Sectionals Announced

[Titan32]

Fall Football  Sectional Alignments approved!

At its monthly meeting earlier today, the #IHSAA Executive Committee approved the sectional alignments for football  

Class 6A (32 Schools)
1. (4): Crown Point, Lake Central, Penn, Portage
2. (4): Carroll (Fort Wayne), Elkhart, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider
3. (4): Carmel, Harrison (West Lafayette), Westfield, Zionsville
4. (4): Fishers, Hamilton Southeastern, Homestead, Noblesville
5. (4): Avon, Ben Davis Brownsburg, Pike
6. (4): Decatur Central, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, North Central (Indianapolis)
7. (4): Indianapolis Arsenal Technical, Perry Meridian, Southport, Warren Central
8. (4): Center Grove, Columbus North, Franklin Central, Jeffersonville

Class 5A (33 Schools)
9. (4): Hammond Central, Hammond Morton, Merrillville, Munster
10. (4): Chesterton, LaPorte, Michigan City, Valparaiso
11. (4): Concord, Fort Wayne North Side, Goshen, Warsaw
12. (4): Kokomo, Lafayette Jefferson, McCutcheon, South Bend Adams
13. (4): Anderson, Indianapolis Cathedral, New Palestine, Plainfield
14. (5): Columbus East, East Central, Franklin Community, Seymour, Whiteland
15. (4): Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Terre Haute North Vigo, Terre Haute South Vigo
16. (4): Castle, Evansville North, Floyd Central, New Albany

Class 4A (62 Schools)
17. (8): East Chicago Central, Gary West Side, Hanover Central, Highland, Hobart, Kankakee Valley, Lowell,
New Prairie
18. (8): Mishawaka, Northridge, NorthWood, Plymouth, South Bend Riley, South Bend Saint Joseph, South
Bend Washington, Wawasee
19. (8): Columbia City, DeKalb, East Noble, Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort
Wayne Wayne, Leo, New Haven
20. (7): Culver Academies, Frankfort, Huntington North, Lebanon, Logansport, Marion, Muncie Central
21. (7): Beech Grove, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), New Castle, Pendleton Heights, Richmond,
Yorktown
22. (8): Brebeuf Jesuit, Danville Community, Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks,
Indianapolis Shortridge, Mooresville, Northview, Roncalli
23. (8): Bedford North Lawrence, Charlestown, Connersville, Greenwood, Jennings County, Martinsville,
Shelbyville, Silver Creek
24. (8): Boonville, Evansville Bosse, Evansville Central, Evansville F.J. Reitz, Evansville Harrison, Heritage
Hills, Jasper, Washington

Class 3A (61 Schools)
25. (8): Calumet, Glenn, Griffith, Hammond Bishop Noll, Jimtown, Knox, Mishawaka Marian, River Forest
26. (8): Angola, Fairfield, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Garrett, Lakeland, Tippecanoe Valley, West
Noble, Woodlan
27. (8): Benton Central, Frankton, Maconaquah, Northwestern, Peru, Twin Lakes, West Lafayette, Western
28. (8): Bellmont, Delta, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Heritage, Jay County, Mississinewa, Norwell, Oak Hill
29. (8): Cascade, Crawfordsville, Guerin Catholic, Hamilton Heights, Indianapolis George Washington,
Speedway, Tri-West Hendricks, West Vigo
30. (7): Batesville, Franklin County, Greensburg, Lawrenceburg, Purdue Polytechnic - Downtown, Rushville
Consolidated, South Dearborn
31. (7): Corydon Central, Edgewood, Indian Creek, Madison Consolidated, North Harrison, Owen Valley,
Scottsburg
32. (7): Evansville Mater Dei, Evansville Reitz Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mt. Vernon, Princeton
Community, Southridge, Vincennes Lincoln

Class 2A (63 Schools)
33. (7): Andrean, Boone Grove, Bremen, Lake Station Edison, Rensselaer Central, Wheeler, Whiting
34. (8): Delphi Community, Lafayette Central Catholic, Lewis Cass, North Montgomery, North Putnam,
Seeger, Southmont, Western Boone
35. (8): Adams Central, Bluffton, Central Noble, Churubusco, Eastside, Manchester, Prairie Heights, Whitko
36. (8): Alexandria Monroe, Blackford, Eastbrook, Eastern (Greentown), Elwood Community, Rochester
Community, Tipton, Wabash
37. (8): Christel House, Covenant Christian, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis
Lutheran, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, Monrovia, Park Tudor
38. (8): Centerville, Eastern Hancock, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County,
Winchester
39. (8): Brown County, Greencastle, Linton-Stockton, Mitchell, North Posey, Pike Central, South Vermillion,
Sullivan
40. (8): Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern (Pekin), Paoli, Salem, Switzerland
County, Tell City

Class 1A (63 Schools)
41. (8): Bowman Leadership Academy, Culver Community, LaVille, North Judson-San Pierre, North Newton,
South Central (Union Mills), South Newton, West Central
42. (8): Carroll (Flora), Caston, Frontier, North White, Pioneer, Taylor, Tri-County, Winamac Community
43. (7): Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Fremont, North Miami, Northfield, Southern Wells, Southwood,
Triton
44. (8): Cambridge City Lincoln, Hagerstown, Madison-Grant, Monroe Central, South Adams, Tri, Union
City, Wes-Del
45. (8): Attica, Covington, Fountain Central, North Central (Farmersburg), North Vermillion, Parke
Heritage, Riverton Parke, South Putnam
46. (8): Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Cloverdale, Irvington Preparatory Academy, Purdue Polytechnic -
Downtown, Sheridan, Tindley, Tri-Central
47. (8): Eastern Greene, Edinburgh, Greenwood Christian Academy, Knightstown, Milan, North Decatur,
South Decatur, West Washington
48. (8): Forest Park, North Daviess, North Knox, Perry Central, Providence, South Spencer, Springs Valley,
Tecumseh

[23andCounting]

Carmel and Westfield in the same sectional should be interesting. Not saying Carmel is on Westfields level, but the coach they hired sets them off to a good start. New Pal and Cathedral in the same sectional. First round matchup? The blind draw is an absolute utter atrocity. 

[Bobref]

40 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

The blind draw is an absolute utter atrocity. [emphasis in original]

1000%

[temptation]

Here we go again…

Edited May 7, 2025 by temptation

[Frozen Tundra]

2 hours ago, 23andCounting said:

Carmel and Westfield in the same sectional should be interesting. Not saying Carmel is on Westfields level, but the coach they hired sets them off to a good start. New Pal and Cathedral in the same sectional. First round matchup? The blind draw is an absolute utter atrocity. 

Carmel and Westfield have been in the same sectional since Westfield moved up to 6A in 2017.

[23andCounting]

I thought Carmel bounced around from north to south on occasion. Either way, it feels different now with Wright at the helm. 

[Frozen Tundra]

40 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

I thought Carmel bounced around from north to south on occasion. Either way, it feels different now with Wright at the helm. 

They went back and forth from the late 70s through the early 90s. Other than the 2011-2012 cycle, they haven’t been in the south since 1994.

[US31]

8 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

They went back and forth from the late 70s through the early 90s. Other than the 2011-2012 cycle, they haven’t been in the south since 1994.

In 2020 & 21 Carmel's post-season opponenets were some combination of Brownburg, Avon, BD, & Pike...were they all in the north that cycle???

Edited May 7, 2025 by US31

[Frozen Tundra]

1 minute ago, US31 said:

In 2020 & 21 Carmel's post-season opponenets were some combination of Brownburg, Avon, BD, & Pike...were they all in the north that cycle???

Good catch. I missed that when I looked at their tournament history. Looked it over twice so I’m not sure how I missed it. Then again, my wife is never surprised when I can’t find stuff right in front of me in the refrigerator.

[23andCounting]

For the first time since 2019, Carmel could be a factor in a northern sectional. That was my point. 

[WestfieldRocks]

1 hour ago, US31 said:

In 2020 & 21 Carmel's post-season opponenets were some combination of Brownburg, Avon, BD, & Pike...were they all in the north that cycle???

No. Carmel was moved to the south for those two years.