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Every public school in the state is in your corner. Go get'em!

It should have been left at 2 points to start with rather than the current 3 points. If you can move up a class and either win a Sectional two years in a row or a Regional one of two years then you are in the appropriate class…..insofar as the purpose of the SF was intended to be.

That'll be tough to do, now that they're in 3A.

My top three (in order) are: 1. Michael Lindauer (Evansville Memorial) 2. Jordan Scheller (Gibson Southern) maybe a hair over a decade 3. Brady Allen (Gibson Southern) (Senior Year was really special) Jett has a shot if the coaching staff actually develops passing concepts in their offense other than "go deep".

I don't think it was an overreaction. You can't say what he said. If he had left it after the gesture (which was weird in itself), then it would have been just awkward. This was more than awkward. It was creepy and unnecessary.

All I know is this, a ticked-off administrator or coach from the sending school should have zero say in the matter. A system that allows them to have a say is fundamentally broken.

We're getting dangerously close to abandoning "education-based athletics".

As long as there is no undue influence, I support this. Coaches can leave for better opportunities, so why not kids? I like that it takes the IHSAA out of the process for determining whether a transfer was for athletic reasons or not. Why does it really matter? Coaches leave for better positions all the time.

Nah, I’m not there yet. Noblesville is always much better than their record indicates. They play a top 15 schedule annually.

If you’re driving past North Central to get to Warren, you’re doing it wrong. BD/Warren are slightly closer geographically than BD/North Central. Just busting your chops. I get your point.

The kid can do anything they ask him...they just need to ask him to do the right things. I'm not so worried about the whole route tree as I am route combinations and reads designed to defeat the defense rather than trying to beat the defense with athleticism alone. None of our QBs over the past 12 years can even tell you what a route tree is.

Live by the sword…perish by the sword…

Way too early pre-season rankings: Chime in! Big School 1. Heritage Hills 2. Gibson Southern 3. Boonville 4. Mt. Vernon 5. Washington 6. Princeton Small School 1. Tell City 2. Southridge 3. North Posey 4. Forest Park 5. South Spencer 6. Pike Central 7. Tecumseh

Do you think the IHSAA doesn't regulate transfers now? Do you think having a 1 free transfer rule helps p/p schools more than public schools? I'm interested to hear your opinion. A rural school like SR probably doesn't run into this very often, but in Evansville and the immediate area we do. Titan32 knows the situations better than I, but a couple of years ago 2 Castle kids switched to GS. One had to fight the IHSAA all the way to the top. The other didn't. As I understand it, the only difference was 1 had some family support that allowed him to jump through the right hoops and the other kid didn't. I use that example only because it was 2 kids leaving the same school, going to the same school and at the same time. It was crazy. We've had a few kids transfer in or transfer out in the past couple of years. Some had to fight and some didn't This kind of rule eliminates the BS and takes the decisions from the hands of people who are sometimes not looking after the best interests of the kid (regardless of what they say). I feel very strongly that at Memorial we should NEVER block a kid from having full eligibility somewhere else, even if the reason for the transfer is purely due to athletics. Why punish a kid because he/she wants a change of scenery?

I have no issue with this. It would save the IHSAA a metric Sh!t ton of headache.

We used to have one school wide one (totally parent ran)...it kind of died off with lack of leadership in the past few years. Individual sports one have taken it's place in recent years (again totally removed from the school). These groups are incorporated for purposes of 501C3 reporting and the school really wants nothing to do with it. From my understanding this is more the norm in the land of publics. Finding money can be challenging if a sport that doesn't have a strong booster group and makes a deeper than expected run in the playoffs. Said another way, the schools do nothing to raise private funding. In some cases Coaches choose to take it upon themselves.

He fell victim to one of the classic blunders. First. Never get into a land war in Asia. The Second. Never argue meat packing with a Titan fan.

They’ll prolly win 1A south and I’ll say it right to your face!

Ahh I was not aware of that - I thought both had converted to the 21st century ! Are SR and VL the only schools on EASTERN time as well?? (That's honestly how they should determine sectionals...if you are on stupid....er I mean Central time - then you all get grouped together!)

Really tough draw for them. I saw your and @BTF's exchange on the topic. Going to be a tough challenge for them to get ANY of those teams even on a down year. As BTF stated, not necessarily a slight to Harrison as much as it is a credit to the Indy suburb schools and how good they've gotten over the years. Nothing would be better for Indiana football, in my opinion, than if Harrison proves us wrong and can do what we're assuming (based on previous data) they will struggle to do.

None with South Putnams in the bracket

My hands are clean on this one.

There is a great high school lacrosse thread....they mistitled it "New Sectional Assignments" though

I may be way off on my timeline - but pretty sure Emge didn't shut it doors still around the 94-96 range?? Also I was thinking of this last night ...is HH the only school in our sectional field that doesn't have turf??! Can we petition the IHSAA that they not host any sectional games !?!? heheheheheh (I kid of course....sort of)

Yes. The demise of Emge probably contributed.

Just throw in an extra bye and allow Southport/Perry/Tech to consolidate and play Warren in the final. Might be a competitive game.

It looks like GS played MD in 87-88-90-93-03-04-05 and 06. GS never won a game.

I'm not sure when it was, maybe late 80"s GS played MD in the Sectional.

The Central Indiana 6A Sectionals are pretty easy to make sense. I was just hoping they weren't going to reinvent the wheel. When Carmel dropped to the South, BD had to go to the Sectional with Tech, Southport and Perry Meridian. That was great for the trophy case, but it wasn't so good for those squads. Warren is in that boat now. With Cathedral up to 6A, you can't put WC in with NC, LN and LC. The one that never made sense to me was when Ben Davis had to drive past North Central to be in the Sectional on the Eastside with LN, LC and Warren. That configuration had Ben Davis playing Avon in the Semistate. Seeding is a different kettle of fish. There seems to be no desire to do that from the IHSAA.

As chaotic as ever. Can't wait to see the matchups for Sectional 5. What a snooze fest, AmIright? 🙄😂 If you ever wanted or NEEDED reasoning to seed the BIG class, look no further than Sectional 5. There's probably a few sectionals beyond Sectional 5 that make seeding make sense for ALL classes but not sure we'll ever get there, unfortunately...

Thank you. All me and MS Paint.

"Like OMG, can we please have some food and water after we violently and destruct-fully took over and occupied this building"......Said a very well-educated "professor/student" who is also a "Political Strategist" ......SMH..... https://nypost.com/2024/04/30/us-news/clueless-columbia-protester-demands-school-help-get-food-water-to-illegal-occupiers-basic-humanitarian-aid/ A clueless Columbia University protester who once worked for a lefty consulting firm hired by Bill de Blasio demanded Tuesday that the school help get “basic humanitarian aid” such as food and water to the anti-Israel rioters illegally occupying a campus building. “Like, could people please have a glass of water?’’ the young woman told reporters outside Hamilton Hall, which a defiant mob of pro-terror protesters violently stormed early Tuesday and took over. “Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even if they disagree with you? If the answer is no, then you should allow basic, I mean, it’s crazy to say because we’re on an Ivy League campus, but this is like basic humanitarian aid we’re asking for,’’ the protester said, according to footage posted to X. An incredulous reporter replied, “It seems like you’re sort of saying, ‘We want to be revolutionaries, we want to take over this building, now would you please bring us some food and water.’’’ The protester — who studies Marxist principles at Columbia — replied, “Nobody’s asking them to bring anything. “We’re asking them to not violently stop us from bringing in basic humanitarian aid.’’ Asked if the university had tried to stop supplies from being brought to the illegal occupiers, the protester admitted she actually didn’t know. “We are looking for a commitment from them that they will not stop it,’’ the woman said. “I do not know to what extent it has been attempted. But we’re looking for a commitment.’’ Before the exchange with the reporter, she had said the students occupying Hamilton Hall were “asking for a commitment from Columbia for food and water to be brought in” to “ensure the safety of their own students.” A video of people passing food to women inside a gate around Columbia was posted to X on Tuesday. The Columbia protester refused to provide her name since she said other demonstrators who spoke to the press have received threats. But The Post was able to identify her as a doctoral student and instructor at the Ivy League school whose studies focus on applying a “Marxian lens” to romantic literature. Prior to joining Columbia, she worked as a political strategist for several “leftist and progressive causes,” including for the consulting firm BerlinRosen — which was tapped by de Blasio for his 2013 mayoral campaign. The Democrat often used the firm’s co-founder, Jonathan Rosen, as a private adviser while he was NYC mayor and used other employees of the public relations firm to ghostwrite press release quotes and letters to the editor. Government watchdog groups had slammed the private-public partnership, noting that Rosen got key access as well as potential favors and profit through his close relationship with the mayor. An organizer of the university’s weekslong anti-Israel encampment also whined Tuesday about the campus lockdown — claiming it was “making life incredibly difficult’’ for students. Sueda Polat, a grad student at the prestigious Manhattan school, seemed oblivious to the fact that rioters from the tent city illegally erected on Columbia’s campus caused the major education disruption by hijacking Hamilton Hall. She boasted that the building occupiers were not leaving “anytime soon’’ — and that they were being protected by members of the faculty helping to encircle the site. Polat scoffed that the most severe school repercussion to date — threats of possible expulsion for participating students — would only cause protesters to dig their heels in more. “Today they locked down the university in an unprecedented way, making life incredibly difficult for the thousands of students who need access to this campus on a daily basis,’’ Polat said of the school. “There are students here doing their thesis defenses, there’s members of staff who have research work,” she added. “By closing the university, they have stopped the function of the university, whereas the student protests have never done that,’’ Polat claimed — even as many students have described severe hardship in continuing their studies and even getting food on campus because of the chaos. The protest leader blamed the mob’s takeover of the historic building on “an autonomous group of students” angry that “obstinance’’ and “arrogance’’ by Columbia stopped negotiations between the school and demonstrators. One of the protesters’ main demands is for Columbia to divest from companies involved with Israel, which declared war on Hamas in Gaza after the Palestinian terror group’s massacre in Israel on Oct. 7. “The university shouldn’t be surprised there is an escalation in protest behavior on this campus,’’ Polat said. “[School administrators] kept us occupied for 11 to 12 days when we were negotiating with them, sometimes for 10 hours a day, and consequently got no results from those negotiations. “The more the university acts like an authoritarian police state by setting up checkpoints, even at the library, the more students will be willing to resist,’’ she said. Polat would not say how many people have barricaded themselves inside the hall but crowed, “There are hundreds of students protecting the encampment, protecting their right to protest, and they’re not willing to leave anytime soon. “There are members of the faculty around the encampment,’’ she added. “It would be incredibly shortsighted of the university to expel a huge number of its students, especially considering how much consensus this matter has on campus,’’ the protest leader insisted. “I strongly believe it would galvanize the rest of the campus community.”

Sectional 2, Penn, Snider, Carroll and Elkhart. Woof

well played sir!!!

Agree. I was thinking a 28-14 type game on an off year. That's not a slight on Harrison by any means. It's more of a testament of how good Indy suburban schools have become over the last 15 years. I like my idea better of sticking two FW teams in Indy and two in SB. That would have pushed Harrison to the northwest. Crown Point is no slouch, but that sectional would have been easier with Penn being pushed to SB/FW.

32 is just casually Memorial, Mater Dei, Gibson Southern, Southridge, Heritage Hills, Vincennes Lincoln. apologies to Mt Vernon….and Princeton never had a chance anyways. There’s a possibility of 4 or 5 ranked schools in 32…maybe even multiple in the top 5 of 3A lol

2A Sectional 37 Apparently they couldn't find a way to squeeze LCC into this one in place of Monrovia!

Easily some of the best atmospheres I’ve been too, especially the 2018 game being a packed house and standing room only.

Booker has incredible potential....very athletic and really had an excellent season with Kansas last year...All conference 1st team. Not that many snaps in college with his first season being a redshirt, and he left after his 3rd season. My guess is that the Bears will put some extra weight on him, but the upside potential is strong. Carson was projected late round pick or an early FA signing. He was signed immediately after the draft as there were a number of teams that had already met with him and had their eyes on him. Really like his chances, especially with a passing offense as he can catch the ball out of the backfield and get those shoulders turned up the field quickly. Will be an excellent option in short yardage and goal line situations.

Rookie Mini-Camp Invite: QB - Liam Thompson, North Central > Wabash College > New York Giants

Mini- Camp invites: LB Logan Blake, Tri-West / Marian University / Eastern Kentucky / Saints & Packers mini camp invite LS/LB Clayton Coll, Tri-West & Franklin Community / Ball State / Bronchos mini camp invite

You would have to admit this is a false equivalency though correct? With the sheer size of rosters and number of rounds in the NFL draft compared to the NBA, its an apples to oranges comparison. I am not saying your statement is wrong, but how you are choosing to support your statement is. Just my two cents.

Free Agent: Brian Jenkins, WR >Lafayette Jeff > Olivet Nazarene > Seattle Seahawks

Free Agent: Harrison Mevis, K > Warsaw Community > Missouri > Carolina Panthers

Sheridan's turf work has begun. These pictures are from last Wednesday I believe. On Friday, I saw about 70% of grass completely gone. Also, the design for the completed turf.

LOVE this thread! Hope more names are added over the next few weeks as UDFA's.

yes

Round 5 Pick 144: Austin Booker, Edge>Center Grove>Minnesota>Kansas>Bears Free Agent: Carson Steele, RB, Center Grove>Ball State>UCLA>Chiefs

I know that it was a different time back in the days when you would "see stars". I remember the old AD at Tech, Frank Craig, telling me about his first meeting with my father at Indiana Central back in the 50's. Apparently, my dad knocked him out cold in practice making a hit. He said that when he came to that my dad was standing over him saying, "Freshman, are you ok? You alright?" He said that always stuck with him that my dad was so concerned about him. Football used to be different! Not saying it was better either. It's probably good that we pay attention to, you know, brain science.