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Last Year’s State Finals in Review

FORT WAYNE CANTERBURY REPEATS AS 1A STATE CHAMPION

Fort Wayne Canterbury captured its Sophomore Jacob Fritz opened the
second straight state title in record fashion with scoring for the Cavaliers in the eighth minute of
a 5-0 win over Covenant Christian (Indianapolis) play after an assist from junior Britt Watts. It was
at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Fritz’s 12th goal of the season and Watts’ 21st
Stadium in Indianapolis. assist. Canterbury never looked back, using a total
team effort to add three more goals in the first half
The win gave Canterbury its fifth soccer and another early in the second half on the way to
state title, tying them with North Central (India- a dominating 5-0 victory.
napolis) for most in state history.
The Cavaliers utilized five different goal
scorers in the game on four assists. Two of those
assists came from Watts, a new 1A state finals
record. Canterbury finishes its season with a 16-6-1
record under head coach Greg Mauch, who has
led the Cavaliers to four other state championship
seasons in his career (1997, 1998, 2001, 2011). He
is now tied with North Central coach Jerry Little for
most state titles by a coach.
Covenant Christian, led by Michael
Johnson, was making its first state finals appear-
ance in any sport. The Warriors finished their
season with a 10-13-2 record.

Ismail Attallah to be honored as State’s Top Official

Ismail Attallah of Valparaiso is the recipient of the Attallah was selected for this honor by a committee
2013 Interscholastic Athletic Official Association Award for representing the official’s associations. In Indiana there
excellence in the sport of soccer. Ismail will be honored are 26 associations made up of men and women who
in a special ceremony at today’s state final tournament. give up much of their personal time to assist in providing
wholesome, worthwhile, and healthy activities for the
Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic As- student athletes in our state. Statewide, there are more
sociation, in cooperation with the National Federation than 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports.
of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and
honors an outstanding official in each of 11 sports during Ismail is a 1976 graduate of Hawalli in Kuwait and a
the school year. 1984 graduate of Indiana Tech where he earned a degree
in civil engineering. He is a construction manager and
A member of the Calumet Athletic Officials Associa- engineer for AES Services in Chicago. Attallah and his
tion, Ismail he has served as an IHSAA rules interpreter wife of 20 years, Asma, have four children: Nadine (19),
and clinician for eight years. Throughout his officiating Jewan (16), Osaid (11) and Leen (7).
career of 20 years, Ismail has refereed nine sectionals,
four regionals, two semi-states, and two state finals (2008
and 2009).

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