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Just stopped in today to see if the news of a miracle was true. Apparently Jesus stopped into this thread and turned all of the watery tears into whine!

I mean you could. But we will still have dial up and spend the money on beer.

It's actually, "Dirty, Rotten, Mother$%#$#&, Cheatin' Catholics. 😉 Or at least that is how I pronounced it walking out of Lawrence North.

One of the more intriguing classes in my opinion. The Favorites: (Sorted alphabetically.) Bishop Chatard - Not a typical Chatard outfit in my opinion but definitely good enough. As usual, easily the most battle tested team in the class as they have played a brutal schedule which is why some look at the record and shrug. No team the Trojans line up against in the tournament will be better than anyone they have seen thus far. Gibson Southern - The demise of the Titans after their star quarterback moved on was greatly exaggerated. No, you don't just replace a 4 star talent but I am a big believer in experience and GS has it. They left the state and beat a much larger school in South Warren (KY) actually avenging a loss from 2021. Then, returned to the state and took care of business in the PAC. West Lafayette - Not tested since a week 1 win over Harrison, who is a good squad. Should have little trouble, sorry Hanover Central in the sectional/regional round where the winner of sectional 28 likely awaits. The Contenders: (Sorted alphabetically.) Lawenceburg - The Tigers obliterated a fairly easy schedule after a week 1 loss to a great East Central team that could very well win 4A. Six consecutive shut out wins to close out the regular season and that success should continue through the sectional round before a solid opponent awaits in the regional. Played last year's Gibson Southern team to a two point game so they have been deep before. Norwell - The top team in 3A according to Sagarin but not as battle tested as a team like Chatard. I admit that I may have overlooked this team as nothing stood out on their schedule. Dropped a close one to a good Columbia City team last week and as I mentioned in another thread, they will likely get their chance to show they belong. The Sleepers: (Sorted alphabetically.) Guerin Catholic - Like Chatard, don't let the record fool you. These guys are more than capable of springing an upset or two and turning sectional 28 upside down. Southridge - Under the radar squad with all of the good teams in southwest Indiana. They played Gibson Southern closer than any other 3A team during the regular season. Tri-West - Beat a good WeBo squad who they could likely see again. Western Boone - Never count this team out. After a brief pause, the Stars are back and more than capable of putting the rest of 3A on notice. Temp's Picks: Sectional Champions: West Lafayette Knox Norwell Bishop Chatard Western Boone Gibson Southern Lawrenceburg Southridge Regional Champions: West Lafayette Bishop Chatard Gibson Southern Southridge Semi-State Champions: West Lafayette Gibson Southern State Champions: Gibson Southern

Rivalry rematches highlight sectional openers Andrew Smith GridironDigest.com The opening of sectional play means every one of Indiana’s football teams starts clean, with an equal shot at making the trip to Lucas Oil Stadium on Thanksgiving weekend. Seventeen teams finished the campaign undefeated, but their records all reset as tournament play begins for Classes A-4A this week. Classes 5A and 6A will kick off their sectional tournaments next week. For many teams, it’s an opportunity to face new squads who don’t appear on the regular season schedule. But, given the geographical nature of the sectional fields, it also means rematches are aplenty. One of those will take place in Class 4A, where defending state champion Mt. Vernon will host No. 1 New Palestine in Sectional 22. New Palestine won a 5A sectional last season and is returning to 4A after spending seven seasons in 5A due to the Tournament Success Factor. The host Marauders are 6-3, the visiting Dragons 9-0 on the season. New Palestine won a 42-6 decision in Week 4, snapping a two-year losing streak to Mt. Vernon, allowing the Dragons to reclaim the Hoosier Heritage Conference title - one of the two schools has won the HHC title each year since 2010. The two arch-rivals have played every year since their programs began in 1968, but this is their seventh postseason meeting and first since 2013. “The one thing that helps in football that’s different from a lot of other sports is teams evolve as the year goes on,” New Palestine coach Kyle Ralph said. “We’ve evolved quite a bit offensively, and defensively, we’ve had to play some bizarre gameplans, but we’ve evolved. We’re learning more what our kids can do. I’m sure they’ve done the same thing. It’s going to be ‘what type of team are they in Week 10 compared to Week 4, and what type of team are we in Week 10 compared to Week 4.’ You come up with a new plan and you give it your best shot. It’s really interesting.” NP’s Grayson Thomas ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns in the Week 4 meeting, while senior quarterback Danny Tippit threw for 220 yards and three scores - 86 each to junior Kyler Kropp and senior Ball State commit Isaiah Thacker. Defensively, the Dragons held Mt. Vernon to 197 total yards, and they’ve been holding opponents to 194 yards and 9.7 points per game this season, led by sophomore Michael Thacker, who has 25 tackles for loss and eight sacks. Linebacker Eli Hook and defensive back Blaine Nunnally lead New Palestine in tackles. NP has shut out its opponents in the first quarter of every game this season. “Our guys on defense have done a great job. Coach (Scott McMurray) has great gameplans and our boys execute them,” Ralph said. “Our guys come out, play fast and physical and they play sound. We pride ourselves on being very physical and very aggressive. Those guys, when they get the juices going, they’re hard to deal with. It’s got to stay that way. Great defenses are usually the teams that end up getting themselves deep in the tournament, that and teams that run the football together.” The Marauders have run the table since that September meeting, and have done so with offensive fireworks, averaging 50 ppg in that span, including a 63-45 victory over Yorktown last week that saw MV score 34 points in the second half. Freshman quarterback Luke Ertel continues to gain experience, having now thrown for 1,159 yards. He has two solid targets in Purdue commit George Burhenn at tight end (666 yards) and Xavier baseball commit Eli Bridenthal at wideout (534 yards). Both were starters on last year’s title team. “Luke Ertel is improving each week due to the fact that he is investing hundreds of quality reps and those experiences are compounding in his growth and development,” Mt. Vernon coach Vince Lidy said. “At this point he has seen almost every possible defensive front and coverage a player can see in high school, so when the game plan is presented he is able to process and understand where the football needs to go sooner than what he was doing in August. Another thing that has benefited Luke is that he has a great selection of skill players around him and the threat of our running game that past 4 weeks has helped take some pressure off the passing game. It's a game of numbers and match-ups and if we can gain some ground running the football we feel it opens up some passing lanes for Luke and the wide receivers.” Second verse in Dearborn County Another rivalry rematch takes place in Dearborn County, where South Dearborn hosts 3A No. 5 Lawrenceburg for the second consecutive week. This time, it’s with the season on the line in the first round of Class 3A’s Sectional 31. Lawrenceburg won last week’s first meeting 31-0, but both teams come in with solid marks. Lawrenceburg is 8-1, South Dearborn 7-2. Both have a loss to East Central on their records, in addition to their head-to-head matchup. For South Dearborn, which is receiving votes in the IFCA poll, their victory gave them the championship in the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference’s small-school division. “Winning a conference championship was a goal we set at the beginning of the season and it means a great deal to our program and community to achieve this goal,” Knights coach Rand Ballart said. “We have not won a conference championship here at South Dearborn since 1996 so it has been a long time coming for us. I am proud of the coaches and players for working hard this season to accomplish this goal and bringing the conference championship to South Dearborn this year. “ Lawrenceburg enters the sectional having won three straight sectional titles and six of the last seven under coach Ryan Knigga. Last year, the Tigers dropped a 31-29 decision to eventual state champion Gibson Southern in the regional, and are trying to return to Lucas Oil Stadium for the first time since a state runner-up season in 2016. South Dearborn's program development has accelerated under Ballart. The program had won two games total in the three seasons prior to his taking over in 2015. He implemented a two-platoon system to promise opportunities to players. Things turned around in 2018 with an 8-3 season, when his first freshman class was seniors, coming within seconds of winning the sectional. The Knights have won seven games each in back-to-back years and have had significant facility upgrades to take the program to another level. “It has taken a lot of work and a lot of commitment from our community, administration and students,” Ballart said. “When I took over in 2015 there were 29 players in the program and 20 of them were seniors, so needless to say we had to get folks to buy in and get out in the hallways and start recruiting kids to come out and play. “It worked out as planned with the thought of this group being the ones to get us over the hump. We increased our numbers to around 75+ every season and have a solid coaching staff of around 16-18 coaches who are committed to this program. We have been blessed with incredible support from our administration to get the things we needed and our community has been very supportive.” Junior Adam Kunkel has thrown for 2,121 yards and 18 touchdowns through nine games. Austin Ballart (49-783, 6 TDs) and Olli Babcock (37-448, 2 TDs) have been his top two targets. “Adam has done an incredible job leading our offense this year, Coach Jason Babcock does a great job with him to see the field and take what the defense is giving him. He does have a solid connection with his receivers and that is a testament to their work ethic and staying after practice everyday and throwing routes,” coach Ballart said. “I also credit a lot to our offensive coaching staff for buying into the system and being able to get the kids to respond. The uptempo offense that offensive coordinator Jon LeMasters has introduced has really taken off and we have been able to produce so far.” Lawrenceburg enters the sectional with six straight shutouts and a defense that has allowed a total of 20 points since Week 2. The Tigers’ defense is led by senior Jake Pierce (69 tackles, 8 TFL), senior Niko Ferreira (43 tackles), junior Zavyn Slayback (41 tackles) and sophomore Noah Knigga (40 tackles, 10 TFL). The Tigers have forced 25 turnovers. Playing a second game in a week provides a unique challenge to both teams. “The game this week is the one that matters as it’s, win and move on or lose and season over,” Ballart said. “Our kids are fully aware of what is at stake this week and are determined to come out and prepare and get ready to go for this Friday. Playing a county rival two weeks in a row can be interesting and it hasn’t disappointed.” Wildcats find perfection On the other end of the state, 3A No. 4 Hanover Central has also used a stout defense to become one of the state’s 17 unbeaten teams entering the sectional. The Wildcats open Sectional 25 play at Rensselaer. Hanover Central has posted back-to-back shutouts, including a 42-0 defeat of Calumet last week in a game of unbeatens that gave the Wildcats the Greater South Shore Conference title. They’re now seeking their second straight sectional title in just the ninth season as a varsity program. “Thus far, our recipe for success has been our ability to play a fast and physical brand of football,” coach Brian Parker said. “I think we’ve done a good job of playing complimentary football where all three phases of the game feed off of one another. We’ve done a good job of establishing the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. Regarding our game against Calumet, our defensive staff did an excellent job of scheming to take away what they do best offensively. On the offensive side of the ball, the gameplan was to pound them up front with our big guys and choose opportune times to take our shots downfield.” Defensively, Hanover Central has shut out four teams and hasn’t allowed more than a touchdown in any game this season - giving up 33 total points on the year, a season that began with three wins over 4A and 5A squads. After defeating East Chicago, Hammond Morton and Culver Academy, the Wildcats rolled through the GSSC schedule with a 47-7 victory over Griffith the closest contest. Junior Collin Foy (57 tackles, 12.5 TFL, 3 sacks), senior Ryan Hildeman (44 tackles, 16.5 TFL), freshman Dylan Boewn (41 tackles) and senior Luka Zakman (38 tackles, 10.5 TFL, 3 fumble recoveries) lead the defense, as well as senior Gannan Howes, who has six interceptions. “In our 3-4 hybrid defense, we have tremendous size and explosiveness along the defensive line,” Parker said. “Within our scheme, we have linebackers that are strong and can run from sideline-to-sideline and defensive backs that are sure-tacklers with exceptional ball skills.” Offensively, Kyle Haessly has run for 1,078 yards and Howes has 662 receiving yards and 10 TDs. Junior QB Matt Koontz is completing 63 percent of his passes for 721 yards and 13 scores. They run behind a strong offensive line of Leo Vukmirovich, Maddux O’Brien, Mitchell Oostman, Davin Hunt and Hildeman, that has the team averaging 330 yards per game. “Matt is a dual threat QB that can has a strong arm and is very fast when he tucks it and runs,” Parker said. “Gannan is a 2-time IFCA JUnior All-State player for us, who is rare blend of speed, toughness and is the ultra competitor. The hammer for us is Kyle. With the speed and athleticism we have on the outside, Kyle allows us to play a hard-nosed style of offense by running the football.” This weekend’s sectional opener features a matchup with one of the top 3A programs in the area in Rensselaer, as the Wildcats seek to win a second straight sectional. The Bombers are 5-4 and are coming off a 28-14 defeat at Cass, but are always a dangerous team. Rensselaer is seeking its seventh consecutive winning season under 24th-year head coach Chris Meeks, who led the Bombers to a state title in 2014. “First and foremost, we have the utmost respect for for Coach Meeks and his staff. Bomber football is predicated on toughness and our team toughness will be tested this upcoming Friday night,” Parker said. “We are going to have to play a clean game with no turnovers, stay ahead of the chains on offense and play assignment-sound defense. If we can do that, I believe we will put ourselves in a good position to be successful.” Top matchup in southern Indiana Out of many good matchups in southern Indiana this week, one of the best comes in Class 3A’s Sectional 32, where 8-1 Southridge - the Pocket Athletic Conference Small School Division champion - hosts 7-2 North Harrison. Southridge is ranked No. 10 both polls. North Harrison enters the sectional having won four straight games, including a 21-14 victory over Providence last week. Coach Mark Williamson’s team features a powerful running game that averages 340 yards a game, led by senior Sawyer Wetzel (1,675 yards, 16 TDs) and quarterback David Langdon, who has accounted for 821 yards of total offense and 16 touchdowns passing and running. “North Harrison will provide us with our biggest test of the season in regards to a team that wants to play power football and just come downhill right at a defense,” Southridge coach Scott Buening said. “They are much bigger than we are up front and use a lot of variations in formations to get their tailback the football who is very talented and a load to bring down.” Southridge enters with an 8-1 mark and has seen much success under Buening, who has led the Raiders to four sectional titles, three regional championships and a state title in 2017. Their upperclassmen were part of a semistate team in 2020. The Raiders also have won four straight, finishing the season with a 35-7 victory over Heritage Hills and a 42-14 win over Forest Park. “We think the strength of our team has been our ‘connectedness’ as a team,” Buening said. “We have a lot of guys who have been great teammates and have worked hard over the course of their time through our youth, middle school and high school program and just want to win football games. We play one offensive lineman over 200lbs, most are between 165-180, and all three starters on our DL are in that 165-180 pound range. We think over the course of the season we have been able to evolve into an identity on both sides of the ball that will give us an opportunity to compete for a sectional championship. I think overall, finishing the season on a high note is good, and we are looking forward to the challenge we have this week with a very good North Harrison team.” Southridge’s defense is allowing eight PPG, led by Reid Schroeder and Caleb Kramer, the two inside linebackers. The Raiders have been very multiple on offense, led by junior quarterback Hudson Allen (1,178 yards passing, 13 TDs) and Schroeder (685 yards). Six backs have at least 200 rushing yards. “Balance has definitely been key for us offensively. We don't have the size up front to just impose any kind of ‘will’ on defenses,” Buening said. “We don't have the ability to force a round peg into a square hole in the run game. The development of our passing game has helped us tremendously be more balanced offensively, so we can use it when we need to use it and as the season has gone on, it has become more of a weapon for us, not just something we can use when we need to. We have balance in both the run game and the pass game. We really have 6-7 guys we are comfortable using at any point in the run game and about the same in the passing game.” Other games to watch this week 4A 21: Lebanon (6-3) at No. 8 Mooresville (7-2) 4A 21: No. 10 Brebeuf Jesuit (5-3) at Northview (6-3) 3A 25: Twin Lakes (1-8) at No. 1 West Lafayette (9-0) 3A 27: No. 7 Norwell (8-1) at Heritage (6-3) 3A 28: No. 9 Guerin Catholic (5-4) at Oak Hill (9-0) 3A 30: Vincennes (4-5) at No. 2 Gibson Southern (9-0) 3A 30: No. 6 Owen Valley (9-0) at Mt. Vernon (Posey) (5-4) 2A 33: Whiting (4-4) at No. 2 LaVille (9-0) 2A 34: No. 10 Rochester (8-1) at Seeger (7-2) 2A 37: No. 1 Linton (9-0) at South Vermillion (7-2) 2A 40: Perry Central (8-1) at No. 5 Evansville Mater Dei (6-3) 1A 4A: No. 4 North Judson (8-1) at South Newton (6-3) 1A 44: No. 2 Adams Central (9-0) at Southwood (7-2) 1A 46: No. 3 North Decatur (9-0) at No. 7 Tri (8-1) 1A 47: No. 9 South Putnam (7-2) at No. 1 Indianapolis Lutheran (9-0)

you can have the field, I will take the 59ers

I watched this one in '73. I was a Senior

Great write up. I have more to comment on later, but my intial reaction was to look at Martinsville's resume. Jeckyl & Hyde to say the least. They've beaten your favorites to make the 5A South Semi-State as well as a solid Franklin team. Nothing wrong with losing to Mooresville. The losses to Plainfield and Decatur Central are headscratchers. Speaking of the Hawks, talk about a complete letdown vs. expectations from this forum.

I like the objective/ non score run up methodology as opposed to margin of victory being a key component of a ranking system. Although I don't like the 'win or nothing' component of the system, especially with win points being based on size. I think teams like Jennings County (4A), Evansville Bosse/Harrison/Central (4A), Richmond (4A) and Shelbyville (4A) suddenly would have more opponents requesting to play them. And Jeffersonville, New Albany, and Southport would have their phones ringing off the hook.

1. @Mongo 72-19 2. @LC_Bears_04 69-22 2. @scarab527 69-22 4. @gonzoron 65-26 5. @WCGrad92 62-29 6. @whiteshoes 58-23 7. @Moonpie29 54-27 8. @Ballhawk 52-29 9. @CoachDurham 47-34 10. @Boilernation 58-22 11. @Caleb23 48-23 12. @observer9 48-22 13. @sbriant20 46-15 14. @Ugminer 44-16 15. @Bears62 32-8 16. @psaboy 16-4 Congrats to @Mongo for winning the inaugural pick 'em league!! Bragging rights for the offseason! Come back next year for Year 2!

Tecumseh and Southridge

Even as a non SIAC guy I liked coming to this thread to see the stats being shown. Honestly the best part of the SIAC now is that since it’s closed off….comparing these stats is completely fair…everyone played everyone

I'll bet King Gyros on that game. Plus a beer of your choice.

The Vikings could easily be better than PC, I just gave PC the nod because they are 8-1…but NP is 7-2 with losses only to linton and Southridge I believe. im bound to stir the pot a bit if MD and NP play each other lol yeah yeah yeah I get it. im still not picking a stinky SIAC team. I’m here to burn bridges 😘

MD hasn't lost in a 2A Sectional game to anyone except Southridge since uh, I think ever. Perry Central lost by 3 scores to 1A Tecumseh. This game has running clock written all over it. At least the home team will finally get a W at Central Stadium though...

Not to be disrespectful to PC but I think the right two teams have an opportunity to meet in the finals and I believe MD wins this week by 3 or 4 scores. On paper PC and NP would be a very good game, believe Sagarin has NP a little higher.

Realized I was mixing up Westfield and Zionsville, lol.

🙂 #Priorities I'm out of 'likes' for the day, but this made me laugh.

Temp, You lost me with this statement..... Carmel - The 'Hounds slipped up late against Warren before dominating a good LC team on senior night to regain momentum heading into the tournament. They will get a hungry Westfield team in round 1 that is hungry to prove they belong in the 6A conversation after two consecutive semi-state crowns at the 5A level. Westfield won consecutive 6A semi-state crowns, playing CG in the 6A state finals the last 2 years........not 5A

For you - Bobref.....

Don’t question my methods. I am where I am for a reason. Yeah switch it to tech. I read it wrong.

Carroll Cougars FTW.

Brevity is the soul of wit. Cheatin Catholics would also have been acceptable.

Oh my that matchup would be fun to watch

Out of state schools are treated the same as in-state schools in the Harbin system. Not sure where the division cutoffs lie, but an Ohio team would get more points for beating Roncalli vs. beating Chatard because Roncalli has a better W-L record, and is in a larger school classification.

They post theirs on Hudl

Ref and lawyer =Never wrong. STATE LAW!

Are you familiar with Ohio’s Harbin formula? To me, it seems to do as good a job of combining W-L record and strength of schedule as any. It’s explained here, for the uninitiated: http://www.redridersportsblog.com/2010/10/ohsaa-harbin-computer-pointsa-tutorial.html

Ouch... Danville's offense has significantly underperformed all season long. They are averaging 21 points per game.. but have only scored over 21 points TWICE! Once vs....Crawfordsville. And once against....Frankfort. 😴 5 times this season they have scored 14 points or less.

Harrison escaped Plainfield at home while Whiteland went into Plainfield's senior night and kicked ass.

It's been awhile, but since my AD is on vacation and won't chastise me for posting what I think here here is my thought. We should take our sectionals and play a round robin. Then seed the sectional from that data. The last games of the season would be against a natural rival who lives close by. I would love to see our Rockies take on the Glenn Falcons or the CMA Eagles. Both of those game make more sense than the current games against East Noble and Kokomo. Each school still gets that one opponent who they love to hate or just have someone who isn't too far away and save the kids a trip. But more importantly you get true seedings for the sectional. After that play the rest of the rest of the tournament on the home field of the team who plays the least number of away games as we currently do. Or if you want to use a computer ranking then let the sags determine the home team. Having coaches vote is not the answer. I agree with FootballKing16 in that the bias would creep in and not give a best case seeding. Let's be honest, the conference championships are a joke because in most cases the same teams win them every year. So drop conferences and play a round robin in each sectional to seed the tourney. How much fun would that be?

Would love to see the end zone view of that. This could very likely be a push by the RT that causes the LB to lose his balance as he tries to get around the edge and dive at the QB. I've seen plays like this several times that are clearly no fouls form the end zone view which is the view the covering official (referee) would have on this play. From this angle it does look like it could be a take down from behind. Especially to a Center Grove fan is 100% biased about the action. That's the strange thing about being an official. You don't care if he gets the sack or they get the first down. You just want to get the call right. It's amazing how that changes your perspective on EVERY play. If this was a whiff like Bob speculated then you would feel awful as an official taking away a huge 4th down conversion.

Thanks for doing this all year.

There used to be one in a wooden box that doubled as a seat. I forget whose it was...

I vote we go with coin tosses....worked for Odessa Permian and Midland Lee.......

Thanks for running this pick ‘em! It was fun dominating you guys!!😂

Maybe I’m crazy but I recall back in like 2012/2013 when I first joined this forum that there was a Pickems sub forum where this could all be done by just clicking bubble? Would it not be easier to set that up or is that function not available anymore?

Thanks for doing this @wvigo13! It was a fun year!

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-shame-of-notre-dame/ University public-relations and legal teams have so far failed to reply to the Rover’s repeated inquiries. Meanwhile, a Notre Dame Law School alumnus who goes by “Eudaimonia” on Twitter reported on an upcoming panel at his alma mater. Held under the auspices of the LGBT Law Forum, the panel is titled “Decriminalizing Sex Work,” and one of the featured speakers is described as a “law-student sex worker.” What the hell is going on at Notre Dame? The short answer is that large swaths of the faculty and administration have traded in the university’s Catholic identity and mission for the pottage of liberal acceptance and prestige. Father John Jenkins, the university’s president, exemplifies the pusillanimity and self-abasement of Notre Dame leaders. In 2009, Jenkins honored the newly elected President Barack Obama, a champion of the culture of death. In 2016, he bestowed American Catholicism’s highest honor, the Laetare Medal, on then-Vice President Joe Biden, another abortion supporter. Hope the liberal head-pats are worth it, Father! The deeper answer has to do with the generational crisis in Catholic education. In 1967, leading Catholic educators—including then-Notre Dame President Theodore M. Hesburgh—declared themselves free of “authority of whatever kind, lay or clerical, external to the academic community itself,” in what became known as the Land O’Lakes Statement (the position paper was adopted at a gathering in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin). This bold casting off of authority ran utterly contrary to the ancient precepts of the Catholic university. Formerly, Catholic education drew on the classical tradition, which held that the educator’s role is to help students learn to love what is lovable and contemn what is hateful or wrong. And it recognized the special role of the Church as humankind’s divinely ordained guide in this regard. Free inquiry and free speech, in this telling, weren’t absolute masters, but servants that had to be carefully restrained to yield good work. The Land O’Lakes signatories sought to unshackle themselves from these precepts, and behold what they wrought. At many Catholic universities, including increasingly at Notre Dame, the “liberal arts” mirror the narrow specialization, technocratic blandness, and haphazard quality of their secular counterparts. Not to mention the moral degradation. In response to all this, an older generation of Catholic academics, including not a few hopelessly timid conservatives at Notre Dame, insist that more free speech and more free inquiry are the answer, as if that weren’t what brought us to the current nadir. But young, orthodox Catholics are increasingly seeing through the academic-freedom ruse, and demanding something more. As DeReuil, the Rover editor-in-chief, wrote in an editorial last week: The present at Notre Dame is utterly bleak. But the next generation bears hope. Sad to see such a great institution go woke...............

Team Stats through Week 9 Team PPG Reitz 35.1 PPG Castle 30.1 PPG Vincennes 28.2 PPG Jasper 27.1 PPG North 24.7 PPG Memorial 24.7 PPG Mater Dei 23.7 PPG Harrison 17.1 PPG Bosse 11.30 PPG Central 2.9 PPG Team Defensive PPG Allowed Reitz 12.40 PPG Mater Dei 12.6 PPG Memorial 15.3PPG North 17.2 PPG Jasper 19.7 Castle 19.9 PPG Vincennes 21.7 PPG Harrison 28.3 PPG Central 38.2 PPG Bosse 39.6 PPG Team Offensive YPG Reitz 400.8 YPG Memorial 310.2 YPG Jasper 309.2 YPG Vincennes 308.7 YPG North 303.0 YPG Castle 294.7 YPG Mater Dei 294.8 YPG Bosse 221.9 YPG Harrison 181.7 YPG* (No Week 8 Stats) Central 131.0 YPG* (No Week 7 or Week 9 Stats) Team Passing Defense(allowed) Reitz 71.2 YPG (641 yards) Mater Dei 99.1 YPG (793 yards)*(No Week 8 Harrison O stats) Castle 103.2 YPG (929 yards) Memorial 106.4 YPG (958 yards) Harrison 107.9 YPG (863 yards)*(No Week 7 Central O stats) Bosse 119.7 YPG (1077 yards) Jasper 141 YPG (1269 yards) North 154.40 YPG (1235 yards)* (No Week 9 Central O stats) Vincennes 166.3 YPG (1497 yards) Central 166.8 YPG (1501 yards) Team Rushing Defense (allowed) North 88.50 YPG (708 yards)* (No Week 9 Central stats) Jasper 93.40 YPG (841 yards) Reitz 122.3 YPG (1101 yards) Mater Dei 130.5 YPG (821 yards)*(No Week 8 Harrison stats) Memorial 140.9 YPG (1268 yards) Vincennes 147.7 YPG (1339 yards) Castle 187.90 YPG (1691 yards) Harrison 197.8 YPG (1582 yards)* (No Week 7 Central stats) Central 210.6 YPG (1895 yards) Bosse 235.7 YPG (2121 yards)

I have no lane…live a life without lanes.

Time and place, right? Seven of their wins have been by double figures. Wouldn’t you get them in on those situations and not a tie/3 point game in week 9 of the season? Head scratching to me.

Nothing wrong in putting freshmen in game to build team, player and depth. That may be the way they groom all those D1 recruits.

Well, 2 people want change, neither of whom are affiliated with the athletic department of an Indiana High School. If the schools themselves want change, they should petition the IHSAA and put it to a vote among member schools.

I agree. Not sure why there needs to be a qualifier. No other IHSAA sport has a qualifier for post-season play. I feel like we forget these games are for the kids and not necessarily for the fans that think every game should be a contest of epic proportions. Seed them so the best teams get the most games. I have no problem with that. I do wish they would have a rule where there are no rematches in Round 1. We play so few games, just play someone else.

They subbed seven freshmen on defense. I mean, it sounds legit. Not sure how else Merrillville gets wasted by Chesterton.

Fortunately - SF checked with Mrs. SF before venturing out this Halloween......

DT's somewhat notorious for throwing a lot of spaghetti against the wall, and if two of the 20 strands he throws sticks, he calls himself an expert.

The term “near-total abortion ban” is a misnomer intentionally applied to spark outrage. Its not even close. How can people be so dumb/blind?