Gridwatcher

Based on the caliber of the games, a lot of fans appear to have made the right call Now the question is how many paid the money to stream, and I highly doubt that will be revealed.

https://www.ihsaa.org/media/news/all-2023-24-state-finals-stream-exclusively-ihsaatvorg Thoughts?

Give my dawg "46 Sports" credit...this was his post

That's a tough ask for anyone....to do color for a game with no prep time.

That doesn't address the discrepancy I brought up. So instead of blaming WHME -- which has done more for high school sports than any TV station in the northern part of the state -- could you possibly explain the discrepancy in how regions of the state are treated by this TV deal?

This is the feeling I have living in the northern part of the state, as well. There is no one in the Bally Sports Indiana service area that is paying that much per month for that cable channel. The IHSAA is well-aware that Bally Sports Indiana doesn't reach into the north, or else they wouldn't have allowed WHME to air the games for all those years. So, basically, they are punishing people in the northern -- and as I read this, the southern part -- of the state. It truly is an unequitable situation. Not to mention, you are completely missing the opportunity to get the casual viewer who might come past your game and see your product for a while I get the fact that the IHSAA controls the rights and can do what they want with them. But to run the media campaign "this is your IHSAA"? Apparently, that's only true in the markets that receive Bally Sports Indiana.

That is correct. He was the principal thee and pushed hard for that. The field at New Prairie is named for him.

Saturday is for college football.

They are not the livestreamers this week.

Has Snider faced any option teams this season? Because this is not an easy offense to defend. This is going to be a very physical contest. As always, turnovers are huge. Win that battle, win the game.

Stadium was built back in the 1930s. Pictureque setting. But they did not get synthetic turf.

There's a ton of stuff within 10 minutes of the school. Evil Czech is a good craft brewery up on Main Street. There's a Hacienda on Lincolnway a few minutes from the school if you want Mexican food. Rulli's is a good Italian place. Plenty to choose from. Parking will be your biggest issue. If you can park in the school lot, go for it. Otherwise, the streets around the stadium are narrow and fill up fast.

Consistently lousy

Winamac-North White is the only close game in the bunch.

Penn only scored 31 on Portage. They won't score 31 on Cathedral

This is misleading. While Karczewski still has to be formally approved by the board, he has been working with the team since it returned from moratorium on July 11. While still behind almost all programs, it's not the drastic circumstance people are being led to believe.

I'd like to thank the LaPorte school board for answering my question. Wow!

It's not really a stage, but an alcove of bleachers where they pack the student section. It's unique, for certain.

Why is LaPorte having problems retaining head football coaches? This will be the fourth in five seasons.

They haven't even started interviews yet.

It was made official at the April 5 school board meeting.

When you say "I don't know of anyone of great significance as out for Elkhart"....they had 20 players out with injuries (many of the season-ending variety), including arguably their three best players. They are significantly depleted. However, you are correct saying there really wasn't a phase of the game that Elkhart played well that night

Friday, WHME released its HS schedule for the year. As you'll see, they left the last three weeks open to give themselves some flexibility.

Great interview, DT. It helps when you have a coach who is as candid as Coach Shattuck!

As much as I enjoy the shots at South Bend politics and school board, let's see if we can get this back on the rails. The NIC "East-West Division" (i.e., Big Boy Football)...should have another interesting race. Marian has to replace the QB, but has plenty of experience at the skill positions. Only one starter returns on the offensive line, but injuries caused many of those reserves to get experience during the regular season. I would look for the Knights to be togh again. Elkhart lost a ton to graduation, but they have the league's best receiver in Donovan Johnson and a speedy running back in Jaiven Sharp. They lost one of the DC's and the OC, so we'll see how that changes things. I think they'll still be pretty good. Will Penn be better without Powlus at QB, since the offense seemed to centered around him? Alec Hardrict is legit speedster in the backfield and a lot of experience returns on defense. Will Casey McKim's second year result in the Cougars going back to the option? It's the most experienced offensive line coming back and some young, exciting backs. The Cougars could be ready to make a run at the conference crown. Adams is another team with most of the o-line returning, some good skill people back and about half of the defensive starters back. Older history would tell you St. Joe belongs in this division, more recent would say they should go the North-South. Bryon Whitten has to replace his QB, O-Line and D-Line and play everyone mentioned above. Good Luck. As for the North-South, Bremen has 4/5 of it'[s o-line back, an experienced QB in Ethan Nunemaker and about half the defense back. If the Lions can find a solid running back, they should be a force to be reckoned with. Cory Stoner at Jimntown has the division's most electric player in Johntu Reed, but he has to find an O-line and patch some holes at linebacker. John Glenn returns 19 of 22 starters. A healthy Nathan Creed at QB had the Falcons playing well before he was hurt against Bremen. It could be a banner year in Walkerton if he returns to form. Todd Stammich had a prtty young team at Washington last season and they made strides at the end of the season. The defensive line is the biggest question mark that has to be answered. Justin Kinzie's Riley team had problems scoring points last year, so the offense has been the focus of the off-season. You wonder if things might change a little bit in terms of the system they run on the South Side. And then there's Clay, which at least got a win last year. They haven't had two in a year since 2014. We'll see if that's possible.