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Well done, OlMarksmenTiger and Titan32! Excellent points made by both.

Castle -3.5

I agree. Although much can change as the season plays out with injuries, etc. IMO it has to be Castle just because they played a competitive opponent in Wk. 1. At this point I think its hard to gauge Reitz or Mater Dei, but we should find out a lot more this weekend.

But don't forget humble and modest. LOL

IMO, if GS had beat Floyd, they would be #1. Losing by 1 score to a 5A school in Wk1 after replacing what they had to replace is pretty solid to me. I might have Castle at #2 if they hadn't been gifted the W by North. I personally don't put much stock at all into last year.

Mine would be: 1. Memorial (always enjoy the WITZ radio broadcast) 2. GS (Floyd Central is a quality Wk. 1 opponent) 3. Castle (got the benefit of what sounded like some questionable clock management at the end by North) 4. North (snatched defeat from the jaws of victory?) T5. Reitz (surprisingly, Harrison kept it close until after the half) T5. Heritage Hills (its South Spencer) T5. Mater Dei (its Central) 8. North Posey (nice W against SR) 9. Jasper (JCats need a "get-right" game and Harrison is the lamb) 10. Boonville (its Bosse) HM. Southridge

This should be one of the more competitive weeks in the SIAC season across the board.

Or not. Jasper had a nice 1st Q, then got shut down.

Hope you have a speedy recovery!

North, Memorial, Reitz, MD, Boonville

Not saying you're wrong by any means, but I haven't heard anything about American Legion baseball in years. Does it even still exist? We used to have Pate, Funkhauser, Newburgh, Kapperman, etc. down here in SW IN, but I can't recall hearing anything for years.

It kinda shocks me that Mt. Vernon Fortville has fallen so far, but with Coach Kirschner back I expect they will recover.

I wouldn't mind some variation in the middle, but I like having Jasper Wk.1 and Castle Wk.9. I doubt the schedules will ever change unless there is some significant change in the conference (adding / dropping a team). As is, the ADs don't have to do much except fill the open spot left by VL.

It looks very nice, but new lights is by far the biggest improvement.

Wonder what the "convenience fee" is, 3.5%?

Well said. I always enjoyed his segments on IU broadcasts.

College baseball has way too much of this crap.... https://www.facebook.com/reel/819663354330739 Now granted, I get mad when our football players do the flying chest bump after a TD, so I acknowledge the fuddy-duddyness to my position.

I hate travel sports. And college baseball.

That was kind of what I thought the guidelines were when I said I think the amounts are way too high...

I don't know if this is correct, but a quick search returned this... https://indianachoicescholarship.org/scholarship-qualifications/

Except that the taxes we all pay fund all kinds of services - schools, fire/police protection, roads, etc. I don't see any way of carving out the education dollars. Like many, I made the decision to send my kids to Catholic schools (approx. 48 combined years) and never received any "vouchers". My choice. My only issue with vouchers is that the GOP has expanded it so much that families with very good incomes can qualify. I think it should be limited to people who truly need the help. A family of 4 making $150,000 can sure as h3!! afford to pay full tuition IMO.

That only works if there are 8 SIAC teams. Like the good old days before the AD's got lazy and added Jasper and Vincennes to make schedules automatic...

It wouldn't surprise me if Bosse decided to not compete in the SIAC in football at some point. I would imagine most, if not all, of other SIAC schools would welcome the change. This might give Bosse the chance to find some other opponents and rebuild the program.

I believe TCC is a school originally founded by the Brothers of Holy Cross, who founded ND. In Indiana, both Indpls. Cathedral and Evansville Reitz Memorial were also BHC schools at one time. We have recently "re-affiliated" despite not having any Brothers of HC on faculty. Not sure if Cathedral is still affiliated or not...

As written, I really don't see this being that big of an issue. I think it was the IHSAA getting ahead of a lawsuit like the one filed next door in Ahia (as Coach Cig likes to say) by a high profile recruit. Not being able to use school colors, logo or mascot is the key to limiting the opportunities IMO.