WestfieldRocks

Not really a surprise to the locals here. Coach Gilbert ran for Westfield mayor last year, but lost to current mayor Scott Willis in the May Republican primary. With Coach Miracle taking over, a long time Gilbert assistant, the program is in good hands.

The HCC did not want another schedule against all conference teams. They had that back when the three Lafayette schools, pre Franklin Central, were in the conference.

Westfield has another "cupcake" schedule :) Opening game at Center Grove Week 2 home against Carmel Then that always easy HCC schedule

Agreed! Plus I love those late daylight hours in the summer.

Has their enrollment considerably dropped, or are they the "victim" of other schools like Avon having huge increases. I wonder where all of those new people now in the Avon district came from.

Unless your the smallest, Chatard :)

As part of a renovation and addition Westfield High School, which was completed several years ago, a new weight room was built, along with a renovation of the gym. A new aquatic center was also built as part of a partnership with the new Westfield YMCA. Currently 10 new outdoor tennis courts are under construction. Growing school districts need to keep up their facilities.

I know your joking, but that $9.5 million construction you see next to the stadium at Carmel is an indoor center for the band. They are also constructing a $43 million addition/renovation to the existing natatorium, so that they can continue to recruit the state's top girls swimmers. Lord knows, some other school may someday win the girls state swimming championship. Or perhaps hey are jealous of Westfield's new natatorium that opened two years ago. :)

Westfield and Sheridan had the second longest streak in Indiana from 1923-2004. Westfield dropped them after that season after joining the HCC and wanting to pick up larger opponents. Sheridan has always been 1A, while Westfield went from 1A - 4A in 2004. Bud Wright was so PO"d about this that in that last game in 2004, at Westfield, he put a 53-7 beating on the Rocks. This was after Westfield had won the last four straight years, very unusual, since Sheridan had dominated the series, especially when the two schools were similar in size.

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Unless they would split into two high schools. As for Carmel, you can bet you're life savings that will never happen. A guy I knew who used to be one of the higher ups in that system told me they will keep adding freshmen/senior centers and whatever to avoid a second high school. The main reason - SPORTS! Imagine if the HSE District had not done this. Both HSE and Fishers High Schools have over 3,000 enrollment. So a 6-7,000 enrollment high school.

Here is the list of Mr. Football position winners, just released earlier this morning: WIDE RECEIVER Donovan Hamilton, Hamilton Southeastern TIGHT END Aidan Steinfeldt, Bloomington North OFFENSIVE LINE Ian Moore, New Palestine QUARTERBACK Tyler Cherry, Center Grove RUNNING BACK Josh Ringer, East Central KICKER Spencer Porath, Brownsburg DEFENSIVE LINE William Goodvine, Westfield LINEBACKER Will Clark, Crown Point DEFENSIVE BACK Jo’Ziah Edmond, NorthWood PUNTER Quinn Warren, Brebeuf Jesuit

Yes, some of coaches called it the AAU "me first" mentality that then goes over to their high school teams.

The Indy Star high school sports columnist just this week did an anonymous poll of some central Indiana high school coaches on what were they biggest issues facing Indiana high school basketball. The top concerns that probably would be mentioned if these were football coaches were, in no particular order: Shortage of officials, Unrealistic parents, recruiting and transfers.

From the Indy Star: This year was highest average margin of victory in state championship games since #IHSAA went to six classes: 2013: 15.7 2014: 25.0 2015: 21.2 2016: 16.0 2017: 18.5 2018: 19.8 2019: 16.2 2020: 18.7 2021: 14.2 2022: 17.5 2023: 25.8

You're probably correct with this group. This seems to happen most years, where there are a bunch of great early round games involving the eventual class champions, then at the state finals, a bunch of duds.

No, 107.5 in the Indy area is broadcasting all 6 games. I meant that they were not listed on that IHSAA broadcast chart.

I don't see 107.5 The Fan listed for those in the Indy area. They will cover all 6 games on over the air radio, and of course on their website.

Ticketmaster is evil charging almost as much in total fees as the actual ticket cost. But this is their MO, has been for some time. Try going to a concert and see how much you'll pay in fees. They have that market cornered. Years back there was a class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster. I don't recall the reason, but they lost and were made to give anyone that purchased tickets through them going back into the '90 access to free or discounted shows. I went to a couple, of course not prine seats, but were free. Also, most of the ones on the list when it came out were concerts that many were not interested in seeing. Now, with the Taylor Swift and Drake ticket debacles, there are two more class action lawsuits against them. Obviously they don't give a rats behind.

Also out of curiosity, what's the best that Chatard has done when they were in 4A? It seems like they are there for the two year period, then drop back to 3A, where they dominate. So is there that much difference between 3A and 4A? Just asking.

I think it depends on how CP handles the atmosphere at the beginning. In 2020, Westfield was sort of awe struck, and CG had been there before. The next year, Westfield took an early lead and that really was big in them almost pulling off the upset. Now if CP is in awe of their surroundings and of BD just being BD, then your prediction could well be correct.

And HSE almost beat Brownsburg at Brownsburg in week 9, while Westfield beat HSE both at home and away. I'm not saying Westfield was as good as Brownsburg, but they were not 30 points worse. Just one of those games where everything went wrong for one team and right for the other team. You don't win 11 games with the schedule that they play in the HCC plus LC and New Pal if your not a good team. You are correct 17-0 at halftime.

Just going off what I saw for two huge football games. Maybe because they were out in the weather? With well over 4,000 kids in the school, there should be a huge throng of purple. True, CP won, and now here's wishing they good luck against BD.

You probably are right. Going into that atmosphere for the first time is something else. Not sure if this BD bunch has played a game there in recent years, but just making the short trip from the westside sure beats an almost 3 hour bus ride. I know Westfield was awestruck against both playing in LOS and CG in 2020, but that same group the next year had the experience of that game and believed they could beat CG, and came within 10 yards at the end of the game of doing just that. I imagine CP will fill their side of available seats at LOS. It's doubtful that BD will, after seeing the empty seats in their stands for the huge Brownsburg and CG games.

However, the Rocks did catch up, and as I posted in another thread, I really think they would have scored had they gone for two with 18 seconds left in regulation. CP's defense looked a bit gassed after Westfield scored 21 straight points. This was also mentioned by Kyle Neddenriep of the Indy Star on a local Indy morning sports show. When asked about CP, he mentioned that the past two weeks they barely escaped after giving up multi score leads.