IHSAA announces classifications for several sports for next two-year class cycle
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the new classifications for the sports of boys and girls basketball, football, boys and girls soccer and girls volleyball on Tuesday.
These sports will be classified by the 20-25-25-30 ratio that was approved by the IHSAA executive committee last June. The plan places the largest 20% of schools in 4A, the next 25% in 3A, the next 25% in 2A and the smallest 30% in Class A.
Sectional groups for each sport (except softball and baseball) will be announced later this spring following approval of the IHSAA executive committee. Softball and baseball sectional groupings will be released in August.
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A few major takeaways on what will change:
>>Cathedral, Crispus Attucks, Greenwood, Shelbyville, Roncalli, Marion and East Chicago Central are among the notable basketball programs that will move down from Class 4A to 3A in the new system. Only 81 schools will make up Class 4A, including Class 3A state champion Scottsburg, which moves up via the tournament success factor.
>>The smallest Class 4A boys basketball program by enrollment is East Central (1,241 students). The largest 3A boys basketball program is Logansport (1,226 students).
>>Brownstown Central and Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian will move up to Class 3A via the tournament success factor in boys basketball. Cascade (546 students) moves up from 2A to 3A. Western Boone and Monrovia are among the local boys basketball programs moving down from 3A to 2A.
>>In girls basketball, South Bend Washington is remaining in 4A due to the tournament success factor and Gibson Southern is moving up from 3A to 4A. The same schools listed above for boys basketball are also moving down from 4A to 3A in girls basketball.
>>The Lanesville girls basketball program is moving up from Class A to 2A via the tournament success factor.
>>Harrison (West Lafayette) is moving up from 5A to 6A in football due to enrollment. Cathedral is remaining in 6A via the tournament success factor and Fort Wayne Snider is bumping up from 5A to 6A. Warsaw and Lafayette Jeff will move down from 6A to 5A.
>>East Central is moving up from 4A to 5A in football via the tournament success factor. Same for Bishop Chatard (3A to 4A) and Lutheran (A to 2A).
>>Danville is moving up from 3A to 4A in football due to enrollment. Heritage Christian (2A to 3A) and Cascade (2A to 3A) are also moving up. Western Boone and Monrovia (3A to 2A) are going the other direction. Park Tudor is jumping from Class A to 2A.
>>Providence, Yorktown and Bellmont will be playing in Class 4A volleyball due to the tournament success factor. Greenwood, New Palestine, Cathedral, Shelbyville and Roncalli are among the volleyball programs moving down to 3A due to the new alignment.
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