MEDIA
INFORMATION
May 20, 2008
Contact: Jason Wille, Sports Information Director
E–Mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
REGIONAL CROWNS, STATE TRACK MEET QUALIFYING ON THE LINE THIS WEEK
Sixteen regional events will
be conducted this week in the track and field state tournaments for girls and
boys. All eight girls events will be contested today (May 20), while seven of
eight boys sites are scheduled for Thursday, May 22. The Evansville Central
boys regional will be contested on Wednesday.
Warren Central’s girls
squad, the two-time defending state champions, will be looking to equal a state
record if it can capture tonight’s regional crown. An eighth consecutive
regional crown would tie the mark currently held by North Central of
Indianapolis (1984-1991). The Warriors dominated in winning last week’s Shelbyville
sectional outdistancing the nearest team by 88 points.
Qualifiers from each regional
site will advance to their respective state meets in Bloomington. This
year’s girls state meet is scheduled for Friday, May 30, with the boys
meet the next day.
Results from each regional
will be posted on the IHSAA website as they become available from the host
site. Heat sheets for the state meet also will be posted to ihsaa.org later
this week.
Girls Regionals
Date: Tuesday, May 20.
Admission: $6.
Advancement from Regionals to State
Finals – 1st,
2nd and 3rd place regional winners in all individual events and relays plus any
individual meeting or relay team the 3 Participant Standard in the regional
finals of their event. An individual or relay team shall not advance to the
state finals from the regional finals unless the time is recorded by fully
automatic timing (FAT). If there are less than 3 in any event meeting the 3
Participant Standard, the next best regional finishers shall be added to bring
the total number of entrants to 27 in each event.
1. Bedford North Lawrence (4) | 5:45 pm
Bloomington North, Corydon Central, Jeffersonville,
Seymour.
2. Bremen (4) | 6 pm
Bremen, Madison-Grant, Rochester, Warsaw.
3. Evansville Central (4) | 5:30 pm
CT
Mt. Vernon, Perry Central, Princeton, Terre Haute North.
4. Fort Wayne Northrop (4) | 5:30 pm
East Noble, Bluffton, Fort Wayne Northrop, Marion.
5. Chesterton (4) | 4:45 pm
CT
Chesterton, Calumet, Kankakee Valley, Lowell.
6. Ben Davis (4) | 6 pm
Ben Davis, Lawrence Central, Muncie Southside, Pendleton
Heights.
7. Shelbyville (4) | 6 pm
Columbus East, Connersville, Franklin County, Shelbyville.
8. West Lafayette (4) | 6 pm
Benton Central, Harrison (West Lafayette), Noblesville,
South Putnam.
Notables
Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more
years)
7: Warren Central.
6: Hamilton Southeastern.
5: Fort Wayne Northrop.
3: Ben Davis.
Most Consecutive Regional Championships
8 by North
Central (
Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships
16:
Fort Wayne Northrop.
13:
Jeffersonville.
12:
North Central (Indianapolis).
8:
Carmel.
7:
Bloomington North, Gary Roosevelt, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Arsenal
Technical, Warren Central.
6:
Fort Wayne South Side, Gary West Side, South Bend Adams.
Boys Regionals
Date: Thursday, May 22.
Admission: $6.
Advancement from Regionals to State
Finals – 1st,
2nd and 3rd place regional winners in all individual events and relays plus any
individual meeting or relay team the 3 Participant Standard in the regional finals
of their event. An individual or relay team shall not advance to the state
finals from the regional finals unless the time is recorded by fully automatic
timing (FAT). If there are less than 3 in any event meeting the 3 Participant
Standard, the next best regional finishers shall be added to bring the total
number of entrants to 27 in each event.
1. Bloomington North | 6 pm
Bedford North Lawrence, Bloomington North, Corydon
Central, Jeffersonville.
2. Connersville | 6 pm
Columbus North, Connersville, East Central, Warren
Central.
3. Evansville Central | Wednesday, 5:30
pm CT
Evansville Central, Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute North.
4. Fort Wayne Wayne | 5 pm
Angola, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Wayne,
Huntington North.
5. Kokomo | 6 pm
Goshen, Kokomo, Penn, Plymouth.
6. Lafayette Jefferson | 5:30 pm
Benton Central, Carmel, Lafayette Jefferson, Plainfield.
7. North Central (Indianapolis) | 6 pm
Decatur Central, Muncie Central, Mount Vernon (Fortville),
North Central (Indianapolis).
8. Valparaiso | 5:30 pm CT
Calumet, Merrillville, Portage, Rensselaer.
Notables
Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more
years)
5: Fort Wayne Northrop,
Warren Central.
Most Consecutive Regional Championships
10 by Gary Roosevelt,
1981-90.
Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships
29: Gary Roosevelt.
21: North Central
(Indianapolis).
15: Jeffersonville.
13: Fort Wayne Northrop.
12: Carmel.
11: Elkhart Central, Fort
Wayne North Side.
10: Richmond.
9: Bloomington North, Fort
Wayne Snider, Gary West Side.
MEDIA
CREDENTIAL POLICY FOR TRACK STATE FINALS
News media interested in
covering the IHSAA Girls and/or Boys Track and Field State Finals are required
to apply for credentials to this year’s events on May 30-31 in
Bloomington. The generic state finals media credential issued earlier this year
will NOT allow admission
– no exceptions.
Interested media should fax
a request on company letterhead to IHSAA Sports Information Director
Approved requests may be
claimed at media will-call at the Robert C. Haugh Track & Field Complex in
Bloomington that weekend.
GIRLS TENNIS REGIONALS THIS WEEK, SEMI-STATES SATURDAY
Sixteen sites will host team
regional competition this week in the girls tennis state tournament. Semifinal
matches begin this afternoon with champions to be crowned Wednesday. The
regional winners will move to the semi-state round on Saturday, May 24, at one
of four sites.
Individual sectional play
for undefeated No. 1 singles and doubles players also continues this week at
the team regional sites with survivors moving on to the individual regional
round on Saturday, May 31, at Park Tudor and Carmel high schools. That field,
which will be announced next week, includes any post-season unbeatens whose
teams were eliminated this week.
Notables
Defending Regional Champions Still Alive (12 of 16)
Carmel, Center Grove, Culver
Academies, Delta, Floyd Central, Jasper, Marion, Michigan City, Munster, Park
Tudor, Terre Haute South, Zionsville.
Most Consecutive Regional Championships
12 by Munster, 1993-2004.
Active Regional Championship Streaks (Three or more
years)
10: Park Tudor.
7: Zionsville.
5: Center Grove.
4: Delta.
Top 10 All-Time Regional Championships
24: Munster.
21: Homestead.
18: North Central
(Indianapolis).
16: Marion.
14: Elkhart Central, Terre
Haute South.
13: Center Grove.
12: Columbus North.
11: Evansville Memorial,
Park Tudor.
SOFTBALL SECTIONALS UNDERWAY THIS WEEK
Softball games at 64
sectional sites are underway and continue this week in each of four different
classes in the 24th Annual IHSAA State Tournament Series. Championship teams
will be crowned later this week with some as early as Wednesday night.
This week’s sectional
winners will advance to one of 16 regional sites (four teams at each site) on
Saturday, May 31, for two semifinal games and an evening championship contest.
Final scores and any weather
postponements from each host site will be updated nightly on the IHSAA website
as they are received.
Sectionals
Dates: Monday, May 19 through
Saturday, May 24.
Admission: $5 per session; $8 all
sessions (Season tickets may be provided at tourneys with three or more
sessions).
Sectional
Brackets: 4A | 3A | 2A | A
Regional, State Brackets: 4A | 3A | 2A | A
Notables
Defending Sectional Champions
4A: Anderson
Highland, Avon, Castle, Center Grove, Columbus North, Elkhart Memorial, Floyd
Central, Hamilton Southeastern, Huntington North, Indianapolis Cathedral,
Lowell, McCutcheon, Mooresville, Portage, South Bend Adams, Warsaw.
3A: Andrean,
Benton Central, Boonville, Brebeuf Jesuit, Corydon Central, Culver Academies,
Edgewood, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Greensburg, Griffith, Jasper, Mississinewa,
Northridge, Pendleton Heights, Peru, Whiteland.
2A: Cambridge
City Lincoln, Cascade, Cass, Eastern (Pekin), Garrett, Heritage, Indianapolis
Scecina, Jimtown, Madison-Grant, North Posey, Shenandoah, Sheridan, South Knox,
Southwestern (Hanover), Wheeler, Winamac.
A: Clay City,
Cowan, Frontier, Hauser, Henryville, Indianapolis Lutheran, Jac-Cen-Del,
Lakewood Park Christian, North Daviess, Pioneer, South Central (Union Mills),
Springs Valley, Tecumseh, Turkey Run, Wes-Del, Whiting.
Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
11 by Pike Central, 1988-98.
Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more
years)
9: Pioneer.
5: Indianapolis Cathedral,
Tecumseh.
4: Cass, Cowan, Hauser,
Indianapolis Scecina, Northridge.
3: Edgewood, Griffith,
Jac-Cen-Del, Lakewood Park Christian, North Daviess, South Central (Union Mills),
Turkey Run.
Most Sectional Championships Last 10 Years
9: Cass, Pioneer.
8: Center Grove, Eastern
(Greentown), Eastside, Indianapolis Lutheran, Lake Central, Whiting.
7: Blackford, Indianapolis
Cathedral, Northridge, Pendleton Heights, Penn, Riverton Parke, Shenandoah,
Tecumseh.
6: Boonville, Clarksville,
Clinton Prairie, Griffith, North Daviess, Portage, South Central (Union Mills).
5: Andrean, Bremen, Castle,
Decatur Central, Forest Park, Fort Wayne Northrop, Gibson Southern,
Indianapolis Scecina, Lafayette Jefferson, Shakamak, Southern Wells, West
Lafayette.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
17:
Boonville, Center Grove, Eastern (Greentown).
16: Shenandoah.
14: Lake
Central.
13:
Huntington North.
12:
Blackford, Decatur Central, Floyd Central, Jennings County, Northridge,
Pendleton Heights, Pioneer, Western Boone.
BASEBALL SECTIONALS BEGIN MONDAY
The 42nd Annual IHSAA
Baseball State Tournament Series begins next week as 64 sectionals get underway
around the state. Most sites will begin on Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day) and
conclude Saturday, May 31. This year’s field includes 383 teams in four
different classes. Schedules for each site will be posted to ihsaa.org on Wednesday
while scores and any schedule changes will be added throughout next week as
they become available from the host sites.
Notables
Defending Sectional Champions
4A: Anderson Highland, Bloomington North, Castle,
Columbia City, Crown Point, Homestead,
Indianapolis Cathedral, Jeffersonville, Kokomo, Lake Central, Noblesville,
Penn, Perry Meridian, South Bend Clay, Terre Haute South, Zionsville.
3A: Andrean, Crawfordsville, Edgewood, Evansville
Mater Dei, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Griffith, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Jay
County, North Harrison, NorthWood, Norwell, South Bend St. Joseph’s, South Dearborn, Vincennes Lincoln,
Western, Yorktown.
2A: Boone
Grove, Churubusco, Fountain Central, Hagerstown, Heritage, Jimtown, North
Putnam, Northfield, Northwestern, Providence, Rochester, South Knox, South
Ripley, South Spencer, Triton Central, Wapahani.
A: Covington, Daleville, Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Christian, Hauser, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Jac-Cen-Del, Lafayette Central
Catholic, Loogootee, Marquette Catholic, Northeast Dubois, Shakamak, South
Central (Elizabeth), Tecumseh, Tri,
Tri-County, Washington Township.
Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
21 by Logansport, 1973-1993.
Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more
years)
7: Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Christian, Penn.
6: Andrean, Shakamak.
5: Norwell.
4: Hauser.
3: Crown Point, Edgewood,
Indianapolis Cathedral.
Most Sectional Championships Last 10 Years
9: Penn.
8: Shakamak.
7: Andrean, Fort Wayne Blackhawk
Christian, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jasper, Madison, Tecumseh, Wapahani.
6: Boone Grove, Center
Grove, Lafayette Central Catholic, LaPorte, Plymouth, Providence, West Vigo.
5: Daleville, Evansville
Mater Dei, Evansville Memorial, Griffith, Henryville, Lake Central,
Lawrenceburg, Norwell, Riverton Parke, Springs Valley, Terre Haute South,
Zionsville.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
34: LaPorte.
30: Jasper.
28: Logansport, Richmond.
24: Evansville Memorial.
23: Plymouth.
22: Benton Central.
21: Madison.
20: Marion.
19: DeKalb, Hammond Bishop Noll, Jeffersonville, Valparaiso.
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NEWS & NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE
Have an interesting note?
A conference or school record, coaching milestone or something else of
interest? Please e-mail IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at jwille@ihsaa.org
for consideration.
South Bend Washington girls
basketball coach Marilyn Coddens has
stepped down from her post to assume the athletic director duties at the
school. She became the interim AD April 28 and was approved at the SBCSC Board
of Trustees on May 5. Coddens guided the Panthers to three consecutive 4A state
championship game appearances including winning the 2007 title. During her 14
seasons, the Panthers were 245-75.
Veteran IHSAA swimming official Dirk Combs, 47, of Washington passed away on May 7 at St. Mary's
Hospital in Evansville.
Huntington North pitcher Katie Hackney recorded her 1000th career strikeout on May 15
against Columbia City, a game in which she threw a no-hitter. Hackney is 67-11
over her career and has thrown 21 no-hitters including five perfect games. In the same game, she set Huntington North’s
career home run record with her 11th round-tripper.
The Vincennes Community
School Board approved the recommendation of Jeff Hein as the new boys basketball coach at Vincennes Lincoln
High School. Hein will replace Steve Combs who resigned his position
earlier this spring to concentrate on his assistant principal position at Clark
Middle School. Hein becomes only the fourth head coach at Vincennes Lincoln in
the past 41 years.
Gary Merrell, boys basketball coach at Fort
Wayne Blackhawk Christian, has retired after 35 years of a varsity coaching
career, including the past seven years with the Braves. Merrell leaves the
Braves with six consecutive sectional championships, three regional championships,
a semi-state championship and a state runner-up team in 2004. Merrell ends
his career with a record of 107 wins and 65 losses with the Braves and 447 wins
and 337 losses overall.
South Bend Adams softball
coach John Woodruff won his 400th softball game on Thursday, May 1, by
defeating Brandywine (MI), 5-0, in seven innings. Woodruff is in his 26th season
of coaching softball in South Bend, the first 20 years at South Bend LaSalle.
Roncalli has hired Sara Riedeman as its new girls basketball coach. Riedeman was most
recently a varsity assistant coach at Indianapolis Bishop Chatard. She was a
2001 all-state selection from Greensburg High School and a member of the
Indiana All-Stars that year. She spent
two seasons at Western Kentucky University before transferring to the University
of Indianapolis for her final two seasons.
Mitchell baseball coach Gary Seitzinger picked up his 400th
career victory on Friday, May 16, as the Bluejackets won on the road at Bloomfield.
James Bryce Stephens, known as "J.B.," passed away
Thursday, May 8, 2008, at the age of 100, in Greenfield. He was a former
teacher, coach, principal and superintendent as well as a community leader. The
J.B. Stephens Elementary School was named for his community leadership and his
involvement in the education of Greenfield students. In recent years, he was
often recognized for having attended the boy’s state basketball finals
for 82 consecutive years. He began attending the finals in 1925 and coached
Cicero when it qualified for the 16-team State Finals in 1932.
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