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Who's going to tell him? Anyone?

AGREED!!! I feel they are kind of on an island and penalized to a sense!! Whats right for 1 grade should be right for ALL!!

I spoke with Coach Kirschner, and he's quite obviously excited about this opportunity of coaching with his son. The "Director of Youth Sports" position did not come up, but I'm assuming...and this is assumption...he's probably retiring at the end of the year (but if you know Mike, that means he's probably going to be busier).

Is the IHSAA going to offer any guidance to the schools/parents/student athletes?

A lot to unpack with this Hoosier team. Interesting that the AD of NC get's a $104,000 bonus if his team makes the tournament. Oh well, I guess he did "leave the room." If my buddy was in the room next door, I'm pretty sure he'd still have an influence on me somehow. Good to see Woodson go. Great guy, a legend with the Hoosiers, but not the guy who's going to take IU back to where they belong as one of the top programs in the country. I was really rooting for McCollum. He's won impressively during his short stint as a head coach. The way he's turned programs around is hard to ignore. Boring style of play. He'll end up at Iowa and Iowa will be a perennial Top 16 program. Kudos to him and the Hawkeyes. Prior success doesn't guarantee success in the Big Ten where you're competing against the best of the best every night. Every coach is coaching there as a result of a stellar resume at a lower level program. So DeVries has his work cut out for him. About all we can hope for is that IU has more resources than their counterparts which should be enough for DeVries to get IU back to being a mainstay in the NCAA tournament.

1. Jays- King of the hill until proven otherwise. Good coaching staff and teamwide by in will have them humming by sectionals. I could see it taking a few games for the new pieces to gel with what they lost from last year's team, but will be a hard out this offseason. 2. Panthers- Lose one 2-way player to graduation off of last year's team. If this team plays to their potential, they can represent 1A in the north next year at state. The big thing for the Panthers this year is we will have more open competition across the board in practice due to increased numbers. 3a/3B. Trojans- It will be interesting to see how the new coach changes how things have been ran for the past few years. Losing Workman will be a big loss statistically and as a team leader. They will still be a threat in the conference this year. N. Miami- Warriors bring back everybody and their brother from a regional qualifying team. Veteran experience and a ball control offense should keep them in every game that they play. 5. Comets- The young comets will be improved next year and will win 4 or so games. I think that they are a year out from being in the top half of the conference talent wise. i think that the biggest thing holding them back is their coaching staff. I have never been more embarrassed for a team than listening to how their coach spoke about them after a game and how he speaks about them in the media. 6. Winamac- Warriors have a lot of physical talent, but sometimes you see there scheme and what they do on the field and it makes you scratch your head. 7/8. Cavs/Satellites- Both teams looking to improve, but it will be a hard conference to find wins in next year.

A lot of bad information out there Be careful what you think is how this works vs how it really will work

I would offer up Plymouth as a destination in Marshall County. We play in a good conference with recent state championship participants. We are going to be the CTE hub of Marshall County and our class offerings are numerous. We have the best athletic facilities in the county and we can get our students either the college credits they need to cut a year off of their post-secondary schooling or using the CTE program to get them into the field of their choosing. We have it all. Bring your athletic children here and we will build them into solid student-athletes.

Much Love to Coach Leeper and his family !! 🙏

Top 4 from last year remain at the top. Can't quite put my finger on an order yet. Jays lose a lot but the cupboard has no shortage. Pioneer returns a lot from a very solid team. Whooping Carroll then turning around and getting cold-cocked by Taylor still racks my brain. Rans will be the fastest/quickest/shiftiest player in the conference Triton at this point in the calendar year is probably my pick to be 4th. Very interested to see/hear of any movement into/out of Bourbon. Ham Salad Sandwiches WILL be back unless there are unforeseen circumstances. The 2025 red and black Warriors look to be solid. All 5 OL are back in front of over 3000 returning rushing yards. Only offensive loss due to graduation was the FB who was probably the least dynamic toter of the pigskin of the 4. Hoover, the QB was a wrestling state qualifier at 215 and will probably beef up for the fall. Defensively, it seems that they return 7 of their front 8. Weakness will again be defending the air. Both corners from 2024 are set to graduate in May. Pretty confident Winamac is 5th (could see them sneaking into the top 4). Caston looks to be improved, but will still out of the top 5. 7th will be decided week 9 in Culver when they play the Satellites I wouldn't be shocked to see 1A north once again be represented in Lucas Oil by the HNAC

Very happy for Ryan. Got to become friends with him calling basketball games for the school. To be honest the wider Lakeland community is pretty apathetic to sports, and the parents are absolute monsters to deal with. This will be a good step for him culture wise and he really deserves the community support. He's gonna put the work in, just needs the kids and community to back him.

Congratulations to all that have been selected Go NORTH Beat SOUTH Go Region 4 https://ifca.net/north-south-all-star-game/ Double Special shoutout to my Cousins kid RYAN GRAY of Chesterton on his selection !!!

Just a guess here as well, but I think he is just done with coaching for now. Coach Ward is a really good guy.