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I have taken some time to reflect the last few days and decided to author a love letter to the Conference that brought our Program to great success since 1999. I will first appolgize if you are looking for a well penned grammar free words on the page, so I will first appolgize to @gonzoron of Hoosier Conference fandom Hamilton Heights ahead of time. Titles: It all started in 1999, but I was film guy for my DC when I played, now HC Chris Meeks, when I was leaving Purdue to come back and or drive across the river or around the block to WL to film all the Bomber games in this new conference that I knew nothing about. Coach told me and others at the school that this will be a great thing for football and hopefully the rest of the school as it will force our coaches and athletes to raise their expectations if we are going to compete against Lafayette area teams on a consistent basis. Then in 2001, enter 2 schools named Sheridan ( who at the time, only knew of bc of a RB in my teen years from IU that was from Sheridan named LAW) and Tipton a school I had never heard of but knew there was DQ there on our way from Rensselaer to Ball St my JR year of HS. My first great memory was in 2001 when Tipton rolled into our town on Charter Bus and we had our 1st play of the game called down with an inadvertant whistle that took a TD off the board, Bombers would lose 18-0, however, they would bounce back an some called it an upset and knocked off Benton Central in week 9 to secure our 1st Hoosier Conference championship, a 3 way split with TIpton and BC. BC was undefeated at the time, perhaps the cake outside the locker room congratulating the Bison on undefeated conference championship was a bit early. However in 2002, BC returned the favor, knocked Bombers off week 9 and created another share for the title with RCHS. 2004 was our 1st outright title where we knocked off @Ballhawkoldest QB, SR Brett, who brought his undefeated Blackhawks to town vs undefeated Bombers, a game so looked forward to, Radio station made signs to hand out to fans as they came in, the term BUZZSAW was used as we blitzed the Blackhawks 42-7 on our way to our 1st outright title, game was played an monsoon. So much rain. Fast foward to 2005 and showdown with @Ballhawk boy, the middle of the 3 outstanding QBs of Sheridan lore, the Freshman Phenom vs the SR of Ghost at Rensselaer Kiger, game so big, literally 2 helicopter from 2 differen INDY stations flew in and flew out, a jammed packed Bud Wright Stadium for an outstanding HS football game, 2 undefeated teams again, this time Blackhawks come away 35-32 victors that evening, and a great memory of Coach Wright after the game so excited meeting with Coach Meeks and reminded us he had this freshamn for 3 more years!!! He did it in only the way Coach Wright could, not bragger but true sincerity of excitment. The following Week, where we thought we could of not had a chance at a title, we were awarded a nice surprise as WL knocked off Sheridan the following week to create another shared title. The next title came in 2010 as our giant OL and great defense and power running game swept the conference that year and swept it again in 2014 on our way to undefeated state championship. Those are the championship years and memories of our 6 titles from the Hoosier. Memories of the early days of warming up over by our hospital, not to be seen until it was time for the coin toss, just letting teams enjoy our field to themselves, somtimes with no music, a few times with Lawerence Welk playing. Coaches Segment of the Love Letter: Coach Overly getting BIG MAD pregame in one of his final years at WL, storming up to pressbox yelling we ain't Tipton, turn off that music (mind you, classic rock was playing, and our pre game specialies were on their way out to the field, but man he was stressed that night, of course when they won the game, he was all smiles and appolgized for his outburst pregame at me, but Coach O also didn't allow Music at WL pre game in locker room or on field either. Some Pre-Game chatter with the young pup on WL staff that ended up taking over from Coach Overly, where I may have been aggessive in some story telling of my world, Coach O was not quite ready for my shenanigans, however the cordinators were in stiches. Coach Tolle (Mike) pre game talking to Coach Meeks and I about the Hoosier and how many great coaches there was, naming a couple and then a weird silence followed by: and you too Chris 🙂 Trying to figure out how to gain yards against Tim O'shea's slanting 3-4 defense at LCC still give me night terrors, which beating them in 2014 both in Regular season and at Semi State was just incredible as that team was LOADED. I have personally been great friends with many from this conference over the years, so much love and respect for many we have locked horns with. Coach Steve Snyder, long time DC at TWIN LAKES, my older brother HC at RCHS, Coach Overly was AWESOME man and true steward of the game. O'shea Brothers at LCC, I think we got 1 year of Kevin at TL, but I maybe off. Coach Strasser when at Delphi. What an outstanding experience coaching against Bud Wright led teams of Sheridan before there exit out. Coach Nay/Goodin combo when they arrived at LCC, good peoples to me. Coach Dave Black at Benton Central was blue collar grinder and tremendous individual, great seeing him a few weeks ago on our last trip over. Watching Coach Fry ascend from his time at WL assistant to one of the top coaches in the state has been fantastic, as we first met at PE dept together at Purdue, both aspiring PE teachers and Football coaches, many great memories over the years, some not so great, but him and his staff of DC Roseman, Coach Speaker and RCHS HOF member Coach DeWees are true friends of mine that have extended well before our battles on the gridrion. Sidenote: I am 1-0 against Coach Fry in 9th grade Girls Hoops !! BOOM BABY, yes, I coached girls hoops back in the day, so did he, as young teachers and getting started we all did things like that to get going, I rolled into WL gym and there he was , my college buddy across the bench, with that win, we took the girls to Silver Dipper for some ICE CREAM. ATHLETES: What a conference of just DUDES over the years: SO SO MANY. Zachary Brothers of Sheridan, Mills Brothers at LCC, Weatherford at HH, the numerious #87, #2 at Tipton, I see you Hooker, and Shively, Schoen Brothers at BC, Anthrop Bros at LCC, Cronk of LCC, the unbelievable talent run that WL had last 10 years, Karlaftis brothers, not bad for George so far I'd say in the NFL, Woodyard, DE, Mr. Football at QB Wodika, then Lancaster, then the list goes on and on and on there for RDP of 765. I am sure there many others that I just can't place my brain around right now, needless to say, we had to bring it each week since 1999 to compete. FOOD: Eating Pre-game Chilli as a guest of @Ballhawk one year. Eating Pre Game Pork meal at Hamilton Heights my first year there when they joined the Hoosier. Googling Russiaville when a team called Western joined the ranks but that came with pre game Tenderloins from a place near Kokomo!!! Being able to promote the greatest BURGER in the Conference the WAGONMASTER to the tune of 30 PLUS ordered every time WL came to town over the years for thier pre game or post game coaches meal. TO THE GID POSTERS: I had great pleasure running the Hoosier Conference Pick em over the years when I was teaching Credit Recovery/Alt School, we had some time on my hands during that 13 year run. Thanks to @CoachDurham for taking over the ranks last few years. Having battles with Mr. October and great conversationst with @Fballfan15 (still chat to this day) were outstanding and occasional drop by @dazed and confused Running into LCCFAN09er, literally this summer in VEGAS CEASARS HOTEL POOL (there on AAU team trip, me 20 year anniversary) and remembering how many times I had recieved a phone call from folks in LCC program asking me to remove things he has posted !!! 🙂 Fond conversations with @LCCAlum (man his brothers could ball) Meeting up with my guy G @nmsu_aggie many times pre and post game and I appreciate the lone flag bearer around here of HH @gonzoron when his kids were going through . EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET: Hand delivering @foxbat his well EARNED HOOSIER CONF PICKEM plaque at Walts on WL having a cocktail !!! In Summary, just wanted make an appreciation post for some of my meathead thoughts that are in this noggin as we have exited out gracefully of our run since 1999, a RUN that has seen the BOMBERS win our 1st CONFERENCE GAME 14-12 thriller vs Twin lakes in 1999 and our Last Conference game 51-0 vs BC OR 36-35 OT Thriller against Logansport if you want to count that, for me, I AM !!!!! A run that has seen our HC, myself and our DC Zacher be part of now 202 Wins of Coach Meeks, a tenure that started in 1999 as member of conference and ends in 2025 as we head of into the world of Independence. BE WELL MY HOOSIER CONFERENCE FOOTBALL FAMILY Coach Nowlin Rensselaer Central

I believe there are three “physical” traits and one playing issue that may be hindering his D1 recruitment. 1. And 2. Height and Weight: Program has him at 5’11” and 190 lbs. I’ve also read on recruiting services he is 5’10” 185 lbs. I would tend to believe the recruiting services as we know most programs add a few inches and pounds to program. 3. 40 time. I don’t believe he is a consistent sub 4.5 guy based on watching film. He’s likely 4.5-4.6 range not slow but not a blazer. He's what I call a tweener. He’s not big enough to allow for a slower 40 time and not fast enough to allow for smaller frame. 1. Playing issue: Competition level This is not his fault but the competition level is not that great. Recruiters factor this in as well. So much of recruiting today is also the eye test at Summer Camps. I believe he has attended some of these camps and has not received a ton of interest. This tells me something. As we have all seen in the past, great high school players don’t translate necessarily to D1 status. Now, I do believe he should be our states Mr. Football. He deserves it. Kudos to him for this season and his career at Knox. I hope Knox makes it to LOF so he has a big stage to perform on and show everyone his abilities.

Done , Thank You

Are you that stupid to think your posts are going to influence people to donate money to this site? Name one person who has donated because of your constant posts about it. Go ahead I'll wait.... Besides, we can all see that there is a link at the top of the page by DK_Barons asking people to donate to this site. He went about it the right way, and you didn't. For all the people that WANT to donate, they can. Otherwise, leave everybody else the hell alone you jerk!

Go big or go home.

8 man football sounds like a great deal for those communities, see if you can build it back up and transition back into 11 man

Just found out I’ll be at Freed Field Friday night. Excited, not just to observe a very good crew and see a very good football game, but because that place holds so many great memories for me. Worked some HUGE games there over the years. My last game as an on field official was there. Always treated well. A real first class organization.

Pretty cool shoutout from Derrick Henry

They would struggle against Northview and Sullivan. That's it.

It’s Navy Week. I’m sure sometime this week we’ll hear some people saying that this matchup is a relic of the past. In these days of multi-million $ playoff berths, why would ND play an opponent every year that will do nothing for their playoff chances? The short answer is that even today, with all that money at stake, some things are still more important. The back story is out there and easy to find. The short version is that Notre Dame owes the Navy a debt of honor that can never be fully repaid. So, if Notre Dame ever stops playing Navy, it will be because Navy made that choice. Notre Dame will always make its annual installment payment on that debt. As I said, there are places where honor is more important than playoff or TV money. I’m glad to be able to say Notre Dame is one of those places. There aren’t very many of them these days.

Governor should not be involved period .

I always tell BOTH HC's that I will NOT start the halftime clock UNTIL they reach the locker room door!. I also tell both HC's at the pregame meeting: At at the 3 minute mark of both pregame and halftime, we will knock on their door for them to get back on the field. If for some reason they delay and do make it back in time.....well?? As for clearing the field (band/etc.) ...I've only had one occasion that I had to toss a flag. The home team AD absolutely TOLD me to do so! He had had enough of the Band Director's hijinks I guess. Turned into a 15 yarder as both teams had to navigate the band doing their 'thang' for 20+minutes of a 15 minute published halftime. Ugh.

Not a chance. Mustangs win this one 35-30

Thanks @Zardoz and @Komets2727 Checks arrived

I’m 74 yrs. old. I don’t have enough time left to turn you into a good official. 🤣😂

Another very strange aspect of this play. Alexandria had 12 players on the field prior to the snap. The 12th player was able to get before the snap thus now foul. If he had stayed on the field not gotten off before the snap, it would have been a double foul. There would still be an untimed down, but it would have been from the previous spot! In a very strange rule anomaly, Alexandria would have benefited by fouling during the play!

Regrets now make fond memories later

Good luck to all!

When I saw the title to this thread, I thought you were thanking Senior Citizens. I was about to say “you’re welcome.” But never mind.

No matter how frustrated I get with some of the inconsistency, once the game is over, I am extremely thankful for those 750 officials. Hopefully we can get that number to grow, or Indiana high school football as we know it could look a lot different in the years to come with not all games happening on Friday nights.

Let’s be honest here, with NIL a part of the equation, the SEC is now on an even playing field with everyone else. Zero titles since NIL for the SEC. Anyone with half a brain knew what was happening and that titles were bought.

If I only had a dollar for everytime I was yelled at me “they broke the huddle with 12”, I’d be smoking a LOT nicer cigar right now.

New Pal and Cathedral is probably the de facto state championship game and even that game might not be close. Cathedral extremely banged up right now but do believe they get a majority of those guys back for this potential matchup. If Cathedral can stay on schedule and not get behind the sticks, could have a decent ballgame on our hands. Team is not built to come from behind with its limited passing game, couple early scores and stops for New Pal could lead to an ugly outcome. Warren would mercy rule Muncie.

Even have NFL analysts getting in on the action in Indy!

Of course, unless you are talking about Purdue Basektball 🙂 Then you get paid less it seems but you prioritze winning first, money second sorry couldn't resist

Not a big moral victory guy but regardless of how this one turns out, I’ve gotta give Cignetti his flowers. I was wrong.

OK you got me started, my JV game this morning was canceled, but not yute, here’s a start: Seymour Jennings County BNL, old and new Jeffersonville New Albany Floyd Central old and new Clarksville Providence Charlestown old and new North Harrison Corydon Crawford County Heritage Hills Evansville Bosse Evansville North Evansville Central Evansville Reitz Jasper Gibson Southern Princeton Pike Central Vincennes Washington NE Dubois Eastern Greene Paoli West Washington Salem Brownstown Eastern Pekin Southridge Madison Switzerland County South Dearborn Milan Lawrenceburg East Central Brookville and then Franklin County Batesville old and new (including dressing on the stage in the old gym with all the play props) Greensburg Columbus East Columbus North Brown County Bloomington North Bloomington South Edgewood Owen Valley Linton Monrovia Plainfield Speedway Indianapolis Ritter (at Northwest, at Pike, at Marian U) Indianapolis Northwest Indianapolis Manual Indianapolis Tech Indianapolis Scecina (at Manual, at UIndy) Brebeuf Roncalli Greenwood Franklin Central Center Grove Franklin old and new Indian Creek New Pal Triton Central Shelbyville Rushville Connersville

annually? more like biweekly

@kdets89 and @temptation still alive in all 6 classes!

Just messing with @Yuccaguy. I'm always impressed with the officiating as we go deeper into the tournament.

Nobody mentions their line. That boy named Cody calls them a one man show. He’s nothing without the hogs.

"Hello, Mr. Faulkins? Yes, um... there is a live... wild cat here at the game.."

1949 State Basketball Champion Jasper Wildcats did:

South Put wins with a running clock.

I once held a kegstand for 94 seconds

I hope he can get another job. I already miss cheering against his team.

5A - Anderson (277) over Indianapolis Cathedral (12) 6A - Arsenal Tech (244) over Southport (213) - This game will be be my salvation, I can feel it.

Here’s the thing. One of the “laterals” on the play was very close to being forward. I couldn’t tell. If it was forward, that’s an illegal forward pass, a foul that carries with it a loss of down provision. A foul that includes loss of down does not extend the period. So, if there was a forward pass, the game should have been over.

The Hoosiers covered the 27.5 point spread quite nicely.

Temp, when something suits your narrative, everything is fair game, but when someone else does it, it is living in the past. Same way with transitive scores. You use them to suit you, but ignore them when someone else uses them. Can’t have it both ways…

My Top 25: 1. Brownsburg 2. Carmel 3. New Palestine 4. Westfield 5. Center Grove 6. Fishers 7. Crown Point 8. Lawrence North 9. Decatur Central 10. Cathedral 11. Warren Central 12. Chatard 13. Hamilton SE 14. Avon 15. Merrillville 16. Penn 17. Carroll 18. Bloomington South 19. Franklin Central 20. East Noble 21. Gibson Southern 22. Heritage Hills 23. Mishawaka 24. Evansville Memorial 25. Roncalli I know my top 25 isn't perfect, but it's the best that I could come up with. Now feel free to rip away at them. 😆

I just don’t understand the thought process of a 65 year old, up and switching jobs (again) when he’s got everything he wants and needs in Bloomington. IU is a legit national title contender this year.

That's the biggest win in IU football history, EVER!

Go straight to hell! You'll never see me donate to this site! Especially with pieces of garbage like you shoving it down people's throats! Besides, I can't afford to donate because I live paycheck to paycheck. My money is spent on more important things, like food and rent. And quit kissing the administrators' asses by posting the donation link just to get likes! It's pathetic! Quit bullying and harassing people to donate! It's f-ing rude! It's their choice what to do with their hard earned money, not yours! And it's not my fault the site has been down lately nor it is my job to keep the site up dumbass! You're a bully and an Internet troll and someone needs to punch you right in the mouth! GO STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!!

Made the drive to Jeffersonville for the East at Jeff game. It’s my first time ever at Jeff’s stadium. I’ve now been to the homefield of every HHC team. Also been to Madison several times.

Not for me. I have two children in Catholic schools so I get the multi child discount and some parish assistance. We do get a significant amount from the Indiana Choice Scholarship program, but it’s nowhere near half the cost, and I am not by any measure in a higher income bracket. We pay a great deal out of our own pockets, but for us, it is well worth it.

Like college, the cost to attend, tuition and fees, tends to be a set amount ... although that set amount might depend on whether you are a parishioner or in the diocese. What your net cost ends up being is tied to things like: vouchers ... whether you get one or not is tied to income level and size of family scholarships ... a decent portion of which, in many p/ps are need-based, so tied to income grants ... some of which are need-based, so tied to income parish/diocesan discounts ... some of these are tied to just being a parishioner while others might be tied to level of activity in the parish number of direct family members attending the school or in the school system donor payments - these are also sometimes need-based If the actual question is how many kids go to p/p for free, it's probably a smaller number than rumors might claim it is. From experience, albeit only in elementary school settings, we had just the parish discount and the number of kids in the system discount. This was before vouchers were a thing. So we ended up paying most of the sticker price.

I can make a Gibson Southern and Memorial thread for you guys if you would like, won't take me too long at all to do it...lol (Just messing with you guys)

Long story 😁

We are allowed our opinions and perspectives and thank God we can agree to disagree. Let’s talk about it, especially when you say that football has “not a lot of real world value”. Does participation within a program that teaches them (youngsters youth thru high school) things like discipline, selflessness, commitment, ultimate team work amongst 33 pieces on Offense, Defense and Special Teams plus their coaches, managers, etc., sound like a good thing that provides world value? How about how to disagree and resolve conflict, how to stand up for what is right, how to have patience, how to love, how to have understanding, how to forgive, how to believe in oneself and others, to encourage, to demand excellence of the self and others, to lead, to persevere, to be special. I’ve only begun to scratch the surface of the true depth of what the greatest team game ever “real world value” is. Our football coaches, the true football coaches that are men and women of integrity and honor, take the responsibility of being a coach as serious as being a father because they know that most of society has lost that father of 4 that works hard and goes to church (very sad btw). So, someone in the village has to step up and help the parent or guardian that’s left guide that child to graduation and hopefully onward, so they can have a shot of becoming that impactful parent that deserves the millions of dollars and appreciation, but since that kid played football they won’t ask or care about it because of the values they learned from their coaches and the game. God bless our coaches that sacrifice their family time for others kids and may the impact they have be positive and long lasting. So that the values and lessons can begin to truly impact the real world. Yes, shoutout to all the guys doing great things outside of football and keep up the good work and doing by far the hardest job on the planet, being a good parent. Shoutout to the our football coaches as well who are raising their own kids and others.