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Per WDRB.com - The school announced Monday morning that its health and safety protocols have prompted it to cancel a scrimmage scheduled Friday against Whiteland and the season-openin football game scheudled for next week against Bell County (KY). Neither even will be made up. The Red Devils now are scheduled to open their varsity football season on Friday, August 27th, at home against Hoosier Hills Conference-rival Seymour.

Yes per the Oldenburg twitter accont: "The football game vs Rock Creek Academy scheduled for August 21st at 2:00 OM at Roger Bacon has been cancelled due to positive cases in Rock Creek's football program. The Twisters will not play Friday, August 27th at Union City with a 7:00 PM kick-off. Thank you for your understanding"

I would say it is you. Scrimmages/Jamborees are great for all players because all will see some playing time. It allows the starters to get some "game"-like reps in prior to the first game of the season, while also letting some second and third string guys see similar reps so the first time it happens for them isn't in the fourth quarter of a meaningful game in the season (as an example). Even though it might seem "conservative" - the purpose of scrimmages (IMO) are not to develop schemes. It is meant to get the kids some solid reps against an opponent wearing a different colored jersey. They are far from an fan entertainment purpose, as they should be. Bad take in my opinion. Does not make you wrong, I just do not see this being the take most would have on scrimmages.

Just responded to @lapelathletics on Twitter notifying them

Yeah I was going to say, SDSU is a heck of an FCS program. I would guess at BEST Becker could have gotten an MAC level D1 offer, and I think one could argue a top level FCS program over a small tier Group of 5 FBS program is a more attractive option.

Nice pick up for the 2020 FCS National Runner-Ups

I was trying to find a SAC 2021 thread or something to post this in, but figured what the heck and just make a tew topic/thread for it. Carroll QB Jeff Becker announced last night via Twitter that he was committing to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Congrats to him! He can certainly sling the ball around.

Agreed! Although I would have wished to see the Tigers against Mishawaka, Northridge, or NorthWood (the NW game could still be a potential for TBA in week 8 - great to see one of (if not THEE) longest running rivalry in the northern part of the state featured with Plymouth vs. Warsaw. I also read a few other cool tidbits they put out about the games. *Jimtown @ Concord: have met 60 times in the series... and it's tied up 30-30! *North Judson @ Knox: first time CH46 has ever Knox HS. Should be a great matchup

When will those matchups with Carmel start? Next year? I only ask because I've heard rumors (and literally, that is all they are) that eventually Warsaw and Elkhart will get on each others schedules. With the Mishawaka game being week 2, and Warsaw starting a 2 game series vs Warren Central in 2024 and 2025 (I believe they are still going to play Michigan City the through 2023), I am wondering if perhaps after this season we might see Warsaw vs. Elkhart in week 1? Warsaw's game against Dublin Coffman (OH) is only a 1 year thing, so perhaps Warsaw will replace Concord on Elkhart's schedule. Again - only rumors and speculation on scheduling here, but I think both schools would benefit from that week 1 matchup.

@DT - has this been released yet? Just want to make sure I didn't miss it. This is the biggest reason why I could never see Warsaw legitimately leaving the NLC for the SAC. Outside of football, the NLC is a fantastic conference in terms of competition across all sports. I know we all like to talk specifically about football here (obviously), but a conference shift affects all sports in a high school's athletic department. That being said - while I do not believe Warsaw would ever leave the NLC for another existing conference... if (big IF here) schools like Penn, Elkhart, Carroll, Homestead, and Snider came to Warsaw asking to create a new large school conference in Indiana (with the additions of maybe Dwenger, North Side and Northrop or some combination of those 3)... THEN I could MAYBE see Warsaw moving, but even then I am not entirely convinced. Also - another point directly to the title of this thread "... if it intends to be a player in 6A" - who is to say that Warsaw will be in 6A in 5-10 years? While I do not think the Warsaw are is necessarily shrinking, other areas of the state are definitely growing at a faster rate. Based on the previous enrollements, Warsaw was in the bottom 7 of 6A enrollment (#26 in the state at 2,103 students) and about 70 students separate them from where class 5A enrollment starts (#33 FW Northrop at 2,032 students). Pretty soon the NLC could be a conference of 5A/4A only.

Wasn't aware Northview is a member of the NLC 🤔😂

Really excited to see the schedule announcement with changes being made the next decade through 2033. In case you missed it, the NLC announced they will have a rotating schedule weeks 3 through 8, while having an established week 9 opponent that does not change. The week 9 opponents were chosen to ensure that a week 9 opponent was also not a potential first-round sectional opponent. Week 9 pairings from 2022 through 2033 will be: Warsaw (6A) vs. Northridge (4A) Concord (5A) vs. Plymouth (4A) Goshen (5A) vs. NorthWood (4A) Mishawaka (5A) vs. Wawasee (4A) The remaining rotating format was then set to ensure that no team would open NLC play with consecutive road or home games. Not knowing each teams' future non-conference schedule, this is a way to ensure that no team would have three consecutive road games in weeks 2 through 4. The schedule will work in two-year increments starting in 2022 (home and home) then will shift. Images attached show each school's week 3 - week 9 schedule for the 2022 - 2033 seasons.

This is what I was thinking. Their QB can sling the ball around for SURE. He was carving up the Tiger defense in the sectional game, but their own defense could not get a stop to save their lives.

@DT - Suggestion for the format - put the coach's answer BELOW the question asked. That way the reader does not have to constantly scroll back up to read the question and the answer that is being given. Great job though!

We will see... Merrillville, Penn, Elkhart, Carroll, Homestead, Lafayette Jeff, Westfield and CARMEL (when/if they are in the north) and Snider (when/if they are in 6A) are all programs I would put ahead of or at the same level of Warsaw right now in 6A North. Obviously Carmel is head and shoulders above all programs in 6A North. If they stay south, there are 8-10 of those teams that will wrestle for that representative spot year in and year out.

Warsaw is certainly TRYING to get up in 6A, especailly when it comes to the factors you listed above. Just need to see the results continue to increase on the field! A Hall of Fame head coach, high goals (certainly exhibited by recent scheduling updates), and excellent alignment from the Young Tiger football program and middle school programs. Add to it the new fieldhouse they have at the high school, facilities and administrative support is obvious. Only thing missing at times is the talent in the building, and IMO multisport participation seems to have decreased in recent years. Back in the early 2000s, the basketball, wrestling, baseball and track & field teams were dominated by football players. These days, it does not feel as prominent (I could certainly be wrong here as it is an observation and not based on statistics). In the right year, I truly believe Warsaw could win a Regional title within the next 5 years, but it will take a special group of kids. Will they ever actually compete to represent 6A Norh at Lucas Oil? That might be too tall a task, but I hope I am wrong at some point in my lifetime!

Warsaw has definitely been blessed the last 15 years in the kicking department with Rogers, Franco and the Mevis brothers. I definitely always viewed it as a gamechanger for having/developing a kicker who can do this. Consistently making the opposing team start at the 20 yard line each possession is a huge competitive advantage IMO. However, I also realize that it is very unlikely (that others have said here) that most schools are blessed with a kid who has this kind of leg strength and for the desire of trying to keep the young men safe, adding a fair-catch rule like NCAA would be a good thing to see.

Fun fact - I threw a touchdown pass to his younger son when he started for us as a freshman at Tight End in the first round of sectionals (his first varsity touchdown), even though he was the starting QB on the freshman team that year. The next season he was varsity backup QB to the Bachelor, then was a two year varsity starter at QB. Heck of an athlete, great kid (and now young man). His older brother never played football for Warsaw, but played basketball in the Tiger Den.

LOL unfortunately I am NOT that person - no kids yet and certainly no grandkids

Agreed @swordfish - I definitely remember the days when you were more active! As well - yes a number of Plymouth supporters used to be on the thread and they seem to have disappeared. Same for Wawasee (ol Houndstooth Hat used to rile me up reading his posts). They usually had at least a handful of supporters that would post on a regular basis. Could also be a sign of the times that @DT likes to reference in regards to the NLC teams not being all that of a "threat" in the postseason recently. Concord hasn't been quite the threat since Coach Dawson left. I know they've won 2 sectionals under Coach Koehler... but those sectionals were argueably the weakest sectionals in the state, or at least in 5A. Plymouth has been down as well and outside of the great 2016 and 2018 seasons, NorthWood has been good, but far from the postseasons of the Dodson era. Warsaw has obviously seen some improvement with Coach Curtis, and Mishawaka definitely can help elevate the conference, but even last year with their slow start I think it kind of watered down things initially until they got rolling.

Are you talking about the new TRAC? I can't remember exactly what the acronym stands for, but yes it is awesome. I heard they had like 100 teams here that weekend they hosted the big basketball tournament and used basically every basically court we have in the facility. I want to say there are 3 in the main gym (main gym floor then 1 each in either upper deck), 1 in the auxilary gym and then the 4 courts in the fieldhouse. Definitely wish they had that when I was in school. For those interested: https://www.warsawschools.org/page/trac-info Warsaw's new indoor track/fieldhouse that was opened I think about a year and a half ago (beginning of the 2019-2020 school year). 200m track with spectator seeting as well as 4 basketball courts on the inside, 2 of which have wood floors. I do not live in the area anymore, but my family still does. I believe there are already preliminary meetings on a US 30 update, including either updating the current route OR creating a new route either NORTH of the city or SOUTH of the city.

Yes - the majority of the county (especially concerning where people LIVE) feeds into the high school. Thus why it is named Warsaw Community High School. As well, while the town of Warsaw has a population of around 15,500 - there are MANY neighborhoods that are just outside of the "city" limits. My old home growing up being one of those. Also, it's important to remember that while Winona Lake is technically a separate town, the two are connected as one. Winona Lake has a population of around 5,000 itself. I would guess that the "greater" Warsaw area has at least 30,000 if not more population considering the county itself has about 80,000. In the below screenshot: Orange - Warsaw Community Schools Green - Wawasee Community School Corporation Pink - Wa-Nee Community Schools (NorthWood) Blue - Triton School Corporation Yellow - Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation Purple - Whitko Community School Corporation

I mean they defeated Penn for a sectional championship in 2019 and competed well against Merrillville in the regional game, and last year beat Carroll in the first round of the tournament and hung with Homestead in the sectional championship game. In regards to coming up - I think this year the Tigers might be down some and the following year could be rough too, but this year's freshman team and BOTH middle school teams had successful years and to the best of my knowledge, all levels of football being played in Warsaw are playing Bart Ball on offense. Would be great to see the Tigers be at least competitive in the games against Warren Central in a few years.

Yikes.... you should check the numbers then and comeback with a more pheasible breakout of adding 2 additional classes.... because the way you have it now, is no bueno: ~75 schools <400 kids 1A ~114 schools <800 kids 2A ~48 schools <1200 kids 3A ~26 schools <1600 kids 4A ~22 schools <2000 kids 5A ~13 schools <2500 kids 6A ~5 schools <3000 kids 7A ~11 schools >3000 kids 8A

Next year there are 30 teams in 6A (6 sectionals with 4 teams = 24 teams and 2 sectionals with 3 teams = 6 teams. 24+6=30) Only 2 teams dropped out of 6A. Those two teams (FW Snider and Columbus East) are NOT 6A enrollment schools, they were in 6A due to Success Factor. During the last 2 years, neither team acquired enough Success Factor points (2 points are needed) to STAY in 6A, thus were dropped to 5A. So it would be "unfair" to make them stay in 6A when they 1) are not 6A by enrollment and 2) did not acquire enough Success Factor points to stay up in the class. Thus, those 2 schools dropped to 5A. As well, in 5A - the Hammond Schools saw consolidation from 4 high schools to 2 high schools. Previously, the 4 high schools were 2 4A schools and 2 3A schools. Now as 2 high schools, they are BOTH in 5A enrollment. Thus why 5A went from 33 schools to 37 schools this year. FW Snider and Columbus East dropped due to lack of success factor points in class 6A, and Hammond Central and Hammond Morton were added due to consolidation of high schools.