Duke of Denham

I figured the HNAC Regional deserved its own thread. Big week for the HNAC. 1a- Park Tudor @ North Judson- The kids from Broad Ripple get to make that long ride to the heart of the heartland. Park Tudor is undefeated. Judson is 8-4 and battle tested. Two of their losses are to the other HNAC teams in the Regional this week Knox and LaVille. The other two losses are to teams that played for a Sectional title and lost. Should be a great game. QB Gordon from Park Tudor is a special talent. 2000 yards passing and 1500 yards rushing. Get out to Liberty Field and see who wins. 2a-LaVille at LCC- The lancers only loss on the season is to Knox the 3a sectional winner. LaVille has taken care of business. LCC is 9-3 but they play a tough schedule between the Lafayette schools and the Hoosier conference. 3a- Knox at West Lafayette- Knox is undefeated on the season. They have ground and pounded everyone with Miles and Conroy. West Lafayette is coming off a crazy comeback to defeat an undefeated team. Knox only has 38 players. West Lafayette struggled with the power running game of Tippy Valley a few weeks back. Has anything changed? The final season of this iteration of the HNAC was a success. Four teams played for sectional titles with three of them winning. Knox and LaVille leave next season to join a new conference. Good luck to everyone and let's support these teams as they make their run towards more hardware for the trophy case, but most importantly, WHO YA GOT!?

13 weeks in and we still have two HNAC teams fighting for more hardware. West Lafayette @ Knox North Judson @ Park Tudor who ya got!?

The sectional championship is upon us. Three HNAC teams remain. As far as I know the HNAC has produced a sectional champion every season since it’s inception. Best of luck to all the teams! Knox @ Jimtown Culver @ North Judson Should be a great atmosphere at both games. Get out there and support your local HNAC teams. With all that said…. who ya got!?

Walter has spies all over the greater Richgrove township area.

Walter is a bigger troll than Spanky Harper. How is it that we are even talking about Winamac when, arguably, the biggest conference game in the HNAC’s history is about to be played? Because Walter Sobjack wanted to talk about last year all over again. I wish Walter was a Bluejay fan, but his true colors always come out.

Culver @ Knox- Knox seems to be the sexy pick, but there is nothing sexy about playing Culver. It’ll be a fight. Culver chews clock. Goes for it on 4th down a lot and makes a game out of it. Knox 26-22 LaVille @ Pioneer- Lancers are running on all cylinders here in the early season. Pioneer has a program of great pride and tradition. However, Pioneer is short a few hogs for this matchup. Laville 42-6 Triton @ Caston- Triton gets back on track with a running clock. Triton 50-12 North White @ Winamac- Playing at home has to be worth at least 3 points right? Winamac 3-0 Calumet Christian @ NJSP- Who is Calumet Christian? More like who cares!? Cheyenne Allen will become the all-time points leader at NJSP with his next point scored. He is a closing in on the all-time rushing record as well. Both records are in play as they Bluejays keep this thing rolling. NJSP 52-0

That’s the father’s account. His name is also Cheyenne. It’s funny that someone would copy paste that from the HNAC thread to over to this thread. Seems like you guys are extra thirsty for some conversation about Judson. The time will come, but it is not on this day. -The duke has spoken. Let there be steak sammiches on a Friday at Liberty Field!

Laville @ Triton- two of the conferences top contenders face off. LaVille has size and experience. Triton has a hungry group coming off a big win. I’ll take Laville 28-14. NJSP @ Caston- Jays will score 50. Does Caston score any? Rochester @ Knox- Zebras have beef. Knox has the old ball coach and some young running backs. Knox team wins 35-28 SCUM @ Culver- Culver’s fullback will carry it 30 times and culver will win. Cavs 26-21 Winamac @ Pioneer- We all know Winamac is pitiful this year. Pioneer 42-6

Bremen @ LaVille- This is the LaVille team that people have been hyped for. I’ll take the Lancers by 14 Caston @ WC- Caston by 7 Pioneer @ Lewis Cass- When does Pioneer ever have a down year? Pioneer by 20. Culver @ NJSP- Jays are loaded. Jays by 35. Knox @ Winamac- Winamac replaces a lot. Knox is in their third year with the old ball coach. Knox by 14 Triton @ SCUM- Triton is expected to be a contender in the conference. Triton by 10.

The season comes to a close and with that there is so much to reflect upon. So many great things happened in the HNAC this season. Teams battled throughout the entire season pushing each other to get better week in and out. We dealt with covid for another season and for most schools in the conference it was not really a factor after the first month of the school year. Some teams did have more issues than others, but when it came playoff time the teams in the HNAC, as far as I know, were pretty much at full capacity. I think we will just have to continue to deal with this issue for years to come and it will just become part of the game. I think a real conversation is going to need to be had about mandating games if possible. Too many times this season were games cancelled on short notice and one team is left scrambling to find a game while the other sits at home with no consequence. If you got 11 show up and play. Now, to the good stuff. This year the HNAC had six teams playing for a sectional championship with two of those teams bringing it home in LaVille and North Judson. North Judson was able to go on and win the regional as well. Since the inception of the HNAC we have seen Pioneer win multiple state titles and in the years they weren't winning it all they were still bringing home sectional and regional titles. 2019 and 2021 are the only years I believe Pioneer hasn't brought home some post season hardware since the HNAC was formed. They truly have dominated the HNAC. This season Pioneer struggled with covid issues early in the season and then late in the year the injury bug really slowed this team down. However, they were able to muster a great performance against North Judson in the mud and rain at the Pit to solidify a share of the conference crown on the last night of the regular season. You can tell there is a lot of pride in the Pioneer program and even when it seems they have lost so much from the previous year they continue to churn out great players that buy into their system. Winamac had a fantastic year. They finished 8-1 and share the conference title with North Judson and Pioneer. Winamac had their own issues with covid and this seems to be a common theme. Covid issues plagued all teams in the conference this year, but Winamac probably the most of all the teams. They had to cancel games with LaVille and North Judson. Who in hindsight ending up being two of the better teams in the conference. It was hard to gauge Winamac this year. They beat up on teams that they were supposed to beat up on. They beat Pioneer to hold the traveling trophy for the year. Winamac beat a West Central team to win in the first round of the sectional. In second round of the sectional Winamac hosted North Judson. It was rainy and muddy. The field had standing water on Winamac's sideline. It was not an ideal situation for either team. In the mud and rain, Winamac's offense sputtered and the turnover battle was won by North Judson along with time of possession. Laville's season was also plagued by covid early and often. They're defense was rock solid as usual. They won a lot of close games this season. LaVille was able to turn it on in the post season and claim the sectional title after beating Pioneer. LaVille's future looks very bright as they bring back a big group of juniors who I am sure are looking to make a claim at the HNAC title and much more next season. Knox turned it on late and it seemed that the kids began to buy in as the season progressed. It was a tough regular season for Knox, but with the success in the 3A tournament and a real chance to claim the sectional title. I would expect Knox is going to work hard this off season to prepare themselves for a deeper run next season and more of a presence within the conference. Triton has a great group of young guys and were able to make a run all the way to the sectional finals before losing to state runner-up Adams Central. Culver continues to chug along and were in their second sectional finals in three years when they faced North Judson for the sectional 41 crown. Caston had covid issues early. Caston's Smith and Hickle were special players in 2021, but it takes 11 to win and Caston seemed as if they are still short a couple of guys before they can start being competitive in the HNAC consistently. Which brings me to my final thought how the HNAC handles their post-season awards. Something is fundamentally wrong when Caston has only one all conference player and Winamac has 7. Also, there is something wrong when there is a three way split for the conference title and North Judson has 5 all conference players, Pioneer 6, and Winamac 7. Someone explain that to me where three teams tie but one of those teams is rewarded more than the others? I am not one to just complain so here is a solution: have the coaches actually select the all-conference team by positions. Not every team gets there running back on the all-conference team. Sorry not every running back is all conference. But every team this year nominated a ball carrier. You can't have 8 all-conference running backs. The grind towards next season has already begun. Who will make strides in the weight room this off-season? Who will improve their speed development? Which teams will continue to move forward and which teams will fall to the bottom of the conference? A lot of that will be decided over the next few months as we roll into winter and then begin the process all over again with spring practices and the build up towards the summer program. Good luck to all teams and congratulations on a great 2021 season.

It’s semi-state and the HNAC still has a team alive and well. North Judson hosts Adams Central. The Flying Jets come in as the favorite, but anyone who has seen the Jays play knows this should be a game from open to close. The HNAC schedule has helped this Jays team to be a real contender in 1A not only this season but moving forward. I hope to see a bunch of fans from other HNAC schools come out tonight and support the Jays.

Judson plays Carroll (Flora) tonight so if you're wondering why no one is responding it is because there is no interest in hearing about Winamac any further. I started posting on the GID three years ago and have had to hear about this 2021 Winamac team for several years now. Winamac was the favorite on JH site before the sectional started by a wide margin. Take solace in that. It is all you have to celebrate after this season. Winamac has possession of the traveling HNAC trophy. That is your prize for the year. You have the pleasure of holding that trophy until week 1 when Knox beats Winamac by 30 to open the 2022 season. Put it to rest and eat crow. Your mouth wrote a lot of checks and I'm sure that burning sensation in the back of your mind is your conscience telling you to let it go, but your pride and ego simply stand in the way.

Seemed unfair to not have a thread here for all the HNAC teams playing this Friday for a sectional championship. Another great year of competition in the HNAC has helped 6 teams play all the way into November and hopefully beyond. Best of luck to all HNAC teams involved. So, who ya got? Culver @ North Judson Hanover Central @ Knox Pioneer @ LaVille Triton @ Adams Central

It’s championship week and it’s time to crown a winner in Sectiona 41. Culver comes in with their ground and pound running on all cylinders. North Judson is rolling after ending Winamac’s perfect season. Only one can be crowned champ. So, who ya got? Culver @ North Judson

Kind of ironic that the only teams that are sitting home this week include Winamac and Caston. First and last place have to watch as everyone else chases a trophy. Someone earlier in the season said that the teams in the middle and bottom are closing the gap and I believe that whole heartedly. This was the tightest HNAC season since it's inception. Jays were the more battle tested team for sure. They had seen "faster" and more aggressive teams already. It only took a few plays to see that Winamac was going to struggle with Judson's size and speed. It also showed that when they're down two scores they completely unraveled. On one drive alone they had 45 yards in personal foul penalties and everyone in the crowd knew the game was over at the point because they were watching the kids quit on their team.