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 September 2, 2003
Contact:
Jerry
Baker,
Sports Information Director
E-Mail:
jbaker@ihsaa.org
METHODIST
SPORTS MEDICINE ADDS FOUR SCHOOLS
Methodist Sports Medicine
Center's roster of high schools has grown by four this fall with the addition
of Indianapolis Howe, Lebanon, Monrovia
and Indianapolis Washington. Methodist
Sports Medicine Center provides sports medicine coverage for 28 Central Indiana high schools
and is the "Official Sports Medicine Provider" of the Indiana High
School Athletic Association and its state championship events.
Methodist Sports Medicine
Center will staff all IHSAA championships in 2003-04, beginning with the girls'
golf state finals on October 3-4. The event will be held at The Legends of
Indiana in Franklin. The five-class Football State Finals will be
November 21-22 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis.
NATIONAL
FEDERATION UNVEILS DRUG TESTING POLICY NUMBERS
About 13 percent of the
nation’s high schools have a drug-testing policy in place to test students for
illegal or prohibited substances, according to a survey of high school athletic
directors this summer.
The online survey was
conducted jointly by the National Federation of State High School Associations
(NFHS), the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association
(NIAAA) and the National Center for Drug Free Sport, Inc. A total of 861 athletic
directors completed the survey.
Of the schools that have a
drug-testing policy in place, 63 percent test student-athletes, while 20
percent test all students in the school. The testing is mandatory in 82 percent
of the schools, and the method of testing is done randomly in 76 percent of the
schools.
To read the
complete report, log on to 2003
NFHS Drug Testing Survey.
2003 FOOTBALL SEASON ADVANCES
TO THIRD WEEK
The 2003 IHSAA
football season moves into its third weekend of play this Friday evening at
sites across the state. The weekly IFCA
poll again shows a number of changes, but only one at the top of the
rankings. That occurred in class 2A
where Southridge, following a 48-14 loss at Jasper,
fell to No. 8. Harding, now 2-0 and
coming off a 40-0 victory over Fort Wayne Wayne,
takes over the top spot.
This week’s
outstanding contests would include 5A top-ranked Ben Davis (2-0) playing host
to No. 2 Warren Central (2-0) and third-ranked Center Grove (2-0) traveling to
eighth-ranked Carmel (2-0). Indianapolis Bishop Chatard,
the leader in class 3A, hosts Indianapolis Roncalli
(0-2), ranked No. 9 in 4A. Indian Creek,
No. 7 in class 2A (2-0), has a major showdown at home with the class A eighth-ranked Eastern Hancock (2-0) squad.
IFCA FOOTBALL
POLLS FOR 9/1/03
CLASS 5A
CLASS 4A
CLASS 3A
CLASS 2A
CLASS A
INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF DROPS 2003
FOOTBALL PROGRAM
Indiana School for the Deaf
Principal Bob Kovatch has announced that his school’s
2003 varsity football program has been closed.
In his announcement he reiterated that administrators, staff, coaches,
and interested individuals had weighed the pros and cons of trying to keep the
program going in the face of much adversity.
Fewer than 12 experienced players dressed for the game on August 23 and
the six or so substitutes had little to no varsity experience. After a discussion with the IHSAA, Kovatch, along with athletic director Brian Bippus, decided
that in the best interest of student/athlete safety they could no longer let
the program compete at a Varsity level.
Arrangements are
being made for the team members to work with members of the ISD coaching staff
for daily conditioning activities with hopes of reviving the football program
in the Fall of 2004.
Indiana
School for the Deaf will be removed from tournament play in Sectional #38,
which will now become a seven team sectional.
PAIR OF
CHANGES AT NO. 1 IN VOLLEYBALL RANKINGS
Indianapolis
Cathedral, which had taken over the top spot in last
week’s IHSVC volleyball poll, dropped to second this trip, falling behind last
week’s runner-up, Muncie Central. There
was also a change at the top of the class 3A ranking, where Indianapolis Bishop
Chatard made a huge leap from the No.5 position to
the top of the poll. Meanwhile, Muncie Burris (2A) and Michigan City Marquette
(A) managed to hang on to leadership positions in their respective polls.
Poll newcomers
this week included Valparaiso, climbing to
fifth in class 4A, and Wes-Dell (#8) and Oldenburg Academy (#9) in class A.
IHSVC VOLLEYBALL
POLL FOR 9/1/03
PENN MOVES TO
TOP SPOT IN GIRLS GOLF POLL
After opening up
the season in the top-spot, falling to number-two in the ranking two weeks ago
and then regaining the No. 1 slot last week, the Penn girls golf team found
itself checking in at No. 3 in the weekly ICGSA poll. Hamilton Southeastern made the leap from
third to first, with Western going from fourth to the runner-up position. Evansville Memorial fell from second to
fourth and Fort Wayne Dwenger moved up a notch to
round out the top-five.
The only new
addition to the top-20 included Franklin Central at No. 17. Dropping off the poll were Franklin and Mount Vernon (Fortville).
ICGSA GIRLS GOLF
POLL 9/01/03
NO CHANGE ATOP THE I.S.C.A. GIRLS
SOCCER POLL
The Indiana Soccer
Coaches Association released its weekly girls soccer
poll, which showed no change in the top three positions. Carmel, North Central
(Indpls.) and South Bend St. Joseph’s still lay claim to those three spots. Hamilton Southeastern jumped up a notch into
fourth, while Penn made a sizeable leap from12th to complete the top-five.
Newcomers this
week included Portage (#19) and Valparaiso (#20), while
Center Grove and Brebeuf Jesuit were dropped from the
list.
ISCA GIRLS SOCCER POLL FOR 9/1/03
TOP THREE REMAIN THE SAME IN BOYS
SOCCER
North Central
(Indpls.) is still in the top spot in this week’s ISCA boys’ soccer poll, with
Indianapolis Cathedral and Lawrence Central maintaining their hold on slots two
and three. Meanwhile, Fort Wayne
Canterbury and Carmel each jumped up a
position to fourth and fifth respectively.
Dropping out of
the top-20 was Fort Wayne Dwenger (#19). New additions this week included Brebeuf Jesuit (#10) and Pendleton Heights (#16).
ISCA BOYS SOCCER POLL FOR 9/1/03
SOCCER STATS AVAILABLE
The IHSAA has
begun compiling weekly statistics for both girls and boys soccer and that
information will be updated on the web each Tuesday following receipt of the
material from the schools across the state.
Girls information will be available on the web at 2003
Girls Soccer Stats. Boys
information is on-line at 2003
Boys Soccer Stats.
COLUMBUS NORTH AND VALPARAISO STILL ATOP
CROSS COUNTRY POLLS
The Indiana Association of Track and
Cross Country Coaches weekly poll still had the same pair of teams in
leadership roles for both the boys and the girls for the second week of the
rankings.
In girls cross country, Valparaiso
maintained its lofty ranking, with Chesterton leaping from sixth to second,
Northridge and Indianapolis Cathedral each dropping a notch to third and
fourth, and Columbus North moving up from the No.8 spot to round out the
top-five.
Newcomers in the girls’ top-ten
include Carmel (#6), Lawrence
North (#7) and Franklin Central (#10).
Fort Wayne Concordia, Silver Creek and Homestead were all bumped
from that group
The boys ranking order is still
topped by Columbus North and Fort Wayne Northrop. Carmel hade the move from sixth to third,
with Hamilton Southeastern going from fifth to fourth and Lawrence North
rounding out the top-five following a drop from No. 3.
The lone new arrival in the boys’
top-ten was Center Grove (#7), with Crown Point dropping out of
that elite company.
IATCCC BOYS CROSS
COUNTRY FOR 9/1/03
IATCCC GIRLS
CROSS COUNTRY FOR 9/2/03
TWO SITE CHANGES IN BOYS TENNIS TOURNAMENT
The upcoming 2003 boys IHSAA tennis
tournament will have a site change for sectional #6. The sectional originally slated to be hosted
by Brownsburg, will instead be hosted by Avon, with the same
teams (Avon, Brownsburg, Danville and Plainfield) participating. That also means the winner of the Avon sectional will
now meet the winner of the Pike Sectional in the Ben Davis Regional.
Also to be noted, the boys singles/doubles
state finals will be conducted at Park Tudor High School, weather
permitting. Otherwise, they will be held
at the Five Seasons Sports Country Club.
For the lineup of tennis sectional
sites and the participants, log on to 2003 Boys Tennis Tournament Alignment.
POLL INFORMATION
IATCC girls
cross country poll: http://www.iatccc.org/GCCPoll.htm
IATCC boys
cross country poll: http://www.iatccc.org/BCCPoll.htm
IFCA football
poll: http://site14112.dellhost.com/IFCA/poll-02.htm
ISCA boys
soccer poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/b-soccer/03Poll.htm
ISCA girls soccer poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/g-soccer/03Poll.htm
ICGSA girls
golf poll: http://www.ihsaa.org/g-golf/03Poll.htm
IHSTeCA boys tennis poll: http://www.ihsteca.com/page/bt20.shtml
IHSVC
volleyball poll: http://www.ihsvc.org/Polls.asp
Huntington North volleyball coach Cory McGill won his 100th game as a
head coach on August 21 as the Vikings defeated New Haven. 83 of those victories came at Huntington
North, while winning 17 games in his only season as the head coach at Northfield.
Jim Stewart has resigned at Medora and has been named boys head basketball coach at
Crothersville. Paul White has been named as his replacement.
Julie Meeks has resigned as girls head basketball coach at Sullivan.
Boonville has appointed Scott Reid as its new head baseball coach.
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Friday,
September 19
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Girls Golf
Sectionals
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Saturday,
September 20
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Girls Golf Sectionals
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Monday,
September 22
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Girls Golf Sectionals
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Thursday,
October 2
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Boys Tennis Sectionals
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Thursday,
October 2
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Boys & Girls Soccer Tourney Draw
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Friday, October
3
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Boys Tennis Sectionals
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Saturday,
October 4
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Boys Tennis Sectionals
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Tuesday, October
7
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Boys Tennis Regionals
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Wednesday,
October 8
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Boys Tennis Regionals
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Wednesday,
October 8
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Football Tourney Draw
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Monday, October
13
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Volleyball Tourney Draw
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Monday, October
13
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Boys Soccer Sectionals
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Tuesday, October
14
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Girls Soccer Sectionals
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Tuesday, October
14
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Boys & Girls Cross Country Sectionals
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Wednesday, October
15
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Boys Soccer Sectionals
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Thursday,
October 16
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Girls Soccer Sectionals
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Saturday,
October 18
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Boys & Girls Soccer Sectionals
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Saturday,
October 18
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Boys & Girls Cross Country Regionals
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