaches and tournament officials.

 

Those outlets wishing to become a member of the IHSAA Radio Network for the 2004 Girls Basketball State Finals on March 6, should contact Mark Higdon of Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 36 South Pennsylvania Street, Suite 190, Indianapolis, Indiana  46204.  Phone 317-633-1462.  Fax 317-633-1461.

 

A complete listing of the current network is available at 2004 IHSAA Girls Basketball Radio Network. 

 

Television coverage of the finals will also be on a statewide basis, with WHMB-TV, Channel 40, providing a live feed of all four games to a number of cable systems throughout Indiana.  A listing of those cable systems is available on the IHSAA website under Girls Basketball.  Outlets wishing to join the IHSAA Television Network should contact Mr. Keith Passon, General Manager, WHMB-TV, (317) 773-5050.

 

BOYS BASKETBALL TOURNEY TIPS OFF TONIGHT

The 94th Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament gets underway this evening at sites across the state, with some 383 teams all hoping for a date at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 27.

 

Defending Class 4A champion Pike will open up against Ben Davis in the Avon Sectional.  The Class 3A defending champ, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, will see action in the Whiteland Sectional against Beech Grove.  Cass, the 2002-03 Class 2A titlist, will host its own sectional and go up against Wabash.  In Class A, Lafayette Central Catholic will begin defense of its crown in the Frontier Sectional, meeting Clinton Prairie.

 

                        SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS TOP-10

School

Sectional Titles

Last Title

Kokomo

68

2003

Vincennes/Vincennes Lincoln

67

1997

Marion

63

2000

Lafayette Jefferson

58

2002

Richmond

58

1996

Connersville

56

1997

Logansport

56

1996

New Castle

53

2000

Muncie Central

52

2003

Anderson

50

2002

Lebanon

50

2002

 

The list of schools with 20 or more sectionals championships is on the web at Sectional Championships By Total.

 

The complete draw is on the IHSAA website at 2004 IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament Pairings.

 

We are now accepting credential requests for this year’s boys tournament State Finals at Conseco Fieldhouse on March 27.  Application information is on the web at 2004 Boys Basketball Tournament Credentials.

 

Broadcast requests for all levels of the tournament must go through Mark Higdon, Associated Sports Productions, Inc., 36 South Pennsylvania Street, Suite 190, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.  Phone 317-633-1462.  Fax 317-633-1461.

 

            FINAL 2004 A.P. RANKINGS

No.

School – Class 4A

Sectional

Opponent

No.

School – Class 3A

Sectional

Opponent

1

Lawrence North

Indpls. Manual

1

F.W. Concordia

F.W. Dwenger

2

North Central (Indpls.)

Noblesville

2

Tippecanoe Valley

Whitko

3

Pike

Ben Davis

3

Western

West Lafayette

4

Munster

Gary West Side

4

Vincennes Lincoln

Gibson Southern

5

Bloomington South

Bloomington North

5

Heritage Hills

Mount Vernon

6

Columbia City

Warsaw

6

Benton Central

Twin Lakes

7

Valparaiso

Hobart

7

Bellmont

F.W. Luers

8

Indpls. Arlington

(bye)

8

Wawasee

Angola

9

Anderson

Richmond

9

Washington

Pike Central

10

Muncie Central

Greenfield-Central

10

Leo

New Haven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No.

School – Class 2A

Sectional

Opponent

No.

School – Class A

Sectional

Opponent

1

Brownstown Central

Austin

1

Waldron

Morton Memorial

2

Forest Park

Southridge

2

Caston

South Newton

3

Muncie Burris

(bye)

3

White River Valley

North Cntl. (Farmersburg)

4

Jimtown

Bremen

4

Loogootee

Vincennes Rivet

5

Wheeler

Boone Grove

5

Tri-Central

Wes-Del

6

Bluffton

Woodlan

6

Morgan Township

Kouts

7

Garrett

Central Noble

7

Henryville

Borden

8

Glenn

Fairfield

8

Tecumseh

(bye)

9

Cass

Wabash

9

Bloomfield

Shakamak

10

Centerville

Northeastern

10

Orleans

Northeast Dubois

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                IBCA COACHES 2004 FINAL POLL

Rk.

Last

Wk.

School

Rk.

Last

Wk.

School

1

2

Lawrence North

11

9

Bloomington North

2

1

Pike

12

13

Indpls. Cathedral

3

3

North Central (Indpls.)

13

12

Waldron

4

6

Munster

14

15

Penn

5

8

Bloomington South

15

14

Fort Wayne Snider

6

4

Columbia City

16

17

Brownstown Central

7

5

Indpls. Arlington

17

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Indpls. Northwest

8

10

Muncie Central

18

16

Brownsburg

9

11

Valparaiso

19

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LaPorte

10

7

Anderson

20

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Carmel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIRLS SOFTBALL TOURNEY ALIGNMENT ANNOUNCED

The 2004 IHSAA Girls Softball Tournament moves to four classes when tourney play begins on May 24 and concludes on June 12.  The newly designed sites are on the web at 2004 Girls Softball Tournament Alignment.

 

GIRLS GYMNASTICS TOURNEY STARTS SATURDAY

The 32nd Annual IHSAA Girls Gymnastics Tournament will begin this Saturday at eight sectional sites.  Admission for the first round of competition is $4.00.  For a list of starting times and school participants, log on to 2004 Girls Gymnastics Tournament Sites.

 

The 1st through 6th place event winners, along with the 1st through 6th place all-around winners and all gymnasts who receive the score of the 6th place gymnast at the previous state meet, shall advance to the next level of the tournament.  The three teams compiling the highest number of points at each sectional shall advance to the regional as a complete team.

 

Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger is the defending state champion, having outpointed Chesterton 111.425—110.950 in last year’s state finals at Perry Meridian High School.

 

INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS COACHES POLL

Rank

School

Sect. Site

Rank

School

Sect. Site

1

Hobart

Chesterton

11

New Castle

Connersville

2

F.W. Dwenger

Homestead

12

F.W. Northrop

Homestead

3

Lawrence Central

Decatur Central

13

Homestead

Homestead

4

Valparaiso

Chesterton

14

F.W. Concordia

Homestead

5

Carroll (F.W.)

Homestead

15

Crown Point

Chesterton

6

Center Grove

Columbus East

16

Sullivan

Columbus East

7

LaPorte

Chesterton

17

Columbus East

Columbus East

8

Chesterton

Chesterton

18

Michigan City

Chesterton

9

New Palestine

Connersville

19-t

F.W. Snider

Homestead

10

Columbus North

Columbus East

19-t

Perry Meridian

Decatur Central

 

 

 

19-t

Wawasee

Wawasee

 

 

2003-04 ICGSA GYMNASTICS ACADEMIC ALL STATE RELEASED

Name

School

Coach

Kristina Hertzler

Carmel

Jerry Brickley

Amber Vogan

Chesterton

Kathy Wilburn

Rebecca Martin

Columbus North

Sandy Freshour

Kelly Brown

Crown Point

Ami Pysh

Alicia Glick

FW Snider

Linnea Fulkerson

Jordan Eversole

New Castle

Tina Wood

Jayne Jeffries

Southmont

Aimee Zachary

Rebekah Porter

Valparaiso

Lorie Cook

Cari VanLue

Wawasee

Nika Prather

 

VAULTING TABLE IN GIRLS GYMNASTICS REQUIRED IN 2005-06

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Girls Gymnastics Rules Committee changed the vaulting table recommendation it made in 2002 to a requirement for the 2005-06 high school girls gymnastics season.

 

The committee met January 31-February 2 in Indianapolis, Indiana, and while several changes were made, making the 2002 recommendation a requirement was considered to be the most important revision.

 

The official change, made to Rule 6-1-2, states that beginning with the 2005-06 season, a vaulting table must be provided for all competitions. The height must be 45¼ - 49¼ inches measured from the floor to the center top of the table. The rule now allows for an optional vaulting horse in addition to the table, by state association adoption.

 

To read more, go to 2005 Girls Gymnastics Rules Changes.

 

MILESTONES

 

White River Valley’s A.J. Graves passed the 1,900 career point mark on February 24 against Barr-Reeve.

 

J.R. Angle of Indian Creek became Johnson County’s all-time leading scorer on February 24, scoring 18 points against Greenwood.

 

With 36 points against North White on February 26, Jordan Brewer became Clinton Prairie’s all time career scoring leader, moving past Jade Kas who had a career total of 1,325 during the 1991-95 seasons.

 

Jordan Brewer became Clinton Prairie’s all-time career leading scorer on February 26, scoring 36 points against North White, giving him 1,326 total and moving him past Jade Kas.

 

Elkhart Baptist’s Jeff Ryall scored his 1,000th career point against Fort Wayne Canterbury on February 27.

 

Chris Keefer set the Wabash school career rebounding mark of 454 on February 27 against Northfield, eclipsing the mark previously held by Mark Carroll.

 

2003-04 Boys Basketball Plateau Achievers:

 

Name

School

Victories

Jeff Hein

Boonville

100

Rick Clark

Maconaquah

300

 

 

 

 

IHSAA OVERTIME

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has announced the association's 2003-2004 IBCA Awards Winners, who will be honored at the IBCA Spring Clinic in Indianapolis on April 16 and April 17.  They are: Roy Gardner Award:  Jimmy Dimitroff; Mildred Ball Award:  Barbara Guhl; Virgil Sweet Service Awards:  District I—Ron Heflin, Dan Swift, District II—Patrick Aikman, Pat McKee; District III—Graham Taylor, Richard Lankford, Donna Sullivan;  Bob King Coaches of the Year Awards: Girls Coaches—District I: Dan Feagler,Garrett; Gary Teel, Tippecanoe Valley; District II: Allen Cooper, New Palestine; Todd Salkoski, Shenandoah; District III: Michael Uhl, Corydon Central; Rick Marshall, North Knox; Boys Coaches—District I:  Dean Foster, Penn;  Chris Benedict, Columbia City;  District II:  Joe Luce, Benton Central;  Andy Weaver, Western; District III:  Marty Echelbarger, Heritage Hills; Dave Benter, Brownstown Central.

 

Rusty Cecil has been named head football coach at Floyd Central.  He succeeds Ron Weigleb, who retired following the 2003 season and 21 years with the Highlanders.

 

After 27 years at the school, including the last 10 as athletic director, Griffith's Jim Anderson has announced his retirement effective June 9.  He served as a head baseball coach, an assistant football coach and also spent 22 years as a licensed IHSAA official for girls and boys basketball games, earning two assignments to officiate the girls basketball state finals at Market Square Arena in 1989 and 1991.

 

Edgewood head football coach Rob Patchett has resigned, after two seasons on the job. 

 

Phil Rash has retired as girls basketball coach at Fountain Central.   He will continue as athletic director at the school.

 

At the end of state tournament play, Bill Smith has announced he will retire as boys basketball coach at Broad Ripple.  Smith guided the Rockets to the 1980 state championship.

 

Tri-West will induct its first class in the school’s hall of fame on April 17.  The inductees include Jeff Gordon, Joe Alberts, Tim Goode and Joe Burnell.

 

 

IHSAA ----- LOOKING AHEAD

Tuesday, March 2

Boys Basketball Sectionals

Friday, March 5

Boys Basketball Sectionals

Saturday, March 6

Boys Basketball Sectionals

Saturday, March 6

Girls Basketball State Finals

Saturday, March 6

Girls Gymnastics Sectionals

Monday, March 8

First Practice – Boys Golf, Girls Tennis

Saturday, March 13

Boys Basketball Regionals

Saturday, March 13

Girls Gymnastics Regionals

Saturday, March 20

Boys Basketball Semi-States

Saturday, March 20

Girls Gymnastics State Finals

Monday March 22

First Contest – Softball

Saturday, March 27

Boys Basketball State Finals

Monday, March 29

First Contest – Baseball, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis

 

 

 

IHSAA 03-04/31