Overview

• The IHSAA finalized brackets via its annual blind draw streamed on IHSAATV.org on Sunday evening.
• Evansville highlights include Class 5A Sectional 16 of Castle, Floyd Central, New Albany and North, plus deep 4A and 3A fields.
• East Central Indiana brackets feature Class 4A Sectional 20 with Culver Academies, Frankfort, Huntington North, Lebanon, Logansport, Marion and Muncie Central.
• Defending sectional titleholders in the Evansville area are Castle in 5A, Reitz in 4A and Heritage Hills, which now competes in 4A.
• Poll context notes eight Evansville-area programs and three from the Muncie area receiving votes, with 5A and 6A teams opening postseason play the week after Oct. 24.