I agree with you up to 2018 for sure as Penn was the dominant program in the north no questions. Bad losses last year to Mishawaka(to a great Mishawaka team) and to Valpo in the playoffs (21-0 at home) revealed the problems that really were worse this year (bad losses to 5a Valpo, a 4a NP, and rival Warsaw in the playoffs. Heck, they struggled to beat a one win Portage team in the playoffs. Prob will not be a consistently dominant team in the north going forward, like Penn was in the past. The past two years it has been Valpo (6a semistate 2018, 5a runnerup 2019)
The original post by DT does raise a very good point about Elkhart and their future. My bet is Penn will return to be a very strong team, though maybe not as dominant as they were in the past. They are just too big with too much tradition to not be good . In a way, I think the rise of a strong Elkhart program and a resurgent Warsaw under BC is the best thing to happen for Penn. Maybe the regional competition will make all the teams better