IHSAA Releases Pairings For 2020 Boys & Girls Soccer State Tournaments

Best of luck to all our area teams.

(Indianapolis, Ind.) - Boys and girls soccer programs across the state now know who they will have to go through to win a sectional championship. 

The IHSAA released the pairings for the 27th annual Boys and Girls Soccer State Tournaments on Monday night. There will be 299 boys teams and 266 girls teams set for competition next week.

Both tournaments mirror each other beginning with 16 sectionals in each of the three classes running October 5-10. Regionals will be played Saturday, October 17, with semi-state matchups on Saturday, October 24 at four sites. The winners will advance to the state championship matches on October 30-31. Two of those championship matches will be played indoors on Friday (Oct. 30) at the Grand Park Sports Event Center in Westfield while the other four matches will be played outdoors on Saturday (Oct. 31) at Fishers High School. 

To conduct the random drawing for the state tournament, the IHSAA places ping-pong balls representing each school in a given sectional into a lottery-style air mix machine. A motorized fan in the bottom of the machine blows the balls around the inside of the transparent container and air then forces each ball up through a tube in random order. For example, the first ball retrieved from the machine will be the visiting team in game one with the second ball representing the home team in game one. The third ball to come out is the visitor in game two and the fourth ball the home team in game two. That same method is followed through all sectionals and regionals to determine every team’s placement in the bracket.

The portion of the draw that features local teams can be viewed below. 

For the full tournament draw, visit www.ihsaa.org. 

BOYS SOCCER

CLASS 3A

Sectional 12 at Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (7 teams)

M1: Greenfield-Central vs. Mt. Vernon (Fortville).

M2: Richmond vs. New Palestine.

M3: Shelbyville vs. Connersville.

M4: East Central vs. M1 winner.

M5: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.

Championship: M4 winner vs. M5 winner.

CLASS 2A

Sectional 28 at Lawrenceburg (6 teams)

M1: South Dearborn vs. Batesville.

M2: Franklin County vs. Greensburg.

M3: M1 winner vs. M2 winner.

M4: Rushville Consolidated vs. Lawrenceburg.

Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.

CLASS 1A

Sectional 44 at Southwestern (Shelbyville) (5 teams)

M1: Oldenburg vs. Morristown.

M2: Greenwood Christian vs. Southwestern (Shelbyville).

M3: Hauser vs. M1 winner.

Championship: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.

Sectional 45 at Jac-Cen-Del (7 teams)

M1: Jac-Cen-Del vs. Shawe Memorial.

M2: Rising Sun vs. Southwestern (Hanover).

M3: Switzerland County vs. South Ripley.

M4: Milan vs. M1 winner.

M5: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.

Championship: M4 winner vs. M5 winner.

GIRLS SOCCER

CLASS 3A

Sectional 12 at East Central (6 teams)

M1: Shelbyville vs. Mt. Vernon (Fortville).

M2: Greenfield-Central vs. East Central.

M3: M1 winner vs. M2 winner.

M4: Richmond vs. New Palestine.

Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.

CLASS 2A

Sectional 27 at Batesville (6 teams)

M1: Batesville vs. Herron.

M2: Beech Grove vs. Greensburg.

M3: Indianapolis Cathedral vs. M1 winner.

M4: Indianapolis Shortridge vs. M2 winner.

Championship: M3 winner vs. M4 winner.

Sectional 28 at Rushville Consolidated (5 teams)

M1: Lawrenceburg vs. South Dearborn.

M2: Connersville vs. Rushville Consolidated.

M3: Franklin County vs. M1 winner.

Championship: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.

CLASS 1A

Sectional 45 at Rising Sun (5 teams)

M1: South Ripley vs. Rising Sun.

M2: Oldenburg Academy vs. Switzerland County.

M3: Milan vs. M1 winner.

Championship: M2 winner vs. M3 winner.