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Week 6 games in CI: New Albany (3-2 @ Bloomington North (4-1) - The New Albany Bulldogs make the long trip to the northwest side of Bloomington to take on the Bloomington North Cougars. The Bulldog's winning record right now is very misleading and the cumulative record of the three teams they have beaten is 0-15, while their two losses were by lopsided scores. The Bloomington North Cougars have played a somewhat tougher schedule, and are coming off their worst effort of the season against Terre Haute North and had to keep the Patriots at arms-length pretty much the entire game as they couldn't get out of their own way with a plethora of mistakes/penalties. It will probably be an unhappy bunch of Cougars that will welcome the Bulldogs and they will want to make amends for last week's game. All of the tangibles and intangibles seem to favor the Cougars in this game and I expect the game not to be close. (JH's site prediction - Bloomington North 42 New Albany 14) Terre Haute North (1-4) @ Columbus North (4-1) - The Terre Haute North Patriots make the long trip to Columbus to play the Columbus North Bull Dogs which is coming off their first loss of the season after leading Chatard going into the 4th and giving up the winning TD with just over one minute left in the game. The TH North Patriots were competitive against the Bloom. North Cougars last Friday with a lot of help from the Cougars. The Patriots are led by very talented senior RB Zyeiar White who is averaging 165 ypg. The Patriots QB is soph Maddox Woodcock and his numbers have been pretty modest this season and he is just connecting on .375 pct of his passes so far this season, so look for the Bull Dogs defense to key on White in this game. I expect Bull Dog junior QB Asher Ratliff to have a big game this Friday. Will Columbus North have a letdown after the Chatard loss? I doubt it but even if they do, they have more than enough to handle the Patriots. I expect this game to be over by halftime. Bloomington South (3-2) @ Southport (0-5) - The Bloomington South Panthers travel to Southport to face the Cards on their home field. The South Panthers are coming off a tough nailbiter two-point win over Terre Haute South, while Southport gave it their best in trying to get that first win, but lost to Heritage Christian by 10 points. The win over TH South was much needed by the Panthers after they played extremely poor in a loss to the B-North Cougars. I finally found some stats from both the South and Southport games last Friday. South soph QB Duncan Hines rebounded nicely from his poor showing against B-North and hit on 88.2 pct of his passes against the TH South defense, and was 15 of 17 with one TD and one pick. Panther junior RB Braylen Townsend rushed for 168 yards on 31 carries and had 3 TDs. Against Heritage Christian, the Southport Cards were led by junior RB Riley Matlock who rushed for 164 yards on 28 carries and he scored 2 rushing TDs. Cardinal junior QB Gavin Cummings had pretty modest numbers and was 6 of 15 passing for 89 yards and no TDs or picks. South's young offense is definitely well ahead of their young defense and they are capable of putting up a lot of points quickly, while their defense still has a ways to go, especially their secondary. South should beat Southport rather easily, but their defense could up more points than they would care to give. (JH's site prediction - Bloomington South 38 Southport 24) Terre Haute South (1-3) @ Northview (5-0) - To me, this is a very interesting game as the South Braves make the short trip to Brazil to take on the unbeaten Northview Knights which is No. 11 in the 4A polls. Terre Haute South's record is misleading and they are a better team than their record suggests, and with the exception of TH North, their schedule has been difficult. On the other hand, we don't know just how good the Northview Knights are. All five of the Knights' wins this season have been against teams with losing records and their opponents have a cumulative record of 6 and 19. The Braves beat the Knights, 36-27, last season. I saw the Braves play against the Bloom. South Panthers last Fri/Sat and like the Panthers, they have an offense that can put up a lot of points quickly, and like the Panthers, their defense can be leaky. The TH South Braves have a veteran QB who is really good in senior Brady Wilson and he was 18 of 22 passing against the South Panthers for a completion pct of .818 and threw for 243 yards and one TD with one pick. The Braves have a very good RB in junior Tyisaac Corbin and he rushed for 168 yards on 31 carries and scored two rushing TDs against the South Panthers. Against a really, really bad Owen Valley team, the Northview Knight were led by junior RB Slade Fell who had 7 carries for 113 yards and a TD. Their junior QB Colton Bath threw the ball just 6 times while completing 4 passes 76 yards and two TDs with one pick. Terre Haute South is just light years better than any of the Knights opponents they have seen so far, so I think they will come out on top in this game. (JH's site prediction - Northview 31 Terre Haute South 30)

Yes, you are correct, and they did just that last season against Tech in the sectional and the game wasn't even close. Tech does have a couple wins this season albeit against lower-class teams that are having poor seasons, but I would expect that the Cards would beat them again if they draw them. Although I didn't say it, I was talking about the Cards' regular season schedule.

Week 5 results in CI: Bloomington North 24 Terre Haute North 14 - I caught pretty much all of the 2nd half of this game after B-South's game was postponed, and the North Cougars looked nothing like the team that played almost mistake-free ball against B-South last week. The Cougars were constantly hurting themselves with penalties and were called for 13 penalties for 130 yards in the game with nine of those penalties being offensive holds which killed drives. Despite the penalties, the Cougars managed a 17-0 lead in the 3rd before TH North got on the board after the Patriots' RB Zyeiar White broke loose for a 65-yard TD run to make it 17-7. Each team would tack on another TD the rest of the game. Bloomington North ran for 264 yards on 39 carries with QB Dash King leading the way with 94 yards on 18 carries and one TD. TH North ran for 216 yards on 40 carries with White leading the way with 164 yards on 23 carries and two TDs (one TD rushing and one TD receiving), and that was a yard off his average of 165 ypg. In passing, B-North's King was 7 of 12 for 64 yards with one TD and no picks. TH North's soph QB Maddox Woodcock was 8 for 20 and 43 yards with one TD and no picks. Bishop Chatard 21 Columbus North 14 - This promised to be a close contest between two pretty good teams and that was what it was as the CN Bull Dogs suffered their first loss of the season. It was nip and tuck and the CN Bull Dogs twice had a seven-point lead in the game and had a 14-7 lead heading into the 4th qtr before the Chatard Trojans rallied in the 4th for two TDs with the winning TD coming with 1:05 left in the game after the Trojans drove 89 yards for the score. The Bull Dogs had 355 total yards while the Trojans had 291 yards. As far as passing, CN's junior Asher Ratliff was 21 of 32 for 208 yards and one TD with no picks. Chatard's junior Jack Harrington was 15 of 24 for 96 yards and one pick. As far as rushing, the Trojans had 195 yards rushing on 33 carries, while the Bull Dogs had 147 yards on 29 carries. Bloomington South 36 Terre Haute South 34 - The B-South Panthers have now won 20 of the last 21 games in this series. This game had to be completed on Saturday after a Friday night weather postponement and the score at 24-21 TH South at the 1:03 mark of the 2nd qtr. Once the game resumed, B-South regained the lead late in the 3rd and had a 28-24 lead with the Panthers maintaining the lead the rest of the way although the TH South Braves stayed right with the Panthers to the end. I can only describe the game in general terms since I haven't found any stats on the game so far. The offense for both teams dominated this game with the defense for both teams only qualifying for a participation trophy since they couldn't hardly stop anyone. However, the Panther defense did step up on a Braves drive in the 4th, stopping the Braves at the 4-yard line and forcing a 21-yard FG to make the score 28-27 B-South. It was clear that forcing the FG actually won the game for the Panthers since a TD there would have been disastrous for the Panthers given the final margin. B-South did score a TD and went successfully for two to push the margin to 9 points at 36-27 with just over six minutes left in the game. However, the TH South Braves went 80 yards on a drive to pull within two points with 2:42 left in the game, and the Panthers had to hang on for dear life to get the win. Heritage Christian 44 Southport 34 - This may have been the Southport Cardinals best chance at a win this season, but they have now lost six games in a row dating back to the sectional last season. In looking at their schedule, TH North looks like their next best chance at a win, but TH North is an improved team so there is that. I haven't been able to find any stats on the Cardinals so I don't have much info on how they performed stat-wise. The Cards did score on a 62-yard pick-6 in the game and also returned a kickoff 86 yards for a score. The 2A Heritage Christian Eagles improved to 4-1 on the season and were led by their do-everything junior QB Eli Nix who put up another game with enormous stats although he threw two picks in the game. Nix was responsible for 375 yards of offense in the game and was 28 of 45 in passing for 308 yards and six TDs while having those two picks. He also rushed for 67 yards on 23 carries.

Bloomington South 36 Terre Haute South 34 (final) Both offenses put up big numbers in this game with TH South also scoring on a 92-yard kickoff return that happened last night before they postponed the game.

Bloomington South 36 Terre Haute South 34 (2:04, 4th) With the way both defenses are giving up points, South had a 4th and 1 at their own 29-yard line and not wanting to give up the ball, went for it with RB Braylen Townsend picking up a first down on a 3-yard run.

Bloomington South 36 Terre Haute South 34 (2:42, 4th) In a game where defense is an afterthought, TH South Braves score on a 2-yard run after an 80-yard drive.

Bloomington South 36 Terre Haute South 27 (6:05, 4th) B-South scores on a 29-yard QB keeper by Combs and successfully go for two on a pass play to push the lead to 9 points.

Bloomington South 28 Terre Haute South 27 (9:18, 4th) TH South drives deep into Panther territory but settle for 21-yard FG after B-South holds.

Bloomington South 28 Terre Haute South 24 (2:54, 3rd) In a game that was delayed until Saturday morning over weather, Bloom. South scored on a 15-yard TD pass from QB Duncan Combs to WR Sam Giles to regain the lead.

The Terre Haute South @ Bloomington South game will resume Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Panthers field. It will be 24-21 TH South with 1:03 left in the 2nd qtr when the game resumes.

Bloomington North 24 Terre Haute North 14 (final) The North Cougars played a mistake-filled game unlike last week when they played a mistake-free game against Bloom. South, which smells of a hangover game for them. I don't know how many penalties they ended up with, but they had 9 offensive holding penalties in the game which stopped drives in their track.

Terre Haute South 24 Bloomington South 21 (game postponed because of weather with 1:03 left in the 2nd qtr) They haven't indicated so far when the game will resume and the location. This is the 2nd game of the season where B-South has had a game postponed because of weather with the other game at Martinsville.

Bloomington North 24 Terre Haute North 14 (10:50, 4th) A 29-yard TD pass from Dash King to Jorian Brooks as the B-North Cougars push the lead back to 10 points.

Bloomington North 17 Terre Haute North 14 (2:10, 3rd) TH North scored on a fairly short pass play to Zyeiar White after he broke a tackle and took it into the end zone. The B-North Cougars are the opposite of last week's game with Bloom. South and they have been mistake prone the entire game. They picked up their 8th holding call on offense before the Patriot TD.

Bloomington North 17 Terre Haute North 7 (6:28, 3rd) TH North's star RB Zyeiar White scored on a 65-yard run. B-North had done a good job on White up to this point and he had just 37 yards rushing at the half.

Bloomington North 17 Terre Haute North 0 (8:17, 3rd) This score might be worse if it wasn't for the B-North Cougars getting hit with a rash of holding calls on offense which is at 7 holding calls and counting.

Bloomington North 10 Terre Haute North 0 (half)

Bloomington North 10 Terre Haute North 0 (6:42, 2nd) B-North's Jorian Brooks scored on an 82-yard TD run.

Bloomington North 3 Terre Haute North 0 (start of 2nd) They just resumed play there after the lightning delay and TH North has the ball to start the qtr.

Terre Haute South 24 Bloomington South 21 (1:03, 2nd) A huge PI penalty on B-South gave the TH South Braves a second opportunity when they would have had a 4th and 5 at midfield and possibly a punting situation. The Braves were able to score on yet another big TD run to retake the lead. Right after the extra point, lightning was spotted in the area and they went into a lightning delay with 1:03 left in the half. South's biggest weak link has been their inexperienced secondary and they have shown little improvement in game five of the season, and they have been burned again in this game.

Bloomington South 21 Terre Haute South 17 (4:21, 2nd) B-South scored on another running TD by Braylen Townsend, his third TD of the game. It was on a long drive that was a mix of runs and passes. So far, the defense for both teams can't seem to stop the other team's offense.

Terre Haute South 17 Bloomington South 14 (9:31, 2nd) THS Braves returned the kickoff after the Panther score, 92 yards to immediately give the Braves the lead back. The South Panthers have now given up in a row, a 74-yard TD run and the long kickoff return.

Bloomington South 14 Terre Haute South 10 (9:45, 2nd) B-South scored on an 18-yard TD run by Braylen Townsend. Both teams are having problems on defense stopping the other teams running game.

Terre Haute South 10 Bloomington South 7 (end of 1st) TH South's Mason Lewis broke a couple of tackles and ran down the right sideline for 74 yards for a quick TD. Once he broke loose there was no one in the secondary to stop him.

Bloomington South 7 Terre Haute South 3 (0:52, 1st) B-South Panthers went on a long drive and scored on almost all running plays with the Braves having trouble slowing down RB Braylen Townsend who scored the TD.