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BD still had its chances. Ultimately CG made the plays and won. Not a knock on Trent. He had a great year...as did the Giants. Proud of them. It was an emotional end to the year.

I literally interviewed Bob Britt who made some of the initial calls. BD and the other independents were having trouble filling football schedules. That started the MIC.

I mean, I think three are obvious. BD, Carmel, and Warren. Coach Moore has made Center Grove a great job. I think LCC, Cathedral and Chatard would be a tie for 5. Sleeping Giants: I think you've all hit the big ones. I'd watch out for Pike.

My plan would be to look at the eight Sectionals and see if there isn't a better way to geographically make them work. Maybe East/West for semi-states rather than north/south. Sectionals 1, 3, 5, 6 West and 2, 4, 7, and 8 East? Also seeding the Sectional to get the Avon/Brownsburg/Carmel alignment out of the same Sectional, for example.

Congratulations to the Greyhounds! A worthy 6A Champion. Great year for the Trojans. Watch out for CG in 2020.

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Let's assume the IHSAA does this, will you be back here again crying about splitting 6A Division 1 again in half?

It does. I agree.

Otomewo at Minnesota Ball at Purdue Evans going back to Michigan Taylor at Indiana Bilal was heavily recruited at Northwestern before heading to ND But also in D1 Broc Thompson at Marshall It's late and I'm struggling to remember everyone. I'm sure I'm missing someone.

Actually, it's Purple Rain. I'm not disputing that fan support has been a problem. Several comments ago, I acknowledged that this is not a new issue. My point was only that Coach Simmons and Coach Kirschner before him have encouraged their players to go support other sports. That's all. Calm down.

You're really a piece of work. Go through Big Ten rosters and just count the number of BD and Warren players making contributions. That's just the Big Ten.

Students get connected to their activities here. If you don't believe there's a family at BD, come look at our performing arts and how much those kids feel a part of something. Come look at some of the Area 31 Career programs where kids feel connected. At BD you have to get connected so something, and there's a ton of things to get connected to in Giantland. May not be your idea of "small town feel" but it's definitely something like it. It may not be showing in the stands, but it shows in the hallways. Also, I have to say Coach Simmons does a great job encouraging his young men to go support other programs. Fall sport student sections were dominated by football players. The Basketball coaching staff also does a great job with this.

Here Here! I thought the Giants gave a good account of themselves on Friday night. Center Grove's youngster made two big plays on defense. Knocking the pass away from Nolen when he was on his way for six and forcing the Hassel fumble. Just a couple plays different and we're talking a tie game and who knows what happens after that. It was a physical football game. Too many flags also didn't help the Giants.

This is just devastating news. I lost my mom on Christmas in 2014, and it just never gets easier every time that holiday rolls around. I am sending my condolences and prayers to everyone in the West Washington community and to Coach Bowsman, his family, and his friends.

I wish I could explain it. BD shows for certain games and will line 10th Street and buy tons of tickets when the team makes a state run, but it's difficult to get our fans out before then. I remember in the 2000 Semi-State Center Grove had probably more fans than we did at home (frigid night and snowing). It kind of is what it is at this point.

I think Carmel wins this one. It's a hunch. A gut feeling...and I have plenty of gut. Carmel 17, Center Grove 16

Congratulations!

I didn't say that. Honestly, BD has never all that well since I've been around here if I'm being honest...even when I was a student. It's not just football.

At rush hour it's more like 45-50.

He's stirring the pot...as usual. Don't confuse things.

Oh, you're still here. If there was so "little interest", why were there three TV outlets and three radio stations doing the game?

Congratulations to the Trojans on a hard-fought victory. Very proud of the Giants. Thought they were going to make that comeback again. Just couldn't do it tonight.

1) I don't have the stats, but I do know that this community has a large number of students who must work to support the family. Some students are being raised by grandparent/s or a disabled single parent. It's a bigger factor than you know. Another problem is reliable transportation. It's about a half mile walk or so to the nearest bus line, and those buses run at weird times. They are done running late at night on the Westside. Our students are, in general, relying on others to transport them to and from school. 2) They cost money. Many of our families don't have that money to go around. Fundraising is important. 3) True. You go from Bob Wilbur to Dick Dullaghan to Tom Allen to Mike Kirschner to Jason Simmons, that's a pretty good run. I would say that it's getting harder to retain assistant coaches for obvious reasons...don't want to get political, but there's a teacher shortage for a reason. 4) See #1. I remember one of our coaches a few years back describing that they had a player living out of his car. 5) We do have a great stadium, and the district does a great job with the facilities, but it's hard for some of our families to come up with the necessary funds for practice packs and transportation fees, etc. Fundraising is necessary here adding another layer to the coach job description. I apologize to @Grover for my flippant comment. It was not reflective of how I try to conduct myself on this board. I apologize.

@Bobref pretty much nailed it.

Agree he'd be a great hire. It would be interesting to see what he could do with the Millers program. He's won everywhere he's been.