BDGiant93

Congratulations to the winners. I also think these individuals merited consideration. 6A Michael Kelly (HSE) 5A Scott Turnquist (Zionsville) 4A Vince Lidy (Mt. Vernon) 3A Rob Gibson (Owen Valley) 2A Shane Clampitt (Speedway) 1A Michael Moser (Adams Central)

I believe historically that Ben Davis has had two on the freshman level but has never had a female varsity player yet.

I hear that Urban Meyer may be available soon.

I'm not going to get into the weeds, but it happens.

Without digging too far into the weeds, Tech and Attucks have become destinations because their coaching staffs welcome transfers. Attucks has also had a tremendous amount of success recently. Tech won the title with Trey Lyles. If transferring is being done legally by IHSAA rules, there's not much I say about it. This is happening all over the area, and some schools are open to it. Others are less open to it, but it's happening in every sport. If it's not being done by the book, it's up to people to prove that. All I know is that you have kids playing at different schools in Marion County for all four of their years in school sometimes.

Bell was the best player.

David Bell would like a word.

Great run for the Trojans.

I used to be of this mind, but there's enough smoke that I think there might be something here. I wouldn't think anything's imminent, but it wouldn't surprise me either.

I don't believe the vote for Cathedral to enter was close from my recollection. The MIC has many different ADs/principals now. Who knows?

If you're going to dive into the Facebook morass, I have a suggestion. Make sure to write specific rules and then enforce them. Some of the other Facebook groups dedicated to high school sports are sad messes.

General Warning: Make sure you don't use IHSAA footage. They can get a little upset.

Streiff

I think he has a real shot. He would be deserving. There are a number of deserving players. This thing is pretty wide open this year.

Oh, I'm aware. I am just asking the question.

Ben Davis has beaten Cathedral 15 of the last 16 times they've played and 14 straight including, I'm told, the worst playoff lost in Cathedral history in 2016. Has anyone else had that kind of success against the Irish? Not gloating or flexing...I'm really curious.

I don't lose sleep over anything on this board. I come here to be a part of the community, and I think there are many great people on here (including Temptation) who have a great passion for it. He likes to challenge what people say, and I have no problem with him doing that. I get his main point. Ben Davis' Sectional was easy. The latter portion of their schedule was down. It still doesn't diminish getting off the mat after being at a very low point following all the unfair chatter that was out there about the school and program following the incident outside the stadium during the Carmel/BD game and playing themselves back into some part of the conversation by doing what was expected of them. Former boys basketball coach here at Ben Davis, Steve Witty always used to say, "One of the toughest things in sports is doing exactly what's expected."

It's not BD's fault that NC was down this year (two years ago, BD beat NC to clinch a share of the MIC with NC). LC was coming on strong. The Sectional is the Sectional, and Tech did have a winning record. You can look it up if you need to. They were 6-5 this year. That was factual.

Because they did. After sitting 2-5, they finished in the Semi-State. Was the schedule favorable? Yes. No question. I don't need a mental evaluation, I believe, as you sub posted about me earlier, but the Giants waxed Brownsburg in the Regional when some thought they would be defeated there.

Nice sub-post. You can call me out by name. I was here eating my crow. The Giants didn't ask for this route. It was given to them, and I'm sure it won't be given to them again in the next cycle.

He was saying the same thing 10 years ago only Mike Kirschner was coach then.

Westfield is a good football team. Center Grove is a great football team, and they're playing motivated.

I think a very wise person said, ad nauseum, "It is what it is."

So, let's play basketball! Nah, just kidding. I like the resiliency of this Ben Davis team. Got put on the canvas a lot this year and kept getting back up. Center Grove is a juggernaut. They'll cruise next week. There's a reason why they are Indiana's #1 and #9 in the nation.

Whelp. That did not go well. Total buzzsaw in the second half. Congratulations to the Trojans. Clearly a cut above everybody else in 6A. Y'all were right and I was wrong. Not the first time in my life.