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Football Tournament Pairings Show on Sunday | Volleyball Tournament Drawing on Monday | Cross Country Sectionals Begin Tuesday | State Statistical Leaders | News & Notes from Around the State
First round sectional matchups in the 40th Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament presented by the Indianapolis Colts will be announced Sunday, Oct. 7, beginning at 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT.
The state tournament pairings shows may be seen on television, heard on radio or viewed via webstream at IHSAA.org.
Six affiliates of the IHSAA Champions Television Network (listed below) will air the 90-minute show throughout the state originating from the Indianapolis studios of WTTV-4, the network’s flagship. Jerry Baker, Dick Dullaghan and Jeremiah Johnson will serve as hosts of the program.
Listeners also may tune into any of the 33 affiliates (listed below) of the IHSAA Champions Radio Network. Bob Lovell and Paul Condry will serve as hosts of that show originating from Emmis Communications on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis.
At approximately 8:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm CT, complete brackets will be available on IHSAA.org.
IHSAA Football State Tournament Pairings Show
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012, 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT
IHSAA Champions Television Network
Clarksville: Indiana 9
Evansville: News 25 & Local 7
Fort Wayne: Indiana's News Center
Gary: Lakeshore Public Television 56
Indianapolis/Kokomo: Indiana's 4
South Bend: WHME-46
IHSAA Champions Radio Network
| License City, State | Call Letters | Band | Frequency |
| Anderson, IN | WHBU | 1240 | AM |
| Austin, IN | WXKU | 92.7 | FM |
| Batesville, IN | WRBI | 103.9 | FM |
| Berne, IN | WZBD | 92.7 | FM |
| Boonville, IN | WBNL | 1540 | AM |
| Crawfordsville,IN | WIMC | 103.9 | FM |
| Crawfordsville,IN | WCDQ | 106.3 | FM |
| Evansville, IN | WGBF | 1280 | AM |
| Hardinsburg, IN | WKLO | 96.9 | FM |
| Huntingburg, IN | WBDC | 100.9 | FM |
| Indianapolis, IN | WFNI | 1070 | AM |
| Jasper, IN | WQKZ | 98.5 | FM |
| Jasper, IN | WITZ | 104.7 | FM |
| Ligoner / Warsaw, IN | WLEG | 102.7 | FM |
| Loogootee, IN | WRZR | 94.5 | FM |
| Madison, IN | WORX | 96.7 | FM |
| Madison, IN | WXGO | 1270 | AM |
| Michigan City, IN | WEFM | 95.9 | FM |
| Muncie, IN | WXFN | 1340 | AM |
| New Albany, IN | WNDA | 1570 | AM |
| New Castle, IN | WLTI | 1550 | AM |
| Paoli, IN | WUME | 95.3 | FM |
| Plymouth, IN | WTCA | 1050 | AM |
| Portland, IN | WPGW | 1440 | AM |
| Portland, IN | WPGW | 100.9 | FM |
| Rochester, IN | WROI | 92.1 | FM |
| Santa Claus, IN | WAXL | 103.3 | FM |
| Shelbyville, IN | WSVX | 96.5 | FM |
| Shelbyville, IN | WSVX | 1520 | AM |
| South Bend, IN | WSBT | 960 | AM |
| South Bend, IN | WSBT | 96.1 | FM |
| Sullivan, IN | WNDI | 95.3 | FM |
| Washington, IN | WAMW | 107.9 | FM |
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Volleyball Tournament Drawing Monday Morning
The IHSAA will conduct the blind draw for the 41st Annual Volleyball State Tournament on Monday, Oct. 8, beginning at 9 am ET / 8 am CT. Pairings will be e-mailed to IHSAA member school athletic directors and news media and posted to IHSAA.org upon completion.
Sectional matches begin Tuesday, Oct. 16.
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Cross Country Sectionals Tuesday
Sectional races in the 66th Annual Boys and 31st Annual Girls Cross Country Tournaments are scheduled for 32 sites on Tuesday, October 9. Regional competition is Saturday, Oct. 13, with semi-states one week later and the state finals at the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course in Terre Haute on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Boys and Girls Cross Country Sectionals
Date: Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
Admission: Free.
Advancement: The top 15 individuals and top five teams advance to regionals.
Boys State Tournament | Girls State Tournament
Boys Notables
Defending Sectional Champions
Andrean, Avon, Bedford North Lawrence, Ben Davis, Bloomington South, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Columbus North, Culver Academies, DeKalb, Evansville North, Franklin Central, Homestead, Kankakee Valley, Lake Central, Logansport, Mishawaka, Muncie Central, New Castle, North Central (Indianapolis), North Harrison, Pendleton Heights, Perry Central, Silver Creek, South Dearborn, South Knox, Terre Haute South, Twin Lakes, Valparaiso, Warsaw, West Lafayette, Whitko.
Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
33 by Carmel (1974-2006).
Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)
5: New Castle, Perry Central.
3: North Harrison, Pendleton Heights, West Lafayette.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
37: Carmel.
29: Bloomington South.
27: Richmond.
25: Elkhart Central.
24: Ben Davis,
23: Columbus North, Lafayette Jefferson, Portage, Terre Haute North.
22: Fort Wayne Northrop.
Girls Notables
Defending Sectional Champions
Angola, Avon, Bloomington South, Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Columbus North, Crown Point, Culver Academies, Eastern (Greentown), Evansville Memorial, Franklin Central, Gibson Southern, Hagerstown, Hebron, Heritage Hills, Huntington North, Jay County, Lake Central, New Albany, North Central (Indianapolis), Norwell, Oldenburg Academy, Pendleton Heights, Penn, Pike, Salem, Silver Creek, Terre Haute North, Tri-County, Valparaiso, Warsaw, West Lafayette.
Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
25 by Carmel (1981-2005).
Active Sectional Championship Streaks (three or more years)
14: Columbus North.
11: Carroll (Fort Wayne), Franklin Central.
7: Culver Academies, Lake Central.
5: Crown Point, Jay County, Terre Haute North.
4: Bloomington South, Heritage Hills, Huntington North.
3: Eastern (Greentown), Penn, Tri-County.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
28: Carmel.
25: Columbus North.
20: Northridge, Penn.
19: Floyd Central, Valparaiso.
18: Lake Central.
16: Carroll (Fort Wayne).
15: Bedford North Lawrence, Crown Point.
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State Statistical Leaders
The following lists of statistical leaders are compiled by VarVee.com, the IHSAA’s official statistics gathering partner. The IHSAA encourages each of its member schools to participate by registering at www.varvee.com and updating statistics by each Monday through the end of the season. Weekly reports will be issued each Tuesday throughout the season.
Football: State Statistical Leaders | Weekly Report
Volleyball: State Statistical Leaders | Weekly Report
Boys Soccer: State Statistical Leaders | Weekly Report
Girls Soccer: State Statistical Leaders | Weekly Report
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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.
Sophomore Samantha Dewey scored seven goals in Triton Central's 13-0 victory over Greenwood Christian on Sept. 22 to break the single-season state record for most goals scored. Dewey’s 54 goals at the time surpassed the 52 set by Brown County's Kami Graber in 2010. She finished the regular season with 68 goals bettering the overall state record of 55 set by Merrillville's Vangel Nacovski in 2003.
The Eastern Lady Comets became the first team in conference history to score a perfect 15 points in the annual Mid-Indiana Conference girls cross country meet. Eastern had the top five runners in the conference to score the perfect cross country score. This is the fourth consecutive conference title for the sixth-ranked Comet harriers. Senior Bethany Neeley (the defending IHSAA 1,600 meter state champion) lead the girls with the conference’s fastest time at 18:43. Twin sister Brittany followed in second (19:49), Carly Jones was third (19:58), Avery Ewing was fourth (20:02) and Sarah Wagner was fifth (20:11) to round out the scoring.
Herron's 3-2 victory over Monrovia in the Class A boys soccer sectional at Speedway on Monday was the school's first sectional victory in any sport. Herron originally opened in 2003 and began competing in state tournaments four years ago.
Chesterton’s Marissa Kroeger showed great courage and integrity in calling herself out at Friday’s girls golf state finals. From Steve Gorches of the Gary Post-Tribune:
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/sports/gorches/15461238-419/girls-golf-chestertons-marissa-kroeger-steps-up-and-does-the-right-thing.html
On Sept. 22, Elwood junior running back Sammy Mireles became the school’s all-time leading rusher as the Panthers beat Mississinewa. In 26 career games, Mireles has rushed for 4,203 yards and eclipsed the old mark established by his position coach, Chris Noone, who rushed for 4,171 yds from 1986-88.
From the Terre Haute Tribune-Star, North Central’s (Farmersburg) Chase VanSchoyck set the state record for rushing yards in a game last Friday: http://tribstar.com/highschoolsports/x1241989585/North-Central-fullback-surpasses-goal-with-record-effort
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About the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. (IHSAA)
Founded in 1903, the purpose of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. (IHSAA) is to encourage, regulate and give direction to wholesome amateur interschool athletic competition between its 408 member schools. The Association provides state championship tournament series in 20 sports, 10 for girls and 10 for boys. Approximately 160,000 student athletes participate in IHSAA sports on an annual basis.