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Week 6 in the TRC, big game in Bunker Hill with the only two unbeaten teams in the conference will square off. I will post standings later in the week. Who ya got? Cass at Whitko ©, 7 pm Northfield at Wabash ©, 7 pm Northwestern at Maconaquah ©, 7 pm Peru at Rochester ©, 7 pm Southwood at Manchester ©, 7 pm

Guy holding one of the stakes didn’t get out of the way, and a pileup on the sidelines resulted in the front stake hitting @Coach Nowlin in the face. Fortunately, it didn’t make him any uglier. 😂🤣 That was the night the officials had to dress in the band room. A couple of kids came in at a most inopportune time to get their instruments. I’m sure they have mental scars for life.

FC( It’ll be close though.) BNL Connersville Brownstown Creek

@Bobref watched me almost lose an eye vs Bowman academy 1st round Sectional game held at Gary Wirt on Bleachers that were condemmed and a field that was painted short I witnessed a chain gang get thrown out at North Newton about 15 years ago and NN staff had to finish the 4th quarter I watched a NN dad last year come onto our sidelines and " pump" up the Kickoff team by using words and things of " We've waited all year for this". and other opinions literally right in front of me, then stared right at me with a look of this is our year and he was very glad to be the sidelines... by the time we cored our 50th point in the 1st half he slammed down his yard marker and another coach without knowing of our pre game non verbal exchange comes over and picks it up and hands right back to him. That was fun. I also made sure to talk and coach my QB RIGHT behind the chain guy who wanted to interject himself into the game ..... my favorite was: "Hey Cohen, literally close your eyes and pick anything you want on this play sheet and its a touchdown".

my days are spent in darkness these days Carry on

The Elkhart St Joe game could go either way , I like St Joe's defense to win it for them .

@Titan76 Stories?

Did you cut them in half at the chains or at the poles? 😂

There is a crew down here that has developed a little reputation...never had an issue before , experienced a little bit of it and now I understand Has anyone ever seen the chain gang be on the HOME teams sideline?? Only once have I seen this, and that was down at Lawernceburg...I never got an official explanation for why that is/was?

Carroll at South Side...Archers had their chance to to eclipse .500 but let it slip away, Chargers can pick the score in this one. Concordia at Luers...Luers looked good in spurts last week, may be one of their last chances to pick up a win, Cadets can score a little bit though...Luers by 2 North Side at Wayne...happy to see Wayne pick up a win last week, a winless season makes building a program back even tougher, North should out talent them this week though...Legends by 20 Northrop at Dwenger...Saints have been a confusing watch for me this season, I think the Bruins athletes can cause them trouble if Northrop can stay disciplined...Dwenger by 5 Homestead at Snider...after being on their campus last Friday I left with an even stronger feeling on this. Homestead as a whole should just be better, they have everything you think you would need to be the class program of Fort Wayne but instead the last 5 years Carroll has lapped them. What needs to happen out Southwest for them to catch back up? Panthers took a beating last week, got to see if they can bounce back...Homestead by 3

My wisdom was Solomonic: the team initially designated as the home team worked the first half, and the visitors worked the 2nd half.

No. it was a snarky response to a snarky comment. Should have just stuck to "I'm happy the kids get the chance to play the sport of football."

I'm curious. How did you resolve the above situation?

"Unfortunately"? So you are saying you believe rising diesel prices should be the fault of 15-18 year olds?

Week 6 Schedule Columbus East (3-2, 2-0 HHC) at 5A #5 Floyd Central (5-0, 2-0 HHC) BNL (4-1) at Jennings County (2-3) Jeffersonville (1-4) at Connersville (3-2) Seymour (0-5) at 2A #1 Brownstown Central (5-0) Silver Creek (3-2) at New Albany (1-4)

In this age of scarcity and rising unaffordability school administrators really need to look at the costs of their extracurricular programs. And that includes transportation costs, which are no longer relatively trivial.

Yeah, I hate when high school kids drive those diesel prices up!! OR is this you bashing 8 man football again??

I'm happy the kids get the chance to play the sport of football. Unfortunately diesel prices aren't the fault of 15-18 yr olds.

We tell the chain crew that they are part of the officiating crew, and must conduct themselves accordingly. But a lot of them tell you “we’ve been doing this for 20 years, so …” Those are the ones we worry about. I have some great chain crew stories. Showed up for a tournament game once. The home team’s field was unplayable, so we were at a neutral site. Both teams had chain crews show up, and each demanded to work. They were about to square off with one another, when I had to intervene. Another time, one of the chain crew had a kid playing for the home team. The visiting coaches were saying some pretty harsh stuff on their sideline and Dad objected. Things started to get pretty close to physical, and I had to stop the game and fire the entire chain crew on the spot. But my favorite was a college game I worked at Lake Forest, IL. Very cold day, with the wind whipping in off the lake. As we started the 3rd quarter, it became apparent that the chain crew had used halftime to fortify themselves against the elements with adult beverages. Made for a really interesting second half.

We remind the chains and timers that they are an extension of the officiating crew for the night. In reality, I get that they are fans of the home team and light cheering here and there is going to happen. We almost had to remove a member of the chains, not because of cheering, but because he wasn't doing his task properly and then getting an attitude when our HLJ corrected him. Go figure, he also didn't show up early to get the instructions. We told the AD after the game and he apologized profusely and immediately left to go straighten him out.

LOL. I wish I could... I have been in trouble for speaking about a certain coach... Several on here know what I think of the guy.

Oh. Do say more...

To be fair, HH hasn't "won" those games; Gibson Southern "lost" those games.

Much like assistant coaches, they are to be seen and not heard.

North Daviess JV went to Springs Valley and lost 18-42. The JV only has one game left, heading to West Washington next Monday.