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IFCA North/South All-Star teams should be finalized this weekend at the IFCA State Clinic in Indy. Anyone brave enough to guess/rank the TOP TEN schools who have sent the most player representatives to this game since its advent in 1967? HINT: the outright leader hails from the north and has sent 63 student athletes since 1967

Geographically, there are nine teams in "Da Region." One of them has to move out east. Gonna come down to the KV versus Hobart argument. Furthest south, KV has no great travel path out east but easily works their way up I-65. Hobart can jump on 30 or 94, saving 20-30 minutes of travel time. Has to play a factor in the decision.

Corrected it on an earlier page. Move them to 20 and Delta to 22.

4A is missing Jay County - Likely winding up in your projected Sectional 20, pushing Delta to 22?

How about the fact that of the 15 largest high school gyms in the COUNTRY, Indiana is home to 13!

Pioneer moving to 2A. Mishawaka moving to 5A. Who else ya got?

Four games... One of the best lines in sitcom history!

I'm not SUPERstitious... but I am a little stitious. All comes down to the underwear - winning from the inside out!

My favorite aspect of 7 on 7 is when coaches "bend" the rules to gain a competitive advantage. I'll never forget one team dropping 8 guys into coverage, playing a Cover 2, Man-Under look - with a spy! Simple explanation, " we run an odd front." I'll also never forget Russ Radtke running belly, from his old Bone look, on a third and goal. His explanation, "We'd never pass here." Griffith actually ended up "winning" that summer tournament. 😂

Do tell. Looking at their past few seasons, not a whole lot stands out to me - going 18-13. Not much exposure to the Rockies other than the late 90s with Hobart and the 2000s with Lowell. Always played those teams tough, but I do not recall any bad blood.

From another thread, compliments of @JustRules: This change was made because under the previous rule if you only had 10 players on offense with 4 backs and 6 linemen you were guilty of an illegal formation even though you were at a disadvantage of having not enough players. This change removes that as a foul and matches the NCAA rule. What both versions are trying to prevent is lining up 10 of your players at ends or backs so they are all eligible. They included the "minimum of 5 on the line" even though that's already covered by the numbering requirement. They really didn't need to mention it here but they did and it's creating a lot of confusion. You could legally snap with 6 players if you wanted (5 lineman and a back to receive the snap). From an officiating mechanics standpoint, wings were usually counting backs anyway. As long as the R/U confirmed there were 11 players, they only had to make sure there were no more than 4 backs. If the R/U counted 10 players, then the wings would make sure there were no more than 3 backs. Now the wings don't have to worry about how many players there are on offense for this formation rule.

Has to be related to ineligible linemen downfield? Big guys are doing their best in the R phase and the QB has other plans in the P phase. Defensive coaches are lobbying for the call all the time.

Amen to that. His buddies Bo Nickal and Mark Hall are juggernauts. Sanderson has got that program firing on all cylinders.

Was able to watch the young man wrestle at the ECC Semi-State this past Saturday. Lost a tough one to CP in the ticket round. Truly incredible - a story which transcends sports!

Interesting. Never thought to play devil's advocate. So much stock gets put into high-scoring offenses - I never considered the defensive POV.

Nothing about intentional grounding?!? It baffles me how the high school level has the most strict interpretation of this rule. Kids see quarterbacks avoid sacks by chucking it away on Saturdays and Sundays but cannot do the same on Friday nights.

Not football related but had to share: http://www.inkfreenews.com/2019/02/08/once-a-slave-warsaws-jacob-bass-celebrates-freedom-through-wrestling/

I can think of a couple from around the Region. Football coach at Munster and baseball coach at Griffith. Another was football at Kankakee Valley and basketball at Covenant Christian.

Paoli Athletic Department just posted the head football coaching position. Seems to corroborate the aforementioned hiring of Jeremy Lowery at LaPorte, no?

Isn't SBCSC open enrollment?

I'm with you - seems rather subjective. Especially if you are a smaller school playing larger competition. If you are a 4A program and start 0-2 against 6A programs, that's to be expected, right? One hopes you are able to match the physicality of those programs, thinking this will pay dividends when you match up with a program your own size. Just have to hope the team stays healthy to make it to that point. Curious if there are other examples out there like the 2005 Red Devils? I remember a LaPorte team finishing 4-5 and making it to the Dome.

What are the general opinions about frontloading a team's non-conference schedule? Is it worth the risk of potentially starting the season 0-2? 0-3? Even 0-4? I remember a pretty good Lowell team who started 1-4, only to rattle off ten straight and win the state championship, but this has to be few and far between.

Awesome to hear. Let's hope this translates to a winning culture. I remember the days of David Perkins and Gehrig Dieter not so long ago.

Interesting hire. Coaching experience of 23 years, roughly half of those with a middle school program. Seems a man of character and a five-star rating on "rate my prof" to boot! 😂

Correct! Google suggests he played running back for Geesman in the late-80s, finishing as the 5A state runner-up to Carmel, losing 7-10. Head coach at Paoli for the past two years, won a sectional and lead the 2A Rams to a 21-4 mark. Looks like the flexbone offense will be alive and well at Kiwanis field! Ought to make for a fun week two matchup as Penn and LaPorte will square off this season.