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On behalf of the folks here at GID, take moment to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and everything else in between. May you all enjoy this time of year. Cheers Coach Nowlin

Regarding the OP Boonville is in a good place for them. My preferred conference alignment for sw indiana (football only) would have multiple divisions with promotion/relegation to maximize competitive scheduling. The SIAC and PAC combined have 22 football playing schools. Getting to 24 schools would neatly create four divisions of six. The four divisions would all play their five division games in weeks 5-9. Weeks 1-4 would allow for cross division games to fill out the schedules. Theoretically that type of arrangement would result in the best six teams in the same division and the worst six teams in the same division. I have no reasonable expectation of anything like that ever happening.

The optimal number of classes for Indiana High School basketball? One.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas to all !

I'm dreaming of a soggy football field just like the ones I used to know. just kidding. Thinking of that, what Christmas gift would you wish for your program? My would be field turf for Luersfield.

When I was starting high school at St. Ed’s in Cleveland, Dowling had just finished at our rival, St. Ignatius. His name was spoken in hushed tones. 56 years later, he still holds the Ohio high school record for career interceptions ... by 6! Carmen Cozza, the legendary Yale coach, tells a story that during the waning moments of the famous Harvard - Yale tie in 1968 — one of the greatest games in college football history — when Harvard was mounting a furious comeback, Dowling begged to be put in on defense. Cozza said he didn’t do it because he didn’t want to humiliate the kid playing safety, because Dowling hadn’t played defense all year. But, having said that, Cozza said he was 100% certain that if he had put Dowling in, he would have found a way to win the ball game. Of course, he was also an honors student, homecoming king, played pro football, etc. But his greatest claim to fame is he was used by his Yale classmate, Gary Trudeau, as the model for “BD” in the comic strip, “Doonesbury.”

St. Peter and Paul was in Merrillville. St. Mary’s is in Crown Point. Lake Central’s HFB coaches since they got rid of HOF HFB Coach Elmer Britton. Scott Freckelton-career assistant to Coach Britton. Was our DC. Bill Melby-former HFB coach at Hammond Gavit Brett St. Germaine-former HFB Coach at Andrean Tony Bartolomeo-career assistant at various schools.

And you call yourself an Oiler!

All I know is this RAY SKILLMAN must of been one whale of a coach!!!