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Friday, Oct. 9 Carmel at Warren Central ©, 7 pm Center Grove at Lawrence North ©, 7 pm Lawrence Central at Ben Davis ©, 7 pm Pike at North Central ©, 7 p Carmel vs Warren----Carmel by 14+ CG vs LN--CG by 28+ LC vs BD- BD by 35+ Pike vs North Central- Pike by 7

Nope reclassification took place last year. Because of Elkhart consolidation, they got put in 6A for one season, which then forced Zionsville to bump down to 5A, and Carmel talking their place in the South sectional w/Avon, Bburg, and Pike.

Interesting tidbit about BD so far: 2-0 against township schools (Warren & Pike) 0-3 against suburban schools (#1 CG, #2 Bburg, and Avon)

NC: 35 Carmel: 21 CG: 56 LC: 0 BD: 35 LN: 21 Pike: 21 Warren: 14

Warren the last 6 years: David Bell (2019)-Purdue Justin Britt (2019)- Iowa Julius Brents (2018)- IOWA Mykelti Williams (2016)- Notre Dame Warren also had one of the best teams in IN HS history in 2018, that went 14-0 and was ranked #3 in the nation at the end of the season, with several players committing to FCS Schools.

BD in the last 6 years: Daylan Carnell (SR)-Committed to Mizzou Keylen Davis (JR)-Multiple Big10 and SEC Offers Delbert Mimms (2019)- NC State Dawand Jones (2019)-Ohio State Broc Thompson (2018)- Marshall Elijah Ball (2018)- Purdue Jonny Adams (2018)--Cal Reese Taylor (2018)-IU LeShaun Minor (2017) IU Pompey Coleman (2017)- Mizzou Chris Evans (2016)-Michigan Stori Emerson (2016) Miami of OH Asmar Bilal (2015) ND, just got activated to the Chargers Roster If that's a downturn in talent, I think 99.5% schools in Indiana would take this.

Center Grove: 21 Ben Davis: 14 Warren: 13 LC: 0 LN: 42 NC: 38 Pike: 24 Carmel: 21 I think BD has finally turned the corner. Their QB threw for 350 and rushed for over 100 yds against a solid Pike Team. Think they make this a competitive game against CG. Warren's defensive is legit. Did they find a new spark with moving their TE to QB? Maybe enough to score a few points and hold a struggling LC team. LN's performance against LC was an aberration due to being a rivalry game. North Central was in a shoot-out with a good HSE team. See the same thing happening again this week against LN. Who can get a stop late in the game? Pike is a quality squad and think they can get the running game rolling against a Carmel team that is still trying to find its identity, offensively and defensively.

CG wins a low-scoring affair. Their defense is legit with two book-end DEs. Is Cathedral THAT good to put up 44 on a solid Carmel D? BD cleans up their mistakes from their past two games and gets a much-needed win against a solid Pike squad. NC wins by 2-3 TDs. The inexperience of the Warriors will show in the first few games and then progressively get better as the season goes on. LN puts up whatever # they want offensively and routs their rival.

Exactly, one would hope! Just crazy to me how each county is so drastically different with their Covid-restrictions when it comes down to a positive test on a team. The Mid-State, and SIAC, are probably the two best 4A-5A conferences in the state...Add two power programs in Mt. Vernon/New Pal OR BSouth/BNorth, it'd only make their competitive profile even more impressive! Hoping Coach Spinks and Indian Creek can pull of the W against the Woodmen this Friday.

For #2, I believe BD has only been lifting since last week, while Brownsburg was able to get into the weightroom their first week back in July.....wonder if that could have played a part in the lopsided outcome of the game.

Perry vs Southport is cancelled due to a Southport player testing positive for Covid.

CG/GS. Week 2. Make it happen.

Haha I get it! CN/GS will be a good game though!

Decatur/Guerin Week 2 as of a few minutes ago.

If we're on borrowed time with a season, wish teams would just play their Week 1 opponent this Saturday, instead of playing a scrimmage.

Hearing lots of good things on the Southside about the Roncalli Football Team (SJW strikes again) and the new regime under Coach Rodenberg. Bringing some Roncalli legends into the fold as part of the coaching staff and a blue-collar mentality that has been lacking (1 state championship in the last 15 years). Chatard, to me, has been the best Catholic school program in the last 20 years. The Cathedral Swarm may come at me for this but Chatard having 500-ish students should not compete with their 4A-6A schedule, yet they keep reloading and competing with schools that have 2x-4x their enrollment. Cathedral has their pick of Indianapolis while Chatard pulls their kids primarily from the North Archdiocese. Their gritty mentality, cultivated by Dilley, Lorenzano, and Doyle, should be the gold-standard for football programs punching above their weight class.

This nickname change has been about two years in the making. I'm hearing that the Roncalli Rams is the #1 replacement for Rebels and there's already mock-ups of the new nickname. And "Rebel03" is absolutely correct... Quite a bit of Confederate imagery was at Roncalli in the 80s and 90s, with a few images of Robbie "The Confederate General" still in classrooms throughout the school in 2020. Even though the Confederate imagery was outlawed in the 90s, some Roncalli students kept the association of being on the South of Indy and the Confederacy Rebels. If only Roncalli put their time and energy to more important issues that are plaguing the school, but apparently being PC is more important....

Kyle McGhee, announced as HC at Carroll Flora. Believe he is the youngest HC in the state (24 yrs old).

Also, how many Indiana HS teams have ended up ranked in the top 10 NATIONALLY in the last 30 years? Obviously, a few BD and Warren teams, is there anyone else?

18 Warren? George, Romeir, and Bell, were pretty special. Any dominant New Pal teams we wanna throw in there as well? Any of the 2010-2013 Cathedral teams? 2018 West Lafayette? 2014 RC team (earn some brownie points w/Coach Nowlin and Meeks.) 2009-2011 LCC teams? Some of y'all would be able to give better insight than I.

Brett Law team in '88 that dominant as well? Totally forgot about Luers, they just had dudes ALLL over the field lol.

What about smaller classes? '18 Pioneer team w/Kizer, any of the LCC teams during their run.... Who else?

Here's another fun topic that can distract us from what's going around us. But who is the BEST team in Indiana HS Football History? Ben Davis Twitter account posted a thread of their 1991 Team, who ended up as National Champs. https://twitter.com/BenDavisFB/status/1243172114724786179 It might be fun to talk about the best teams by individual class as well (1A-6A)

I think it may depend on what your opponents do...It's going to be hard to make my HC a full-time teacher AND be successful as a football coach if none of the HC's I play against are full-time teachers.

Pictures of a few of my favorite stadiums around the Indy area. People have already posted CG and Westfield stadium pictures but here's 4 that I think are very nice venues with great atmospheres.