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Indianapolis Star
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
IHSAA realignment: Cathedral, New Palestine in same football sectional, other takeaways
The Indiana High School Athletic Association approved the sectional assignments for four fall sports, including football, at its monthly executive committee meeting. Here are five takeaways from a football perspective: Cathedral, New Palestine in same 5A sectional Based on the proximity of the schools, it seemed like Cathedral and New Palestine were bound to be aligned in the same Class 5A sectional … and it happened that way. Cathedral, a 4A school by enrollment size, is moving down from 6A for the first time since winning back-to-back 5A state titles in 2020 and '21. The Irish had been playing in 6A via the tournament success factor but did not achieve enough points over the past two-year cycle to continue playing in 6A. New Palestine, meanwhile, is moving up to 5A via the tournament success factor. The Dragons won the Class 4A state title last year and figure to be one of the favorites to compete for a 5A state championship with much of the team returning. Cathedral and New Palestine last played in the tournament in the 5A regional in 2021, a 23-7 Cathedral win. New Palestine won the 5A regional against Cathedral 35-10 in 2019 on the way to winning the state title. Anderson and Plainfield will also be part of the four-team 5A Sectional 13 with Cathedral and New Pal. Decatur Central takes Cathedral's place Decatur Central, which is moving up due to the tourney success factor to 6A after winning the 5A state championship, will be placed in Sectional 6 with Lawrence North, Lawrence Central and North Central. That is the spot Cathedral was in the previous three seasons. Decatur Central should again be one of the better teams in the area with several players returning from the state title team. Lawrence North was 11-1 last year and won the sectional title, losing by one point in the regional to eventual state champion Brownsburg. Decatur Central's Kasmir Hicks: State's top-ranked recruit picks IU Whiteland back to Sectional 14 With the addition of New Palestine and Cathedral and the departure of Decatur Central in Sectional 13, someone had to go. That turned out to be Whiteland, which will move back to Sectional 14 with Columbus East, East Central, Franklin and Seymour in the only five-team sectional in 5A. East Central won Sectional 14 last year before falling to Decatur Central in the regional. Whiteland lost to Decatur Central in the sectional. Shuffling in Class 4A With New Palestine moving up to 5A, there is just one less team in the now seven-team Class 4A Sectional 21. That group is now Beech Grove, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon, New Castle, Pendleton Heights, Richmond and Yorktown. The biggest change in 4A is Heritage Hills, last year's 3A state champion, moving up via the tournament success factor into Sectional 24 with Evansville Reitz, Jasper, Boonville and others. Heritage Hills, led by Jett Goldsberry, will be a contender in 4A. Not much change Remember, with the tweak to how the IHSAA now applies the tournament success factor annually over a two-year period, these are the only changes this time around. This the second year of the two-year classification cycle, so there will be certainly be more significant moves going into the next cycle a year from now.
Indianapolis Star
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Indiana football adds fourth commitment of week in 2026 3-star linebacker
BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football landed a verbal commitment from three-star linebacker Jacob Savage on Friday afternoon. It capped off a wild recruiting week for the Hoosiers that saw them add four commitments to their 2026 signing class, including a pledge from one of Indiana's top in-state prospects Kasmir Hicks earlier in the day. The coaching staff also added a pair of commitments on the defensive line (Kent State's Stephen Daley and Maryland's Kellan Wyatt) out of the transfer portal. Indiana 's class now ranks No. 42 in 247Sports team rankings with five commitments for the current recruiting cycle. Coach Curt Cignetti's first full recruiting class ranked No. 39 in the country last year. Savage is a 6-foot-1, 219-pound linebacker out of Ryle High School in Kentucky. He's the No. 54 ranked linebacker in the 2026 class and No. 663 overall prospect with 16 scholarship offers, including from Louisville, Michigan State, Minnesota and Purdue. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. He put up big numbers at Ryle last season as a two-way starter. He had 1,400 total yards (1,085 rushing yards) with 26 touchdowns, as well as 141 tackles with 17 for a loss and three sacks. Michael Niziolek is the Indiana beat reporter for The Bloomington Herald-Times. You can follow him on X @michaelniziolek and read all his coverage by clicking here.
