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Bloomington South 42 Seymour 0 (7:35, 4th)

Bloomington South 35 Seymour 0 (end of 3rd) With the running clock, this qtr flew by.

Bloomington North 45 Southport 0 (halftime) It will be a running clock to start the 2nd half.

Columbus North 21 Terre Haute South 14 (2:25, 2nd)

Brown County 14 Edgewood 3 (halftime)

Bloomington South 35 Seymour 0 (halftime) It will be a running clock when the 2nd half starts.

Bloomington South 35 Seymour 0 (4:39, 2nd) The Panthers scored on a 14-yard TD pass.

Bloomington South 28 Seymour 0 (10:18, 2nd) South picked the Owls on the first play of the 2nd qtr and scored on a 13-yard pass play.

Bloomington South 21 Seymour 0 (0:02, 1st) Braylen Townsend scored on a one-yard run after a Seymour turnover.

Bloomington South 14 Seymour 0 (2:02, 1st) South's Braylen Townsend scored on a 34-yard run.

Edgewood 3 Brown County 0 (7:59, 1st)

Bloomington South 7 Seymour 0 (early 1st) South scored on a 19-yard screen pass from Combs to Sam Giles.

While it has no bearing on the HHC as being discussed, should the HHC have to add one or both of the Bloomington schools, that makes for an interesting predicament for the Terre Haute schools. They are kind of isolated out in the western part of the state and no school of similar size will want to travel to and from there. There are no schools of similar size in that area with Northview being the closest in size and they have half of the student population size of the Terre Haute schools.

Game 9 games in CI: Southport (0-8) @ Bloomington North (6-2) - The Cougars lost their starting QB in Dash King to a serious injury during the Col. North game and required surgery which ended his high school career. Starting CB Luke Freel will take over the QB duties for the rest of the season. Even though Dash King is out for the season, the Cougars should have no problem handling the Cardinals and should win this game easily, with the Cardinals on their way to a winless season considering they drew Perry Meridian in the sectional opener. (JH's site prediction - Bloomington North 38 Southport 17) Columbus North (7-1) @ Terre Haute South (2-5) - The Columbus North Bulldogs make the long trip to Terre Haute. The strength of the TH South team is their offense and they have put up a lot of points with sr QB Brady Wilson leading the way while jr RB Tyisaac Corbin averages 131.3 ypg. But, I don't see the Braves having enough offense to move the ball on a strong Col. North Bull Dog defense. The Bull Dogs should be able to move the ball on the Braves defense with jr Asher Ratliff at QB and sr RB Gino Prescott running the ball to the tune of 126.6 ypg. I see the Bull Dogs winning this game by at least two TDs. (JH's site prediction - Columbus North 42 Terre Haute South 24) Bloomington South (4-4) @ Seymour (4-4) - Both teams come into the game with equal records, but there is a major difference in the schedules with all four losses by the Bloom. South Panthers being to extremely strong teams, while the Seymour Owls have played somewhat weaker opponents. I honestly don't know much about the Owls other than looking at their schedule. For a young soph, B-South Panther QB Duncan Combs has been pretty solid under center, and he has thrown for 1270 yards on the season and 14 TDs. Meanwhile, Panther jr RB Braylen Townsend is coming off a huge game where he had 337 rushing yards for 5 TDs and averaged 9.1 yards per carry against Brebeuf. He also had 60 receiving yards for a TD. Townsend is 2nd in rushing yards in 5A with 1,305 yards on the season. For the Owls to win the game, they need to stop Townsend, and if they key on him, Combs can hurt them, so good luck with that. (JH's site prediction - Bloomington South 38 Seymour 17) Brebeuf Jesuit (6-2) @ Terre Haute North (2-6) - This game could get real ugly early on with the Brebeuf Braves having put up huge numbers on offense, and Brebeuf's sr QB Maverick Geske passed for 559 yards and five TDs against Bloomington South. Brebeuf's sr RB CJ Harris rushed for 167 yards and 3 TDs. Meanwhile, the TH North Patriots rely primarily on their ground game with sr RB Zyeiar White who averages 153.1 ypg. Being a one-dimensional team doesn't bode well for the Patriots. I see this game being a blowout win for the Braves. (JH's site prediction - Brebeuf Jesuit 52 Terre Haute North 28)

A senior, Dash King's high school career is over with. He had surgery following the game. I can't remember where I saw the numbers that King had, but it's all moot now.

Week 8 games results in CI: I can't do much justice to these games since I wasn't able to follow any of the games. Columbus North 35 Bloomington North 34 (20T) - B-North's QB Dash King threw for 87 yards and 2 TDs before being hurt and WR Jalen Williams had 67 receiving yards for 3 TDs. The Cougars led at the half 14-6 at the half and it was 21-21 at the end of regulation, with Col. North winning the game in double overtime by one point. If my information is correct Bloomington North went for two in the 2nd overtime and failed in the conversion. I didn't get any of the Bull Dogs stats. Brebeuf Jesuit 68 Bloomington South 57 - This promised to be a high scoring game and it was. Brebeuf's sr QB Maverick Geske had his 2nd huge game in a row and he passed for 559 yards and five TDs while completing 75% of his passes. Meanwhile, sr RB CJ Harris rushed for 167 yards and 3 TDs on 15 carries. Bloomington South's jr RB Braylen Townsend had a huge game, carrying the ball for 337 yards for 5 TDs and averaged 9.1 yards per carry, and he also had 60 receiving yards and a TD. South rushed for 402 yards on the game. South soph QB Duncan Combs was 10 of 18 for 205 yards and 2 TDs with a pick. Terre Haute South 30 Southport 6 - No need to spend much time on this game since it went as expected. TH South's win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-5 on the season. As for Southport, they dropped their record down to 0-8 with the loss, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. Guerin Catholic 41 Terre Haute North 18 - Guerin Catholic had lost four straight games but the TH North Patriots haven't been much better. Still, this game went as expected with the Patriots losing five of their last six games. Patriot RB Zyeiar White had another big game with 106 yards and a TD on 15 carries, but that was about it for the Patriots. I didn't get any of the Guerin Catholic stats.

Dash King's injury was identified as serious. Luke Freel is the backup QB and he is a key member of the North secondary.

Circumstances prevented me from taking in the high school action this past Friday. It was the first time I've missed a South game in quite some time and it looks like missed out on some great games. I'm just now catching up on what happened in the Col. North and Bloom North game and it looks like it was a great game. South and Brebeuf were in a shootout as expected and I'm still getting caught up on what happened in that game. Actually, all of my game predictions went as expected although I expected the Bull Dogs game to be not as close because of the Bull Dogs being a little more consistent in their play, something the Cougars have not been.

Week 8 games in CI: Bloomington North (6-1) @ Columbus North (6-1) - This game is likely for the Conference Indiana title although both teams will still have a conference game left on the schedule, but they will be favored in those games. The Col. North Bull Dogs are coming off a win last week against Bloom. South, while the Bloomington North Cougars held off the Col. East Olympians. The host Bull Dogs will be spearheaded by jr QB Asher Ratliff and sr RB Gino Prescott, and both players have been extremely impressive this season with consistent performances and will be hard to stop for the Cougars, especially with the Bull Dog's line play. The Bloom. North Cougars have been led by sr QB Dash King who can hurt you with both his arm and legs. The Bulldogs have a strong defense and they have been very consistent in holding down opponents' offenses this season. On the other hand, the Cougars have been pretty inconsistent on defense which doesn't bode well against a strong team like the Bull Dogs. I would have to go with the Bull Dogs as the host team in this game because of their consistency on both sides of the ball, unlike the Cougars. (JH's site prediction - Columbus North 35 Bloomington North 17) Brebeuf Jesuit (5-2) @ Bloomington South (4-3) - Brebeuf is coming into this game with a red-hot offense and is coming off an 83-65 win over TH South. It's not likely that South's defense is going to give up 83 points in this game, but with their secondary giving up many big plays this season, it's going to be difficult in holding Brebeuf's offense down. The Brebeuf Braves are led by sr QB Maverick Geske who had a huge game last Friday throwing for 542 yards and he had 8 TDs (6 TDs passing and 2 TDs rushing.) South will be led by soph QB Duncan Combs and the running of jr RB Braylen Townsend who should be able to run on Brebeuf. South should be able to score on this team, but I don't know if they can make enough big plays on defense to hold the Braves down. I'm looking for a high scoring game with Brebeuf coming out on top. (JH's site prediction - Brebeuf Jesuit 42 Bloomington South 35) Guerin Catholic (3-4) @ Terre Haute North (2-5) - I know absolutely nothing about the Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles, but in looking at their schedule, they opened the season with three straight wins and then lost four games in a row, all by big margins. The Terre Haute North Patriots notched their 2nd win of the season by two points against Southport. The Patriots will be led as usual by sr RB Zyeier White who had a huge game last week and ran for 246 yards on 28 carries. I really don't know who to favor in this game, but I'm going with the host Patriots because of White's running ability. It will probably be a close game. (JH's site prediction - Guerin Catholic 42 Terre Haute North 31) Terre Haute South (1-5) @ Southport (0-7) - The Terre Haute South Braves were on the wrong end of a crazy game against Brebeuf, losing 83-65, while the Southport Cardinals came close to getting their first win of the season against TH North, losing by two points. I'm not going to spend much time on this game, since I think the South Braves will win big in this game. Look for Braves sr QB Brady Wilson to have a big game. (JH's site prediction - Terre Haute South 42 Southport 31)

Week 7 results in CI: Bloomington North 28 Columbus East 20 - A much improved Col. East Olympian team gave North all they wanted and they played to a 7-7 tie in the first half. The North Cougars had created some separation in the 3rd with two TDs and led 21-7 going into the 4th. However, the Olympians fought back and pulled within 21-14 with 7 minutes left in the game. The Cougars would pull ahead of the Olympians again at 28-14 with 6 minutes left in the game on a 70-yard TD pass from sr QB Dash King to WR Jorian Brooks to extend the lead to two scores. East would come back again and score a TD with 5 minutes left in the game to make it 28-20 with the PAT missed and that would be the final score. Cougar QB King would finish with 64 yards rushing and 3 TDs while passing for another TD on 248 passing yards. King hit on 75% of his passes. East jr QB Kyson Villareal threw for 163 yards and two TDs. Columbus North 32 Bloomington South 14 - The Columbus North Bull Dogs were clearly the better team on both sides of the ball as they avenged a 49-14 loss to the Bloomington South Panthers from last season. The Bull Dogs are a strong team and very capable of making some serious noise in the 6A playoffs and they have superior line play on both sides of the ball. South did manage to take a couple of slim leads in the game, but would immediately lose those leads on North's next possession. The Panthers had a 7-6 lead with four minutes left in the half, but a Bull Dogs TD would make it 12-7 just before the half. South was able to score a TD on their first possession of the 2nd half to make it 14-12, but that would be it for them as the North Bull Dogs scored 20 straight points to close out the game. The Bull Dogs had 417 yards of total offense while the Panthers managed 264 yards. Bull Dogs jr QB Asher Ratliff was 18 of 22 passing for 188 yards and 2 TDs while rushing for 48 yards on 15 carries and a TD and no picks. Sr RB Gino Prescott got big yardage running behind a big offensive line and was 164 yards rushing on 22 carries and 2 TDs. South's soph QB Duncan Combs was 11 of 23 passing for 194 yards with 2 TDs and no picks. Panther jr RB Braylen Townsend picked up 88 yards rushing on 22 carries. Brebeuf Jesuit 83 Terre Haute South 65 - In one of the craziest games that you will see this season, it looked like the Brebeuf Braves and the TH South Braves had opened the basketball season early with defense an afterthought in this game. The game was played in Indy and the teams combined for 1,583 yards of total offense. I won't even try to give a blow-by-blow description of this game, but it was 35-14 at the end of 1st, 56-38 at the half, and 70-52 at the end of the 3rd. Brebeuf's sr QB Maverick Geske was 17 of 25 passing for 542 yards and 6 TDs with no picks and he scored 2 TDs on just 4 yards rushing. Sr RB CJ Harris carried the ball 20 times for 318 yards and 4 TDs. Brebeuf's sr WR Taylor Clark had 361 receiving yards and 4 TDs. I was unable to come up with stats for the TH South Braves. Terre Haute North 15 Southport 13 - In a battle of bottom dwellers in the conference, I thought that the TH North Patriots running game would be too much for the Southport Cardinals and that's how it played out although it was close. The North Patriots got their 2nd win of the season, while the Cardinals are still looking for that first win. Although I was able to come up with stats on this game, I was unable to find out how the scoring took place in the game. The Patriots had a big advantage in total offense with 410 yards, while the Cardinals had just 193 yards, so either penalties or turnovers, or both, by the Patriots kept the score close. Patriot soph QB Maddox Woodcock was 6 of 14 passing for 112 yards and no TDs with 1 pick. Patriot sr RB Zyeier White had a huge night running the ball and had 246 yards on 28 carries and 1 TD. Southport jr QB Gavin Cummings was 6 of 12 passing for 65 yards with no TDs and he threw 2 picks. Cardinal jr RB Riley Matlock picked up 64 yards on 15 carries and no TDs.

Cascade 41 Northview 14 (final) Cascade handed the Knights their first loss of the season as they stay unbeaten.

Columbus North 32 Bloomington South 14 (final) If there was an MVP in this game it would be the huge Col. North o-line which opened big holes during the game. A couple of short field TDs late in the game, pretty much sewed up the win.

Bloomington North 28 Columbus East 20 (final)

Columbus North 32 Bloomington South 14 (6:04, 4th) The Bull Dogs literally stole the ball out of a running back's hands in the backfield for the first turnover of the game by either team, and it set the Bull Dogs up for a short field TD to put this game out of reach for the Panthers.

Bloomington North 21 Columbus East 7 (3rd)