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No objective person could argue not having to face Memorial or Chatard doesn't improve GS's post-season chances. That, combined with it being Brady Allen's last go around, does make it a great opportunity. I think it can be argued that Allen is best college prospect in the SW Ind. area since Deke Cooper at Ev. North. I wish we had a chance to play GS this year because its such a fun rivalry, but since we can't, I would like to see him get some IHSAA tournament title patches for that letter jacket before he heads to Purdue. I'd also like to see the kid from Lawrenceburg, so hopefully the ping pong balls will set up a regional game at Jewel.

You are 100% correct with "hoopla we used to see in the IN v. KY basketball all-star series". That event seems to have lost much luster in recent years.

Dan Egierski from 97.7 WREF is having SIAC team preview shows starting next Monday: JULY 19: 4:00PM – HARRISON - 4:30 PM – CENTRAL JULY 20: 4:00 PM – MATER DEI – 4:30 PM – JASPER JULY 21: 4:00 PM – CASTLE – 4:30 PM – NORTH JULY 22: 4:00 PM – BOSSE – 4:30 PM – MEMORIAL JULY 23: 4:00 PM – VINCENNES – 4:30 PM – REITZ

Kudos to Coach K.

Would be even better without the soccer lines...

It would be good to have that post-season rivalry again.

LOL. Goin' just fine. How are things in God's country?

Bingo

You could also say the Success Factor gives their football team a chance to win because other like-sized 3A schools have been bumped up to 4A. The Success Factor giveth and taketh away....

Always helps if your name is on the sign outside the office...

You reeeally know how to hurt a guy, don't you, Lysander...

This is your year..

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Central will not go undefeated and Castle will have more than 1 loss. The Bears lost some good players and Castle has averaged 3+ reg season losses for several years. I also don't think Jasper, MD and Memorial will combine for 9 losses. Memorial hosts the JCats Wk. 1, so we'll know something right off the bat. I made a V&T and rode over to watch the boys for a little while last night. Darn pothole cost me the toddy but I thought we looked pretty good. I mostly watched the big boys. We appear bigger across the board than usual. This might be the year we scrap the spread and "run it up 'n there" as ol' Bill Mallory used to say.

Southridge as a 3A or as a 2A? I ask only because you also said this: , which made me curious that maybe you saw Southridge and Gibson Southern as both being in the top 3 of 3A. That would leave out Heritage Hills, who it could argued has had greater overall success in 3A than Gibson Southern and Southridge (historically and in recent years). Interesting topic.

Screagle nailed it. Admin forced out a good coach who was consistent and dedicated. North did the same thing to Coach Wilson and they struggled mightily with the new guy who won 12 games in 5 seasons. At one time Bosse had a pretty strong athletic program, now the only sport that has any sustained success is boys basketball. That program appears to rule the roost.

I emailed with a local sports radio guy today. He said he hasn't heard anything out of Bosse on this...

I heard our bowling team borrowed our EZ camera to get better views of 7/10 split drills, but they cranked it up right through the roof of River City Bowling Center and now they have a skylight...

Not sure why you'd say that? He had great experiences in Cincy. If you thought he was good for Memorial, wait until you see him now. He's a man. I believe since he committed SIU has had 2 QBs leave. I suspect he'll be QB1 before long.

Coach - Have you seen any increase in numbers, or better retention going into 6th grade+?

Amen brother.

IMO new lights would be the better addition to Reitz Bowl.

EVSC (our local public school corp.) announced this week that the turf at Reitz Bowl and Central Stadium will be replaced this summer. Sprinturf was originally installed in 2009. Enlow Field is also 12 years old but is not being replaced this summer.

My comment was completely in jest, meant purely as a belated birthday wish for Titan32, my friend and newest member of the "Half a Hundred Club"!!

Oh come on! It's so obvious... The young man just wants more free weekends in November....

Yep, that is the correct distinction, at least as we know it in Evansville. Can barely warm an egg.... LOL...