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1997 Indiana High School Football Season

Beginning in 1997, the IHSAA allowed schools to schedule ninth regular season game in the place of their jamboree.

Contents

IHSAA State Champions


Class Champion Winning Coach
Class 5A Penn (14-1) Chris Geesman
Class 4A Griffith (14-1) Russ Radtke
Class 3A Indpls. Chatard (14-1) Craig Barr
Class 2A Jimtown (15-0) Bill Sharpe
Class 1A Pioneer (15-0) Mike Johnson

Polls & Rankings


Class AP Media IFCA Coaches
Class 5A Bloomington South (9-0) Bloomington South (9-0)
Class 4A Hobart (9-0) Hobart (9-0)
Class 3A Zionsville (9-0) Zionsville (9-0)
Class 2A Jimtown (9-0) Jimtown (9-0)
Class 1A Tri-West (9-0) Tri-West (9-0)

Sectional Champions


Sectional Championship
Class 5A Sectional 1 Valparaiso 31, Portage 22
Class 5A Sectional 2 Penn 24, South Bend Riley 13
Class 5A Sectional 3 Ft. Wayne Snider 52, Ft. Wayne South Side 16
Class 5A Sectional 4 Noblesville 7, North Central (Indpls.) 6
Class 5A Sectional 5 Lawrence Central 34, Franklin Central 20
Class 5A Sectional 6 Ben Davis 34, Perry Meridian 6
Class 5A Sectional 7 Bloomington South 46, Martinsville 6
Class 5A Sectional 8 Ev. Harrison 42, Ev. Central 7
Class 4A Sectional 9 Griffith 49, Hammond 7
Class 4A Sectional 10 Hobart 63, Gary Wirt 18
Class 4A Sectional 11 Elkhart Memorial 35, South Bend LaSalle 0
Class 4A Sectional 12 Ft. Wayne Dwenger 17, Ft. Wayne Wayne 14
Class 4A Sectional 13 Hamilton Southeastern 36, Pendleton Heights 25
Class 4A Sectional 14 Seymour 24, East Central 22
Class 4A Sectional 15 Avon 27, Roncalli (Indpls.) 13
Class 4A Sectional 16 Vincennes Lincoln 18, Jasper 14
Class 3A Sectional 17 Andrean 21, South Bend St Joseph’s 13
Class 3A Sectional 18 Lebanon 14, Twin Lakes 13
Class 3A Sectional 19 NorthWood 28, Northridge 0
Class 3A Sectional 20 Harding (Ft. Wayne) 62, Norwell 34
Class 3A Sectional 21 Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 31, Delta 6
Class 3A Sectional 22 Franklin County 38, Salem 6
Class 3A Sectional 23 Indpls. Chatard 63, Danville 21
Class 3A Sectional 24 Heritage Hills 28, Ev. Memorial 14
Class 2A Sectional 25 Bremen 27, Winamac 7
Class 2A Sectional 26 Northwestern 26, Tipton 23
Class 2A Sectional 27 Jimtown 31, Leo 14
Class 2A Sectional 28 Eastbrook 31, Southwood 19
Class 2A Sectional 29 Westfield 53, Speedway 22
Class 2A Sectional 30 Clarksville 39, Lawrenceburg 13
Class 2A Sectional 31 Western Boone 28, North Montgomery 21
Class 2A Sectional 32 Ev. Mater Dei 34, South Spencer 6
Class 1A Sectional 33 Whiting 42, River Forest 3
Class 1A Sectional 34 Pioneer 42, Carroll (Flora) 6
Class 1A Sectional 35 Adams Central 20, Fremont 6
Class 1A Sectional 36 Hagerstown 20, Frankton 7
Class 1A Sectional 37 Clinton Central 44, Tri-West Hendricks 34
Class 1A Sectional 38 Knightstown 14, Park Tudor 13
Class 1A Sectional 39 Rockville 7, Seeger 3
Class 1A Sectional 40 Linton-Stockton 35, Perry Central 12

Conference Champions


Conference Champion
Allen County Adams Central (5-1) & Leo (5-1)
Big Eight Vincennes Lincoln (6-0)
Central Indiana Tipton (7-0)
Central Suburban Lawrence Central (5-0)
Conference Indiana First year; no championship awarded
Duneland Hobart (7-0)
Eastern Indiana Franklin County (5-0)
Hoosier Twin Lakes (3-0)
Hoosier Heartland Delphi (5-0)
Hoosier Heritage Hamilton Southeastern (6-1), Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (6-1) & Pendleton Heights (6-1)
Hoosier Hills Jeffersonville (7-0)
I.P.S. Indianapolis Arlington (4-0)
Lake 10 Black Division Hammond (3-1), Highland (3-1) & Munster (3-1)
Lake 10 Blue Division Griffith (4-0)
Metropolitan First year; no championship awarded
Mid-Indiana Athletic Taylor (5-1)
Mid-Indiana Football Indian Creek (4-2), Milan (4-2), South Decatur (4-2) & Triton Central (4-2)
Mid-Southern Brownstown Central (5-0)
Mid-State Avon (5-0)
Midwest Pioneer (7-0)
North Central Marion (7-0)
NECC Big Five Angola (3-1), Garrett (3-1) & Lakeland (3-1)
NECC Little Five Fairfield (3-1) & Fremont (3-1)
Northeast Hoosier Homestead (7-0)
Northern Indiana Penn (6-0)
Northern Lakes Goshen (5-1) & Northwood (5-1)
Northern State Jimtown (7-0)
Northwest Hoosier Lowell (6-0)
Northwestern Gary Wirt (4-0)
Olympic Noblesville (5-0)
Patoka Lake Paoli (4-0)
Pocket Heritage Hills (7-0)
Rangeline Zionsville (5-0)
Sagamore Western Boone (5-0)
South Central Bloomington South (4-0)
Southern Indiana Evansville Harrison (7-0)
Summit Fort Wayne Snider (9-0)
Three Rivers Rochester (7-0)
Tri-Eastern Hagerstown (7-0)
Wabash River Fountain Central (7-1), Rockville (7-1) & Seeger (7-1)
West Central Tri-West (9-0)
White River Knightstown (5-0)

City Champions


City Champion
Evansville Harrison (6-0)

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