Knightsfan_01

I’m not ragging on them. Their SoS is just a bit higher than EN’s so why would I? Lol I’m just saying the people expecting this not to be close must just be going off program history, pedigree, eye tests, whatever. I always try to be a little more subjective but admittedly my opinion has bias as well.

The more I look at this game the more I like East Nobles chances. Both teams scoring avg, pts against, and margin of victory are similar. They are both 1-0 against the states top 25. New Pal is 5-0 against the states top 64 while East Noble is 7-1. Who has New Pal played other than Chatard and Martinsville??? No-one.. I’m not doubting they are good, or even #1 in 4A. But the assumption that EN won’t compete is a joke. I have not seen anything on film or otherwise that suggests this game is New Pals easily. This EN team is ready. They have a cockiness and confidence I haven’t seen since 2019. Their D is a UNIT! They have athletes on the D-line, their linebackers are amazing, and their secondary might be the best EN has ever had. The lights are bright at Lucas Oil though. Whoever plays the cleaner game I think wins. I think if EN can come out +1 in the turnover margin.. they pull out the win. If they can’t take care of the ball and lose the turnover margin it will go to New Pal. EN - 24 New Pal - 17

4A state Finals are set! New Pal definitely handled Martinsville with ease.. while EN squeaked by Mishawaka.. Good luck to both communities!

East Noble wins 18-13

Halftime EN 12 Mishawaka 7 EN to receive 2nd half kick

Almost game time! Some beautiful weather for some High School Football… a trip to Lucas Oil on the line… I’ll take the Knights by two scores… Thoughts?

14-10 Snider @ Halftime 21-10 When it was called for lightning in the 3rd quarter I believe.

That was the lightning weekend where the game was finished on Saturday. It was close on Friday night. Kids got up early and traveled back to Ft Wayne to finish it…. and they had a couple key players not play on that Saturday. Not discounting that loss just providing context.

East Noble - 24 Bishop Dwenger - 0 Halftime

East Noble - 35 Columbia City - 0 Halftime

NorthWood (11-2) at Leo (11-2) Good semi-state matchup to decide who represents the north in 4A and earns the trip to Indy. Northwood's last trip was 2016 and a loss to Roncalli, while Leo has never reached the state finals. Although they did have back to back Semi-state losses in 2010-11. Leo while tough all year, is definitely playing their best football of the season lately. Their studs in Hurst and Schott are game changers, on both sides of the ball. All Decker has to do is just manage the offense and get the ball in his playmakers hands.. which isn't hard for him to do. And they have found some lightning in a bottle in De'arious Carter out of the backfield. I think their D is what will surprise some people though. Yeah Schott will shut down one whole side of the field but they are all solid. Every.. single.. player... They got their work cut out for them this week though. Also got to give it up for Coach Doerffler and his staff. These kids are playing tough, playing disciplined, and playing fast. Their playbook is wide open and they always seem to have a blitz dialed up at just the right time. I admittedly know little of Northwood other than Tuggle, but they took care of New Prairie pretty handily which was impressive. I think the game being at home I would have to favor Leo, but should be a good one!

I definitely had Leo winning but not by the score they did. They seem to be firing on all cylinders at just the right time.

22-0 EN

East Noble 15 New Haven 0 Halftime EN to receive 2nd half kick.

SECTIONAL 19 Sect Class Overall Fort Wayne Wayne 1- 0 2- 0 5- 3 East Noble 2- 1 4- 1 6- 2 New Haven 2- 1 3- 1 7- 1 Leo 2- 1 4- 2 6- 2 DeKalb 1- 2 2- 3 5- 3 Fort Wayne Dwenger 0- 0 0- 0 3- 5 Fort Wayne South 0- 1 0- 3 1- 7 Angola 0- 2 0- 2 1- 7 Man, what a bruiser of a sectional. 3 top ten teams in the 4A polls, plus Dwenger and Wayne who slug it out in the SAC. Who do you guys got in this one? I'll always go with my Knights but man did they get probably the worst draw out of everyone. @ New Haven to prove last week was no fluke, then @ Leo which is always a slugfest. All to earn the chance for one more home game against probably Dewnger. What y'all think?