hondo17

Would West Lafayette, Kokomo, McCutcheon join a conference with Danville, Tri West and Lebanon?

That's fair. John Hendryx was only there for 5 years and guided them to their first sectional title, he left to go to his Alma mater winamac and left arguably his best team at Knox which was Radtkes first team. That Knox team just had injuries and other issues Hendryx's five years. 6-6 9-3 9-2 7-4 11-2 (sectional champs) thats why I said he got them going and Radtke took the baton and ran with it. Knox has done well with their last two football hires.

West Lafayette, LaVille, Triton, North Judson and West Noble all had fine seasons. Chatards schedule definitely helps them but even if they played a weaker schedule or watered down they'd still be really good and probably still favored by a lot.

John Hendryx got them going and Coach Radtke has kicked it into high gear.

Wonder what their schedule will be Tippecanoe Valley, LaVille, Glenn, Bremen, Jimtown and I know they are still playing North Judson. I believe LaVille is keeping most of their schedule. They kept Glenn, Bremen, Knox, North Judson and Triton. Added Jimtown and Valley. I think Central Noble and Whiting are the other two.

You could solve all this by moving out of a city.

The Sanchez boy missed most of the year up front on DL. He's a talented big strong kid. He's made a huge difference. I think Judson's pass defense struggled a bit against Triton and they had a lot of turnovers. North Judson lost quite a bit from last season. Aldric Harper, Quinton Frasure, Cheyenne Allen and Logan Radtke to name a couple. This year was supposed to be a season where they took a step back or two which they have but still have experience and some talent back and some new faces playing. They'll be much better next season.

I wonder if Rochester is kicking themselves in the pants. Even the slightest passing game or a kicker for that matter...they are more than likely playing Luers.

It's a joke my guy.

I could see the field somehow getting "muddy" by Friday even without it raining all week 😎

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I was basically saying (in this instance) that I wish that LaVille fan would have realized that LCC has "played big boy" football.. playing the schedule and the teams they do makes them prepared for "big boy" football. What makes you think LaVilles new schedule won't help them that much? Valley is an upgrade compared to any HNAC school. Jimtown, Glenn and Bremen would compete against every HNAC team and would beat most.

I'm happy for LaVille that they reached Regionals but sometimes I wish fans would know what size schools their opponents play. West Lafayette, Guerin, Hamilton Heights and Western are four teams LCC played and are bigger than Knox and Glenn (two biggest LaVille played) I do think LaVilles new conference will help with them adding Jimtown and my alma mater Tippecanoe Valley though.

I remember in 2012 with like 50 seconds left before half Central Catholic threw 4 passes to score a TD right after Winamac got within a TD and CC had zero time outs. I looked at my girlfriend and said "it's like watching Monday night football " haha. Barrett was also a very special player.

Bremen has a QB that threw for over 2k and had one receiver at 700+ and another over 1200 but not sure their skilled guys as a whole are as good as CC's. Glenn also had a capable QB and some skilled guys he could throw too but again not sure if they stack up VS LCC. Scott Ballentine had 124 yards Passing against LaVille, the 2nd lowest total he had this year. So LaVille has faced 3 teams with throwing QBS and went 4-0 against them but one thing LCC has in spades is skilled guys that are very athletic. Should be a dandy.

It will come down to Lucas Plummer, the kicking game and if LaVille can defend the pass.

LaVille is pretty solid, they just beat andrean by 2. Triton is a pretty solid squad even after that runningback dropped out. I think HNAC could have 2 or 3 teams at Semi State.

DeWitt and crew were born a year too early, imo that team is 100 percent the 2a representative in the north this year. Laville has a good shot but Central Catholic will be a test and one they may fail. Plummer is legit as is Allen.

I was at the Valley/Chatard game I was getting updates of the LCC/Winamac game. Winamac's secondary isn't so bad at stopping the run but the pass defense struggled against LaVille, West Central to an extent and Triton. I knew they'd have major issues with LCC, was told their run defense was OK. I also think Rochester struggled with Valley’s passing some and Central Catholics QB is much better.

I think they'll have trouble stopping Central Catholic's pass game and with so many guys going both ways might wear down.

I would say Winamac got much better, early on it looked like they probably wouldn't win a game and they won 3 and played North Judson very tough and played Triton pretty well for 3 quarters. I think the Pioneer/Winamac match up would have been much closer later in the year especially since Allen, Jones and Fox missed the first match up. The Warriors lose quite a bit but have some key guys return and with a lesser schedule (no laville and Knox, replacing them w North Miami and South Central+ switching North White with Frontier) could see Winamac win 4 or 5 games and start to trend upwards after 2024.

My uncle after all these years still has flashbacks from Alspaugh! Lost by 60! Lol.

Tippecanoe Valley lost at state in 77. They won state in 79. 1978 and 1981 they had undefeated regular seasons. This Valley team was a good Valley team but they've had better. Valley should be solid for the next few years.

It wouldn't shock me to see Triton at Semi State. May, Shively and Prater are super athletic, really impressed with Renforth and #52 defensively. I'd say outside of the first Q, Winamacs defense held pretty strong. They've just been struggling with turnovers.

Isn't that why Pioneer and Winamac got out of the MWC? Enrollment decreases, low numbers and big talent drop offs?

Started showing signs of a concussion after Caston game and its 2nd one this year.