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South Adams East Noble

East Noble Eastbrook New Prairie Lewis Cass

Merrillville Carmel Ben Davis Warren Central Valparaiso Fort Wayne Dwenger Bloomington South New Prairie East Noble Roncalli Mooresville Mishawaka Marian Chatard Danville Heritage Hills Eastbrook Western Boone Evansville Mater Dei Lafayette Central Catholic South Adams West Washington New Palestine Lewis Cass Lutheran

Cass Lafayette Central Catholic Andrean Chatard Penn Carmel Marion Knox North Judson North Vermillion

East Central at Mooresville

East Noble Adams Central South Adams

Marion Eastbrook South Adams Pendleton Heights

Ben Davis Bloomington South

After Avon’s close call against Zionsville, I was considering making Brownsburg the favorite in this game if they put up an impressive performance against Hamilton SE. But after Brownsburg’s poor showing against HSE, Avon is still the favorite to me to win this game. In general, I trust Avon in big games more than I do Brownsburg right now. In the previous 5 meetings they’ve played against each other in the tournament this decade, Avon has won all 5 games. Also, Brownsburg hasn’t won a sectional title since 2009 while Avon has won a sectional title in 3 of the previous 4 season. And I think Mark Bless is a better coach than John Hart. I know it sounds cliche, but I think this game will be determined by who wins the battle at the line of scrimmage. I also think Brownsburg needs to try and get an early lead to try and build some confidence. If this game is tied or within 3 points in the 4th quarter, I think Avon will have a mental advantage and make more plays than Brownsburg because of Avon’s success in these kinds of games compared to Brownsburg’s. I don’t think home field will be a factor in this game because it’s only a 10-15 minute bus ride from Avon to Brownsburg and Avon will probably have as many fans at this game as they do for a home game. Home field advantage plays a much bigger factor when teams and fans have to travel an hour or an hour and a half to get to a game. I get as a fan why you would be skeptical about your team’s chances to win this game. I myself think my LC team is going to lose at LN on Friday even though LC won the regular season meeting between the two teams. But from an objective perspective, I trust Avon in this spot more than I do Brownsburg. But Brownsburg could just as easily prove me dead wrong on Friday with the way 6A has gone this season. I do think that when these two teams play as well as they’re capable of playing, they’re the best two teams in class 6A. I predict that whoever wins this game goes on to win the 6A title. To the players of both Avon and Brownsburg: Leave every single thing you have out there on the field on Friday night. What you do in this game will create memories that will last for the rest of your life.

Peru South Adams Adams Central East Noble NorthWood Mississinewa Marion Fort Wayne Concordia

Cass Lafayette Central Catholic Eastbrook Rensselaer Central West Lafayette Knox Western Warsaw Carmel Fishers Avon Andrean Merrillville

Mississinewa Eastbrook Eastern Madison-Grant

Crispus Attucks 35, Beech Grove 28 Charlestown 7, Brownstown Central 6 West Vigo 32, Indian Creek 29

Southport Franklin Central Cathedral Decatur Central Bloomington North Bloomington South

The MIC has so much parity this year it’s virtually impossible to rank the top half of the conference in order. Ironically, the team with the best point differential in the MIC is 5th place Center Grove at +49 points. Regardless of their record, I still think Center Grove is capable of beating anybody in the 6A tournament. Opponents that overlook them are gonna be in a lot of trouble.

Delta Oak Hill Tipton Eastbrook Alexandria Madison-Grant

West Lafayette Rensselaer Central Tipton Lafayette Central Catholic Hanover Central Eastern Hobart Greenfield-Central Oak Hill River Forest Cass Heritage

New Haven Heritage Bluffton Eastside South Adams Monroe Central Adams Central East Noble DeKalb Leo Fort Wayne South Norwell

Final predictions before the tournament starts: 6A: Avon over Homestead 5A: New Palestine over Valparaiso 4A: East Noble over Mooresville 3A: Chatard over Heritage Hills 2A: Cass over Western Boone 1A: South Adams over Lutheran

Eastbrook Madison-Grant Mississinewa Alexandria

6A: Merrillville vs. Homestead 5A: Valparaiso vs. Fort Wayne Dwenger 4A: New Prairie vs. East Noble 3A: Mishawaka Marian vs. Chatard 2A: Cass vs. Eastbrook 1A: Lafayette Central Catholic vs. South Adams

West Lafayette Crawfordsville Marion Muncie Central Eastern Hancock Western Rensselaer Central Benton Central Hamilton Heights Northview

Adams Central Jay County South Adams Bluffton New Haven East Noble Columbia City Leo

Carmel Cathedral Warren Central North Central Lawrence North

I agree with you that the MIC will be strong again in 2020, but Avon and Brownsburg will both return a lot of key juniors and be even better in 2020 than they are this year. Off the top of my head here’s who I know each team returns: Both teams’ QBs are juniors who are receiving Division I offers. Avon returns offensive lineman Blake Fisher who is committed to Notre Dame. Brownsburg returns WR Preston Terrell who is committed to Purdue, and OL Josh Sales who also has D1 offers. I think Warren, Ben Davis, and CG will be better teams and contenders next year, but Avon and Brownsburg will still probably be the best 2 teams in class 6A in 2020.