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The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the pairings for the Eighth Annual Unified Flag Football State Tournament Series this evening via livestream at IHSAAtv.org.
A record 46 teams – two more than 2024 – have entered this year’s state tournament and are spread across eight sectionals to be played on Saturday, Oct. 4.
The eight teams that emerge as sectional champions will move on to one of two regionals on Saturday, Oct. 11 with the two remaining teams advancing to the state championship game on Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Grand Park Sports Event Center in Westfield.
A different school has won the state championship in each of the tournament’s first seven years.
Last year’s state champion, the Carroll Chargers will hope to become the first two-time winner and will play Manchester in Sectional 3 at Tippecanoe Valley.
Last year’s state runner-up, the Carmel Greyhounds will face Fishers in their first-round game in Sectional 5 played at Hamilton Heights.
Unified Sports enables persons with and without intellectual disabilities to participate on the same team for sports training and competition as part of the “Champions Together” partnership between the IHSAA and Special Olympics Indiana.
Unified Flag Football, which began in 2018, is one of 24 sports sponsored by the IHSAA and one of two co-ed sports along with Unified Track & Field which debuted in 2014.
