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IHSAA News Release

Indiana High School Athleঞ c Associaঞ on, Inc. 9150 N. Meridian Street, PO Box 40650, , 46240-0650 317-846-6601 ▪ Fax: 317-575-4244 ▪ IHSAA.org ▪ IHSAAtv.org ▪ @IHSAA1

TICKETS THE 44TH 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 GIRLS STATE FINALS the week of the state fi nals. Contact those schools for cket distribu on hours. Any presented by the & remaining ckets will be available game day at the Fieldhouse cket offi ce. Saturday, February 23, 2019

PARKING , 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. MARQUETTE CATHOLIC (26-2) vs. VINCENNES RIVET (29-0)

10:30 AM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA

MARQUETTE CATHOLIC BLAZERS VINCENNES RIVET PATRIOTS Head Coach: Ka e Collignon Head Coach: Rick Marshall CLASS A Record at Marque e: 74-10 (3rd Year) Record at Rivet: 55-3 (2nd Year) Overall: 74-10 (3rd Year) Overall: 421-103 (22nd Year)

OAK HILL (24-3) vs. WINCHESTER COMMUNITY (26-3)

12:45 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA TELEVISION & WEBCAST All four state championship games will air live OAK HILL GOLDEN EAGLES WINCHESTER GOLDEN FALCONS on Fox Sports Indiana. For viewers outside of Head Coach: Todd Law Head Coach: Holly Gu errez the Fox Sports Indiana coverage area, a live CLASS 2A Record at Oak Hill: 288-75 (15th Year) Record at Winchester: 84-24 (4th Year) stream will be available at IHSAAtv.org. For Overall: 288-75 (15th Year) Overall: 148-71 (9th 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 NORTHWESTERN (26-3) vs. BENTON CENTRAL (26-4) area. 6 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA BROADCAST ASSIGNMENTS Class A NORTHWESTERN TIGERS BENTON CENTRAL BISON ▪ Play-by-Play Mark Jaynes Head Coach: Kathie Layden Head Coach: David Baxter ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell CLASS 3A Record at Northwestern: 124-48 (7th Year) Record at BC: 197-36 (9th Year) ▪ Sideline Reporter Ka e Hargi Overall: 306-148 (19th Year) Overall: 273-118 (16th Year)

Class 2A ▪ Play-by-Play Mark Jaynes ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell ▪ Sideline Reporter Ka e Hargi HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN (26-1) vs. LAWRENCE NORTH (22-6) Class 3A ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw 8:15 PM ET ▪ BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE ▪ INDIANAPOLIS ▪ FOX SPORTS INDIANA ▪ Color Analyst Jane Scho HAMILTON SOUTHEASTERN ROYALS LAWRENCE NORTH WILDCATS ▪ Sideline Reporter Chris May Head Coach: Chris Huppenthal Head Coach: Chris Giffi n

CLASS 4A Record at HSE: 248-76 (14th Year) Record at LN: 148-31 (7th Year) Class 4A Overall: 423-114 (23rd Year) Overall: 148-31 (7th Year) ▪ Play-by-Play Greg Rakestraw ▪ Color Analyst Jane Scho ▪ 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 Sandra Walter, 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, February 21, 4 pm ET/3 pm CT. Creden als will not be granted a er that me. For media outlets intending to cover the girls 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 girls 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.

BROADCAST ASSIGNMENTS 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. Class A ▪ Play-by-Play Brian Jennings MEDIA PARKING: There is no designated parking area for media for this event though there are ▪ Color Analyst Jan Boser mul ple parking op ons throughout the downtown area that are within walking distance of the ▪ Sideline Reporter Rob Moorhead 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 Class 2A Street. The entrance to the Virginia Avenue Garage is located off of Maryland Street. ▪ Play-by-Play Pat Boylan ▪ Color Analyst Jan Boser MEDIA WILL-CALL/ENTRANCE: To gain admi ance, the 2018-19 IHSAA Girls Basketball State ▪ Sideline Reporter Rob Moorhead Finals Media Creden al is required. The entrance is on the southeast side of Bankers Life Fieldhouse adjacent to Delaware Street. The door is marked for Employees and Media and is located at the Class 3A opposite end of the building from the public entrance. Creden als may be claimed beginning at 8 am ▪ Play-by-Play John Herrick ET for the fi rst session and at 4 pm ET for the second session. Please have iden fi ca on available and ▪ Color Analyst Bob Lovell be prepared to have bags and equipment checked by security offi cials. ▪ Sideline Reporter Ma Hicks MEDIA WORKROOM: The media workroom at Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be open all day and be Class 4A available to working media members. The work area contains complimentary wireless internet access ▪ Play-by-Play Mark Foerster and hospitality will be available. ▪ Color Analyst Lance Scheib ▪ Sideline Reporter Ma Hicks SEAT ASSIGNMENTS: Except where permanent lines have been installed for those that have ordered them, an open sea ng policy will be used along press row. City Call Le‚ ers Aus n WXKU 92.7 FM BROADCAST PHONE LINE (if needed): Phone service is available for installa on at each broadcast Batesville WRBI 103.9 FM loca on. Should your sta on require such service, please contact Kevin Messenger (kmessenger@ Baugh City WYIR 96.9 FM pacers.com) for an order form. Bedford WBIW 1340 AM FIELDHOUSE WIFI: Complimentary wireless service is provided for all a ending media. Please Bedford WPHZ 102.5 FM access the “BLF Wifi ” wireless signal. No login or password is required. Hard-wired Ethernet lines are Bedford WQRK 105.5 FM available at cost by contac ng Kevin Messenger ([email protected]). Boonville WBNL 1540 AM Boonville WBNL 99.9 FM RESULTS & STATISTICS: Live stats for each game will be available on the IHSAA website. Stats and Brazil WAMB 1130 AM box scores will be distributed at the end of each quarter on press row as well as in the media work Brazil WAMB 106.9 FM room. Culver WYMR 98.3 FM Hammond WJOB 1230 AM LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: No one except tournament workers and team coaches and par cipants Hammond WJOB 104.7 FM will have access to the locker rooms. Hardinsburg WKLO 96.9 FM Indianapolis WFNI 1070 AM LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: News reports showing live game ac on are prohibited. Stand-up reports Indianapolis WFNI 107.5 FM for newscasts are permi ed from inside the building provided that no live ac on is shown. Indianapolis WIBC 93.1 FM Jasper WITZ 104.7 FM POST-GAME GUIDELINES Jasper WQKZ 98.5 FM With the excep on of the IHSAA’s Radio, Television, Knox WKVI 99.3 FM Internet and Photography partners, all media members Michigan City WEFM 95.9 FM are asked to remain off the playing fl oor and behind the New Castle WLTI 1550 AM ropes during the post-game awards ceremonies. Oxford WIBN 98.1 FM Paoli WUME 95.3 FM The post-game ceremonies order will be as follows: Plymouth WTCA 106.1 FM • Mental A tude Award presenta on Plymouth WTCA 1050 AM • Runner-Up medals and trophy presenta on Rensselaer WLQI 97.7 FM • Championship medals and trophy presenta on Rensselaer WRIN 104.5 FM • Team Photographs by Double Edge Media Rockville WAXI 104.9 FM Salem WSLM 1220 AM Following the Class A, 2A and 3A awards ceremonies, Salem WSLM 97.9 FM coaches and selected players will be escorted to the Seymour WZZB 99.3 FM Media Interview Room for a formal press conference which is located on playing fl oor level just off the media Seymour WZZB 1390 AM entrance elevator. We ask your assistance to use the Shelbyville WSVX 96.5/106.3 FM press conference as the appropriate me to conduct Shelbyville WSVX 1520 AM interviews. The runner-up team’s coach and selected Sullivan WNDI 95.3 FM players will go fi rst followed by the championship team’s Terre Haute WAMB 99.5 FM coach and players. Warsaw WRSW 1480 AM Warsaw WRSW 107.3 FM Because of newspaper deadlines at the end of the 4A Washington WAMW 1580 AM contest, no press conference will be scheduled and news Washington WAMW 95.9 FM media will be allowed to conduct interviews on and Washington WAMW 107.9 FM around the fl oor a er the awards ceremonies. Winchester WZZY 98.3 FM

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