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3 minutes ago, halfbackpass said:

Man, what a Friday night that would be. Panthers and Indians battling in front of a packed house and some Ivanhoe's on the way? Oooo weee. Good luck to everyone tonight. I'll be seething with envy as I knock out some "honey-do's" at home while feverishly checking the GID for score updates. 

This game will be broadcasted live on WIWUtv 51 on youtube... Just sayin.... 

If anybody remembers last years Ole Miss V Eastbrook game came down to a touchdown pass as time ran out to avoid going to Overtime.  And that was against the best team Ole Miss ever had last year....  Now we are back to the best team Ole Miss ever had this year, not sure how that seems to get labeled every year, but that's just how they do in Gas City I guess.  Yes, Ole Miss is in the top 10 in 4A, but who have they really played?  This ranking is based solely on last years success not by the quality of victories this season for sure.  

But tonight, finally a quality opponent, The Mighty Eastbrook Panthers.  Out to prove a point that having quality out of conference opponents have made them a stronger team.  And if anybody will learn and excel from losses it is Coach Adamson and his staff.  Motivation?  Get that can back to it's home, CIC title(most likely) and one step closer to Grant 4 champs!

As to why the chatter on here has been so quiet?  My guess is that everybody in Gas City is Cleaning out the Kmart and getting it ready for the Archery range, players are huddled up around the Milk can saying their goodbyes and Upland and surrounding areas are shining up the Cow Bells to bring the noise tonight... And the players, Making room for "Frank"  to come back home for the season!

To everybody going tonight, Have fun, be safe go early and hit Ivanhoe's, or enjoy a ribeye sandwich fresh off the grill at the field.  It is going to be an electric night!  Enjoy and GO PANTHERS!!! 

Elwood @ OH

Frankton @ Blackford

MG @ Alex

Ole Miss @ Eastbrook  *Game of the Week*

Elwood @ Oak Hill-  Oak Hill By a lot

Frankton @ Blackford- Blackford by a lot, according to some they will be 2nd in the CIC.....SMDH.....

M-G @ Alex -  With M-g taking one on the chin last week they will be out to get the bag pipes going again with a victory tune... Close, M-G wins....

Ole Miss @ Eastbrook- ***GAME OF THE WEEK***  Here. We. Go.  10 miles seperate these  rivals.  Home team has won since 2011.  Yes Eastbrook has lost to 2 ranked 4A teams, Ole Miss has beat 2 unranked 4A teams.  Advantage Panthers.

The Panther fans are shining the bells up, already got their tickets and have been out to the stands and taped down their blankets to reserve there spot for the Battle for 1st place in the CIC.  Time to bring the Can back home!!!  Eastbrook in a close game. We've seen better 4A teams and know what to expect.  Stronger schedule, stronger team!

Unfortunately I can't make it, but I will be ringing my Bell in Indy WATCHING it on WIWU-TV.  Anybody else can't make it here is the link to the youtube channel it will be on:

https://www.youtube.com/user/wiwutv51

Go Panthers!!!!

I actually got confirmation from Dr.Butts that we would have to sit on the visitor side due to her not being a BD student.  If you are a High School student from any other school than BD, you have to sit on the visitor side. Doesn't matter if you are with your parents or not. 

I could see this to really be an issue IF BD is lucky enough to get a home playoff game.  There could be more people in the visitor stands due to parents wanting to take in the fun of High school playoff football.

https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/fight-at-ben-davis-hs-football-game-prompts-new-security-enforcement/

I understand the need for some of these rules and some schools may already have some of these in place already.

But here is my issue:

I have a daughter that goes to a different school that doesn't have a great football team.  She loves football so we will occasionally visit local schools to watch key games.  As she is only with me every other weekend Ben Davis has been a great place to catch a game as we can walk to the stadium from my house.  But, according to these new rules we can't go to a Ben Davis game and sit on the Home side because she is not a student at Ben Davis.  If I'm visiting a stadium I like to sit on the home side.

A: the atmosphere is better 

B: More room to sit

C:Facilities and concessions are closer

Needless to say, we won't be going to BD games this season. or ever.

2 minutes ago, Warriorfan said:

Question-- Does Elwood win a game this year?

Maybe against Oak Hill.

ALEXANDRIA 

BLACKFORD

MISSISSINEWA

EASTBROOK

Alex @ Wabash

Eastbrook @ Delta *Game of the week worth 2 points

Eastern @ MG

Frankton @ Lapel 

New Haven @ Ole Miss

Southern Wells @ Blackford

Southwood @ OH *Game of the week worth 2 points

Tipton @ Elwood

Monroe Central
Eastbrook 
Lapel
Tipton
Pendleton Heights
Eastern 

Frankton

Alexandria

Here we go!!!  Week 1 of the CIC!!! 

Players are fired up, fields are prepped and ready, lights are bright and the practices have more focus this week! 

Looks like there are going to be some good games this week.  Rankings are The IFCA  Polls.

2A #24 Blackford at 1A #5 Monroe Central, 7:30 pm
2A #2 Eastbrook at 4A #1 Marion, 7 pm
2A #13 Lapel at Elwood, 7 pm
Madison-Grant at 2A #11 Tipton, 7 pm
4A #9 Mississinewa at 4A #25 Pendleton Heights, 7:30 pm
Oak Hill at Eastern, 7 pm
Tri-Central at Frankton, 7 pm
Wes-Del at Alexandria, 7 pm

Good luck to all the teams this season and hope everyone stays as healthy as possible!!!

19 minutes ago, franktonite said:

I agree the CIC is very competitive across the board.  Last year Eastbrook was 2A state runner-up in football, Frankton was final four in 2A basketball, and Alex won the 2A baseball state championship, that's a great year for any conference.  However, there aren't many conferences in the state that have their school sizes range from 1A - 4A.  Typically the biggest or the smallest will eventually leave, which would mean a little addition and subtraction is probably coming to the CIC.

Typically I would agree with that.  But if the big school isn't dominating everything and the small school isn't losing miserably at everything, I don't see a need for a shake up.  I feel across the board It is a fairly level playing field and a very competitive conference.  Everybody just loves to have a knee jerk reaction when A sport leans one way or another.  

Here is the response I got from Coach Nowlin when I asked yesterday:

Pick Ems:   That old code we used is long gone

Keep pick ems on Main Board here under various threads or create a PICK EMS CLUB, much like OOB where all the Pick ems would be placed and enjoyed. 

I kind of like the idea of Pick Ems in CLUB AREA:  Not to clutter up the main boards.  Be looking for that.  

On that same note, Will the Pick 'ems be restored also?

1 hour ago, Midway Monster said:

Only question with Eastbrook is can they replace all that they lost

That is the question that gets asked at the beginning of every season.  I believe that their record indicates that in the past they usually don't have a problem reloading.  With the feeder system they have in place and the top notch coaching staff, they seem to know what they are doing.