September 29, 2024 –The pairings for the 31st Annual IHSAA Boys and Girls Soccer State Tournaments were drawn and announced this evening with 311 boys teams and 280 girls teams, both record numbers, set for competition next week.

COMPLETE PAIRINGS

Six more schools in each gender will be part of this year’s festivities that will play out over the next four weeks. Both tournaments mirror each other beginning with 16 sectionals in each of three classes running
Oct. 7-12. Regional semifinals will be played Oct. 16-17 with regional championships on Oct. 19. Semi-States are Saturday, Oct. 26 at our sites with the winners advancing to the state championship matches on Nov. 1-2 at Michael Carroll Stadium at IU Indianapolis. Assignments will be made following the semi-state
matches.

In the most recent Indiana Soccer


Coaches Association poll for boys, the top-ranked Center Grove Trojans will host Columbus East in the opening match of Sectional 13. Also, in Class 3A, the second-ranked and three-time defending champion
Noblesville Millers will meet No. 11 Westfield in the Sectional 9 opener played at Carmel. Noblesville has won 19 consecutive state tournament matches and is five away from tying North Central of Indianapolis (1994-97) for the state record.

In 2A, the No. 1 Evansville Memorial Tigers, last year’s state runner-up, will play Evansville Bosse in the first round of Sectional 32 played at Heritage Hills. Last year’s 2A state champion, the Mishawaka Marian Knights are now playing in 3A and will open with Michigan City in Sectional 3 at Plymouth.And the Covenant Christian Warriors, the top team in Class 1A, will tangle with Sectional 40 host Southmont in the bye match. The defending state champion and third-ranked Bethany Christian Bruins will host Marquette Catholic in Sectional 34.

In this week’s girls coaches poll, the Class 3A No. 1 Hamilton Southeastern Royals will meet crosstown rival and No. 20 Fishers in Sectional 8. That sectional group also includes two-time defending champion and second-ranked host Noblesville on the other side of the bracket.

The Class 2A top-ranked South Bend Saint Joseph Huskies will meet Jimtown in Sectional 18. Another 1 vs. 2 contest could occur with second-ranked host Mishawaka Marian on the opposite side of that draw. The defending state champion Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles drew fifth- ranked Indianapolis Bishop Chatard in the semifinals of Sectional 26 at Brebeuf Jesuit.

And the Class 1A No. 1 Heritage Christian Eagles will host Christel House in Sectional 41. Park Tudor, 1A state champion the last two seasons, now reside in Class 2A where the seventh- ranked Panthers await the Hamilton Heights-Brebeuf Jesuit winner in Sectional 26. State tournament brackets, including dates and times for each match, will be uploaded this week at IHSAA.org and MaxPreps.com.

About the Draw
To conduct the random drawing for the state tournament, the IHSAA places ping-pong balls representing each school in each sectional into a lottery-style air mix machine. A motorized fan in the bottom of the machine blows the balls around the inside of the transparent container and air then forces each ball up through a tube in random order. For example, the first ball retrieved from the machine will be the visiting team in game one with the second ball representing the home team in game one. The third ball to come out is the visitor in game two and the fourth ball the home team in game two. That same method is followed through all 48 sectionals to determine every team’s placement in the bracket.


Boys Soccer

Schools Entered: 311 schools. 308 matches will be played over the four‐week tournament.
By Class: 106 teams in 3A, 102 in 2A and; 103 in 1A.


Last Year’s Sectional Champions

3A: Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Castle, Center Grove
Columbus North, Concord, East Central, Floyd
Central, Harrison (West Lafayette), Hobart,
Indianapolis Cathedral, Lake Central, Noblesville,
Penn, Pike, Warsaw Community.

2A: Brebeuf Jesuit, Cascade, Evansville Memorial, Fort
Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Greencastle, Illiana
Christian, Leo, Madison Consolidated, Mishawaka
Marian, Mississinewa, Northwestern, Providence,
Speedway, Washington, West Lafayette, West Noble.

1A: Argos, Bethany Christian, Carroll (Flora), Covenant
Christian, Forest Park, Greenwood Christian,
Indianapolis Lutheran, Morgan Township, Muncie
Burris, Northeast Dubois, Oldenburg Academy, Park
Tudor, Rock Creek, Southwestern (Hanover),
Westview, Wheeler.

Active Consecutive Tournament Win Streaks
19: Noblesville
6: Bethany Christian
6: Park Tudor

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
17 by Evansville Memorial (2004-20).

Won First Sectional Championship Last Year (3)
Hobart (3A), Mississinewa (2A), Rock Creek (1A)

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
12: Providence.
7: West Lafayette.
4: East Central, Forest Park, Westview.
3: Brebeuf Jesuit, Carmel, Harrison (West Lafayette),
Indianapolis Cathedral, Noblesville, Park Tudor,
Speedway.

Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
25: Center Grove.
24: Evansville Memorial.
23: Lake Central.
22: Fort Wayne Canterbury.
21: East Central, Washington.
19: Providence.
18: Munster, South Bend Saint Joseph.
17: Argos, Carroll (Fort Wayne).

Girls Soccer


Schools Entered: 280 schools. 277 matches will be played over the four‐week tournament.
By Class: 93 teams in 3A, 93 in 2A and; 94 in 1A.

Last Year’s Sectional Champions


3A: Bloomington South, Brownsburg, Carmel, Carroll
(Fort Wayne), Castle, Crown Point, East Central,
Floyd Central, Fort Wayne Northrop, Franklin
Central, Harrison (West Lafayette), Indianapolis
Cathedral, Lake Central, Noblesville, Northridge,
Penn.

2A: Bellmont, Connersville, Evansville Memorial,
Guerin Catholic, Hanover Central, Jasper,
Lawrenceburg, Leo, Mishawaka Marian, Monrovia,
NorthWood, Oak Hill, Silver Creek, Tri-West
Hendricks, West Lafayette, Yorktown.

1A: Bethesda Christian, Eastbrook, Evansville Mater
Dei, Faith Christian, Fort Wayne Canterbury,
Greencastle, Morgan Township, Muncie Burris, Park
Tudor, Providence, Sheridan, South Knox,
Switzerland County, Trinity Greenlawn, Westview,
Wheeler.

Active Consecutive Tournament Win Streaks
14: Noblesville.
13: Park Tudor
6: Guerin Catholic.

Most Consecutive Sectional Championships
17 by Penn (2007-23).

Won First Sectional Championship Last Year (2)
Morgan Township (1A), Sheridan (1A)

Active Sectional Championship Streaks (Three or more years)
17: Penn.
11: Carroll (Fort Wayne).
8: Bellmont, Floyd Central.
5: Noblesville, West Lafayette.
4: Brownsburg, Crown Point, Evansville Memorial,
Indianapolis Cathedral, Silver Creek.
3: Carmel, East Central, Faith Christian, Hanover
Central, Leo, Mishawaka Marian, Muncie Burris,
Providence, Switzerland County.
Top 10 All-Time Sectional Championships
24: Center Grove.
23: Evansville Memorial.
22: East Central, Homestead, Penn.
21: Indianapolis Cathedral, Lake Central, South Bend
Saint Joseph.
20: Valparaiso.
19: Carmel, Carroll (Fort Wayne), Floyd Central, West
Lafayette.