The 34Th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals Saturday
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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Watch the Webcast! The 34th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals Live Webcast -- Action from all four state championship Saturday, March 7, 2009 games will be webcast in live video and audio and Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind. available to anyone, anywhere at www.IHSAASports.org. Session I Class A at 10:30 am ET Indiana Cable Network Fort Wayne Canterbury (22-4) vs. Vincennes Rivet (23-1). Class 2A (begins approximately 40 minutes following conclusion of previous game) Play-by-Play: Rob Blackman (A, 2A); Jerry Baker (3A, 4A) Oak Hill (27-1) vs. Heritage Christian (25-1). Analyst: Jane Schott (all four games) Please note, according to Comcast Cable, channels “692/ ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 81” are digital channels and a digital converter box is Session II needed in order to view the event. Class 3A at 6 pm ET System City Ch. Fort Wayne Elmhurst (24-2) vs. Owen Valley (24-2). Insight Anderson 3 Insight Bedford 21 Class 4A (begins approximately 40 minutes following conclusion of previous game) Insight Bloomington 21 South Bend Washington (26-0) vs. Ben Davis (29-0). Avenue Broadband Brazil 2 Comcast Columbus/Seymour/ North Vernon 692/81 Comcast Connersville/Rushville 692/81 TICKETS: Single Session $15.00 | All Day $25.00. Comcast Crawfordsville 692/81 Reserved tickets can be purchased at the participating schools the week of the Insight Evansville 2 Insight-Sigecom Evansville 9 state finals. Contact those schools for ticket distribution hours. Any remaining Comcast Fort Wayne 692/81 tickets will be available game day at the Lucas Oil Stadium Ticket Office located on Comcast Frankfort 692/81 the southeast side of the venue at street level nearest Capitol Avenue. Comcast Chicago Gary 74 Insight Greencastle 21 Insight Greenfield 21 GATES OPEN: Lucas Oil Stadium will open its gates to fans beginning one hour Insight Greenwood 21 Comcast Chicago Hammond 4 prior to the start of each session -- 9:30 am ET and 5 pm ET. The venue will be Insight Hartford City / Portland 3 cleared between the Class 2A and 3A games. Insight Henderson, Ky. 2 Comcast Huntington 692/81 Bright House Indianapolis 2 DRIVING DIRECTIONS & PARKING: Visit www.lucasoilstadium.com Comcast Indianapolis 692/81 Insight Jasper 2 TELEVISION: All four MediaCom Kendallville 70 MediaCom Knox 7 8 state championship Insight Kokomo 16 games will be carried Insight Lafayette 16 live statewide on Comcast Chicago LaPorte 114 Comcast-SusCom Lawrenceburg 692/81 cable via the Indiana Insight Lebanon 18 Cable Network which Comcast Logansport/Peru/ consists of Comcast, Wabash 692/81 Bright House Marion 9 Bright House Insight Martinsville 21 Networks and Insight Avenue Broadband Martinsville 97 Comcast Chicago Michigan City 115 cable systems. A list Avenue Broadband Mitchell 16 of channels and Comcast Monticello 692/81 markets are listed to Comcast Muncie 692/81 Insight New Albany 98 the left. Insight New Castle 3 Comcast Niles, Mich. 110 WEBCAST: All four state championship games will be webcast in live audio and Insight Noblesville 18 Comcast Chicago Portage 114 video and available around the globe at www.ihsaasports.org. Insight Princeton 2 Insight-TV Cable Rensselaer 78 RADIO: The IHSAA /Methodist Sports Medicine Championship Radio Network will Insight Richmond 64 Comcast-SusCom Shelbyville 692/81 broadcast all four games to affiliates statewide. Markets and frequencies are listed Comcast South Bend/Elkhart 111 on the next page. A complete listing will be posted to www.ihsaa.org this week. Comcast St. Joseph 110 Comcast Chicago Valparaiso 114 Avenue Broadband Vincennes 24 SOUVENIR PROGRAMS: Complimentary copies of the souvenir program may be Comcast Warsaw 111 obtained at each entrance gate to Lucas Oil Stadium. Insight-TV Cable Winamac 78 Pure Spirit. Pure Sport. Pure Indiana. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ IHSAA / Methodist Sports Medicine Media Information Championship Radio Network MEDIA HOSTS: IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille, Communications Director Chris Kaufman, Assistant Mike Wilson and Kristy Catt will be on hand to assist in your Play by Play: Mark Jaynes coverage of this year’s state finals. Analyst: Bob Lovell (A, 2A, 3A); Jan Conner (4A) CREDENTIALS: The deadline for requests is Thursday, March 5, 4 pm ET. Credentials will Sidelines: Chris May not be granted after that time. For media outlets intending to cover the girls basketball state finals, please apply for credentials by e-mailing or faxing your request on company letterhead (with name of individual applying) to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille The stations below will carry one or ([email protected] or 317-575-4244). E-mail requests MUST originate from a recognized more of the four state championship business account; e-mails from personal accounts (ie: yahoo.com, aol.com, etc.) will not be games. accepted. Approved requests will be available for pickup inside the media entrance on game day. Credentials will not be mailed. Batesville WRBI 103.9 FM MEDIA PARKING: There is no designated parking area for media for this event though there Bedford WBIW 1340 AM are numerous parking options within walking distance of the stadium. For a map of options, Bedford WPHZ 102.5 FM visit http://www.lucasoilstadium.com/Maps_and_Parking/Parking/ Berne WZBD 92.7 FM MEDIA WILL-CALL/ENTRANCE: If not claimed at Monday’s coaches interview session, Bicknell WUZR 105.7 FM approved credential requests will be available for pickup at media will-call at Lucas Oil Boonville WBNL 1540 AM Stadium on game day. Media will-call will be located inside the northwest entrance to the Chesterton WDSO 88.3 FM stadium nearest the corner of Missouri and South streets. Credentials may be claimed beginning at 8 am ET for the first session and at 4 pm ET for the second session. Please have Columbia City WJHS 91.5 FM ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ identification available and be prepared to have bags and equipment checked by security Corydon WOCC 1550 AM officials. From that location, you may take the adjacent elevators to event level. Elkhart WCMR 1270 AM SEAT ASSIGNMENTS: Except where permanent lines have been installed for those that Elkhart WCMR 105.3 FM have ordered them, an open seating policy will be used along press row. Ferdinand WQKZ 98.5 FM Fort Wayne WCYT 91.3 FM BROADCAST PHONE LINES: Electronic media requiring phone line installation should Greencastle WREB 94.3 FM contact Matt Smith at Associated Sports Productions for an order form as soon as possible. Smith may be reached at 317-633-1456 or via e-mail at [email protected] or you may Hammond WJOB 1230 AM order directly on-line at http://www.icclos.com. Indianapolis WFNI 1070 AM Jasper WITZ 104.7 FM WIRELESS INTERNET: Wireless internet access is available inside Lucas Oil Stadium Linton WQTY 93.3 FM through service provider Smart City for a fee of $14.95 per 24 hours and payable by credit card. Logansport WLHM 102.3 FM Loogootee WRZR 94.5 FM HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND: For media seeking a higher-speed connection or alternative Lowell WTMK 88.5 FM services at Lucas Oil Stadium, please contact Dennis O’Gara of Smart City at 317-262-4600 to make advance arrangements. Madison WORX 96.7 FM Madison WXGO 1270 AM NO POOL PHONES: Please be advised that pool phones will NOT be available for post- Michigan City WEFM 95.9 FM game filing purposes. Mount Vernon WRCY 1590 AM RESULTS & STATISTICS: Both will be posted to the IHSAA website as soon as possible Mount Vernon WYFX 106.7 FM after the game. Stats and box scores will be distributed at the end of each quarter on press row New Castle WMDH 1550 AM as well as in the media work room. Petersburg WBTO 102.3 FM Plymouth WTCA 1050 AM LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: No one except tournament workers and team coaches and participants will have access to the locker rooms. Portland WPGW 1440 AM Rensselaer WLQI 97.7 FM NO CHILDREN, PLEASE: With the exception of high school students representing their Richmond WHON 930 AM school’s newspaper, yearbook, radio or television station, and who have a team participating, no young people or children will be issued media credentials or be allowed in the working Richmond WK BV 1490 AM media area. Rochester WROI 92.1 FM Rockville WAXI 104.9 FM LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: Spot news reports showing live game action are prohibited. Santa Claus WAXL 103.3 FM Stand-up reports for newscasts are permitted from inside the building provided that no live action is shown. Seymour WZZB 1390 AM Seymour WXKU 92.7 FM POST-GAME GUIDELINES Shelbyville WSVX 1520 AM With the exception of the IHSAA’s Radio, Television, Internet and Photography partners, all Sullivan WNDI 1550 AM media members are asked to remain off the playing floor and behind the ropes during the post- game awards ceremonies. Sullivan WNDI 95.3 FM Terre Haute WBOW 1300 AM The post-game ceremonies order will be as follows: Terre Haute WSDX 1130 AM > Mental Attitude Award presentation > Runner-Up medals and trophy presentation Vincennes WAOV 1450 AM > Championship medals and trophy presentation Vincennes WZDM 92.1 FM > Team Photographs by Visual Sports Network Warsaw WRSW 107.3 FM Warsaw WRSW 1480 AM Following the Class A, 2A and 3A awards ceremonies, coaches and selected players will be escorted to the Media Interview Room for a formal press conference which is located on Washington WAMW 107.9 FM playing floor level just off the media entrance elevator. We ask your assistance to use the Winchester WZZY 98.3 FM press conference as the appropriate time to conduct interviews. The runner-up team coach and selected players will go first followed by the championship team coach and players.