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NFL Free Agency, NCAA Transfer Portal, and now the IHSAA Transfer Portal...what a rush. Might have to dedicate a part of the Gridiron Digest to where all the athletes around the state transfer to. Coaches get your NIL money ready.

2017-2018 and 2018-2019 enrollment period. Luers was smack dab in the middle of 3A enrollment. Didn't have a lot of success in those two years. Crazy enough when the next enrollment period came around, they were back to 2A enrollment and playing in 2A. So yes manipulating enrollment numbers for the sake of winning isn't as crazy as it sounds.

As long as Jett has one good arm to throw with and one good leg to run on, I'm taking HH all day.

They are really good, they just have other people that are pretty good on their team too, so they only get to run the ball 170 times...and not 284.

Winning just isn't cool anymore I guess.

Sounds like they should've lined up in the wing-t and ran people over all year.

If you want a successful coach, find an up and coming really good special teams coordinator and hire them. They are the best options for head coaches. Too many OC's and DC's getting head coaching jobs. They know how to relate with guys on only one side of the ball most times than not. Special teams guys work with any and all players on the team. They know how to connect with any and all players on the team. Hire a special teams coach to be the head coach and make big time decisions. Bring in OC's and DC's to do exactly what they are good at, calling the offense or defense.

HH is really good. To say their schedule doesn't stack up with Luers' schedule is comical. I'm tired of hearing the Summit league break their arms jerking each other off. You look at the conference and not too many of them had a whole lot of success come playoff time. You could make the case they all played each other, but HH did the same thing in their own sectional. Luers didn't even play arguably the two best teams in the conference in Snider or Carroll that probably would have helped make a case for their schedule being tougher. As far as the summit league goes, they didn't exactly light it up in there nonconference games as a conference. All I'm going to say on the matter. It's hard to bet against a guy with as badass of name as Jett Goldsberry...just sayin!

It always is "coincidental"

I don't think Bluffton would have just from seeing them on film, but it was the most wide open sectional in the North in my opinion so who knows they might have been able to. How it ended hurt. Shouldn't have been in that situation to begin with. Too many mistakes and turnovers by the Zebras. Eastern made big plays when they needed to. The Zebras return 9 starters on defense and 8 on offense. The Juniors going to be Seniors seemed very hungry and ready to get to work for the next season. Time will tell! Back to the Adams County teams. Don't want to change this thread to something that it isn't. Very impressed with the football being played throughout the county. Look forward to one day getting to play against AC, Bluffton, or possibly even South Adams due to success factor in a sectional or regional. Best of luck to the two teams tonight. Both teams will have their hands full tonight!

From a p/p vs public standpoint, would love to see the Jets get to Lucas Oil and get a rematch against Lutheran if they can pull it out against Linton. How many times have two teams been bumped up a class from success factor(I understand AC was going to be there anyway with enrollment but still) and still find a way to meet each other again in the state championship? That is cool. From a selfish standpoint, if Andrean wins that's one step closer to them being in 3A which is where I personally think they belong. Either way, I think this is going to be a great game won in the trenches on Friday night. Gonna root more for the Jets on Friday night. Go public schools!

Nothing would make me happier than seeing Garrett win this one. It would be the first time since 2000 that two public schools would play for the state championship in 3A, the winner of that game oddly enough, Heritage Hills. Some might call it a coincidence, I say its destiny that Garrett beats Luers on Friday night...And then takes one on the chin from Heritage Hills in the state championship lol.

That's odd. Luers is usually middle of the pack 2A enrollment. They get success factored up to 3A and all of a sudden they have 3A enrollment. But it's so hard for these p/p's to keep their doors open. They can't control their school population. It's so hard to recruit kids to their school. Must just be a coincidence.

This might have been discussed already here, but was there any thought by Memorial to voluntarily stay up in 4A before the reclassifications and season? Looks like they might have been better off making a deeper run in 4A than 3A this year.

The 1A state champion has to be a private school STATE LAW! Crown Providence state champs right now and move on to basketball and wrestling (and swimming if you're into that sort of thing)

Hoping someone can knock off Luers. Only 2 out of the last 9 state champions in 3A have been public. Would be nice to see a public school win 3A again.

Can't they both just win and go to 3A already.

Really cool to see Coach Grant and the Warriors having a lot of success this year. South Adams is not what the Warriors wanted to see Friday night. From what I've seen they like to sling it around the yard, something the Warriors have struggled with stopping all year. I'm not sure either team will be able to stop the other. High scoring game in this one with the winner being whoever has the ball at the end of the game. North Judson by however much they want.

6A FW Snider @ FW Carroll Fishers @ HSE Indy Cathedral @ Lawrence North 5A Chesterton @ Valparaiso Warsaw @ Concord Decator Central @ Plainfield Bloomington So. @ Bloomington No. 4A Hanover Central @ New Prairie East Noble @ FW Dwenger Huntington No. @ Lebanon Indy Chatard @ Indy Roncalli 3A Mishawaka Marian @ Knox Garrett @ West Noble Maconaquah @ West Lafayette Mississinewa @ FW Luers Guerin @ Tri-West Lawrenceburg @ Batesville Evansville Mem. @ Heritage Hills 2A Bremen @ Andrean Eastern (Grto) @ Tipton Lapel @ Triton Central 1A Triton @ North Miami Cloverdale @ Sheridan North Decatur @ Milan

Wouldn't be an upset in my book, but I can see how everyone else might see it that way. Maconaquah's speed allows them to hang with anyone in 3A in my opinion.

You're kidding right?

Maybe the conference as a whole isn't as strong as what many including myself thought it was. Obviously Adams Central is the outlier. I think they are more than for real still, but only four teams remain in the playoffs, and I gotta think there's only going to be two after tonight. Southern Wells probably wouldn't be playing tonight if they didn't have a bye round 1. Tough to say with Bluffton having to face Adams Central round 1 and not getting to play a non-conference opponent instead, but I think even Bluffton wasn't as tough as many thought they would be this year.

They definitely do have a lot more of them for sure. Just from the film I've seen on the Cougars, I'm not super impressed with any of their guys named Jim or Joe.

I'm taking the Panthers this week. This will be the first true test of the season for Carroll. Up until now they just had to make sure they are on the field by kickoff. This week they are gonna have to do more than just show up. A couple of their games are way closer than they should be. If they prove me wrong so be it, but they need to do just that. Prove you are for real this week because Pioneer is always going to bring it against whoever they play.

6A Carmel @ Zionsville Fishers @ Noblesville Ben Davis @ Pike 5A Michigan City @ Chesterton Concord @ FW North McCutcheon @ Kokomo Bloomington South @ TH South 4A New Prairie @ Hobart Logansport @ Lebanon Indy Roncalli @ Brebeuf Ev. Reitz @ Jasper 3A Jimtown @ Mishawaka Marian Griffith @ Knox Cascade @ Tri-West Madison @ Scottsburg 2A Western Boone @ Laf. Central Catholic Rochester @ Eastern (Greentown) Centerville @ Lapel South Vermillion @ Linton 1A Tri-County @ Taylor South Adams @ Tri North Davies @ Perry Central