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I know one thing - I've never seen a team fumble 11 times and recover every dam one of them!

Really good guy. Well-liked and respected by the players. Nothing against the current coach of course, but why mess up a good thing? Plus the guy they ran out had already been on staff before he became the head coach so they had some continuity...until the board disrupted it.

Holy s#it the f@cking mackerel! North Knox pounds Eastern 65-0! NK 568 total yards, 10 touchdowns; EG 47 yards total offense.

Miners 35, Arrows 12. Huge 2nd quarter offensively for the Miners. Trey Goodman-to-Lance Dyer 45-yard TD, Cash Howard 11-yard TD run following a sustained drive, Dyer 39-yard TD run...21-0 Miners at the half. Three huge stops for the Red and Blue defense in the first half. Each team put up two second-half scores for the final. Unofficial stats: Linton - Dyer 10 carries, 118 yards, 2 TDs (one rushing, one receiving); Goodman 11-15-0, 187 yards, 2 TDs; Howard 6-33 rushing, TD runs of 11-12; Clayton Hauser 4 receptions, 72 yards; Devyn Robertson 4 receptions, 67 yards, 38-yard td; Luke Lannan 11 carries, 66 yards. Sullivan - Tristan Drake 20-34, 1 pick, 2 TDs; Kyle Vernelson 8 catches for 138; Jackson Shake 7 catches for 74, 2 TDs (8 and 13 yards). Miners outgained Arrows on the ground 228-66. Defense was active. Lannan two sacks, Tyler Mongeau two sacks and a fumble recovery. Really liked Lannan on the linebacker blitz deep in Sullivan territory. Arrows never saw him coming. Would have had a third sack for a safety but was flagged for a horsecollar. Penalties - Miners overcame (I counted) 10 for roughly 130 yards; penalties negated two interceptions, a 53-yard Lannan TD run, and the aforementioned sack for a safety. Miners needed this one. Doesn't get any easier with Monrovia, North Vermillion and Boonville coming up.

The real question is, do the Wolfs have an endzone camera?

It's Wolf's barbecue in Evansville and Wolf's Homemade Candies in Attica. Singular possessive, not plural. If you can look up things on the internet too, you might want to look at the company's homepage instead of just the url.

Thanks Tut! I knew I could count on you ;- )

Sullivan at Linton Friday. I know, every team has its traditional rival(s). But this has to be one of the top rivalry games in the state, regardless of class. 104th? I think? meeting between these two. FWIW, Harrell picks the Sullivan Golden Arrows, 24-17.

Slicers - I feel sorry for your golf team 🤣

Damn, another McPheeters?

First of all congrats to the Southridge Raiders for pulling out a tough come-from-behind win. Disappointing loss for the Miners. Up 20-12 and positioned for their first-ever win in six tries against Southridge. BUT – They gave up too many big plays. And the fumbles were Costly! I knew going in pass coverage was going to be problematic. But the fumbles!!! Two led directly to scores. You could say it turned out to be the difference between winning and losing. This Miner team I think has the potential to be really good. But they gotta shore up some things.

I think Dugger's 9-12 enrollment is upwards of 150 but I'm not sure. The school itself is doing fine. And their girls sports are competitive with the smaller schools around here. One of the problems they're facing with football is, for the past few years there have been several kids who, a generation ago would have played for Dugger,; now they're strapping on red helmets with a white block letter "L" on the side...

No offense taken. The H-T has always done a terrific job with their coverage. A lot of folks around here read the H-T for that very reason.

Haven't read it. Probably didn't say anything you couldn't read here.

YESSSSS!!!

Beat me to it

2A: Mater Dei will have to get past Linton in the sectional first

Nope, the tee-ball fence is still there 😂 Not only that, the field slopes downhill to left field so it's even easier to clear the fence. Only way they could move it back would be to plow up the road that runs behind the outfield fence

Friday at Springs Valley will tell us a lot about Eastern...The "off-season noise" actually was a pretty big deal. But the bigger issue is Eastern graduated 16 or 17 seniors, most of whom played major roles on their state finals team. And their replacements aren't on this year's roster. 21 underclassmen on last year's roster, and 31 players came out this year. I know scrimmages don't mean a whole lot. But Brown County did score seven times to Eastern's two...

Saw this earlier today. Can't say I'm surprised.

Agreed. The Miners can't afford to get off to a slow start like they did in the scrimmage with Bosse. But I liked the way they finished. If they play like they did in the last 2/3 of that scrimmage I like their chances. Defense looks much better, aside from the big play they gave up on the first play of the scrimmage. I think we'll definitely see an improved Miner team this year. As we should...can't say they're "young and inexperienced" anymore.

I heard coach Buening say on a podcast today, “Linton is a strong program. Both our programs mirror each other – passionate communities, tough hard nosed kids, guys going both ways. It’s really what small school football is all about.”

Yeah, and we aren't talking "mid-major" D1 either...I understand he's also caught the eye of MLB scouts...

Yeah they do!