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I agree with the size and the athletes. It will take a special team from elsewhere in the state to compete and beat an Indy area team

St. Ed's and Hoban - 2 Brothers of the Holy Cross High School

I watched all 6 games on the TV for the first time in years. Here are a few initial thoughts. The QB from GS is the real deal and should be Mr. Football hands down. The Bowen kid from Andrean is a beast and can see why ND went after him. Several teams had young QBs which mean they are set for a couple of years Mt Vernon was the quickest team I had seen in a long time Not sure what the attendance was but seemed on TV some crowd bases followed and others did not. I thought Northridge would have more fans since when they play a home their side is usually full. The 6A game was a great fans game. Some of the offenses were very wide open and scored often. Football around Indy is still in a league of its own. I have no problem with Cathedral winning again. Great programs that can reload and do that I have no issue with. Kids want to play for a winner. In all I thought is was a fun weekend to watch football.

in a way yes

The QB from GS is the real deal. One of the best I have seen over 50 years. Purdue looks like they could be getting the real deal Great game though to watch

I think it is more metro Indy and the State of Indiana North or South once you leave the metro Indy are for the larger schools is the big difference

Will the level of competition played by Brebeuf be an advantage?

My take from this post is this...Metro Indy area will dominate the top 2 classes much like the Chicago area dominates Illinois. While there may be a team now and then that makes it and could win there just seems to be such a big difference in the football from northern Indiana to Indy. All you heard about up here was Merrillville and look what happened. Same with Mich City who won the regional in 5A up this way. I figured whoever won the Brebeuf/West Laf game would get to Indy. Marian played the Braves very tough but they prevailed.

There are lots and fields across the street (Franklin St.) from the stadium. Not sure what is available to park. There were a few sports on the north side of the stadium the last time I was there.

The Michigan City community will show up and support their school. It is a town that has been waiting for a winner again. In 1966 when they wont State in basketball over 50,000 people lined a 3+ mile parade route through town to welcome them home. It was unreal. They had a reunion of sorts a few years ago during the summer festival and the crowd was there to see the players. The old Ames field was not a place t watch football at all. The one sideline had no fans behind it I would love to see City win this but being from the indy area their football is a different breed

Any grass field in No. Indiana with the rain and snow and more projected for Thurs and Fri will not be ideal this weekend

Ames Field - a great place to watch a game

The choices for location seem well thought out. Illinois, Ohio, Michigan all have teams travel. I would like to see this really looked at especially when considering he playing surface and the weather especially up north.

No long road trip for City. Could they get over this hurdle to end up in Indy?

From what I saw a week ago you are spot on. NP has 3 good runners in the backfield. I like #24 (Fronk, think that is his #) on both sides of the ball

So it appears the star running back for NP has not played much over the past couple of weeks. Nicked up and keeping him fresh for the final stretch run?

Having seen both teams during the regular season and knowing that Northridge has had a bunch of injuries are any of the coming back this week? I recall a couple of NP fans bemoaning their offense back in August and September and look where you are today.

Great article. I have the opportunity to meet him at a tournament game at School Field as a member of the chain crew. It was nice to meet someone on here in a different environment

The weather may not be the best for football. Wind, rain, snow.

Nice to see City football doing some things. It is finding the right person to mesh with the kids. That would be a fun game to see Friday night if you will be able to get into Ames Field.

I would imagine you would need to look at seating on both sides of the field especially for games when both schools travel well. Many fields have much smaller visitor stands than home.

The Knights make the trip to Cedar Lake in quest of another regional championship

These teams are familiar with each other.

The Kingsmen are awarded with a trip to play the Pirates in Merrillville

Penn did what they had to do. Marian did surprise but they do have the athletes and keep improving SJ past 2 wins one was a surprise the other expected - I did not think the 2nd time around would be different from the 1st. While SJ got better, NP is not so one dimensional like early on.