October 7, 2018 IHSAA Football State Tournament Begins October 19 Post season anticipation began tonight as 319 teams received notice of their sectional opponents via live webstream at IHSAAtv.org and the IHSAA Champions Radio Network. The 46th Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament presented by the Indianapolis Colts is set to begin Oct. 19 with first round games in all classes except 6A which has the week off. semifinal games will be played on Oct. 26, sectional championship games on Nov. 2, regionals on Nov. 9, semi states on Nov. 16 and the state championship games on Nov. 23 24. The 12 teams earning a berth in the state finals will play on Thanksgiving weekend in Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL s Indianapolis Colts, the state tournament s presenting sponsor since 2009. The state championship games alternate each year as the Class 2A, 4A and 6A games will be played on Friday, Nov. 23 while the 1A, 3A and 5A contests are set for Saturday, Nov. 24. Here s a look at when games will be played each week by class: 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A Oct. 19 Oct. 26 Nov. 2 Nov. 9 Nov. 16 Nov. 23 Nov. 24 Semi State Week off Semis Finals States One game in s 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 only; All others week off 1st Rd. 1st Rd. 1st Rd. 1st Rd. Semis Semis Semis Semis Semis Finals Finals Finals Finals Finals Semi States Semi States Semi States Semi States Semi States State State State State State About the Draw To conduct the random drawing for the football state tournament, the IHSAA places ping-pong balls representing each school in a given sectional into a lottery-style air mix machine. A fan in the bottom of the machine blows the balls around the inside of the transparent container and air then forces each ball up through a tube in random order. For example, the first ball retrieved from the machine will be the visiting team in game one with the second ball representing the home team in game one. The third ball to come out is the visitor in game two and the fourth ball the home team in game two. That same method is followed through all 48 sectionals. In the case of five team sectionals in Class 5A, the first two teams drawn will play the opening weekend of the tournament with the fifth team drawn receiving the bye and an automatic road game in the semifinal round against the opening game winner. The third and fourth teams drawn will play in the other semifinal game. In seven team sectionals, the seventh team drawn receives the bye and an automatic road game in the semifinal round. Page 1 of 10
Notables Schools Entered: 319 schools. 313 games will be played over the six week tournament. Schools Entered for First Time (2) Parke Heritage Traders Point Christian Academy Schools Playing Up One Class due to Tournament Success Factor Fort Wayne Snider (Class 6A 3). Linton Stockton (Class 2A, 40). Monrovia (Class 3A, 30). Roncalli (Class 5A, 13). Schools Remaining in Higher Class due to Tournament Success Factor Columbus East (Class 5A, 15). New Palestine (Class 5A, 12). Schools Opting to Play Up a Class None. Most State s 13: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard. 12: Indianapolis Cathedral. 11: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers. 9: Ben Davis, Roncalli, Sheridan. 8: Carmel, Warren Central. 7: Lafayette Central Catholic. 5: Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Penn. All Time Consecutive Tournament Victories 32: Indianapolis Cathedral, 2010 15. 26: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, 2009 13; Warren Central, 2003 07. 25: Lafayette Central Catholic, 2009 13. 23: Roncalli, 2002 05; Sheridan, 2005 08. 22: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2001 04; Penn, 1995 98. 21: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, 2010 13. Active Consecutive Tournament Win Streaks 6: Columbus East, East Central, Evansville Memorial, Pioneer, Southridge. 5: Ben Davis. Page 2 of 10
Defending Champions 6A: Avon, Ben Davis, Carmel, Center Grove, Crown Point, Fishers, Fort Wayne Snider, Penn. 5A: Bloomington South, Columbus East, Concord, Indianapolis Cathedral, Kokomo, Michigan City, Terre Haute North Vigo, Zionsville. 4A: Angola, East Central, Evansville Central, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Greenwood Community, Lowell, Mississinewa, New Prairie. 3A: Brebeuf Jesuit, Danville Community, Evansville Memorial, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Lawrenceburg, Mishawaka Marian, West Lafayette. 2A: Eastbrook, Indianapolis Scecina, Lapel, North Newton, Providence, Southridge, Western Boone, Woodlan. A: Eastern Greene, Fountain Central, Indianapolis Arlington, Indianapolis Lutheran, LaVille, Monroe Central, Pioneer, Southwood. Active Streaks (three or more years) 12: Indianapolis Cathedral. 11: Fort Wayne Snider. 7: Center Grove. 5: Carmel, Penn, Pioneer. 4: Bloomington South, Indianapolis Lutheran, Lowell. 3: East Central, Kokomo, Mishawaka Marian, West Lafayette, Zionsville. Most Consecutive s 19 by Hobart, 1979 97. Top 10 All Time s 29: Carmel. 26: Fort Wayne Snider, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard. 24: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Penn. 23: Fort Wayne Bishop Luers. 22: Ben Davis, Indianapolis Cathedral, Jimtown. 20: Evansville Mater Dei, Hobart. Page 3 of 10
s Class 6A: Oct. 26; Nov. 2, 2018. Class 5A 1A: Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2, 2018. Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school. Admission: $6 per person. Determining Home Team : The second named team in the blind draw is host school unless the two teams agree to switch the site. : The team without a home game will host. Exception: The bye team will always be the visitor. If both teams were hosts or both were visitors, the second named team in the quarter bracket will host. In 6A & 5A, in the four team sectionals, the second named team will host. s: 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 6A (32 schools) Dates: Oct. 26, Nov. 2 1 (4 teams) G1: Portage at Crown Point. G2: Merrillville at Lake Central. 2 (4 teams) G1: Chesterton at Valparaiso. G2: Warsaw Community at Penn. 3 (4 teams) G1: Fort Wayne Snider at Carroll (Fort Wayne). G2: Homestead at Fort Wayne Northrop. 4 (4 teams) G1: Westfield at Carmel. G2: Noblesville at Lafayette Jefferson. 5 (4 teams) G1: North Central (Indianapolis) at Hamilton Southeastern. G2: Fishers at Pike. 6 (4 teams) G1: Warren Central at Ben Davis. G2: Lawrence North at Lawrence Central. 7 (4 teams) G1: Southport at Brownsburg. G2: Perry Meridian at Avon. 8 (4 teams) G1: Franklin Central at Jeffersonville. G2: Columbus North at Center Grove. Page 4 of 10
Class 5A (37 schools) Dates: Oct. 19, 26; Nov. 2 9 (4 teams) G1: LaPorte at South Bend Adams. G2: Munster at Michigan City. 10 (5 teams) G1: Fort Wayne North Side at Elkhart Central. Oct. 19 G2: Goshen at G1 winner. Oct. 26 G3: Concord at Elkhart Memorial. Oct. 26 G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Nov. 2 11 (4 teams) G1: Kokomo at McCutcheon. G2: Huntington North at Harrison (West Lafayette). 12 (5 teams) G1: Muncie Central at Zionsville. Oct. 19 G2: New Palestine at G1 winner. Oct. 26 G3: Greenfield Central at Anderson. Oct. 26 G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Nov. 2 13 (5 teams) G1: Plainfield at Indianapolis Cathedral. Oct. 19 G2: Roncalli at G1 winner. Oct. 26 G3: Indianapolis Arsenal Technical at Decatur Central. Oct. 26 G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Nov. 2 14 (5 teams) G1: Franklin Community at Whiteland Community. Oct. 19 G2: Bloomington South at G1 winner. Oct. 26 G3: Bloomington North at Martinsville. Oct. 26 G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Nov. 2 15 (5 teams) G1: Columbus East at New Albany. Oct. 19 G2: Seymour at G1 winner. Oct. 26 G3: Bedford North Lawrence at Floyd Central. Oct. 26 G4: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. Nov. 2 16 (4 teams) G1: Terre Haute South Vigo at Terre Haute North Vigo. G2: Castle at Evansville North. Page 5 of 10
Class 4A (64 Schools) Dates: Oct. 19, 26; Nov. 2. 17 (8 teams) G1: East Chicago Central at Hammond. G2: Hammond Morton at Hammond Gavit. G3: Lowell at Highland. G4: Gary West Side at Griffith. 18 (8 teams) G1: New Prairie at South Bend Washington. G2: South Bend St. Joseph at Kankakee Valley. G3: South Bend Clay at South Bend Riley. G4: Mishawaka at Hobart. 19 (8 teams) G1: Plymouth at NorthWood. G2: East Noble at DeKalb. G3: Northridge at Wawasee. G4: Angola at Culver Academies. 20 (8 teams) G1: Fort Wayne Wayne at Fort Wayne South Side. G2: New Haven at Columbia City. G3: Leo at Jay County. G4: Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger at Logansport. 21 (8 teams) G1: Pendleton Heights at Marion. G2: Delta at Lebanon. G3: Yorktown at Frankfort. G4: Western at Mississinewa. 22 (8 teams) G1: Shelbyville at Mt. Vernon (Fortville). G2: Greenwood Community at New Castle. G3: Beech Grove at Mooresville. G4: Richmond at Connersville. 23 (8 teams) G1: East Central at Franklin County. G2: Jennings County at South Dearborn. G3: Madison Consolidated at Edgewood. G4: Silver Creek at Scottsburg. 24 (8 teams) G1: Boonville at Evansville Bosse. G2: Evansville Harrison at Jasper. G3: Northview at Owen Valley. G4: Evansville Reitz at Evansville Central. Page 6 of 10
Class 3A (62 Schools) Dates: Oct. 19, 26; Nov. 2. 25 (8 teams) G1: Wheeler at Hanover Central. G2: Andrean at Benton Central. G3: Twin Lakes at Hammond Clark. G4: West Lafayette at Calumet. 26 (8 teams) G1: Southmont at Brebeuf Jesuit. G2: Crawfordsville at Guerin Catholic. G3: Hamilton Heights at North Montgomery. G4: Northwestern at Blackford. 27 (8 teams) G1: Tippecanoe Valley at Peru. G2: Glenn at Maconaquah. G3: Knox at Jimtown. G4: Mishawaka Marian at Fairfield. 28 (8 teams) G1: West Noble at Norwell. G2: Heritage at Fort Wayne Bishop Luers. G3: Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran at Lakeland. G4: Garrett at Bellmont. 29 (6 teams) G1: Indianapolis Bishop Chatard at Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. G2: Indian Creek at Indianapolis Crispus Attucks. G3: Rushville Consolidated at G1 winner. G4: Indianapolis Emmerich Manual at G2 winner. G5: G3 winner vs. G4 winner. 30 (8 teams) G1: Greencastle at Danville Community. G2: South Vermillion at Tri West Hendricks. G3: Sullivan at West Vigo. G4: Monrovia at Brown County. 31 (8 teams) G1: North Harrison at Lawrenceburg. G2: Batesville at Greensburg. G3: Corydon Central at Brownstown Central. G4: Charlestown at Salem. 32 (8 teams) G1: Pike Central at Vincennes Lincoln. G2: Princeton Community at Evansville Memorial. G3: Mt. Vernon at Heritage Hills. G4: Gibson Southern at Washington. Page 7 of 10
Class 2A (63 Schools) Dates: Oct. 19, 26; Nov. 2. 33 (7 teams) G1: Bowman Academy at Boone Grove. G2: North Newton at Whiting. G3: Gary Roosevelt at River Forest. G4: Lake Station Edison at G1 Winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. G6: G4 winner vs. G5 winner. 34 (8 teams) G1: Woodlan vs. Bremen. G2: Wabash at Central Noble. G3: Bluffton at Manchester. G4: Whitko at Prairie Heights. 35 (8 teams) G1: Delphi Community at Rensselaer Central. G2: Eastern (Greentown) at Lewis Cass. G3: Oak Hill at Eastbrook. G4: Taylor at Rochester Community. 36 (8 teams) G1: Madison Grant at Shenandoah. G2: Elwood Community at Alexandria Monroe. G3: Winchester Community at Northeastern. G4: Frankton at Lapel. 37 (8 teams) G1: Eastern Hancock at Heritage Christian. G2: Centerville at Indianapolis Scecina. G3: Triton Central at Milan. G4: Union County at Knightstown. 38 (8 teams) G1: Cascade at Park Tudor. G2: North Putnam at Cloverdale. G3: Western Boone at Indianapolis Washington. G4: Speedway at Tipton. 39 (8 teams) G1: Perry Central at Eastern (Pekin). G2: Switzerland County at Providence. G3: Mitchell at Clarksville. G4: Paoli at Crawford County. 40 (8 teams) G1: Linton Stockton at Forest Park. G2: North Posey at Evansville Mater Dei. G3: South Spencer at Southridge. G4: Tell City at North Knox. Page 8 of 10
Class A (61 Schools) Dates: Oct. 19, 26; Nov. 2. 41 (8 teams) G1: Triton at Culver Community. G2: Winamac Community at Caston. G3: North Judson San Pierre at LaVille. G4: South Central (Union Mills) at West Central. 42 (8 teams) G1: Carroll (Flora) at Frontier. G2: South Newton at Pioneer. G3: Tri County at North Miami. G4: North White at Lafayette Central Catholic. 43 (8 teams) G1: Eastside at Southwood. G2: Southern Wells at Fremont. G3: Adams Central at Northfield. G4: South Adams at Churubusco. 44 (8 teams) G1: Sheridan at Tri Central. G2: Monroe Central at Clinton Central. G3: Wes Del at Clinton Prairie. G4: Union City at Anderson Preparatory Academy. 45 (7 teams) G1: Traders Point Christian Academy at Covenant Christian (Indianapolis). G2: Indianapolis Shortridge at South Putnam. G3: Indiana Deaf School at Indianapolis Howe. G4: Tindley at G1 Winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. G6: G4 winner vs. G5 winner. 46 (8 teams) G1: Edinburgh at Cambridge City Lincoln. G2: Oldenburg Academy at Hagerstown. G3: South Decatur at Indianapolis Lutheran. G4: Tri at North Decatur. 47 (7 teams) G1: Riverton Parke at North Vermillion. G2: Parke Heritage at Covington. G3: Fountain Central at Attica. G4: Seeger at G1 Winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. G6: G4 winner vs. G5 winner. 48 (7 teams) G1: North Daviess at Tecumseh. G2: Eastern Greene at Rock Creek Academy. G3: West Washington at Springs Valley. G4: North Central (Farmersburg) at G1 Winner. G5: G2 winner vs. G3 winner. G6: G4 winner vs. G5 winner. Page 9 of 10
Date: Friday, November 9, 2018. Times: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school. Admission: $8 per person. Determining Home Team Classes 2A, 4A & 6A final game non host, if applicable, or higher sectional # (i.e., Sect. 2 is higher than Sect. 1). Classes A, 3A & 5A final game non host, if applicable, or lower sectional # (i.e., Sect. 1 is lower than Sect. 2). Semi States Date: Friday, November 16, 2018. Time: 7 pm local time or as determined by host school. Admission: $10 per person. Determining Home Team Classes 2A, 4A & 6A *Regional non host, if applicable, or lower sectional # (i.e., Sect. 1 is lower than Sect. 2). Classes A, 3A & 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 Dates: November 23 24, 2018. Site: Lucas Oil Stadium, 500 S. Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis. Tickets: $15.00 per day. All seats are general admission. Children age 5 and younger are admitted at no charge. Single day tickets may be purchased at participating schools the week of the state finals. Contact schools for ticket distribution hours. Purchase advance tickets through a participating school and $1.00 for every ticket sold will be reimbursed to that school. Single day tickets may also be purchased from the IHSAA e Commerce Store or on gameday at the Lucas Oil Stadium Ticket Office located on the southeast side of the venue at street level nearest Capitol Avenue. Gates Open: Lucas Oil Stadium will open its gates to fans beginning at 11 am ET (one hour prior to kickoff of the first game) each day. Friday, Nov. 23, 2018 Class 2A State 12 pm ET Class 4A State 3:30 pm ET Class 6A State 7 pm ET Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018 Class A State 12 pm ET Class 3A State 3:30 pm ET Class 5A State 7 pm ET *** About the Indiana High School Athletic Association, Inc. (IHSAA) The IHSAA is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization that is self-supporting without the use of tax monies. Since its founding in 1903, the Association s mission has been to provide wholesome, educational athletics for the secondary schools of Indiana. Its member high schools - public, institutional, parochial and private pay no annual membership fee or incur entry fees to play in the Association s tournaments. A state tournament series is conducted annually in 22 sports, 10 for girls, 10 for boys and two co-ed (unified flag football and track and field). A 19-person board of directors, elected by member school principals, governs the organization. Page 10 of 10