NLCTigerFan07

I really wish you'd stop pushing this. You are the only one who consistently does. I understand your arguement as to why it could potentially make sense for the Tigers when it comes to "preparing" them for a 6A state wide contender in football, but conference affiliations affect all sports, not just football. The NLC is a great spot for all Tiger athletics.

Along with Carroll vs. Center Grove

Well considering Carmel and Center Grove are now both Independent... they have the freedom to rearrange their schedules however they see fit. Merrillville (and most other schools in the state) are likely very stuck when it comes to their non-conference availability. As was stated previously, the DAC has their conference games all lined up weeks 3-9, so if Center Grove was trying to play Merrillville during those weeks, yeah, no duh they couldn't rearrange their schedule.

Didn't even think about that... but certainly not something to be overlooked.

Bleachers is an excellent book. It is Fiction, but one of my all time favorites.

Chesterton, maybe. But Ben Davis? Why on earth would Concordia even consider playing the Giants? That is definitely a mismatch if I ever saw one outside of the state championship Cadet team.

In all fairness, who's to say Warren won't continue to play either of those teams in their "non-conference" schedule as well? They'll have 4 weeks of non-conference action, and if hypothetically the Warriors 4 non-conference opponents were Center Grove, Carmel, Homestead and Snider? That would be a pretty solid non-conference line up for just about anyone in the state.

I saw that on Twitter - awesome opportunity for him. Selfishly (as a former small college player and coach) I would love to see him go to a NAIA or D2 level school. I think he could be an absolute STUD for any of those schools, but also would be hard pressed to turn down playing for the Golden Domers in your backyards while getting that ND education (he's a phenomenal student from per all accounts).

Then in 2024 and 2025, Warren Central plays Warsaw and Carroll their first two weeks. Also hearing potential rumors for a "big cat" out of confernece matchup in future years as well but nothing confirmed yet. I am sure plenty of discussions going on between a number of teams.

In the NLC, 5A schools Mishawaka and Concord do not have field turf.

This is an interesting question that I do not believe will ever happen, but IF Warsaw was not in the NLC, of all schools in the area I think Jimtown would be a good fit. They already play NorthWood and Concord in football and are competitive against both and typically play against Goshen in quite a few sports. Plymouth and Wawasee are not THAT much bigger than Jimtown either, so I see no reason why they couldn't fit right into the NLC on the absolutely hypothetical scenario of Warsaw leaving the conference.

1) It is not "Lake Life" - the lakes have always been here. There's not been some drastic change concerning that. This is grasping at straws. What lake is in Plymouth and Goshen pulling kids away from participating in football? 2) Warsaw will not be lured to Fort Wayne to join the SAC. You are the only one who ever brings this up. Across all athletics, the Tigers fit in well in the NLC and are more than prepared for any tournament runs in their respective sports. Football is the only one that would even remotely benefit, and that is not reason enough to move your entire athletics department to a new conference

If you think the Mishawaka joined the NLC for football only...

I guess to further clarify for every class, it isn't set at a firm enrollment number. Here's a simple example of 6 teams divided into 3 classes, based on the fact that there needs to be 2 teams in each class. Team A - 100 kids Team B - 80 kids _________________ Team C - 79 kids Team D - 70 kids _________________ Team E - 60 kids Team F - 35 kids Even though there is a difference of 1 kid between Team B and Team C, Team B is in the higher class becaus there needs to be 2 teams per class/division. In the IHSAA, it's roughly divided as such: Lets say there were 324 schools that play high school football in Indiana 32 Largest Schools - Class 6A Then they work from the bottom up. 64 Smallest Schools - Class 1A Next 64 Smallest to Largest Schools - Class 2A Next 64 Smallest to Largest Schools - Class 3A Next 64 Smallest to Largest Schools - Class 4A That leaves 36 remaining schools, and they get placed in Class 5A

Well every class will have a line drawn where X number of schools go into each class. In this example, it seems Seeger is above that line and Parke Heritage is below that line.

Thank you for the context/commentary @HHF

I am legitimately asking this since I am not all that familiar with the area... "White flight" from a school district that's one of the smallest in size geographically? Where are they moving? Literally just a few blocks over to Lake Central or Highland?

If this has been expected for a little while now (enough so to move to a smaller conference) - what are the driving forces here? I realize Griffith is kind of landlocked surrounded by Merrillville, Munster, Highland and the Hammond schools, but at the same time, to me that would mean their enrollment would stay rather consistent?

You're joking right? There's no reason why the IHSAA would put Ben Dvais in Sectional 8 and move Center Grove to Sectoinal 6 unless I'm completely missing something here. Sorry if I am.

I would switch Carroll and Homestead in this scenario. Carroll is more NE of Fort Wayne and could hope on US 33 to Elkhart faster, and Homestead is closer to I-69 to head south.

I think that's all but positive as to what will happen. It's the same setup they had a few years back for Sectional 3, just this time it will be Northrop and not Snider.

LOL exactly @Irishman ... like the old saying goes "You can lead a horse to water... but you can't make him drink" @Muda69

In all fairness, @Wildcat1992 definited "Country Club sports" as Golf, Tennis and Swimming. He then went on to include other sports and which teams he felt would dominate over the PAC. So I read it as Country Club sports PLUS these other sports.

Pretty cool that he will now have coached at 3 of the current NLC schools. This was a good hire for Goshen for sure. The fact that he was able to make Wawasee competitive during his time there (5-25 his first 3 seasons to 20-12 his last 3 seasons) and the obvious turnaround he did at Northridge, it will be interesting to see if he can work his magic for the Redskinshawks