Paradise1960

In Warrick County, Castle High School and Boonville High School will have field turf in 2024.

1 hour ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

I mean….812 is a SIAC guy.  I wonder why he would rank 4 SIAC teams ahead of Heritage hills despite them not doing much the last 10 years or more

 

its even more obvious when you consider Jasper is a new member to the SIAC, is 16-2 in 2 years and reigning conference champs….and he has them ranked 6th 

 

like…..LOL

 

to join the SIAC go 16-2 only losing to memorial and central in year 1 and nobody else year 2….and they are ranked 6th for the conference 

Castle also beat them in 2020.

There are a few on this site. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCJKinBF57NGA9EUVxOFCYLA

The Road to Paradise by Thom Wilder

Just as the film Hoosiers captured the poignant spirit of Indiana high school basketball, The Road to Paradise tells the story of an unlikely and unexpected football champion - an unproven team without a football pedigree.

Considered to be a team that could never seriously contend with the powerhouse schools from northern Indiana, the underdog 1982 Castle Knights of the tiny southern Indiana town of Paradise capped off a magical undefeated season with a championship that the experts in such matters said was impossible.

The Road to Paradise is the story of that season and high school football in Indiana. It's the story of all that happened before and all that would happen after for a team, a school and a community at a crossroads. It's not so much a story about winning, but about refusing to lose. It's the recipe of how champions are made.

Chicago-based writer Thom Wilder is a journalist, teacher and sports a aficionado. He has been a published writer for the last quarter century, reporting on politics, business, law and government at the local, state and federal level for a variety of Chicago, national and international news organizations.

Wilder grew up in the Castle High School feeder community of Chandler, Indiana, receiving a journalism degree from Indiana University and a law degree from Loyola University Chicago.

Wilder began his journalism career at 15 when he joined the staff of his high school newspaper, The Lancer, and quickly became Sports Editor and Managing Editor, giving him a front row seat for the Castle Knights' march to their 1982 state championship.

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Paradise-Knights-Indianas-Football/dp/1457512599/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1643829831&sr=8-1

1 hour ago, HHF said:

What is the story behind the naming of Castle High School?  I remember the first time I heard of castle.  It was 1983 and Portage was making a run for a state championship.  I'm from the Region so I was following the team on their journey.  Back then, there was no internet so the scores didn't come out until the next day.  I remember hearing Portage had lost to castle.  I had never heard of the school and had no idea where it was located.  I do recall reports after the game that Castle had a huge offensive line and pushed the Portage kids around most of the game.  

A farmer in Paradise (Newburgh), IN donated/sold some of his land to the Warrick County School Corporation. The farmer's last name was "Castle". The state game you are referring to against Portage was 1994.

Under Coach John Lidy, who coached Castle for 30 years, Castle only won the SIAC title 4 (5) times.

• 1975 SIAC "B" - did not include the city teams
• 1982 - 3A State Champions
• 1983
• 1984 - Co-Champions - tied with Mater Dei. Both teams did not play each other that year
• 2002 

Not sure what is meant by having the most resources. They don't even have field turf. There seems to be more to it than meets the eye.

It does seem really odd. Word around our community is it's for athletic reasons and both parents work in Warrick County. I'm not sure how he will be eligible.

Castle High School - Castle Stadium - John Lidy Field - Head Coach John Lidy 1973-2002 (209-112); 2 State Championships 1982 3A and 1994 5A

Castle has lost football players to those specializing in other sports. You also have to factor in kids that have moved too.

Let's put things in perspective...when Coach John Lidy was head coach at Castle, the only times they won the SIAC title were in the following years:

• 1975 - SIAC "B" League Champions (great team, but they didn't play the city schools)
• 1982
• 1983
• 1984 - Co-SIAC Champions (did not play Mater Dei that year and MD was the other Co-SIAC Champion
• 2002 - 18 seasons later

Since then, Castle won the title in 2011 and 2012. Since 1973 Lidy's first year as HC and until now through 2 more HCs, it's been the ebbs and flows of high school football. Every program goes through them.

Go Knights!

1982 Regional Championship Castle vs Martinsville hook and ladder (Flea-Flicker) to win the game.

I'm a little partial to this helmet. Castle High School's football helmet hasn't changed a whole lot in 47 years (1973-2020). The Castle "C" on both sides with 2 navy blue stripes and a 1 yellow stripe down the middle. Go Knights!

These two stadiums are not in Indiana, but if you are a fan of seeing other high school football stadiums you need to visit Lahaina, Maui Hawaii. The view of the ocean and island of Lanai is amazing. Also visit East High School, Salt Lake, Utah. This is where the movies High School Musical was filmed. My daughters wanted to see the high school so while they were touring the school, I was checking out the football stadium. The stadium is nothing fancy, but the mountains in the background are spectacular.

Friday nights with Knight-Time in Paradise, IN (Newburgh) Castle Stadium John Lidy Field home of the Castle Knights is a pretty good stadium as well. 

12 minutes ago, CoachDurham said:

Harrison High School in West Lafayette

There is also an Evansville Harrison High School.

48 minutes ago, btownqbcoach said:

We are at about 80 schools with field turf for those classes. There are 64 in 6A and 5A total... and 62 in 4A. 127 total schools. I took Bosse off the list since they dropped to 3A. 

Plus Cathedral and Eville Memoerial don't count because they don't have their own home field... who else shares a field?

Those that have grass: Castle (astonishing), Jeffersonville, Madison, Silver Creek, South Dearborn... who else? 

 

Evansville Memorial and Evansville Mater Dei (2A) both have field turf on their practice fields at both schools, but they play their home games at different locations that have field turf as well.

17 minutes ago, NLCTigerFan07 said:

Wawasee (4A), Culver Military Academy (4A) and South Bend St. Joseph (4A) have turf installed.

 

Northridge (4A) will have it installed for the 2020 season.

Those that do not:

6A = Carroll (F.W.)?

5A = Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, , Concord, FW North, Elkhart Memorial, Huntington North, Munice Central, Bedford-North Lawrence,

4A = Mishawaka, Pendleton Heights, FW South, FW Wayne, Lowell, DeKalb, Shelbyville ?, SB Clay ?, Highland, Connersville, Kankakee, Jay County, Columbia, Gary West Side, New Prairie, Lebanon, Beech Grove, Hammond Gavit, Boonville, NorthWood, Angola, Frankfort,

26 minutes ago, btownqbcoach said:

Plainfield, Avon, Brownsburg, Noblesville, Carmel, Westfield, HSE, Fishers, BD, WC, Col North, Col East, East Central, Eville Reitz, Eville Central, Eville North, Eville Harrison, Eville Bosse, Seymour, Center Grove, Franklin Central, Franklin, Merriville, Penn, Martinvsillve, Bloom North, Bloom South, Jeff, NA, Laf Jeff, FC, Castle, North Central, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North, Pike.

 

Idk I think I did a pretty good job to start things. 

Jeffersonville (Jeff) does not.

To add to the list for 4A, 5A, and 6A schools, the following have it: 

Lake Central, Avon, Crown Point, Portage, Perry Meridian, Homestead, Southport, Warsaw, F.W. Northrop (I believe is getting it?), Valpo, Chesterton, LaPorte, Indy Arsenal Tech, Anderson, Zionsville, Goshen, FW Snider (I believe is getting it?), Whiteland, SB Adams, Kokomo, McCutcheon, Decatur Central, Michigan City, Elkhart Central, Greenfield-Central, Munster, Mooresville, Hammond Morton, Jennings County, Richmond, East Central, Hobart, East Noble, SB Riley, East Chicago, Logansport, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Greenwood, Roncalli, Plymouth, New Pal, Jasper, FW Bishop Dwenger ?, Marion, Northview, New Castle, New Haven, SB Washington

If any of those schools are incorrect, please comment.

2 hours ago, SouthernFan said:

I have a question for someone to answer. How many different teams have won the City title in the SIAC? When I think about it and I could be wrong but has North, Harrison, or Bosse won the conference since 2000? I know Memorial and Central won the past 2 years but how many in the history have they won? 

http://www.almanacsports.com/football/conference.php?conf_id=evansville

Region 9 votes were last night.