In short:

• Students whose first transfer is from IHSAA Member School to IHSAA Member School willmaintain full eligibility if it occurs during their first six semesters of high school.

• Second and subsequent transfers and transfers from non-IHSAA Member Schools will be handled in a similar fashion to the way they have been in previous years.

• Students whose second transfer involves a return to the IHSAA Member School where they established their initial promotion eligibility

Hoping this works - Link below hopefully will take you to a rules survey put out by Nation Federation of High School Sports for basketball rules..

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. -- Scottsburg Warrior Lola Fouts had night to remember when she went 7/7 from beyond the arc vs rival Seymour. This ridiculous display of shooting ties for the best ever in Indiana high school history!



Most 3 Point % in a Game (Min. 5 Attpts.)
(G) 100% (7/7) Ella Collier - Danville vs. Decatur Central 2017-18
(G) 100% (7/7) Lola Fouts - Scottsburg vs. Seymour 2024-25
(G) 100% (6/6) Kinsey Arnold - Lafayette catholic vs. Rossville 2007-08
(G) 100% (6/6) Tamie Stiner - Kokomo vs. Anderson 1996-97
(G) 100% (5/5) Ellie Bischoff - Roncalli vs. Pike 2015-16
(G) 100% (5/5) Paige Littrell - Columbus North vs. Homestead 2014-15
(G) 100% (5/5) Paige Littrell - Columbus North vs. TH South 2015-16
(G) 100% (5/5) Paige Saylor - Roncalli vs. Pike 2015-16

Trinity Lutheran girls - Departing Coach Darrin Keith
SEYMOUR, Ind. – (Updated 2/20) Trinity admin is getting a jump on the hiring process this spring by being one of the first out of the gate to advertise their opening. Coach Keith led the Cougars for two seasons going 14-12 (with a Sectional title) and most recently 12-11. Good varsity Club member reports this to be a good job. Report states they have a junior to be that is a highly ranked guard and sophomore to be post that is 6'1 range. Another Varsity Clubber indicates they graduate three key contributors, but even with this substantial loss (each went for about 8-9PPG,) still enough in the cupboard to remain competitive. No teaching jobs at Trinity at this early date.

Link to IndyStar story about Cannelton and it's five-player basketball team.

This Indiana high school basketball team has just 5 players: 'We’ve come this far'

Union City boys - Departing Coach Joe Root
UNION CITY, Ind. – (Updated 2/19)

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IBCA BOYS’ BASKETBALL Poll Results - FEBRUARY 16, 2025 POLL

Rank School Total Points Record 1st Place Votes

1 Fishers 440 21-0 (22)
2 Avon 395 18-2
3 Indianapolis Cathedral 360 16-4
4 Greenfield-Central 356 18-3
5 Westfield 348 15-3
6 New Palestine 305 20-2
7 Anderson 297 18-2
8 Crown Point 278 16-2
9 Brownstown Central 251 18-0
10 Lawrence North 241 14-5
11 South Bend St. Joseph 203 17-3
12 Ben Davis 180 15-6
13 Warsaw Community 177 18-4
14 Jeffersonville 164 14-5
15 New Albany 119 15-3
16 Northridge 114 16-3
17 NorthWood 62 17-3
18 Noblesville 57 15-5
19 Guerin Catholic 51 18-4
20 Indianapolis Attucks 50 13-6

Other Schools Receiving Votes (LISTED ALPHABETICALLY)
Columbus North (15-3), Evansville Central (16-3), Evansville F. J. Reitz (14-3), Evansville Harrison (11-6), Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian (17-3), Fort Wayne Wayne (15-5), Homestead (16-5), Lawrence Central (11-9), Manchester (18-1), Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (15-4), Northview (19-1), Princeton Community (18-2), Parke Heritage (17-4), Silver Creek (18-3), South Bend Riley (16-3), South Ripley (19-0), Southridge (17-2), Terre Haute North Vigo (17-3), Wapahani (19-1), Warren Central (12-6)

Two former successful high school basketball coaches were recognized as the Indiana honorees for 2024-25 in the John Wooden Legacy Coaching Award program presented by the National High School Basketball Coaches Association, it was announced Wednesday (Feb. 19).

Bill Patrick, retired former coach at Sidney, South Whitley, Whitko and Tippecanoe Valley, and Jan Conner, retired former coach at Warren Central, Benton Central, Martinsville and Lafayette Jefferson, are the 2024-25 winners from the Hoosier state as nominated by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The two were among 46 honorees from 23 states in an NHSBCA program coordinated with the Wooden Family.

The award recognizes scholastic basketball coaches from around the nation who are educators and have achieved excellence on the floor, in the classroom and in the community that further embody the characteristics and legacy of the late John Wooden. The criteria for the award are rooted in the ideals of education, longevity, character, service and excellence.

Patrick, who turns 88 on March 6, posted a 764-318 record with 21 conference titles, 16 sectional championships, three regional crowns and one semi-state trophy in 48 seasons as an Indiana varsity boys’ basketball coach. That total includes a 13-9 mark in one season at Sidney, a 64-24 record in four seasons at South Whitley, a 399-147 slate in 24 seasons at Whitko and a 288-138 ledger in 19 seasons at Tippecanoe Valley.

At South Whitley, his team won the 1970 Kosciusko County Tournament. At Whitko, his teams captured 11 sectionals, two regionals (1990, 1991), a 1991 semi-state and eight Three Rivers Conference titles. At Tippecanoe Valley, his teams claimed five sectionals, a 2000 regional, 13 additional TRC titles and seven holiday tournament crowns. He posted an undefeated regular season at Whitko in 1979-80 and had a No. 1 state ranking in Class 3A at Tippecanoe Valley in 2003-04. His teams totaled 10 20-win seasons and just five losing seasons, the first of those after 39 consecutive winning seasons.

Patrick was selected IBCA District 2 Coach of the Year in 1980, the NFHS Indiana and district Coach of the Year in 2000 and the Manchester College “M” Association Claude Wolfe Coach of the Year in 2004. He served as an assistant coach for the 1993 Indiana All-Stars, coached two All-Star players – Jeff Peters (1984) and Steve Nicodemus (1991) – and 17 players who received some level of all-state recognition.

Patrick was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008 and into the Kosciusko County Basketball Hall of Fame in 2016. His first varsity victory came on Nov. 1, 1963 (Sidney defeated Leesburg 83-61), and his final varsity triumph came on Feb. 24, 2017 (53-42 over Wawasee).

Patrick is a 1956 graduate of Sidney High School, where he was class valedictorian and earned 11 varsity letters (three in basketball, four in baseball and four in track & field). He matriculated to Manchester College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in social studies and physical education. He later earned a master’s degree in physical education at Ball State in 1967.

He began coaching basketball while an undergraduate, guiding Sidney Junior High teams from 1958-60. He followed by coaching elementary and junior teams at Clay Township in 1960-61 and at Burket Junior High from 1961-63. He was the varsity coach at Sidney in 1963-64, the last year the school existed before it became part of South Whitley. In 1964-65, he coached the Sidney Junior High team, then assisted at South Whitley from 1965-67.

Patrick was varsity coach from 1967-71 at South Whitley, which then consolidated with Larwill and Pierceton into Whitko. He was the Whitko coach for 24 seasons, took a three-year break, then coached at Tippecanoe Valley for 19 seasons. After stepping down as head coach, he assisted his son Chad for five additional seasons at Tippecanoe Valley.

He also compiled a 310-101 mark with eight conference crowns and one sectional title in 15 seasons as a varsity baseball coach. At various points, he also coached track and boys’ volleyball.
Patrick and his wife, Nancy, have been married for 65 years. They have four children (Brett, Teresa, Chad and Michelle), six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Conner, 72, is honored after compiling a 481-100 record with 18 conference titles, 17 sectional crowns, nine regional trophies, four semi-state titles and two state championships in 26 seasons as an Indiana varsity girls’ basketball coach.

Her total includes a 30-6 mark with one sectional title in two seasons at Warren Central, a 292-43 record with 12 sectionals, seven regionals and two semi-states in 15 seasons at Benton Central, a 115-27 ledger with three sectionals, two regionals, two semi-states and two state titles in six seasons at Martinsville and a 44-24 slate with one sectional crown in three seasons at Lafayette Jefferson.

Notably, Conner’s teams at Martinsville won Indiana’s last non-class state tournament at 26-1 in 1997, the state’s first Class 4A title (and Tournament of Champions event) at 29-0 in 1998, claimed an Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Classic championship in December 1997 and had a 55-game winning streak from November 1996 until November 1998. Over her coaching career, her teams posted 10 20-win seasons and six undefeated regular seasons – 1977-78, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88 and 1997-98.

In addition, Conner served as a floor coach for USA Basketball in North Team Trials for the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1989 and 1995. She also coached at international camps in Africa in 1985 and in Norway in 1994.

Herron girls - Departing Coach Shane Evans
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – (Updated 2/19) Can now confirm that Coach Evans has resigned at Herron after three seasons (38-31) there. Last year the Achaeans finished 16-8 before getting hammered in Sectional by Shortridge, 60-39. Good Varsity Club member reports AD is solid to work with. However, the real issue is that while Herron is competitive within the Capital City Conference (Englewood, Attucks, Tindley, Tech, Indy Wash, and Christel House,) outside of that and see 3A Sectional opponents, it can be a different story. Herron has only won two Sectional opening round games in their 15 year IHSAA history, and have never really been close to taking a title. Varsity Club member insists, “If incoming coach is content with putting together a decent regular season record composed of hand selected 1A and 2A schools, and bowing out in the tourney very early, this is an alright job.” Roster loses some, but Varsity Club member reports that if 5-3 sr-2-b guard Taylor Cotham returns, she is a real difference maker at this level. (20PPG, 6Steals)

North Decatur girls - Departing Coach Doug Laker
GREENSBURG, Ind. – (Updated 2/19)

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I was looking at the Parke Heritage girls results on John Harrell's website.

I see that Parke Heritage played South Vermillion four times this season.

1. Banks of the Wabash Tournament
2. Northview Tournament
3. Regular season conference game
4. Sectional

I imagine this has happened before but I wonder how often it has.

Have teams ever played five or more times in a season?

Not Indiana, and not sure of specifics, but holy money..

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4A None

3A
Evansville Central
Delta

2A
Whitko
Rensselaer Central
Parke Heritage ( Turkey Run in 2011)
South Knox

1A
Elkhart Central
North Miami
Anderson Prep
South Decatur
Borden

It's pretty rare to find a box score from early Indiana high school basketball that specifically speaks to FG%. Even rebounds are rarely mentioned by number, but here's one from two highly ranked teams from the 1922-23 season.

Lebanon would win this game vs. Lafayette Jeff, 37-35. The score was fairly typical for the period. However, the real story is in the table below. Each team was actually praised in the game story for hot shooting...

Lebanon was 14/78 or .180 FG%
Jefferson was 14/89 or .157 FG%

Yikes. And remember these teams were ranked as some of the the best in the state at the time. It's seldom we get a look into what these games were actually like. An game story that points out "snappy passing" is hard to interpret. It truly must have been bombs away back then. One can only image if it was two township or county schools with losing records heaving shoe shots.

Shoals boys - Departing Coach Michael Hopkins
SHOALS, Ind. – (Updated 2/14)

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Of course, he won't take it, but man the leverage he could use to get more money from Purdue...their hated rival is willing to spend more to get him!!!

And if he did take it...Wow...could you imagine that?! Yea, won't ever happen.

I am searching for any tangible details like a date or school so that I can research and write-up the details of an oral story I have heard a bit about. Any help would be appreciated if you can shed some further light on this. Here's what I have heard, and I honestly don't know if there is a shred of truth to any of this.

Just a really good story that I would love to uncover and bring back to life - if it actually happened..

Here's what I have heard - none of this confirmed in any way..

- Following an upset win, a group of students from an opposing school paraded to or around Franklin High School.
- They carried an effigy of a grizzly cub and/or a casket that had been fashioned in some sort to represent the death of Franklin's team
- School was placed on probation or completely banned from tourney play because of this.

I have searched IHSAA records for an account of punishments dished out, and I have found nothing that points to something of this nature.

One account has students leaving their school during the school day to parade to Franklin.

If it truly involved students leaving a school and marching to Franklin, there are only a handful that would've been close enough. (Union Twp, Hopewell??)

Hopewell won Sectional in 1952 and Union copped one in 1916 - Neither had any newspaper reports in Franklin paper regarding anything of this nature. Although I guess it wouldn't have to be Sectional.

Anybody else ever heard anything about this story?

With Greenwood's exit to the new Hoosier Legends Conference, the Mid-State announced today the addition of Bloomington North.

This brings them back up to 8 teams:

Decatur Central
Franklin
Martinsville
Mooresville
Perry Meridian
Plainfield
Whiteland
Bloomington North

I was doing some research to help with someone else’s project and rather than just emailing into obscurity once again, I thought I’d at least paste it here. Some fellow dorks may find it of interest

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Here's what I have for those three seasons. Hope it helps with your research and school record book!

1925 2-8
Clark 13, Whiteland 11
Center Grove 59, Whiteland 19
Whiteland 27, Edinburgh 23 OT
Edinburgh 27, Whiteland 25
Whiteland 40, Masonic Home 23
Southport 43, Whiteland 7
Hopewell 99, Whiteland 11
Union 27, Whiteland 15 (JoCo)
Southport 29, Whiteland 23
Trafalgar 29, Whiteland 21 (Sect)

1924 6-3
Whiteland 25, Greensburg 23
New Bethel 23, Whiteland 18
Whiteland 25, Edinburg 24
Whiteland 19, Greenwood 14 (JoCo)
Clark 17, Whiteland 10 (JoCo)
Whiteland 25, Edinburg 21
Whiteland 20, Nineveh 19 (Sect)
Whiteland 22, Edinburg 19 OT (Sect)
Union over Whiteland (Sect)

1923 1-9
Greensburg over Whiteland (No score, but I have confirmation GHS won)
Rushville 25, Whiteland 21
Rushville 29, Whiteland 23
Hopewell 37, Whiteland 14
Greenwood 22, Whiteland 9
Mooresville 49, Whiteland 29
Columbus 62, Whiteland 7
Greenwood 20, Whiteland 11 (JoCo)
Whiteland 35, New Bethel 12
Edinburgh 28, Whiteland 7 (Sect)

There was a home and away scheduled with Center Grove, a road date at Nineveh, and a home date with Trafalgar on the schedule that season.

However, I could never get confirmation anywhere of a score, or that they were ever played. This was not uncommon for this decade though. Games were routinely cancelled for a myriad of reasons: flu, injuries, heating issues with gyms, and even unreliable transportation. My hunch is that these fall into that category and were never played.

["This is a neat little school, it's a nice town and there's a lot of good people here," Skaggs said. "Athletics is in a stretch right now where it's tough and we can't stand around and point fingers or feel sorry for ourselves. We just have to lace em up, come to work each day, get tough and play harder."]

Coach Pat Skaggs leading Red Rambler revival for Attica boys basketball

Attica boys basketball hopeful of return to prominence with return of coach Pat Skaggs.

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I am not sure on what the positives of this will be. Seems like a very unfair rule. Franklin County has one or two school within 20 miles, where Cathedral has maybe forty within 20 miles. Ben Davis is only 15 miles away so probably more.