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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)

Columbus North 25 Bloomington South 14 (end of 3rd) The South Panthers are at the Bull Dog 25-yard line when the 4th starts.

Columbus North 25 Bloomington South 14 (2:19, 3rd) The Bull Dogs got a short field TD to take a two-score lead, and the way this game has flowed, that may be enough for the win.

Columbus North 18 Bloomington South 14 (5:58, 3rd) Col. North regained the lead on an 80 yard driver. The two point conversion was picked off.

Bloomington South 14 Columbus North 12 (9:50, 3rd) South took the opening kickoff of the 2nd half and went on a 70-yard drive, scoring on a 27-yard TD pass to retake the lead.

Terre Haute North 6 Southport 0 (end of 1st) Terre Haute South 14 Brebeuf Jesuit 14 (1st)

Cascade 21 Northview 0 (halftime) It's a battle of 6-0 teams and Cascade is the first team that Northview has faced with a winning record.

Columbus North 12 Bloomington South 7 (halftime) The South Panthers will get the ball to start the 2nd half. Bloomington North 7 Columbus East 7 (halftime)

Columbus North 12 Bloomington South 7 (1:11, 2nd) The CN Bull Dogs scored on a broken play in which the snap went well over the QB's head and he retreated and tossed a long pass into the end zone as he was about to be smothered and the pass went over the outstretched hands of the secondary for a TD. The two point conversion failed.

Bloomington South 7 Columbus North 6 (4:29, 2nd) The South Panthers scored on about a 30-yard TD pass to take their first lead in the game.

Columbus North 6 Bloomington South 0 (end of 1st) South has the ball at the Bull Dog 30-yard line when the 2nd start.

Columbus North 6 Bloomington South 0 (7:59, 1st) CN Bulldogs got the ball to start the game and went 80 yards for a TD with the Panthers secondary getting burned on plays. The Bulldogs faked the PAT but South blew up the play.

Oops. I referred to TH North as the Braves near the end of the summary, but it was too late to do an edit. I'm sure their crosstown rival wouldn't approve of that.

Week 7 games in CI: Bloomington North (5-1) @ Columbus East (4-2) - Both teams step out of conference play for a game. The Columbus East Olympians have won four straight games, all in the HHC, and will be facing their best opponent since playing crosstown rival Col. North. The Bloomington North Cougars have won five straight games since their season opening loss to Mooresville. East is much improved as the season wore on, so the North Cougars will need to bring their "A" game this Friday, something they have not always done this season. The Cougars got behind 20-0 in the first qtr in their season opening loss to Mooresville and played catchup the rest of the game, falling short by 3 points. Against TH North a couple of games ago, they played about as poorly as they can play in a game full of mistakes, all on major penalties and turnovers. They survived the TH North game winning by 10 points against a bad team. Do that against East and they will be looking at a loss. East needs to corral or hold down North sr QB Dash King who can beat you with his arm and legs. Do that, and the Olympians can come away with a win. If North brings their "A" game, then they should win the contest. (JH's site prediction - Bloomington North 31 Columbus East 24) Columbus North (5-1) @ Bloomington South (4-2) - The South Panthers are a very young team (14 seniors on a roster of almost 90 players) after having to replace 17 starters at the start of the season and they have improved as the season has progressed. They will have their hands full with a strong Columbus North Bull Dog team coming to town that will feature the 1-2 punch of jr QB Asher Ratliff and sr RB Gino Prescott. South will need to be hitting on all cylinders on offense to come away with a win and they will need a strong running game from jr RB Braylen Townsend which is easier said than done with the Bull Dog defense shutting down most offenses this season. The Bull Dogs held TH North's Zyeiar White to just 12 yards on 14 carries last week and he came into that game with a 165 ypg average. South's young secondary is a real concern for this game. I would have to give the nod to the Bull Dogs in this game. (JH's site prediction - Columbus North 35 Bloomington South 21) Terre Haute South (1-4) @ Brebeuf Jesuit (4-2) - The Terre Haute South Braves make the trip to Indy to play a Brebeuf Jesuit Braves team that has a high-powered offense, so it's the Braves vs the Braves this Friday. Both teams are coming off tough losses last Friday with the TH South Braves falling to Northview on a last second FG, while the Brebeuf Braves lost to Roncalli by 19 points. Both teams have strong QB play with the South Braves being led by sr Brady Wilson who throws for 229 ypg, while the Brebeuf Braves are led by sr Maverick Geske who throws for 315 ypg. Both teams have strong runners with the Brebeuf Braves led by sr CJ Harris who averages 164 ypg on the ground, while the THS Braves are led by jr Tyisaac Corbin who averages 119 ypg on the ground. I see the home team in Brebeuf winning what could be a fairly high scoring game. (JH's site prediction - Brebeuf Jesuit 45 Terre Haute South 35) Southport (0-6) @ Terre Haute North (1-5) - This could be the Southport Cardinals best chance to win a regular season game, but the problem is that the Cardinals have shown no improvement to speak of since last season while the Terre Haute North Patriots are an improved team since last season although their record doesn't show much improvement. The North Patriots lost at Southport last season 43-7. Both teams have anemic passing attacks with the THN Braves averaging 127.2 ypg while the Southport Cardinals average a really weak 59.8 ypg through the air. THN Braves have a big advantage on the ground averaging 212.5 ypg while Southport rushes for 86.3 ypg. THN's Zyeiar White is the big difference in this game with his 145.0 ypg which gives them the edge over Southport. I believe the Patriots are going to reverse the outcome from last season and get their second win of the season. (JH's site prediction - Terre Haute North 35 Southport 28)

Some pretty thorough stats were posted for this game today at MaxPreps. Here are some of the basic numbers. South led 17-0 at the half in route to their 41-0 win. The South Panthers had 336 yards of total offense to the Southport Cardinals 164 yards. The Panthers soph QB Duncan Combs was 8 for 16 for 119 yards and one TD with no picks. Cardinals jr QB Gavin Cummins was 11 for 17 for 74 yards and no TDs with two picks. Panther jr RB Braylen Townsend carried the ball 27 times for 148 yards and two TDs. Cardinal jr RB Riley Matlock carried the ball 20 times for 57 yards. The teams combined for eight penalties with each team having four apiece. Besides the big game by Townsend, South's soph DB Quncy Brahaum scooped up a fumble and returned it 50 yards for a TD and also got a pick with 5 1/2 tackles on the game.

Week 6 results in CI: All games were delayed to Saturday. Bloomington North 52 New Albany 7 - I have almost no information on this game which was re-scheduled for 1 p.m. on Saturday and was up against the IU game that was going on at the same time that was about 2-3 miles away. The game went as expected and North took a 14-0 lead at the end of the 1st, and it was 31-7 at the half, with North outscoring the Bulldogs 21-0 in the 2nd half. That is all of the information I have on it. Columbus North 51 Terre Haute North 10 - Another game that went as expected as the TH North Patriots made the long trip to Columbus and probably shouldn't have gotten off the bus. According to the game summary that I saw, CN Bull Dog's jr QB Asher Ratliff was 12 of 17 for 129 yards and 3 TDs with 2 picks. The Bull Dogs sr RB Gino Prescott ran for 156 yards on 17 carries and three TDs while scoring another TD on a pass reception. TH North's soph QB Maddox Woodcock was just 7 of 13 passing for 48 yards and no TDs. The Bull Dogs held Patriot's sr RB Zyeiar White, who was averaging 165 ypg, to just 12 yards on 14 carries. Bloomington South 41 Southport 0 - This is yet another game that went as expected. I have no information on this game other than the final score and it is like there was a media blackout on this game with no one interested in covering the game. The South Panthers were the first team to shutout the Cardinals this season, but that's not saying much at all. Northview 31 Terre Haute South 28 - I didn't know what to make of this game with the Northview Knights being undefeated at 5-0 coming in, but all of their wins were against teams with losing records. Although the TH South Braves had a losing record, they were actually a step up in the competition level for the Knights. Terre Haute South opened the scoring to make it 7-0, but it was the Knights up at the half 21-7. The Braves scored first in the 2nd half to make it 21-14, but the Knights would answer with another TD to make it 28-14 with just over 5 minutes left in the 3rd and that would be the score going into the 4th. The Braves would rally with two straight passing TDs by sr QB Brady Wilson to tie the game at 28-all with 4 minutes left in the game. The Knights would win the game after drilling a 30-yard FG with just 7.6 seconds left in the game. I didn't get any of the stats for the game.

Bloomington North 52 New Albany 7 (final)

Bloomington North 52 New Albany 7 (final) An early afternoon Saturday game, and it also went as expected.

Bloomington South 41 Southport 0 (final) Early Saturday game at Southport and it went as expected.

I saw where Richmond lost their game 70-0. The Red Devils have been down in football for so long I had to look up when they last had a winning season, and it was in 2013 when they went 7-3. They are 0-6 so far this season and have been involved in just one game that was even close and that was to Connersville in the season opener. The last four seasons and not counting this season, they have gone 4-36. They have gone through five head coaches since they had their last winning season, and I don't know if the problem is at the feeder system or something else.

JH's site prediction for this game is Columbus North 42 Terre Haute North 10.