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Floyd Central at Charlestown.

Did DT put you up to this? 😂🤣

I really doubt anybody would pay 6$ a month for the privilege to look at the takes on here. I don't really see the harm in lurking, also ads exist.

BNL still scrimmage Brownstown?

Ec big school champs, fc small school champs. Ec makes a big run in 4a again. L'burg makes a nice run in tournament I believe. Spartans, lions, pirates struggle again, SD and batesville get better. Should be interesting season. Good luck to all!!

That didn't take long. I get that it wasn't his ORIGINAL vision. Maybe keep the content visible for members only?

That was NEVER TA’s vision.

This site is averaging over 100 views for every response. I think Tim Adams goal was to have active participation rather than a bunch of viewer who provide zero content. A subscription of $5.99 per month would keep the viewers, but now they are members and might even use their keyboards to provide something rather than freeload.

It seems they have some talented multi sport athletes from it, so it seems some know how to share. Ryker Dengler is a prime example.

WW is at North Harrison i believe Valley at Pekin Mitchell scrimmages Salem. Can't remember where.

I noticed that recently. I had the Marquee network on while I was working around the house, and they were showing the Iowa State finals. That said though, it still pulls kids from summer workouts for football. Tough spot when it comes to programs that really need to share athletes.

Silver Creek is at Seymour. A sort of homecoming for Papenhaus.

Why I like that Iowa makes baseball & softball a "summer" sport and essentially they have 4 seasons.

My guess is some coaches meant a particular sport while others meant all travel sports. As far as baseball, I do know of coaches who see summer ball as an extension of the regular season, so he expects kids to choose baseball over football. I don't agree with it at all, but it is a reality. It has been my experience too that many kids will choose their summer club team games over football workouts.

Max Preps is about as useless as a wet fart right now.

Well, it is Scrimmage week! Who is playing who? Commodores travel to Southridge for a Jamboree including South Spencer.

I think everything you just said is accurate. It’s a shame. Too many kids would rather stay home and play Madden, then play the real thing. I know the kids in Floyd County are still heavy involved in sports. The New Albany kids are all about basketball. It’s a religion down there.

I will say from playing MD over the years - they NEVER seem to have that problem of getting wrestlers out. Middle weights (140+) are always on the field. Makes sense...wrestlers always make the best tacklers

Warren should be one of the top 5 teams in the state. I don't think they're going to surprise anyone if they're good. Ben Davis has the potential to be much better this year. The problem is that the schedule is really tough and they're in the same Sectional with Brownsburg. The Giants return some starters and have some good youngsters. They've had a coaching staff overhaul with new coordinators and things. Hard to call the Giants a darkhorse or a surprise though given the talent level and the past history in the last 40 years.

I honestly feel that with Lawrence Central will be one of those teams this year. That will shock a lot of people. I also feel like Warren Central. Is also gonna surprise some heads this year from what I’ve seen when they scrimmage, Brownsburg and East St. Louis.

Seegers will get ranked playing 7 1A teams and Benton Centrals then get roasted in the sectional. Stamp that.

General question - when coaches say "travel sports" - do they really just mean baseball? IHSAA baseball is done for the most part by Memorial day, or the Saturday after. As of June 1, the HS coaches don't coach their players. To me, a HS basketball player going to another HS or college for a one day shootout or scrimmages is a different thing than a baseball player going to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Orlando, etc. with the 16u Sledgehammers National Select Elite Gold.

I think both of those are solid. I do not think the state is willing or wanting to dive into that sadly.

8-man is just football-lite. The real solutions are: 1. Co-op programs. 2. School consolidations.

Agreed. My hope is that enough schools can drop from 11-man to 8-man that some schools that don’t already have football may have the courage to try having 8-man teams. With the few 8-man teams we currently have, I think there’s a fear from some schools to take it on because of the travel required for it.