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There was talk of building a new football/soccer complex out by one of the elementary schools. Allegedly already had the land purchased (if my memory serves me right) and was ready to move forward but the town voted it down. There's an increasing amount of families living in Washington that send their kids over to Barr-Reeve, so I can only speculate that didn't help the cause. As an alum, I'd rather see them invest in Hatchet Hallow and give it a face lift. @DumfriesYMCAis right, it's a very cool field and I have fond memories of playing there. I think it was a WPA project from the 1930s. I know the away seating has been replaced with nice new bleachers recently. Last year they took a step in the right direction by covering parts of that concrete track with some old hand-me-down turf from somewhere else. Looked significantly better than having that ugly thing visible; also probably made it a bit easier to land on. I can recall many bloodied arms and ripped pants from skidding on that rack. A pipe dream for me would be to see Hatchet Hallow rip up that track and get turf all the way up to the stands. I love the way it looks at the Reitz Bowl and I think it'd look just as nice there.Would be a huge boost for the entire program, which also just took control of the youth league from the local YMCA.

Hey DT, Thanks for all the quality interviews and offseason content. I've learned a lot reading your writeups. Just want to let you know that they are appreciated.

Doesn't happen often but it does happen, when Reitz is good and especially if Reitz and Mater Dei are good the crowd can exceed 10,000. I think it has held 12k or 13k on occasion.

I’ve been to several games there and it’s hands down the best HS FB venue in the state. Looking forward to working my first game there this year.

Also in 2015, when both Reitz and MD were undefeated and ranked #1 in their respective classes, it was completely packed as well. The environment and buzz from that type of crowd at the high school level is unmatched.

Conference Indiana did back when it was a 10 team league from 1998-2005. They always played a seven game conference schedule. The North Central Conference always plays a seven game schedule despite having ten teams.

Or he could have become a “preferred walk”on victim. Glad to see the Jackrabbits pluck a cherry from Indiana.

I'm not sure a MAC program could match SDSU's atmosphere.

Not sure how many have saw the interview with WANE 15 & Mr. Knapke. It has gone viral and is just awesome. That's a great teammate.

Here ya go Colts fans

I did. Who was judging? Easy there ☘️.

It’s the Shamrock Series game this year.

This is very good, Cappy. The Reitz Bowl had lights in 1931!!!! My grandparents didnt have lights in the house in 1931😃

Do I check major media outlets? Yep. You’re trying too hard geezer. Go mow the lawn again.

Sadly, it’s plastered all over every major media news outlet. Shouldn’t be newsworthy for an Olympian to publicly show pride in competing for her country, but here we are. (But you already knew that.)

Can't believe all the olympic aficionado's haven't posted about wrestler, Tamyra Mensah-Stock. Is it because of her post gold medal interview where she proclaims her love and adoration for the country she is representing. The GREATEST country on Earth....THE USA! Great job young lady!

EDIT: The Irish should be favored in at least 11 games this year.

The twisties are the new yips.

Was happy for this young lady. Remembered her at age 17 in the Rio Olympics 5 years ago. Great race breaking a world record last night with a total of 3 women very close as you indicated. They mentioned her father just had a heart transplant.

FCS is D1....2 classifications. SDSU's conference, the Missouri Valley (also home to Indiana State & power North Dakota State) has held their own over the years against FBS schools. This is a pretty good source for listing FCS wins over FBS schools. https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets

Completely agree. I’ve always said conferences should have their teams play each other an equal number of times. If your conference is too big to allow that then maybe you shouldn’t have that many teams to begin with. However, it always comes down to money. The more you can get the less people care about things like balanced conference schedules.

Which creates chaos when it comes to unbalanced schedules, meaning non-deserving teams are sometimes in contention for conference titles. The SEC is about to find out and the Big Ten already has.

Get off your arse and make the drive down highway 41. Words cannot do it justice. You must see it to fully appreciate it.

Friend of mine in Baugo Township said Jimtown has between 65-70 players out. Great to see them reverse the numbers trend they had be experiencing.

Back in the day, HS boys would take their girlfriends up there at night to watch the submarine races in the Ohio River. I can neither confirm nor deny this rumor.

That is what I meant, since their size is little bit similar

Try this out for information on the bowl... I believe the Grids very own @Rudywould know about everything Reitz and Reitz Bowl related. Reitz Bowl (reitzfootball.com)

http://www.evansvilleliving.com/articles/gridiron-history

It began as a retaining wall dug into the hill upon which Reitz High School sits. Shortly after it was created, somebody suggested it would be a good venue for a football stadium. The main grandstand is concrete that goes nearly halfway around the field. There is also a smaller visitor bleacher opposite. It seats about 10,000. Both Reitz and Mater Dei play their home games there. UE once played their home games there as well. It also played home to the “Refrigerator Bowl” postseason college football game. The river you see is the nearby Ohio. There are some great elevated views of the river from atop the Bowl.

New York City Adopts Vaccine Passports https://reason.com/2021/08/03/new-york-city-adopts-vaccine-passports/ Well, I won't be visiting New York City anytime soon. And yes, I am fully vaccinated. Have been since late May.

I'm thinking the futures bet on ND over 8.5 wins seems like a lock, no?

There isn't any place like it in Indiana. My favorite HS football stadium in Indiana.

This race was great to watch. Any of the first 3 could have won.

They still haven’t renovated that field? man…I hope they get around to it…I remember playing there and it’s a cool field…it’s just been in tough shape for a while

Speaking of that, is there any discussion of Washington making an investment to upgrade Hatchet Hollow? It could be a nice program boost.

@DT, would you be willing to put a post on your FB page written by one of the mods, explaining what the GID is, with the idea of driving traffic to this site? Sort of sharing the wealth. Keep up the great work.

2A No. 1 Andrean with linebacker Drayk Bowen at 6A No. 7 Merrillville on opening night, August 20

Rory Heltsley picked up his 4th D1 offer today! This time from Dayton currently has 3 FCS offers and 1 FBS offer offer list is Air Force Dayton Morehead State Brown university this kid is really building up a ton of momentum from last year into this season. Congrats to him!

They did not replace the lights. But they need to badly. Foot Candle levels are way below industry standards at almost every point of the playing field. Even Enlow is better lit.