LC_Bears_04

Projected winners: Memorial Mater Dei Reitz Castle North

I think the 5A state title game at Lucas Oil will be Merrillville vs. Whiteland. The size of Whiteland's linemen will give an undersized Castle team a lot of problems.

Bedford North Lawrence Floyd Central New Albany Columbus East

Sectional 2 is easily the most balanced and unpredictable sectional in the state. It's the only sectional in the state where any team can beat any of the other teams in it.

Evansville Reitz Chatard Linton-Stockton Westfield Merrillville Brown County Whiteland Springs Valley Homestead Mishawaka Marian

Cass Lafayette Central Catholic North Montgomery Hamilton Heights Tipton West Lafayette Kokomo McCutcheon Andrean Merrillville

Great response by Whiteland last night to beat LN and help rally their community after Thursday's events. They look like the clear favorites on the south side of the bracket to get to the 5A state title game.

Ben Davis over Avon by 3 TDs Cathedral returns some really talented players at the skill positions and Kendrick Gilbert on the D-Line, but they graduated a lot of players from the O-Line and the defense. Brownsburg returns 15 starters and is more experienced than Cathedral this early in the season. If Brownsburg is going to win this game, Jayden Whitaker needs to complete the passes that he missed in the 4th quarter against Ben Davis, and Brownsburg's defense needs to not give up the big play and keep everything in front of them. I would probably use bracket coverage on Jaron Tibbs most of the game. At the risk of having egg on my face, I'm picking Brownsburg to win by 3 points. However, if Brownsburg gets by Ben Davis in the sectionals and plays Cathedral in the regional, I'm confident that Cathedral will win the rematch in November. Roncalli over Franklin Central by 2 TDs Westfield over LC by two scores. Now, after the beating they took in the trenches from New Palestine, the question with Westfield becomes: Did they have two spectacular seasons because of a generational senior class with Maximus Webster, Micah Hauser, and Popeye Williams and go back to finishing in the middle of the pack in their conference, or does Westfield have the talent in their feeder system to compete among the top 5 teams in the state annually, and eventually win a state title before the end of the decade? Hopefully the later is true. Zionsville over Lebanon by 4 TDs Noblesville over Benet Academy by 7 points HSE over North Central by 4 TDs Fishers over Pike by 3 TDs

Ben Davis over Avon by 3 TDs Carmel over Center Grove by 3 points Detroit King has Dante Moore and Warren Central doesn't. Detroit King wins by 2 TDs Westfield over LC by two scores LN over Whiteland by 7 points HSE over North Central by 4 TDs Fishers over Pike by 3 TDs

New Palestine by 21 over Decatur Central LN by 7 over Whiteland Mooresville by 35 over Danville Franklin by 3 over Mount Vernon Harrison by 7 over Plainfield Bloomington South by 17 over Martinsville Greenwood by 28 over Indian Creek Perry Meridian by 14 over Southport

Castle +14.5 Central -28.5 North +15.5 Reitz -12.5 Perry Central +6.5 New Albany +28.5 Tecumseh -25.5 North Posey -22.5 Southridge -6.5 Heritage Hills -27.5

Mooresville Eastside Fort Wayne Snider Roncalli Brownsburg Owen Valley LaVille Crown Point Evansville Reitz Brebeuf

Mater Dei Central Jasper Memorial Reitz

Only mentioned it because @hhpatriot04forgot to include me in the pick em standings.

Leo Central Noble Churubusco Eastside South Bend Adams Fremont Garrett over DeKalb Prairie Heights West Noble

I went 8-2 in my picks in week 1.

Rensselaer Central Seeger Twin Lakes Tipton West Lafayette Western Boone Cass Eastern Hamilton Heights Guerin Catholic Attica Sheridan

Bloomington North Columbus North Louisville Manual Seymour Jennings County Gibson Southern

Beech Grove Lutheran Monrovia Speedway Triton Central

North Side Luers Snider Northrop Homestead

New Palestine dominated Westfield in the trenches. New Pal rushed for about 300 yards with two D1 tackles that are 290 pounds each.

Zionsville beat Pike 31-24 in double overtime. But it shouldn't have gotten to that point as Pike missed a field goal at the end of regulation but Zionsville ran into the kicker and Pike got a second chance to make the kick.

Reitz North Mater Dei Vincennes Lincoln Memorial

Carroll Concordia Snider Homestead Dwenger

Bloomington South Bell County South Dearborn Louisville Male Martinsville Greenwood Whiteland