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Ethan blew out his knee in soccer semi-state. His twin brother Austin is a lefty kicker and has done a great job since Ethan's injury. We've been blessed with great soccer kickers over the years.

May have to break out the glove tonight .. and not for picking my nose, @Titan20! 🙂

I don't know if your guess is accurate as all of the younger class run together for me, but I'll take a Semi-State/State level team every 5 years and maybe a couple of overachieving teams in between! Sure, it would be great to compete every year for a state title but let's be realistic about it. I am hearing of a couple of last names on the rise that are Patriot legends of the past... Winchell, Goldsberry, and others. We'll see how the kids all stick together and develop but it should be fun to watch. GO PATRIOTS!

Coach Wilk isn't providing much bulletin board material is he. Much respect from both sides. Looking forward to what is always a great Sectional Championship environment at The Jewel on Friday night! GO PATRIOTS!

Hats off to Bosse for competing on Friday. It would have been easy for them to roll over after we took the early lead, but they continued to battle back. Not sure how many Bosse fans are on here but wanted to give props to them. Now, back to the GS vs BTC Regional planning... sorry to interrupt.

Surely over the course of history a sprinkler somehow mysteriously broke overnight somewhere flooding a field. 😎.

Not that it will happen this year but wonder if this has ever been done to help a team’s chances of hosting later in the tournament? I’m assuming it has at some point in the history but I don’t recall.

GO LIONS!!

Ha! That’s right! Very observant! Comes in handy for deep playoff runs!

I heard the difference was all in the videographer! 💪

You're probably right. And to be clear, I'm not questioning Hart's coaching abilities. His record since taking over GS speaks for itself. Every coach and every program has games and calls they wish they had back. I can think of a few HH games and calls over the years that fall into that category. Looking forward to Friday! Doesn't get much better than HS football playoff time!

We were all pretty happy that night seeing Hart settle for a field goal attempt! I’m sure that’s one of those games Hart wishes he had back. Don’t punt to Sigler twice and don’t settle for a field goal attempt. But, that’s high school football and our guys never quit.

Go Wildcats!!

Apparently, I've hit my limit of reactions for the day so I couldn't like your post ... but yes both fun to watch.

Yes, Crews was a junior that year and he was special. GS had a stud DB/receiver too? I believe I recall comparisons to the two that year. That HH 2014 season was special. Went 12-2 after an injury bug plagued 2-8 in 2013. HH lost 14-6 to Tri-West that year in SS. Tri-West then beat Andrean at state pretty handily. Peyton Hendershot was on that Tri-West team with his brother Jake. Tri-West also had a stud Mac Dutra at DL.

Yes it was. Roughly 500 miles. Regional at Lawrenceburg, Semi-state at Danville , then State basically At Chatard. Great times and great team!

That #2 can play a little bit! 🙂

Below is a public update from yesterday from Blake's mother. Please continue to keep Blake and his family your thoughts and prayers. Day 6 Update When a new baby is born, parents count ten little fingers and ten little toes and deem them “absolutely perfect”. Over the years, we have watched our “perfect baby” grow into an amazing, determined, strong young man and we now know that 10 fingers and 10 toes are secondary to being a wonderful human being. Since Blake’s accident, the doctors have been completely upfront and honest with us every single step of the way. Today's surgery made it clear that there wasn't a lower leg left to save and resulted in a below-the-knee amputation. It went as well as we had hoped for considering the circumstances. There will now be several days of wait-and-see time to determine if this will be viable or if an above-knee amputation will be needed. On a happy note Blake has been doing so well we were moved out of the PICU to a regular room late today. We are so thankful for the guidance of his doctors and nurses the continued support of our family and friends, and most importantly the love of our God who has allowed us to keep Blake on this earth for many many years to come. Life is like a box of chocolates and God just handed us a different box to open. We never know what we are going to get, but we are sure that it will be something wonderful.

You've got that right! Tough for the community! Blake's farming accident, and also lost a member of the senior class (Hailee Houston) from a car accident that happened a couple weeks ago while driving to the football game. Really puts things in proper perspective. The Patriots will show up and give it all they have and play for Blake #25.

It was just announced that the HH vs NP game WILL be played as scheduled tonight. GO PATRIOTS!

Can I get an "IB"!?!? Come on man! You were close! 🙂 Can't wait for the season to get started!

Sorry, I can't help you there, but congrats and best of luck to you coach!

What time is kickoff for this one?