Sectional assignments for six sports approved by IHSAA Executive Committee

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The basketball and volleyball coaches at Shelbyville High School now know what the sectional pairings will look like for the Golden Bears’ first season competing as a Class 3A school.

On Monday, the Indiana High School Athletic Association’s Executive Committee approved the sectional assignments in six team sports for the next two school years.

The Executive Committee unanimously accepted the recommendations of the respective realignment committees which determined the sectional groupings in meetings earlier this month for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years.

Three committees consisting of school administrators representing each IHSAA district and class were constructed to realign the sports. The football committee totaled 18 administrators, the basketball and volleyball committee was made up of 12 members and the soccer committee consisted of nine individuals.

The baseball and softball sectional realignment committee will meet later this summer and their recommendations will be presented to the Executive Committee for approval at its Aug. 27 meeting.

Host sites for the next two years will be determined by athletic administrators in each sectional this summer.

Football

Shelbyville remains in Class 4A for football. The Golden Bears will compete in Sectional 23 with Bedford North Lawrence (7-4 in 2023), Charlestown (6-4), Connersville (2-8), Greenwood (6-6), Jennings County (5-6), Martinsville (7-4) and Silver Creek (6-4).

Shelbyville finished 3-7 under first-year head coach Scott Fitzgerald and lost to No. 1-ranked East Central, 62-7, in the opening round of the 2023 sectional.

Triton Central has a new look sectional field for 2024.

The Tigers, 11-2 last season and winners of a fifth-straight sectional championship, are in Sectional 38 with Centerville (9-1), Eastern Hancock (8-5), Lapel (5-5), Northeastern (7-3), Shenandoah (1-9), Union County (0-10) and Winchester (8-3).

Basketball

Shelbyville appeared to have two options when it came to sectional realignment into Class 3A – go west and stay around the southside of Indianapolis or go east to a more rural-based cluster of schools. The IHSAA sent the Golden Bears west.

Sectional 28 features Beech Grove, Greenwood, Indian Creek, New Palestine, Roncalli, Rushville and Shelbyville.

Triton Central is assigned to Sectional 43 with Christel House, Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Scecina and Irvington Prep.

All three Shelby County Class A schools – Morristown, Southwestern and Waldron -- are in Sectional 59 along with Edinburgh, Knightstown, North Decatur, South Decatur and Tri

Boys Soccer

Shelbyville remains in Class 3A in the Boys Soccer realignment. There are only three classes in this sport.

The Golden Bears are in Sectional 13 with Center Grove, Columbus East, Columbus North, East Central, Franklin and Whiteland.

Triton Central’s first sectional assignment is to Sectional 26 with Centerville, Connersville, Greensburg, New Castle and Rushville.

Morristown is in Class A, Sectional 42 with Central Christian Academy, Christel House, Greenwood Christian Academy, Indianapolis Lutheran, Knightstown and Providence Cristo Rey.

Southwestern is in Sectional 43 with Austin, Hauser, Shawe Memorial, Southwestern (Hanover) and Trinity Lutheran.

Girls Soccer

Shelbyville stays with familiar competition in Class 3A, Sectional 12. The Golden Bears will compete against East Central, Greenfield-Central, New Palestine and Richmond in a five-team sectional.

Triton Central is in Class A, Sectional 43 with Brown County, Greenwood Christian, Hauser and Monrovia.

Girls Volleyball

Shelbyville’s new Class 3A alignment lands it in Sectional 28 with Beech Grove, Greenwood, Indian Creek, New Palestine, Roncalli and Rushville.

Triton Central is in 2A, Sectional 43 with Christel House, Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Indianapolis Scecina and Irvington Prep.

Class A, Sectional 59 features Edinburgh, Knightstown, Morristown, North Decatur, South Decatur, Southwestern, Tri and Waldron.

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