scarab527

The Pirates are playing very well right now, what they did to Jeff last week was impressive. I think they take this one.

I can confirm that Hobart did indeed score 5 defensive touchdowns last week, no clue as to whether that’s a record or not.

I don’t consider Indy and its suburbs to be in the north. Yes, it’s a border case, but most of those schools play in the South and the only reason some play in the North is to make the tournament work.

Not many people saw them beating Penn, but they did, I think the game this week will be pretty good. As for the other point, Chatard, per Sagarin, is the 7th best team in the state overall, it doesn’t matter that they’re in 3A. I would also dispute that they lost “pretty badly” to Chatard. And by the “big boys of 6A” who do you mean, the MIC and the top of the HCC? I said the northern half of the state, no one is talking about those teams.

Exciting times for the region. If Chesterton and Merrillville win I think that’s a big statement for the quality region football compared to the rest of the northern half of the state. I picked Hanover before the tournament started but now I must agree that seeing Calumet pull this out would be great. I remember playing there when I was at Andrean, and a kid on their team broke his leg horribly because of the wretched field conditions. I saw last week they’ve got turf now. Coach Good has done a tremendous job with that program and the school is clearly supporting him. Hoping all these teams stay safe and healthy this week.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Valpo 21 Michigan City 14 Final

Chesterton will beat Penn for the first time in school history

Hobart 63 West Side 0 Half. Hobart defense has 5 TDS 😳

This game sounds great

Valpo 10 Michigan City 7 start of 3Q

I was impressed, never been to WHS before. I must admit I can’t even remember the last time I was in the town of Whiting. Nicer than I remembered. Then I drove past the refinery on the watch home...

Penn ties it at 14 with Chesterton, 4Q

Calumet 14- Knox 6 Half Trojans stop the kingsmen on 4th down

Chesterton 14- Penn 7, Penn driving into Trojan territory, about end of 3Q

Rensselaer 10- Wheeler 6 Half

Andrean 38-0 over Whiting at half

Nicky Flesher with the punt return TD, 14-0 Andrean with 4 min to go in 1Q

Not even this year, Penn by 3 touchdowns.

Perhaps, you might get some kids to come out for sports they otherwise wouldn’t have, but I doubt it’d be a drastic increase, some kids just don’t have interest in sports. I would also counter that by breaking up a large school, you could just as easily be taking away athletic opportunities (in terms of being competitive, etc) from kids, as well as other opportunities outside of sports for kids who don’t even play. And trying to nerf the MIC teams by splitting their teams in half is a pretty ridiculous suggestion if you ask me.

Well, first I doubt if a school wasn’t competing in a higher class in sports that just by breaking into smaller schools they’d be competitive. Second, we’ve seen Elkhart and soon Hammond consolidate, and I’d expect we’ll continue to see consolidations in the next few years. The larger the tax base the better the school so there’s no reason for these schools to break up just for an attempt at better athletic success.

Why would covid make teams want to do this? Also, would these suggestions actually limit travel? For example, the DAC already spans 3 counties, I highly doubt they’ll want to add another county and a whole other time zone. Those teams coming to the NCC wouldn’t decrease travel for the teams in the conference, as well as adding nothing in terms of competition while taking away non-conference games. Don’t see the sense in teams trying to get to closed conferences just because of covid.

New Prairie also out as Plymouth wins 36-20, must admit I’m surprised, thought it was one of these teams sectional to lose.

Drayk Bowen intercepts the speed option pitch (or is that a fumble recovery?) and takes it to the house, 41-0 Andrean over Boone Grove with 1:15 left in the 1st half

Whatever helps you sleep at night. In a couple weeks it won’t be speculation.