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Also going to throw out there that I really like East’s new football helmets. Torch logo in the back. Oregon O logo on the sides.

It's like the tagline on @CoachVeatch's posts: “You’re either coaching it, or you’re allowing it to happen.”

Nice job. You managed to destroy your credibility after only 13 posts. Might be a record.

Interesting that the coaches and players aren't being held accountable. I wonder why there is a shortage of officials.

All of LCC's are. I swear to God they are.

Is this the answer to the shortage, an untapped resource? From a Facebook post: 🏈 This is significant! On August 26, Mississippi high school football history will be made. SuperTalk Mississippi News reports the state’s first-ever all-female referee crew will officiate a game between (Jackson) Murrah High and Cleveland Central. “This opportunity is absolutely monumental as it is a positive step in the right direction. Women have always wanted a seat at the table. I’ve been told, early in my career as a baseball umpire and football referee, ‘They’re not ready to see a woman in these sports!’ Why limit us?” Referee Adrienne Barnes asked adding, “Men officiate women’s sports, so why can’t women officiate men’s sports? If we have to take the bruises to open doors for more women, this is the crew to do it.” Rounding out the crew with Barnes, who will serve as referee, are the following: Sarah Fleming – Umpire Sherri Vaughans – Head Line Judge Fran Adams – Line Judge Felicia Davis – Side Judge Alona Alexander – Field Judge Dominique Sutton – Back Judge Phylicia Cotten – 40s Clock Constance Clark – Electronic Clock Operator Tamika Lipsey – Chain Crew Timika Morris – Chain Crew Charmaine Smith – Chain Crew

Don’t do this to me, PLEASE. @BTF…stop this man.

Wish I could claim that but both Belichick, and Walsh had that in their books, so I stole it from the best lol. Hopefully everyone involved looks back and remembers how ridiculous their situations were, and growth can occur from it. Part of coaching is realizing kids are kids and they'll do silly things in the heat of the moment. We all have. Offer grace, love the kid(s), and then place the proverbial boot up the backside if necessary. Accountability is never bad.

38-10 BD 35-20 Cathedral 28-21 Roncalli 20-17 Westfield 45-14 Zionsville 35-28 Noblesville 49-7 HSE 21-16 Fishers

Please, temper this comment with a "FW area caveat".... Carroll is NO JOKE! Bishop Luers shouldn't be looked at as a team 39 points less than the Chargers. Bishop Luers just didn't have the numbers to compete with a 6A top ten team. But in everyway they are well in tune with competing well in 2A FB as the season progresses. As for Carroll. This may be THE team that can compete well into the Semi-State from the FW Area in 6A that those in NE Indiana have been waiting for. They looked solid on both sides of the ball as well as on special teams. Coach Dinan has tapped into something that has been lacking at CHS in the past few years.....a HUNGER. CHS also benefits from the shuffle in the 6A brackets allowing them to avoid the local rivalry 'trap game' that seems to doom them (or Homestead/Snider) a lot. With Snider down in 5A that also benefits them....and that 5A bracket is loaded also with Snider/North Side/Dwenger all waiting to cannibalize one another come playoff time. Let's talk next Saturday morning after the Snider/Carroll tilt. There is ALL SORTS of underlying animosity involved every time they meet. This should go a long way to defining FB in the SAC this season. But there are also a number of others in the SAC that will have impacts.... great year for the quality of FB in FW as far as I am concerned.

I’ve heard some positive reviews on Pedtke - his arm, at least.

Week One Is In The Books! Happened to hear of some 200-yard + rushers on the first Friday Night of high school football. Below is what I've found so far: UPDATED - Aug. 21 Indpls Roncalli Luke Hansen, 335 yards, 5 touchdowns Clarksville Robert Lamar, 266 yards, 4 touchdowns LaVille Paul DeWitt, 237 yards, 2 touchdowns Triton Anthony Schuh, 219 yards, 4 touchdowns Northwestern Cole Cardwell, 215, 3 touchdowns Center Grove Micah Coyle, 209 yards, 2 touchdowns Oak Hill Kyle Turanchick, 204 yards, 4 touchdowns FW North Lamarion Nelson, 204 yards, 1 touchdown Eastside Briar Munsey, 201 yards Evansville North Angelo St. Louis, 200 yards, 2 touchdowns Nice work, boys! Thanks everyone for your contribution to this weeks best rushers. Let's see what next Week Two brings! as always, the game is better from_the_sidelines007

Not at this time. High end speed may not be there, but as mentioned he is a wrestler so that atheletism helps with footballl. interesting side note is that his dad was principal at Chatard until he retired last spring.

Yes, Bell County beat North Laurel 42-35. I had heard a while back that Jeff needed a new opponent. I guess we still don't know why, but it gave Bell enough time to find another opponent.

I spoke to the IHSAA observer on this game. Apparently, they had issues with the clock operators all night. On that particular instance, the play clock operator had erroneously set the play clock to 25 sec. instead of 40. The crew didn’t catch it until after the play clock went to zero. So, they picked up the delay flag, but felt they had to reset the play clock to the correct interval. Not an optimal outcome, but the best one they could come up with under the circumstances.

Monrovia's normal starting O Line OT 6'3 280 OG 6'0 305 C 6'3 290 OG 6'5 305 OT 6'2 235 and a Freshman 6'0 225 Not too bad for a small school

That is what having 9 (or more??) D1 players on a high school team will produce.

It was nice to see Cathedral finally get the ball to Wooten. I hope they keep it up.

No brainer calls IMO. Sad that the announcers saw no issue, which might explain a little bit. Kid looks like a great player, but he needs some behavior modification. It actually seems like a pretty easy fix, the coach just needs to make him hand the ball to the official after every run. If he doesn't, he comes out for the rest of the quarter. Some discipline now might just impact his future.

Roncalli line paved the way for the RB to have 26 carries 335 yards and 5TDs. LT - 6’”7 300 lbs - Iowa commit LG - 6’4” 278 - Getting a hard look from Ball State C - 6’5” 317 - Northern IL commit RG - 6’2” 275- First year starter RT - 6’4” 283 - First year starter

Stop the count!

Dude you just hit it out of the park and don’t even know it.

He said 200 yard rushers, not a billion-kajillion... Nice job, kid!

First week and we already have a fan trying to tell us how to do our job. Those flags were spot on. As an official, I know how hard our crew works to officiate the game fairly. We could care less who wins. The only thing we want to do is get it right, ensure safety as best we can, and make sure the game does not get out of control. Those flags were thrown for that reason. If you let some taunting go here and there, it's just a down hill spiral. Most fans and spectators don't even think about that part of officiating. Absolutely nothing wrong with a kid being excited after a big play and celebrating with their teammates but when there is any form of taunting, it needs to be flagged. And there is no context for the second play noted. Maybe the kid yelled something, who knows. Just let the officials officiate and leave them alone. We lost like 8-9 officiating crews from last season. You want to help Indiana High School Football? Stop complaining about the officials. When we screw up, we either know it or figure it out after watching film. Nobody is harder on an official than themselves. I promise you that. And full disclosure, I was not one of the officials at this game.

There shouldn't be a kid on an IHSAA team that hasn't been coached to not do such things. I thought both moves were worthy of flags.

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OK...I guess I did not pay enough attention to that being the kid who spiked the ball. Thanks and I agree on both counts.

No. The backup played baseball most of the summer. He isn't the answer. He charts plays. He wasn't taking notes.

At 1:50:30 he spiked it. That’s going to and should get flagged every time. The kid was excited after a huge run. Don’t blame him for being excited but can’t spike the ball.

I saw the film and both of those penalties were absolutely spot on. Only because I retired from on field officiating. 🤣

I’d say West Lafayettes made a big statement last night, I swear to God they did

I still can't "like" more than one post in a day, which is absurdly stupid. But this is me "liking" your post lol

After 1 week. For Gibson Southern… Glad the group was tested heavily and for 4 quarters…Early on big plays hurt GS but the defense cleaned things up as the game went on… I think this was a game where both teams are glad they scheduled it and a lot was learned last night. Biggest takeaway from the stat sheet Tanner Boyd is that dude. Never easy replacing a successful QB from previous years…let alone Brady Allen…Kid came out and showed everyone he doesn’t need to be like anyone else. 23-29 for 180 yards and 2TDs….and then he put up another 130 yards on the ground for another 2TDs. I think it’s pretty darn impressive what he did last night in his first career start. On the road, 5A school, 4 Qtrs of a dogfight with a clutch drive to finish the game off with a W…I think if anyone had questions at QB or how the offense was going to be run…he answered them last night

I’ve got to disagree, I know for a fact this past spring I was the worst official in the state. I was told by the winning coach in a 12-0 Softball game. And just to show you how bad I really am, I was on the bases!

Good insight from all and noted as well. It's not really a matter of whether or not a rule was broken. It's more of a matter of softening up in certain situations. Kids should be allowed to celebrate. Stop taking the fun out of the game.

Both flags absolutely justified. In the first, spiking the ball after a TD has been a foul for many, many years. Automatic. In the second clip, the gesture wasn’t much. But it was made in close proximity to an opponent, and right after there was some after the whistle jostling and jawing. Context is important. By the way, there is an Officiating sub-forum in the High School forum, and there is a specific thread started for Week One officiating issues. This would be better off there.

Looks good Temp. Fort Wayne is looking like a crapshoot this year with Snider, Carroll, Dwenger, Homestead, and North Side. A big shout out to North Side for the crowd they brought Friday night. One of the bigger visiting crowds I've seen in recent memory.

Also on the first one, it probably would have been ok if he had not spiked the ball? Hamilton Heights got flagged last night for a receiver waving at his pursuers when he crossed the goal line. There is no place for that in HS sports.

https://www.thecollegefix.com/berkeley-co-op-person-of-color-theme-house-bans-white-guests-from-common-spaces/ Students move into the POC house ‘to be able to avoid white violence and presence,’ rules state White guests are banned from the common spaces at the Person of Color House, an off-campus housing option for Berkeley students, according to a photo of the guest rules recently posted on Reddit. Under a section labeled “Guests in Common Spaces,” it states: “Guests are allowed in common spaces but please be mindful if there are house members in the room beforehand. White guests are not allowed in common spaces (see intro).” The POC House intro states in part that many members moved in “to be able to avoid white violence and presence.” When students do bring a guest, the rules direct them to announce it in the house guest chat and note “if they are white.” Isn't this itself racist?

Would be a welcome addition to all sports!

Slick John Picanos here reporting from the lush confines of a stretch limosine. While I don't have the time to give a detailed prediction of each team and how they'll finish I will take the time to give what I think is the "most anticipated" aspect for each team leading into the season. NorthWood- Besides being the only school with two captial letters in their name, can Nate Andrews come up with a new helmet design this year?! It would seem they are running out of their traditional options of black, red, white but can I suggest a chrome design?! Also- is Nate Andrews in better shape than his players? Does he make an appearance on scout teams??? Warsaw- Bart Curtis and his fast food connoisseur-ism should be in full force down in Kosciusko County. First, I'll set the over/under at 9.5 passes completed on the season for the Tigers. What can we anticipate, though? Well- opposite of their rivals at NorthWood, the Tigers' uniforms have become more basic in the world of alternate uniforms. In fact, I don't believe they even have any orange on their road jerseys! Can we at least get a tiger paw back on the helmet, or at least the W?! The question remains- can Bart Curtis make their jerseys even more bland?! On a more serious note- can we please get a Top 5 Fast Food restaurant ranking from Coach Curtis- what a treat that would be!!! Mishawaka- The only St. Joseph County representative is home to possibly the most idyllic high school football setting in northern Indiana. However, it comes with its' challenges! How many games does the grass at Steele Stadium hold up? Can it make it even to September? With only 1 August home game, it has a chance! I must give the Cavemen credit, though, they usually use the sand/mud/dirt/clay/tufts of grass combination to their advantage. Goshen- Well what in God's Green Gables bet did Tom Wogomon lose to take on this Red Hawk endeavor?! Either way- this anticipation is obvious- can things turn around for the once proud Artists Formerly Known as the Redskins?? Northridge- After just becoming the latest NLC team to make a state championship game (only Warsaw has not) expectations are high in the Middlebury bubble! Are they too high?! Can the Raiders live up to their sense of entitlement?! I have also noticed some new construction onto the high school- I guess people can get excited about that as well... Concord- The defending champs are getting very little respect from NLCTiger07! Can I sense some hurt feelings stemming from last October? The rotating schedule will pit the Tigers and Minutemen in September for what I anticipate is the first time ever after being the regular season finale since at least 1994. Back on topic: The Minutemen have some holes to fill! Probably as many as any team in the conference. The early season schedule will be extremely telling as to where this team is headed. I think we will know after the first 4 games whether they are the real deal or if the focus of the season will be on improvement and growth leading up to the playoffs. Wawasee- In what can only be seen as a "shot across the bow" to the RedHawks, the Warriors from the lake have inserted a Native American Spear into their helmet logo (see below). For those uninformed, the Goshen helmet included a spear for several years. Culture is trying to be changed on their side of Kosciusko County and you have to admire the effort! The Warriors do indeed have a heck of a concourse in their stadium on the home side- hopefully that isn't the only product of this year's Warrior team that people talk about when leaving games. Plymouth- LAJB- "Life After John Barron"- Not really much else to be said here. The Rockies have fallen on some tough times. New coaches are usually able to bring some new energy and we will see if the pride of Marshall County and US 30 can pull the right strings to have a successful season! Off we go into Week 1- Stay healthy, eat junk food, hate your rivals, and enjoy football once again!

The Phi Tiptons Team Gonzos William Henry LCC Pioneers Nowlins Boys (happy 20 years) Tri West. I saw on Facebook they have the best 7th grade team in the hoe state LaVilla Strangiato

Can't believe folks have forgotten Pioneer's potential impact on 1A in just a couple years. Guess it's a case of "out of sight, out of mind."

Catholic school advantage..