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Very nice! Can't wait to see it in person come August.

According to Harrell's website, Jasper was something like 13-4 (or close to that on a quick skim) against MC in the last 20 years or so. Reitz may have a winning record against Jasper, but they aren't a small school and haven't played all that many times. BTW, good to see you back on the GID..

Not many schools or coaches have winning records against Jasper, especially smaller schools.

That is pretty impressive

Nice article from Kyle Sokeland about the SIAC expansion 5 years ago... https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/05/21/a-look-at-sw-indiana-athletics-five-years-after-conference-realignment/73726204007/

Sorry. I didn't see that you had posted Kyle's article from today...

They also picked up MD by moving to SIAC, so the "new" good gates would be MD, Castle and Reitz (but I honestly don't know how well Reitz fans travel to Jasper). No question Bosse, Harrison and Central would be much less gate than Wash, BV & Mt. V. Bosse did have some decent crowds last year being that they were competitive. Coincidently, Kyle Sokeland has an article on the 5th anniversary of the SIAC expansion in today's Courier. https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/05/21/a-look-at-sw-indiana-athletics-five-years-after-conference-realignment/73726204007/

Looking back at Harrell's site, it appears HH played rotated through V. Lincoln, MD and Mt. Vernon as non-PAC opponents for a number of years. If the the darn SIAC would go to divisions, it could create a great opportunity for an annual PAC-SIAC "showdown" type of event. That would be a whole lot of fun.

I think there were a couple of reasons, one of which was the PAC did not have specific weeks set aside for non-conference games like the SIAC (which was Wks 1 & 2), so it made things tough. If the PAC had gone to a similar Wks 1 & 2 for non-conf games, I suspect there would have been far more games between the conferences.

None of the original PAC schools (HH, GS, SR) ever really seemed to have much interest in SIAC schools when they had the chance, although HH and SR both played Jasper.

I don't have a problem with anything Coach W said. I just thought it was amusing.

Gosh, sure doesn't seem Coach is happy to see us again. Wants SIAC to go to divisions so HH can get some better competition, just not in November..

I don't think this behind the paywall.... Here is a link to the Courier article today, which includes a nice little highlight reel of the Tigers W over undefeated Reitz in the Sectional championship last November too. https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/05/09/evansville-bosse-baseball-field-to-host-castle-vs-memorial-high-school-football-game/73555962007/

More will be announced in the coming months, but Memorial will host Castle in a Wk 9 "throwback" game at historic Bosse Field on Oct. 18. Many don't realize several Evansville high schools used to play football games at Bosse Field until the early 19070s, including Rex Mundi (closed in 1972), Central, North, and Memorial. Memorial hosted Belleville IL West in 2011 in the first football game there in 40 years. If it weren't for having to move the goal posts (literally) from our practice field to Bosse Field, we just might try to do it every year. Should be a fun night.

I was also a freshman at Purdue when he was there. Saw him get driven off on the field cart with his mom.

Daniel Wodika. Single-handedly beat us at LOS. He was pretty incredible. I think he was named HC at Johns Hopkins recently. He should be on my all-time list too...

Scheller is a great mention. Kid could do it all and flat out put GS on his back to help raise the expectations and set the stage for a lot of success that followed. I'd add the QB that followed him, but I can't remember his name. That kid was a leader in every sense. Unfortunately, the SF took away what would have been potentially some great Memorial - GS match-ups in 2019-2021, which meant I didn't see Allen except his freshman year in 2018. My list in the last 10 years would be Lindauer at #1. Michael had a great knack for spreading the ball to several WRs, but also knowing when to get the ball to Branson Combs and let him make plays when it was nut-cutting time. All-time (locally) I'd say #1 Jake Schiff of MD, #2/#3 the McIntosh brothers from Reitz and #4 Grant Gribbons from Memorial. Although Memorial never won state with Gribbons, he led us to 2 huge wins over very good Chatard teams in 2008 & 2009 and helped elevate our program, similar to what Jordan Scheller did at GS. Fun topic, Titan32...

Agreed, including a ticked off coach or administrator from my own school. Take 'em all out of the equation.

Do you think the IHSAA doesn't regulate transfers now? Do you think having a 1 free transfer rule helps p/p schools more than public schools? I'm interested to hear your opinion. A rural school like SR probably doesn't run into this very often, but in Evansville and the immediate area we do. Titan32 knows the situations better than I, but a couple of years ago 2 Castle kids switched to GS. One had to fight the IHSAA all the way to the top. The other didn't. As I understand it, the only difference was 1 had some family support that allowed him to jump through the right hoops and the other kid didn't. I use that example only because it was 2 kids leaving the same school, going to the same school and at the same time. It was crazy. We've had a few kids transfer in or transfer out in the past couple of years. Some had to fight and some didn't This kind of rule eliminates the BS and takes the decisions from the hands of people who are sometimes not looking after the best interests of the kid (regardless of what they say). I feel very strongly that at Memorial we should NEVER block a kid from having full eligibility somewhere else, even if the reason for the transfer is purely due to athletics. Why punish a kid because he/she wants a change of scenery?

I don't see it that way. How does giving every kid a 1 time free transfer diminish the importance of education? A kid who wants to transfer to a more challenging academic environment and not lose athletic eligibility now might be stuck if his family can't afford to move, hire a lawyer to fight the IHSAA, etc. Isn't every kid having that freedom a good thing as opposed to just a select group? Profound....

Any kid can change schools. But only athletes are subject to not being able to participate at the highest (varsity) level by an arbitrary set of rules. This change would allow a kid who maybe blossoms between freshman and sophomore year and now has potential to advance to the next level in right environment, but his family can't move or do anything some families do to circumvent the current rules. He gets 1 free transfer.

Agreed.

It hasn't been reported (to my knowledge), but I understand the topic was brought up to some extent in the recent meetings. I don't have any knowledge of the finances at any school except my own, but it seems to me the big difference between NIL in college and HS is that the NCAA and colleges profit off of the athletes. To my knowledge there aren't any TV contracts, etc. that generate significant funds for HS conferences and jersey sales, etc. for individual schools. I don't see that at our school. We pay to have our football games streamed on Indiana SRN, not the other way around.

Does North Posey lose a lot from last year? As usual, I expect GS and HH to battle it out for Big Division. Don't know much about TC or SR, other than SR always seems to be at the top of the Small.

I was not aware of that. Our booster club (now) operates under the supervision of the AD so the money raised is used how the AD wants, not how individual boosters want. We used to have a bunch of sport groups hitting up the same people over and over and it became a real problem. Does GS have separate clubs for each sport?