From ihsaa.org
The sectional assignments for the 2009 and 2010 football state tournaments were announced March 30 by the IHSAA Executive Committee. The format was designed by the 15-person Football Realignment Committee, with representatives from all three IHSAA legislative districts and every classification, and was forwarded to the Executive Committee for its approval.
A total of 319 football-playing schools were assigned to 40 sectionals within the five-class structure. Of those 40 sectionals, all but one (Class 5A Sectional 8) will have eight teams for the next two seasons. Those eight-team sectionals will have four first-round games, two semifinal games, and the sectional championship game played over a three-week period. Sectional 8 will have three first-round games, with one team receiving a bye into one of the two semifinals, followed by the championship game.
A total of 28 schools will play in a different classification than they had in the previous two-year cycle.
Here’s the list of schools changing class in football:
Moving up from 4A to 5A (5)
Columbus East, East Chicago Central, Westfield, Whiteland, Zionsville
Moving down from 5A to 4A (5)
Anderson, Anderson Highland, Fort Wayne South, Indianapolis Arlington, South Bend Riley
Moving up from 3A to 4A (2)
Angola, Gary Roosevelt
Moving down from 4A to 3A (1)
Frankfort
Moving up from 2A to 3A (4)
Harding, Indian Creek, Jimtown, Rochester
Moving down from 3A to 2A (2)
Crawford County, Greencastle
Moving up from A to 2A (5)
Eastern (Greentown), Eastside, Indianapolis Ritter, Park Tudor, River Forest
Moving down from 2A to A (4)
Eastern Greene, Knightstown, North Knox, Winamac
The sectional realignment for the 2009 and 2010 seasons:
CLASS 5A (63 schools)
Sectional 1
Chesterton
Crown Point
East Chicago Central
Lake Central
Merrillville
Munster
Portage
Valparaiso
Sectional 2
Elkhart Central
Elkhart Memorial
Goshen
LaPorte
Michigan City
Mishawaka
Penn
South Bend Adams
Sectional 3
Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Fort Wayne North
Fort Wayne Northrop
Fort Wayne Snider
Homestead
Huntington North
Kokomo
Warsaw
Sectional 4
Carmel
Fishers
Hamilton Southeastern
Harrison (West Lafayette)
Lafayette Jefferson
McCutcheon
Noblesville
Westfield
Sectional 5
Franklin Central
Lawrence Central
Lawrence North
North Central (Indianapolis)
Perry Meridian
Richmond
Southport
Warren Central
Sectional 6
Avon
Ben Davis
Brownsburg
Indianapolis Tech
Pike
Terre Haute North
Terre Haute South
Zionsville
Sectional 7
Bloomington North
Bloomington South
Center Grove
Columbus East
Columbus North
Decatur Central
Martinsville
Whiteland
Sectional 8
Bedford North Lawrence
Castle
Evansville North
Floyd Central
Jeffersonville
Jennings County
New Albany
CLASS 4A (64 schools)
Sectional 9
Gary Roosevelt
Gary Wallace
Gary West
Griffith
Hammond
Hammond Morton
Highland
Hobart
Sectional 10
Concord
Kankakee Valley
Logansport
Lowell
Plymouth
South Bend Clay
South Bend Riley
South Bend Washington
Sectional 11
Angola
Columbia City
DeKalb
East Noble
Fort Wayne Dwenger
Fort Wayne Elmhurst
Northridge
Wawasee
Sectional 12
Delta
Fort Wayne South
Fort Wayne Wayne
Jay County
Marion
Muncie Central
Muncie South
New Haven
Sectional 13
Anderson
Anderson Highland
Greenfield‐Central
Indianapolis Arlington
Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
New Castle
New Palestine
Pendleton Heights
Sectional 14
Indianapolis Broad Ripple
Indianapolis Cathedral
Indianapolis Manual
Indianapolis Northwest
Lebanon
Mooresville
Plainfield
Roncalli
Sectional 15
Connersville
East Central
Franklin
Franklin County
Greenwood
Madison
Shelbyville
South Dearborn
Sectional 16
Boonville
Evansville Central
Evansville Harrison
Evansville Reitz
Jasper
Northview
Owen Valley
Seymour
CLASS 3A (64 schools)
Sectional 17
Andrean
Calumet
Culver Academies
Glenn
Hammond Clark
Hammond Gavit
Knox
New Prairie
Sectional 18
Jimtown
Lakeland
Mishawaka Marian
NorthWood
Rochester
South Bend St. Joseph’s
Tippecanoe Valley
West Noble
Sectional 19
Bellmont
Blackford
Eastbrook
Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran
Harding
Heritage
Leo
Norwell
Sectional 20
Benton Central
Frankfort
Maconaquah
Mississinewa
Peru
Twin Lakes
West Lafayette
Western
Sectional 21
Brebeuf
Crawfordsville
Danville
Indianapolis Chatard
North Montgomery
Southmont
West Vigo
Western Boone
Sectional 22
Batesville
Beech Grove
Greensburg
Hamilton Heights
Indianapolis Howe Academy
Indianapolis Marshall
Rushville
Yorktown
Sectional 23
Brown County
Charlestown
Corydon
Edgewood
Heritage Hills
Indian Creek
North Harrison
Salem
Sectional 24
Evansville Bosse
Evansville Memorial
Gibson Southern
Mount Vernon (Posey)
Pike Central
Princeton
Vincennes Lincoln
Washington
CLASS 2A (64 schools)
Sectional 25
Bowman Academy
Hammond Noll
North Judson
North Newton
Rensselaer
River Forest
Seeger
Wheeler
Sectional 26
Bremen
Central Noble
Eastside
Fairfield
Garrett
Prairie Heights
Whitko
Woodlan
Sectional 27
Bluffton
Eastern (Greentown)
Fort Wayne Luers
Madison‐Grant
Manchester
Oak Hill
Wabash
Winchester
Sectional 28
Alexandria
Cass
Delphi
Elwood
Frankton
Northwestern
Taylor
Tipton
Sectional 29
Centerville
Heritage Christian
Indianapolis Ritter
Indianapolis Washington
Park Tudor
Shenandoah
Speedway
Union County
Sectional 30
Cascade
Cloverdale
Greencastle
Monrovia
North Putnam
South Putnam
South Vermillion
Tri‐West Hendricks
Sectional 31
Brownstown
Clarksville
Eastern (Pekin)
Lawrenceburg
Mitchell
Paoli
Providence
Triton Central
Sectional 32
Crawford County
Evansville Mater Dei
Forest Park
North Posey
South Spencer
Southridge
Sullivan
Tell City
CLASS A (64 schools)
Sectional 33
Culver Community
Lake Station
LaVille
South Central (Union Mills)
Triton
West Central
Whiting
Winamac
Sectional 34
Carroll (Flora)
Caston
Frontier
Lafayette Central Catholic
North White
Pioneer
South Newton
Tri‐County
Sectional 35
Adams Central
Churubusco
Fremont
North Miami
Northfield
South Adams
Southern Wells
Southwood
Sectional 36
Cambridge City Lincoln
Hagerstown
Knightstown
Monroe Central
Northeastern
Tri
Union City
Wes‐Del
Sectional 37
Clinton Central
Clinton Prairie
Eastern Hancock
Guerin Catholic
Indiana School for the Deaf
Lapel
Sheridan
Tri‐Central
Sectional 38
Eastern Greene
Edinburgh
Indianapolis Lutheran
Indianapolis Scecina
Milan
North Decatur
South Decatur
West Washington
Sectional 39
Attica
Covington
Fountain Central
North Central (Farmersburg)
North Vermillion
Riverton Parke
Rockville
Turkey Run
Sectional 40
Linton
North Daviess
North Knox
Perry Central
Springs Valley
Tecumseh
Union (Dugger)
Wood Memorial
The IHSAA Football Realignment Committee:
District I
Class A Debb Stevens, Caston
Class 2A Bruce Jennings, Bremen
Class 3A Brian Williamson, New Prairie
Class 4A Geoff Penrod, Columbia City
Class 5A Janis Qualizza, Merrillville
District II
Class A Gary St. Clair, Indianapolis Lutheran
Class 2A Jim Diagostino, Tri-West Hendricks
Class 3A Eric Morgan, Norwell
Class 4A Kevin Horrigan, Greenfield-Central
Class 5A Steve Goeglein, Lawrence North
District III
Class A Jed Jerrels, North Daviess
Class 2A Virgil Ferguson, North Posey
Class 3A Kelly Simpson, North Harrison
Class 4A Kim Simonson, Franklin County
Class 5A John Evers, Castle
