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l Outstanding OHicial Award

HE DRIVES THE LANE AND

Indiana Basketball
Associated Press
Coaches Association THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
John Goss (Final Regular Season Poll)
First place votes listed in parentheses F ebruary 24, 2008 (Final Regular Season Poll)
honored as Top First place votes listed in parentheses
Class4A
Basketball Official Rk Team Record Points Rk Team Record Points
1. New Albany (14} 22-0 200 1. New Albany (20) 22-0 400
John Goss is the recipient of the 2008 2. LafayetteJefferson 20-1 242 2. LafayetteJefferson 20-1 374
3. Bloom ington South 1 9-1 21 4
Interscholastic Athletic Official Association 3. Bloomington South 1 9-1 353
4. Indianapolis Cathedral 20-2 1 75
Award for excellence in the sport of boys 4. lndianapolisCathedral 20-2 317
5. Carmel 1 8-2 160
basketball. 6. EastChicagoCentral 1 7-3 124 5. Carmel 1 8-2 305
Goss w ill be honored in a special 7. T erre Haute South 18-4 ff1 6. E vansville Memorial 18-1 291
ceremony during Saturday's boys basketball 8. Chesterton 18-2 ffi 7. EastChicagoCentral 17-3 268
state finals at Conseco Fieldhouse in 8. Marion 18-4 ffi 8. Chesterton 1 8-2 241
10. Fort Wayne South Side 16-4 70 9. B luffton 21 -0 216
Indianapolis. During his career, he has 28
Receiving votes: Plainfield 38, East Central 18, 10. Edgewood 20-2 215
sectionals, 20 Lawrence North 18, Merrillville 16, Elkhart Memo- 11. Washington 17-2 204
regionals, 11 rial 14, Warren Central 8, Castle 7, Munster 7, 12. Marion 18-4 147
semi-states, and Columbus East 6 13. Batesville 1 9-2 1 37
four state finals to 14. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 18-3 136
Class3A 15. Lawrence North 17-5 1 1 5
his credit - 1994, Rk Team Record Points 16. Fort Wayne South Side 16-4 ffi
1998, 2002 and 1. Evansville Memorial (11) 18-1 263 1 7. TerreHauteSouth 1 8-4 82 Daniel Moore
Carmel High School
2005. He also has 2. Edgewood (1) 20-2 242 1 8. Northwestern 1 8-2 ST
received 3. Batesville (1) 19-2 224 19. Westview 20-1 56
4. Washington (1) 17-2 216
assignments to 20. Fort Wayne Harding 17-3 45
5. Northwestern 18-2 131
work the football 6. Harding 17-3 124
state finals in 7. Fort Wayne Bish. Dwenger 16-4 116 Receiving Votes: Brownsburg, Plainfield, Orleans,
1983, 1986, 8. South Bend St. Joseph's 174 00 Triton, Tipton, North Central (lndpls.), Merrillville,
1990, 1996, 2000 and 2004. 9. Plymouth 17-3 ffi Warren Central, Plymouth, Lafayette Central Catho-
lic, W inchester, Crown Point, Lawrenceburg,
Each year, the Indiana High School 10. Chartestown 1 7-3 00 Charlestown, Indianapolis Howe, Tippecanoe Val-
R eceiving votes: Beech Grove 40, Indianapolis
Athletic Association, in cooperation with the ley, Jac-Cen-Del.
Howe 35, Indianapolis Northwest 18, Salem 13,
National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Tippecanoe Valley 6
Association, recognizes and honors an
outstanding official in each of 11 sports during Class2A
the school year. Rk Team Record Points
1. B luffton(1 2) 21-0 274
Goss was nominated for this award by
2. Westview(1) 20-1 250
representatives of the Lake County Officials 3. FortWayneBishopluers(1} 1&3 222
Association, one of the 26 associations 4. Winchester 17-3 172
located throughout Indiana made up of men 5. T~ 18-2 1 59 What attracts 140,000 visitors downtown each year and Annual value of all IHSAA State Final events to Central Indiana:
6. Oak Hill 17-3 151
and women who give up much of their doesn't cost the city a dime? The answer is high school sports, $36.3 million*
7. Hauser 17-3 1 45
personal time to assist in providing whole- 8. Lawrenceburg 17-3 111 a nd tickel sales are just the start. F a ns spend even more - a whopping
some, worthwhile and healthy activities for 9. Jimtown 16-4 72 $36.3 million more - o n meals, malls, hotels and parking. It's the •Meals and Retail Spending
the student athle tes of our state. 10. Hammond Bishop Noll 16-4 64 ultimate win-win. High school sports are a great entertainment value, o Hotels o IHSAA Tickets
This honor comes as a result of Goss' Receiving votes: Seeger 37, North Miami 23 and they're great for the local economy.
selection by a committee representing those
Class A
26 associations. Statewide, there are more
Rk Team Record Points
than 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in
1. North Daviess (2) 19-2 252
11 sports. 2. Orleans (9) 19-1 250
A member of the Lake County and 3. Triton 18-2 200
Calumet officials associations, he has served 4. LafayetteCentraJCatholic(3) 1 6-5 2E
5. Rockville 1 9-3 170
as a board member, program chairman and
6. South Newton 18-2 1 56
assignor.
7. Fort Wayne Blackhawk 1 5-5 1 17
He is a graduate of St. Joseph's 8. Barr-Reeve 1 4-5 78
College and Lew Wallace High School in 9. Jac-Cen-Del 16-4 75 IN DIANA HIGH SCHOOL
Gary. He is retired after 31 years as a sales 10. Indianapolis Lutheran 17-4 ST ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
manager. Receiving votes: Tecumseh 42, Shakamak 28, ihsaa.org
Morgan Township 20, Borden 15, Indiana School
John has two grown children, Eric and
for the Deaf 7
Lisa.
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