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Center Grove 28 Oakland 10 Final Oakland was #31 in the nation and had won 4 of the last 5 big school state championships in Tennessee. Oakland's head coach was 111-7 entering tonight's game.

Bremen 41-7 F over SB Washington 28-7 F win over Mishawaka

Absolutely ridiculous to change them midseason.

Given stories I've heard, "stalker" might be a more apropos term.

Plus Carmel and Center Grove... 6-2 last week. Avon @ Ben Davis: Avon hung tough with a solid LN outfit at home last week but came up short whereas BD made the statement of the early season in throttling one of Ohio's best. Giants may be due for a let down and I expect a bit of a slow start before they begin to roll. BD wins 42-17. Christian Brothers (MO) @ Carmel: Hounds get Missouri power CBC and their high powered offense. A pair of high level Big Ten recruits on each side of the ball including a WR headed to Ohio State. I do think the travel and the fact that this is CBC's first contest whereas Carmel has already played bodes well for the 'Hounds but I think they come up short here. CBC wins 34-23. Fishers @ Pike: A second straight blowout likely for Fishers as they get the "other" MIC bottom feeder, albeit an improved Pike squad. The Red Devils will rely heavily on the home field to keep this one close, but I just don't see it. Tigers roll 38-13. Fort Wayne North @ Lawrence North: Speaking of high level recruits. North Side was without their combo last week and is rumored to once again be shorthanded on the bus ride to Indy this weekend. Sorry but that is a recipe for disaster against a MIC outfit like LN. Wish them a speedy recovery but gimme the Wildcats here 30-14. Hamilton Southeastern @ North Central: Royals got revenge on their homefield last week avenging 2022's semi-state loss to Carroll. They'll breathe easier this week as the work in progress that is NC awaits. Royals win 49-7. Oakland (TN) @ Center Grove: Don't know a ton about the Tennessee squad other than the fact that they appear in the national polls. I like CG on their homefield regardless in what I can only describe as a homer pick. CG wins 23-21. Warren Central @ Carroll (Fort Wayne): Don't know where to start here but I never thought I would see big bad Warren Central get bullied at the line of scrimmage and then have inadequate speed against ANYONE, but here we are. Taking nothing away from Snider but that final score shocked me. It doesn't get any easier this week as the Warriors travel to Carroll. Gut check time for the Warriors and though I think they'll improve week by week, I have to take Carroll here. Chargers win 28-20. Westfield @ Lawrence Central: An underrated game on the schedule and two teams coming off blowout wins and looking to get into the state title discussion. I could see this one going either way and am going to take the easy way out and take the home team by 3 in what could also be viewed as a mild upset. Bears win 30-27.

Brownsburg on the verge of blowing Cathedral out. 35-17 Brownsburg driving. Still 3rd quarter.

End of the 3rd Q New Haven 28 Luers 0

Pushed back until 8

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12 yard TD run for North after East fumbled it away to give them a short field. 7-0 with 4:47 left in the first quarter.

So, we can all thank the insane heat for giving us Friday night lights instead of Friday night sunset...

Awesome! Will watch game from home. The visitors side at Brownsburg Stadium are metal bleachers DIRECTLY in the sun, I can't stand up to an hour of that unless this was a playoff game!

BNL (0-1) at 5A #9/#10 Bloomington North (1-0) Brown County (0-1) at Jennings County (1-0) 3A #1 Christian Academy of Louisville (1-0) at New Albany (0-1) Columbus North (0-1) at Columbus East (0-1) Seymour (0-1) at Jeffersonville (0-1) Terre Haute South (0-1) at Floyd Central (0-1)

I mean... we watch film, and come up with game plans/ideas/everything before the season starts for sectional opponents... This is not something the IHSAA should have done, and if so, it should have been done no later than the end of last school year, but it is the IHSAA. Who has been disadvantaged by the timing? Umm BNL, pretty substantially.

My wife is the North trainer and is 6 months pregnant. My reason for wanting the games out of the heat, as much as possible.

East Noble want's this game...........bad. Panthers better be ready to put their best foot forward.

IHSAATV.org has it listed now, and it schedule to begin at 7:10.

Lol, this team has a long way to go to be mentioned among Snider's elite. The comparisons to the 04' team was really just about a good ground attack, a QB who can run, and a good defense. The mention of Snider's best teams was just conversation only. Does this team have that kind of potential? I don't see why not. But they'd have to run the table the rest of the way to have any chance of entering Top 5, or even Top 10 for that matter.

That's what I'm thinking. I fully expect a game against Dwenger in sectionals would be just as tough if not more so that playing Columbia City. I think Sectional 19 definitely got tougher with the change.

I'll tell you who will win by a ton tonight. Southridge. I am friends with a bunch of folks over there and after the week those boys have had, they will be ready to take their aggression out on Boonville. It is an understatement to say that Coach B wasn't happy with his 20ish seniors after last Friday. I'm glad we aren't playing Southridge again this week....I digress, talk for a different thread. Represent the PAC and bring the BOOM across the Wabash tonight!

Think we need to tamper the current team comparison to the all-time years of past. Lets see how they compare when 12-13 games are complete.

I going with Center Grove 24 Oakland 21 (Homer pick) Oakland is 3-time defending 6a state champions from Tennessee and has won 4 out of the last 5. If you like Wing-t football CG vs Oakland is the game to see, they both run a modified wing-t. Last year team stats: Oakland Rushing: 4304, Passing: 1665 and CG Rushing: 3543, Passing: 2289. Oakland is mostly a running team but can pass when needed. Oakland has a lot of team speed. RBs can get outside and have breakaway speed to create big plays and defense is fast at closing on ball carriers. Keys for CG: These are all my opinion, and I am not anywhere near an expert. Also, these Opinions are based on what I have seen as of today. I am very aware that Center Grove Will be a better team come playoff time. Running game needs to improve. Last week CG had 100 yards rushing and most of that came from 2 RBs, 40 and 50 yards. You have to go back to 2009 for a year CG has had no 1000-yard rusher, but even that year they had 3 players over 700 yds. I don’t see a 1000-yard rusher this year, Hope CG proves me wrong!!! Rap up tackles. IMO CG gave up too many yards after contact against St. Ed. Keep Oakland speedy big play RBs from getting outside. Pass defense: Oakland is mainly a running team but can pass when needed. CG needs to not give up big plays. CG has struggled in this area. Last year 4 times CG gave up more than 350 receiving yards. Improve pass protection. St Ed had a lot of pressure on CG’s QB last week, not putting all the blame on DL. IMO CG does not read the defense and adjust very well during play. CG needs more out of their passing game. They have a good set of receivers. Oakland players to watch. (from 247) 2024 Duce Hewitt TE 6-3 / 240 3-Star Jake Riggs IOL 6-4 / 260 3-Star Stephen Ellison S 5-11 / 185 3-Star 2025 Kaden Mowl OT 6-7 / 330 3-Star Aivery Haynesworth RB 6-2 / 190 3-Star Daune Morris SE 5' 10" / 175 lbs 4-star

While I get they have eight weeks to get ready for sectionals, they’re also having to gameplan for their upcoming weekly opponents. I’ve never coached so I don’t have this insight but I wonder if coaches scout and prepare for sectional opponents in the offseason. Obviously teams and players change year to year but I get the sense that schemes are generally the same. Maybe that’s what BNL is alluding to here. I agree that there still would’ve been an outcry but I, and many others, think it looks worse by waiting to do this in the middle of the season. The IHSAA had known for awhile that they needed to make a decision on the matter. Why wait until now? Dwenger had literally been getting votes in the 5A polls the last two weeks. And as far as the decision itself is concerned, making a change in the middle of a classification period, rather than during the reclassification, opens the door to criticism. Again, I get what they were thinking but the consequences of this are a three-team sectional. That’s not ideal for anyone. If it can be helped, no team should have to sit out two straight weeks in the postseason. This could’ve been helped.

Bloomington north JC KY Columbus N. Seymour Terre Haute

Columbus North leans on “we are a 6A school”, and “we play big boy football”. They have 1 6A team on their schedule and it’s Southport who hasn’t won a game in over 2 years.

All joking aside, good luck against Tell City tonight. It should be a battle.

True..idk why cyo teams seem to play better during tourney time..even with that, I don't see them taking that sectional..

That is odd to do it so late in the game. Sectional/Regional changes for wrestling came out yesterday but that season is still a few months away.

Volleyball is pretty heavy in East's favor. I think baseball is pretty well split from time to time. Probably depends on groups of kids that have grown up playing together?

Or a few recruits, but that is neither here nor there… 🤣

4A is where they belong, but I dont see them making any noise in sectionals this year. 19 is packed and to be honest, Dwenger isn't "Dwenger" as of late.....not sure this move is going to strike fear in anyone in that sectional, at least not this year

Talked to a co worker who's son plays for Schmucker 8th grade team. HE said they got beat this week by Goshen by 3 touchdowns. Said Goshen had over 40 players and were really well coached. Maybe the future is bright for coach Wogomon at Goshen.

Bloomington North Jennings County CAL Columbus North Seymour Terre Haute South

BNL Jennings County Christian Academy of Louisville Columbus North Seymour Terre Haute South

HH sure could have used more tough guys like you the last few years....

Yep and that’s the worst part about all this. Getting the bye to the championship means you have two weeks off. Not ideal. Just ask Warsaw about that.

https://www.wbiw.com/2023/08/24/ihsaa-switches-bnl-to-sectional-24-for-upcoming-postseason-tournament-in-class-4a/?fbclid=IwAR0F1cFMSBtk8xOfJsy7aHTKkG5SOFCxY1d7lPYOAfpvA03L5WTLmEK12uk_aem_AePcFicbbSWbiJ0uShZskHsaEQo_T2PHmnUe87-2W6Zl6Z1f1n1q6I052LP0G0_9nYk Not sure if you guys saw this but it looks like the IHSAA’s late decision to move Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger down to 4A for this postseason is affecting the sectional assignments for several other 4A teams. Connersville will now get bumped to sectional 23 which bumps BNL over to sectional 24 with the Evansville area schools.

Anyone that calls themselves a football princess has to be hot. State law!

Nikki Haley Burned Trump and Her Fellow Republicans for Blowing Up the Debt. She's Right. https://reason.com/2023/08/23/nikki-haley-burned-trump-and-her-fellow-republicans-for-blowing-up-the-debt-shes-right/ Agreed. Uni-party to the max. Neither side really cares about the nation debt anymore. And that is going to destroy this country.

Kind of cool:

If you're Plymouth you may want to consider cancelling all outside activities for the remainder of the season

Have @Titan32 take you down to the old red covered bridge sometime, you can pet mosquito's while exploring Gibson County History

No disrespect to the Knights, but picking them over Snider after what the Panthers did to Warren last week is pure lunacy.

Are you sure it wasn’t “Johnny Cash Night” at the game?

I hope not...I have coached for 14 years and we are 1-4 on Saturday...lol...jinx

Kentucky isn’t in the Midwest 😉

1) The time is the time. I don't have the time to complain about time zones. That's something above my pay grade. 2) I'd really be shocked if most games aren't pushed back an hour or so if it's going to continue to be extremely hot on Friday.

As a fellow PLAC guy he's exciting and fun to watch. Also I cant wait for him to graduate. 🤣