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Pulling for Coach Bowman and the Senators....!!

Preaching to the Choir LOL!

Man.. this is a game with all sorts of history!!! Everyone.. well alot of people always think Lutheran is gonna beat N.Vermillion... just as they were supposed to come to Linton and beat us... but somehow it never happened. 14-7 last year in SemiState in Indy, 55-37 in an unreal regional at Cayuga and 37-19 in 2015 in Indy semi-state. Can't imagine that Lutheran isn't uber focused to get past the Falcons, but NV seems to get it done in crunch time.

NO no no.... we didn't decline playing your wooofs.... they declined adding us to their schedule. It would have been quite the battle between offenses this year... the difference might have been who's defense stepped up.'

With the relative ease the Wildcats have had the last two weeks between my beloved Miners and the North Knox Warriors--- will not having been in a tight battle hurt MD come this weekend?

you just extended this thread a couple more weeks~!!

yeah... not sure how that happened!!

Sectional 38: Scecina is another program with a rich football tradition, as well as an iconic head coach in Ott Hurrle, who has won 200 games in his 28 years leading the Crusaders. Scecina rushed out to 4-0 beating 6-5 Shenandoah 28-18, and 5-5 4A Beech Grove 55-35 along the way. Then they ran into a stretch losing 3 of next four: 34-7 to 6-5 4a Roncalli, 42-21 to 10-0 #1 1A Lutheran, and a 21-14 loss to 7-3 3A Ritter. They did manage to eek out an 8-7 win over 8-3 Triton Central. They are now winners of 3 straight with the offense putting up 138 points giving up just 36, including another win over Shenandoah last week 49-22. The Crusaders have racked up 12 sectional titles over the years, and made 5 trips to state finals with 3 crowns. They've won the sectional title in both 2018 and 2017 with wins over Triton Central. They had a stretch of titles from 2011-2015 only missing out in 2014. They reached the state game back to back 2011-12, losing both times to LCC. Heritage Christian hasn't tasted sectional title glory since 2008, repeating their feat accomplished in 2007, both times beating Lawrenceburg. They won the State Title in 2018 beating Lewis Cass 17-14 and going 14-1. They would also reach the state final in 2007 losing to Ft. Wayne Luers 21-6. An amazing fact considering the program started in 2002! The Eagles one loss was in week 3 to 6-5 3A Guerin Catholic 23-5. They have 6 wins over .500 opponents including two wins over 8-3 Eastern Hancock, 38-20 and last week 28-6. They put 7-3 Northeastern out with a 35-6 win 2 weeks back, and also own a 48-7 crushing of 6-5 Shenandoah in week 2. This has all the ear-markings of another stellar battle in 2A. SAG rankings nearly identical, both score over 30 ppg. The Crusader D appears to give up more on the defensive side, but their SOS could be the difference.

Sectional 36: Eastern Greentown is in the midst of their best season in school history. They run the slate without any defeats, with wins over 6-4 Delphi 28-14, 6-4 1A Sheridan 31-6, 6-4 2A Lapel 34-31 and last week over 6-5 Alexandria 20-7. Coach Josh Edwards has been at the helm for 13 years for the Comets, and looks for this to be the breakthrough year in Greentown. It has not been a pretty picture for EG in the past years of post season performance. 9 years in a row have seen one and done. They've reached past the opening round just twice in 25 years, and the championship once, losing 27-0 to... Eastbrook in 2004. The Panthers? They have to my count 14 sectional titles, 6 Regional wins, and 3 times went to the final game in the state only to fall in each (34-20 to WeBo last year, 28-6 to Ritter in 2016, and back in 2004 62-21 to Tri-West). Eastbrook and Coach Jeff Adamson started the year 0-2 with losses to 9-2 4A Marion 35-19 and 7-3 4A Delta 55-7. Since then it's been 9 in a row including the only loss Mississinewa (10-1 4A) has lost 21-14, beating Blackford (5-5) twice, 48-10 over 6-5 Alexandria, and last week's 34-7 win over 6-5 Tipton. The Panthers schedule is certainly a plus factor to Eastbrook, but the Comets have answered all comers, and allow just 9.36 ppg (2nd in 2A).

Sectional 34: Coach Jeff Phillips has led his Kings to a 10-1 season, been #1 and #2 ranked in polls all year.. The lone blemish for Cass was a week seven 58-21 loss to 3A 9-2 West Lafayette. Their schedule has been strong ith 7 .500+ opponents, most all in higher classes… and the 2A teams faced and beat were Pioneer (8-2 with both losses coming to the Kings; 26-22 and 43-8) and a 28-7 win over 6-5 Tipton. They blasted 3- 73 Maconaquash 49-8, 4A 6-4 Western 49-20 along the way. The stand out win clearly was a 49-42 win over West Lafayette in week 9 to close out the regular season over that 9-2 3A top 10 team. Cass has been a stretch where the Kings have lost all 4 Sect championship games they were in (2018 and 2017 both to Eastbrook, 2015 to Bremen, and 2014 to LCC). Their last raising of the trophy was in 2012 with a 35-7 win over North Judson, which prefaced a memorable double overtime loss to Andrean in Regional action 67-66. They did win sectionals from 2007-2009 and in 2005 as well. Lewis Cass has not however done much more than get to regionals and exit. They did reach semi-state in 2005, losing to Jimtown 28-13. The Lancers under Will Hostrawser won their last title an 2017’s 1-7 win over Triton. That had ended a long stretch dating back to 2003’s 35-6 win over West Central for their last trophy. They had won the year prior with a 28-0 win over Whiting. They had been in the sect championship game in each of 2014 (losing 33-3 to Winamac), 2015 (24-21 to Northfield) and 2016 (losing 43-40 to Southwood). Cass has the top ranked SAG in class 2A and 33rd in the entire state at 78.81, as well as the 2nd highest SOS in 2A. The Kings are also the top scoring team 2A with a 44.00 per game average, also 5th in the state. LaVille at Lewis Cass Lancers 9-2 LaVille ENR-389 Kings 10-1 Walton ENR-469 Will Hostrawser 7 Yrs 55-25 0.688 Jeff Phillips 4 Yrs 25-20 0.568 Career 7 Yrs 55-25 0.688 Career 12 Yrs 71-54 0.556 Post Season 2010- 1980- Post Season 2010- 1980- Sr Class: 33-13 2010: 9-9 1S,0R,0SS,0C 4S,1R,0SS,0C Sr Class: 25-20 2010: 14-9 1S,0R,0SS,0C 7S,4R,1SS,0C 500+ 2-2 Oppo WL 51-65 .500+ 6-1 Oppo WL 60-54 2018: 6-4 2017: 8-5 2016: 10-2 0.440 2018: 7-5 2017: 7-5 2016: 1-9 0.526 Rankings AP #12 #N/A #N/A Rankings AP #1 IFCA #2 GRID #1 SAG SOS SAG Pred 80.81 LaVille 49.26 3-S,14-C,132-ST, 30.58 45-CL 243-ST Lewis Cass Lewis Cass 78.81 1-S,1-C,33-ST, 52.05 2-CL 99-ST by 31.55 OFF DEF LaVille 323 29.36 20-CL 78-ST 126 11.45 5-CL 25-ST Lewis Cass 484 44.00 1-CL 5-ST 178 16.18 17-CL 80-ST PT DiFF Class Rank 5 YR WL 10 YR WL W Seas 2010- #N/A LaVille 17.91 13 41-18 53-56 6-3 #N/A Lewis Cass 27.82 4 33-25 70-47 7-2 #N/A 1A 2A 3A 4A 5 & 6 A Other LaVille 5-0 3-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 Lewis Cass 0-0 4-0 5-1 1-0 0-0 2019 2018 2017 Lewis Cass #N/A #N/A #N/A LaVille #N/A #N/A #N/A Common Opponent Class W LaVille Lewis Cass Pioneer 2 8-2 L 14-36 W 28-22

Sectional 33: Two tradition rich programs battle it out in Merrillville. Coach Meeks has the Bombers with their most wins since the 2014 state championship 15 win squad. After two midseason losses (44-6 to 9-2 3A W.Lafayette, 20-17 to 8-3 1A LCC) the Bombers have reeled off 5 straights wins, allowing just 25 points total in that span. They have 2 of 7-3 2A North Newton’s losses (40-15, 35-6), a 28-14 win over 6-4 4A Western, and 24-7 over 6-5 2A Tipton. The Fighting 59ers have spent much of their time in Class 3A, even a period in 4A, but are back in 2A this year. They’ve been eliminated in each of the last 2 sectional championship games by West Lafayette (51-24 and 56-10). Andrean, under Coach Chris Skinner in his 3rd year, have won 6 straight after a 2-3 start. It was a start that saw losses to 9-1 6A Merrillville 48-20, 33-10 to 4A 10-1 New Prairies, and 33-10 to 9-2 4A Hobart. A brutal schedule for any 2A level team. In fact Andrean has no 2A team on their regular season schedule until sectional. They have disposed of 6-4 3A Hanover Central 44-23 7-4 4A Lowell 13-0, before knocking off unbeaten Boone Grove last week 27-0. The 59ners have had 3 shutouts in their last contests. I could write a separate chapter on these two teams illustrious post-season merits. Between the two I show 27 sectional crowns, 10 Semi-State wins, and 3 state titles. However neither have been back to a regional in the last few years. The Bombers last sectional title was 2014, wiyth a 51-7 win over Wheeler than ended at the top of the heap. They won in 2013 (40-12 over Bowman Academ), both 2010 and 2009 with wins over Wheeler 28-0 and 21-8…as well as claiming the trophy is ’08, ’06, ’05, and ’03 in the 2000’s alone. Andreans last sectional crown was also 2014 beating Calumet 62-6, and reaching the state losing to Tri-Wesy 49-27. They won the state themselves in 2013, getting past John Glenn in sectional 42-0 and besting Brebeuf 35-27 to the state title. Actually Andrean won 7 of 8 years in a row sectional titles from 2007-2014. They won state as well in 2004 over Heritage Hills 21-14, which ended another streak of 4 sectional titles in a row 2001-2004. This has all the promise of a terrific game. Rensselaer Central at Andrean Bombers 9-2 Rensselaer ENR-528 Fighting 59ers 8-3 Merrillville ENR-414 Chris Meeks 21 Yrs 168-84 0.667 Chris Skinner 3 Yrs 21-13 0.618 Career 21 Yrs 168-84 0.667 Career 3 Yrs 21-13 0.618 Post Season 2010- 1980- Post Season 2010- 1980- Sr Class: 30-14 2010: 20-8 3S,3R,1SS,1C 10S,4R,1SS,1C Sr Class: 31-15 2010: 24-8 4S,3R,2SS,1C 17S,8R,6SS,2C 500+ 4-2 Oppo WL 56-58 .500+ 3-3 Oppo WL 64-51 2018: 6-5 2017: 8-3 2016: 7-4 0.491 2018: 10-2 2017: 8-4 2016: 5-6 0.557 Rankings AP #10 IFCA #7 GRID #8 Rankings #N/A IFCA #12 GRID #12 SAG SOS SAG Pred 65.66 Rensselaer Central 60.35 2-S,7-C,88-ST, 41.05 12-CL 157-ST Andrean Andrean 63.66 1-S,5-C,77-ST, 49.72 3-CL 111-ST by 5.31 OFF DEF Rensselaer Central 336 30.55 16-CL 69-ST 127 11.55 7-CL 27-ST Andrean 314 28.55 21-CL 84-ST 177 16.09 16-CL 77-ST PT DiFF Class Rank 5 YR WL 10 YR WL W Seas 2010- #N/A Rensselaer Central 19.00 14 40-18 86-37 7-2 #N/A Andrean 12.45 18 44-17 97-29 8-1 #N/A 1A 2A 3A 4A 5 & 6 A Other Rensselaer Central 0-1 4-0 3-1 2-0 0-0 Andrean 0-0 2-0 2-0 3-2 1-1 2019 2018 2017 Andrean #N/A #N/A #N/A Rensselaer Central #N/A #N/A #N/A Common Opponent Class W Rensselaer Central Andrean Kankakee Valley 4 4-6 W 13-9 W 30-13

I knew...... this.... was coming....

agreed 100%, MAter Dei had the D dialed in to what we were doing from the get go. The high snaps were certainly caused by the pressure the D line created... and they were indeed in our backfield quick... disrupting the play before it started. Rarely did Goodman have time to sit back and read the coverage either... Our Offense was totally contained. A couple plays here or there....and catch ruled complete here or there might have at least helped confidence... but just a great job by the Wildcats...Knight at LB, Davidson at DE, Ralph at DT, Lannert at S , Kappernock covering Robertson...in particular.

THis is an excellent read...and I enjoy learning about the history of WW... definitely will print this and keep it in my files for references !!!

Most were unforced errors.. high snap, bad exhange, or just dropping the ball... I know one fumble was definitely the result of a hit by the MD Lb knocking the ball lose. Both int's were good plays by MD. A tip at the line that landed in LB's lap and an easy 21 yard stroll to endzone, the other.. Lannert just played the ball perfectly. Course, they did block a punt as well. I'll agree it was one of the worse games for Linton I've seen.. but I also agree that Mater Dei's defense was the cause of most of the effort. Even unforced errors can be a result of what the defense is doing!

The poll is entered... info posted tomorrow!

Sectional 41: A rematch from an opening week win by the Bluejays at Culver. This time they play at North Judson. The Cavaliers got here with wins over 2-8 Lake Station 60-14 and 3-8 South Central 14-6. Coach Zehner hasn’t had the Cavaliers past the semi-finals in his prior 3 years, and it was 2011 the last time Culver was in a sectional championship. In fact Culver had 3 consecutive years 2009-11 of being in the big game, winning 48-21 over Whiting in 2009, and would lose to LCC in regional 56-0. They lost the sectional championship games in 2010 (20-7 South Central) and 2011 (27-21 South Newton). All seven Cavalier wins this year have come against sub-.500 teams. The biggest win probably was a 28-20 win over 5-6 Winamac in week 6. They have fallen to Knox and Pioneer by big margins, but put up a fight in a 13-8 loss to 9-2 2a LaVille in week 9. Brett Lambert is in his 1st year at North Judson, and the Bluejays have reached the Sect Champ game several time looking to add to their 11 previous sectional titles. However, they’ve had to face the likes of Pioneer (56-18 loss in 2015, 47-7 loss in 2016), and Lewis Cass (35-7 loss in 2012). They fell to Triton 29-17 in last year’s finale. The have gone 1-4 against winning teams, and that one win was over this 7-4 Culver squad. Their 4 losses were solid defeats to 7-3 2a North Newton, 10-1 3A Knox, 9-22A LaVille (only 17-0) and 8-2 2A Pioneer. Sectional 42: As expected, LCC, despite starting off 1-3, came into this sectional as a heavy favorite to move on. They have plowed through Clinton County, beating both Central and Prairie by a combined 85-20. There truly isn’t anything on paper that would lend promise the Golden Eagles have any legit shot, but it will be their 2nd time in back to back sectional championship tilts. In just their 6th year of existence and in Coach Stevenson’s 2nd year he took them to the championship losing to South Putnam 55-8 last year. That team was 10-2, and this year they sit 9-1 with their only blemish a 63-27 loss to unbeaten Indianapolis Lutheran. The Golden Eagles have wins over 6-5 Covenant Christian 38-27, 7-3 Frontier 55-12 and 5-5 North White 51-6. Meanwhile at LCC, in Brian Nay’s 2nd years it’s a return to winning ways after back to back losing records… that you have to go all the way back to 2003 for a losing LCC record (3-7), and back to 1996 and 1997 for back to back losing records (2-7, 3-7). The funny thing is, they reached the sectional final in both these last two years, and would have won those titles were they not pitted against Pioneer in each case. They lost 70-7 last year, and 48-7 the year before. 2013 is the last year that LCC wasn’t in a sectional championship game. The Knights won Sectional titles 2014-2016, and of course that the 4 year run winning 4 state championships back to back 2009-2012. Those 3 losses early on were to 7-3 3A Tri-West 22-7, 6-5 3A Guerin Catholic 50-28 and 9-2 3A West Lafayette 50-0. Since then they have notched big wins over 9-2 2A Rensselaer Central 20-17, and 21-20 over 4A 6-4 Western. Sectional 43: Another one that on paper looks to be a gimme…but it’s got to be an exciting time in Fairmount for the Argyll faithful. Brady Turner is in just his 2nd year at the helm, and M-G is in the sectional championship game. 4 wins matches their best win total since 2011’s 7-3 season. The last 7 sectionals have seen the Argylls one and done, and their last Sect Champ appearance was in 2019 with a loss for Ft. Wayne Luers 49-14. It wasn’t always one and done for Madison-Grant, as they won 14-0 over Tipton for the title in 2008, and again in 2006 beating South Adams in Overtime 26-20. Both years saw the Argylls lose in regional games (21-0 to Jimton, and 33-13 to Harding). M-G lost their first 7 games this year, 5 of those opponents being .500 or better, and all of them in bigger classes than 1A. Included in that were losses to 6-5 Tipton, 11-0 Eastern (Greentown), 9-2 Eastbrook, 6-5 Alexandria, 5-5 Blackford…all 2A, and 4A 10-1 Mississinewa. They also lost t o4-6 3A Oak Hill. The back half put them against competition (2-28) they dominated0 Elwood, Frankton and Taylor. Their best win though, came last week in a 55-27 win over 5-6 Union City. The Starfires are rolling. Their 11 wins is the best I have seen in any past season and Coach Grant Moser, in his 3rd year, has them poised to make a run to Lucas. They finished up #2 ranked across the boards, and took 7-4 Monroe Central out last week 28-6, making it two wins over the Golden Bears this year (34-15 in week 5). The closest anyone has come to making a game happen with SA was in week 8 with 3-7 2A Woodlan—a 15-0 Starfire win. Obviously being unbeaten, they’ve not lost to any .500+ team, and there were 5 along the way. 6-4 2A Winchester (40-0), 7-3 2A Bluffton (41-0), and the aforementioned Monroe Central twice; but the big one as a 42-14 humbling of rival 10-1 Adams Central mid-season. There should be celebrations tonight in Berne, as 2018 and 2017 saw South Adams eliminated after 1 game, losing 28-21 to Churubusco in ’18, and 28-7 to the Flying Jets in ’17. They have won sectionals recently though with a 29-27 win over Churubusco in 2016, 31-14 over Southern Wells in 2014, and 14-13 over Adams Central in 2013. They reached the Semi-State in ’14 losing 62-7 to Pioneer. Sectional 44: This one had a big upset shake things up last week as the Norsemen knocked off the #3 ranked undefeated Knights of Southwood 14-6. It was also a revenge game as Southwood had beaten Northfield in week 4 20-6. That game put Coach Baker’s team at 0-4, their worst since an 0-6 start in 2008. The Norsemen had lost to 7-3 2A Bluffton 24-20, 7-4 3A Tippecanoe Valley 28-21, 7-3 3A Maconaquah 43-7 prior… but now they have 7 wins in a row. Granted none of those wins came against a 5 win team until last week, but three came against 4-win teams (Wabash, Rochester and North Miami). The Norsemen had been one and done in each of the last three years, and in fact don’t have a rich history in post-season. The lone exception was in 2015 when they won their 1 sectional 24-21 over LaVille, and reached the Semi State losing to LCC 45-6. Adams Central has a tremendous football history, and Coach Mosser has 90 wins in this his 11th season in Monroe. They beat Southwood 38-0 to win sectional title in 2018, and won in both 2016 (15-12 over Monroe Central) and 2015 (28-12 over Monroe Central again). I could go on and on with their post-season history but will leave it at 20 sectional titles, 12 regional titles and a state Championship in 2000. Their lone blemish for the #4 ranked Flying Jets was a statement 42-14 loss to rival and unbeaten South Adams in week 6. I’m sure they’d love another crack at the Starfires in a possible Regional tilt, but they can’t affort to overlook Northfield. Most everyone had this game pegged as battle with unbeaten Southwood, but the Norsemen changed that. AC has 3 wins over quality opponents: 21-14 over 9-2 2A Eastside, 21-13 over 7-4 Monroe Central and 33-7 over 7-3 2A Bluffton. Bluffton beat Northfield 24-20 in week 1. Sectional 45: This one has been written on the walls and much talked about for most of the latter part of the season… in particular since week 7’s wild down to the last second Falcon win 42-36 at Cayuga. This rematch is one that will surely attract a huge standing room only crowd. The loss is the lone negative mark on Coach Brian Moore’s season, in which the Wolves have had no trouble rolling through. They average point differential is +32 per game, 5th in class 1A, with only a 26-6 win over Attica in week 4 would constitute a “game” they hadn’t dominated start to finish. Against .500 teams they lost only to NV, and count wins over Seeger (52-7), Covington (60-24) South Vermillion (46-27) and Attica twice in the other 5. It’s only year two for Coach Brian Moore in the merge between Rockville and Turkey Run. The Rox were no strangers to post season runs, and neither is Coach Moore. At Seeger he racked up 5 sectional titles and a state crown in 2004, and a Sectional with Fountain Central in 2013. North Vermillion’s only loss of ’19 came in week 4’s 38-20 defeat at the hands of 9-2 2A Linton. Last year it was also the only loss NV would suffer on their run to the state final (a 60-0 loss to Pioneer). The Falcons handed a 42-38 loss on 7-4 2A South Vermillion, and have beaten 5-5 1A Covington twice, 6-5 Attica (21-14), 6-4 2A Seeger (35-20) and defeated 5-6 South Putnam last week 28-13 to reach this rematch. North Vermillion had several coaching changes up until 2012 when Brian Crabtree came about, and he’s brought stability into the program, winning 87 of his 101 games. They beat Attica 22-6 last year to start their state run, but also have sect titles in 2015 (48-20 over South Putnam), 2014 (48-20 over Fountain Central) and 2012 (27-7 over Attica). They also had a 2011 win over Rockville in Overtime 27-20. Before 2011, you had to go all the way to 1994 under Mark Bless to find NV in a sectional championship game. This game certainly keeps that old Rockville-N.Verm rivalry alive. Both coaches with an over 80% win rate, NV ranked #5 PH ranked #6; The Wolves with the highest scoring offense in class 1A, and 4th in the state at 47.09. North Vermillion has a high scoring offense as well at 35 ppg. Sectional 46: Well. Certainly a case where the two top teams in this sectional met in round 1, and a dominant 62-14 win by Saints eradicated any thoughts of mystery of the outcome in the end. Could this be the year for Coach Dave Pasch and the Lutheran faithful to reach the ultimate state championship goal? Last year was tough to swallow losing to North Vermillion 14-7 in semi state, on the heels of losing 12-8 to Eastern Greene in the semis in 2017… and then again in 2016 to Linton 43-14… and 55-37 to the Falcons in regionals 2015…and again the to Falcons in Semi state 2014 37-19! That is a horror story if you are a Saints fan. The program’s 1st full year of varsity participation was 2006, and immediately Lutheran served notice with a 7-4 year. 2009 was their first sectional title, a 13-7 win over Scecina, and obviously they have several sectional titles in their trophy case; Six, with the last five coming in each of the last 5 seasons! The Saints as usual, have played a solid schedule; 2nd in 1A, with 7 wins over +.500 teams including 7-4 3A Ritter (35-14) 8-3 2A Triton Central (28-14) 8-3 2A Scecina (42-21), 9-1 1A Traders Point (63-27) and wins over Sheridan and Covenant Christian to reach the championship tilt. The Panthers got the best draw you could ask for; the bye, then a 13-12 battle victorious over 4-4 Indiana Deaf. Their 3 wins have come over Anderson Prep, Oldenburg Academy, as well as Indiana Deaf. Park Tudor was in a sectional final in 2017 losing 46-7 to Western Boone, and back to 2006 losing to Ritter 35-0. The do own a sectional title: 2005 with a win over Milan 40-8, and actually again in 2002 beating South Decatur 14-12. Sectional 47: Another sectional finale with a rematch much anticipated in southeast Indiana. The Chargers have dropped one game this year, and that happened in week 9, a 20-15 loss to 2A 6-4 Lapel. Coach Stirn’s 10 wins tie a 10-3 1998 ND team that won the only sectional trophy in 25+ years, and their 2nd in school history beating Knightstown 7-6. The Indians last won Sectional glory in beating Triton Central in 2016 52-28, losing to Ritter in Regional 40-6. They’ve been in the hunt several times-2012; 2014, and have titles in 2011 (50-14 over W.Washington) then 11 years further in 2000 (38-22 over WW). They also won in 1996 and 1995. These two faced off in week 5 in Greensburg with North Decatur blanking Milan 21-0. It was one of three Charger wins over .500 teams with a 41-0 win over 6-5 2A Paoli, and 58-0 over 5-5 2A Switzerland County. Ryan Langferman always has the Indians in the thick of things, and at 9-2 they’d love to end ND’s magical season. Milan has wins over Switzerland County 54-40 and a 3-0 squeaker over 6-4 Knightstown to start Sectional 47. They beat 4-7 Hagerstown 34-14 last week. Their two losses came to ND, and to 10-1 3A Lawrenceburf 42-14 in week 3. The Charger defense has allowed just 4.82 ppg, 1st in class 1A, but their SOS is one of the worst in the entire state (5.17- 315th). Milan’s isn’t much better at #297, but they did open with three 3A schools winning 2 of them. With this game at Milan the SAG numbers favor the Indians. Sectional 48: Two teams again who met in the season, with a dominant win by the Senators 44-19 in week 7. Philip Bowsman has coached W.Washington to 93 wins in his 13th year, earning top 10 rankings in 1A to close the season. Their only defeat came at the hands of 3A 6-4 Salem 22-6 in the last week of regular season. They have rolled through 2019 with wins of 34-30 over 6-5 2A Paoli, and a 50-22 decisive win over 7-4 North Daviess last week. They’ve also beaten 4-6 Springs Valley twice along the way. After a few down years, the Commodores have come on strong under Coach Greg Gibson, having won 4 in a row, incluing a 42-12 win over North Central (2-9) last week. The problem for Perry is they are 0-4 against winning teams with losses to 5-5 2a Tell City 12-6, 6-5 2a Forest Park 30-20 to start the year, then a 28-6 loss to Paoli along with the loss to the Senators. Their biggest wins would have to be 28-22 over 4-6 Springs Valley and 29-14 over 4-6 2A Mitchell. Both of these teams have solid post-season creds with Perry Central making two runs to State Finals (2001 lost to Southern Wells 30-7, 1999 losing to LCC 59-7). PC hasn’t been in a sectional final since a loss to Linton in 2013 42-9, but they did win many times- 2010 over Linton 2817, 2006 over Springs Valley 41-0, 2005 over WWash 26-7. Those last two years were tough as they reached Semi-States both times losing each by a single point (21-20 to Ritter, 22-21 to Knightstown). They have 4 more Sectional titles to total 7 over the years. The Senators have 4 sectional titles to their resume… a 14-6 win over North Daviess most recent in 2015 where they lost the Regional to Linton 35-13. They got another in 2012 with a 24-7 win over Milan, losing again to Linton 28-0 in Regional. But WW has been close several times with 8 games for a shot at the sectional crown since 2000.