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Dawson Basinger (North Central Farmersburg) has committed to Indiana State University. He was a great young man to coach for the past 4 years and the last of 3 tremendous brothers that played at North Central. Dawson became North Centrals all time rushing leader this season replacing former Thunderbird record holder Chase VanSchoyck. Best of luck to Dawson! Congrats!

I will comment as a coach that was at the meeting. The Cass athlete was nominated by his coaches. There are a healthy amount of good players in our region. The particular player did not necessarily stack up in the measurables as well as the other players. He was a kid that got better all season. He was an average player at the beginning of the season and made himself into a better than average player by the end. He received IFCA All State, AP All State, Kokomo Tribune, and All Logan Land. He was also Academic All State and Team Captain. Not a bad senior year. Region All Star would have put the cherry on top for his season. There were some teams with lesser records that got kids on. It does not mean that they were any less deserving. I cannot try to reason how a 6-4 team gets 3 guys on and a 7-5 none. It sometimes comes down to the number of kids nominated in a position group. I will also add that this is the first year in 2 years that any Cass coaches went to the meeting. There have been conflicts and miss communication at times that have prevented in coaches attending. This may not sit well with some coaches. I don't know. But there is a responsibility that comes with coaching, and representing your team when you have kids to nominate and when you don't is one of those. I will say it was disappointing, but it does not define this kid. I talked with him last night, and he was good with it. Like I said, it was going to be the cherry on top. Nothing more. Coach Shaffer Lewis Cass Assistant Father of the player

Other mainstays have returned to the OOB Forum, so it is time for this one as well. This is awesome. https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/17/headteacher-laid-to-rest-in-coffin-covered-by-drawings-by-her-pupils-8356704/

Annual meeting in Charming Chalmers Indiana by members of Region 4 resulted in these young men (1 lady) selected to 2018 team. Congratulations IFCA Region 4 Submission 2019-01-28.pdf

Why hi-jack a thread about a 1A kid who has an amazing opportunity! Congrats Dawson!

It also hasn't hurt that these have been the best 6 years in the history of the football program. That said I agree that audio broadcasts don't hurt attendance. I would say video is a different story. On a side note, it's going to be a sad day if/when @crimsonace1 is no longer doing games on New Pal radio. And you're great on hockey broadcasts as well!!

Yeah, I listened when he said it was a crisis back in spring of 2018 with the first caravan that was going to overrun the US and take over. That didn't come to fruition, so he rolled it out again during the mid-terms ... and again, it wasn't true then either. I heard him right before the shutdown started, as did the GOP and everyone else when he said it was all figured out ... only to have Ann and Rush whisper in his ears and scrap the whole thing. I also listened at the start of the shutdown when he said it would be months if need be. We heard him when he said everyone in the country tells him that they want the wall ... when it isn't actually the case. We heard him when he said that trade wars were easy. We also heard him when he said no one in his campaign had any contact with Russia only to find out actually LOTS of them did ... even if they claim they didn't remember at the time. We also heard him when he said he'd hire only the best people and how great they all were ... right up to the time when he bad-mouthed them all as they left them or he decided they wouldn't do what he wanted. Yeah, we heard him ... much like the boy who cried wolf, it's kind of hard to tell whether there's really anything that he's really going to do. As for that DACA olive branch, that's not the first time that he's dangled it and not the first time that he's also yanked it away. He's actually the cause of the DACA "emergency" situation anyway. He rescinded it without a fix in place. Just like with the healthcare. He's done that several times and folks, on both sides of the aisle, are starting to realize that until Trump puts it down on paper, he's not really negotiating in good faith. It's just that the GOP is stuck between a rock and a hard place because there are folks that, no matter how many times the story changes with still believe what Trump is selling. Trump claims that he's "negotiating" but he reminds me more of some local mafia folks in really bad mafia movies ... "Hey, nice house you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it." And even after the protection is paid, the house mysteriously "catches on fire" and there's the mafia guy there again offering to give the home owner a "good price" to help put out the fire.

So what's if it's an emergency? If Mr. Trump believe he can snap his fingers and order the U.S. Military to acquired the land and build the wall, he's in for a surprise: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/424195-trumps-militarized-land-seizure-for-border-wall-is-more-complicated-than

He could call it political bankruptcy. Something he's very familiar with.

With 2 high schools under 925 in SB and the fact they are facing a $10M deficit in 2020 SB is going to have start thinking of closing or consolidating some buildings Maybe they could start by closing the corporation headquarters downtown and selling it and move into a shuttered school building

there is a 7th gradeMath opening

"... until the next time."

First, you do realize this Region All-Star team is Seniors only, correct? In addition, I would say typically, this type of situation for the Senior you mention is due to the Head Coach not nominating his players - can't get votes if they aren't nominated.

Rebels all everything Jayce Kelley did not play. Definitely a factor. Patriot defense was on point in the first quarter.

...damn right, they're better than yours.

Just like the merger of Muncie Central and Southside, and the merger of Rockville and Turkey Run, the unified Elkhart High School will remain in the class the two separate schools are placed in for both years of the alignment cycle. The unified school will be in 5A for one year, then most likely move up to 6A in the next alignment cycle. The IHSAA won’t move them up because they have no way of knowing what the actual enrollment of the school will be until that school year (2020-21) begins. It’s too late to make a class change by that time, so they just keep schools in the class they are aligned to at the beginning of the cycle. If they did move them up, they would have to move the smallest 6A school down, which could require a shift in all of the sectionals in 5A and 6A.

Some changes at Pioneer beyond the '19 senior class... Previous Varsity Assistant Coach Dave Gregorich (2007 Pioneer graduate) has resigned and is now with Coach Johnson at Logansport. Dave organized some great defenses, getting to the State Championship 4 of his 5 years as the DC. Dave also coached the OL. With that exit, Coach Berry has promoted Varsity Assistant Coach Matt Vianco to DC. Coach V played (RB/DB) played with/graduated with Coach Berry from Pioneer in 2006. Coach V has been on staff coaching the RBs/DBs the past 2 years, as well as being the JV offensive play caller. Additionally, Coach Berry has promoted Junior High Coach Josh Lytle to Varsity Assistant Coach. Josh played for Pioneer 2009-2012, recently graduated from Purdue, and just completed his 2nd season coaching Junior High. He will coach the OL, while Varsity Assistant Coach Matt Gates, also a 2006 Pioneer graduate, coaches the DL. Josh was an Indiana North All-Star (OL), as was Coach Gates (DE). The status of 20 year veteran Pioneer coach Steve Berkshire (LBs) is unknown at this time. But he's like that stray dog you kick to the curb, he just won't go away for good and keeps showing back up and bringing a smile to your face when you need it. Besides that, someone has to keep Coach Berry's head in check by reminding him daily that he lost a game once upon a time (as if 44-1 and 2 titles isn't enough). I really don't know how many high school staffs across the state can stake claim to having 100% of their staff be former players and alumni. It's definitely special to have such a close knit group, and the passion they put into it for their alma mater is second to none. As for me, time to take a break and be a fan. It's been a fun ride. 13 years of youth league, 3 years of junior high, 4 years Varsity Assistant... and every one of those 20 years fully tied into and committed to our Head Coach's program. That's the secret, that's what it takes to develop players in a system, people who buy in. It's a top down and bottom up mentality. ALL IN. And if people think Pioneer is rebuilding and will start to drop off, don't expect them to drop too far as long as the above coaches are on the prowl!