IHSAA News Release Indiana High School Athleঞ c Associaঞ on, Inc. 9150 N. Meridian Street, PO Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650 317-846-6601 ▪ Fax: 317-575-4244 ▪ IHSAA.org ▪ IHSAAtv.org ▪ @IHSAA1 TICKETS THE 109TH ANNUAL $15 per person (two games). All day ckets (four games) $30 per person. Reserved ckets may be purchased at the par cipa ng schools IHSAA BOYS BASKETBALL STATE FINALS the week of the state fi nals. Contact those schools for cket distribu on hours. Any presented by the Indiana Pacers & Indiana Fever remaining ckets will be available game day at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse cket offi ce. Saturday, March 23, 2019 PARKING Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. There are mul ple parking op ons throughout the downtown area that are within walking distance of the Fieldhouse. The Virginia Avenue Garage, which charges a fee and is located directly to the east of the venue, connects to the Fieldhouse from the third fl oor of the garage via a walkway over Delaware Street. The entrance to the Virginia Avenue Garage is located off of Maryland Street. GATES OPEN Bankers Life Fieldhouse will open its gates to fans beginning one hour prior to the start of each session -- 9:30 am ET and 5 pm ET. The venue will be cleared between the Class 2A and 3A games. FORT WAYNE BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN (27-2) vs. BARR҃REEVE (26-2) 10:30 AM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA BLACKHAWK CHRISTIAN BRAVES BARR҃REEVE VIKINGS Head Coach: Marc Davidson Head Coach: Josh Thompson CLASS A Record at Blackhawk: 122-44 (6th Year) Record at Barr-Reeve: 26-2 (1st Year) Overall: 152-59 (8th Year) Overall: 136-158 (12th Year) ANDREAN (20-8) vs. LINTON҃STOCKTON (27-3) APPROX. 12:45 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA TELEVISION & WEBCAST All four state championship games will air live ANDREAN FIGHTING 59ERS LINTON҃STOCKTON MINERS on Fox Sports Indiana. For viewers outside of Head Coach: Bradley Stangel Head Coach: Joey Hart the Fox Sports Indiana coverage area, a live CLASS 2A Record at Andrean: 55-23 (3rd Year) Record at Linton: 179-58 (9th Year) stream will be available at IHSAAtv.org. For Overall: 55-23 (3rd Year) Overall: 325-186 (21st Year) those within the FSI coverage area, the stream will be available only on delayed basis following the conclusion of the telecast. Also, South Bend’s WHME Channel 46 will carry all four games for viewers in the Michiana CULVER ACADEMIES (24-3) vs. SILVER CREEK (24-3) area. 6 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA BROADCAST TEAMS Class A CULVER ACADEMIES EAGLES SILVER CREEK DRAGONS ▪ Play-by-Play Jeremiah Johnson Head Coach: Mark Galloway Head Coach: Brandon Hoff man ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell CLASS 3A Record at Culver: 132-85 (9th Year) Record at Silver Creek: 150-67 (9th Year) ▪ Sideline Reporter Tony Donohue Overall: 267-135 (17th Year) Overall: 150-67 (9th Year) Class 2A ▪ Play-by-Play Pat Boylan ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell ▪ Sideline Reporter Jeremiah Johnson CARMEL (25-1) vs. BEN DAVIS (20-7) Class 3A ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw APPROX. 8:15 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA ▪ Color Analyst Mike Broughton CARMEL GREYHOUNDS BEN DAVIS GIANTS ▪ Sideline Reporter Chris May Head Coach: Ryan Osborn Head Coach: Don Carlisle CLASS 4A Record at Carmel: 46-9 (2nd Year) Record at Ben Davis: 20-7 (1st Year) Class 4A Overall: 46-9 (2nd Year) Overall: 66-32 (4th Year) ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw ▪ Color Analyst Mike Broughton ▪ Sideline Reporter Chris May #FaceOfSportsmanship #IHSAA MEDIA INFORMATION IHSAA Champions Radio Network The network affi liates listed below will carry Bobby Cox, Commissioner | [email protected] one or more of the four state championship Paul Neidig, Assistant Commissioner/Tournament Administrator | [email protected] games. Check ihsaa.org this week for further Jason Wille, Sports Informa on Director | [email protected] details. CREDENTIALS: The deadline for requests is Thursday, March 21, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT. Creden als will not be granted a er that me. For media outlets intending to cover the boys basketball state fi nals, please apply for creden als by e-mailing your request (with name of individual to be creden aled) to IHSAA Sports Informa on Director Jason Wille at [email protected]. E-mail requests MUST originate from a recognized business account; e-mails from personal accounts (ie: yahoo.com, gmail.com, etc.) will not be accepted. Please note that the boys basketball state fi nals require a specifi c creden al. Any passes issued previously will not allow admission to this event. Creden als will not be mailed. NO CHILDREN, PLEASE: With the excep on of high school students represen ng their school’s newspaper, yearbook, radio or television sta on, and who have a team par cipa ng, no young people or children will be issued media creden als or be allowed in the working media area. BROADCAST TEAMS MEDIA PARKING: There is no designated parking area for media for this event though there are Class A mul ple parking op ons throughout the downtown area that are within walking distance of the ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw Fieldhouse. The Virginia Avenue Garage, which charges a fee and is located directly to the east ▪ Color Analyst Jan Boser of the venue, connects to the Fieldhouse from the third fl oor of the garage via a walkway over ▪ Sideline Reporter Rob Moorhead Delaware Street. The entrance to the Virginia Avenue Garage is located off of Maryland Street. MEDIA WILL-CALL/ENTRANCE: To gain admi ance, the 2018-19 IHSAA Boys Basketball State Class 2A Finals Media Creden al is required. The entrance is on the southeast side of Bankers Life Fieldhouse ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw adjacent to Delaware Street. The door is marked for Employees and Media and is located at the ▪ Color Analyst Jan Boser opposite end of the building from the public entrance. Creden als may be claimed beginning at 8 am ▪ Sideline Reporter Rob Moorhead ET for the fi rst session and at 4 pm ET for the second session. Please have iden fi ca on available and be prepared to have bags and equipment checked by security offi cials. Class 3A ▪ Play-by-Play Tony Donohue MEDIA WORKROOM: The media workroom at Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be open all day and be ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell available to working media members. The work area contains complimentary wireless internet access ▪ Sideline Reporter Ma Hicks and hospitality will be available. SEAT ASSIGNMENTS: Except where permanent lines have been installed for those that have Class 4A ordered them, an open sea ng policy will be used along press row. ▪ Play-by-Play Pat Boylan ▪ Color Analyst Lance Scheib BROADCAST PHONE LINE (if needed): Phone service is available for installa on at each broadcast ▪ Sideline Reporter Ma Hicks loca on. Should your sta on require such service, please contact Kevin Messenger (kmessenger@ pacers.com) for an order form. City Call Le ers Anderson WHBU 1240 AM FIELDHOUSE WIFI: Complimentary wireless service is provided for all a ending media. Please access the “BLF Wifi ” wireless signal. No login or password is required. Hard-wired Ethernet lines are Aus n WXKU 92.7 FM available at cost by contac ng Kevin Messenger ([email protected]). Batesville WRBI 103.9 FM Baugh City WYIR 96.9 FM RESULTS & STATISTICS: Live stats for each game will be available on the IHSAA website. Stats and Bedford WBIW 1340 AM box scores will be distributed at the end of each quarter on press row as well as in the media work Bedford WPHZ 102.5 FM room. Bedford WQRK 105.5 FM Boonville WBNL 99.9 FM/1540 AM LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: No one except tournament workers and team coaches and par cipants Brazil WAMB 106.9 FM/1130 AM will have access to the locker rooms. Culver WYMR 98.3 FM LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: News reports showing live game ac on are prohibited. Stand-up reports Evansville WREF 97.7 FM for newscasts are permi ed from inside the building provided that no live ac on is shown. Hammond WJOB 1230 AM/104.7 FM Hardinsburg WKLO 96.9 FM POST-GAME GUIDELINES Indianapolis WFNI 1070 AM/107.5 FM With the excep on of the IHSAA’s Radio, Indianapolis WIBC 93.1 FM Television, Internet and Photography partners, all Jasper WITZ 104.7 FM media members are asked to remain off the playing Jasper WQKZ 98.5 FM fl oor and behind the ropes during the post-game Jeff ersonville WXVW 1450 AM awards ceremonies. Knox WKVI 99.3 FM The post-game ceremonies order will be as follows: Michigan City WEFM 95.9 FM • Mental A tude Award presenta on Muncie WXFN 1340 AM/102.9 FM • Runner-Up medals and trophy presenta on New Castle WLTI 1550 AM • Championship medals and trophy Oxford WIBN 98.1 FM presenta on Paoli WUME 95.3 FM • Team Photographs by Double Edge Media Plymouth WTCA 1050 AM/106.1 FM Rensselaer WLQI 97.7 FM Following the Class A, 2A and 3A awards Rensselaer WRIN 1560 AM/104.5 FM ceremonies, coaches and selected players will be escorted to the Media Interview Room for a formal Richmond WKBV 1490 AM press conference which is located on playing fl oor Rockville WAXI 104.9 FM level just off the media entrance elevator. We ask Salem WSLM 1220 AM/97.9 FM your assistance to use the press conference as Seymour WZZB 1390 AM/99.3 FM the appropriate me to conduct interviews.