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I could be wrong too 🤷🏻‍♂️ I just know what I saw and heard last week during the stream. I don’t know if there was another injury to the same leg before that or not.

If I’m not mistaken, the injury occurred last week at semi-state. The Andrean announce team seemed pretty concerned and it was a lower leg injury. Kudos to Bowen for playing through it! He’s a tough tough kid. Congrats to MD! Well deserved!

Not arguing that at all and not blaming anyone or saying it’s “unfair” or anything of the sort. I was simply explaining why my previous post stated the Knights were “a lowly 2A team” when talking about Carroll. I came away from this more impressed with Andrean than anything. They absolutely imposed the will of Bowen on Luers. Special player ND is getting!

I am. My post was partly satire as most people see the Knights as just that but it partly wasn’t because they allowed 1 single player to beat them tonight. They knew coming in that that was Andreans only shot and still just got housed….as much as I would love to be optimistic, performances like that give me pause. On to next season Knights! Take this loss and use it as fuel for Championship run!

Well, the 2A finals are set. Mater Dei vs Andrean round 2. Congrats to both schools! Congrats to all teams on great seasons and making it to semi state! That they are and good call! Although, beating a lowly 2A school 42-3 in week 1 doesn’t exactly give you the “they’re for real” vibes. Either way, congrats to the Chargers!! Huge victory for FW football.

Andrean in cruise control. Knights come up short again. Andrean 14 Luers 3

Well, that was quick….

Happy to hear it!! I’m sure the seats in SC are much warmer lol 😆

Here’s to hoping these current Knights can get a big W tonight! Oh how I miss the bulletin board material! Hope you’re well Lurker!!

Yea I did a little research on it and it’s much different than my playing days. Now, it’s set up like AAU Basketball. They have they Nike circuit and the Addidas circuit. A bunch of tourneys all late spring and summer.

I’m sure there are some teams down in the Indy area that are pretty darn good. I should have been more clear and said “one of the best” but I feel as a whole NE Indiana puts out better skill position players than any other corner of the state. That’s just my opinion.

If you posed the question to me, my answer would be based on the results of our 7v7 teams nationally. The teams from FW are tops in Indiana year in and year out.

Luers has never really gotten much respect from the locals, at least outside of their program. Fort Wayne is and has always been a Snider/Dwenger town. Every other school is kind of an afterthought when compared to those 2. Now that said, these 2 teams are very evenly matched. Both have good athletes and are playing physical football. Both are very well coached teams with a lot of tradition in the tourney. Give me Luers 31-27 in a slugfest!

Does this term apply to the all Catholic schools or just Luers??

I’ve read it. I think that has to do more with the fact that the past decade Luers has played mostly under its program standards. I think a lot of people around here have seen that and maybe write them off a bit.

Care to elaborate?? I’m honestly curious as I haven’t seen or heard any slight towards the Knights, at least on this board.

Same could be said for the SIAC. The SAC is basically 2 conferences in 1 now a days. A 5 team “power” conference and then the 5 other schools. Closed conference or not, I don’t see that changing. Back to the game in question. I think if Luers has any shot in this one, you load up the box to stop Bowen and force the 59ers to stretch the field. Offensively, push the ball up the sideline with Thompson setting up your run game. For the 59ers it’s pretty simple on both sides of the ball, they go as 34 goes.

I have been impressed with this teams heart and toughness but Andrean having Bowen is like when Luers had Smith way back when.

Sagarin=Gospel! At least it has always seemed that way haha. I think he’s on point here though. 2 pretty evenly matched teams, home team gets the edge.

I haven’t seen a thread for this game yet so I figured I’d start one.

Adams Central with a special teams score. Let’s see how Coach Pasch and Lutheran respond. AC’s defense played well but was tested on that first series. Great start.

If I’m either one of the Catholic schools in the SAC I tell the IHSAA we volunteer to stay in 5A or 6A. I wonder if there is such a thing as a volunteer bump up? 🤷🏻‍♂️

That’s insane to me. Best pure running back in the area IMO. Honestly, there’s a lot of talent here in the Fort Wayne area with little to no offers 🤷🏻‍♂️

Columbus North is a solid win no question. It’s never easy to beat a 6A team as a smaller school. New Albany had a tremendous run this year but going into the year was New Albany considered a team to watch in 5A?? No. Kentucky Warren. Great pickup on the schedule. Love that GS picked up an out of state juggernaut. Heritage Hills is another solid 3A program and Southridge a solid 2A program. Agreed also that the schedule is much better than it had been in years past. Kudos to GS for that. I just feel that Brebeuf plays better teams is all. I truly believe this will be the best game of the weekend, I just think SOS plays a part, albeit small.

1A: Adams Central: IF AC can control the line of scrimmage and churn out long scoring drives, I like their chances. 2A: To me this is a coin flip. These teams are very similar in what they do and how the program is run. Mater Dei is probably pumped they don’t have to run into Luers at state again to ruin their fun! I’ll take MD by 3. 3A: Brebeuf Jesuit: Another good matchup, I just think the level of competition that GS plays in the regular season shows here. Still a close game but Brebeuf takes it. 4A: Mt. Vernon: Any team that can take it to Roncalli and that mammoth offensive line is pretty darn good 👍🏼 Northridge has been impressive but the run ends here. 5A: Cathedral: I think these last 2 games are easier to call. Zionsville will make it a better game than last year but still not enough. 6A: Center Grove: See above ⬆️: Although LN did make CG look human a few weeks back 👀 it’s still CG by 2-3 scores. Good Luck and God Bless to all players and coaches this weekend!!