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Orioles is the mascot. Deaf Hoosiers is the nickname. It's quite simple.

CLASS 6A Brownsburg (10) (1-0) 100 Carmel (1-0) 88 Westfield (1-0) 79 Warren Central (1-0) 60 Carroll (Allen) (1-0) 50 Center Grove (0-1) 40 Lawrence North (0-1) 37 Crown Point (1-0) 30 Penn (1-0) 20 Avon (1-0) 16 Others receiving votes: Ben Davis 1-0 (15), Columbus North 1-0 (5), Fishers 0-1 (4), Franklin Central 1-0 (3), Elkhart 1-0 (2), Merillville 1-0 (1) CLASS 5A New Palestine (10) (1-0) 100 Ind. Cathedral (0-1) 78 Bloomington South (1-0) 77 Castle (1-0) 54 Warsaw (1-0) 51 Floyd Central (1-0) 45 Lafayette Jeff (0-1) 39 Concord (0-1) 36 Snider (0-1) 32 Plainfield (0-1) 15 Others receiving votes: Pendleton Heights 1-0 (14), Greenfield Central 1-0 (4), Huntington North 1-0 (2), Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 1-0 (2), Evan. North 0-1 (1) CLASS 4A East Central (6) (1-0) 94 FW Dwenger (3) (1-0) 91 Ind. Chatard (1) (1-0) 82 East Noble (1-0) 64 Ind. Roncalli (0-1) 63 Mishawaka (1-0) 44 Yorktown (1-0) 36 Hobart (1-0) 29 SB St. Joseph (0-0) 16 Columbia City (1-0) 11 Others receiving votes: Heritage Hills 1-0 (10), Leo 1-0 (5), FW Luers 0-1 (2), Northview 1-0 (2), Evan. Reitz 1-0 (1) CLASS 3A Evan. Memorial (8) (1-0) 97 Andrean (0-1) 78 Adams Central (2) (1-0) 77 Lawrenceburg (1-0) 58 Gibson Southern (0-1) 53 Evan. Mater Dei (1-0) 49 Tri-West Hendricks (1-0) 41 Indian Creek (1-0) 30 Twin Lakes (1-0) 23 Maconaquah (1-0) 15 Others receiving votes: Bluffton 1-0 (12), Griffith 1-0 (8), John Glenn 1-0 (4), Mississinewa 0-1 (2), Angola 1-0 (1), Sullivan 1-0 (1), Tippecanoe Valley 1-0 (1) CLASS 2A Brownstown Central (5) (1-0) 86 Cascade (2) (1-0) 84 Lapel (1) (1-0) 75 South Putnam (2) (1-0) 75 Ind. Lutheran (1-0) 74 Eastern (Greentown) (1-0) 35 Rensselaer Central (1-0) 26 Eastside (1-0) 21 Rochester (1-0) 15 North Posey (1-0) 14 Others receiving votes: Eastern Hancock 1-0 (9), Linton Stockton 0-1 (9), Southmont 1-0 (7), Knox 0-1 (6), Providence 0-1 (4), Triton Central 0-1 (4), Bremen 1-0 (3), Oak Hill 0-1 (2), Tipton 1-0 (1) CLASS 1A Riverton Parke (6) (1-0) 95 Pioneer (4) (1-0) 93 Milan (0-0) 76 North Judson (1-0) 76 South Adams (0-1) 44 Laf. Central Catholic (1-0) 40 North Decatur (1-0) 39 Carroll (Flora) (1-0) 32 North Daviess (1-0) 17 Sheridan (0-1) 15 Others receiving votes: Springs Valley 0-1 (12), West Washington 1-0 (4), Tri 1-0 (3), Clinton Prairie 1-0 (2), Madison-Grant 1-0 (1), Tecumseh 1-0 (1)

Before the recent defections of a handful of IHSAA schools I was really worried about the future of 8 man, and now it looks better than it ever has.

We didn’t have enough faith in the HHC! I think that game comes down to the wire. I think BNL is pretty good and that’s not an easy place to win.

2026 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll 6A 1 Brownsburg (10) 1-0 100 2 Carmel 1-0 88 3 Westfield 1-0 79 4 Warren Central 1-0 60 5 Carroll (Allen) 1-0 50 6 Center Grove 0-1 40 7 Lawrence North 0-1 37 8 Crown Point 1-0 30 9 Penn 1-0 20 10 Avon 1-0 16 Others receiving votes: Ben Davis 1-0 (15), Columbus North 1-0 (5), Fishers 0-1 (4), Franklin Central 1-0 (3), Elkhart 1-0 (2), Merillville 1-0 (1) 5A 1 New Palestine (10) 1-0 100 2 Ind. Cathedral 0-1 78 3 Bloomington South 1-0 77 4 Castle 1-0 54 5 Warsaw 1-0 51 6 Floyd Central 1-0 45 7 Lafayette Jeff 0-1 39 8 Concord. 0-1 36 9 Snider 0-1 32 10 Plainfield 0-1 15 Others receiving votes: Pendleton Heights 1-0 (14), Greenfield Central 1-0 (4), Huntington North 1-0 (2), Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 1-0 (2), Evan. North 0-1 (1) 4A 1 East Central (6). 1-0 94 2 FW Dwenger (3) 1-0 91 3 Ind. Chatard (1) 1-0 82 4 East Noble 1-0 64 5 Ind. Roncalli 0-1 63 6 Mishawaka 1-0 44 7 Yorktown 1-0 36 8 Hobart 1-0 29 9 SB St. Joseph 0-0 16 10 Columbia City 1-0 11 Others receiving votes: Heritage Hills 1-0 (10), Leo 1-0 (5), FW Luers 0-1 (2), Northview 1-0 (2), Evan. Reitz 1-0 (1) 2026 Indiana Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll (Pre-season) 3A 1 Evan. Memorial (8) 1-0 97 2 Andrean 0-1 78 3 Adams Central (2) 1-0 77 4 Lawrenceburg. 1-0 58 5 Gibson Southern 0-1 53 6 Evan. Mater Dei 1-0 49 7 Tr-West Hendricks 1-0 41 8 Indian Creek 1-0 30 9 Twin Lakes 1-0 23 10 Maconaquah 1-0 15 Others receiving votes: Bluffton 1-0 (12), Griffith 1-0 (8), John Glenn 1-0 (4), Mississenewa 0-1 (2), Angola 1-0 (1), Sullivan 1-0 (1), Tippecanoe Valley 1-0 (1) 2A 1 Brownstown Central (5) 1-0 86 2 Cascade (2) 1-0 84 3 Lapel (1) 1-0 75 South Putnam (2) 1-0 75 5 Ind. Lutheran 1-0 74 6 Eastern (Greentown) 1-0 35 7 Rensselaer Central 1-0 26 8 Eastside 1-0 21 9 Rochester 1-0 15 10 North Posey 1-0 14 Others receiving votes: Eastern Hancock 1-0 (9), Linton Stockton 0-1 (9), Southmont 1-0 (7), Knox 0-1 (6), Providence 0-1 (4), Triton Central 0-1 (4), Breman 1-0 (3), Oak Hill 0-1 (2), Tipton 1-0 (1) 1A 1 Riverton Parke (6) 1-0 95 2 Pioneer (4) 1-0 93 3 Milan 0-0 76 North Judson 1-0 76 5 South Adams 0-1 44 6 Laf. Central Catholic 1-0 40 7 North Decatur 1-0 39 8 Carroll (Flora) 1-0 32 9 North Daviess 1-0 17 10 Sheridan 0-1 15 Others receiving votes: Springs Valley 0-1 (12), West Washington 1-0 (4), Tri 1-0 (3), Clinton Prairie 1-0 (2), Madison-Grant 1-0 (1), Tecumseh 1-0 (1)

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I doubt it. In fact I bet the shut New Haven out.

Good to know. I had seen the Orioles listed as their nickname someplace else before as well. However, most sources I had seen said they were the Deaf Hoosiers. If both are used, I wonder how we’re to determine when to use them. For instance, Columbus East are the Olympians and Columbus North are the Bull Dogs. However, in swimming, Columbus East are the H2Olympians (or H2Os for short) and Columbus North are the Bull Frogs. For Indiana Deaf, are the Orioles and Deaf Hoosiers nicknames sport-specific or are they just interchangeable?

Class 6A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. Brownsburg (16) 1-0 160 1 2. Westfield 1-0 137 2 3. Carmel 1-0 127 3 4. Warren Central 1-0 112 5 5. Fort Wayne Carroll 1-0 87 8 6. Center Grove 0-1 59 6 7. Crown Point 1-0 55 7 8. Lawrence North 0-1 49 4 9. Penn 1-0 43 9 10. Ben Davis 1-0 26 NR Dropped out: Hamilton Southeastern (10) Others receiving votes: Merrillville 15. Avon 7. Columbus North 2. Elkhart 1. Class 5A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. New Palestine (16) 1-0 160 1 2. Bloomington South 1-0 138 3 3. Cathedral 0-1 122 2 4. Castle 1-0 83 8 5. Pendleton Heights 1-0 76 9 6. Warsaw 1-0 70 NR 7. Floyd Central 1-0 65 10 8. Lafayette Jeff 0-1 44 4 9. Concord 0-1 42 6 10. Fort Wayne Snider 0-1 31 7 Dropped out: Plainfield (5) Others receiving votes: Franklin 26. Plainfield 19. Evansville North 3. Huntington North 2. Class 4A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. Bishop Chatard (8) 1-0 140 3 2. FW Dwenger (3) 1-0 137 4 3. East Central (4) 1-0 135 2 4. Roncalli (1) 0-1 117 1 5. Mishawaka 1-0 82 5 6. Yorktown 1-0 70 6 7. East Noble 1-0 65 7 8. SB St. Joseph 1-0 56 8 9. Hobart 1-0 30 9 10. Heritage Hills 1-0 16 NR Dropped out: Fort Wayne Luers (10) Others receiving votes: Evansville Reitz 13. Muncie Central 8. Jasper 3. Guerin Catholic 2. DeKalb 2. Fort Wayne Luers 1. Class 3A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. Evansville Memorial (9) 1-0 144 3 2. Andrean (3) 0-1 124 1 3. Adams Central (3) 1-0 123 5 4. (tie) Tri-West (1) 1-0 104 6 4. (tie) Gibson Southern 0-1 104 2 6. Lawrenceburg 0-1 65 4 7. Evansville Mater Dei 1-0 56 7 8. Twin Lakes 1-0 53 9 9. Indian Creek 1-0 46 NR 10. Maconaquah 1-0 23 NR Dropped out: Mississinewa (8), Eastbrook (10) Others receiving votes: Fairfield 6. Eastbrook 5. Mississinewa 5. Griffith 4. Norwell 3. Bluffton 2. Heritage Christian 2. Tippecanoe Valley 1. West Lafayette 1. Class 2A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. Lapel (6) 1-0 150 2 2. Brownstown Central (6) 1-0 147 1 3. Lutheran (2) 1-0 124 3 4. Cascade (2) 1-0 117 4 5. South Putnam 1-0 99 5 6. Eastside 1-0 70 9 7. Eastern (Greentown) 1-0 67 6 (tie) 8. North Posey 1-0 39 NR 9. Linton-Stockton 0-1 24 6 (tie) 10. Eastern Hancock 1-0 18 NR Dropped out: Providence (8), Knox (10) Others receiving votes: Providence 12. Rochester 9. Bremen 1. Southmont 1. Centerville 1. Class 1A football top 10 Ranking Team Record Votes Prev. ranking 1. Riverton Parke (8) 1-0 150 2 2. Pioneer (6) 1-0 146 1 3. North Judson (1) 1-0 126 4 (tie) 4. Milan 1-0 110 4 (tie) 5. South Adams 0-1 79 3 6. North Decatur 1-0 65 9 7. Lafayette Central Cath. 1-0 60 10 8. North Daviess 1-0 38 NR 9. Springs Valley 0-1 20 6 10. Tri 1-0 19 NR Dropped out: Frontier (7), Sheridan (8) Others receiving votes: Clinton Prairie 17. Sheridan 16. Tecumseh 10. Carroll (Flora) 9. Frontier 3. West Washington 3. Cloverdale 1. This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Four new No. 1 teams USA TODAY Network Indiana high school football state poll

Yes. Because 11-man is the superior product/game. How non-PC of them. Celebrating their deafness like that. Shame! Of course they had to change the name.

Attica at Tri County Covington at Englewoods Fountain Central at Crawfordsville Paris, Il. at North Vermillions Seegers at Benton Central South Vermillions at Sullivan West Vigos at The Woofs Riverton Parkes at Tri on Saturday

That's dumb. Especially if the Colts games is sold out.

Ever since I remember. And that's a long time. Hamilton Heights used to play them in basketball when I was in Junior HIgh. "The Indiana School for the Deaf mascot, the Orioles (also known as the Deaf Hoosiers), has been associated with the school's athletic tradition alongside its founding year of 1843 "

Do you happen to know when Indiana Deaf started going by the Orioles nickname? Everything I had always seen said they were called the Deaf Hoosiers.

I would pump the brakes a little. The good: Cutler Chastain is a SPECIAL athlete at QB. Really curious how teams try to contain him. They have weapons all over the field, Horton is the "Steady Eddy" in the backfield. Tidd does a great job play calling as well. The defense took care of business against a Marty team that had some quality players back in week 1. The bad: Depth. A LOT of guys playing both ways. Really curious what that looks like after a couple weeks. A big key is going to be how much the underclassmen develop over the season. I personally think BNL runs the table until the meet FC. Too much depth, especially by that point in the season IMO.

Should be a good test against linton. Wonder why ND and WW don't play in Jr high. WW made the trip to North Decatur Saturday. Heck of trip for JR high game.

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At least

Noted.

Corydon @ Paoli Crawford County vs Brown County (Game played @ Mitchell) Forest Park @ Perry Central Mitchell @ Springs Valley West Washington @ Tell City Charlestown @ Brownstown Madison @ Jennings County Salem @ Silver Creek Scottsburg @ North Harrison

No, Illinois taxed themselves again.

ND JV won 32-8 over Washington last night. Jr. High beat Springs Valley last Thursday 47-12. Youth teams went 3-0 over Eastern Greene Saturday. Jr. High hosts Linton tonight.

The TE is 35 Point difference maker?????

Has anyone checked to see how Illinois handles co-op football? https://www.ihsa.org/schools/cooperative-teams By the way, IHSA.org is a far superior website compared to IHSAA.org.

Has anyone checked to see how Illinois handles co-op football?