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317-575-4244 Website: www.ihsaa.org
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MEDIA
INFORMATION August
2, 2005
Contact:
E-Mail:
jwille@ihsaa.org
FALL SPORTS PRACTICE UNDERWAY THIS WEEK
Practice
for IHSAA fall sports for the 2005-06 school year
began over the last few days. Interschool contests may begin Monday, Aug. 15 in
all sports except girls golf, which started Monday,
Aug 1, and football, which begins Friday, Aug. 19. Critical dates for each fall
sport are listed below or, if a copy for all sports is preferred, visit the PDF
file 2005-06 IHSAA
Sports Season at a Glance on the IHSAA website.
2005-06 IHSAA Fall Sports Calendar
|
Sport |
1st Practice |
1st Contest |
Draw Date |
Sectionals |
Regionals |
Semi-States |
State Finals |
|
Girls Golf |
7/29 |
8/1 |
-- |
9/16,17,19 |
9/24 |
-- |
9/30-10/1 |
|
Boys Tennis |
8/1 |
8/15 |
-- |
9/29-10/1 |
10/4-5 |
10/8 |
10/15 (Team) 10/21-22 (Individuals) |
|
Boys Cross Country |
8/1 |
8/15 |
-- |
10/11 |
10/15 |
10/22 |
10/29 |
|
Girls Cross Country |
8/1 |
8/15 |
-- |
10/11 |
10/15 |
10/22 |
10/29 |
|
Boys Soccer |
8/1 |
8/15 |
9/26 |
10/10,12,15 |
10/18 |
10/22 |
10/29 |
|
Girls Soccer |
8/1 |
8/15 |
9/26 |
10/11,13,15 |
10/19 |
10/22 |
10/29 |
|
Volleyball |
8/1 |
8/15 |
10/10 |
10/20,22 |
10/29 |
-- |
11/5 |
|
Football |
8/1 (non-contact); 8/3
(contact) |
8/19 |
Week of 10/2 |
10/21,28; 11/4 |
11/11 |
11/18 |
11/25-26 |
IHSAA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS THURSDAY
The first meeting of 2005-06
for the IHSAA Executive Committee will take place Thursday, Aug. 4 beginning at
8 a.m. at the IHSAA Office in
Among the items on the
agenda are approving a 64-sectional format for the 2006-07 boys soccer
tournament, accepting the membership applications for a pair of new schools and
the request for nominations for this year’s IHSAA Distinguished Media Service
Awards.
The Executive Committee,
which meets monthly and is responsible for organizing and directing state
tournaments and meets among other things, is currently made up of 16
individuals (2 seats are vacant) from around the state and elected by member
school principals. The group is representative of all four classes of
enrollment size, geographical location as well as seats reserved for females,
minorities and urban school representatives. The Committee’s term began July 1
and continues to June 31, 2006.
In addition to Thursday’s
meeting, the following dates have tentatively been scheduled for meetings this
school year: Thursday, Sept. 1; Friday, Oct. 7; Friday, Nov. 4; Monday, Dec. 12;
Thursday, Jan. 19; Friday, Feb. 17; Friday, March 24; Monday, May 1 and;
Thursday, June 22.
Patrick Mapes, Assistant
Superintendent of Delaware Community School Corporation, will serve as Chairman
of this year’s Committee with Geoff Penrod, athletic
director at
Patrick
Mapes (Chairman), Delta
Geoff Penrod
(Vice-Chairman),
Nancy Alspaugh,
Bill
Amerson,
Phillip
Gardner, Wes-Del
Phil
Hoskins,
Lee Lonzo,
Paul
Neidig,
Pam
Noble,
Janis Qualizza,
Herb Resler,
Roy
Simpson,
Dick
Tobias,
Roger
Weaver,
Mike
Whitten, Boonville
IHSAA ENDORSES USE OF “STATS & GO” FOR STATEWIDE STATISTICS
The Indiana
High School Athletic Association is announcing its endorsement of “Stats &
Go” as its exclusive athletic statistics reporting and publishing service
beginning in the 2005-06 academic year.
“Stats
& Go” is a powerful online service that greatly simplifies the process of
recording, tabulating, publishing, and accessing comprehensive sports
statistics for everyone involved in amateur athletic leagues. “Stats & Go” allows coaches and their
statisticians to record and publish statistics completely online; reducing the
time the process takes from hours to minutes.
“Stats & Go” also automatically compiles and publishes these stats
to media outlets, meaning student athletes from all high schools in the
association will get the publicity and recognition they deserve. Moreover, students, parents, and fans can
track their favorite student-athletes and teams from anywhere simply by
accessing “Stats & Go” through the IHSAA website at www.ihsaa.org or at www.statsandgo.com.
“We are
optimistic this change will prove to be an enhancement to the statistics-collecting
process and allow us to expand this service to include additional sports,” said
IHSAA Commissioner Blake Ress.
The IHSAA
had previously compiled statistics for boys and girls basketball, football, and
boys and girls soccer. Through “Stats
& Go”, the association will add baseball, softball, and volleyball to its
previous sports. Future plans could include cross country, golf, swimming,
track and field, and wrestling.
“Gaining the endorsement of the IHSAA is very
exciting,” said Al Miller, Vice President of Athletic Relations with “Stats
& Go”. “We have registered teams and
leagues from across the country, but the IHSAA now joins
The IHSAA
had previously compiled all its statistics manually, with schools e-mailing or
faxing their information to the association office. With “Stats & Go”, each school will enter
its statistics for the week by Monday.
The IHSAA leaders then will be taken from “Stats & Go” and included
in the association’s weekly press release.
Coaches, fans, and media will be able to compare leaders by state,
class, conference, or nationally.
Use of
“Stats & Go” is free, supported fully by national, state, and local
sponsors.
FOOTBALL SINGLE-GAME BESTS TO BE COMPILED WEEKLY BY IHSAA
Aside from the weekly statistics, the IHSAA will compile a
list of the week’s top individual performers, a service provided in previous
years. The list will be included in the IHSAA’s
weekly news release and on the football page of the Association’s website at http://www.ihsaa.org/b-football_frame.htm.
Media outlets and schools are urged to participate in this
cooperative effort by e-mailing information to Sports Information Director
Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org by 4
p.m. each Monday. The categories and minimum reporting
standards are listed below. When reporting a student-athlete’s performance,
please be sure to include all pertinent information.
(275 yards minimum)
Player, carries, TDs, year in school, school, opponent, date.
(275 yards minimum)
Player, completions,
attempts, yards, TDs, year in school, school,
opponent, date.
(.700 minimum with a minimum of 10 attempts)
Player, completion
percentage, completions, attempts, yards, TDs, year
in school, school, opponent, date.
(4 minimum)
Player, TDs,
year in school, school, opponent, date.
(8 minimum)
Player, receptions, yards, TDs, year in school, school, opponent, date.
(150 yards minimum)
Player, receptions, yards, TDs, year in school, school, opponent, date.
(30 points minimum)
Player, total points scored
(breakdown by TD, PAT, FG, etc.), year in school, school, opponent, date.
(3 minimum)
Player, INT, year in school,
school, opponent, date.
NEWS & NOTES FROM
AROUND THE STATE
Huntington North has hired Don Burton as head girls’ basketball
coach.
Former
Doug Helsom takes over as the Head Volleyball Coach at
Carroll (
North Central (
Gymnastics coach Karen Lake resigned to take over as the
Assistant Principal at
Former IHSAA intern and Martinsville High School graduate Scott Peden was recently named Director
of Fitness and Health at Butler University’s new Recreation Department. In addition to supervising the programming of the
department (Intramurals, Club Sports, Aquatics) one of
his main responsibilities in the next year will be the construction of the
school’s new facility which is set to open in the fall of 2006.
Hank Stram, the Pro
Football Hall of Famer, who passed away on Monday,
July 4, was a 1941 graduate of
On Saturday, August 27, Warren Central High School will host a football quadruple-header in
partnership with the Jeff George Foundation for breast cancer research. Six
current or former state champions make up the eight-team field which begins
with Hamilton Southeastern and
Mark Wilkinson was named girls athletic director at Noblesville. Wilkinson, who has
been the school's softball coach, will step down from that role to take the
administrative position.
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