Fairfield 02

NECC Power Rankings after week 2: Big School: 1. West Noble 2. Garrett 3. Lakeland 4. Fairfield 5. Angola Small School: 1. Eastside 2. Prairie Heights 3. Churubusco 4. Central Noble 5. Fremont

How about those Cavemen??

Quick thoughts about Fairfield's loss tonight. -The defense played well...they were unfortunately on the field ALL night, due to Fairfield's inability to move the football offensively. -The offense lacks creativity, relies way too heavily on the inside run, and lacks a threatening passing attack, or use of tight ends and wings in the passing game. (It looked VERY SIMILARLY vanilla to the past recent season's offenses, even though it's a new system). -I was impressed with Heritage. Even though they made several mistakes and were penalized several times, they made plays when they needed to. They are talented and well coached. -I still feel like the Falcons have a lot of talent, and just need to find way to capitalize on it. -I expect Heritage to have a great year.

What's so shocking about that?

Columbia City 42 Plymouth 21: After going 2-8 last year, Plymouth still has a lot to prove. I am rooting for the NLC here, but no sure it will happen. Concord 28 Jimtown 7: Maybe Concord is a lot better than everyone thinks...I do think, rivalry aside, they are better on paper than the Jimmies. New Prairie 49 Goshen 0: This is the halftime score, and the clock runs out quickly due to the mercy rule in the 2nd half. As stated earlier...Goshen is young, and they need to get better. Northridge 14 Elkhart 35: Again, we just don't know enough about these teams to really make an accurate prediction. However, Northridge faltered a little last week and might struggle up front with those Elkhart man-children. Penn 38 Mishawaka 28: Hard to pick against Penn after they beat Valpo....anything can happen in a rivalry though, right? Portage 20 Northwood 41: I don't know much about either team, but I feel that Northwood continually proves themselves. The Panthers are worthy until they prove otherwise. Warsaw 17 Warren Central 21: Much closer than anyone anticipates, but Bart Ball comes to bite in the butt when the Tigers need to pass....but can't. West Noble 42 Wawasee 0: West Noble has the fastest athlete on the field in Pruitt. Wawasee is rebuilding. The Chargers win this one easily

This week's predictions: Blackford 7 Fremont 35: I think this is a positive matchup for the Eagles. Also, Fremont won this one on the road last year...so the fact that they are the home team this time really stacks it up nicely for them. Including this season, Blackford has only won 2 fames in the last 4 seasons, and were 0-10 last year. Bronson(MI) 19 Prairie Heights 28: I looked at the matchup history here, and this will be the 4th year in a row that these two teams will play each other. Bronson leads 2-1. I know that PH's 56 points last week might be partly because Whitko is very down, but I also don't believe 56 points just magically appear without having some talent. I think Prairie Heights has a lot to prove, but for another week, they have made a believer out of me. Eastside 14 Adams Central 28: Is Garret that good, or is AC way down? I don't see Eastside beating AC after a bit of a struggle against a down Woodlan team. AC wins this for the third year in a row. Garrett 27 Dekalb 21: Garrett might be for real. I am not sure. There hasn't been enough football played to really be able to tell. For now, I will jump on the NECC train for this one. Railroaders go 2-0. Heritage 28 Fairfield 35: We will find out very quickly what the Falcons are made of this week. Heritage had their way with the Falcons last year, however the Falcons are an improved squad, with several returning starters, and a new offense. Heritage also graduated 20+ seniors from last year's team, that finished 9-2. Both teams did not face strong opponents in week 1. My gut tells me that the Falcons could win by multiple touchdowns. Lakeland 42 Churubusco 20: Unfortunately, Busco gave up 61 points in this one last year. Although, I don't think it will be that much offense by the Lakers again, I do feel that they are heavily favored over the struggling 2A Eagles...why aren't they the Ninja turtles??? You had an opportunity there Busco....you did. Lakeland might be the team to beat this year in the NECC. We shall see. Leo 56 Angola 21: Angola gave up 50 to Leo in 2021, and it might happen again. Leo played a much better week 1 opponent, and will be primed and ready to insect spray the Hornets. Angola has a lot to prove after last year's 2-8 season. West Noble 49 Wawasee 6: The only reason that WN doesn't score more s because Wawasee will do their best to chew cock and keep the ball out of the Charger offense's hands. Pruitt will probably have 8 carries for 300 yard and 6 tds. He will be the fastest athlete on the field again Friday night. Unfortunately for Wawasee, they have some rebuilding to do. Woodlan 35 Central Noble 36 2 OT: I think both of these teams are trying to get traction and find out who they are. Central Noble wakes up after being thumped by WN and finds it deep in their hearts to pull this one out.

An Outsider's NLC Power Rankings after week 1: 1. Mishawaka 2. Warsaw 3. Concord 4. Northwood 5. Northridge 6. Plymouth 7. Goshen 8. Wawasee

I was very pleased with how Fairfield controlled the line of scrimmage tonight. Over 400 yards rushing. Goshen is young, and made a lot of mistakes. They did, however, make some big plays in the passing game. Also to the Redhawk's credit, they were down 37-10 at the half, and did not just come out and lay down...they fought hard throughout the entire game.

I agree. The Big school division has quite a bit of talent this year. My NECC rankings after night #1 Big School 1. West Noble 1. Lakeland 1. Fairfield 1. Garrett 2. Angola Small School 1. Eastside 2. Prairie Heights 3. Central Noble 4. Churubusco 5. Fremont

Any bold predictions for who will win the big school and small school divisions??

What's so bad about playing against Fairfield?? 😉I kid....I kid.... What might not be a good game for you though, is really a good game for us. Anytime we can be exposed to bigger schools, it helps us....so I understand what ya'll are saying. However I love this game for a lot of reasons....one of them being that it's geographically the shortest away game we have on our schedule, which helps us save money in the inflated economy! 😁Those NECC games can be hard on the gas budget.

These are my predictions...based on not much....outside of the team I support, I don't know much about these NECC teams until they start playing: Adams Central 35 Garrett 14....unfortunately for Garrett, this will most likely be a repeat of the last two seasons vs. AC. Adams Central is a very dominate 1A team...and they will most likely reload again this year. Central Noble 12 West Noble 49...can anyone say Pruitt???? (I assume he is playing and healthy) West Noble has plenty of speed with this stud alone. Central Noble loses this county battle for the third year in a row. Churubusco 6 Columbia City 21...I really don't know much about either team except that CC has won this game the last 4 years in a row, and that Churubusco had one of their worst seasons last year in recent history. Hoping the tradition of the diesel smoke and pork burgers will help Busco have a better season than last. Dekalb 20 Angola 21...this one always seems close. I have no idea what either team brings to the table. Just rooting for the NECC in this one. Fairfield 28 Goshen 14...I typically don't pick the Fairfield, but I am going to start doing so this year. I have my reasons, but I think the Falcons are on the up swing with a solid senior class and a charismatic new coach. I also have reasons to believe the Redhawks of Goshen might have a tough year. You can't always believe what you hear though. Prairie Heights 13 Whitko 12...I think this was Whitko's only win last year. The ole ball coach at PH has a 12-72 record. Culture HAS to change for PH to find a win this year. Here's to hoping that PH doesn't go winless again. Shenandoah 21 Fremont 0...this might be a repeat of last year's game. Neither team will be super impressive and it will come down to turnovers. (My way of saying I have no idea what will really happen). South Bend St. Joseph 24 Lakeland 49...Coach O'Shea has the Lakers headed in the right direction. The Lakers win the battle of the baby blues two years in a row with a very impressive offensive outing. Woodlan 28 Eastside 29 2OT...Eastside has won this matchup two years in a row and they will get the TURKEY with the 3-peat. The Blazers haven't had a losing record since 2013, Woodlawn was 2-8 last year. Two programs trending in 2 different directions. I actually think Eastside will win by a decent margin, but I just wanted to create some drama. HAHA!

Are there any more NECC (Northeast Corner Conference) fans out here? Historically, the fans in this conference seem to be technologically mute, or maybe they just don't have the internet machines. Here's to hoping that there will be more conversation this year about this tiny little conference in Northeast Indiana. This thread will be dedicated to all NECC talk, predictions, and playful jabs. PLEASE reply! Starting with Week 1, what are your predictions, and why? Adams Central at Garrett Central Noble at West Noble Churubusco at Columbia City Dekalb at Angola Fairfield at Goshen Prairie Heights at Whitko Shenandoah at Fremont South Bend St. Joseph at Lakeland Woodlan at Eastside