The pairings for the 31st Annual IHSAA Boys and Girls Soccer State Tournaments were drawn and announced Sunday evening with 311 boys teams and 280 girls teams, both record numbers, set for competition next week.
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 October 7-12.
State tournament brackets, including dates and times for each match, will be uploaded this week at IHSAA.org and MaxPreps.com.
The sectional draws for WRBI coverage teams listed in BOLD are as follows:
Class 3A Boys Soccer
Center Grove (7 teams)
M1: Columbus East vs. Center Grove.
M2: Franklin Community vs. East Central.
M3: Whiteland Community vs. Shelbyville.
M4: Columbus North vs. M1 winner.
M5: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.
Championship: M4 winner vs. M5 winner.
Class 2A Boys Soccer
Rushville Consolidated (6 teams)
M1: Rushville Consolidated vs. Greensburg.
M2: Connersville vs. Triton Central.
M3: M1 winner vs. M2 winner.
M4: Centerville vs. New Castle.
Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.
South Dearborn (6 teams)
M1: Switzerland County vs. Batesville.
M2: Madison Consolidated vs. Franklin County.
M3: M1 winner vs. M2 winner.
M4: South Dearborn vs. Lawrenceburg.
Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.
Class 1A Boys Soccer
Milan (6 teams)
M1: Jac-Cen-Del vs. Rising Sun.
M2: South Ripley vs. Milan.
M3: M1 winner vs. M2 winner.
M4: Oldenburg Academy vs. Union County.
Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.
Class 3A Girls Soccer
New Palestine (5 teams)
M1: East Central vs. Richmond.
M2: Greenfield-Central vs. Shelbyville.
M3: New Palestine vs. M1 winner.
Championship: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.
Class 2A Girls Soccer
Batesville (7 teams)
M1: Rushville Consolidated vs. Batesville.
M2: Connersville vs. South Dearborn.
M3: Franklin County vs. Greensburg.
M4: Lawrenceburg vs. M1 winner.
M5: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.
Championship: M4 winner vs. M5 winner.
Class 1A Girls Soccer
Rising Sun (5 teams)
M1: Switzerland County vs. Oldenburg Academy.
M2: South Ripley vs. Rising Sun.
M3: Milan vs. M1 winner.
Championship: M2 winner vs. M3 winner
Regional semifinals will be played October 16-17 with regional championships on October 19.
Semi-states are Saturday, October 26 at four sites with the winners advancing to the state championship matches on November 1-2 at Michael Carroll Stadium at IU Indianapolis.
State finals assignments will be made following the semi-state matches.