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The biggest difference why Center Grove was able to beat Cathedral in the tournament and Brownsburg couldn't: Physical and mental toughness, especially the mental toughness. It's embedded in Center Grove's culture, all the way down to the bantam leagues. It's why Center Grove is about to 3-peat and why Brownsburg will never reach the state finals as long as John Hart is their head coach. Hats off to Eric Moore and the Center Grove program. They've earned the right to be the favorite in the 6A tournament every year until somebody finally beats them.

This game is going to come down to how well Center Grove can run the ball against Cathedral's defense, which will allow Center Grove to control the time of possession and keep the ball out of Danny O'Neil's hands. Feels like this game could be destined for overtime.

HSE wins this game by at least 3 touchdowns.

Hamilton Southeastern Center Grove New Prairie Roncalli Chatard Andrean Evansville Mater Dei Adams Central

Whiteland -13.5 Linton-Stockton +5.5

Carroll Hamilton Southeastern Brownsburg Merrillville Kokomo New Palestine West Lafayette Andrean Evansville Mater Dei North Decatur

Castle +20.5 East Central -21.5 Southridge +7.5 Evansville Mater Dei Linton-Stockton -21.5

West Lafayette Lafayette Central Catholic Carroll (Flora) Crown Point Valparaiso Plainfield Whiteland Roncalli Jimtown Scecina

North +7.5 Memorial Mater Dei -14.5 Pike Central +41.5 Southridge -6.5 Tecumseh Linton-Stockton -13.5

Danville Scecina Lutheran

Were the games last week listed as 3 point games or 2 point games? Never mind this post I screwed up the math.

I went 11-4 last week and 217 plus 33 equals 240 points.

Well obviously Owen Valley was the better team tonight, I'm asking for a breakdown of how the game transpired and what Owen Valley did well and what Gibson Southern didn't do well in the game.

What happened to Gibson Southern tonight? I'm absolutely shocked at this final score.

Upsets happen every year in the tournament, but I have a better chance of replacing Shaquille Leonard in the Colts' starting lineup than Anderson does beating North Side on Friday.

North -14.5 Castle -28.5 Memorial +7.5 Reitz -15.5 Owen Valley +12.5 West Vigo +6.5 Southridge -35.5 Heritage Hills -3.5 Paoli +13.5 Mater Dei -31.5

Roncalli has to be kicking themselves for losing in the regional last season to Mount Vernon. Otherwise, they'd be the favorites to win the 5A state title this season and wouldn't have to go through New Palestine to be state champions.

Chatard Kokomo West Lafayette Lafayette Central Catholic Rochester Tipton Zionsville Plainfield Northridge Gibson Southern Andrean North Vermillion Brebeuf Sullivan Warsaw

Speedway Sullivan Triton Central Scecina Lutheran

Columbus North Bloomington North Bloomington South Evansville North Castle Martinsville

I think whoever wins the Fort Wayne North at Fort Wayne Snider game in the sectional finals wins the state championship. I tend to think that Snider wins that game based off of previous tournament history. Whiteland should make it to Lucas Oil Stadium from the south side of the bracket, but Franklin and Bloomington South will give them tough challenges.

My Picks: Sectional Champs: Crown Point Carroll Hamilton SE Carmel Brownsburg Cathedral Warren Central Center Grove Regional Champs: Carroll Carmel Cathedral Center Grove Semi-State Champs: Carmel Center Grove State Champion: Center Grove The biggest storyline in the 6A tournament to me is: Can a Hoosier Crossroads Conference team finally win a state championship in the largest classification for the first time since Fishers in 2010? However, until I see one of those teams finally win class 6A, then I am going to give Center Grove, Carmel, Cathedral, and Ben Davis the benefit of the doubt over them. I think there's a very strong chance the winner of the Center Grove-Cathedral rematch wins its third consecutive state title.

Memorial -30.5 Harrison +12.5 Reitz -42.5 Gibson Southern -14.5 Perry Central +24.5 Owen Valley -7.5 Pike Central +13.5 Southridge -20.5 Forest Park +21.5 Tecumseh +27.5

How did Merrillville get blown out by Chesterton last Friday?

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