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First home game for Linton and should be the first test for the Miners to see what kind of a team they have. Linton is playing a lot of young players along with some seasoned veterans returning at key positions, namely at QB, receiver, and running back. Three tall receivers are good targets for senior QB Gennicks. Gennicks is the leading rusher as well, taking one 96 yards last week at North Vermillion. The first two games were running clock games and the varsity offense put up 106 points in the four quarters they played while the varsity D allowed 13 points. Monrovia is much improved so we'll see if the Mines are deserving of the high rankings they have in the polls. On a personal note, I didn't travel to the first two Miner games but I will be in attendance at this week's game, marking the 85th consecutive season I have attended Linton Miner football games.

Welcome to The Gridiron Digest Indiana Football Report. Each week, we spotlight some of the teams and storylines from Indiana high school football. Titans reloading in Class 3A The Gibson Southern Titans are reloading after winning the Class 3A state championship, starting the season with a 2-0 record, defeating two 5A teams. The Titans beat Terre Haute South 27-20 in Week 1, then defeated New Albany 45-7 last week. They open Pocket Athletic Conference play this Friday at home against Washington. But playing two larger schools in the non-conference schedule - and a strong out-of-state team in Week 4 in South Warren (Ky.) - helps prepare the Titans for conference and tournament play. “I think it is so important to play teams like that. It really forces us to prepare and play at a high level,” Titans coach Nick Hart said. “Then, when we see phenomenal athletes in conference or in the tournament it is something we have seen. We play the defending 5A Kentucky champs next week. Last year they whooped us pretty good, but we learned some valuable lessons that game and I don't think we win a state championship without those lessons.” The Titans graduated a number of players from last year’s squad, including quarterback Brady Allen, who is now at Purdue, but had a strong offseason. “I think it is always a fear that when you reach that mountain top that there can be a hangover going into the offseason,” Hart said. “With everyone that graduated you are looking around for leaders. Our kids did a fantastic job this offseason. I could not have been more pleased with what they did from December-July.” Quarterback Tanner Boyd has taken the reins of the offense and completed 39-of-47 passes for 311 yards and five touchdowns, spreading the ball around to multiple receivers. He was 16-of-18 against New Albany. A dual-threat, he also had a 131-yard rushing game against Terre Haute South in the opener. RB Devan Roberts tallied 169 yards and two scores on 13 carries against New Albany. “He has been great,” the Titans’ coach Hart said of Boyd. “He brings a different dynamic with his legs. We put a lot on our quarterbacks from a decision making standpoint and he has made phenomenal decisions so far. He's a great kid and he has done a great job.” Brownsburg returning to glory It’s been nearly four decades since the Brownsburg Bulldogs sat atop the high school football world with back-to-back state titles in 1984 and 1985. This current crop of Bulldogs is seeking to add to that proud tradition. With Nick Hart's father John at the helm, the Bulldogs enter Hoosier Crossroads Conference play this week after a pair of statement wins in their non-conference schedule, punctuated last week with a 42-35 victory over defending 5A champion Indianapolis Cathedral. Brownsburg moved up to No. 2 in the Class 6A poll with the victory, which came on the heels of a 21-16 win over Ben Davis in the opening week. Last season, the Bulldogs went 9-3 and won their first sectional title since 2009. “Our kids love to compete and winning never gets old, but we try to keep everything in perspective,” Bulldogs coach John Hart said. “We try to stay hungry and humble.” Quarterback Jayden Whitaker completed 15-of-23 passes for 281 yards and a touchdown, winning a shootout with Cathedral’s Danny O’Neil, who threw for 317 yards and four scores. Whitaker and Corey Smith have had a strong connection threw two weeks - Whitaker has 430 yards passing and is completing 63 percent of his throws. Smith has seven catches for 196 yards, including a 142-yard game last week. Junior running back Garrett Sherrell added 129 yards and three scores. “Our success throwing the ball has been the accumulation of a lot of hard work from our players,” Hart said. “Their commitment to working in the spring and summer showed up at the Colts and Hoover 7-on-7 tournaments.” Hart has led Evansville Reitz and Warren Central to state championships. He is the father of Gibson Southern’s Nick Hart. When Gibson Southern won the 3A title last year, the Harts became the third father-son duo to coach teams to IHSAA state titles, joining Bud and Kevin Wright, as well as John and Vince Lidy. All four of Hart’s children are head coaches, as is his son-in-law. “Our kids are tremendous coaches & their success coaching has been incredible,” John Hart said. “We all talk often about football, weight training, and program development, but mostly about life and family. I think we are all each other's biggest fans...led by their mom.” Nick Hart echoed those sentiments. “It is really special,” he said. “When I was old enough, I was always at practice. It is a part of who I am. We talk a lot. It is super-busy this time of year but there are always conversations going on.” Mater Dei takes big step with win The Evansville Mater Dei Wildcats have taken a step each of the last three years - sectional champ in 2019, regional in 2020 and semistate champ in 2021. The Wildcats would love nothing more than to climb the last rung this season as they look to make their seventh State Finals appearance since 1994 and seek to win their first title since 2000. They made a significant statement last week, beating then-5A No. 7 Castle 17-14. Mater Dei moved up to No. 1 in the Class 2A polls with the victory. While it is early in the season, last week’s victory was a big one. I “It seems that the MD-Castle game is always so close and such a battle, Friday night was no different. We have the greatest respect for Coach Doug Hurt and his staff and program – actually, the two programs have very similar philosophies,” Mater Dei coach Mike Goebel said. “The outcome could have been different, the lead changed hands four times and we were able to capitalize on a fumble late after our go-ahead score. Either team could have won.” The victory was Goebel’s 250th career win in a 26-year head coaching career - all at Mater Dei. Quarterback Mason Wunderlich threw for 224 yards, including a three-yard TD to Luke McDermon in the final two minutes to put the Wildcats over the top. They then forced two turnovers to seal the game - recovering a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. When the Knights got the ball back, Mater Dei’s Joey Pierre picked off a pass to seal the game. Wunderlich has thrown for more than 459 yards through two games after passing for 2,671 yards a year ago. Pierre has been the leading rusher in both games as well as playing solid defense. “We think we have a good blend of players,” Goebel said. Several seniors have played in many games and they lead the way. Mason Wunderlich is much-improved. Joey Pierre is an outstanding two-way player and our leading scorer. We have great competition among our receivers to actually get on the field--they are all trustworthy. The line on both sides of the ball has been battling and is improving by the day. As to our main players, we really look at it as the team is trying to find itself and improve, that requires excellent effort from everyone.” With the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference being a 10-team league, every week is a league game, and therefore an important one. “Every game in the SIAC is important,” Goebel said. “Parity seems to be the word this season as only two teams remain undefeated after 2 games. We are now locked in on a very much improved Vincennes Lincoln team this weekend. Coach (Levi) Salters could very easily be undefeated at this point.” Roncalli starting strong Roncalli has started the season strong under new head coach Eric Quintana. The Royals are ranked No. 2 in both Class 4A polls and were ranked No. 1 in the IFCA poll for a week. In Week 1, Luke Hansen broke a 21-year-old school record, rushing for 335 yards and five touchdowns against Southport. He ran for 182 yards on 37 carries in a 17-0 Week 2 victory over Franklin Central. Roncalli’s massive offensive line, led by Iowa commit Trevor Lauck, opens the way. “We focus on ourselves every day. Our emphasis every day is fundamentals and physicality. Our offensive line did a great job at doing their jobs at max effort. Luke did the same,” Quintana said of Hansen’s record-breaking day and start to the season. “He has naturally progressed over the summer and early fall at training his eyes and trusting the guys up front. It helps that he is great in the weight room and an all-state wrestler. We have the tools every week to be a leading rushing team in the state. It's easy to talk, we have to work every day. Very proud of our guys' work ethic so far.” A native of Plymouth, Quintana takes over at Roncalli after 11 seasons as an assistant coach at five different Central Indiana schools. He was on the staff for three state championship teams - with Carmel in 2016 and Indianapolis Bishop Chatard in 2019 and 2020. “The last few months have gone by fast,” Quintana said of taking over as the Royals’ head coach. “I personally like to just get involved and get to work. The first thing was to create relationships with my guys and hire the best staff for our guys. Once that was done, we got straight to work program-wide. The summer went well and the school year is off to a great start. Having a supportive administration and alumni group around is great. All hands on deck to continue and raise the standards of such a great traditional program.” Roncalli faces 3A No. 1 Indianapolis Chatard this week. Lions snap streak, start 2-0 Entering the 2022 season, the Rushville Lions had one varsity player who had experienced a victorious Friday night. That number now extends to the entire team, as the Lions have won back-to-back games to start the season for the first time since 2013. The Lions beat Milan 41-35 in Week 1 to snap a 24-game losing streak. It was their first victory since Sept. 20, 2019, when they beat Connersville in overtime. Rushville followed it up with a 41-39 victory over Shelbyville in the resumption of their longstanding rivalry that had been paused for a decade. For the Lions, the victories were a long time in the making. Isaac Sliger, a 2013 Rushville graduate, returned to the head coaching job at his alma mater last year and worked to build the culture. Last season, they went 0-10, but were playing a number of freshmen and sophomores and building. "When we came in, we understood we wanted to start over completely from scratch and rebuild from the ground up," Sliger said. "For us, that started with creating a culture of living in the weight room, creating high standards, holding players and coaches accountable and creating an environment where our athletes support other athletes and each other in their respective sports. As everyone knows, that is not an easy thing to do every single day, let alone when you are trying to build something from the ground up. Our kids have bought in and have done such an amazing job of doing things the right way." The Lions are led by senior quarterback Austin Vance, a four-year starter who missed all but one game last season with an injury. He threw for 217 yards and four touchdowns against Milan and 122 yards last week against Shelbyville. Junior Harper Miller ran for 169 yards in the win over Shelbyville. Sliger described Miller and Jayden Roosa as their "Thunder and Lightning" combo in the running game in their uptempo offense. Rushville hosts its first Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference foe, Franklin County, this week. "We know and understand we have a lot to prove," Sliger said. "We as a program are in uncharted waters. We are learning how to win games and learning how to raise standards daily, in practice, in film and in the classroom. The EIAC has some great programs that weekly are going to present challenges to each other. Our guys love the challenge." Notable Center Grove extended its winning streak to 30 games last week with a 31-27 win over Carmel behind 180 passing yards from QB Tyler Cherry, 129 of which went to Noah Coy. Carmel’s Jackson Kazmierczak was 22-of-34 for 353 yards and two touchdowns, with Reece Ballin on the receiving end of 156 of those yards. … Evansville Reitz’s Ben Davies was 22-of-30 for 317 yards in a 31-28 victory over Vincennes Lincoln. … East Central’s Cole Burton was 10-of-17 for 291 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-7 win over neighboring Harrison (Ohio). … Guerin Catholic’s Ryan Zimmerman topped the 300-yard mark for the second straight game, as he was 16-of-24 for 313 yards in a 47-10 victory over Lafayette Catholic. … North Harrison’s Sawyer Wetzel ran for 239 yards in a 42-6 win over Scottsburg … Perry Central’s Sawyer Guillaume had 269 rushing yards and three TDs in a 42-21 win over Forest Park. … North Knox’s Caleb Bottum ran for 274 yards and four TDs in a 45-14 victory over Eastern Greene. … Heritage Christian’s Luke Valerio had 185 yards receiving and four TDs on five catches in a 52-33 win over Shenandoah. The Raiders’ Mayson Lewis had 238 rushing yards in a losing effort. … Crawfordsville is 2-0 for the first time in eight years under new head coach Brad Clark. The Athenians had won three games total since 2017 prior to this year. Other games to watch this week 6A #1 Center Grove at Louisville Trinity 6A #3 Cathedral at 6A #7 Penn Detroit Cass Tech at 6A #6 Carmel 5A #9 Fort Wayne North at 6A #9 Carroll 6A #10 Homestead at Fort Wayne Luers Crown Point at 5A #1 Merrillville 5A #2 Whiteland at 5A #5 Decatur Central 4A #1 New Palestine at Yorktown 4A #4 East Central at Cincinnati Moeller 4A #8 Greenfield-Central at 4A #10 Mt. Vernon 2A #8 Heritage Christian at 3A #5 Guerin Catholic 2A #2 Eastbrook at Oak Hill 1A #1 Indianapolis Lutheran at 2A #7 Triton Central Covenant Christian at 1A #2 Adams Central 1A #7 North Decatur at 1A #4 Monroe Central

For those who feel strongly enough that rumors should be allowed on the site, keep in mind a couple things. 1. These standards were the same standards that Tim Adams, the creator of this site had in place. 2. This is HIGH SCHOOL football, not college or pro football where athletes and coaches are paid very well to do what they do. We are talking about kids, teachers, and parents. Posting rumors of those people puts indivi9duals in a spotlight that they do not necessarily deserve. As far injury rumors, every student has a right to privacy. Posting of possible injuries to specific players without their knowing is a significant violation of their right to privacy. This is not the place to break news. If there is a story or a public post from an injured player or a parent of one, or if there is a news story...ok. Feel free to discuss that here. TA actually limited the discussion on coaching rumors; but mostly from the standpoint of coaching jobs. The change came when a parent saw a post on this site about a possible candidate he thought had interviewed. That coach's current employer was informed of it, and called the coach in to discuss it. A coach should NEVER be put in that position because f what is posted on the site. Again, keep in mind the vast majority of coaches are getting paid pennies per hour for the work they do. There are coaches' families to consider in these spots as well. Other rumors about coaches can create problems as well. I would suggest people look up terms like libel and slander. Again, if there is a news story, a public statement from the coach or district about a topic, post away. Perfect example of this is the story about Hammond Morton. No rumors, and it included a link to the story. But the one that was posted that prompted me posting this was a BIG deal. Not sure how it plays out when the dust settles, but it is important for a story of that magnitude to wait for confirmed sources. Typically, if your post starts with " I heard...." think about it before hitting submit. Hopefully that clarifies things even for those who have read the first post here and wondered what was up. In many cases, like the one that led to me posting the reminder is hidden or deleted before many have seen it. As always, if you have a question feel free to send a message. Now, if you feel so strongly that these standards are wrong, you can let us know that as well, and we can work through a solution, agree to disagree, or take other needed/warranted steps.

If you have a news story or link to an actual story, like in the case of Hammond Morton, it's ok to post. But to just post "I heard....." regardless of what the topic is......is not acceptable on this site.

At least he has an affiliation. There are some members that love to troll with no listed affiliation.

It is. Unless you're a miserable person.

Looking at stats on MaxPreps, the RP kid did have a big game, but only on 14 carries. He must be starving to death if he only got 14 carries and ended up with 250+ yards and 5 TDs

Franklin Watson and Giles all started last year. Giles started as soph. Gennicks started 1st 2 weeks then hurt a knee in practice and was out all year til the finale with Mater Dei and he had to play due to an injury to DeBruhl in 2nd half. Breedlove would have certainly gotten play time and possible cracked the starting lineup as a soph but... broke his leg playing basketball maybe 2 weeks prior to opening game, and he did not play at all. Tut IS one of a kind. This history he can tell and the stories... very few, if any, Linton football...or just Linton people can recall what he still recalls with clarity. Need to get these stories on paper or on tape.... Please!!!!

I need to hit the lotto so I can add LED lights and Turf to WW it appears. 🤣

I probably know more about gags than anyone I know. Ask Patty Ferguson or April Skinners. I gotta go

Seems like there should be some standards of upkeep. Especially when there's numerous studies that indicate there's higher rates of knee injuries, etc. on turf vs natural grass.

When you forget to switch to your burner account

Honestly, no. There's two dominant conferences in the state + Cathedral and most those teams already play each other annually anyway. There just isn't enough top level talent in Indiana, let alone depth level, where I could see that to be the case. You can go 3-4 weeks in the MIC or HCC and not face a team that has a P5 level player. These perennial teams I'm alluding too all have multiple P5 level players on top of several other legit D1 or FCFS caliber players and they play teams every week who are in the same boat. If Center Grove or Carmel or Cathedral played a national 10 week schedule against some of these teams, I would be surprised if any of them finished above .500. It's not meant to be a knock, it just is what it is. I would guess there are Dallas/Houston/Atlanta area 6A level schools who would be considered just average or ok by their state standards that would still perennially contend for state championships in Indiana.

I pretty sure a NJ gag order was put on by Coach Lambert after this post from their very talented running back

He actually had 16 carries, according to MaxPreps. I wasn't referring to the amount of carries, but when he was getting those carries. I recall RP being up I think 35 points in the fourth quarter and they still kept giving him the ball. Put the young bucks in and let them get some playing time

Nope, no 6As without turf anymore! .. and there are 6 5As left. Both Terre Hautes, Castle, FW Northside, Mishawaka, Concord. I can share the updated document with you, if you would like!

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/bannon-jan-6-subpoena-515681 “After my consultations with the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice, President Biden has determined than an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the United States, and therefore is not justified as to any of the Documents,” wrote White House counsel Dana Remus in a letter to Archivist of the United States David Ferriero in a letter obtained by POLITICO. In a Friday letter addressed to Ferriero obtained by POLITICO, Trump said the records sought by the committee would contain information shielded by “executive and other privileges, including but not limited to the presidential communications, deliberative process, and attorney-client privileges.” Trump indicated that he wished to assert privilege over 45 specific documents identified by the National Archives as responsive to the committee’s request. Those documents, Trump said in the two-page letter, included protected “presidential communications,” as well as deliberative process materials and attorney-client privileged materials. Trump also indicated he wants to preemptively declare future requests by the panel, “potentially numbering in the millions,” as presumptively barred from release. “Should the committee persist in seeking other privileged information, I will take all necessary and appropriate steps to defend the Office of the Presidency,” Trump wrote. SF hopes everyone realizes there wouldn't be a discussion about "Trump's Classified Documents" had the current POTUS (Biden) not Illegally waived the lawful executive privilege granted the former POTUS......nor would the FBI ever got the legal standing (warrant) to go into his residence. So the guy that proclaims he knows nothing about anything to do with the FBI raid, etc. is actually right in the middle of it. He and his left-wing (democrat) colleagues think that by constantly preaching that Trump "broke the law" and "compromised national security" and "He's gonna go to jail" that will influence his ability to ever run for POTUS again. But nevermind the genesis of the retrieval of classified documents (Joe Biden and Company).... BTW - this article was from 2021 (long before the raid ever took place)

A close game with Plainfield isn't a promising sign for Harrison to compete with DC or Whiteland.

Plainfield is NOT good.

Exhibit A: Crown Point Wrestling.

Co-GOTW : Center Grove at Louisville Trinity(-3) Co-GOTW : Chatard at Roncalli(-6) Ben Davis(-9) at Pike Brownsburg(-18.5) at Franklin Central Centerville at Park Tudor(-8.5) Crown Point at Merillville(-5) Detroit Cass Tech(pk) at Carmel(pk) Eastbrook(-12) at Oak Hill Evansville Mater Dei(-7.5) at Vincennes Lincoln Fort Wayne Concordia at Fort Wayne Snider(-24) Fort Wayne North at Fort Wayne Carroll(-13) HSE(-23) at Avon Heritage Christian at Guerin Catholic(-15.5) Homestead(-17) at Fort Wayne Luers Cathedral(-19) at Penn Kokomo(-15) at Logansport Lawrence North at Lawrence Central(-5.5) Michigan city at Chesterton(-15) Mooresville(-13.5) at Plainfield Noblesville at Fishers(-10) Warren Central(-32) at North Central Whiteland(pk) at Decatur Central(pk) Zionsville at Westfield(-8)

Plymouth at Warsaw (-42.5)

Grammar Nazi, fun police, pick your poison.

A 16 or 17 year old kid being able to profit $20k+ for being good at football is just bonkers to me, although that says more about the person willing to shell out $20k than the kid itself. I really don't see any real world profit an individual can make off a high school kid playing football, and NIL at the high school level in my opinion will simply just amount to high dollar boosters leveraging NIL deals as down payments for future college commitments. It's just too much of a slippery slope in my opinion. I would support some kind of collective or fund that would allow a high school student to allocate money towards future college tuition, but just throwing thousands and sometimes millions of dollars (see the CA QB with a 7 figure NIL deal to attend TN) just seems like a terrible principle.

You seriously don't believe in an open transfer market that the best and highest level athletes won't naturally gravitate to the best one or two area teams? I find that extremely hard to believe. It's not what the IHSAA wants nor is it conducive to high school athletics. This is why club sports and AAU exist outside of IHSAA sanctioned events. There's no need to integrate the two.

Kinda seems like threat from POTUS Biden....... https://whp580.iheart.com/featured/whp580-newsroom/content/2022-08-31-biden-says-americans-need-an-f-15-not-a-gun/ (Wilkes-Barre, PA) -- President Biden says Americans "need an F-15" to protect the U.S. and not a gun. Biden gave a speech in Pennsylvania on Tuesday about his "Safer America Plan," which he said was about "funding the police" instead of "defunding." The President has requested 35-billion dollars in the new fiscal year budget for funding the police. Biden said his plan also calls on Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. In his speech Tuesday, Biden said to keep America safe, "you need an F-15" and "something a little more than a gun."

It's turf in 2020 and beyond 2020. 'beyond' in this case means in the future, not the past (which is where you dwell.)

Coach WRC123 always has the inside track on Rockville (it’s always Rockville to me) and RP. Best of luck to all the teams this week. SV RP Seegers NV

I still think 5A South is pretty weak that I'd be willing to say it will be either Whiteland or DC coming out of the South. DC is 2 years away from being VERY good.

I do complete a Top 100 for two national forums every week and you are correct when you state that Indiana teams are tough to gauge because of the limited OOS games. Hopefully, the change in the 300-mile rule will allow that to happen more as we move forward. A national promoter has told me that he is in touch with some Indiana teams regarding some possible matchups with national relevant teams in the next several years. However, getting back to ranking Indiana teams, a look at last year's Center Grove team is a good study. They were ranked in everyone's (including mine) top fifteen teams in the country. The other fifteen teams' level of competition was much more difficult than was Center Grove's. Then as you watch Center Grove eking out a championship win over an unranked but determined Westfield team, it gives you pause when they are being put at a level of say Duncanville (TX), Fort Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas, or any other team ranked in that tier. On top of that, I have to really be careful with Indiana teams to avoid bias, one way or the other.

Can't get a read on either of these teams but will know more after this one. Thought LN would have competed a little better with Whiteland and put up more points in the scoring column given the heavy edge in the athletic department. Most would have guessed LC would be 0-2 heading into this game, but they've played two good teams extremely tough. LC wins this one 31-21 and proves they are heading in the right direction. Warren rolls 49-0 and O'Shea is starting to wonder why he took this job. BD big in a statement game, 35-14. Feel like giving up 34 points even in a win would feel like a disappointment. I hear you on predicting CG to lose, but unfortunately I have to do it this week. Big home field advantage to the Rocks and I think CG will really miss Wheat in this one. Low scoring game, Trinity 17-13 Feel like this a must win game for Carmel (even though it isn't in the grand scheme of things). Don't know much about Cass Tech other than they pump out regular D1 talent year after year, but so does King and they were throttled by Warren. King can't overcome the long bus ride down and Carmel gets their first win of the year 28-22

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2022/08/31/indiana-students-run-cattle-farm-grow-veggies-for-lunch-fix-tractors/9719906002/ A great story about a great community.

That is Twilight Zone stuff!

Hats off to you for supporting HS sports! 85 years, man that is awesome!

He was joking. No reason to go gonzo on him.

Every ranking thread in the history of mankind always has “you know these don’t matter” guy who objects himself into the conversation and acts holier than all.

Receiving votes means that you have to have been ranked somewhere in the Top 10 by someone. I like the fact that South Newton is having success, but of that Top 10 1A group, I'd likely place them above/in place of South Decatur ... which I'm not even sure how South Decatur is in consideration ... and that's it. As such, I don't think it's too far off after just two games that they aren't ranked in Top 10 yet. If they knock off TPC, I think they definitely get Top 10 votes.

Glad to see you Tut!!!! I hope to post some info soon!

Perhaps Coach Moore didn't want to vote for his Trojans No 1? After the game he was very very very high on Carmel calling them one of the top teams in the state and "a really great team... i mean they are great." I think you answered your own question. The polls are highly based on recent program prestige.

Seems to be ok on my end.

I agree.. However to drive conversation it must be without feelings involved. Just a thought

Clinton Prairie is in sectional 42

I’m not in the pick em, because I’m not consistent enough, but I’ll give some analysis. BNL/Jeff-I think Jeffersonville will take this one. They aren’t a great team. But they aren’t bad either. And at home they won’t be a pushover. I love their RB. He’s a load to handle. Floyd/Silver Creek-This will probably be a competitive game. Floyd Central looks better despite the final results the past 2 weeks against 2 teams they really have no business playing. They have a size advantage over Creek. No word on how long Bernardi will be out. So Cody Bibelhauser will carry the ball. Floyd Central actually moved the ball against Male and Manual. But made too many mistakes inside the 20 and 30 yard lines. Robertson is capable of 200-300 yard games going forward. I think FC gets this one. East/Seymour-This one is hard. Because I think Seymour is a pretty decent team. East hasn’t looked good. Their opponents were both very good programs. But I don’t know if East can muster much offense right now? I watched their game on YouTube with North last weekend. Defensively they’ll be fine in the HHC. I’d say East will win an ugly game. Their defense will win this game. NA/JC-JC had a blowout win over Brown County. NA really hasn’t looked very good. They also struggle offensively. I’m going to pick Jennings County in a suprise early season upset over New Albany.

Here you go @Muda69 A study completed in 2011 found that there is no scientific evidence to support concern that the turf is harboring the bacteria that causes MRSA. Serensits TJ, McNitt AS, Peterunak DM. Human health issues on synthetic turf in the USA. J Sports Eng. & Tech. 2011;225(Part P). DOI:10.1177/1754337111398407. Furthermore, a study completed in 2004 found that while turf burn may open up the skin for infection, the bacteria was actually being transmitted in the locker room. Begier et al. 2004. A High-Morbidity Outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Players on a College Football Team, Facilitated by Cosmetic Body Shaving and Turf Burns. Clin Inf Dis. 2004;39:1446-53. If you need more studies which reinforce the above here is some light reading for you: Serensits, T J, et al. “Human Health Issues on Synthetic Turf in the USA.” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology, vol. 225, no. 3, 13 June 2011, pp. 139–146, plantscience.psu.edu/research/centers/ssrc/documents/human-health-issues-on-synthetic-turf-in-the-usa.pdf, 10.1177/1754337111398407. THE SYNTHETIC TURF COUNCIL On the Research Project SURVIVAL OF Staphylococcus Aureus ON SYNTHETIC TURF College of Agricultural Sciences For Athletes. 2019, www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/team-hc-providers/advice-for-athletes.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fmrsa%2Fgroups%2Fadvice-for-athletes.html. Accessed 11 May 2019.

How's about everyone chip in $1 to the "Get Turf @ Bellmont" fund? 7 of 8... one outlier

Society today...."its all about me" If the going gets tough, why stay and compete, when I can simply look for the path of least resistance. That's beautiful. Because meddling parents are always 100% right when it comes to understanding competitive sports.....especially the ones that didn't make it themselves and desire to live through their kids.....

Generally, blatantly athletic transfers tend to fall into two categories *-Trophy-shopping - parents are looking for a place where their kid is most likely to win championships. These parents also tend to be really vocal on community social media groups and will let everyone in town know how superior their chosen school is compared to the local school. *-Conflicts with the coach/playing time/et al - you see this a lot. "My kid is a D1 player and they're not getting recruited so it's the coach's fault ... the coach isn't designing the offense around my kid ... the coach is mean to me ... the coach plays favorites." Often, these kids also seem to discover they're not getting recruited at other schools, too, and their kid isn't the focal center of the offense. I've seen both - especially in my years coaching and being around basketball. Sometimes, it's worked out and the kids climb the ladder (even though they play less minutes and have less of a role than they might have had they stayed home), sometimes, they sit the end of the bench when they could've been a rotation player. And they generally end up going to the same colleges they probably would've gone to before.

If you’re at your 4th school in 4 years that says everything about you and not the opportunity. Anyone is free to chose whatever high school they want, haven’t argued otherwise. But it should come with a caveat, you transfer schools for athletic purposes, you lose varsity eligibility for 365 days.

A kid can go wherever he wants. But a school cannot openly recruit students to play sports. Some walk right up to (and, honestly, obliterate) that line by hiring travel sports coaches whose players seem to just happen to transfer to that school (or people with connections to certain travel sports programs who act as "feeders" for those programs, but you cannot reach out to people to try to get them to transfer for athletic-related reasons. I've heard of schools skirting this by having the parents (so therefore, no official school personnel) reach out to promising middle schoolers at area schools. About 20 years ago, I got a phone call from the athletic secretary of a school fuming because she got a phone call from the parents at a local private school who were trying to sell them on the benefits of an education and the athletic experience at that school (her response: "I'm a school athletic department staffer, I know the rules, you're recruiting, but trying to get around it by having the parents contact me. And no, we're not going anywhere else." They can move on their own - and I coached kids in middle school whose parents were clearly shopping them around to every private school in the area - but coaches and school personnel cannot try to entice someone to leave their current school to attend yours.

A guy who would be out of business quick.