2008-09 IHSAA Football

The 36th Annual State Tournament Series

Entry List Deadline: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT.

State Tournament Draw: Tuesday, Oct. 7, 7 pm ET / 6 am CT.

Sectionals

Dates:

First Round: Friday, Oct. 24 (first round games).

Semifinals: Friday, Oct. 31.

Championships: Friday, Nov. 7.

Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.

Admission: $5.00.

Determining Home Team

First Round: The second-named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site.

Semifinals: The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were home or both were visitors, the second-named team in the quarter bracket will host.

Championships: Host team will be the team that has played the most away games. If both teams have played the same number of away games, the bottom bracket team shall host.

Class 5A (63 teams)

Sectional 1 – Chesterton, Crown Point, Lake Central, Merrillville, Michigan City, Munster, Portage, Valparaiso.

Sectional 2 – Elkhart Central, Elkhart Memorial, Goshen, LaPorte, Mishawaka, Penn, South Bend Adams, South Bend Riley.

Sectional 3 – Carroll (Fort Wayne), Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Homestead, Huntington North, Warsaw.

Sectional 4 – Anderson, Anderson Highland, Carmel, Harrison (West Lafayette), Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, Noblesville.

Sectional 5 – Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Indianapolis Arlington, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis), Richmond, Warren Central.

Sectional 6 – Avon, Ben Davis, Brownsburg, Franklin Central, Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Perry Meridian, Pike, Southport.

Sectional 7 – Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Center Grove, Columbus North, Decatur Central, Martinsville, Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South.

Sectional 8 – Bedford North Lawrence, Castle, Evansville North, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, Jennings County, New Albany.

Class 4A (63 teams)

Sectional 9 – East Chicago Central, Gary Wallace, Gary West Side, Griffith, Hammond, Hammond Morton, Highland, Hobart.

Sectional 10 – Concord, Kankakee Valley, Logansport, Lowell, Northridge, Plymouth, South Bend Clay, South Bend Washington.

Sectional 11 – Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne Elmhurst, Fort Wayne Wayne, New Haven, Wawasee.

Sectional 12 – Delta, Jay County, Marion, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Muncie Central, Muncie Southside, New Castle, Pendleton Heights.

Sectional 13 – Frankfort, Indianapolis Broad Ripple, Indianapolis Northwest, Lebanon, Mooresville, Plainfield, Westfield, Zionsville.

Sectional 14 – Franklin, Greenfield-Central, Greenwood, Indianapolis Cathedral, Indianapolis Manual, New Palestine, Roncalli, Whiteland.

Sectional 15 – Columbus East, Connersville, East Central, Franklin County, Madison, Seymour, Shelbyville, South Dearborn.

Sectional 16 – Boonville, Evansville Central, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Reitz, Jasper, Northview, Owen Valley.

Class 3A (63 teams)

Sectional 17 – Andrean, Calumet, Gary Roosevelt, Gary Wirt, Hammond Clark, Hammond Gavit, Knox, New Prairie.

Sectional 18 – Culver Academies, Glenn, Maconaquah, Mishawaka Marian, NorthWood, Peru, South Bend St. Joseph’s, Tippecanoe Valley.

Sectional 19 – Angola, Bellmont, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Heritage, Lakeland, Leo, Norwell, West Noble.

Sectional 20 – Benton Central, Blackford, Eastbrook, Mississinewa, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette, Western, Yorktown.

Sectional 21 – Brebeuf Jesuit, Crawfordsville, Danville, Greencastle, North Montgomery, Southmont, West Vigo, Western Boone.

Sectional 22 – Batesville, Beech Grove, Greensburg, Hamilton Heights, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Howe, Rushville.

Sectional 23 – Brown County, Charlestown, Corydon Central, Crawford County, Edgewood, Heritage Hills, North Harrison, Salem.

Sectional 24 – Evansville Bosse, Evansville Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mount Vernon, Pike Central, Princeton, Vincennes Lincoln, Washington.

Class 2A (64 teams)

Sectional 25 – Delphi, Hammond Bishop Noll, North Judson, North Newton, Rensselaer Central, Seeger, Wheeler, Winamac.

Sectional 26 – Bluffton, Bremen, Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, Rochester, Wabash, Whitko.

Sectional 27 – Central Noble, Fairfield, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Garrett, Harding, Jimtown, Prairie Heights, Woodlan.

Sectional 28 – Alexandria, Elwood, Frankton, Madison-Grant, Northwestern, Taylor, Tipton, Winchester.

Sectional 29 – Centerville, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Washington, Knightstown, Lawrenceburg, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County.

Sectional 30 – Cascade, Cloverdale, Monrovia, North Putnam, South Putnam, South Vermillion, Speedway, Tri-West Hendricks.

Sectional 31 – Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern (Pekin), Eastern Greene, Indian Creek, Mitchell, Paoli, Providence.

Sectional 32 – Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, North Knox, North Posey, South Spencer, Southridge, Sullivan, Tell City.

Class A (64 teams)

Sectional 33 – Lake Station Edison, LaVille, River Forest, South Central (Union Mills), South Newton, Triton, West Central, Whiting.

Sectional 34 – Adams Central, Churubusco, Eastside, Fremont, Northfield, South Adams, Southern Wells, Southwood.

Sectional 35 – Carroll (Flora), Caston, Culver Community, Frontier, North Miami, North White, Pioneer, Tri-County.

Sectional 36 – Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Eastern (Greentown), Guerin Catholic, Lafayette Central Catholic, Park Tudor, Sheridan, Tri-Central.

Sectional 37 – Edinburgh, Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis Lutheran, Indianapolis Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina, Milan, North Decatur, South Decatur.

Sectional 38 – Cambridge City Lincoln, Eastern Hancock, Hagerstown, Lapel, Northeastern, Tri, Union City, Wes-Del.

Sectional 39 – Attica, Covington, Fountain Central, North Central (Farmersburg), North Vermillion, Riverton Parke, Rockville, Turkey Run.

Sectional 40 – Linton-Stockton, North Daviess, Perry Central, Springs Valley, Tecumseh, Union (Dugger), West Washington, Wood Memorial.

Regionals

Date: Friday, November 14.

Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.

Admission: $6.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: Sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or higher sectional # (i.e., Sect. 2 is higher than Sect. 1).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: Sectional final game non-host, if applicable, or lower sectional # (i.e., Sect. 1 is lower than Sect. 2).

Semi-States

Date: Friday, November 21.

Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school.

Admission: $7.00.

Determining Home Team

Classes 2A and 4A: *Regional non-host, if applicable, or lower sectional # (i.e., Sect. 1 is lower than Sect. 2).

Classes A, 3A and 5A: *Regional non-host, if applicable, or higher sectional # (i.e., Sect. 2 is higher than Sect. 1).

*If regional winner has not hosted either sectional final or regional, that school will be the designated host.

State Finals

Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis.

Dates: Friday, Nov. 28; Saturday, Nov. 29.

Admission: $15 per day; $25 both days (all seats general admission).

Determining Home Team: Home team shall be determined by a coin toss at the pre-tournament meeting on Monday, Nov. 24 at 10 am ET / 9 am CT at the IHSAA office in Indianapolis.

Times:

Class A, Friday, 3:30 pm ET.

Class 2A, Friday, 7 pm ET.

Class 3A, Saturday, 12 pm ET.

Class 4A, Saturday, 3:30 pm ET.

Class 5A, Saturday, 7:05 pm ET.