Carmel over Center Grove 20-17. Best game of the week and will probably come down to the last 2 minutes of the game.
Lawrence North over Lawrence Central 35-14.
LC is a bad team this year. Very undisciplined and poorly coached. Thankfully this game is at Lucas Oil Stadium so the LN students won’t rush the field and tear down the goal posts after the game like they did in 2003.
Warren Central and Ben Davis should both win by double digits.
Avon should win in a blowout IF they stay focused this week and don’t look ahead to the Brownsburg game. I trust that Mark Bless and his coaching staff will have Avon ready to play on Friday night.
Fishers and Brownsburg will both dominate their respective opponents.
Westfield by 7 over Zionsville in a very underrated game this week.
I made those predictions before last Friday’s games were played. I was trying to decide whether to pick Pioneer or Eastbrook as the 2A state finalist from the North. So of course I picked the wrong team. My 2A prediction is now Western Boone over Eastbrook. I don’t think any less of Eastbrook for losing a competitive game to an excellent team in Marion that I think will make the 4A State Finals this season.
Both Eric Moore and Jayson West are elite coaches. The way Eric Moore competes year in and year out with Carmel, Warren, and Ben Davis with a much smaller enrollment is incredible.
6A: Carmel over Brownsburg
5A: New Palestine over Valparaiso
4A: Mooresville over Marion
3A: West Lafayette over Gibson Southern
2A: Western Boone over Pioneer
1A: North Vermillion over South Adams
Delphi
Eastern Hancock
Mount Vernon
Pioneer
Tipton
Western
West Lafayette
McCutcheon
Tri-County
Taylor
Covington
Clinton Central
Rensselaer Central
Tri-West