10/29/2009
Both of last year’s girls state championship match participants along with the 2008 boys state runner-up headline the field for Saturday’s 16th Annual IHSAA Soccer State Finals at Kuntz Memorial Stadium in Indianapolis.
Boys semifinals are set for 10 am ET with a first-time winner being assured in the 6 pm ET championship match. The girls semis begin at noon ET and their championship at 8 pm ET.
The fourth-ranked Zionsville boys team, which fell in a penalty kick shootout in last year’s state championship match, has battled its way back to this year’s finals, seeking its first state soccer title. The 18-3-1 Eagles have fended off three top 20 teams during the tournament including top-ranked Pike in the regional round and No. 5 Avon last Saturday. They will meet No. 7 Lake Central (20-1-1) in one semifinal match, while No. 13 Homestead (17-4-1) and No. 14 Columbus North (18-2-4) clash in the other match.
Lake Central, a 2005 state finals participant, won at Zionsville, 2-1, on Sept. 25 and comes in with the best record among the boys teams having allowed just one goal over the last three matches after topping No. 12 Munster in the regional.
Like Zionsville, Homestead is making its second straight appearance in the final four and also fell to eventual champion Evansville Memorial in last season’s tournament. The Spartans topped No. 15 Fort Wayne South Side in the regional and No. 20 Warsaw in Tuesday’s semi-state final. Columbus North, advancing to state for the first time since 2001, bested two top 10 teams in the semi-state, No. 3 defending state champion Evansville Memorial, and No. 8 Washington. Both teams have won 10 straight.
The girls semifinals feature No. 2 defending state champion Evansville Memorial (21-2) facing No. 11 Fort Wayne Snider (16-3-3) and No. 4 South Bend St. Joseph’s (21-1-1) taking on No. 9 Indianapolis Cathedral (17-4-2).
Snider advanced to its second straight state finals following Tuesday night’s semi-state win to set up a rematch of last year’s state title match won by Memorial, 2-0. The Tigers appear primed to defend their title topping three top 20 opponents in their last three matches and allowing a single goal in their last 13 outings.
Cathedral has earned its way to the finals for the second time in three seasons having won it all in 2007. The Irish beat a pair of top 20 teams during the tournament including a 2-0 decision over No. 7 Zionsville for the semi-state title. They have not surrendered a goal in tournament play thus far. St. Joe’s returns to state for the first time since their 2003 state runner-up season. The Indians have been tested in close matches by three ranked teams in tourney action winning all three by a single goal.
Should Snider and Cathedral meet Saturday night, the two finished deadlocked at 2-2 in a meeting back on Aug. 29.
16th Annual State Finals
Date: Saturday, Oct. 31.
Admission: $8 per session; $12 all sessions.
Kuntz Stadium, 1502 West 16th St., lndianapolis, Ind. | Stadium website | Map.
Webcast: Both state championship matches will be webcast at www.ihsaasports.org.
Meet the Teams
Boys Semifinals
Lake Central (20-1-1) vs. Zionsville (18-3-1). 10 am ET
Homestead (17-4-1) vs. Columbus North (18-2-4). 10 am ET
Boys Championship, 6 pm ET
Girls Semifinals
Fort Wayne Snider (16-3-3) vs. Evansville Memorial (21-2). 12 pm ET
Indianapolis Cathedral (17-4-2) vs. South Bend St. Joseph’s (21-1-1). 12 pm ET
Girls Championship, 8 pm ET
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