IFCA releases initial Coaches Poll for 2022 season

The Indiana Football Coaches Association released its preseason polls for the 2022 season on Sunday.

Area schools were well represented. First-place votes are in parenthesis.

CLASS 6A

1. Center Grove (6)
2. Cathedral (2)
3. Carmel
4. Brownsburg
5. Warren Central (1)
6. Westfield
7. Ben Davis
8. Hamilton Southeastern
9. Lawrence North
10. Avon
    
    Others receiving votes: Lawrence Central, Carroll, Penn, Fishers, Warsaw, Zionsville, Elkhart, Lafayette Jeff.

CLASS 5A

1. Merrillville (8)
2. Decatur Central (1)
3. Snider
4. Michigan City
5. Whiteland
6. Bishop Dwenger (1)
7. Valparaiso
8. Mishawaka
9. Concord
10. Harrison (West Lafayette)

Others receiving votes: Castle, Bloomington South, Bloomington North, Chesterton, Columbus East, Terre Haute North.

CLASS 4A

1. Mt. Vernon (Fortville) (5)
2. New Palestine (1)
3. Roncalli (2)
4. Mooresville (1)
5. Brebeuf
6. Evansville Memorial
7. East Central
8. Hobart
9. Kokomo
10. NorthWood

Others receiving votes: Jasper, East Noble, Greenfield Central, Martinsville (1), Northridge, Silver Creek, New Prairie, Lowell, Evansville Central, Leo, Logansport, Mississinewa.

CLASS 3A

1. Chatard (8)
2. West Lafayette
3. Gibson Southern (2)
4. Tri-West
5. Mishawaka Marian
6. Lawrenceburg
7. Danville
8. Western Boone
9. Guerin Catholic
10. Norwell

Others receiving votes: Heritage Hills, Oak Hill, Delta, Hanover Central, Concordia Lutheran, Charlestown, Mt. Vernon (Posey), Southridge, Speedway.

CLASS 2A

1. Andrean (8)
2. Evansville Mater Dei (2)
3. Eastbrook
4. Bishop Luers
5. Lafayette Central Catholic
6. Linton-Stockton
7. Scecina
8. Eastside
9. Triton-Central
10. Heritage Christian

Others receiving votes: LaVille, Brownstown Central, Eastern (Greentown), Tipton, Ritter, Alexandria, Lapel, Lewis Cass, Sullivan, Paoli, Seeger.

CLASS 1A

1. Lutheran
2. Adams Central
3. South Adams
4. Covenant Christian
5. Monroe Central
6. North Judson
7. Park Tudor
8. North Decatur
9. South Putnam
10. Tri

Others receiving votes: Sheridan, Springs Valley, North Daviess, Pioneer, Carroll (Flora), Parke Heritage, Southwood, North Vermillion, Triton, Providence.