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Northridge had it wrapped up 35 to 6 in the 4th when they put the JV in, ended up 35 to 21 final. Next week hosting Leo will be a challenge to say the least.

Northridge by 15 Mishawaka by 3

We got back our top CB, albeit with a cast on his arm (still got a pick). But we're still really feeling the injury bug, with multiple key players out for the year including qb1/ safety/LB and arguably rb1/rb1a/LB. Our starting stud LT just got his cast off his arm also. The kid playing qb for us Friday night was Tagg Gott, he's a baller for sure (2 ways). He's our other rb1/rb1a guy converted to qb, which he hasn't played since Freshman year (junior now). He went for 362 total yards, 4 total touchdowns against Northwood. Northwood dealt with a little adversity as well and was missing a key player for an undisclosed reason on Friday. I like our chances against a tough CC team, I believe this is where our conference schedule with Mishawaka, Concord, Warsaw, and Northwood really helps prepare us for the post season. Attached is a picture of our seniors whose seasons were cut short due to injury. (Photo credit Russ Draper)

I'm thinking the Cavemen avenge their earlier loss, but man Concord has been pretty impressive too! Always a good Friday night when we leave Nappanee with a convincing win, hope it carries over this Friday. Pulling for the remaining NLCers from here on out, and I think there's a good chance of at least 2 of us advancing to regionals or farther.

Northridge 28 Northwood 7 in s19

If I weren't headed to Mishawaka tomorrow night, I'd definitely head down to Jake Field, should be an awesome NLC atmosphere! I'll be rooting for everyone in the NLC to stay healthy and make deep runs in the tournament (except Northwood, I hope they lose next week of course).

Warsaw Freshman were very impressive and took it to us a couple of weeks ago. We have had an up and down season with injuries much like our varsity has dealt with this year, but beat Angola tonight 38 to 6 to go to 3-4 on the season with Concord still to come. We replaced a couple of schools that didn't have freshmen teams this year with some tough competition, including a few JV/C teams including Mishawaka Marian, Angola, Fairfield, etc...

Lippert Components sponsored tomorrow nights student sections for both schools tomorrow night at Concord. Both schools students will get in free thanks to their contribution.

We are looking for an opponent to play our JV team on this date. If you are interested in hosting us, please call 574-825-7667. We are located in Middlebury Indiana

Congrats Concord on the big win! Gonna be a tough go for us the rest of the regular season, guessing the Goshen game will be the only one we are favored in. Feel for the seniors that watched a promising start of the season begin to fall apart after all of the injuries keep stacking up I'm still a big believer in Eppley and think our future is still bright.

Northridge definitely got nailed by injuries to key players and positions on both sides of the ball, several of which are season ending. But I'd pump the brakes a little bit on the sky falling on our season and post season hopes. I believe we were caught last week against a great team, with little practice time for our backups and third stringers. We were right in it in the first half, but lack of depth killed us in the second half. Tomorrow night should tell us a clearer picture of what to expect from our depleted team the rest of the way, although we are still down to our #3/#4 qb one more week due to a season ending injury back to back years for qb1, and ridiculous contact tracing rules keeping qb2 out a second week in a row. I'm just praying Micah is back in time for the majority of basketball season his senior year. Also side note, love seeing some new blood in here, as much as I enjoy NLCTigerFan07 and his great insight on this thread but I'm glad to see some new blood and some old timers popping back in here more often!

Yeah we've gotten hit hard by the injury bug, but no excuses. We should be ready to go!

Concord (3-1) at Goshen (2-2): Things seem to be trending up for Coach Park and Goshen, but Concord has a great QB, a stud defensive playmaker, and should put them away pretty handily. Concord by 18 Northridge (4-0) at Warsaw (3-1): This one could go a long way at deciding the front runner for at least a share of the conference. Our first real test of the year, and we will be without some really key guys tonight/ moving forward, but it's next man up and some great opportunities for some younger kids tonight. My head says Warsaw by 3, but my heart says Northridge by 1. Plymouth (0-4) at Mishawaka (3-1): Mishawaka will take out last weeks heart breaking loss to Warsaw out on Plymouth tonight. Mishawaka by 40+ Wawasee (0-4) at NorthWood (2-2): I don't think this is a typical Panther team, but should roll easily tonight. NorthWood by 30

Not condoning any bad sportsmanship, but also every year I can remember when playing in Middlebury, we have Plymouth players running past our sideline, trash talking and spitting on our goalpost. The first time I witnessed it, happened to be a kid rather close to a certain coach on the other sideline and occurred in front of my youth kids that were there for MYFL night. We never made it a big deal with the officials and only used it as motivation to play harder. Either way good luck to your Rockies, Pilgrims, or whatever mascot you all are using tonight 😂 I have a feeling tonight will be a little bigger if a test for us than the first 4 weeks.

Big game down in Warsaw tomorrow night, hoping the injury bug didn't bite us too hard. Regardless it's next man up and coach Eppley will have our guys ready to play.

I find that to be an odd statement considering what I've witnessed in the past when Plymouth came to Middlebury.

No idea, other than getting more live reps for our 3rd unit/jv kids that had their last weeks game canceled.

Northridge was dominating Plymouth early up 28 to 0 in the 1st quarter maybe early 2nd. But the injury bug hit and we played most of the game with reserves in key spots. Hoping these kids aren't out long term, but if so we could have a really different look in the weeks to come. Still believe we have one of the top defenses around though.

Elkhart is no slouch and found a suitor from Michigan, would've been fun to see them and Snider battle though.

Concord (2-1) @ Wawasee (0-3) - I was shocked at how small the Warriors team that showed up in Middlebury last week was. I'll be surprised if they put any points on the board again this week and have no reason to believe Concords offense won't have its way tonight. Concord by 35 Goshen (2-1) @ Northwood (1-2) - Goshen may win 1 or 2 more games this season when they play Plymouth and Wawasee, but not this week. I look for the Panthers to win convincingly after their tough fought loss last week in overtime when they went for 2 against Concord and didn't convert. Northwood by 18 Northridge (3-0) @ Plymouth (0-3) - This isn't a Plymouth of old team. It sounds like they're experimenting with a new offense, but it won't matter this week against one of the best defenses in the area. Northridge got some tough injury news this week, but that won't stop them from rolling easily tonight. Northridge by 28 Warsaw (2-1) @ Mishawaka (3-0) - By far the NLC game of the week and my preseason top 2 teams to beat this year. Look for Warsaw to continue getting back on track and battle tonight. Mishawaka may or may not be without their starting senior QB who is arguably the best at what he does in that system in our area, but if he can't go his sophomore brother showed he can step right in and not miss a beat. Should be a battle and give one of these teams a legitimate shot of at least sharing the conference title. I've got to take the Cavemen at home, but wouldn't be shocked to see the Tigers really fight in this one, especially if the older Fisher isn't playing tonight. Mishawaka by 10

Sorry I missed predictions last week, but like you said, I was shocked at the low numbers Wawasee brought north on SR13 Friday night!

Agree on all points here. Northridge could have had their second shut out to start the season, but a costly penalty when they had Adams stopped early in the first half and then JV playing in the 4th quarter gave up a garbage time score at the end. We have some dudes on offense this year that are some serious playmakers as well. I'd put this defense up with some of the best of them going back to 14. I think Mishawaka is still the obvious favorites this year and believe they will make a deep run in November.

I think I went 4-4 last week, haven't had time to write much up this week due to ongoing server issues but here goes my predictions. Elkhart (1-0) at Mishawaka (1-0): I think Mishawaka is the team to beat in our area this year, followed by Elkhart and Warsaw in 5/6A. Mishawaka by 10 Jimtown (0-1) at Concord (0-1): I think Jimtown will be decent this year, but Concord should be another 5A school in the conversation this year for people to keep an eye on. Concord by 13 Kokomo (1-0) at Plymouth (0-1): I don't know anything about the Wildcats this year, but I do know about Plymouth. Kokomo by 18 NorthWood (1-0) at Logansport (1-0): I don't know much about Logansport other than they put are a good tournament host in basketball typically. . NorthWood by 12 South Bend Clay (0-1) at Goshen (1-0): Looking for Goshen to start 2-0 after tonight, so when I go out with my Redskin wife and her 2 Redskin friends for dinner tomorrow night I will get to hear how this is their year. Goshen by 21 South Bend St. Joseph (1-0) at Northridge (1-0): Raiders played an amazing first half last week then sputtered in the second half. Both teams had a penalty called nearly every play. Look for us to clean things up and get another shut out tonight as well as double Coach Eppleys career win total. Northridge by 28 Warsaw (1-0) at Michigan City (1-0): Great win last week down in the Lake City, but hearing Dublin Coffman isn't their normal powerhouse this year, still very impressive win. Don't know much about the Wolves since we stopped playing them at the start of the season, but they're always a contender in that part of the state. Tigers by 8 Wawasee (0-1) at West Noble (0-1): After hearing some kind words about the Wawasee program before the season started , last week showed that may have been a little bit optimistic. West Noble by 14

NLC week 1 final scores: Elkhart 12 Concord 7 Warsaw 48 Dublin Coffman (OH) 23 East Noble 56 Plymouth 33 Goshen 21 Fairfield 10 Northwood 7 Jimtown 6 Mishawaka 43 Mishawaka Marian 16 Northridge 21 South Bend Adams 0 Tippecanoe Valley 42 Wawasee 7

Elkhart had an incredible first year post merger last year, but lost 18ish of those starters from a year ago, plus arguably their top 2 skill players this season. Seems to be a lot of hype around Concord as they have some studs of their own, and return much of last year's team. Coach Koehler battled some major health issues this off season and the team really seems to have bonded well. Should be a really good game and tell us just how good Concord is going to be. Elkhart by 3 Dublin Coffman (OH) at Warsaw: Great job by Coach Curtis by strengthening the Tigers schedule up, I really don't know much about DC other than they are a perennial powerhouse and went 8-1 last year with their 1 loss by only 3 points. Even if the Tigers come up short here, I think they're easily a top 3 NLC team this year and should have another great season. Dublin Coffman by 20 East Noble at Plymouth: hearing that Plymouth will struggle this year, East Noble is always a tough program and along with Leo, should be favored to win the NE8 this season. East Noble by 30 Goshen at Fairfield: I think Goshen struggles again this year, but should be a little better. Coach Thacker has things rolling on the south side of town after an NECC Big School title and undefeated regular season. Goshen has 1 win each of the last 3 seasons and questions at qb this year, but I look for it to be a great game. Falcons by 3 Jimtown at NorthWood: Northwood went 4-4 last season and is always a competitor, but I don't see them at the top of the conference this year. Jimtown should be pretty decent and I think it will be close throughout. Jimtown by 3 Mishawaka at Marian: should be another great rivalry game, but I think Mishawaka will be a tough out this year. With Fisher at qb, I'd say they're favorites to win the NLC this year, but a lot can change in a season. Marian is always a tough team so I think it will be another battle. Cavemen by 6 Northridge at Adams: I've been hearing a lot of hype about Adams huge o-line and their great passing game, also in the NIC thread a lot of people seem pretty excited about the Eagles this year. I heard they worked Plymouth at the jamboree pretty easily. Coach Eppley has picked up right where Wogomon left off and there is a lot of excitement in Middlebury. We lost some key guys last year, but have some guys that will be doing great things this year. Lost our top 3-4 running backs and qb, but I like where we're headed. Northridge by 10 Tippecanoe Valley at Wawasee: Don't know much about either team this year, but have heard that Wawasee is trending in the right direction. They have gone 5-15 in their last 2 seasons but should be better this year under year 3 of good coaching. Wawasee by 7