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Brownsburg by 17 over Franklin Central Hamilton SE by 14 over Avon Noblesville by 3 over Fishers Westfield by 21 over Zionsville

Jeffersonville New Albany Columbus East Floyd Central

McCutcheon Benton Central Lafayette Central Catholic Linton-Stockton West Lafayette Woodstock Tipton Lake Station Clinton Prairie North Vermillion

Avon: Beat defending state champion Ben Davis 29-28 in overtime. Terre Haute North: Ended a 14 game losing streak and beat Mooresville 36-32.

Greenfield-Central New Palestine Pendleton Heights Delta

Mater Dei North Reitz Castle Memorial

Terre Haute South Columbus North Bloomington South

Speedway Lutheran Scecina Monrovia

Snider Dwenger Luers Carroll Homestead

Lafayette Central Catholic over Ritter @CoachDurham

Ben Davis should respond from their disappointing loss to Cathedral with a beatdown of Avon. Brownsburg at Cathedral: This is the toughest big game to pick in Central Indiana on Friday night. Since it's August, I'll go with Brownsburg to win by 3 points. If this was November, I'd pick Cathedral to win the game. Carmel at Westfield: Westfield proved they are a state title contender with a win a Center Grove last week. Normally, this is a spot for a letdown. However, every team in Hamilton County gets up to play Carmel. If Carmel couldn't beat Westfield the previous 2 seasons, they sure as hell aren't doing it this season. Westfield avoids a letdown and wins by 14-17 points. Franklin Central beats Roncalli by 14 points. LC at Zionsville: LC only lost to LN by 7. Zionsville wasn't competitive against Pike. LC should win by about 7 points. Noblesville at Homestead: Noblesville beat Homestead last season 42-0. It can't be that bad this season right? Noblesville wins by 14. Hamilton SE blows out North Central. Pike at Fishers: Pike showed signs of improvement last week against Zionsville. Fishers had a dominant first half against North Central. Fishers wins by 10 points.

Ben Davis should respond from their disappointing loss to Cathedral with a beatdown of Avon. Carmel at Westfield: Westfield proved they are a state title contender with a win a Center Grove last week. Normally, this is a spot for a letdown. However, every team in Hamilton County gets up to play Carmel. If Carmel couldn't beat Westfield the previous 2 seasons, they sure as hell aren't doing it this season. Westfield avoids a letdown and wins by 14-17 points. Carroll at Center Grove: Carroll got ran over figuratively and literally by Hamilton SE. And now they have to play a pissed off Center Grove team. If HSE can run through Carroll, so should Center Grove's wing-T offense. Center Grove cruises by 21-28 points. LC at Zionsville: LC only lost to LN by 7. Zionsville wasn't competitive against Pike. LC should win by about 7 points. LN blows out Fort Wayne North. Hamilton SE blows out North Central. Pike at Fishers: Pike showed signs of improvement last week against Zionsville. Fishers had a dominant first half against North Central. Fishers wins by 10 points. Warsaw at Warren Central: I don't see how Warsaw is gonna run the ball on Warren's defense. Warren's offense has also had a week to get the kinks out. Warren Central wins by 17-21 points.

Beech Grove Bloomington North Columbus North Terre Haute South Seymour New Albany

In 6A, I don't get how Lake Central is receiving votes. Also, Center Grove is ranked too low and Carmel is ranked too high.

Bloomington North Columbus North Bloomington South Terre Haute South Perry Meridian Mooresville

Rensselaer Central Twin Lakes Logansport Seeger Tipton West Lafayette Western Boone Winamac Sullivan Knox Triton Central

Whiteland New Palestine Bloomington South Greenwood Perry Meridian Mooresville Plainfield Franklin

Beech Grove Covenant Christian Lutheran Lafayette Central Catholic Heritage Christian Monrovia Speedway Triton Central

Cathedral 24, Ben Davis 6 Columbus North 41, Decatur Central 15 Lafayette Jeff 41, Avon 28

Westfield reloaded with talent. Center Grove is still a top 5 team. We may have a chance of a rematch of this game in November at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Picking the games straight up, I'll go with: Bosse Jasper Castle Reitz Memorial

I had the same record, but I called the Westfield win! Though I do feel pretty dumb about picking Carroll over HSE. Went to the Westfield-Center Grove game. Center Grove's offense controlled game early in 1st half, but then big plays got Westfield back in the game. WR Gabe Aramboles threw a long TD pass to Parker Knott, then Westfield capitalized on a strip sack and a muffed punt by Center Grove to take the lead going into halftime. Westfield got another long TD pass in the third quarter then got enough stops on defense after making halftime adjustments to get the win.

Pendleton Heights New Palestine Greenfield-Central Franklin Yorktown New Castle Shelbyville Delta

Center Grove Cincinnati Moeller Snider Eastbrook Luers Northrop South Bend St. Joseph Lawrence North Noblesville Wayne

Lawrence North won 33-26.