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1A - Wes-Del #223 over Tri sectional 44 2A - Manchester #188 over Prairie Heights sectional 35 3A - Crawfordsville #234 over Speedway sectional 29 4A - Plymouth #158 over SB Washington sectional 18

Crown Point 7-0 291 87 9- 0 350 94 Won 9 Merrillville 6-1 279 111 7- 2 334 146 Won 6 Michigan City 5-2 192 147 6- 3 252 193 Lost 1 Chesterton 4-3 151 172 5- 4 174 211 Lost 2 LaPorte 2-5 90 200 3- 6 128 248 Won 1 Lake Central 2-5 104 189 3- 6 156 247 Won 1 Valparaiso 2-5 148 158 2- 7 180 222 Lost 1 Portage 0-7 74 265 0- 9 102 352 Lost 10 I think Chesterton down are 100% guaranteed wins. I think MC and Merrillville would be games but I think BD wins them in the end.

So, BD would be the second best team in the DAC, if they played a DAC schedule.

Is it that Penn is improved to CP or CP has come back to Penn? I think Penn's O is much improved from last year, the D benefits from not being on the field all game long. However, the issue of quality opponents I think becomes a factor. Penn has been punched in the mouth and responded once this year. But, it wasn't punch after punch, I think if CP wins the coin toss they should take the ball to test Penn's D right off the bat.

Possibly.

Probably, just trying to be somewhat positive...

I am taking St. Joe to face Mishawaka in the Sectional final. That means Riley is going to get beat, I think Washington gets beat by Plymouth, while NP and Marian go down in close games.

So, Penn's offense went missing for the second quarter and some of the third. That is partially due to St. Joe having a decent D, but Penn could not stop trying to shoot their feet off. If it wasn't for a pick 6, that game is likely 14-0 at half. Oh boy am I worried about the sectional title game.

HAHAHA Great work ladies.

Yes, but if Penn goes Independent in football only with an agreement to keep NIC teams on the schedule....just not all of them every year, that benefits everyone. Washington and Riley dropped to the "small schools" division because they were tired of playing Penn. My proposal is to play the three SB schools on a rotating basis. Play the two Catholic schools every other year. Drop NP all together. Keep Elkhart for a yearly local 6A matchup. Work something out with the NLC that makes the Penn Mishawaka game the final game of the season every year. That is 4 local games every year that costs little to nothing to travel. Go get teams from MI, OH, Indy, FW and the DAC That would be a top schedule every year. Or, Join the Summit conference and talk them into dropping the crossover games and go to more non-conference games. Since we are technically closer to FT Wayne by 5 miles. 🤣

I still think Penn wins those games by an average of 25 points in the preposed new NIC.

I like your thinking, I think as a while even though it would be a haul to Warsaw, NP would probably prefer to be with Penn and Elkhart rather than the NLC conference. I would prefer we swap Washington and Mishawaka, but we know that will never happen.

We are in 100% agreement.

Carmel 74.56% 62.11% 55.15% 39.83% Westfield 21.92% 14.39% 10.83% 5.51% Zionsville 3.23% 1.28% .66% .18% Harrison (West Lafayette) .30% .04% .01% Brownsburg 72.32% 52.22% 39.58% 22.14% Avon 22.33% 10.79% 5.77% 1.99% Ben Davis 3.71% .93% .27% .05% Pike 1.64% .29% .06% .01% Harrell's tournament odds woof...predestined. Temp spot on!

The boys will do their best in a few weeks.

This is fair, but, until then CP is the objective and clear favorite by at least two touchdowns. They still need to play the game, and I would love to watch Penn win and see success again. I believe more in the players than I do the coaching. That is where I struggle to trust the program.

Rodney are you in danger? Blink twice if you need help!

Penn's schedule lends nothing to support that Penn will be competitive in this game. The first time we play any semblance of a football team (no offense to the weaker teams in the conference) we turned the ball over three times and looked rusty. Since Elkhart, we played another bad football team and now we have St. Joe which Penn should win in similar fashion to the Elkhart game. Our best competition was back in week 2. CP has at least played Merrillville, and the rest of the DAC including Pike. I think Penn would be #2 in the DAC this year, that is specifically based on the fact that we have not played a football team at our level yet this year. How this team responds to that pressure in a few weeks will show us all who Penn is. I want Penn to win, I think based on the last decade(ish) of football tells me that it wont happen. I understand that these are different players and for the most part coaches, but, you have to prove it on the field at some point.

freaking so true 🤣

I was just looking for games that featured teams with winning records.

Yeah, but look at Kevin Wright and his feelings towards Penn, sometimes you can not respect someone and beat their brains in as well.

Carmel wins that game by 40 minimum?

4A just seems top heavy. Not many teams appear to have the ability to make a challenging run.

Well, I mean I know they got waxed by Concord but Bart teams like to do weird things like win games they should not win.

Wheeler [7-0] at Lake Station [6-2] Bluffton [7-1] at Churubusco [6-2] Mississinewa [7-1] at Oak Hill [5-3] Maconaquah [8-0] at Twin Lakes [6-2]