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New Prairie wakes up in the second half and wins 33-14

New Prairie not looking good in the first half. Down 7-0 at the half

Let’s get some conversation started. Penn will be better than a lot thought?Elkhart has the studs to compete? New Prairie’s offensive line will get the job done? St Joe is better then the last few years? Lots of talking points, let’s discuss.

Let’s focus on some of the positives for the conference in week 1. Penn, Elkhart and New Prairie with dominant wins. My guess is it’ll be a 3 horse race this season and as of now will give the edge to the big boys(Penn & Elkhart).

I went to the NP vs Michigan City scrimmage and came away more confident that the Cougars will have a good season than I did earlier. The offensive line seems to be putting it together and can only assume they’ll get better as the season progresses. The defense as stated before should be solid, they were missing 2 key guys last night and still looked good. The offense looked as they were running they’re basic package and didn’t want to tip their opponents off. The backfield is going to be absolutely lethal with Mungia and Sinka running the ball. A couple new receivers emerged last night and look primed to make big plays. Looking forward to another successful cougar season.

New Prairie hosts Michigan City

Long drive for a scrimmage

Couldn’t agree more with having all those kids on the field at the same time, unfortunately I don’t think it’ll happen.

My 2 cents after watching 4 New Prairie scrimmages. The O-Line pass blocks really well and is weak on run blocking. They been rotating a lot on the line so it’s hard to judge which which combo is better. Kmiecik(qb) looks to be getting the ball out a lot faster with better accuracy and better decisions. Ryan’s(wr) catches everything and has the speed to break away. Sinka(rb) has impressed me with his power and speed and ability to hit the hole fast. The defense looks stout anchored by Ortman. The Cougars have the potential to be a very solid team once they work out some of the kinks out..

I believe MC had a few players missing so it was hard to judge. They definitely had a lot of team speed. Defense seemed a little suspect but way to early to judge.

NP had a scrimmage with Michigan City yesterday and here my way to early thoughts. I thought the skill players looked very good, it looked as if they’ve picked up some speed from last year. QB appears to have gained some accuracy and was throwing a really nice deep ball. Both running backs look to have gained more muscle and seemed primed to duke it out for game carries. The OL seems to be a work in progress but thought they passed block really well. The defense was fast and swarming to the ball. I think if they get the OL figured out they could duplicate last years success. Again this is a way to early assessment but was surprised with how they looked. Anyone else catch any of your teams scrimmages and have any early thoughts?

Per WHME Antwon Jones has resigned as SB Adams head coach to take a job as head of security at Penn. it’s expected he’ll be hired as an assistant coach there also

WHME reports Laporte head coach has resigned after 1 season to take an assistant job at Crown Point

Culver academy was 4A last year

WHME reports Josh Shattuck is leaving as Elkhart’s coach.

Carmel announced a 4 game series with Penn starting in 2025

WHME reports that Ben Downey is returning as St Joe coach

WHME reports that John Barron is the new coach at John Glenn

Add St Joe to the open coaching vacancy, per WHME

NP is losing most of its o-line but are returning 2 good running backs and QB. Defensively only a few losses and returning some studs. I look for them to replicate the success they had this year.

How’s everyone feel about their teams next year? Who are the impact players coming back and who do you feel could be one.

Congrats to Northridge, they played an outstanding game. Good luck