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I don't disagree with your point at all, but in 2019 our 1 and only "dude" was Brock Combs. We beat some darn good teams (Mooresville, MV Fortville & East Noble) on our way to a 4A title with a bunch of mostly undersized, regular guys who played very well as a unit.

I heard of a transfer in from out of state. Parents are moving to Evansville. I'm usually wrong, so who knows.... I never heard this rumor. I wish I had, it would have made for some fun here on the GID. Same here, but I suspect he'll stay put.

I hear that may change after Christmas.

What do you mean by this?

Our guy "Big Cat" is a veteran but he always has to be in the discussion when it comes to all-state end-zone videographers. He's so good we've had to assign him personal protection to keep the middle schoolers and 70/80's letter jacket crews at Gibson Southern & Castle from harassing him during road games. He's a legend. Just don't give him chili at a tailgate or all bets are off.

I wouldn't go that far, but there is no question fewer people are claiming organized religion now. The Church has to find ways to attract and retain young people, but that is a topic for a whole other discussion outside of the GID. And if we could solve that problem and write a book.... Yes, we do. As a diocese I think we are getting better at inclusion, but still have a long way to go. That is certainly an area of potential enrollment growth.

@hhpatriot4. Evansville Christian started a high school a couple of years ago, so Day School is not the only non-Catholic HS. And there is zero official talk of the Evansville diocese starting (or restarting) a third high school in Evansville. Mater Dei and Memorial are both fighting for their lives as enrollment has remained stagnant or dropped. Evansville couldn’t support 3 40 years ago when parishes and feeder schools were full, no way we could support 3 now when feeders are no where near capacity. The diocese can’t just close a school and build a new one 5 miles away like EVSC did with North.

I referred to John Harrell's website to confirm your so-called Jasper football dynasty has won 3 Sectional titles and 1 Regional since the 2002 season when Coach Brewer retired. See http://indianahsfootball.homestead.com/logs/Jasper.htm#loaded

Coach Brewer retired in 2002 after a long and successful career. Since then Jasper has 3 Sectionals and 1 Regional.

I'm looking forward to this game. I'll take Chatard by 2 scores.

Jasper in Dubois County? A dynasty? They have 2 sectional titles in 12 years.

I don't disagree with you about the EVSC situation, but Mater Dei isn't losing kids to Memorial or anyone else but Reitz and to a much lesser degree, the charter school (Signature). Our football success of recent years has not translated to increased enrollment or transfers. We had a transfer from Bosse who came in after Christmas last year. In fact, our enrollment has dropped significantly over the last 4 years. We had 1 player this year (Weinzapfel) from the westside. His grandfather is Ralph and the whole family went to Memorial despite being from the St. Philips area. That is an unique and exceptionally rare instance.

Well, it also depends on how you look at it. Mater Dei, for example, is in the position of charging $7,000+ for tuition and competing against schools nearby that are free. Mater Dei loses far more students from its own feeder schools to Reitz each year than it gains from the public grade schools. I would guess they maybe get 1-2 kids a year from public schools.

I thought not having defined districts was one of the advantages only the the p/p schools had...

Maybe 5 p/p champions? Would that be a record? Not predicting anything, just making an observation. Best of luck to the Irish, Rebels, Trojans and Knights. I’ll sure miss being at LOS this year.

I've been staring at it for 10 mins...

Haven't seen Roncalli, but the score was pretty lopsided with a tough MV Fortville team I really thought might be the 4A champ this year based on how they looked last year when I saw them in person. Mooresville just squeaked by Central last week. I thought their size advantage would limit Central's running game. It didn't. My money would be on the Rebels this week by 10+.

Chatard did the same in 2018 and arrived late to Enlow. Irish won’t have that problem this time.

No obstacles like that this week. The largest hill around Castle is the crown on their football field.

An article from the local paper today. https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/2020/11/17/reff-aigner-help-spark-castle-class-5-a-semistate-berth/6294840002/

Well said. Unfamiliarity of the opponents with their system is a big reason why I think Southridge has a good chance to join the club of winning state after being bumped up due to success factor.

In 2018 Chatard beat Cathedral 17-14, but lost in Semi-State 42-17.

Why did you shut down the Southridge / Lawrenceburg thread? Nothing objectionable being discussed, nothing inflammatory. Seems odd. Nobody shut down the other Regional game threads.

I don't think Chatard looks unbeatable this year. I haven't seen Danville since 2017, but having seen Southridge last week, I would not consider them to be huge underdogs at LOS.

You guys sure know how to kick a Titan when he's down.