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Do you have us {Brownstown Central} in your tournament? We would like to have our varsity in the Big State and our JV in the small state if you do not. Thanks

2016 3A South Semi-State- Brownstown Central vs Lawrenceburg

It was presented to the IHSAA executive committee and the sending proposal is listed above in my original reply.

If I remember correctly, In regards to seeding, they felt if they seeded for football they would need to seed all sports and all sports didn't have sagarin ratings. We didn't understand this line of reasoning since all sports also don't have 6 classes. The AD's loved the idea of seeding since there was a chance to make more money at the sectional level which went directly to the schools in each sectional. In regards to the success factor, Bobby Cox liked the 2 year plan over our 4 year plan.

In 2012 the IFCA formed a 14 member committee with myself and Ryan Gallogly {Brebeuf HS} as Co-Chairmans. We put together a 3- part proposal to the IHSAA that included- Part 1- 6th class, Part 2- Success Factor and Part 3- seeding {see below}. I polled all the football playing schools Principals, AD's and Head Coaches in the state on all 3 proposals. Principals- 83% of the principals voted & 85% voted YES, AD's- 86% of the AD's voted & 85% voted YES, Head Coaches- 96%of the head coaches voted & 91% voted YES. We presented are proposal the indiana Athletic Directors committee and they voted 24-0 in favor of are 3 part proposal. Then we presented it to the IHSAA and they approved the 6th class, they approved their version of the success factor {ours was for 4 years not 2} and they did not approve seeding.

I apologize for reposting but it was pointed out to me that in #5 I convenientely left out the distance from Sullivan, Linton & North Knox to Tell City. I added those mileage comparison, which except for Sullivan to Tell City the other 2 are still shorter than the drives in the approved sectional 39. When you look at a map there are 16 teams in the south, 8 teams in the southeast {sectional 39 below} and 8 teams in the southwest {sectional 40 below}, which would have been two perfect geographical based sectionals. Then sectional 37 would have been Indianapolis then to the West, while sectional 38 would have been Indianapolis then to the East. Both sectional 37 & 38 would also have been better geographically which I describe later on. This would NOT affect the 4 northern sectionals. CLASS 2A SOUTHERN SECTIONALS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY 37- Cascade, Christel House, Greencastle, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, North Putnam, South Vermillion & Southmont 38- Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County & Winchester 39- Brown County, Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern {Pekin}, Mitchell, Paoli & Switzerland County 40- Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, Linton-Stockton, North Knox, North Posey, Perry Central, Sullivan & Tell City Sectional 40- was an easy adjustment, why was it changed?? a} Past 3 years Linton-Stockton & North Knox have been in sectional 40, why move them to sectional 37? b} South Spencer dropped to 1A, Sullivan dropped to 2A, easy switch, put Sullivan in Sectional 40. They have been in Sectional 40 before. c} Perry Central moved up to 2A- they are farther west then Crawford County, Perry Central in sectional 40 and move Crawford County to 39. Approved Sectionals Instead of what's listed above the Class 2A sectional 39 that was approved, has one team on the Ohio River {Switzerland County}, plus Eastern, Clarksville and Brownstown Central having to drive to Indianapolis {Scecina Memorial HS, Christel House HS & Triton Central HS} instead of being in the same sectional as Paoli, Mitchell & Crawford County. To be honest, this does not make any sense to us? Listed below are different mileage Comparison for sectionals 37, 38, 39 & 40 1} Approved Sectional 39 a} Brownstown Central - to Scecina Memorial 77 miles to Christel House 71 miles, to Triton Central 68 miles b} Clarksville - to Scecina Memorial 114 miles, to Christel House 107 miles, to Triton Central 104 miles c} Eastern to Scecina Memorial 113 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 105 miles d} Switzerland County- to Scecina Memorial 105 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 88 miles 2} Geographical based sectional 39 that's listed above- All 4 schools are considerably closer to Crawford Co, Mitchell & Paoli then to Scecina Memorial, Christel House & Triton Central a} Brownstown Central to Crawford County 62 miles to Paoli 43 miles to Mitchell 36 miles b} Clarksville to Crawford County 43 miles to Paoli 48 miles to Mitchell 56 miles c} Eastern to Crawford County 38 miles to Paoli 32 miles to Mitchell 35 miles d} Switzerland County to Crawford County 112 miles to Paoli 84 miles to Mitchell 86 miles 3} Mileage Comparison For Scecina Memorial in sectional 37 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Scecina (and Christel House) in this sectional 37- then the approved sectional 39 to South Vermillion 98 miles to Southmont 55 miles to North Putnam 52 miles to Greencastle 48 miles to Cascade 36 miles 4} Mileage Comparison for Triton Central in sectional 38 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Triton Central in this sectional 38- then the approved sectional 39 to Winchester 85 miles to Northeastern 85 miles to Union County 60 miles to Shenandoah 46 miles to Lapel 45 miles to Eastern Hancock 29 Miles 5} Mileage Comparison - Geographical based sectional 40, compared with approved sectional 39- All 3 schools have less travel in Sectional 40- then Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern & Switzerland County have in approved 39, except Sullivan to Tell City Sullivan - to Tell City 112 miles to Perry Central 101 miles to Forest Park 80 miles to North Posey 79 miles to Mater Dei 87 miles Linton- to Tell City 98 miles to Perry Central 91 miles to Forest Park 69 miles to North Posey 83 miles to Mater Dei 98 miles North Knox- to Tell City 86 miles to Perry Central 82 miles to Forest Park 60 miles to North Posey 65 miles to Mater Dei 73 miles In conclusion, over the past few months you have made some changes in regards to mistakes made in enrollment classifications (with the private schools) and the success factor (with Pioneer). Hopefully you will take the time to look over the approved Class 2A sectional assignments and realize that there is a better geographical way to align the south. With inflation and the rise in gas prices it would benefit all schools to align the sectionals based on geography. Thank you for your time. Reed May Head Football Coach

I apologize for reposting but it was pointed out to me that in #5 I convenientely left out the distance from Sullivan, Linton & North Knox to Tell City. I added those mileage comparison, which except for Sullivan to Tell City the other 2 are still shorter than the drives in the approved sectional 39. When you look at a map there are 16 teams in the south, 8 teams in the southeast {sectional 39 below} and 8 teams in the southwest {sectional 40 below}, which would have been two perfect geographical based sectionals. Then sectional 37 would have been Indianapolis then to the West, while sectional 38 would have been Indianapolis then to the East. Both sectional 37 & 38 would also have been better geographically which I describe later on. This would NOT affect the 4 northern sectionals. CLASS 2A SOUTHERN SECTIONALS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY 37- Cascade, Christel House, Greencastle, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, North Putnam, South Vermillion & Southmont 38- Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County & Winchester 39- Brown County, Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern {Pekin}, Mitchell, Paoli & Switzerland County 40- Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, Linton-Stockton, North Knox, North Posey, Perry Central, Sullivan & Tell City Sectional 40- was an easy adjustment, why was it changed?? a} Past 3 years Linton-Stockton & North Knox have been in sectional 40, why move them to sectional 37? b} South Spencer dropped to 1A, Sullivan dropped to 2A, easy switch, put Sullivan in Sectional 40. They have been in Sectional 40 before. c} Perry Central moved up to 2A- they are farther west then Crawford County, Perry Central in sectional 40 and move Crawford County to 39. Approved Sectionals Instead of what's listed above the Class 2A sectional 39 that was approved, has one team on the Ohio River {Switzerland County}, plus Eastern, Clarksville and Brownstown Central having to drive to Indianapolis {Scecina Memorial HS, Christel House HS & Triton Central HS} instead of being in the same sectional as Paoli, Mitchell & Crawford County. To be honest, this does not make any sense to us? Listed below are different mileage Comparison for sectionals 37, 38, 39 & 40 1} Approved Sectional 39 a} Brownstown Central - to Scecina Memorial 77 miles to Christel House 71 miles, to Triton Central 68 miles b} Clarksville - to Scecina Memorial 114 miles, to Christel House 107 miles, to Triton Central 104 miles c} Eastern to Scecina Memorial 113 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 105 miles d} Switzerland County- to Scecina Memorial 105 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 88 miles 2} Geographical based sectional 39 that's listed above- All 4 schools are considerably closer to Crawford Co, Mitchell & Paoli then to Scecina Memorial, Christel House & Triton Central a} Brownstown Central to Crawford County 62 miles to Paoli 43 miles to Mitchell 36 miles b} Clarksville to Crawford County 43 miles to Paoli 48 miles to Mitchell 56 miles c} Eastern to Crawford County 38 miles to Paoli 32 miles to Mitchell 35 miles d} Switzerland County to Crawford County 112 miles to Paoli 84 miles to Mitchell 86 miles 3} Mileage Comparison For Scecina Memorial in sectional 37 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Scecina (and Christel House) in this sectional 37- then the approved sectional 39 to South Vermillion 98 miles to Southmont 55 miles to North Putnam 52 miles to Greencastle 48 miles to Cascade 36 miles 4} Mileage Comparison for Triton Central in sectional 38 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Triton Central in this sectional 38- then the approved sectional 39 to Winchester 85 miles to Northeastern 85 miles to Union County 60 miles to Shenandoah 46 miles to Lapel 45 miles to Eastern Hancock 29 Miles 5} Mileage Comparison - Geographical based sectional 40, compared with approved sectional 39- All 3 schools have less travel in Sectional 40- then Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern & Switzerland County have in approved 39, except Sullivan to Tell City Sullivan - to Tell City 112 miles to Perry Central 101 miles to Forest Park 80 miles to North Posey 79 miles to Mater Dei 87 miles Linton- to Tell City 98 miles to Perry Central 91 miles to Forest Park 69 miles to North Posey 83 miles to Mater Dei 98 miles North Knox- to Tell City 86 miles to Perry Central 82 miles to Forest Park 60 miles to North Posey 65 miles to Mater Dei 73 miles In conclusion, over the past few months you have made some changes in regards to mistakes made in enrollment classifications (with the private schools) and the success factor (with Pioneer). Hopefully you will take the time to look over the approved Class 2A sectional assignments and realize that there is a better geographical way to align the south. With inflation and the rise in gas prices it would benefit all schools to align the sectionals based on geography. Thank you for your time. Reed May Head Football Coach

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Class 2A SOUTHERN FOOTBALL SECTIONALS When you look at a map there are 16 teams in the south, 8 teams in the southeast {sectional 39 below} and 8 teams in the southwest {sectional 40 below}, which would have been two perfect geographical based sectionals. Then sectional 37 would have been Indianapolis then to the West, while sectional 38 would have been Indianapolis then to the East. Both sectional 37 & 38 would also have been better geographically which I describe later on. This would NOT affect the 4 northern sectionals. CLASS 2A SOUTHERN SECTIONALS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY 37- Cascade, Christel House, Greencastle, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, North Putnam, South Vermillion & Southmont 38- Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County & Winchester 39- Brown County, Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern {Pekin}, Mitchell, Paoli & Switzerland County 40- Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, Linton-Stockton, North Knox, North Posey, Perry Central, Sullivan & Tell City Sectional 40- was an easy adjustment, why was it changed?? a} Past 3 years Linton-Stockton & North Knox have been in sectional 40, why move them to sectional 37? b} South Spencer dropped to 1A, Sullivan dropped to 2A, easy switch, put Sullivan in Sectional 40. They have been in Sectional 40 before. c} Perry Central moved up to 2A- they are farther west then Crawford County, Perry Central in sectional 40 and move Crawford County to 39. Approved Sectionals Instead of what's listed above the Class 2A sectional 39 that was approved, has one team on the Ohio River {Switzerland County}, plus Eastern, Clarksville and Brownstown Central having to drive to Indianapolis {Scecina Memorial HS, Christel House HS & Triton Central HS} instead of being in the same sectional as Paoli, Mitchell & Crawford County. To be honest, this does not make any sense to us? Listed below are different mileage Comparison for sectionals 37, 38, 39 & 40 1} Approved Sectional 39 a} Brownstown Central - to Scecina Memorial 77 miles to Christel House 71 miles, to Triton Central 68 miles b} Clarksville - to Scecina Memorial 114 miles, to Christel House 107 miles, to Triton Central 104 miles c} Eastern to Scecina Memorial 113 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 105 miles d} Switzerland County- to Scecina Memorial 105 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 88 miles 2} Geographical based sectional 39 that's listed above- All 4 schools are considerably closer to Crawford Co, Mitchell & Paoli then to Scecina Memorial, Christel House & Triton Central a} Brownstown Central to Crawford County 62 miles to Paoli 43 miles to Mitchell 36 miles b} Clarksville to Crawford County 43 miles to Paoli 48 miles to Mitchell 56 miles c} Eastern to Crawford County 38 miles to Paoli 32 miles to Mitchell 35 miles d} Switzerland County to Crawford County 112 miles to Paoli 84 miles to Mitchell 86 miles 3} Mileage Comparison For Scecina Memorial in sectional 37 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Scecina (and Christel House) in this sectional 37- then the approved sectional 39 to South Vermillion 98 miles to Southmont 55 miles to North Putnam 52 miles to Greencastle 48 miles to Cascade 36 miles 4} Mileage Comparison for Triton Central in sectional 38 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Triton Central in this sectional 38- then the approved sectional 39 to Winchester 85 miles to Northeastern 85 miles to Union County 60 miles to Shenandoah 46 miles to Lapel 45 miles to Eastern Hancock 29 Miles 5} Mileage Comparison - Geographical based sectional 40, compared with approved sectional 39- All 3 schools have less travel in Sectional 40- then Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern & Switzerland County have in approved 39. Sullivan - to Perry Central 101 miles to Forest Park 80 miles to North Posey 79 miles to Mater Dei 87 miles Linton- to Perry Central 91 miles to Forest Park 69 miles to North Posey 83 miles to Mater Dei 98 miles North Knox- to Perry Central 82 miles to Forest Park 60 miles to North Posey 65 miles to Mater Dei 73 miles In conclusion, over the past few months the IHSAA has made some changes in regards to mistakes made in enrollment classifications (with the private schools) and the success factor (with Pioneer). Hopefully they will take the time to look over the approved Class 2A sectional assignments and realize that there is a better geographical way to align the south. With inflation and the rise in gas prices it would benefit all schools to align the sectionals based on geography.

Class 2A SOUTHERN FOOTBALL SECTIONALS When you look at a map there are 16 teams in the south, 8 teams in the southeast {sectional 39 below} and 8 teams in the southwest {sectional 40 below}, which would have been two perfect geographical based sectionals. Then sectional 37 would have been Indianapolis then to the West, while sectional 38 would have been Indianapolis then to the East. Both sectional 37 & 38 would also have been better geographically which I describe later on. This would NOT affect the 4 northern sectionals. CLASS 2A SOUTHERN SECTIONALS BASED ON GEOGRAPHY 37- Cascade, Christel House, Greencastle, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Indianapolis Scecina Memorial, North Putnam, South Vermillion & Southmont 38- Eastern Hancock, Heritage Christian, Lapel, Northeastern, Shenandoah, Triton Central, Union County & Winchester 39- Brown County, Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Crawford County, Eastern {Pekin}, Mitchell, Paoli & Switzerland County 40- Evansville Mater Dei, Forest Park, Linton-Stockton, North Knox, North Posey, Perry Central, Sullivan & Tell City Sectional 40- was an easy adjustment, why was it changed?? a} Past 3 years Linton-Stockton & North Knox have been in sectional 40, why move them to sectional 37? b} South Spencer dropped to 1A, Sullivan dropped to 2A, easy switch, put Sullivan in Sectional 40. They have been in Sectional 40 before. c} Perry Central moved up to 2A- they are farther west then Crawford County, Perry Central in sectional 40 and move Crawford County to 39. Approved Sectionals Instead of what's listed above the Class 2A sectional 39 that was approved, has one team on the Ohio River {Switzerland County}, plus Eastern, Clarksville and Brownstown Central having to drive to Indianapolis {Scecina Memorial HS, Christel House HS & Triton Central HS} instead of being in the same sectional as Paoli, Mitchell & Crawford County. To be honest, this does not make any sense to us? Listed below are different mileage Comparison for sectionals 37, 38, 39 & 40 1} Approved Sectional 39 a} Brownstown Central - to Scecina Memorial 77 miles to Christel House 71 miles, to Triton Central 68 miles b} Clarksville - to Scecina Memorial 114 miles, to Christel House 107 miles, to Triton Central 104 miles c} Eastern to Scecina Memorial 113 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 105 miles d} Switzerland County- to Scecina Memorial 105 miles to Christel House 108 miles to Triton Central 88 miles 2} Geographical based sectional 39 that's listed above- All 4 schools are considerably closer to Crawford Co, Mitchell & Paoli then to Scecina Memorial, Christel House & Triton Central a} Brownstown Central to Crawford County 62 miles to Paoli 43 miles to Mitchell 36 miles b} Clarksville to Crawford County 43 miles to Paoli 48 miles to Mitchell 56 miles c} Eastern to Crawford County 38 miles to Paoli 32 miles to Mitchell 35 miles d} Switzerland County to Crawford County 112 miles to Paoli 84 miles to Mitchell 86 miles 3} Mileage Comparison For Scecina Memorial in sectional 37 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Scecina (and Christel House) in this sectional 37- then the approved sectional 39 to South Vermillion 98 miles to Southmont 55 miles to North Putnam 52 miles to Greencastle 48 miles to Cascade 36 miles 4} Mileage Comparison for Triton Central in sectional 38 listed above instead of approved sectional 39- All schools are closer to Triton Central in this sectional 38- then the approved sectional 39 to Winchester 85 miles to Northeastern 85 miles to Union County 60 miles to Shenandoah 46 miles to Lapel 45 miles to Eastern Hancock 29 Miles 5} Mileage Comparison - Geographical based sectional 40, compared with approved sectional 39- All 3 schools have less travel in Sectional 40- then Brownstown Central, Clarksville, Eastern & Switzerland County have in approved 39. Sullivan - to Perry Central 101 miles to Forest Park 80 miles to North Posey 79 miles to Mater Dei 87 miles Linton- to Perry Central 91 miles to Forest Park 69 miles to North Posey 83 miles to Mater Dei 98 miles North Knox- to Perry Central 82 miles to Forest Park 60 miles to North Posey 65 miles to Mater Dei 73 miles In conclusion, over the past few months the IHSAA has made some changes in regards to mistakes made in enrollment classifications (with the private schools) and the success factor (with Pioneer). Hopefully they will take the time to look over the approved Class 2A sectional assignments and realize that there is a better geographical way to align the south. With inflation and the rise in gas prices it would benefit all schools to align the sectionals based on geography. Reed May Head Football Coach Brownstown Central HS

Where did you get that I was ok with anything? I just stated the success factor rule? Unfortunately for us the IHSAA did not reclassify last year. Our enrollment would have put us in 2A, {our enrollment as of last week was 475}. We finished the season at 11-1 but we got beat by a very good Lawrenceburg team in the sectional championship game and if we would have won, we would have played the 3A state champion {Gibson Southern} in the regional. Like yourself we were NOT ok with the IHSAA not reclassifying last year. Believe me, I wish we had been in 2A last year, but we weren't. I would also like to say that Coach Buening and I are very good friends and I want nothing but the best for Southridge HS. Hopefully, the IHSAA will reclassify this year and we both will be back in 2A.

The success factor formula states that, If you are up a class and earn 2 or more points over that 2 year period, that school would remain up a class. Since both schools were up a class for only 1 year, it will be interesting to see what the IHSAA decides to do with both schools. Western Boone was 3A last year. 2021- they received zero points. 2020 they were 2A- they won state, they received 4 points. Chatard was 4A last year. 2021- they received zero points. 2020 they were 3A- they won state, they received 4 points.

The Indianapolis Star had an article on this topic, January 28th. Paul Neidig's, the IHSAA commissioner, stated the following. 1} The IHSAA is planning on reclassifying this year. 2} Each School's IDOE enrollment numbers will be released in the next few weeks. 3} Once those numbers are verified, the reclassification will take place. 4} Success factor adjustment will be based on the 20-21 and 21-22 school years. 5} Once classes are created, realignment committees will be selected to create new sectional groupings.

Brownstown Central HS is looking for a scrimmage this Friday night. Willing to travel or play at home. Would like to scrimmage a 3A- 2A football team if possible. If you have a opening contact Reed May at rmay@btownccs.k12.in.us

In the 2010 Regional Championship game, Brownstown Central chose to play on a Saturday. Mater Dei chose 10am {Evansville time} as the game time.

Brownstown Central HS will have our football stadium lights on from Friday morning until Saturday evening in honor of Coach Bowsman. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and the West Washington community.

Brownstown Central as an opening for a HS Mathematics/Algebra teacher. Depending on your qualification there is a High School or Middle School football assistant position available. If interested contact Coach May at rmay@btownccs.k12.in.us