Central will compete in a Class 4A basketball sectional with Jay County, Huntington North and Fort Wayne schools.
The IHSAA released its sectional pairings for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years on Monday. Central’s boys basketball team will compete against Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne, Homestead, Huntington North and Jay County in Class 4A sectional play. The IHSAA did not release sectional sites in Monday’s announcement.
Central is moving up to Class 4A in the fall as the IHSAA’s enrollment numbers reflect the school’s consolidation with Southside.
In Class 3A boys basketball, Blackford, Delta, Hamilton Heights and Yorktown will remain together in the same sectional. They will be joined for the next two seasons by Marion and Tipton after previously competing against Central and Southside at the sectional level.
In football, Central is moving up to Class 5A from Class 4A. Central’s new sectional on the gridiron will include Anderson, Huntington North and Kokomo.
Delta is moving up to Class 4A football after playing in Class 3A the last two seasons. Connersville, Greenfield-Central, Jay County, Mt. Vernon, New Castle, Pendleton Heights and Richmond will join Delta in that sectional.
Central boys basketball coach Jeff Holloway
Monday’s announcement also revealed that three Delaware County volleyball programs with state titles in their history will be competing in the same Class 2A sectional. Burris, Wapahani and Wes-Del will be competing in the same sectional, with Frankton, Lapel, Monroe Central and Sheridan also playing there.
Wes-Del is moving up to Class 2A due to the IHSAA’s tournament success factor. Wapahani competed in Class 3A the last two years due to the tournament success factor, but is headed back down to Class 2A for the next two years after not accumulating enough points to remain in Class 3A.
This story will be updated with more sectional pairings released Monday.