July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Jay County going back to Class 4A (12/22/06)
By By RAY COONEY-
Jay County was right on the border. It's still close, but now resides on the other side.
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the new breakdown Thursday for four-class sports, including basketball, and JCHS will be one of seven schools moving from Class 3A to Class 4A based on its enrollment.
South Adams will remain in Class 2A.
The new alignment for football, which is divided into five classes, was scheduled to be announced today.
The changes will go into effect for the 2007-08 school year. The sectional groupings, which will be announced in the spring, effect volleyball, girls basketball, boys basketball, softball and baseball.
JCHS athletics director Phil Ford said he didn't expect any dramatic changes to the school's schedules.
"(The coaches) and I have not talked about that in all honesty, and I think it's going to be difficult to pick those schools up even if we do decide to do that because of existing contracts with other schools," he said, noting that it would almost certainly be too late to make revisions for the '07-08 school year.
"We really don't have any plans to change the schedule dramatically at this point. ... We'll just have to take a look and see how things unfold."
The changes had 39 schools - there are now 400 total - moving either up one class or down one class.
Joining Jay County in making the move from Class 3A to Class 4A are six other schools, including New Castle, Pendleton Heights and Olympic Athletic Conference rival Connersville. Another OAC rival, Muncie Southside, is one of four schools dropping from Class 4A to Class 3A.
JCHS was one of the largest schools in Class 3A for the last four seasons, when its official enrollment number was 1,094. Now it will be one of the smallest in Class 4A - it ranks 90th out of 100 - as its total has ballooned to 1,231 thanks to large freshman and sophomore classes. There are 658 students in the those two calsses compared to 573 in the junior and senior.
The largest school in the state in terms of enrollment is Ben Davis at 4,495 students, and Carmel also has more than 4,000 students. Three other schools have at least 3,000 students and 32 have more than 2,000.
The enrollment numbers for each class are: 1,146 or more in Class 4A; 579 to 1,140 in Class 3A; 330 to 578 in Class 2A; and 329 and fewer in Class 1A.
Jay County was a Class 4A school for four years after class basketball was introduced for the first time in the 1997-98 season. For basketball it was last grouped with Richmond, Muncie Central, New Castle, Connersville and East Central for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. For the first two years it was in a group with Fort Wayne South Side, Homestead, Marion, Huntington North and Fort Wayne Wayne.
The Patriots' Class 3A sectional group for the last four years, which is the same for all five sports, has been Elwood, Blackford, Tipton, Mississinewa and Delta. Prior to that they were with Blackford, Bellmont, Norwell, Maconaquah and Peru.
Tipton and Elwood will each drop from 3A to 2A.
There has been a run of success for Jay County in Class 3A as the school has won eight sectional titles - three in boys basketball, three in girls basketball and two in volleyball - in five-plus seasons in the effected sports. It won just one sectional crown - volleyball in 1997 - in the previous four years of competition in Class 4A.
In their last tournament appearances in Class 4A, the Patriots' results were as follows: Volleyball - lost 15-7, 15-1, 15-7 to New Castle in sectional opener at Muncie Central; Girls basketball - lost 54-27 to New Castle in sectional opener at Connersville; Boys basketball - lost 43-18 to Richmond at New Castle; Baseball - lost 2-1 to New Castle in sectional opener at Richmond; Softball - Lost 6-1 to Columbia City in sectional championship at Bellmont.[[In-content Ad]]
The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the new breakdown Thursday for four-class sports, including basketball, and JCHS will be one of seven schools moving from Class 3A to Class 4A based on its enrollment.
South Adams will remain in Class 2A.
The new alignment for football, which is divided into five classes, was scheduled to be announced today.
The changes will go into effect for the 2007-08 school year. The sectional groupings, which will be announced in the spring, effect volleyball, girls basketball, boys basketball, softball and baseball.
JCHS athletics director Phil Ford said he didn't expect any dramatic changes to the school's schedules.
"(The coaches) and I have not talked about that in all honesty, and I think it's going to be difficult to pick those schools up even if we do decide to do that because of existing contracts with other schools," he said, noting that it would almost certainly be too late to make revisions for the '07-08 school year.
"We really don't have any plans to change the schedule dramatically at this point. ... We'll just have to take a look and see how things unfold."
The changes had 39 schools - there are now 400 total - moving either up one class or down one class.
Joining Jay County in making the move from Class 3A to Class 4A are six other schools, including New Castle, Pendleton Heights and Olympic Athletic Conference rival Connersville. Another OAC rival, Muncie Southside, is one of four schools dropping from Class 4A to Class 3A.
JCHS was one of the largest schools in Class 3A for the last four seasons, when its official enrollment number was 1,094. Now it will be one of the smallest in Class 4A - it ranks 90th out of 100 - as its total has ballooned to 1,231 thanks to large freshman and sophomore classes. There are 658 students in the those two calsses compared to 573 in the junior and senior.
The largest school in the state in terms of enrollment is Ben Davis at 4,495 students, and Carmel also has more than 4,000 students. Three other schools have at least 3,000 students and 32 have more than 2,000.
The enrollment numbers for each class are: 1,146 or more in Class 4A; 579 to 1,140 in Class 3A; 330 to 578 in Class 2A; and 329 and fewer in Class 1A.
Jay County was a Class 4A school for four years after class basketball was introduced for the first time in the 1997-98 season. For basketball it was last grouped with Richmond, Muncie Central, New Castle, Connersville and East Central for the 1999-2000 and 2000-01 seasons. For the first two years it was in a group with Fort Wayne South Side, Homestead, Marion, Huntington North and Fort Wayne Wayne.
The Patriots' Class 3A sectional group for the last four years, which is the same for all five sports, has been Elwood, Blackford, Tipton, Mississinewa and Delta. Prior to that they were with Blackford, Bellmont, Norwell, Maconaquah and Peru.
Tipton and Elwood will each drop from 3A to 2A.
There has been a run of success for Jay County in Class 3A as the school has won eight sectional titles - three in boys basketball, three in girls basketball and two in volleyball - in five-plus seasons in the effected sports. It won just one sectional crown - volleyball in 1997 - in the previous four years of competition in Class 4A.
In their last tournament appearances in Class 4A, the Patriots' results were as follows: Volleyball - lost 15-7, 15-1, 15-7 to New Castle in sectional opener at Muncie Central; Girls basketball - lost 54-27 to New Castle in sectional opener at Connersville; Boys basketball - lost 43-18 to Richmond at New Castle; Baseball - lost 2-1 to New Castle in sectional opener at Richmond; Softball - Lost 6-1 to Columbia City in sectional championship at Bellmont.[[In-content Ad]]
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