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Congrats to the following schools for receiving the NFF Academic Excellence Award for 2024 for the Hoosier state: Indiana 1A - Greenwood Christian Academy 2A - Indianapolis Lutheran High School 3A - Evansville Reitz Memorial High School 4A - Indianapolis Bishop Chatard High School 5A – Warsaw Community High School 6A - Indianapolis Cathedral High School Here is the link to all states: https://footballfoundation.org/news/2025/1/28/football-state-winners-announced-for-2024-25-nff-national-hs-academic-excellence-awards.aspx

Aw heck, the visiting team getting taunted and jeered at by the home fans going in and coming out of the locker room is half the fun of playing on the road! That happens everywhere. What I enjoy is fans standing and sitting around the field 10 feet away from the action.

Most of the kids (athletes and non-athletes alike) who transfer into our school are generally looking for more discipline, accountability, academic rigor, etc. than what they experienced in their former school. And most of the kids who leave are generally looking for less of the same things.

I'm all for this bill. I'd support a bill that stripped the IHSAA of all power except to run tournaments.

Your judgment about what is best for that kid is not better than his/her parent(s) judgment. That is the problem with the IHSAA sticking its nose into eligibility.

Q - How do you know if the turd was recruited? Is that a box that gets checked? Q2 - If the sending and receiving school both sign off that the move wasn't athletically motivated, but the IHSAA still imposes limited eligibility, is that kid a turd?

Curious, who are the "turds" and who are the "honest folks" in your opinion?

The IHSAA is pretty good at running the post-season tournaments, so why don't we limit their role to that and leave the decisions about what is best for any given student-athlete to that kid's parent(s)?

Indpls. Scecina did it a number of years ago, but I am not aware of anyone doing it recently in football. Mater Dei competes in 4A in team wrestling even though they are a 2A school (or maybe 3A, I'm not entirely sure on that).

I wonder if Cathedral will elect to stay in 6A. That is always an option...

Yep, pretty much been to every Memorial game (home and away) since 1994. Don't recall any VL fans ever sitting on our side. That probably wouldn't make the top 5 of things I've seen in those 30 years though. I'm sure we all could make a list.

I don't think any school is "knucklehead" free (including my own school). I don't recall VL fans being particularly worse than anyone else.

I don't see that being implied at all. Jasper has lots of athletes in that building, just not all of them played football. Or so I was told.

I don't have a large sample size, but the handful of buddies/clients I have in Jasper had pretty much had enough of the ground/pound stuff in recent years. Given the way football has progressed to a more passing / open / spread type of game at the college and NFL levels, I think kids would prefer to be a part of that - more people involved. I refuse to believe that Jasper doesn't have kids roaming the halls who could be solid QBs, WRs, etc. In fact, after leaving Jasper after halftime last year and listening to the Jasper radio crew on the ride home, they were pretty much saying the same thing. Jasper should be a tournament force in 4A football. Only 3 Sectional titles in the last 20 years is a pretty abysmal considering all they have - exceptional facilities, plenty of numbers, and great community support. The ingredients are all there. It will be interesting to see how Coach Hart does.

IMO it ran the course of its useful life, but it would be better than having no non-conference games. I think if given the opportunity, we should look to schedule with Indy area p/p schools. MD, Memorial and Castle would be a nice trio to package together for some games.

This happens all the time.

I heard Boonville, but I can't point to anything official.

This is a good thing for everyone involved.

Here is the link: https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/01/13/vincennes-lincoln-high-school-alices-leaving-siac-applies-to-join-wic/76496487007/

IU had an incredible season and no IU fan should be overly disappointed with the loss. ND is just a better / deeper team. Coach Cig has IU going in the right direction and IU fans have lots to look forward to for football season for a change.

Heard Coach Goebel had alluded to this being his last year earlier this season. I bet the current OC is the hire.

I would have no issue with an "enrollment adjustment" such as what Iowa uses for FRL instead of a blanket multiplier (which no one has still attempted to justify being applied to p/p schools such as Hammond Noll, Washington Catholic, and/or Vincennes Rivet). But I don't think it is the miracle salve. Quickly using our respective alma maters based on my recollection of what you previously posted about GS's FRL numbers... Using 35% of FRL population at GS, the adjustment would be from 771 to 663 (771 x 35% x 40% = 108; 771 - 108 = 663). Memorial has about 20% on FRL so our adjustment would be from 617 to 567 (617 x 20% x 40% = 49; 617 - 49 = 567).

I'd prefer VL stayed and we switched to two divisions: the 5 EVSC Schools in one division and Memorial, Mater Dei, Jasper, Castle and VL in the other.

The CSC folks told us the IHSAA did not want players going from the locker room to the concourse to meet families and they would have to depart from the tunnel on the team busses.

I was referring to a parent who is comparing a public school (let's say Castle) and a p/p school (let's say Ev. Memorial). Castle is free and has incredible facilities - far superior to Memorial in every way. Plus, the parent has to transport the child to Memorial (at least until they can drive if they are lucky enough to have a set of wheels). So in that respect, Castle has very distinct advantages over Memorial. I am not a denier. I understand the student populations are different, some much more than others. But in my opinion, the answer is not a blanket multiplier applied to all p/p schools regardless of relative success. How can anyone rationalize multiplying schools like Hammond Bishop Noll, Washington Catholic, or Vincennes Rivet?