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Muncie Central is open - https://www.ballstatedaily.com/article/2025/04/muncie-central-head-football-coach-kyle-padgett-resigns

Being in the building can help with visits from recruiters. Many programs have an opportunity for the coach to be involved with the weight room, monitoring attendance and behavior along with recruiting the hallways. Many schools have different needs. We've turned coaching into year-round fulltime side job. I'm worried about turnover and the loss of good coaches.

Whiting HC is open. is https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1391/District/3718475/Head_Football_Coach.pdf

Being the HC in the MIC is a full-time job unless you don't want any of your players to get recruited because the coach can't leave the classroom. The scholarship money and incentive for kids to get grades and participate in football at a high-level pays for itself. Coaches could be in the classroom just like the band and choir directors, but they have to teach different subjects just to get a fulltime job. Instead, we have penny-wise and pound foolish thinking. Sports should be the Gifted and Talented or Advanced Placement of Physical Education. Our current situation is to do without physical education to the detriment of our student's health. Give everyone an "A" for participation so we don't negatively impact the GPA of an honor roll student. It's a joke.

I'd like referees to learn the existing rules and stop trying to limit the number of balls that can be checked into a game. There is no limit in IHSAA.

There are many public schools with below 80% male graduation rate. That doesn't factor students who are academically ineligible. Exclude freshman from the enrollment count and many schools would drop a class.

According to school board agenda, Mark Hidalgo will be the Whiting HC. https://go.boarddocs.com/in/whiting/Board.nsf/Public

Ben Davis made it to the Semi-State 5 out of the last 6 years. I'll take that over regular season wins.

There were 2 sectionals where all the teams were from the same conference and they're all from around Indy. They could have been split up. I'm not saying there has to be zero repeat games, but it can be reduced. Lafayette Jeff as in the same sectional as Merrillville. It's doable.

It would be nice to see 6A sectionals made up of teams that didn't play each other during the regular season.

Seems like it is final. They were voted out/released by the MIC. https://cbs4indy.com/sports/carmel-center-grove-voted-out-of-mic-petition-to-join-hcc/

I think they're referring to getting out of Semi-State.

Still watching on ihsaatv. Looks like a good game.

The ref's call on whether or not the player/ball is in our out of the endzone gets more complicated with the player's decision to down the ball or run it out. It will create more controversy since it could have a major impact on a game.

When you play 2 bigger schools (that are good) back to back, that can be a lot of wear and tear on a football team and increases the risk of injury. They get to play Merrillville while they're still fresh. Andrean definitely gets better kids than the average 2A team, but depth can be an issue when a key player goes down. Being early in the season, may not be a factor come tournament time.