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    Indiana's poorest county might lose its only football team — and its hope

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    35 minutes ago, slice60 said:

    Surprising that CC is a 2A program (34th biggest enrollment in 2A, so not even near the bottom) but unable to get more kids to play.

    But as they say, success breeds success. Only 16 wins in 13 seasons certainly doesn't attract kids to join the program.

     

    I understand your point, however I am not sure it has so much to do with success as it does survival.  Remember we are talking about the poorest county in the state, where undoubtedly many students have to work to help pay the bills or to buy the goods they want (i.e. a car, clothes, cell phone, etc.).  

    I knew a student at my former school who never played a sport because he had to help pay the bills.  It is unfortunate, but these families do exist and it affects more than just the sport teams.  Student grades and college/trade school opportunities are hurt because a student doesn't have the "basic" skills.

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    No link found between youth contact sports and cognitive, mental health problems

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    For my health classes, I assign a weekly health article.  Last week, I came upon this article which should help on the so called "War on Football."  Enjoy!

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021082749.htm

    Adolescents who play contact sports, including football, are no more likely to experience cognitive impairment, depression or suicidal thoughts in early adulthood than their peers, suggests a new University of Colorado Boulder study of nearly 11,000 youth followed for 14 years.

    The study, published this month in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, also found that those who play sports are less likely to suffer from mental health issues by their late 20s to early 30s.

    "There is a common perception that there's a direct causal link between youth contact sports, head injuries and downstream adverse effects like impaired cognitive ability and mental health," said lead author Adam Bohr, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Integrative Physiology. "We did not find that."

    The study comes on the heels of several highly-publicized papers linking sport-related concussion among former professional football players to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), cognitive decline and mental health issues later in life. Such reports have led many to question the safety of youth tackle football, and participation is declining nationally.

    But few studies have looked specifically at adolescent participation in contact sports.

    "When people talk about NFL players, they are talking about an elite subset of the population," said senior author Matthew McQueen, an associate professor of integrative physiology. "We wanted to look specifically at kids and determine if there are true harms that are showing up early in adulthood."

    The study analyzed data from 10,951 participants in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), a representative sample of youth in seventh through 12th grades who have been interviewed and tested repeatedly since 1994.

    Participants were categorized into groups: those who, in 1994, said they intended to participate in contact sports; those who intended to play non-contact sports; and those who did not intend to play sports. Among males, 26% said they intended to play football.

    After controlling for socioeconomic status, education, race and other factors, the researchers analyzed scores through 2008 on word and number recall and questionnaires asking whether participants had been diagnosed with depression or attempted or thought about suicide.

    "We were unable to find any meaningful difference between individuals who participated in contact sports and those who participated in non-contact sports. Across the board, across all measures, they looked more or less the same later in life," said Bohr.

    Football players -- for reasons that are not clear -- actually had a lower incidence of depression in early adulthood than other groups.

    Those who reported they did not intend to participate in sports at age 8 to 14 were 22% more likely to suffer depression in their late 20s and 30s.

    "Right now, football is in many ways being compared to cigarette smoking -- no benefit and all harm," said McQueen, who is also director for the Pac-12 Concussion Coordinating Unit. "It is absolutely true that there is a subset of NFL players who have experienced horrible neurological decline, and we need to continue to research to improve our understanding of that important issue."

    But, he said, "the idea that playing football in high school will lead to similar outcomes later in life as those who played in the NFL is not consistent with the evidence. In fact, we and others have found there is some benefit to playing youth sports."

    A recent University of Pennsylvania study of 3,000 men who had graduated high school in Wisconsin in 1957 found that those who played football were no more likely to suffer depression or cognitive impairment later. But some pointed out that the sport had changed radically since the 1950s.

    The new study is among the largest to date and looks at those who played football in the 1990s.

    The authors note that, due to the design of the dataset, they were only able to measure "intended" participation. (Due to the timing of the questionnaires, however, it is likely that those who reported participation in football actually did participate.)

    They also could not tell how long an adolescent played, what position or whether a concussion or sub-concussive head injury was ever sustained. Further studies should be done exploring those factors, they said.

    "Few current public health issues are as contentious and controversial as the safety and consequences of participation in football," they concluded. "Research on the risks of participation weighed with the risks of not participating in sports will enable parents and young athletes to make educated, informed decisions based on solid evidence."

    A new CU Boulder study, looking at the long-term mental and physical health of CU student-athlete alumni, is already underway.

     

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    Should Fall Sports Athletes Be Allowed To Play Winter Sports Before State Finals?

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    I was a 3 sport athlete and never asked for break.  I understand we live in a different world with different physical and demands on student-athletes.  (But our coaches were smart with the physical demands of the players.) 

    We made deep runs in the football playoffs my Junior and Senior years, and afterwards, the basketball coaches had us football players do more mental reps and less physical work (Walk through plays, practice skill development and develop teamwork, over conditioning).  The non-football guys had only a little conditioning after the football guys showed up.  When we hit Christmas Break, the coaching staff "flipped the switch" and started hammering conditioning during those 3 hr practices.  (We did not play in a Holiday Tourney and only had 1-2 games over break.)

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    Jasper 1-2 at Heritage Hills 3-0

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    Just now, Patriot 74 said:

    Not trying to offend any person, family member, fan, relative (you get the gist)  Is this statement really accurate, especially in boys athletics.   Let's think about this:  9 football games against the city, Castle and Vincennes.  Speaking honestly here, the Wildcats probably go 3-6 ish maybe 4-5 ish.   Basketball.....with Bosse, Reitz, Castle etc, etc, etc  not sure what they would expect their conference record to be.  Baseball I can see being perfectly capable.   So is it the best interest???  Time will tell.

    I understand your point, but Football, Basketball, and Baseball Sectionals are almost all SIAC schools, so to me (outsider perspective) yes.  

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    Jasper 1-2 at Heritage Hills 3-0

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    Being a part of this great game for about a decade was an awesome experience.  I played in 2 of these games and coached in 8.  It was always fun to see the kids get fired up to compete with one another. 

    I remember playing middle school, freshmen and varsity sports against great players like Cole Seifrig, Ryan McMannaway and others. It is a shame this series will be ending, however it  (joining the SIAC) was in the best interest of the Wildcats.  

    I hope this is a slobber-knocker, and a fitting end to the series.... (for now, I hope!)

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    Accountability for Referees

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    I became a basketball official after making the move back to the classroom from the AD role.  I said my purpose in becoming an official was to help out at the younger levels, 5-6, 7-8, Frosh and JV.  After doing this for 3 seasons, I have great respect for the officials who do varsity sports.  I also have great respect for those doing it for a long time.  Fans are completely disrespectful!  I will gladly listen to a coach and to some extent a player, but when I hear it from fans, I don't go back. 

    My goal is to help fill the official shortage, but $50-70 a night is not worth being yelled at or saying I screwed their team.  I am reffing younger kids, I really don't care who wins.  As far as accountability, I know the varsity and JV officials talk and ask each other questions in games and after games to make sure the rules, calls and technique is correct.

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    S.I.A.C. 2019

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    8 hours ago, Screagle said:

    At minimum,  I would think the oldest should have to sit 1 game for being kicked out his last IHSAA game,  plus 2 more for code of conduct before leaving (asked to leave) Central for Princeton. 

    I have not followed the Evans brothers careers so I don’t remember what school they were at last, but IHSAA transfers deem the penalty be served at the next school. So if he had a suspension at School A (and didn’t have time to serve the penalty), School B must have him serve the penalty before allowing him to play. 

    Hope that makes sense. (I’m not saying it’s right just the IHSAA rule.)

    Pitch Count rules/enforcement

    in Indiana High School Baseball

    Posted

    23 hours ago, slice60 said:

    I traded emails with the sportswriter who covered the Morgan Twp -LaCrosse game. He told me that when he brought up the Pitch Count issue postgame, the Morgan Twp Coach didn't address his question. Hmmmm...makes you wonder if the Coach knew exactly what he was doing. I also find it interesting that Morgan Twp used the GameChanger app from 2013-18 under former coaches but they aren't using it this season during his 1st year in charge.

     

    Fyi, the IHSAA finally put something in writing regarding State Tournament Procedures in the 4/29/19 IHSAA Minutes: 

    http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/about%20ihsaa/minutes/2018-19/042919.ExecutiveCommittee.pdf

    page 21
    Baseball Pitch Count Procedures
    Assistant Commissioner Robert Faulkens provided the following protocol regarding the pitch count.
    All sectionals will have an official scorer for each game. The official scorer will count pitches for both teams.
    At the conclusion of each inning, the head coaches will meet at the plate and exchange pitch counts for both teams for the inning which was just concluded. If there is a discrepancy, the official scorer pitch count will be used.
    At the conclusion of the game, both coaches will reconcile the pitch count for each pitcher on each team. Any discrepancies in pitch counts will be determined by the official scorer pitch count.
    The responsibility for administering the pitch count remains with the head coach. The pitch count is a Participation Rule and not a game rule. Much like the quarter count in football and basketball. It is not the duty, or responsibility, of the umpires, nor the official Scorer, to administer the pitch count.

    This doesn’t cover what will happen if a pitcher throws over 120 pitches. If the pitcher starts the 7th inning with 119 pitches, what happens? 

    With these rules in place now, the umpires should have control to stop the pitcher. They can pull out players in football due to safety why not the other sports?

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    The Southwest Conference thoughts

    in The Indiana High School Football Forum

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    That would leave Mt. Vernon (Posey) and Booneville to join the PAC.  That is an interesting thought. 

    Would that makes sense for Washington and Princeton?  I would argue it does for football, but probably not for other sports.  How many schools in the conference have soccer, wrestling, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, swimming?

    But I like the outside the box thinking!

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