BDGiant93

LOL. Ben Davis is about to have more pros in the league than it's ever had before at the same time, dude. Gosh, you really should pay attention.

Conferences are a confederation of schools. The IHSAA has no role in the creation of or regulation of conferences. Plus, almost every school in the HCC or the MIC is in either one of the two largest football classes and the largest class in other classed sports. Why use what's happening between these two leagues as an excuse to breakdown the rest of the state's conferences? You think a team of mostly Class A schools cares about the MIC or HCC?

I am beginning to think the MIC is fine staying at six schools until the right partner comes along. No sense in rushing it.

FWIW, I have informally heard the same things as Temptation on the HCC. My sources are not unimpeachable though. I haven't heard anything directly from the horse's mouth. I'd term it rumor at this point, but...rumor worth watching.

My sources say there may be some HCC fallout from adding Carmel and Center Grove. Another individual I know speculates that Carmel may have an easier time getting added (natural rivalries) than CG. Should be interesting to see how this shakes out. Carmel and CG opened the door and dared the MIC to make a move, and the MIC gave them the push they desired. In the end, this will shake out. It's been a fun run with this group of schools in the MIC. If this would have happened four or five years ago, I would have been shocked, but I came to see the "writing on the wall" over the last couple of years. The rumors became reality. I wish the folks at Carmel and Center Grove the best. I will especially miss working with Carmel. Jim Inskeep is a first-rate person and class act. Center Grove has always treated me well, too.

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.