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St Joe beat Adams 46-7. This team is playing better but we will see how much they have grown the next 3 weeks.. New Priairie comes to Fr. By Field next Friday night. I just want to see if the fist 4 games and the quality of the opponent stands up with the Cougars See Elkhart took in on the chin 55-0 to Massilon. Not sure why they scheduled that one Riley 76 Clay 0 really?

thanks my correction noted in week 4 Well it was nothing fancy just rush to the kicker and not doing a good job with adjustments tec. Plus punter mishandled a snap early or could have been 4

Friday, Sep. 8 Bremen at Triton, 7 pm Elkhart at Massillon Washington (Ohio), 7 pm Morton at Penn, 7:30 pm Glenn at Jimtown ©, 7 pm Marian at New Prairie ©, 7:30 pm Riley at Clay ©, 7 pm St. Joseph at Adams ©, 7 pm Washington at Calumet, 8 pm Bremen and Triton not sure what to think Elkhart is making the long ride to Massillion, Ohio to play at that famous venue Penn recovers from Cathedral by playing Morton, which battled Elkhart but still not sure about the Lions New Prairie welcomes Marian coming off a tough game with Brebeuf Glenn-Jimtown could be interesting Riley goes to Clay after a big rivalry game as the Colonials look for that win St Joe visit School Field and Adams in another neighborhood battle. Always an interesting game. After 2 not competitive games see how St Joe reacts. Adams coming off hard fought game with Riley Washington at Calumet - well, both teams struggling 0-3 v.s. 1-2. Calumet beat a weak EC Central WHS has scored only 19 pts in 3 games

I will agree with the culture. There was little teaching/coaching last night. Lot of coaching bodies but not much as I saw working to improve. Their fundementals are not sound. I wonder how bad Gary West is since WHS beat them soundly. I have not seen Clay but Clay seems more sound at QB than WHS

St. Joe beat Washington 51-0. it was 45-0 at half. SJ blocked 3 punts one for a TD other 2 deep in Panther territory. WHS is going to need a massive culture change like Riley is going through to turn the tide. Cathedral lead Penn35-0 at hslf and ended up winning 35-6. From the radio people the Irish dominated

I think a lot will have to do with contracts. Penn is suppose to pick up Carmel I believe next year for 4. If they go to 7 conference games that menas probably week 1 or 2. If anyone knows Greg Humnicky, he does a lot of the scheduling for the NIC

Friday, Sep. 1 Brebeuf Jesuit at Marian, 7:30 pm Morton at Elkhart, 7:30 pm Glenn at Angola, 7:30 pm Lowell at New Prairie, 8 pm Osceola Grace at Jimtown, 7 pm Penn at Cathedral, 7 pm Clay at Chicago Christian (Ill.), 7:30 pm Riley at Adams, 7 pm Washington at St. Joseph, 7 pm South Central at Bremen, 7:30 pm Penn's biggest test of the year this week when they travel to Cathedral. Win thins and the Kingsmen could be headed to 9-0 season. Will Elkhart right the ship against Morton? Glenn looks to recover from bring shut out by Riley NP - not sure what to think of them at this point. Jimtown - had 2 tough matches to being the year, know nothing about Grace Clay goes to Chicagoland...could they bring home that coveted victory? Riley and Adams in a neighborhood brawl. Riley to look to go to 3-0 Washington and St. Joe get together after not playing for awhile. Used to be a very heated rivalry years ago. SJ is a young team with only 13 seniors out of 63. The youngsters playing look like they could develop. See how they do again WHS. Will their QB be back? Bremen looks to continue their winning ways against South Central.

Fort Wayne South has lost like 19 games in a row They are going thru a culture change Starting QB and RB were freshman The Bremen scored surprised me

The Riley Ad posted they will be playing at Gary West on Friday The had week one open since last week and not sure how they ended up with 2 games

Well, week # 1 of the NIC. Last season as we know it as 4 schools will be gone next season but here is the schedule. Clay starts their final season as a high school. Not sure why Riley is on here twice but this came from Harrell's sight. Boone Grove at Glenn, 7:30 pm Concord at Elkhart, 7 pm Culver Academy at Adams, 7 pm Bishop Noll at Clay, 7:30 pm Jimtown at NorthWood, 7 pm Lakeland at St. Joseph, 7 pm LaVille at Bremen, 7 pm Marian at Mishawaka, 7 pm New Prairie at LaPorte, 8 pm Penn at Valparaiso, 8 pm Riley at Attica, 7:30 pm Riley at West Side, 8 pm Washington at Hammond Central, 8 pm

What if Penn joined the MIC in football only? Yes travel but some schools are going farther to play

So, could Penn go independent in football and stay in the NIC? It seems this whole idea of leaving centers around football. If the NIC downsizes I am sure they may not want to lay Washington or Riley but they did pick up Hammond Morton which is a lateral move. In 5 years or less I suspect SB will be down to 2 high schools with the way they are losing kids. Penn would have Valpo and Mishawaka. Carmel is replacing Cathedral and they could always get them back. They may want to keep playing Adams. They have Elkhart. NP and SJ would I assume continue to play them Marian may too. Many parochial schools in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and KY are looking for games. I think they could work this out. Just a thought. Other sports can schedule more teams outside of the NIC so I have not heard a cry that all sports need to move on. The other key is does the DAC want to expand? Will their member schools want it or like it like it is?

So, in a few weeks a new season for the NIC will begin. Any newsworthy items. Movement of kids? Transfers? What you expecting in this final year of the conference as we know it. Couple of things I have seen. Washington football had sent info out to kids at Clay I know, not sure if system wide. They are promoting their new coach and outlook. Not knowing how many kids will even go to Clay this yea, will they field a team. A parent out near I live has said they will. ANyone see of the scrimmages/-7 to have any thoughts

Is it possible if one school cannot field a team and another school have low numbers of consolidating their numbers into one team? Not sure if this has been discussed before but just wondering.

When the new SJ was opened all Indiana signs were removed or not used. The football helmets got rid of the arrows. For most of the time it was "In Name Only". The tribe wrote every school in the country with the nickname of an Indian etc. Saugutuck and Hartford, Michigan both got rid of Indians. When they announced the committee and the next day the tribe hit the media circus around here it was over and then with the diocese, done. Funny they never released the survey to even alumni. Regardless, I will always be a St. Joe Indian but it is time to move on. I wonder what Knox, Anderson, and others might end up doing.

Well the local tribe has sent letters to every schools with an Indian nickname demanding a change. The forced a little town in Michigan to do it and then paid $ 300,000 to cover the cost. I am not surprised this happened. When the Tribe went to the media after the school announced the study it was doomed. A lot will depend on the diocese and the administration. SO they will do the process again of meetings and surveys and then pick a new name. Fr. Bly had told alumni for many years before his death that if the nickname was changed he wanted the "Rams". In his memory and honor I would say yes to that. Time will tell. But a Columbia Blue and WHite helmets like the Rams would be pretty sweet

REAKING: Rising 4 NorthWood WR @nitrooo.3 tells me he will be transferring out of michiana and will play his senior season at IMG Academy in Florida. Tuggle released his top 10 which includes Michigan, Georgia, Colorado, Penn State, Texas A&M, Cincinnati, Florida, Auburn, Michigan State and Oregon. Best of luck! #michianafootball

The news that the 3 schools are leaving at the end of 24 is not surprising. With the future of Clay still up in the air it is hard to figure out what is going to happen. Will Penn and Elkhart maybe go independent in football to avoid play the weaker SB schools that do nothing game nor gate wise? Could SJ, Marian, NP, Washington, Riley, Adams form a 6 team conference should Clay be out of the picture? Would the big 2 stay? Could the SB public schools be left conference less like Hammond and Gary were? Lot of unanswered questions for the AD's and Principals to figure I cannot see any school joining the NIC due to some teams do not travel well

Could it be done at Lucas Oil?

the facebook page said this would start once the Cathedral contract is over in 2024

They are trying to right size the corporation and try to reestablish boundaries Under the 2 high schools freshman would be in the their own building Under 3 high schools Adams 1502, Riley 1883, Washington, 1055 Under 2 high schools Adams 1831/622 Washington 1451/536 They are trying to repurpose space to right size without losing a building to a charter school They propose to tear down the academic side of Clay and make it a sports facility

Last night the group looking at downsizing/right sizing the corporation outlined 3 ideas. One has SB with 4 high schools. Another 3 high schools. The last 2 high schools Under the scenario Clay would be gone in 2 of them Riley would be gone in the last group. The 2 high school concept would leave Adams and Washington

I wish there was a venue in Indiana that would look at a weekend and bring in some top teams. I am not sure if you could do this but think if ND hosted 2-3-2 games on Fri- Sat- Sun bringing in teams from all over to play teams in the country that play allover. Like the used to in Cincinnati

Clay has their own field behind what once was the high school - grass field Riley plays at Jackson Field - nice stadium that would be awesome with turf (equal seating on both side) but it is grass as well