Kamikaze

Cascade may have been a surprise, BUT anyone who was paying attention knew that South Putnam was probably the team to beat in 1A last season.

Amen!

CJ Sanchez (North Judson), DL, signed with Ball State. He didn't play for the Bluejays this season because of an injury before week 1.

North Judson encourages their football players to be in multiple sports. Their coaches don't just talk-the-talk but they walk-the-walk. Head Coach Lambert is also the head track coach. D-coordinator Coach McGowen is the head wrestling coach and track assistant coach. Assistant Coach Harper is the head baseball coach. Assistant Coach Hampton is the head golf coach and assistant basketball. Needless to say the football players find a way to lift weights 12 months of the year.

Interesting...Spanky Roth has been sighted flying over North Judson practices every time the Jays play Winamac!

North Judson definitely treats this game like a rivalry. However, the Bluejays have come out kind of flat the last two seasons. They almost lost last year's game. Littledog is right that the Bluejays haven't played like it the past two seasons.

Chirping? Pun intended I'm sure. I didn't realize the Bluejays were so confident the past couple of seasons leading up to AC. Everyone I talked to knows that Adams Central is a great program. You must be communicating with the wrong Bluejay fans. The Jays would love to have the opportunity to play in a semi-state again, but they have a LOT of work to do to make that happen!

Maybe 4 TDs with no conversions?

North Judson will play Knox week 1 and LaVille 2.

FWIW, North Judson is on central time.

Coach Lambert often says that they run the flexbone, but it resembles a wing-t offense sometimes as well. The fullback gets the ball as much as the defense will allow him to.

Pioneer was crowned conference champs after the 2020 season. It was decided at the principal/AD meeting. Last year was a 3-way tie between Pioneer, North Judson, and Winamac. Luckily for all of us Covid hasn't been an issue this year.

That's what she said?! 🤣

Coach Lambert fully expected to win the sectional game against Winamac last year long before he ever saw a weather forecast!

Not enough players to play this Friday. Calumet Christian has been lined-up since Monday. Other schools were also contacted, but they had the same issue as North Newton. It's sad that schools can't even field football teams anymore. Calumet Christian beat Hammond Noll a couple of weeks ago. They play Bowman Academy in a couple of weeks. Otherwise, they play a lot of non-IHSAA Christian/homeschool schools. They could be better than what NN would have brought, if healthy.