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14 minutes ago, MarshallCounty said:

Major shake up occurring with administration at Bremen. Things in the school may finally be refreshed. 

This means?

On 10/9/2022 at 9:12 PM, ASJCPUMA said:

St Joe has a new staff and kids getting used to a new routine

Adams got a late start due to a late coaching change due to a job change

Marian had a lot of seniors last year - 

Riley has a new staff...starters who've never played football...kids who were lifting cinder blocks for weights the season prior.

-Have scored on their first play or drive in each game including New Prairie

-Have held a lead in all 8 games

-Have scored 236 points (St. Joe/Adams/Marian total combined 256)

-Lets not make excuses. Riley players had to adapt to a new culture as well.

16 hours ago, ASJCPUMA said:

Friday, Sep. 30
Angola- Marian has seemed depleted on the defensive side. Offense has yet to find any consistent rhythm. Losing Atkinson on offense is proving to be too much. Angola +14
Bremen- Bremen's defense should handle PH and allow their offense to keep the game close. The wildcat offense can only work for so long. Bremen +13
Calumet- Calumet by 50
Jimtown- Jimtown is starting to get things rolling and their defense is too sound for Washington to get anything done offensively. Jimtown by 28
Laville- I don't know how long Glenn's defense can keep their offense in the game. The offense needs to get things rolling back on the ground. They've seem to abandon the basics of their new scheme.  Laville by 24
New Prairie- The game of the week. Can Riley's box withstand the 9-man front of Radke's offense, I mean New Prairie. The wildcats are going to have play mistake free football to have a chance to stay in the game and allow their skill set to work their magic again.
Penn- will we see 4-star this week? or will St. Joe hold him out until sectionals where they have a slight chance to make a little noise again. St. Joe boxes themselves into a 48-0 game. Penn by 48
Elkhart- Adams hasn't done anything since they were rewarded with a catch in the double OT win against Riley. Elkhart puts in their JV team in early. Elkhart 42-6

Several non conference clashes this week.

 

13 hours ago, LaSalle Lions 1976 said:

According to comments from the school board, there will be no schools consolidated.  

With that in mind the current populations of all the school is about:  Adams 2000, Riley 1000, Washington and Clay 800 each.

Many students don't attend their school for the magnet, only for their district.  Also, because of Plan Z (federal order) the school boundaries are gerrymandered.

There hasn't been a big name hire in South Bend for a long time.  They also have trouble finding quality coaches in the middle schools.  There is no Pop Warner in South Bend.  There is Rocket Football, but that is more for Penn than South Bend.

South Bend had more success when their middle school football was in the spring.  The high school coaches could work with the kids and there was better transition to high school football.  To me, that would be a tremendous first step.

 

 

There isn't pop warner in South Bend? Could of fooled me I just watched a 8U game go into double OT yesterday and a 9U team beat Hanover Central yesterday. It needs better organization but they do have several teams.

37 minutes ago, Wedgebuster said:

You just wish that the SB schools could play some more competition that deals with some of the same struggles as them.  When Riley has played those teams this year, they have fared well.  When they play John Glenn, New Prairie, Bremen, and Jimtown they won't.  Just too many cards in the deck stacked against them.  Now....if SB schools had a legit plan in place to develop their athletes, hire coaches, keep some long term continuity in programs, helped foster a youth league, etc.  they would stand a chance......but.........

Don't forget Riley was up on Glenn this year and lead into the 4th quarter. So, I'm not sure what your point is? Riley shot themselves in the foot and should be 5-0.

10 hours ago, Tippy said:

The public schools in South Bend have gone from the top to the bottom.  Twin Lakes is the worst team in the Hoosier Conference and they beat SB Clay 46-8.  Some Home schools could probably beat the SB public schools in football.  Is it ever going to get better up there?  

I believe Osceola Grace could beat Twin Lakes seeing they beat clay 56-6. But, that's nothing to brag about seeing Clay spots you 30 points on their mistakes alone. Can't throw a backwards pass and have the receiver walk towards the sidelines after dropping it. Then throw in the 15-20 penalty average per game with the refs turning a blind eye to 15 more because they want to go home. Most of it falls back to the bottom. South Bend lacks a quality youth league for fundamental and football IQ development. Then you throw in some schools lack consistent quality coaches.

South Bend Riley has been down, but Coach Lee brought in a whole knew staff with experience. Their summer numbers were averaging 50 players up 35 plus from the year before and they are hovering around 65 on the roster. If you haven't noticed the Wildcats have been winning at halftime in all 5 of their games and have scored on the first play or drive in 4 of 5 games. In the two games they lost they were winning going into the 4th quarter and one game going into double overtime. A big turnaround from their 40 point average per game allowed to opponents last year. The defense has given up 72 points in 5 games. Say what you want about South Bend Schools, but Riley is competing with starters who have not played football or haven't played since 8th/9th grade. Which goes back to the quality of staff Coach Lee has brought in and the players hard work in the off-season.

On 9/18/2022 at 10:57 AM, Rocket said:

Really no intriguing games this week with Bremen and Glenn being the exception.

Bremen at Glenn- toss up game for me  but I’ll take the Lions by 6

Elkhart at St Joe- Elkhart rolls to an easy victory. Watched the Indians last week and that’s not a good football team. Elkhart by 35+
 

Marian at Penn- another ho hum game Penn by 28+
 

Adams at New Prairie- could be an interesting story line developing for NP regarding a player( won’t say anything until it’s found to be true) but the Cougars cruise by 28+
 

Clay at Jimtown- nothing really needs to be said here

 

Riley at Washington- Riley seems to be the only SB school putting things together. Riley 28+

New Prairie senior throwing a fit on the sideline after being pulled out friday night. Then missing Saturday practice? Not much of a development.

On 9/17/2022 at 8:09 PM, LaSalle Lions 1976 said:

I think people aren't talking because there isn't anything unusual going on.  The strong teams are strong, the weak teams are weak.

I don't see anything happening that won't be expected.

The topics for discussion have already been talked about.

Should Elkhart and Penn leave the conference?

Are the former North Star conference members happy?

The South Bend/St. Joe/Marian schools...will there be any improvement this year?

Well, Clay unfortunately will continue to struggle. 37 or 38 straight conference losses?

Washington has scored 12 points and allowed 154 points (38.5 ppg) in their first 4 games. 

Riley- Looks like they are putting something together. All 5 games they have led at half. All 5 games they have led going into the 4th quarter. They have scored on their 1st possession in their first 4 games. Will see how they progress with their last 4 regular season game. But they look promising moving forward with such a young team.

Marian- not only lost players but a few quality coaches as well. They will struggle for awhile

St. Joe- I think we all had some high hopes for St. Joe to turn around quickly. But, it seems they are struggling.

6 minutes ago, Bucksweep22 said:

Bremen has 1? Skill kid and lost their starting QB. So if we are doing a side by side comparison. So what your saying is Glenn had 1 subpar win against a down Knox program? They beat Washington, Boone Grove?, Lakeland? Riley? For a combined opponent win record of 14 (above teams). Gary west side had almost 1/2 those wins by themselves. I know your a big Eagles fan but don’t be caught in the I told you so. Riley should of been #2 the last two seasons. But unfortunately the head coach seemed to have young assistants and 1/2 an o-line coach. 

I wouldn't say Knox was down. Glenn just took advantage of Knox's mistakes.

On 7/3/2022 at 12:49 AM, DT said:

Northern Indiana	Conference			Overall			Class
	W-L	Pct.		W-L	Pct.		Sectional
Penn	4-1	0.800		6-6	0.500		6A 2	East-West
Mishawaka Marian	4-1	0.800		10-4	0.714		3A 26	East-West
Elkhart	3-2	0.600		5-5	0.500		6A 2	East-West
New Prairie	3-2	0.600		11-3	0.786		4A 18	East-West
South Bend Adams	1-4	0.200		4-7	0.364		5A 10	East-West
South Bend St. Joseph	0-5	0.000		4-8	0.333		4A 18	East-West
Jimtown	5-0	1.000		9-3	0.750		3A 26	North-South
Bremen	4-1	0.800		7-4	0.636		2A 34	North-South
John Glenn	2-2	0.500		5-5	0.500		3A 26	North-South
South Bend Riley	1-3	0.250		1-7	0.125		4A 18	North-South
South Bend Washington	1-3	0.250		3-5	0.375		3A 26	North-South
South Bend Clay	0-4	0.000		0-9	0.000		4A 18	North-South

 

New coaches all over in South Bend. Is the Penn dynasty over?  New leadership at Glenn, Elkhart and St Joe.  Change is all over.  Jimtown, Marian and New Prairie look solid again. 

North Division

Penn- I can't see Penn doing well in their non-conference schedule. Penn's defense has to step up and save them against New Prairie and Elkhart this season. I still have them at #1

New Prairie-  I see Penn/NP within one score. They'll be solid

Elkhart- this is a question mark. Last year it was 20? kids out. Can they keep kids healthy enough to compete.

St. Joe- I think St. Joe surprises a few teams. Defensively they'll keep themselves in a few games. I don't think their offense is there yet. They'll have to play mistake free football. They'll win the ones they should with ease.

Marian- Can they recover from losing Atkinson on both sides of the ball and special teams? Their RB was solid and MLB will be hard to replace. This year I don't see them competing in their conference.

Adams- not even Redman could save them at this point

South Division

Jimtown- Jimmie's lose their QB and Johntu. Two solid players but I believe 24 was the better back. He looked better in the sectional game against Marian. Johntu struggled and I believe he was their lone TD against Marians JV during garbage time. Jimtown should be top dawgs of the conference.

Glenn - I'll slide Glenn to #2. Defense will still be solid. loosing Creed will hurt the Falcons a bit. Falloween is always a big hit.

Riley - I'll slide Riley to #3. Talks on the SE side is Riley's numbers are sound with the excitement the new staff has generated. Quite possibly the only SB school with a true JV team.

Bremen- Nothing special offensively. They'll find it hard to score this season.

Washington- Pushing Coach Johnson out who's now coaching at the college level has proven to be costly.  Kids within the program don't seem too excited. Could benefit Washington to consolidate Clay.

Clay - seems like Clay lacks solid assistant coaches who stick around long enough to develop relationships with kids. Clay will continue to struggle.

2 hours ago, Bucksweep22 said:

Looking through maxpreps and last years digest. Looks like Two Glenn coaches left for Riley. Wonder what happened there? Something the rest of us don’t know about Riley? Seems odd leaving a 5-5 Glenn that appeared to be on the right path for a struggling program. 
The OC Damon is he the same guy that was Head Coach nearly a decade ago? When’s the last time he’s called an offense? Has he been coaching somewhere else? Not finding him anywhere in the north’s rosters. Is this why they resurrected the wing T? 

That would be correct OC John Jolley and Secondary/WR Coach Jose Capeles are now at Riley. Jolley in the same roll and Jose Capeles as Defensive Coordinator.

On 7/12/2022 at 9:16 AM, SBFootballFan6 said:

Even in a rebuild year, you have to think in conference play only Jimtown should beat you guys at this point. The SB schools are in real struggle mode at this time, and a lot of mixed reviews coming out of Walkerton.

I don't know about that. Glenn's defense still have a few pieces and should be solid. Their offense needs to find its identity. It lost 90 percent of it's offense last year. There's 2 kids left that had a TD a piece. QB hasn't played a snap under center since 2020 and their FB/MLB spent 7 weeks on the sideline. Might be ugly but Glenn should have the advantage with the 2-3 skill kids they have left.