Preseason IFCA Coaches Poll released

The Indiana Football Coaches Association released its preseason polls on Monday.

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

CLASS 6A

1. Ben Davis (12)
2. Crown Point (1)
3. Center Grove
4. Westfield
5. Warren Central
6. Hamilton Southeastern
7. Brownsburg
8. Carmel
9. Carroll
10. Cathedral
    
    Others receiving votes: Penn, Snider, Lawrence North, Elkhart, Fishers.

CLASS 5A

1. Decatur Central (11)
2. Merrillville (1)
3. Valparaiso
4. Whiteland
5. Bloomington North
6. Warsaw
7. East Central
8. Michigan City
9. Plainfield
10. Castle

Others receiving votes: Bloomington South, Concord, Columbus East (1), Evansville North, Floyd Central, Lafayette Jeff, Kokomo.

CLASS 4A

1. New Palestine (10)
2. Bishop Chatard (1)
3. New Prairie
4. Brebeuf Jesuit
5. Mishawaka (1)
6. Greenfield-Central
7. Evansville Reitz (1)
8. NorthWood
9. Martinsville
10. Leo

Others receiving votes: Hanover Central, Mt. Vernon, East Noble, Bishop Dwenger, Kankakee Valley, Northridge, Mooresville, New Haven, Mississinewa, Jasper, Pendleton Heights.

CLASS 3A

1. Heritage Hills (10)
2. Knox (1)
3. Evansville Memorial
4. Gibson Southern
5. Batesville
6. Guerin Catholic
7. West Lafayette
8. Tri-West
9. Lawrenceburg
10. Mishawaka Marian

Others receiving votes: Hamilton Heights, Bishop Luers, Tippecanoe Valley, South Bend St. Joseph, Southridge, Peru, Fairfield, Maconaquah.

CLASS 2A

1. Lutheran (11)
2. Lafayette Central Catholic (1)
3. North Posey (1)
4. Eastern Hancock
5. Linton-Stockton
6. Triton Central
7. Brownstown Central
8. Southmont
9. Adams Central
10. Andrean

Others receiving votes: Lapel, Bluffton, Heritage Christian, Paoli, Centerville, Rochester, Bremen, Tell City, Alexandria, Greencastle, Scecina.

CLASS 1A

1. South Putnam (7)
2. North Judson (1)
3. Sheridan
4. North Decatur (1)
5. Providence (3)
6. Carroll (Flora)
7. Triton
8. LaVille
9. Springs Valley
10. Madison-Grant

Others receiving votes: Pioneer, Forest Park, South Decatur, Monroe Central, South Adams, Milan, North White.