Basementbias

I remember the days when Leo was the easy W in the ACAC. Then some closings happened and they became one of the top teams in the ACAC as many would have expected. They've used the momentum to be a top team in the NE8 as well.

Unfortunately yes. I'm just guessing that the issue of non football doing co-op with football is determining enrollment. Also, do they already allow kids from school A without sport play for school B with sport of ADs sign off on it? Just throwing it out there but maybe they are wanting to go 8 man route and hopefully those become 11 man. I don't like that thinking based on the spread of most 8 man programs. Oh well I guess as I'm usually on the opposite end of thought when it comes to these things vs IHSAA/OHSAA.

I'm going out on a limb and say Union of Modoc (believe they presented it while they're still a school) & Randolph Southern would be 2 wanting to become a co-op. I'd think you may have a few in Southern Indiana that were basketball only or possibly just starting 8 man.

Would the co-op idea have more backing if they put wording that it must be 2 schools that do not offer football joining up? They can handle the big transfer portal idea but I'm guessing the co-op would have made that a bigger problem. Thus why it most likely failed. I'll just call it a win getting girls flag football as an emerging sport. I won't talk about the fumbling on the other issues. Another example of coming up short on 4th down and you have no timeouts left near the end of the game for the IHSAA.

Wonder if it is a large school vs small school or gender for the sport issue or the amount of sports at the same time. Love to see it grow in smaller schools (3A-1A). I wasn't a huge fan of flag but it has grown on me. My stepson played it for his former school in Ohio from at least 1st/2nd to 4th grade and then joined me in tackle for his 5th & 6th grade years in Indiana. In that time we had a flag league in the area that served 2 or so schools. Believe with naming & school pressure and/or liability they went to just serving the school they were associated in name. Being affiliated with the tackle league for both, I was asked about having a flag league for the other school. I somehow got things rolling in short order and have their league up & running. The turnout has been bigger than I expected from players & parents/supporters. We have a couple of girls playing but if we had a HS girls flag team I bet we could get more.

Love how JV is all over the place. Some have Saturday mornings. I'm used to Monday evenings for JV as being the norm. 5th/6th is Saturday morning. Middle school normally Tuesday with nothing on Wednesday for church groups, and back in the day Thursday for Freshman. Think Spring might be the best option for girls flag. I don't pay enough attention to the Spring sports schedule to know if Friday nights would bring crowds or another night.

Haven't read up on it, but does it matter if the transfer occurs before school starts or at a nine weeks/semester? What about moving out of state and then coming back? Where I'm going with this is a senior playing fall sport at School A that has the better fall sport & then transferring to School B for winter sport that School B is better in. I could see that being a thing locally.

Just throwing an idea out there. Why not create an additional round to eliminate playing 2 semi state games? Have the sectionals remain the same, but add in a "Districts" round. This would be between Sectional and Regionals. Say have it Tuesday (11th this year) or Thursday (13th this year) before Regional. Then Regional & Semi State can be 1 game each. Also can award another trophy for that round. That or make Sectionals have 1 more game.

I would seed the tournament but not just sectional, but by regional. You would have 3 sectional games and a sectional championship still. I would make the higher seed be the host so 1 seed could host every round of sectional and the regional. Semi State would be neutral fields and different semi state matchups 3 years. So basically year 1 is NW vs NE & SW vs SE. Year 2 NW vs SE & NE vs SW and year 3 NW vs SW & NE vs SE.

Cool, I'll just say that my opinion is shared by a few others inside as well (not all obviously). Especially comparing the grades not just from player abilities but other factors that I posted. Doesn't mean those kids can't become part of another successful run, but things will have to be adjusted to do so. If you think I'm critical, just wait until the HS coaching staff gives their constructive criticism. I've been pretty tame compared to years in the past on the criticism. I may help on the AC side but I actually have duties to both schools. Unfortunately the other side doesn't want to take any suggestions and the results have shown that. I won't get into that or you'll really see how critical & frustrated I can be.

Tape shows it all anyway! Luckily that end of the 1st half went our way to gain some momentum in that game. Didn't really matter anyway with Lutheran winning it all. Another thought on Heritage is that they blew it this year. No reason their 1 way players were not in condition against our 2 way guys. Plus they need some discipline on the field & sideline on penalties. I just post what I see positive or negative on here. There are no big secrets to protect on here. The scheme is the same in everything with slight adjustments. If you purchased the broadcast of the finals, Coach Mosser even told the broadcaster it's the same as the prior 3 years. Yeah I paid the $ to watch it from that perspective to see things from another angle compared to LOS. Yeah my role is small bc I have way too much going on at work & with family. Already stretch myself thin helping with what I do at the lower levels. It's all worth it though to watch those kids you get to know have success on & off the field. Missing out on great football. I'd love to see our Jets reach a level similar to the Flyers & Cavaliers. A lot we could learn from them in my opinion. Oh well this Stateliner & "River Rat" (4th generation) will probably never agree on everything with those in other parts of the school district. Glad to see another of our St. Mary's Township boys help our team to another title.

Tag me then. Don't like it too bad. If we would have played the 2nd half against NJSP like we did the first, then it would have been NJSP playing in Indy 2 years in a row. Luckily we were much better in the 2nd half thanks to Jack Hamilton and for the NJSP defense not responding to the AC adjustment on offense. Yeah I do look for holes & you can bet everyone in MS through Varsity do as well. Like it or not, we don't stack up to Marion Local and thankfully we don't have to. Same way with Coldwater that beat our 7th grade 47-12 this season with kids playing tackle for the first year ever over there. They are truly the best small school football programs in the USA let alone Ohio. As for not appreciating the run, you must be delusional. This year's seniors have worked their butt's off every year they played. Always 2nd fiddle to the class of 24 but the ones who always did the grunt work. It's been like Christmas since the clock hit 0. The best part has been watching my cohort the first time around watch all 3 of his boys play in the state finals with his middle son going to 4 in a row as a player. Coach started the AC in-house in 2017 and it has paid off. Just feel fortunate to have been asked to be a part of it at the youth. I was involved when AC & Bellmont (few Heritage) were all mixed together before that. Yeah I can be a bit negative or nervous about possible matchups or things that need cleaned up. That just comes from being bitten on things before.

Eh, they are both just message boards. They have more frequent posting like it used to be here when I was in HS and my brother was in 16. Didn't expect the explosion of posts on AC & Linton's common opponent from Ohio. Being on the Stateline I love showing love to our Adams, Allen, Jay, (non line next 2) Wells, & Blackford County schools in Indiana, and Van Wert, Mercer, Paulding, & Allen (bordering Van Wert & Mercer) County schools in Ohio. Having connections & family spread around most in both states.

3 state titles in the Stateline area with Adams County in Indiana and neighboring Mercer County Ohio! Great year!

No. Public school that is made up of 98% German Catholic. Same for Coldwater, St Henry, Fort Recovery, and etc.