SHELBYVILLE – The Indiana High School Athletic Association slotted 313 teams Sunday for the 50th Annual IHSAA Football State Tournament.
Sectional games begin on Oct. 21 in Classes 4A, 3A, 2A, and A. Classes 6A and 5A have that week off. Sectional semifinal games will be on Oct. 28 with sectional championship matches to follow on Nov. 4.
Regional championships are on Nov. 11. Semistate championships are one week later on Nov. 18 with state championship games on Nov. 25-26 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
The gates open at 6:00 p.m. to support Bedford North Lawrence this Friday night at Shelbyville. Tickets will cost $7 for ages K-Adults. Please bring cash as the gate entrance will be cash ONLY.
Class 4A, Sectional 23
Sectional 23 features eight teams including No. 3 East Central and No. 8 Martinsville.
In first-round games, Shelbyville (1-7) will host Bedford North-Lawrence (4-4); Greenwood (1-7) hosts Martinsville (6-2); Jennings County (2-6) hosts Silver Creek (3-5), and East Central (7-1) hosts Edgewood (1-7).
The advancing team that did not host a first-round game would host the semifinal round. If both advancing teams were hosts or visitors, the second-named team in the bracket would be the host.
In that scenario, a win by Bedford North Lawrence would host Greenwood or Martinsville in the regional.
