WestfieldRocks

On 10/11/2023 at 1:45 PM, Ballhawk said:

Back in the day it was pretty good, but it did go downhill over the years.

The old Westfield HS football field had a press box that it shared with the baseball field, which was directly behind the football field along SR 32.  As the school grew they moved the press box for football to the old visitor side and changed the home/visitor side of the stadium.  The football field was also one of the rare fields that went east-west and not north-south.  It made it interesting during junior high games when the sun was setting and you were looking into it.  It was bad for both teams.

I still remember how mad Coach Wright was when Coach Hoskins wouldn't turn the stadium lights on so we could take the field to warm up.  We had to sit on the bus (we dressed minus shoulder pads and helmets at home) until they finally turned them on.  I know the 50+ point beatdown they received was partly due to that stunt before the game began.

;That would have been before my time in Westfield. I don't remember the press box and home stands being on the south side. They were playing on that old field up until 2016. Now the current stadium can go up against almost any other as far as size and so on.

Bud Wright was and probably still is a cantankerous coach. I remember the last time they played, I believe it was 1999, before Westfield left the old Range Line Conference to join the then new Hoosier Crossroads Conference. He was big time PO'd with that move. At that time Sherican vs. Westfield was the second oldest continuing series in the state. He showed no mercy in that last game. I can't find the score, but it was something line 51-14. There were almost always issues between the two schools about various things. Kids would transfer from one to the other, since the schools aren't that far apart.  Back in 1904, the first year of ISHAA of which Westfield was a founding member, there were accusations from Westfield about two players from Sheridan, one being that one of their players was 21 years old. The other player had been found to be playing in his 5th year of high school. The first was found to be true. The second, well the kid enrolled in the high school, dropped back to 8th grade, them moved back to the high school. So he was ruled eligible his senior season.

4 hours ago, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

Progress is all that matters. What is so frustrating is up here, Penn is regressing faster and faster. Our record looks great, but we are paper giants. Yes we beat two top 10 5A schools, we also beat a then top 10 4A school, but those aren't accomplishments that a 6A blue blood hangs their hat on. When we play quality opponents they drop an easy 35 on us. I look back at previous scores against Carmel, Ben Davis etc, we took them to the line time and time again....now and especially in state we get beat by 50. Now, we cannot even win sectional.  in the last 5 seasons we have won 1 sectional title (because Carroll was not in it at the time).

I remember when not only Penn, but Hobart were the beasts in that part of the state. 

On 10/11/2023 at 1:27 PM, Muda69 said:

I don't know, I only visited it a couple of times on my way to/from Terre Haute.  Seemed ok to me.

 

It was for the first few years, then slowly went downhill.

On 10/10/2023 at 11:21 AM, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

My step-mother went to Westfield when it was just the little 1A school, when we drive down by the school now, she doesn't even recognize the area. It is amazing how fast the Indy area is growing still. 

Our daughter went there when it was a 2A school. The only football success then was in 1992, when they went to the Semi State in Tell City, which was undefeated and I believe the defending 2A champs. The locals down there were shocked when the then unknown Westfield team shut them out. Of course, next week, Westfield was shut out by FW Luers. 

By the time our son graduated, Westfield had moved up to 4A. Only 5 classes then, so a quick jump.  It took them awhile to get competitive with the larger schools in the then new HCC.

23 hours ago, Muda69 said:

I believe the World's Largest Dairy Queen was just caddy corner from the old Westfield H.S. football field.

 

Don't you mean the World's Worst DQ.....LOL  It was billed as the largest, but after time, poor management did it in. It was remodeled into what we called a McShell, a combo McDonalds and Shell gas station.

On 10/10/2023 at 11:31 AM, Bullhorn99 said:

As I recall (though I might be wrong) the HCC showed all three Lafayette teams the door out of the conference; it was not Jeff, McCutcheon, or Harrison wanting to leave. Though in hindsight, all three are probably better off for it.

You are correct. Travel was mentioned as the reason. But your are right, all three have had much more success in the NCC after most of the HCC schools improved.

19 hours ago, BLACKGOLD2007 said:

 

It must be nice to play in a conference where every team you play in conference is within your class. 

Envious. 

It is now. When the conference was formed over 20 years ago, Westfield and Zionsville were the smaller schools, and took their lumps. It took quite a while, but Westfield has been full steam ahead in the development of the city since becoming a city in 2008, whereas Zionsville has preferred to keep the more smaller village feel. School enrollment has increased tremendously. They have invested in and will continue to invest in better facilities.  Families are moving here as fast as the developers can build homes.

The coaches never were fans of the old 10 school conference, since that did not allow for non conference games. Once the three Lafayette schools left, the seven remaining, now eight with the addition of Franklin Central, has allowed them to schedule some strong non conference opponents. That has also helped.

Other than I expect a larger margin of victory by Brownsburg, I'd say you are pretty much dead on.

6 HCC teams out of 8 in this poll.  Franklin Central with the 8th toughest schedule in the state per Sagarin, the lowest of those 6 teams. Westfield at #2 is the highest.  Not too shabby, considering they tend to beat up on each other. Noblesville could make some noise. That offense that they run is very difficult to defend if you're not used to going against it. That showed last Friday against Brownsburg. Guaranteed they will give either Westfield or Carmel a game if they get by Zionsville. 

40 minutes ago, scarab527 said:

What a tragedy they have to play a team one week earlier than they otherwise would’ve. 

Exactly. Don’t think teams care whether they lost round 1 or in the sectional title game. 

So don't put them in the same sectional. Why do sectionals have to be predetermined prior to the regular season anyway? Seed the sectionals, then go from there.

8 minutes ago, WestfieldRocks said:

Just like last year, 6A Sectional 4 has Westfield making that "long" four mile trip straight south on 31 to play at Carmel. Noblesville travels to Zionsville. If Westfield is in a sectional that also contains Carmel, odds are very good that they draw Carmel.

6A Sectional 3 has both Fishers and HSE going up north. Fishers goes to Homestead and HSE goes to FW Northrup.

Sectional 5 in 6A has the battle of powerhouses Brownsburg at Ben Davis. The winner gets to beat up on the winner of Avon at Pike.

6A Sectional 6 has Cathedral essentially drawing a bye as they host N. Central. LC goes to LN in the battle of Lawrence Township.

6A Sectional 7 has Perry Merdian going to Warren Central, while Southport travels to wherever Tech is playing this season.

6A Sectional 8 has Franklin Central going to Center Grove, while Jeffersonville goes to Columbus N.

Just like last year, 6A Sectional 4 has Westfield making that "long" four mile trip straight south on 31 to play at Carmel. Noblesville travels to Zionsville. If Westfield is in a sectional that also contains Carmel, odds are very good that they draw Carmel.

On 9/29/2023 at 4:31 PM, BTF said:

 

Westfield28

Fishers 14

Westfield dominates most of the first half, until Fishers puts together a late drive and makes it 13-7 at halftime. Fishers' stud running back Khobie Martin was most of the Tigers offense the entire game, until he went down with what looked like a shoulder injury late in the third quarter. Until Martin's injury, the third quarter belonged to Fishers. They started several drives in Westfield territory, as the Rocks offense came out sluggish and punting was difficult going south. However, their defense kept Fishers out of the end zone until 5 minutes left in the game, with Westfield up 21-7. Westfield would recover the onside kick and score again with just over 2 minutes in the game to make the final score 28-14.  Next week at Franklin Central.

On 9/29/2023 at 4:31 PM, BTF said:

Thanks, wasn't sure. North Side high school used to draw a line down the middle of the stands separating the fans. I believe they do the same when a game is played at St. Francis. It didn't look like there'd be ample seating on the visiting side for Center Grove. 

Indy Howe HS used to only have stands on one side of the field. The other side backed up to a wooded area.

23 hours ago, coachkj said:

You mean the coaches and players sharing the same restroom as the fans at halftime?

Isn't Lutheran the old Franklin Central HS?

Final - Westfield 38, Avon 14. Rocks had the ball at the Avon 1 and rightly took a knee instead of scoring. Tied at 7-7 in the first, but Westfield took control thereafter. 
Next week home to Fishers. 

No excuse for continuing to throw the ball once the game got out of hand in the first half. However, watching that highlight video at the end of this thread, there were a lot of missed BC tackles. One was on a simple screen pass that the receiver ran about 50 yards as he could not be tackled. 

Sounds about right. I would put that Westfield/Avon game a bit closer. Westfield can score with anyone (other than Brownsburg), but their defense has left a lot to be desired. I'd say more like Westfield winning 31-26

On 9/26/2023 at 2:37 PM, 1st_and_10 said:

Well Danville was already a large 3A school, Lebanon a 4A.  Both are building several housing developments and I believe there is only 1 (small) housing development planned in Western Boone School District.  Danville currently have 3 or 4 going in as we speak.  Lebanon at least 2 and they have annexed a large amount of farmland where Eli Lilly is building a facility.  Will the Lilly facility bring growth to Webo?  Probably.  The facility is still a long way away from being complete.  Avon grew considerably in the last 20 years... That is starting to go West (Danville and Avon are just a few miles from each other).  Other than the farmers that have sold farm land for the Lilly/Tech park facility, farmers currently aren't selling ground for housing developments (not a lot of houses for sale either) and there aren't a ton of transfers coming West (away from Interstates and Indy).  Webo was 3A by 2 students after the last cycle (Webo's class of 23 was one of the biggest to go through).  I can tell you that as part of the Webo Youth Football League Board, our numbers were down across all divisions (Flag {K-1st}, Minor {2nd-3rd}, Major {4th-5th}, and 6th grade).  

@jets This also.  

Don't the kids living in Whitestown go to WeBo? Whitestown is growing like crazy. Or perhaps they go to Zionsville or Lebanon schools?

Surprise this hasn't already been posted. The "Game Of The Week" was a snoozefest. Brownsburg scored all five first half possessions to lead at Westfield 30-0 at the half. Both teams scored once in the final half with the running clock after Dogs went up 37-0.  Final 37-7.

I've had doubts about Westfield, even though they were able to pull out four close games in a row. I thought after that great game at HSE last week that they might be for real, but they were no match for Brownsburg. Dogs obviously the class of the HCC.

16 hours ago, Bobref said:

Yeah, that’s why they’ve won 16 state championships. Because they think like that.

Question  - Of those 16 titles, have all been in 2A-3A?

20 hours ago, Cali23 said:

Momentum?  Chatard had outscored the Irish 10-0 to close the half.

Ha! When I was at Cathedral, late 60's, we had a game at the old 16th St. CYO field where the lights on the northern half of the field went out. Play the next day? Nah! They just played the remainder of the game at the south end of the field that had lights. If I remember, and that was LONG AGO, the lights went out in the first half. 

Westfield survives their third straight one score game with a home 28-21 win over Noblesville in the annual Midland Trophy Game. Turnovers, dropped passes, but the Rocks survive again to go 4-0.  They will need to be much better next week when they travel to HSE.

1 hour ago, Lysander said:

Cathedral/Chatard postponed until 10:00 AM tomorrow at Chatard.  The lights shut off at Arlington.

Cathedral didn't pay the electric bill? :)

Westfield endures their second nail biter in a row, 28-27 at Zionsville. Turnovers big in this game. Z'ville turned it over on the first play of the game, Westfield recovered, and quick TD run by Garnett, who scored all four of the Rocks TDs. Interception by Z'ville gave them great field position. Westfield D holds them to a FG, 7-3. Westfield throws another int, returned to the Westfield 9. The Eagles get the TD, 10-7 Z'ville. A Westfield TD followed by another Z'ville TD makes it 17-14. Z'ville would miss a big FG on the last play of the first half. Westfield comes out and turns it over again, their third. Westfield D holds again, but Z'ville kicks another FG. 20-14. Z'Ville. Z'ville holds, offense scores another TD. They call a TO to discuss going for two. As it turned out, they probably made the wrong call. They kick instead and makes it 27-14. Garnett scores his 3rd TD, makes it Z'ville in the 27-21 in the 3rd. Z'ville turns it over again, Westfield scores on a Gilbert pass to Garnett, 28-27 Rocks early in the 4th. Westfield would have a chance to put it away, advancing to the Z'ville 9, but turn it over on downs. Eagles would advance to the Rocks 25 inside of a minute to play, but fumble it backwards. They recovered but lost yards, making it a long FG with 33 seconds to play. They miss, and Westfield runs out the clock. Rocks 3-0, back home next week against Noblesville.

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