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New Bremen wins D7 in Ohio 31-0! One down and 2 to go on Sunday! See if we can get 3 for 3 tonight in Indiana for Semi State.

His wife is an AC grad so we know who runs his household! 😄

These would be cousins. I have about 6 going to SA. Only 2 will probably try and play football for SA. My kids will go to AC but my step kids go across the line to Crestview. I think only one year will we have family against each other. We will have a Sr vs Fr if both play.

Going to be weird in 7 or so years when I have to really say that.

It was against AC not Southwood. He and AC receiver Chase Peterson both broke their legs in that game that was a monsoon and I don't think they were too far apart when they happened, but it's been 4 years ago. Watching that state finals, I knew it was going to be trouble for Pioneer not having him. He did a lot with Kiser on that team.

I'm a big college football guy so I always want to avoid the Van Wert County fair, but usually have to go. I like our little Adams County fair where it's just showing livestock and not all the other crap. I don't mind the horse racing but I can do without the carnival rides and such. Hate the town feel mixing its way into agriculture.

I'm curious as to how many new schools are popping up in 1A that will determine how many schools currentlyin 1A will be considered 2A due to enrollment numbers.

Weird year to say the least. Biggest thing is that the OHSAA finals are the weekend before the IHSAA instead of the weekend after. For the Ohio representatives in the area: D4-Van Wert Cougars D6-Coldwater Cavaliers D7- New Bremen Cardinals As for the Indiana teams in semi state: 4A-Marion 2A-Bishop Luers 1A-South Adams Starfires Hoping we get 3x State Champs and 3x Going to State finals! If we don't, it was still a great season for all these teams and many others getting through COVID the best they could!

Probably going to need the mods/admins on that one at this point.

@Thor77 are the Starfires healthy since a few came off the field last week? Are you concerned about the secondary after a couple DBs got picked on? It took getting pressure to help them out and turn the tide.

I'll most likely pay but not sure since my school is out but county school South Adams is still in. So far The Berne Witness has been free thanks to many local businesses sponsoring and donating. Not sure I like them having to now be unbiased. If the money goes to just the schools or The Berne Witness I'd be paying no questions. As for the IHSAA & OHSAA I'm very hesitant.

Ah so yes we are going to have to pay to watch the webcast through IHSAA. Debating if I want to pay or listen to WZBD for free.

I'm hoping that AC's enrollment doesn't push them up to 2A with LCC moving up and Pioneer staying up. Plus SA will be talented, but not this talented. We have some good classes with this years freshman who will be sophomores and juniors that will be seniors in '21. Knowing our luck, we will bump up to 2A with Luers and Eastside.

So does this mean The Berne Witness won't be covering SA or that we will now have to pay for their feed when it's been free all year? Just curious.

This one intrigues me. South Adams is the #1 ranked team, but are they considered the underdogs in this one? LCC has the tradition and history as well as home field in this one. They are also the defending state champs. I thought South Adams looked pretty nervous last night against Southwood and played much differently than they have all season. Credit to Southwood for pushing them, but I think South Adams played "hesitant" as the favorite. Probably the pressure they put on themselves for collapsing at the same stage last year. Can the Starfires play fast and free this week or will it be the same? What should we expect out of LCC? I know Tipton was good, but Luers beating them yesterday they way they did surprised me.

It's going to come down to the Luers OL blocking. If they can keep Pioneers quick defensive linemen out, they probably have a good shot. I believe both twins play db so they probably match up with receivers, it will be the other 2/3 dbs matching up. Also going to come down to Luers D line stuffing the running lanes and having great gap integrity. Part of the time they want to run the ball like draw plays when they stretch it out and other times they just try to outman you up the middle and around the edge. They like to mix a version of the triple option in a unique way. The pulling of the guard and tackle to either create a wedge or zone run scheme where the back picks which of the two to follow as they didn't always lead the same hole. I noticed they would have the the left guard pull to kick the opposite dt or de out but the left tackle pulling and then going back to the left guards spot to find a lb, others he'd replace the right guard. Their TE's like to seal the edge.

11/18/2016 didn't start out as the coldest, but probably became the coldest towards the end in Monroe for the Pioneer vs Adams Central semi state contest. It had been a really warm and nice day, but the travel pushed it to a 7:30 kickoff and that was delayed to the storm that rolled through. We were sent to the school along with Pioneer fans that had made it early. The rest of them had traveled with the monsoon of heavy rain, wind, lightning, and thunder. The wind mixed with the driving rain and a 25 or 30+ drop in temperature made it chilly/pneumonia type weather. Playing probably wasn't too bad, but spectating was not great. I remember not being able to feel my legs as I was trying to walk down the bleachers soaked and shaking. Outside of that, maybe the 2000 semi state win over North White, but I was pretty pumped up as a 4th grade fan for that one with my buddies. As a player, semi state practice in 2005 on a Tues/Wed before playing Sheridan. We actually moved practice to the east of the school to get a wind break.

Probably still pulling both the guard & tackle as well. That was a different wrinkle compared to other teams. They also like to let the interior line go when running outside so they can block downfield. They used to have a hybrid 5-3 to 5-2 (play like a 3-5/3-4 some instances). They have 3 down interior linemen and 2 standing up DE's and at least 2 inside LB's with a 3rd playing a monster or a nickel type db. Lengthy and quick but not really bulky up front. They look deceiving to put it in a way. Very physical type of guys.

Not sure how they operate this year, but past seasons they primarily ran the ball and looked for a simple pass play when they lull you to sleep. I believe they still have the twins and they are speedsters. They had done quite a bit off tackle in 2016 and 2nd man through with Kiser. Probably similar with some changes.

Good luck to Luers! Having a family kicker on your roster again and hope you guys can get to LOS!

SA 49 Southwood 21. No knock on Southwood, they are a really good team. This SA team is just that good in comparison of watching them play this year and seeing Southwood last week.

South Adams by a large margin. Southwood & AC was close until the Jets forced the issue and forgot how to tackle. Southwood had trouble defending AC's passing attack. South Adams passing attack is much better than AC's. Southwood can key on the pass, but SA has Miller & Summersett that can pound the ball as well. South Adams defense has looked like it has gotten much better on run defense than earlier in the year. Their pass defense is good enough to shut down the Southwood passing game and I think they'll have more pressure on the QB than AC did (though AC had a lot).

Looking forward to all 3 matchups this coming Friday night. Norwell vs Concordia should be a good one. Eastside vs Luers part 2 could be interesting. Then the one I'm biased about is AC vs Southwood (hoping the Jets can pull it off). Seems like this Southwood team is like the 2017 team that knocked out the Jets. Hoping for similar results of 2016 & 2018 that favored the Jets. It's filling the void of the old AC vs Southern Wells sectional games.

Currently SA is the team to beat so far in the North. Not enough body of work to make a statement on LCC. AC will have to deal with Southwood who is back in now. All teams have to beat COVID as well. It was definitely a tale of 2 halves for the AC vs SA regular season matchup. The Jets had started to ground and pound for much of the first half and were driving to score to get a larger lead when Currie was injured. After that, the game completely changed as AC went ultra vanilla in my opinion. South Adams did start running the ball with Miller blocking for Summersett and giving their passing offense more time. A rematch of both healthy would be interesting to see what happens. Still think SA has just a little more this year plus that bad taste in their mouth after last season.

Nice, hopefully Southwood can advance on as well as my Flying Jets for a good sectional final battle.