Purdue Pete

Agree except for Wayne. Bottom tier of the SAC is exposed except for Concordia who essentially has a bye.

Hoping for competitive championship games but … 6A: Center Grove over Westfield by many 5A: Cathedral over Valparaiso by many 4A: Roncalli over Leo by many (gotta throw the ball at LOS Leo) 3A: WL over Gibson Southern by many (reference last year where top 5 teams were from the north. This year WL and BJ are on a different level) 2A: Luers over Linton-Stockton by many. Top 5 teams are from North. 1A: Lutheran over Adams Central by 14

Sectional 43: SW at Taylor… an example (imo) of the benefit of the current non-seeded tournament. These two teams will have the best week of practice all year. They got a shot at a “W”. Both will be super excited to come out and play.

A…. No

Bold picks… No Center Grove, no Cathedral, East Noble plays Leo first round, Chatard is 4A, no Luers, Eastbrook or Andrean in 2A, SA was beaten 23-0 by Monroe Central this year.

I hope Eastside can give Luers a game but I think the Eagles will need rain and sloppy field to stay close.

According to IHSAA enrollment for last year they were at 542. Daneville is at the top of 3A at 801. Seems Luers planted firmly in 2A until they win state this year. Norwell was at 800 so they’re in the same boat as AC in that they’re benefitting this year by playing down a class from where they should be (3A v 4A)

Lutheran v AC is pretty much a done deal. Busco or Monroe Central will be the best game AC gets in the North and they’re still -21 in both game. SA and Southwood are way down from last year and no LCC to worry about. Deep thought: had the classes not been frozen this year AC would be up in 2A with a sectional date with Luers.

Thanks for the details. Makes a bit more sense. How do u score 70 in a quarter?

I wasn’t at the game so I have no context. If it was 77-0 at half then maybe there is some shred of dignity which could be preserved. But this score is 9 points from national news and LB coach and AD both being in hot water… and they probably should be. No excuse for this imo. Take a knee. I’m now the biggest Gibson Southern fan in the state. Hope the throttle LB by 50.

Chatard was dominate last year and got taken to the wire by both Concordia and Mishawaka Marian in the tournament. BJ may be the favorite to represent the North but far from a lock. Might not even make it out of 28.

Must’ve been a long bus ride to wells co. 2 fumbles and dropped 1st down slant in first half hurt.

Norwell 17 East Noble 0 half Let’s see if EN makes adjustments like last week

Norwell will have their hands full based on relative performance vs Leo.

AC -21.5 ?

Wow Norwell 21 New Haven 18 Half

Not sure I consider this a HS football issue. It’s a ncaa / college issue that doesn’t concern any of the kids most any of us will watch this years. Non issue for me.

Leo up 34-0 over Norwell at half

Bellmont, Dekalb and H North are going to battle for 6,7, 8th this year. Can’t argue with those spreads above. Norwell lost a ton of talent and experience but retooled with a very talented group of incoming Juniors. If this game was played week 9 I’d say Leo -10. This early in the season will be tough game for young knights team.

Norwell 42 Heritage 0 half

Norwell up 28-6 over Jenning co Bluffton up 14-0 over Northfield HALF

Interested in SS Concordia. Cadets lost a ton last year. Other than that… chalk

Ya my bad. -7 not +7. AC looked sharp

Thought on AC v SA at Monroe? I’ve seen them both in thuds early this year. I think I’d put the line at AC +7 at home.