littledog

Would love to see the old NJSP/RCHS rivalry restored.

You think? I’d flip flop it. both very tough teams though. interesting enough, both teams had a big let down last year in playoffs. Did those losses fuel this 2025 run?

It looked like mostly the speed and quickness of the d line. They did have a lot of mental mistakes like false starts but that’ll happen when you feel overwhelmed.

Yes and he never stood a chance. D line consistently dominated and was often in the backfield before he got to the line. Even King Henry isn’t doing much then.

Guess I'd be a terrible weatherman because I didn't see that. Does Luers throw the ball at all?

Weather looks like it's going to be fairly nice!

Did we say that they wouldn't have seen a team like Pioneer? What a wild out of the blue comparison to a team from week 1. Let's hope Pioneer isn't half the team that Marion Local is because that would result in a 2-3 score win like i predicted. I want it to be a close game as I like good football.

They'll put pressure on them. I think Pioneer wins this game by 2-3 scores. SA definitely has a really good passing attack. QB can sling it better than any 1A QB i've seen in a while.

Pioneer controls the game if everyone is healthy. South Putnam rolls Milan. Ultimately I think SP wins it all this year.

Yeah, their defense kept them in a lot of games this year. Offensive timing and turnovers were the achilles heal for the jays in their games against decent squads. That often happens when you have a fairly young team like they did. I give this team a lot of credit for continuing to fight all season long. They had a huge blow week 1 when they lost their best player and D1 commit. Lambert will have them locked in this offseason and look for the Jays to be an extremely tough out the next 2 years.

Mostly because the majority people in the north who have been following 1A expected Pioneer to be the team playing at Semi state instead of NJ or LaVille. LaVille will be a tough out though.

Superior offense. They've been my 1A North pick since week 2 when they gave Knox their toughest game of the year. (ok...maybe one of the toughest) LaVille is battle tested and one of the hottest 1A teams but Pioneer is a well oiled machine. I didn't realize it was at LaVille so that'll make it closer but I still expect Pioneer to win this game.

I think both knox and Pioneer win by a few scores.

Agree with you. SP wins this game easily and don't think the score will be close.

I think he breaks it this week. The only concern for this game is how Knox's defense fairs against Griffith's offense. I think they get the job done but could be a high scoring affair!

Laville at North judson- Glad this game is at NJ, weird things tend to happen when played at LaVille. Judson better bring their A game because LaVille may be one of the hottest teams in 1A right now. Still think the jays win. 24-14 Frontier at Pioneer- #2 vs #3. Could be a big game but i think Pioneer wins this by 3ish scores. It's impressive what Coach Barron has done there at Frontier but tthey don't have teams like Pioneer in the MWC. 49-21 Southwood at North Miami- NM should win this one. Southwood could make it a game for a bit but NM pulls away shortly after half. 28-7 Triton at Fremont- Fremont has lost to anyone wiht a decent record so their record is a little misleading. As long as the Trojans don't spend too much on next weeks prep they should win easily. 31-7

It seems like the majority of teams have adopted these from what I have witnessed. Once tournament time comes around they often switch back to old school.

Fairly certain he tore his ACL and possibly a few things but I could be wrong.

No sir. LaVille coming in playing some good ball after being battle tested in a 3a conference all season long. Judson beat them by 1 score in week 2 but it's been a long time since then. I have all the faith in the world in Lambert to have the boys prepared and ready to play but kids are kids... Maybe the Pioneer butt kicking last week will be a good reminder they have to come out ready to play from the jump.

Laville at Culver: LaVille coming into the sectional playing great football and may be the sectional favorite, Culver can hang their hat on their upset win over Caston. 35-0 NJSP at SCUM: Battle of the abbreviations ends in a blowout. NJ better bring their A game against LaVille or they will be going home early for the first time since 2020. 52-12 Pioneer at Caston: Pioneer is focused and on a mission since last years sectional meltdown. 34-0 Carroll at Winamac: Winamac's season comes to an end. Curious to see if this will be the end of Burgess' time at Winamac. 41- 13 North Miami at Northfield: NM has the best draw of the sectional. Shoudl cruise into the championship week when they'll face either Triton or Fremont. 52-6 Southern Wells at Triton: Triton should win but Southern wells does play a tough scheduled so they are battle tested. They'll have a tough matchup next week with Fremont. 20-7

The game was what i expected. I figured Judson would have a hard time trying to stop the panthers on D. Jays shot themselves in the foot early but Pioneer came out and dominated them. Do think Christensen came in and game them a spark at the QB position and i liked what i saw there. We'll see if they stick with that or continue with Harper.

Culver at North Miami - NM wins easily. May start slow due to looking at next weeks matchup but Culver can't matchup with the Warriors. 35-6 North Judson at Caston- Loved the effort from NJSP last week after an ugly game verse Triton the week before. Caston may get a score but not much more. 40-7 Triton at Pioneer- I think it'll be close for most of the game with senior night and the amount of distractions. However, Pioneer pulls away late in the 3rd and Tritons lack of offensive firepower is their undoing. 35-14 Winamac at South Central- Warriors 35-0

Caston at Triton- I get talked up on Caston every year and then they come out and lay an egg like last week. Triton is too much for the Comets. 34-0 NJSP at Winamac- Even with Judson's lack of offensive flow I think they beat the Warriors with a running clock. I would like to see Christensen sprinkled in more throughout this game at QB for an added wrinkle and see how that can help them. Lambert knows his team best though. 33-6 North Miami at South Central- NM has their subs in at the half. 56-8 Pioneer at Culver- Culver had a good win last week but Pioneer is the team to beat this year in the HNAC and possibly the 1A North. 56-0

There isn't much place for any of the teams to go. If one were to leave to a bigger conference they would more than likely get beat up in the other sports too badly.

Top 4 teams in the conference just seperate themselves way too much from the rest of the conference. From the outside looking in people often wonder why the teams haven't made the move but from all other sports the conference is mostly competitive across the board. I think Triton and NJ can end up being a close one. Judson's young guns are still figuring things out offensively but if they put it together I see them winning by a few scores.