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Having great coaches, feeder systems, and a culture for the sport absolutely matters. But so does enrollment, here's why: From 1980-2016, unless you can prove me otherwise, Carmel, Ben Davis, Warren Central, North Central, and Penn were the five largest schools in the state. During that time period, state championships in the biggest school division are as follows: Warren Central (9), Ben Davis (8),Carmel (7), and Penn (5). That's 29 state championships in 37 years. Four of the top five enrollment schools ranked 1, 2, 3, & 4 in number of state titles. You really think there's no correlation between enrollments and championships? The other eight championships were spread out among six other schools. Center Grove (2), Bloomington South (2), Snider (1), Castle (1), Lawrence Central (1), and Fishers (1). Still coincidence? You can't win without a good coach and a good culture, no one is arguing that. The argument is simply this: Large enrollment numbers makes it a hell of a lot easier.

Hard to believe it has been 14 years now. Anyone still in contact with Mrs. T.A.? How is she doing?

Great point...I had friends from various states contact me and tell me how awesome what Indy had done with Lucas Oil to host the trials....and almost all of them commented on the number of swimmers and divers that have Indiana roots. It is very cool!

Pretty cool to see. Out of 12 spots, 8 divers have Indiana connections. There were a number of swimmers from Indiana at the trials as well. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2024/06/23/indiana-divers-go-1-2-3-in-3m-springboard-at-us-diving-olympic-trials-andrew-capobianco-carson-tyler/74187878007/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2AT_euqLB68zuwh-LK5XrGlT950KWN5eeU4DXxM7UHtsMqmBZKMOJ2feo_aem_89Cq3FbI1tprYGeSv5sErw

The best venue for HS football in Evansville is taking shape...

Enlow is looking good. Doing some roof work. The rubber is pretty much down.

https://www.therepublic.com/2024/02/10/ratliff-wins-semistate-thornton-jessup-also-qualify-for-state-with-runner-up-finishes/

I don’t even like turf for football. If I need do grow the grass out and create puddles on the field to slow down an opponents star running back, that’s my God given right as the home team.