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I think we are thinking too small....Could East Central beat Anderson or Manchester? What about ISU? IU?!?

As someone who doesn't have a dog in the fight, streaming is the way to go. Nothing was better last week than having Snider-Mishawaka on the TV, BD-Cathedral on the iPad, and Luers-Bluffton on the phone. Through the season I still try to hit some home games. Usually the home openers and homecomings. But when it is bad weather/too cold to take the little one out, makes it so much easier to watch from the comfort of the basement. Will be streaming tonight

Will Snider go for 70?

Had to be 2011. Halls first or second year I believe. They switched to black Helmets in 2013

Not wanting to speculate on the exact happenings too much. But it seems like the falling out at North this year has a lot of different things going on with it, with Admin, Coaches, and Players that can all share blame. I'll agree the top of the blame does lay on the adults in the room, you want to build up hype/swagger and run your program on chaos, don't be surprised when things start to crumble and turn ugly But on the flip side of that, it is on players to hold some sense of responsibility themselves in their decision making both on and off the field, especially if you are trying to play at the next level. Like yes teenagers are still going to make mistakes and bad decisions, but some have much more to lose than others.

I have a feeling this may be the case...could see Snider put up 50+ this week and not slow down.

Leo should win this game easily. But man I would get a good chuckle out of the online discourse that would come if the Saints end up winning this sectional after being sent down to 4A once the year started. That being said, Leo is too talented and I'll be happy to see Coach Doerffler get a sectional title. Lions by 20

Carroll-Warsaw...Chargers by 17 Fisher-Homestead....Fishers by 14 Hamilton SE-Northrop...HSE by however much they want Anderson-Snider.....Snider by however much they want Dwenger-Dekalb....Saints by 10 Eastside-Luers...Luers by 7

Looks like rain is supposed to be in the morning which is good for the Bulldogs, weather may be a big deciding factor for all their potential playoff matchups

Wayne-Dwenger...wouldn't be surprised if Wayne found a way to win this game, but also they haven't shown me anything really throughout the year to think this is the year they get over the hump. Dwenger takes this one and could take this advantageous draw to a potential sectional title....Saints by 14 Leo-South Side..really thought South was gonna grab another big win last week against a bad Northrop team but couldn't get it done...Leo shouldn't have to do much to win this one and focus on a big NE8 rematch next week...Lions by 30 Yorktown-Concordia...rough year for the Cadets ends. Yorktown by 28 Luers-Churubusco...Luers has all the pieces to walk through this sectional, regionals and Semi-State will be tougher challenges but Harrell has them as the favorite in 2A North...Knights by 24

"Interesting" is definitely one way to put it. Overall none of what I have heard is surprising or much different from issues that have been around all year to my knowledge. Will be very interested to see what happens Friday. Carroll may put up 70 more...

Dwenger-Concordia...Saints get a nice get right game going into sectionals where they got a favorable draw. Heard Dwengers RB may be out for the year so will need to fill that gap in. Long year almost over for the Cadets...Dwenger by 30 Luers-Homestead...the sanctity of the Victory Bell is at stake here lol. Luers has done all they were tasked to do and won what their schedule permitted. Think this one is 100% dependent on what version of Homestead shows up. I'm thinking the good one will. Spartans by 10 North Side-Carroll...Chargers also get a get right game. Hearing Tae may be done for the year at North, hoping that kid can figure it out at the next level. Chargers by 40 Northrop-South Side....Game of the week? Think South has just enough to get it done. Archers by 3 Wayne-Snider..Think this game could be over super fast if both teams just choose to run the ball all night. Panthers roll. Snider by 28

Carroll-Northrop....Chargers will win this one by however many they want. Northrop needs to focus on next weeks matchup with South as their lone chance to not make a play at an Elmhurst-esc losing streak...Chargers by 45 Concordia-Homestead..The Good Spartans/Bad Spartans paradox shows it a week for the good Spartans, wouldn't matter if the bad ones showed up this week either as the Cadets are rough...Spartans by 40 Snider-Dwenger...had Snider not been upset a few weeks ago, I think Dwenger would have been in a prime spot to make a game of this. But Panthers should be focused and this matchup always has a little more juice, Saints too indisciplined...Panthers by 17 South Side-Luers....I can complain about how a conference champion is crowned all I want but all that matters is if you win the games on your schedule. And the Knights have done that, should be an easy one before the big matchup with Homestead...Luers by 28 Wayne-North Side...still have no clue what to make of this Legends team. Offense is anemic without Tae so the coaching staffs number 1 priority should be to keep him mentally in this game. Wayne has the athletes to go shot for shot here, think they pull it out...Generals by 5

I think its knowing that a lot of the pieces for success are there, I look at a school like Covenant Christian down in Indy and what they were able to do as they built a program from the ground up, may not be the exact results as pulling from a West Indy/Suburbs talent pool, but with vouchers expanding making the school more accessible, it could only take 1 special class to come in over a few years to set up a long postseason run

Probably not a super hot take, but I wouldn't be surprised is Blackhawk fields a consistent competitive program before Northrop or South over the next 5 years