Fall sports sites: Rochester to host volleyball semistate

Argos to host Class 1A girls, boys soccer sectionals

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Rochester will host a volleyball semistate, Culver will host a regional, and Pioneer will host their Class 1A sectional, according to minutes released from the IHSAA Executive Committee meeting Tuesday.

Rochester will host a semistate Nov. 1. The IHSAA will determine which class it will host after the regionals Oct. 25. A team must win two matches in one day to win a semistate. The winner of the semistate will advance to the state finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Nov. 8.

Culver will host two separate regional matches for the second straight year Oct. 25. The regionals might or not be in the same class, and the IHSAA uses site proximity when determining which regional matches go to which site. Culver won a regional title on its home floor last fall.

Pioneer will host Class 1A, Sectional 50, which will also involve Caston. Pioneer won a Class 2A sectional the last time it hosted in 2023. South Newton won Class 1A, Sectional 50 last year on its home floor and would eventually advance to the semistate final.

In other area fall sports sectional site news, Argos will again host a Class 1A girls and boys soccer sectional. Soccer sectionals week is set for Oct. 6-11.

Meanwhile, the Rochester and Tippecanoe Valley boys soccer teams will travel to Wabash for Class 2A, Sectional 22. The Valley girls will travel to Plymouth for their sectional.

There are no changes involving area teams for girls golf, boys tennis and cross-country.

Sectional sites involving area teams are listed below:

GIRLS GOLF (SEPT. 18-22)

SECTIONAL 5 AT TWIN LAKES (TIPPECANOE COUNTRY CLUB, MONTICELLO): ROCHESTER, CASTON, PIONEER, WINAMAC, DeMotte Christian, Frontier, Kankakee Valley, Logansport, North Newton, Rensselaer, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes

SECTIONAL 8 AT WARSAW (STONEHENGE GOLF CLUB, WINONA LAKE): TIPPECANOE VALLEY, CULVER, Bremen, Columbia City, Culver Academy, Lakeland Christian, Manchester, NorthWood, Plymouth, Triton, Warsaw, Wawasee, Whitko

NOTE: Top three teams and top three individuals on non-advancing teams advance from sectional to regional. Regional sites include Lake Central (Sandy Pines Golf Club, DeMotte) and East Noble (Noble Hawk Golf Links, Kendallville). Top three teams and top three individuals on non-advancing teams at regional advance to state at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel Oct. 3-4.

BOYS TENNIS (OCT. 1-4)

SECTIONAL 52 AT PERU: ROCHESTER, Maconaquah, Manchester, Northfield, Peru, Wabash

SECTIONAL 61 AT WARSAW: TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Columbia City, Whitko, Warsaw, Wawasee

NOTE: Regionals will be held Oct. 7-8. Sectional 52 champion will advance to the Bluffton regional. Sectional 61 champion will advance to the NorthWood regional. Both the Bluffton and NorthWood regionals feed into the Homestead semistate Oct. 11. IHSAA state finals will be held Oct. 17-18.

CROSS-COUNTRY (OCT. 18)

SECTIONAL 6 AT MANCHESTER: ROCHESTER, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, ARGOS, CULVER, Columbia City, Culver Academy, Huntington North, Lakeland Christian, Manchester, North Miami, Northfield, Plymouth, Triton, Wabash, Warsaw, Whitko

SECTIONAL 11 AT LOGANSPORT: CASTON, PIONEER, Carroll (Flora), Clinton Central, Clinton Prairie, Eastern (Greentown), Frankfort, Kokomo, Lewis Cass, Logansport, Maconaquah, Northwestern, Peru, Rossville, Taylor, Western

SECTIONAL 5 AT RENSSELAER: WINAMAC, Benton Central, DeMotte Christian, Frontier, Kankakee Valley, Knox, North Judson, North Newton, North White, Rensselaer, South Newton, Tri-County, Twin Lakes, West Central

NOTE: Top five teams and top 15 individuals on non-advancing teams advance from sectional to regional. Regional sites include Huntington University (from the Manchester sectional), Brownsburg (from the Logansport sectional) and New Prairie (from the Rensselaer sectional). Top five teams and top 15 individuals on non-advancing teams advance from regional to the state finals at the LaVern Gibson Course in Terre Haute Nov. 1.

GIRLS SOCCER (OCT. 6-11)

CLASS 1A, SECTIONAL 36 AT ARGOS: ROCHESTER, ARGOS, CULVER, LaVille, Manchester, Oregon-Davis

CLASS 2A, SECTIONAL 21 AT PLYMOUTH: TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Culver Academy, NorthWood, Plymouth, Wawasee

NOTE: The Sectional 36 champion will play its regional semifinal game on the road Oct. 16. The Sectional 21 champion will play its regional semifinal game at home. Regional final sites on Oct. 18 include Fort Wayne Concordia (Class 2A) and Westview (Class 1A). Kokomo and South Bend. St. Joe will host semistates Oct. 25.

BOYS SOCCER (OCT. 6-11)

CLASS 2A, SECTIONAL 22 AT WABASH: ROCHESTER, TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Eastern (Greentown), Maconaquah, Northwestern, Peru, Wabash

CLASS 1A, SECTIONAL 36 AT ARGOS: ARGOS, CASTON, CULVER, WINAMAC, Lakeland Christian, North Miami

NOTE: The Sectional 22 and 36 champions will play their regional semifinal games on the road Oct. 15. Regional finals will be held Oct. 18. Host sites include Fort Wayne Concordia (Class 2A) and Westview (Sectional 36). Kokomo and South Bend. St. Joe will host semistates Oct. 25.

VOLLEYBALL (OCT. 14-18)

CLASS 2A, SECTIONAL 38 AT WABASH: ROCHESTER, Eastern (Greentown), Lewis Cass, Manchester, Oak Hill, Southwood, Wabash

CLASS 3A, SECTIONAL 20 AT WAWASEE: TIPPECANOE VALLEY, Columbia City, Fairfield, NorthWood, Wawasee, West Noble

CLASS 1A, SECTIONAL 50 AT PIONEER: CASTON, PIONEER, DeMotte Christian, North Newton, North White, South Newton, Tri-County, West Central

CLASS 1A, SECTIONAL 51 AT SOUTH CENTRAL (UNION MILLS): ARGOS, CULVER, Elkhart Christian, North Judson, Oregon-Davis, South Central (Union Mills), Triton

CLASS 2A, SECTIONAL 34 AT BREMEN: WINAMAC, Bremen, South Bend Career Academy, Jimtown, Knox, LaVille

NOTE: The state finals, which will be held Nov. 8, are moving from Worthen Arena in Muncie to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis beginning this year.

FOOTBALL

Sectionals are set for Oct. 24, Oct. 31 and Nov. 7. Regionals are Nov. 14. Semistates are Nov. 21. The IHSAA state finals are Nov. 28-29 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.