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    Hoosier Hills Conference

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    5 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

    I’m at the FC/BNL game. And I number checked BNLs starters and I see a ton of Seniors on the field for BNL. Jrs too. I was under the impression this was a young team playing a lot of underclassmen. Very light crowd here tonight with the Rain and Harvest Homecoming going on. Looking forward to a great game.

    Our center (Team Captain will play in college) has missed whole season 

    2 other OL out for season 

    Starting LB (team Captain will play in college) out for rest of season 

    We are starting 3 Freshmen possibly our starting center will be a Freshman. 
     

    I’m also here...your assessment/assumptions are incorrect just like your sportswriter who said clock was running in 2nd quarter last week.

    some of the seniors who will be playing would not have been had there not been so many injuries. 

    a couple guys who’ve been out due to injury are back tonight 

    we will battle 

    Hoosier Hills Conference

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    BNL has been very successful in both Unified Track and Unified Football. These stories and these athletes getting a chance to play is just all kinds of good. 

    BEDFORD — The Bedford North Lawrence Unified flag football team is no stranger to success. The Stars have been to the proverbial mountain top and enjoyed the view as the first-ever school to win a unified flag football football state championship in the state of Indiana last year.

    Now, after convincingly winning the Jasper Sectional Saturday, a momentum-rich BNL is once again marching down the tournament trail.

    The Stars came into the 2019 season rebuilding and, with a mere five players back from last year’s squad (just two starters), weren’t sure what to expect.

     

    But the goal from Day 1 has been to win another state championship and Saturday’s effort was a big first step.

    “We want back-to-back titles,” said BNL coach Mike Branam. “Our goal is to be the only state champions of flag football. That would be phenomenal.”

    Branam also knows the further his team goes down the trail the tougher the competition will be and the bigger the bulls-eye gets on their backs as defending champions.

    “I told the kids, ‘Everybody is coming after us’, and even though we’re a new team the other teams don’t see it that way,” Branam said. “All the kids have stepped up. They are playing like they want to be state champions, and we’re doing everything in our power to make that happen.”

    BNL didn’t go without its problems Saturday at the Jasper Sectional, but still managed to roll past Floyd Central and Loogootee.

    The Stars first topped the Highlanders, 48-22, before leveling the Lions in the title tilt, 50-12.

    “We played well,” Branam said. “We made more mistakes than we wanted to, but they recovered.

    “I tell them all the time one of the greatest attributes as a champion is a short memory. You make a mistake and you shake it off, and they did that. When they made a mistake they came back out and made up for it.

    “I’m very proud of them, they made it to the top eight in the state and that’s nothing to sneeze at. It was the first step towards the goal we set at the beginning of the season.”

     

    The Southern Regional at Mooresville will pit Noblesville against the host Pioneers and BNL against Franklin Central in the first round Saturday starting at 1 p.m.

    At the Northern Regional at Tippecanoe, Valparaiso takes on Tippecanoe Valley and Carroll (Fort Wayne) will clash with McCutcheon.

    The regional winners will meet for the state championship Oct. 19 at the Grand Park Sports Event Center in Westfield.

    “We don’t know much about Franklin Central other that they have beaten a couple of good teams already this year,” Branam said. “They had to get through Indian Creek and Warren Central to win their sectional. So they have already gone through some good teams.”

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    Hoosier Hills Conference

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    6 hours ago, Fkfootball said:

    Floyd Central Football shared this earlier. This was written by a Columbus East fan. I think the East fans will really appreciate the class shown by both sides here.

     

     

    “Below is a message from a Columbus East fan to Floyd Central Football...

    I would like to say thank you for being a class act football team athletes coaches and fans. We celebrate a milestone for our Coach Gaddis and you were genuine when you all applauded him before the game started. Thank you for the respect and thank you for your class act. Signed Self Proclaimed Columbus East Football Fan. Thank you and good luck for the rest of your season and future endeavors.”

    So what spaceship came and abducted the Floyd Fans? 😂😂😂😂

    I am mostly kidding...

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    Hoosier Hills Conference

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    Stars losing to Terre Haute South 14-0 after first quarter. 

    Justice Woods suffered a significant injury it appears. Don’t want to speculate but feel for the kid. 

    The one thing this team had to have his year was to stay away from injuries. 3 of our 5 captains now out for either the season or at least most of the rest of it. 

    Boys are battling tough though 

    Mid-Season Player Transfer

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    1 hour ago, Ultimate Warrior said:

     

    3 hours ago, Payne said:

    Here is something I haven't seen in recent years. Center Grove junior Connor Fruits who played running back for the Trojans as recently as last week (running for 95 yards and scoring a touchdown against Ben Davis) transferred mid-week to Indian Creek and played for the Braves this week, running for 135 yards against Triton Central. 

    I suppose Center Grove approved Mr. Fruits' transfer or else he wouldn't have been able to play this week, or this year for that matter,  but didn't know that mid-season transfers were allowed. 

    Does anyone with connections to either school know any details on this?

    Of course, Roman Purcell (also mentioned in the portion of the article that I copied) also transferred from Warren Central just before the season started so Indian Creek is doing quite well in attracting MIC transfers. 

    (Sorry for the bolding but can't seem to un-bold it)

     

     

    Entire article here:

    http://www.dailyjournal.net/2019/09/21/indian_creek_football_outslugs_triton_central/

    We had a bball player transfer mid season last year on a Monday and was signed off on. He practiced Tuesday and could have played against us that friday but didn't. That's the first id ever heard but

     

    I think sometimes its allowed if both schools sign off and the transfer is what's best for the kid (living situation, moving in with other parent etc)

     

    A fine line there no doubt and if it’s postseason I’m sure it would not be allowed but in high school sports it should always be about what’s best for the kid. 

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    Hoosier Hills Conference

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    Mid-Season update...

    having seen half the conference play at this juncture and reading on each team as the season has progressed I offer this 😀

    East is East and I truly believe they will make some noise come playoff time in 6A

    Floyd seems to be the second best team in the conference but I don't think they are head and shoulders above anyone. 

    Everyone else throw into a big mixing bowl. 

    From the eye test Seymour was way overrated playing the type of schedule BNL played for several years and rolling out 4-0 against way below average competition. That's not all bad when you are rebuilding your program. BNL played South Dearborn for a few years and an IPS school so I get it. But they were not the better team last night on the field vs. BNL which was by far the best team they had played this season. They could have very well beaten the Stars but BNL was the better team. 

    BNL players hopefully believes after last night that they can compete for and win the Sectional which they can.  This is a team that has been severely affected by injuries and took some shots again last night injury wise.  As I've said in this forum the only problem has been heart and effort.  Outside of Gaddis there is no other team in the HHC that has a better coach and if the locals can stay on course this year and next year in 2 years and going forward BNL will have gotten to where they need to be to compete year in and year out in 5A.  Madison was absolutely a gut check and an embarrassing loss (that's to not in anyway minimize Madison) those boys gave 110% and played with heart and emotion when BNL let them hang around  kudos to their coach and players for that but they are in no way close to BNL or even Jennings County for that matter speed and talent wise but I sure hope the best for Madison they deserve success I hope they continue to put in the work to improve.  

    I do feel that New Albany with a great sophomore class can continue to improve and pull off a win or two and compete for the section title they are in as the season progresses.  Jeffersonville remains a head scratcher for me as they have the speed and ability to compete.  I thought they were improving effort and discipline wise under Glesing and for the conference sake I was sad to see him leave. 

    With how BNL had played their first two games offensively I was nervous going up against JC they were much better than Madison I thought after watching the two teams play in back to back weeks. 

    So after East & Floyd I don't know how you'd rank the rest of the conference

    I have my opinions but since this is a fact base thread I'll wait to see how others rank it halfway through 😂

     

     

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