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A bad day for the Mitchell Football program yesterday. Coach Kling is stepping down to take an assistant principal job in his home town of Mt. Carmel, Illinois. His father's health is a concern, and he needed to get back home to assistant his family. Really appreciate everything Coach was trying to do here. He was very invovled in the youth program. He put in countless hours in the weight room with not just the HS kids, but with our JH kids as well. Top to bottom, he did things the right way. Losing his son Jackson really, really hurts. The kid is just special. Not sure what is next. Skill position pieces have a ton of potential, but we are very thin and weak on the line. Current Freshman class is strong. Not sure on the JH outlook. I know the youth seems to be interested in football.

North Posey at Perry Central Mitchell at Forest Park Crawford County at Paoli Springs Valley at South Spencer Martinsville at Silver Creek Scottsburg at North Harrison Salem at Madison Charlestown at Heritage Hills Corydon at Southridge Scecina at Brownstown Eastern Pekin at Christel House Manual Bonus Game of the Week: Pike Central at Princeton

Brownstown at Scottsburg Charlestown at Eastern Pekin Corydon at Silver Creek North Harrison at Providence Salem at West Washington Crawford County at Clarksville Mitchell at Perry Central North Knox at Paoli Springs Valley at North Daviess Bonus Game of the Week: Portage at LaPorte

Paoli at Mitchell Perry Central at Springs Valley Clarksville at North Harrison Providence at Corydon Salem at Charlestown Scottsburg at Eastern Pekin Silver Creek at Brownstown Bonus Game of the Week Southridge at North Posey

Brownstown at Madison Charlestown at Corydon Eastern Pekin at Salem Mitchell at Scottsburg (Look for this to be competitive. Varsity has won two in a row. JV has won three in a row. Once again, Kling has gotten these guys better throughout the season. First few weeks were tough to watch. Took a couple weeks for us things out after we lost Turner to injury. Hoping we can continue to build.) Silver Creek at North Harrison Paoli at Crawford County Tecumseh at Springs Valley West Washington at Perry Central Bonus Game of the Week: Evansville Castle at Jasper

Brownstown at Seymour Corydon at Salem Jeffersonville at Silver Creek North Harrison at Eastern Pekin Scottsburg at Charlestown Clarksville at Perry Central Crawford County at Springs Valley Eastern Greene at Paoli Madison at Mitchell North Daviess at West Washington By Popular Demand! Bonus Game of the Week Heritage Hills at Gibson Southern

JV Mitchell over Salem 18-14

Mitchell at Crawford County Perry Central at Tecumseh Springs Valley at Salem West Washington at Paoli Eastern Pekin at Corydon North Harrison at Brownstown Providence at Charlestown Silver Creek at Scottsburg

Charlestowon at North Harrison Eastern Pekin at Silver Creek Salem at Brownstown Scottsburg at Corydon Eastern Greene at Mitchell Paoli at Perry Central South Decatur at Crawford County Springs Valley at West Washington

Crawford County at Perry Central Springs Valley at Paoli West Washington at Mitchell Brownstown at Eastern Pekin Clarksville at Charlestown Corydon at North Harrison Scottsburg at Salem Silver Creek at Floyd Central

Brownstown at Charlestown Eastern Pekin at Crawford County North Harrison at Scottsburg Paoli at Corydon Silver Creek at Salem Perry Central at Forest Park Springs Valley at Mitchell (Valley controls time of possession late to seal it, in a thriller 28-22) West Washington at Clarksville

Impressed with my Jackets Friday After being down 27-8 at half, Kling and his staff did a great job making adjustments. We stuffed their run game for the entire 3rd Q. In the 4th, the Mustangs finally got back to their run game, and converted on a key 4th down on the way to a score when the Jackets had it to 27-20. I believe the final was 41-27. Youth shined through. I felt like Jackson Kling was in every play defensively at LB, and Malaki Goodman showed off his athletic ability on both sides of the ball, both freshman. SO RB Gavin Robinson was lighting in a bottle, with two 40+ yd TDs swinging out of the backfield. I felt Edgewood played to "not lose" the game in the 2nd half, but finally spread the it out in the 4th, and we ran out of gas. We have the potential, but we're only going as far as our line will take us. HUGE test for them against Valley Friday. IF we can figure something out on both sides, then I expect a shootout. I wasn't sure how long this rebuild would take, but I wouldn't be shocked at all if we ended up with 3-4+ wins this year.

Crawford Co. at Switzerland Co. Eastern Greene at Springs Valley Mitchell at Edgewood Paoli at Boonville Perry Central at Tell City West Washington at Eastern Pekin Charlestown at Silver Creek Clarksville at Scottsburg Corydon at Brownstown Salem at North Harrison

Thoughts on my Bluejackets after Friday's scrimmage with BNL... O Line is a work in progress. We have two starters that will not be ready to go until week 2. Turner is solid at QB. If we can keep him upright, he'll put up some huge numbers this year. RB is Gavin Robinson, who is a really good athlete. Only problem is that he quit in the month of July, then came back out last week. We played him JV in scrimmage and he dominated. Do we throw him in the fire Friday night or give him a game or two to "earn it?" WRs are a bright spot. Kale England and Lucas Gosnell are matchup nightmares with their size. Wigley and Luman bring in some speed. Bottom line, nothing matters if we can't figure out the line. Defensively, we are very young. We have 2 freshman starting in Kling and Mullis, but I wouldn't be shcoked if we had 4-5 freshman starting by the end of the year. Physically, they are ready, but this will be a learning process. BNL looked very good offensively, but it was just a scrimmage. Another concern I have is depth. Coach Kling has done a great job of building numbers back up,but I'll be curious to see what we look like down the stretch in the 2nd half this Friday. I was impressed with how we got better throughout the year last season, and hope that will continue. Once this freshman class gets their feet wet, Coach Kling will make a jump with this program. Hopefully it's sooner, rather than later.

Biggest question for the Jackets is the line on both sides of the ball. Return almost everything in the skill positions. Ethan Turner is the guy for the full offseason, excited to see him throw it around in the fall. Kids continued to fight and get better throughout the year. Give Kling credit, plus he is also doing a great job with working with the JH kids. I think you'll see a slight increase in the win total each year, and the incoming freshmen class group will be "the year" for us when they are seniors. This season's W total just hinges on a lot of questions on the Line.