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  1. We need to do a better job of educating our young people on drivers education.... I have seen in the past 3 months a huge increase in the number of student athletes dying in car accidents. We lost 3 young people at North Central, Then Terre Haute lost a student, then East Central and now most recently, KeShawn Smith of Bethany Christian. Admittedly, I do not know the specifics behind each accident. In North Central case, excessive speed was the issue, I read in KeShawn's case his vehicle crossed the center line. I think we need to take a long look at our drivers education process. When I was in school, you had to log hours upon hours in the car with the instructor. Nowadays, parents are just signing off on drive time hours and kids are getting behind the wheel. I had to have a discussion with a student this year while I was at NC about stopping when the school bus arms where extended - even if you are on the other side of the road. I do not know the answers... but I am saddened and sickened that we are losing so many young people behind the wheel and I am left with 100 unanswered questions in the aftermath of devastation.. Its been 6 student athlete related deaths behind the wheel in Indiana since December that I'm aware of. Players reading this forum. Please slow down, Please wait to send the text, wait to change that song on your phone, Please do not drive distracted. We love you and when we lose you, please understand a piece of us dies as well. When I was notified by Kegan's mother he has passed, I collapsed, my soul and spirit was crushed. I can honestly say that it changed me as a coach, and as a man. Speaking at his service was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I know that I never want to hang another jersey in my office of a player we lost too soon - We need to do a better job as educators, parents, and adults of helping our young people understand and respect the privileged of driving. We need to take the extra time as parents to make sure we are truly preparing our young people as they get behind the wheel. We need to do a better job...
    6 points
  2. Remember Takes a lot longer to turn around a cruise ship then it does a speed boat.
    4 points
  3. We will likely be 4A - But I agree Muda69 - Love my job!
    4 points
  4. http://www.sullivan-times.com/news/article/id/31128 Congrats to Brad Hudson! Brad was approved to be the next head football coach at NC ... Brad was a valuable member of my staff while I was at NC! He will do well for the TBirds!
    3 points
  5. http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/quick resources/Enrollments & Classifications/football schools 19-20.pdf
    3 points
  6. 3 points
  7. As a Pop Warner Coach I welcome this at these levels. One of the most difficult things to get a younger player to do at that age is to get into a proper stance. Often times this is simply due to geometry of a growing body. Their bodies just aren't built to get into a proper stance. This leads to kids who either squat like a frog; or kids who get their butts up, but can't lift their heads to see what is in front of them.
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  8. A stab at 1A 41: Gary Roosevelt, Lake Station, South Central, North Judson, Culver, West Central, Winamac, Triton 42: North White, Tri-County, Frontier, Carroll (F), Caston, South Newton, Lafayette Catholic, Clinton Central 43: Fremont, Churubusco, Adams Central, South Adams, Southern Wells, Southwood, Northfield, North Miami 44: Indiana Deaf, Park Tudor, Traders Point, Sheridan, Madison-Grant, Tri-Central, Taylor, Clinton Prairie 45: Wes-Del, Knightstown, Tri, Cambridge City Lincoln, Hagerstown, Anderson Prep, Monroe Central, Union City 46: Edinburgh, North Decatur, South Decatur, Milan, Oldenburg Academy, Lutheran, Tindley, Covenant Christian 47: Cloverdale, South Putnam, Riverton Parke, Parke Heritage, North Vermillion, Fountain Central, Covington, Attica 48: Tecumseh, Perry Central, North Central (F), Springs Valley, West Washington, North Daviess, Eastern Greene, Rock Creek Nope, same school. I screwed up. I missed somebody somewhere.
    2 points
  9. There will be "one" school operating under one number beginning in 2020-2021. There will only be one softball team for Elkhart, one swimming team, etc-that all begins that school year. The next year, 2021-2022, is when the merged campuses will officially open (grades 10-12 at current Memorial location, grade 9 at current Central location). There is only one more school year, 2019-2020, of Memorial and Central fielding their own teams.
    2 points
  10. Mueller found 'em: Mueller Says He Has Obtained Trump’s SAT Scores https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/mueller-says-he-has-obtained-trumps-sat-scores?fbclid=IwAR0QgGHFYRD69yNugP8ZJZNDoFfH3XcpIs-K8zBBf0eCTwWC_9OKPLATywA
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  11. How places still offer on site classrooms? I know at Rensselaer, Coach Meeks has continued the traditional Drivers Ed course as it was made for in the 80s. Full on classroom, videos, discussions, but what I think really is good is he brings in County/City/State police who come with the pictures of what fatalities look like, not from a movie, or cheesy video, actual photos from crash scenes and stories of HOW and WHY it happened. It is powerful stuff. He runs a session in Winter and Summer. How many families choose to have their son/daughters take it online?
    2 points
  12. Personally, at least from what I have seen, I have noticed that a lot of kids get their license as soon as they possibly can when they may not be ready for it. I think there is incredible pressure these days for a kid to have their license by the time they turn 16. If it’s not after school obligations they have, it’s a job they have to travel to. Besides all of this, it’s looked down upon to ride the bus as an upperclassmen or not have a car already. Bottomline, I just can’t help but think we are rushing many of these young kids into responsibilities they are not fully ready for....that’s not to say some of them are not ready, as I have seen plenty of kids more responsible than young adults my age. In no way am I saying any of these tragic deaths are a result of this, I’m only saying we, as a whole, should look to understand that not everyone matures the same and let these kids know they don’t have to get their license at the youngest possible age. It’s okay if they wait until 16 to get their permit and it’s okay if they get their probationary license at 18.
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  13. Or go back to a single class basketball tournament, like <insert your deity here> intended, but I digress.
    2 points
  14. See attached: More info in the Coaches Forum 2019 Region Clinic Speakers.pdf Region IV Clinic STD.pdf
    1 point
  15. Put the phone away. I wish the consequence for anyone under 18 who is caught texting and driving would be to lose their license for 1 year. I see it in our school parking lot every single day.
    1 point
  16. Even if it's not intentional I think you would be smart to do something like this. The defense shouldn't gain an advantage for doing something like this either accidental or intentional. This scenario is why the NCAA rule sets the play clock at 40 for defensive injuries or helmets off at any point during the game. Keep in mind though this would have been an issue with the 25-second play clock as well. The play clock wouldn't have been started until after he game clock was under 25 and it would have started with 35 seconds instead.
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  17. Myself and 3 other retired teachers work for a local Driver Education company that took over when Twin Lakes decided not to offer driver education any more because of the expense of the program. The state of Indiana is one of a hand full of states that no longer requires or provides money to local schools for education credit for a LIFETIME SKILL. When I taught in South Carolina every student was scheduled into driver education. The school was a larger school and had 6 driver education instructors, also taught other courses, BUT the state provided funds for this. Indiana no longer sees the need of driver education in the school system but encourages schools to drop their programs and let outside companies take this over. Last I was aware of over half of the school corporations in the state have dropped their summer DE programs. We have laws that if a student takes DE he/she can get their license 6 months earlier BUT I have found at least half of our local students just get their permit and wait the extra 6 months to get their license. Meanwhile we have students from Frontier, Tri County, West Central, Lafayette, Logansport, Rensselaer, Winamac, Pioneer, North White, Delphi, and Carroll that come to us because we are open year round and can meet their needs as several of these schools only offer DE in the summer OR have dropped their programs all together. The next big problem, and I take my hat off to Chris Meeks at Rensselaer, is that the state now encourages students to take the classroom portion of DE Online. The company I work for offers the classroom opportunity but we can not get anyone to sign up for the classroom. Having looked at that program I do not believe it is near as good as what Chris is doing. All the small things he does, outside speakers/discussion/examples, etc., are much more effective that an online class a student can do in a couple of weeks with no verbal feedback. It is no wonder Indiana continues to be one of the leaders nationally in student accidents. We still require 6 hours in the car with and instructor and the 50 hour log with parents that to many just sign off on. I don't know what the answer is other than bringing a LIFETIME SKILL back into the school setting or changing the laws where students must complete a DE course. I also believe moving the age back to 17 is a good thing to look at and if you do not complete a DE course then wait until you are 18 to get a license. I know of to many situations here and in other local communities where parents tried to teach their children to drive while they themselves had forgotten many rules of the road but thought they could handle it, only to see their child be involved in a deadly wreck. These are my opinions. Disagree if you wish. I have said to much.
    1 point
  18. You cant give 3 offensive rebounds at free throw line in closing minutes and win, We do even decent on boards we win game so I'm sure improving that part of the game will be a priority in the summer.
    1 point
  19. Anyone who has driven to Indy on US 31 knows that Westfield has great facilities and they've had success lately as well.
    1 point
  20. My guess at 4A: 17-ECC, Gary West, Morton, Gavit, Highland, Griffith, Lowell, Hobart 18-Clay, St. Joe, Riley, New Prarie, Plymouth, NorthWood, Culver, Kankakee Valley 19 or 20-East Noble, Angola, DeKalb, Leo, Wayne, South, New Haven, Northridge 19 or 20-Logansport, Huntington North, Mississinewa, Marion, Jay County, Columbia City, Wawasee, Delta 21-Western, Lebanon, Frankfort, Shortridge, Cathedral, Crispus Attucks, Mooresville, Martinsville 22-Greenfield-Central, Beech Grove, Roncalli, Greenwood, New Castle, Muncie Central, Mt. Vernon, Pendleton Heights 23-Richmond, Connersville, East Central, South Dearborn, Jennings County, Madison, Silver Creek, Shelbyville 24- Ev. Reitz, Ev. Central, Ev. Harrison, Ev. Memorial, Boonville, Jasper, Northview made more sense to send Northview south than Silver Creek west. Plus, this splits Cathedral and Roncalli. (I know. Pipe dream that won’t happen, but it makes a lot of sense on the map.)
    1 point
  21. Bobby Cox is embarrassing as a leader. The IHSAA could have easily not granted the waiver. I agree that the bulk of the blame rests with the school and this kids parents but the IHSAA has quite a bit of culpability.
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  23. My stab at 2A. Again, things are a bit tricky in the south. 33: Whiting, Hammond Noll, Gary Bowman, Andrean, Wheeler, Boone Grove, North Newton, Rensselaer 34: LaVille, Bremen, Fairfield, Central Noble, Prairie Heights, Eastside, Woodlan, FW Luers, 35: Rochester, Pioneer, Delphi, Cass, Wabash, Manchester, Whitko, Bluffton 36: Eastbrook, Blackford, Eastern (H), Tipton, Frankton, Lapel, Winchester, Elwood 37: Northeastern, Union County, Centerville, Eastern Hancock, Triton Central, Heritage Christian, Scecina, Shenandoah, I. Howe 38: Seeger, South Vermillion, Southmont, Western Boone, North Putnam, Cascade, Monrovia, Speedway, 39: Mitchell, Paoli, Eastern, Clarksville, Providence, Switzerland County, Pekin Eastern, Triton Central 40: North Posey, Ev. Mater Dei, South Spencer, Tell City, Linton, North Knox, Forest Park, Crawford County Not sure what happened there but that's corrected now. If you zoom in, the ones on top of each other are separated. Each school's site is marked with a pin and some are pretty close together.
    1 point
  24. My stab at the 2A North- Sectional 33- Andrean, Boone Grove, Bowman Academy, Hammond Bishop Noll, North Newton, Rensselaer Central, Wheeler, Whiting Sectional 34- Bremen, Central Noble, Eastside, Fairfield, LaVille, Luers, Praire Heights, Woodlan Sectional 35- Bluffton, Delphi, Lewis Cass, Manchester, Pioneer, Rochester, Wabash, Whitko Sectional 36- Alexandria, Blackford, Eastern (Greentown), Eastbrook, Elwood, Frankton, Tipton, Winchester
    1 point
  25. My stab at 4A 17: East Chicago, Hammond Gavit, Hammond Morton, Gary West, Highland, Griffith, Hobart, Lowell 18: Kankakee Valley, New Prairie, Culver Academy, Plymouth, SB Riley, SB St. Joseph, SB Clay, NorthWood 19: Northridge, Wawasee, East Noble, Angola, DeKalb, Columbia City, Leo, New Haven 20: FW South, FW Wayne, Huntington North, Logansport, Western, Marion, Mississinewa, Delta 21: Northview, Martinsville, Mooresville, Cathedral, Roncalli, Crispus Attucks, Shortridge, Beech Grove 22: New Castle, Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon, Pendleton Heights, Muncie Central, Frankfort, Lebanon 23: Madison, Jennings County, East Central, South Dearborn, Shelbyville, Connersville, Richmond, Greenwood 24: Ev. Reitz, Ev. Memorial, Ev. Harrison, Ev. Central, Boonville, Jasper, Silver Creek 3A has a LOT of gray area, especially in the north. Lots of clumps of 5-6 schools together. The realignment committee has its work cut out for it. 25: Hammond Clark, Hammond, Calumet, River Forest, Hanover Central, Knox, Glenn, SB Washington 26: Mishawka Marian, Jimtown, Tippecanoe Valley, West Noble, Lakeland, Garrett, FW Concordia, Heritage 27: Bellmont, Norwell, Peru, Northwestern, Maconaquah, Oak Hill, Yorktown, Hamilton Heights 28: Benton Central, West Lafayette, North Montgomery, Crawfordsville, Guerin Catholic, Brebeuf, Twin Lakes 29: Sullivan, Edgewood, Owen Valley, West Vigo, Greencastle, Danville, Tri-West, I.Ritter 30: Lawrenceburg, Batesville, Franklin County, Greensburg, Rushville, I.Manual, I.Washington, I.Chatard 31: Corydon, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, Charlestown, Brownstown Central, Brown County, Southridge 32: Mt. Vernon (P), Ev. Bosse, Heritage Hills, Gibson Southern, Princeton, PIke Central, Vincennes, Washington
    1 point
  26. In conclusion, the repercussions/punishments for failing to register are virtually nonexistent and it is potentially saving millions in tax dollars for those denied federal aid. Seems like a win/win for taxpayers.
    1 point
  27. It should be pointed out, yes I have been on the GID that long.
    1 point
  28. I do? Pointing out SF's and others weird fascination with AOC is quite different than defending her policies.
    1 point
  29. Right on cue. Here's a map divided by class so you can begin gerrymandering (I mean, projecting the sectional fields) to your heart's content. https://drive.google.com/open?id=153gxokpw917Ny2QyJyMozaPMxkCQOyQb&usp=sharing
    1 point
  30. They have been released ... and Bosse is 3A. In case anyone was wondering.
    1 point
  31. Some days it feels more like a shrimp boat LOL
    1 point
  32. In the good old days my government high school alma mater had a driver's ed classroom, another room with 6-8 of those driving simulator pod things, and an outdoor driving course surrounded by a chain link fence. The course also had a tower an instructor could climb to view the course from above. Quite the setup now that I think about it, especially for a little 'ole rural high school.
    1 point
  33. lol. I see your point. Maybe a container ship is a better analogy...
    1 point
  34. I would suspect the same thing, when I saw the minutes of the executive session last week and not any mention, figured it would be next month. IFCA Board of Directors Spring Meeting next Friday, probably have some insight there
    1 point
  35. This is one interesting thread.
    1 point
  36. 1a. South Newton 2a. Lake Station 3a. Hammond Clark 4a. Gary West 5a. Greenfield-Central 6a. Jeffersonville
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  37. https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/bernie-sanders-health-care-rhetoric-rights/ Agreed. A fantastic commentary. Health care can never be a "right". That is not how the world, or the American concept of freedom, works.
    1 point
  38. @NPFB UC has offered 3 2022's. https://247sports.com/college/cincinnati/Season/2022-Football/Offers/ It has been my experience that mid-majors will make offers early when they think they've found that diamond, and by making early offers, the get that star that the big guys waited on. Unfortunately as I stated early, verbal commitments don't mean jack squat, and when the big guys come knocking.....see year later, I want to play on TV on Saturday night, not Thursday night.
    1 point
  39. Depends on which side of the Mason-Dixon line you're standing on.
    1 point
  40. Could the point also be argued that a factor in the Civil War was a fight over States having rights over the larger federal authority, and vice versa?
    1 point
  41. Actually, I'm quite serious if your meme was serious. I was pointing out that, in the broader schemes of things, that if the measurement for claiming that something doesn't work is that there's a problem, then the US is certainly in that same boat. BTW, doesn't matter if it's a democracy or republic ... if part tries to break away, obviously it was considered a "failure" for enough to turn it into a war.
    1 point
  42. So the US, when it had its Civil War, was also an admission that democracy doesn't work?
    1 point
  43. Or so you THOUGHT that was the ONLY human interaction. 😂 http://mentalfloss.com/article/565564/mcdonalds-touchscreen-menus-are-covered-poop-report-finds
    1 point
  44. As an outsider but from a neighboring county the story I’ve heard sounds like a classic case of small town politics. An excellent football coach decides to put the best players on the field and not a certain school board members boys.
    1 point
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