temptation Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 Ben Davis Cathedral Center Grove Hamilton Southeastern Brownsburg Westfield Fort Wayne Snider East Central Fishers Carroll (Fort Wayne) Lawrence Central Carmel Crown Point Penn Lawrence North Bishop Chatard Whiteland Harrison (West Lafayette) Valparaiso Roncalli Merrillville Bloomington South Noblesville NorthWood Franklin Central 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted August 19, 2023 Share Posted August 19, 2023 53 minutes ago, temptation said: Ben Davis Cathedral Center Grove Hamilton Southeastern Brownsburg Westfield Fort Wayne Snider East Central Fishers Carroll (Fort Wayne) Lawrence Central Carmel Crown Point Penn Lawrence North Bishop Chatard Whiteland Harrison (West Lafayette) Valparaiso Roncalli Merrillville Bloomington South Noblesville NorthWood Franklin Central Looks good. Looking forward to the Homestead/Noblesville rematch :). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave007 Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 100% agree after week one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 19 hours ago, temptation said: Ben Davis Cathedral Center Grove Hamilton Southeastern Brownsburg Westfield Fort Wayne Snider East Central Fishers Carroll (Fort Wayne) Lawrence Central Carmel Crown Point Penn Lawrence North Bishop Chatard Whiteland Harrison (West Lafayette) Valparaiso Roncalli Merrillville Bloomington South Noblesville NorthWood Franklin Central I'm holding out at least another week before I'd likely put Harrison in Top 20 for the state just yet. Really good first game for the Raiders, but it was 200% different from the scrimmage performance against LCC and West Lafayette did not look like their normal selves on Friday. Will get a second set of data points this Friday and will have a better feel for whether LCC is really that good, Harrison is really that good, West Lafayette really is suffering from departure of O-line, or some mixture. LCC gets 3A Guerin this Friday on the road, West Lafayette gets 5A McCutcheon at home, and Harrison gets Plainfield, who knocked them out of post season last year, on the road. Good set of test data points for all three early in the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 25 minutes ago, foxbat said: I'm holding out at least another week before I'd likely put Harrison in Top 20 for the state just yet. Really good first game for the Raiders, but it was 200% different from the scrimmage performance against LCC and West Lafayette did not look like their normal selves on Friday. Will get a second set of data points this Friday and will have a better feel for whether LCC is really that good, Harrison is really that good, West Lafayette really is suffering from departure of O-line, or some mixture. LCC gets 3A Guerin this Friday on the road, West Lafayette gets 5A McCutcheon at home, and Harrison gets Plainfield, who knocked them out of post season last year, on the road. Good set of test data points for all three early in the season. I likely overreacted on Harrison but have a lot of respect for West Lafayette so that margin of victory really stood out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbat Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, temptation said: I likely overreacted on Harrison but have a lot of respect for West Lafayette so that margin of victory really stood out. Completely agree seeing it on paper and knowing what the traditional programs have looked like. I would make that exact same call if I hadn't seen it with my eyes. I made a post over in the Hoosier Conference thread where I give a little more insight on what caught my eye regarding the Harrison-West Lafayette game albeit focusing more on West Lafayette's play. Historically, West Lafayette isn't a team that suffers due to graduation. They may change their style of how they attack you, but it usually doesn't seem to have an impact on their overall effectiveness. With the caveat that this could certainly be a situation of a bad night or just not getting all of the cobwebs dusted off for first game, this just didn't look/feel like "our fathers' West Lafayette." At the same time, this Raider team played aggressive and inspired ball which looked so much different, for the better, than their performance in their scrimmage against LCC, so it's hard to make a definitive call just yet given the various moving parts. I'm really hoping that Harrison maintains this performance and will be quite happy, after a couple more data points, to see then prowling around the state Top 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 almost, better than the lists from last year, I only spy two teams this year who have no business being on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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