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Have you been to a regional or semi state championship game at Ben Davis or Warren Central? No crowd for those schools whatsoever

Should be another exciting season in the MIC. Lots of talent as always. It’ll be interesting come tournament time with all MIC schools going south. Here are my predictions on final MIC standings: 1. Center Grove 2. Carmel 3. Warren 4. North Central 5. Ben Davis 6. Pike 7. LN 8. LC Thoughts?

Teams should take note on scrimmaging on Friday the 14th with no fans rather than Saturday with fans

I never said all teams need inter squad scrimmages. I’m saying that’s just what Warren decided to do. I just think for teams to be smart and have their scrimmages on Friday with no fans

Carmel is big for everyone. Fishers and HSE are big as well. probably getting way too deep into this because it is what it is and I think the conferences do a good job right now. I’m just someone who believes conferences should be based more off of geography. With still the thought of size of school. I think there are multiple ways you could divide up the Indy metro schools for closer drives and varying up competitive play.

9. Still leaves a non conference football game. However, I would like to see Carmel join that conference and take out Franklin Central

I would not turn them down no. I’m just simply stating what they have is solid.

I realize there might already be a thread about this, but I felt it was important to start a new one as the talk has ramped up and the start to football is getting closer. As the guidelines by the state and IHSAA has stated, the Friday date of the scrimmages this year will fall under the no fans allowed phase. The next day, Saturday, fans will be allowed to attend. There has been talks of whether or not to move the scrimmages to the Saturday to allow fans. In my opinion, this would be a mistake from teams to do this. Scrimmages on that Friday are supposed to be a practice game that culminates all factors of a normal gameday experience. Going to school all day, after school meal, getting body and mind ready, then playing your game. By moving to Saturday, players and coaches do not get to practice this. Also, having a scrimmage on Saturday eliminates another day of preparation for week 1, shortens the week down, maybe not a chance to watch the game film from the scrimmage. Not to mention if there is an injury or a banged up player, one less day to heal for the big opener of week 1. I get that fans and family want to watch the scrimmage, but for the overall team aspect and preparation it only hurts. I saw where CG and Avon are sticking to their Friday scrimmage with no fans. I also got news that Warren Central and Carmel have called off their scrimmage because Warren did not wish to scrimmage on Saturday At Carmel. They will now scrimmage themselves on that Friday. These are Smart moves by these programs and other teams should take note.

Good point. The other township schools have pretty much maxed out on their numbers. All other HCC member schools are continuing to grow rapidly. HSE, Fishers, Avon, Brownsburg are really growing into large schools. Noblesville is over 3,000 students. Not sure how fast they are growing anymore, but it’s a big school. Westfield and Zionsville are the smallest schools in the conference, but enrollment numbers are rising significantly at a fast rate.

The conference is great the way it is now. The schools and travel are all similar. Franklin Central is the outlier, but the size of the school makes it work.

I have a hard time seeing that. Whiteland and Franklin are fine where they are. It would be really hard to ask schools to make that drive to Columbus or vise versa. Think about Columbus to Westfield or Zionsville. Baseball, softball, tennis, volleyball matches in the middle of the week would not be fun

It was only just for fun. however there is absolutely no way Columbus North joins the HCC. Does not make sense at all. And never will Tech join a conference like the MIC. School fluctuates sizes too much.

How about this: New conference with, Decatur Central, Perry, Southport, Roncalli, Tech, New PAL, Columbus North, Franklin Central. Mid- state picks up Bloomington North and Bloomington South. just for fun. Thoughts?

In Perry’s defense, Conference Indiana is folding. It may not be a 6A conference for football but other sports I do think it works for. Conference Indiana will eventually be defunct. I look for a new conference to be formed around the metro area.

The Dragons are the champs until they get knocked off. They deserve that top tier status. However, it’ll be a lot more challenging this year for them and I think 5A will be an exciting class to see who makes it to Lucas Oil

I’m just saying southport and Perry are the same school district like the other schools you mentioned. Franklin Central is a separate district, but yes I know what you mean. I don’t know if Perry is the worst job in 6A. Great paying district I might add. I do think they have a huge hill to climb and by them playing in the mid state it will definitely be more of a challenge come tournament time. However, I think they hired a good coach in Brett Cooper And if they can continue to get players out and start being competitive, that program can improve That’s why I feel it is important for those schools to do well in the tournament this year while Carmel is south. I’ll throw Westfield in that mix as well.

Give it time with these coaches. They were hired for a reason And have had success. You mentioned Zionsville as well and I’m curious to see that school grow. Great school district and I feel they made a great hire last year. Won a tough 6A sectional over brownsburg. That could be a place that grows into something big as well.

*southport and Perry meridian. But I get what you are saying. I do feel HSE and Fishers are different just because of pure size of the schools and the type of district compared to those others. Give these new coaches some time. They have had success and were hired for a reason.

HSE and Fishers are getting to the point of mega schools. Enrollment is large and continuing to grow.

There are a lot of variables that will determine who goes where for 2021 and 2022 Sectionals. I think it’ll be very interesting who moves up and down and then where each team is placed. Central Indiana will be very tough in determining sectional alignments.

I agree. It’ll be interesting to see how they can do in 5A. Looks like they have a top OL and a top Runningback. Back juniors

I personally feel you could put Lawrence North in this mix as they have some serious offensive talent for this year. However, they still need to prove they can win consistently

1. CG 2. Brownsburg 3. Carmel 4. Avon 5. Warren Central

CG will get their from the south. It’s up for grabs in the north. I’ll give the upper hand to Penn and Westfield (just a hunch). I think Brownsburg is in a must win state championship situation. They have almost the amount of talent that CG does in my opinion. And they will definitely have pressure to finally get there.

I think that looks about right. Valpo is also very close with their enrollment