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Covington @ SV - With five games left, SV needs to pick up a couple wins to get to .500 before season's end. Anything less has to be a disappointment for the Wildcats. Looking forward, I don't think they beat RP or Seeger and unless they draw WV in their sectional, it won't look good in most matchups as that sectional is loaded. I don't see them having much issue with a depleted Covington this week. SV - 49 Cov - 13 FC @ Attica - As long as Willoughby and Batchelor are touching the ball as many times as possible, I think FC has a shot most weeks against the rest of their schedule. This week will be the same. FC 55 Attica 6 NV @ RP - Got to see RP in person on Friday. They aren't super fancy at all, but #17 and their OL and DL are studs. Seeger fought well and played hard but were simply outmanned. I don't see RP or Seeger losing a game the rest of the regular season. Seeger's passing game is easily the top in the conference. RP 55 NV 12 PH @ Seeger - This will be for 2nd place in the conference. I'll take Seeger, but only IF they can find a way to run the ball a little better than they did against RP. RP was able to run 3 and 4 man fronts and sit guys in passing lanes to slow down the Patriots passing attack. PH is much more balanced this year, which could create issues for Seeger run defense. I'll take Seeger 32 PH 28

Covington @ FC - What a string of bad luck for the Mustangs. And interesting comment on Covington's QB WRC123. It appears he didn't play against NV either. I would like to see the play that knocked the FC QB out bc I was told it was a "bang bang" borderline play on a punt, not a malicious blindside hit as stated. Unfortunate, for sure. If both QB's are out, give me FC. They have the best athlete on the field in Bachelor. FC 24-12 PH @ Attica - I'm still on the PH train. They'll handle business and probably do so until they see RP later this season. And I think they can stand toe-to-toe with RP based on how the season has gone so far. PH 50 - 6 RP @ Seeger - As much as I'd love to see this be a competitive game, I think RP is probably better than Carrol, who controlled the Seeger game. I love the Seeger offense, but too many clock stops combined with the RP run game spells bad news in 2026. I wrote it last week and I'll write it again - Where does RP get all these kids? Lesniak came back last week and had multiple TD's, along with Pope. Seriously, the kid has touched the ball like 12 times and has 5 TD's. RP 46 - 14 SV @ NV - Is SV the most underachieving team in the conference thus far in 2026? And is NV the most overachieving through three games? Who would have thought through three weeks that NV and SV would have had the same number of passing yards? It's a toss-up, so give me SV and their all-world QB. SV 35-24

Fountain Central @ Riverton Parke - RP brought a kid off the bench last week that was most likely sharing numbers with another underclassmen and he scored 3 TD's. Pope #2A adds to a backfield of McConnell and Collom making RP even more dangerous and we haven't seen any sign of Lesniak yet, right? Did anyone else watch this game online and see RP in spread most of the night? Billy? Is that your influence? RP pulls the dudes early to stay healthy and get reps for the B team RP 45- FC 7 North Vermillion @ Covington - Just when we thought Covington scheduled cupcake stat stuffers to start the season, their late add game was tougher than we all thought. The Trojans athletes' flex their muscle in this one. Covington 35 - NV 13 Seeger @ Attica - Hey, Hey what do you say!! The Patriots are back and slinging the ball around the field. If they keep this up, they'll be a tough out for any WRC team. Salts is a dude!! Seeger 55 Attica 12 South Vermillions @ The Woofs. - I'm not saying this is a must win for either team or coach, but both teams have aspirations of finishing top 3 in the conference, and this game would go a long way to getting there. In a tough game to call, I always take the best player on the field and that is Burgess from PH. Woofs 28 SV 20

The Tri game was televised. It looked like RP had 100 kids on their sidelines. I noticed #5 didn't play and Lesniak didn't play either for RP...? And who the hell is #2 for them? Pope? The kid ran all over Tri. Does Noah Pope have a little brother and where do they get all these kids because Montezuma isn't that big, is it?

Attica at Tri County - An injured and depleted Attica team gets a W at Tri-County to push them into conference play next week. Attica 20 TC 6 Covington at Englewoods - Everyone time I see Englewood, I think a team from Compton, CA has come to Indiana. Covington by a million. stat padder.... They are a true beneficiary of a light schedule to start the season. Cov 50 Engelwood ("Up to no good" -- TuPac California Love) 18 Fountain Central at Crawfordsville - I saw the highlight of the end of last week's game vs Southmont. What a heartbreaker. Coach Earl will have to wait another week to get his first win. Crawfordsville 22 FC 12 Paris, Il. at North Vermillions. I don't know much about either team. This is NV's chance to snag a win before a tough next couple weeks. I don't think it happens. Paris 34 NV 22 Seegers at Benton Central: The Patriots will open up the field and toss the ball all night. Maybe even get a D1 TE to submit his transfer papers... Seeger 48 BC 6 South Vermillions at Sullivan - Curious to see the SV's please stand up, please stand up (Hey, its a 90's rap theme week for me). I know nothing about North Knox, but Sullivan ran for 300+ and had 17 TFL's. I think the Purple Golden Arrows put up 50 (Cent) on the Wildcats and dominate up front. Sullivan 50 SV 30 West Vigos at The Woofs: The Woofs nearly pulled off a big win last week vs Crawfordsville just before a late interception near the endzone. Coach Rector opened up the offense and I'm sure the fanbase was doing cartwheels. I look for a repeat only the Woofs get the W PH 30 WV 13 Riverton Parkes at Tri on Saturday. - Is RP that good or is Linton down this year? Checking RP's stats, you see some common names like McConnell and Collom but have zero clue who the others that are showing up. Where do they get all these guys?? Tri does have an all-state back who's a stud. Can the Panther's contain him or are they overconfident from last week? I think Tri's speed and all-state back humble the Panthers before conference season starts and get the W. Tri 35 RP 30

Two quick items: 1. When did Benton Central or Delphi join the WRC? 2. If BC has a D1 talent, he should transfer to LCC, Jeff or Seeger immediately.

Happy to be back and playing meaning football again. Two weeks of non-conference games will give us a good indication of where teams stand. Some coaches/AD's take the path of playing extremely competitive teams and others find wins and/or competitive games for their programs and neither are wrong for doing it. Attica at Faith Christian - Great matchup for both teams. I'll take Attica in a close one. 20-14. BTW- Check out Coach Dean's podcast. Great listen. Carroll at Seeger - I would love to see this matchup later in the season. But I think Carroll has the advantage simply because of Seeger's new coach and system. Carroll 42-20 Covington at Tri County - I really hope this is the last year of this series. If Covington wants to take the next step, they have to play up. Trojans in a blowout 51-0 Crawfordsville at Parke Heritage - This is probably the toughest game to pick all week as I don't know much about C-ville. The Wolves are the sleeper of the WRC and I'm sticking to my guns. PH over C-Ville 26-20 North Central at North Vermillion - I was told NC has under 20 players this year. Any truth to that? Regardless, they will have the best player on the field. NC wins 35-12 Riverton Parke - Linton at Rose Hulman - I would have love to of seen this match-up last week at the Jamboree but wasn't able to make it. I'm sure both team were vanilla, but would have been nice to see how they match-up. Big and Physical vs Tradition and discipline. I'll take the Panthers 28-20 Southmont at Fountain Central - Regardless of injuries to the Mustangs, Coach Earl will have to wait another week for his first win. 42-6 Southmont West Vigo at South Vermillion - I don't think the Vikings have the athletes to keep up with SV for 4 quarters. The Wildcats defend their 7-7 title in their opener. 35-21

The first preseason coaches poll came out. We have a couple local teams ranked or getting votes. Only RP from the WRC is currently ranked in either 1A or 2A. My prediction is that we will see Seeger and PH both in the top 10 before the season ends. Stamp it.

Quick scroll thru twitter this evening. It appears the local NC T-Birds Barstool account is taking issue with the RP offense. The football world needs more of this, IMO. "Let's talk sh*t about a team that clocked us last year and pray we don't draw them again in sectionals". Please tell me they play in the regular season...??NC - RP.pdf

Good to hear about NV. Take this for what it's worth. I got this text over the weekend: "RP looked a little more human against Sheridan than some expected. Both top-10 teams. Didn't look like they dominated from start to finish. They also got waxed by SV at the Rose-Hulman 7-on-7." What's really caught my attention is how quiet social media has been about RP this summer. Almost too quiet. Last summer it seemed like all the talk was about finally beating SP. This summer...nothing. Does Coach Tenderloin have the team everyone thinks he does? Or are we under some kind of Tenderloin Media Moratorium? 😂

Who is the NV QB this year? I'm curious what they are doing now after being running the spread/zone the last 15-20 years. Any updates on PH's summer scrimmages or RP? Apparently, RP was at the North Put scrimmage with Sheridan and going to North Davies soon. I'd love to know how those went against Sheridan and ND bc both are state-ranked. Lastly, a great interview with Jake Salts on Hoosier Prep Gridiron today. Its nice to see the WRC getting some love from them.

Any updates on the Falcon's scrimmage tonight? Apparently, their numbers are up this year with the new staff. Would love to see them competing again at a high level. Did anyone attend that can give an update?

Out of curiosity, any reports from schools and scrimmages held? How are numbers for teams? Seeger went to North Put for a scrimmage PH hosted FC SV won the Wabash Valley 7v7 Covington and FC will scrimmage WV, Faith Christian and Frankfort next week Any others? Updates on other schools? Its been quiet at NV and RP this summer.

Coach Rod was 1-1 against Tenderloins and 0-1 against Barrett at SV, correct?