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BINGO.

There just isn't 300 kids beating down the door to get in. In fact, until this year, our enrollment was dropping annually, despite having a 7-8 year period of fairly good athletic success (football, boys & girls soccer titles). Our enrollment is dictated largely by that of our feeder schools. They are starting to go up, so our enrollment will go up. But it will never get to 850 or 900 (but not by choice). The highest ever was 2011 at 815.

It would be a dream for us if our enrollment put our facilities at capacity (850-900). We have a lot of room to spare.

Find me a p/p that "restricts" enrollment. I'll wait.

I'm not so arrogant to ever presume or say we have anything figured out. In fact, I often have far more questions than answers. I would be interested in knowing what had you in the hallowed halls of 1500 Lincoln Ave so as to be able to make a comparison between Memorial and Southridge? Our students wear uniforms (including ties for boys), so the populations will look much different. But aside from that, I will agree with you 100% that the expectations for success in all aspects of the high school experience at a p/p school are very high, and there is likely a significant amount of students in most public schools whose parents do not have that same expectation. I have great respect for Titan32, but his "effective enrollment" theory is flawed. First, the timing has always intrigued me. We never heard about "effective enrollment" when GS was beating Memorial 3 straight years in football Sectionals from 2012-2014. It was only when Memorial beat GS 3 straight years from 2016-2018 that the theory first came to light. Second, at one time the theory was that MD (500 students) had an effective enrollment similar to GS (700) students. Yet, Memorial (550 students) had an effective enrollment similar to Castle (1950 students). How can that possibly be when MD and Memorial are pretty much identical in nearly every measurable category? I suspect it might be because, with few exceptions, GS generally doesn't face MD in an IHSAA tournament, so it's a comparison that will never be "tested" on a playing field. If Memorial has an effective enrollment similar to Castle, shouldn't we have been able to better compete with an EC team last week (who has 700 less kids than Castle)? We got boat-raced. Why doesn't Chatard dominate in all sports? As I understand it, football is pretty much it for them. Why doesn't MD dominate in boys soccer like they do in wrestling? Why is our girls soccer program so good but our softball program struggles something fierce? Why don't the advantages translate for the p/p schools in those sports?

Besides Rode, who else transferred to Memorial?

Then what do you think it is? Just writing a check like some others?

Not sure when the vote occurs, but giving COY to Brunson with the number of players Reitz has on the all-whatever teams, but still keeping the "No Wins in November" streak alive on the Hill seems a little hollow. I'm biased, but Hurley winning a 7th Sectional in 8 years (4 in 4A with a sub-600 enrollment school) after losing the best QB within 100 miles seems more appropriate to me, but I also realize some folks falsely think all it takes is writing a check...

Not sure how I feel about the coach of a 3-7 team getting COY. In contrast, I fully agree Wagner deserved POY because he did more for his team than any other player. You take him away and Bosse probably doesn't win a game.

There's certainly a very good chance 2 PAC teams will play at Lucas Oil. The bigger question is whether a PAC team will win at Lucas Oil.

We enjoy playing Chatard. Just haven't had the chance since 2018. Maybe we'll get the chance next year.

Me too.

If New Pal can stay within 2 TDs I'll be mighty impressed.

IHSAA can't read a map? It is what it is, but it will be a game that might get a guy like me from Evansville to drive to Lincoln City in November to see who gets a crack at Chatard at LOS.

Sounded like he had a bucket on his head like Gomer Pyle and you could hear the other PBP team calling for the local channel. Just awful.

Should be a dandy in Lincoln City

The Bash broadcast is the worst sports broadcast I've ever heard. Turned it off after 5 mins. Has it been that bad all year?

If EC wasn't going to get bumped after winning 4A again, I would say we should voluntarily bump to 5A...

But that doesn't fit the public school fans' narrative. They'll tell you it's only the p/p schools that recruit.

It's the IHSAA. Biggest collection of dumb@$$es you've ever seen.

Very good. You could combine Reitz, Jasper and Memorial and maybe it's close. Congrats to EC. Safe travels home. Enjoy the back to back 4A state titles. Fun team to watch.

Yep, both have tall tasks ahead of them. I am looking forward to EC being in 5A.

Equally absurd. There are eight teams in each Sectional. C'mon man, you are really reaching... Hope this is sarcasm...

We recruited the heck out of the AD.. I always get a kick when people point out that "x" number of players on our roster are not from Catholic grade schools. The number of kids on public school rosters who went to Catholic grade schools is always higher than the number of kids who went to public schools on the Memorial and MD rosters. Without fail...

Most parishes in the Evansville diocese pay a "tax" that is called HS Assessment, which helps reduce tuition for students coming from their schools. In return, most parishes expect the families to be active parishioners. The assessment amount is different for each parish and involves a calculation few actually understand.