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From what I've read, the large change in the makeup of the student population does not include many kids that ever play football. It wasn't all that lonb ago that Southport fielded very competitive teams.

Westfield 36 Hamilton Southeatern 7 Fourth quarter played entirely with a running clock, as Westfield scored on the last play of the 3rd quarter to make it 36-0 Reserves finished up the game on both sides. Next week, probably the game of the year so far. Westfield at Brownburg. Both teams score a lot of points. Defense and turnovers will probably determine the game. Most won't give Westfield a chance. I say they are due to finally slay the dragon.

Westfield 39 Noblesville 7

The only Zionsville score was due to a Westfield defensive play. Up 14-0, Rocks defense forces a fumble. However the ball bounces to a Zionsville offensive player, who scoops and scores. That was it for Z'Ville in that game :)

I heard that there were a LOT of penalties on both teams.

Westfield 38 Carmel 34 Carmel came out strong, scoring 14 points on their first two possessions. Then Westfield scored the next 28 points, highlighted by an 80 yard punt return and an 89 yard pass play to tight end Caiden Snow. Westfield scored out of the gate in the second half to take a 28-14 lead. Carmel answered, but Westfield added a field goal, which turned out to be the difference in the game. The Rocks scored a TD with under three minutes to play. Carmel answered with a TD pass with no time left on the clock. Next week the Rocks are home again to take on Zionsville. Carmel returns home to take on Center Grove.

I've read that 50 employees would be all they need to keep a data center running. The number of kids is indeed trending down. Here in Westfield, they had a demographer and his company run the numbers for this past year. This is not analyzing just the current population, but homes under construction, subdivisions approved but have yet built, and things like the number of homes of the total in the city that have no kids. This includes homes that house only adults where the kids have grown up and moved, or homes with people of child bearing age who choose not to have kids. In Westfield, that is just over 60% of households. I remember our mayor said he was shocked at that news. Now as for the schools, yes, the high school is at 3,000 and still growing. However the demographer looks at all grades, from preschool to 12th grade. Those lower grades are where the numbers really are sliding. He said this is happening in every school district in Hamilton County. I remember he used HSE as an example. That school system has lost over 1,000 kids since it's peak. I can imagine in the 1A and 2A public schools, all pretty much located in rural areas, these lower numbers are already happening.

All money is dirty, as in not clean. You remember, the don't touch anything times during early Covid.

Westfield has been doing this now for several years. Buy your tickets in advance online. I believe this started here with Covid, you know, money is not clean, don't want to pass around the virus.

Homestead had a game at Westfield last season, and Westfield travels up north to play them on week 1 this season.

6A Westfoe;d played them home and home a few years ago. NP won by 14 points in that first game, but Westfield won by 20 points the following year.

When they pulled HSE and Fishers into the same sectional with Westfield and Carmel, Zionsville and Harrison had to be moved elsewhere. Geographically where they put them makes sense. Face it, there's few is any cupcake sectionals in central Indiana.

Thanks for the info. I can say that I recently heard that Westfield is no longer allowing transfers into the high school due to space concerns. I am sorted of surprised by the Westfield number of transfers out to Sheridan. I know of a few parents that live in Westfield Washington Township that send their kids to Sheridan due to the size of Westfield, and the fact that Sheridan is still considered a rural school, and believe it or not, there are still farms and rural areas in Westfield. That transfer out number at Avon is very large. I am not surprised though at the number from that number that tansferred to Plainfield.

Kind of an odd 6A game. After Westfield held Brownsburg to 14 points in the 14-10 conference loss, I was hoping for a few more points out of the Rocks, and their firsts 6A championship. Well, I got the wish on the more points. In fact, a lot more points. However the same result, Brownsburg 38, Westfield 31. Have to give the Rocks credit for not quitting when down 38-17 early in the 4th quarter. Two TDs made it close at the end, the last on a nice trick play where the QB hands off to the back, who takes a step forward, jumps, and throws the ball to a wide open receiver in the end zone. Basically the same play that beat Carmel in OT in the sectional final, except that time it was the QB who threw the pass. Brownsburg's huge offensive line was in control for most of the game, but was just too much for the Rocks, as the appeared to wear down in the second half. Westfield loses a lot along the offensive and defensive lines, but as they have done, probably will just reload from a very good group of younger players.