littledog

Everyone is questioning what happened to Carrol but pioneer is just a good team that came out and executed their game plan. All of their losses are to really good teams.

I'm there will you on all these. I think Pioneer has been prepping for Carrol for a few weeks now. Hopefully they are fully healthy and can pull off the upset. North Miami will be the only other game within 4 scores. Still think they pull away late to win by a score or 2.

My guesses are: The North representative will be one of the 3 teams that had their season ended by Adams Central last year. (NJSP, MG or Carrol) South will be one of the 2 teams that had their season ended by Lutheran last year. (South putnam or Providence) Gut Says NJSP vs Providence in the title game but both teams will need to bring their A game each week. Both MG and South Putnam are BIG but i think they fall a game short. However, both teams have what it takes to win it all.

I'm thinking Carroll 35-0. Don't see Frontier scoring much on this battle tested Carrol team.

South Newton at North Judson- NJ and LaVille both have the easy draws to set up a rematch in the sectional final. Hopefully jays continue to keep their guys in shape. NJSP 60-0 South Central at Culver- Rematch of last week. Culver gets payback when it matters. 20-14 Pioneer at Caston- Pioneer put up more points on NJ than i thought they would and they'll put up as many as they want this game. Pioneer 46-7 Taylor at Winamac- The young warriors win in a close one. 28-27 Southwood at Triton- Triton's defense is too much . Triton 35-0 Blackhawk at North Miami- NM faces a terrbile blackhawk team. Gets a little extra preparation for their rematch with Triton in a few weeks. NM 48-0

Who takes over as coach for the Trojans?

I too would welcome them and would love having them in the conference. 2000-2009 they became Judsons main rival (outside of knox). It felt like every sport we were meeting them in the sectional championship. If Knox and LaVille did not leave the conference i feel they would of been a much better fit. Now, they may feel too big for the HNAC.

i believe so.

Culver at South Central - Think culver dominates the line of scrimmage and pulls out the win by a couple scores. Culver 35-20 North Judson at Pioneer- Didn't realize Pioneer's numbers were what they were. Hopefully both teams just stay healthy for the playoff run. - NJSP 48-0 Triton at North Miami- Should be a good game. Look for Triton's defense to make more stops though. Triton 28-19 Winamac at Caston- Winamac wins this one. 35-21

Caston at North Judson - Jays roll on senior night. Caston should have a good matchup next week with Winamac. 56-0 North Miami at Culver- Warriors ground game is too much for the Cavaliers. 40-14 Pioneer at Triton- Game of the week for sure. Right now i think it's a pretty close matchup but Pioneer probably has the better offense. Pioneer 21-7 South Central at Winamac- SCUM stays winless in the conference. 35-14

Agreed. The downfall about Liberty field is long journey for the visitors. maybe it’s done on purpose.. 😉

I didn’t say it wasn’t a rivalry. Take offense to it if you want but this time it wasn’t meant to be. Judson just takes it as another game against an opponent. Not just in football either.’ Prime example is last years basketball game. Judson was flat all game And showed very little emotion. Meanwhile Winamac stormed the court for a regular season win.

Do any of the underdogs score this week? Culver at Pioneer- Panthers continue to round into form. Pioneer 48-0 South Central at North Miami- NM has turned out to be a good addition to the conference. 42-0 Triton at Caston- Win streak ends here. Triton rebounds with another strong defensive effort. 35-0 Winamac at North Judson- This game starts slow because Winamac always treats this like a Rivalry game and Judson does not. However, judson still wins big. 50-0

Judson won 40-0. You could tell early on that Triton’s game plan was to take away Benson. Which led to McDaniel having a huge night both running and passing. Just too many weapons on offense for the jays. The jays took over on defense and Triton had absolutely no clue what to do. Triton tried to take advantage and spread the field out and get to the spaces but Judson had answers every time. Triton certainly has a top defense in the state but offensively they have a WAYS to go.

Caston at Culver-Caston looks to build off last weeks win and have a 2 game winning streak running into the Triton week. Comets 28-13 Pioneer at South Central- Pioneer runs all over them and pulls out the shut out. 48-0 Winamac at North Miami- Warriors will win this game.. Think NM is too physical for the young team from Winamac. NM 28-7 North Judson at Triton- This game is typically a very good game. Triton comes out trying to prove they can match up in the trenches and it starts out close. However, Bluejays wear them down by the end of the 2nd quarter. 42-8

Judson up at half 48-0. Mixing in lots of young guys early.

Judson - Young guys get in very early. 56-0 Pioneer- NM had an early stop and a decent drive against NJ but couldn't finish it. If they come out and play like that first drive it could be a good game. Pioneer wins 33-14 SCUM- Satelites come in a little more battle tested and look forward to not playing one of the conferences top teams. 28-13 Triton- I was a little surprised Triton gave up 2 scores to SCUM. (might of been garbage time points, idk) Think they come out and want to shut out the Warriors. 38-0

Jimtown at Glenn - Surprisingly Jimtown may be the best team in the conference. Jimmies 35-6 LaVille at Bremen - First year in the new conference is rough for the Lancers. Don't look for them to have another win until week 9. Lions 28-7 Tippecanoe Valley at Knox - Knox rebounds after a loss last week. Redskins major weakness on defense is agaist the pass and it's not tippy's strong suit. Knox scores enough to pull out the win over a tough TV team. Knox 42-31

Culver at Winamac: Think the only other win Culver has a chance with is week 9 at SCUM. North Miami at North Judson: Impressed with North Miami's improvement so far but Jays roll. 48-8 Pioneer at Caston: Starts out close but Pioneer starts to pull away a little before halftime. 35-6 Triton at South Central: Nothing says welcome to a conference like playing the top 2 teams as your first 2 conference games. Triton Shuts them out. 42-0

That's been the case at winamac for years.

agreed. How did they look? I know they are big on the line but do they have any good skill guys? Haven't seen much on them other than the picture of their line so I'm curious.

This. Probably all blow outs. Look for the top 4 teams to try to clean up some of their mental mistakes and focus on getting some quality reps for their backups.

That’s a good win for NM. Looks like they may make a little noise in the HNAC.

Rough game for Judson as well even those they won by a few scores. Need to clean up the penalties but it’s still early. Thought their defense played great. Pioneer ran into a very good Knox team. I expected a blow out but not that kind of blowout. I expected a better outing from Triton.

I’m not sure about ratings but you are correct he now goes to Pioneer