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2 hours ago, coach_schreibjr said:

This may be a reach but I always thought it'd be cool if they did a traveling state title. One year at Lucas Oil, next at Notre Dame Stadium, go to Bloomington, and then West Lafayette. I'm not sure if there is a stadium in the southern part of the state that would be feasible for a 6A state title.

I'm sure attendance would be much worse than it is now at Lucas Oil because they'd be outdoor games. But, at least those schools in the North & South wouldn't have to travel nearly as far every year. It would also take away that home game feeling those metro schools have when they play.

I'd rather keep Lucas Oil for the championship but use those venues for semi state games for the bigger classes. This is however using my method of determining semi state matchups instead of what is currently used. I'd rotate which regional winner plays which every three years. So currently it is basically NW vs NE and SW vs SE. I'd have a 3 year rotation and I'll use NE in this example (since that is my area). Year 1 NE vs NW and SW vs SE; Year 2 NE vs SW and NW vs SE; Year 3 NE vs SE and NW vs SW. Year 1 the first matchup could be at Notre Dame and the second in Bloomington. Year 2 I'm not sure what locations would work for those probably U of Indy or something like it. Year 3 could have the first matchup at Ball State and the 2nd at Purdue. I know many Ohio HS football fans wish they had a Lucas Oil venue for their state championship. The east side of Ohio has reclaimed holding the championships after a brief stay at the horseshoe. Many of the smaller division champs in Ohio are from the NW/WC Ohio area.

On 6/28/2020 at 9:15 PM, Titan32 said:

DST isn't the issue...the issue is the SW and NW corners of the state being on CST.  I think it is nuts that any of Indiana is on EST...just my opinion.  

Agree and I grew up on the Indiana & Ohio state line. I'm temporarily in Ohio but will hopefully be back in Indiana soon. I'm all for Indiana going to central time even living in Ohio currently but working in Indiana still.

12 hours ago, NE8Fan said:

May have to miss the Leo/Bellmont game week 6 since my kid isn’t playing and watch SA vs AC..  Should be a great one.   

I heard that the webcast is going to include Bellmont this year. At least the home games and whichever away schools in the NE8 that will allow them. Hope that is the case.

6 hours ago, Duke of Denham said:

I hate to get too excited about the upcoming 1A season, but the truth is I am frothing at the mouth.  Full froth!  So many good teams.  I am curious how LCC will replace the senior class from 2019?  I am very interested in how everything plays out in Adams County?  Who will emerge as the dark horse in 1A this season?  

I'm looking forward to a 2022 & 2023 seasons as a Jets fan. Some good talent in this year's freshmen class if they all stick with it. They had been 2 deep in youth & middle school. Also had a nice trio of backs that will be sophomores this year. Plus Heyerly & Currie as juniors and Collier as a senior. I still think South Adams will be even harder to beat this year with a chip on their shoulders. In a few years, I'll have Starfire cousins to root for (which will be odd) and then back to the Jets besides some Ohio schools (Crestview Knights & Parkway Panthers) to root for.

1 hour ago, NE8Fan said:

1 LCC

2 Adams Central

3 South Adams

4 Lutheran 

5 West Washington 

Curious to see what happens between 2 & 3. South Adams may get revenge this coming season, but maybe not. South Adams is still in that 2 year run window they expected. Adams Central has a really good freshman class coming in. Lose some key seniors, but have some good players coming back.

Found a different outlet to watch sports. Started watching people play the NCAA football games with created teams and certain stipulations to make it a challenge for them to win. Also watched other sports videogames they played using college & pro teams in different sports as well as the iRacing stuff. Now I just want to watch it since the real deal isn't quite back and won't be the normal for awhile. Also have been helping the step kids with their 4H projects, but the majority of my time has been chasing after my kids that are 2 and almost 1. If I wouldn't have found the sports videogames to watch, I'd be missing it more. However, the kids & step kids along with work have been keeping me busy so my down time is late at night, like how I'm posting at this time. 😁

These two I like. Yes my avatar looks like a changed version of Pioneer, but I'm an AC guy as most of you know. My avatar was a helmet my stepson and I came up with as we wanted to set it up for NCAA Teambuilder but we never got it on there. The inspiration for the avatar was being a Michigan fan and we incorporated the Chargers lightning bolt as the created team was to be the Power. Anyway, I believe South Adams had some cool yellow helmets back in the late 90s or early 2000s that were pretty cool as well.

Glad we made the list. The playing field is always very well kept by the maintenance staff. It hasn't changed much, but everything around it sure has. From the first games I watched as a young boy, to being on the sideline/playing of 4 years in high school & 2 years middle school, and to being a fan post playing days the mystique changed/faded. Not a knock on the field, just changes that take place in life.

As a young elementary kid, the field was right across from the playground. Naturally 85% of the boys in each grade would play football. You'd look over there and dream what it was going to be like. That changed (during my middle school years) as the new elementary section took up most of the playground. The next change was in the middle of my high school career. The new locker room & concession building was erected. It was definitely odd not making the trek across the parking lot onto the field. I missed the click clack of the cleats and some of the pregame rituals that had been done in and around the school. The new facility was/is nice, but was just different. The big change was the PA announcer retiring. I'm glad Coach McClure stepped up and is doing it, but it is different than Mr. Larry Tom's voice. His iconic "First Down Adams Central" had a unique ring to it that others just won't be able to match (no knock on them).

Now as a fan post playing days, it is also different. The stands are changed (for the better) but the seating arrangement changed a bit. Even a few of the regulars standing along the fence have moved spots it seems. My concern is more people are going to become like me and start watching the webcasts when life gets busy or the weather isn't that great. I love the webcast service, but I just don't want it to take away from the atmosphere at the Landing Strip (in the heart of the Airstrip in Monroe). Luckily the school is a close community and family members, friends, and neighbors feel the attachment to the students/athletes and the school to come out and support them very well.  

Though all of the change has taken place around the field, the field is still the same as it has always been. The beloved Flying Jets have been doing quite well with a few down years here and there. The kids still make the tunnel for the team to run through. The Flying Jets come out with their hard nosed running game with some play action mixed in, and bring the hard hitting defense. The fans are still knowledgeable of the rules and situations of the game. I believe the nachos and popcorn are still as good as they've always been and the hot chocolate keeps you warm in the deep playoff runs. The most important constant is that fans of all ages live for the Friday Night Lights to support their beloved Adams Central Flying Jets in person, listening to the radio, watching the webcast, checking their phone/devices all over the country and world. The luckiest ones are those in attendance at Monroe those Friday nights.

4 hours ago, Irishman said:

The link is to the field at Adams Central 

Great day to post it as the Berne Witness is replaying the 2000 State title game as well today.

Man that could be a lot of games personally.

Start with being a fan as a kid:

2000 Sectional as Adams Central beats Southern Wells after Southern Wells had the game won.

2000 1A State final when Adams Central comes out strong in the first half and then holds on with the defense to beat Attica

2004 AC wins the sectional over Southern Wells after being beat by 13 a few weeks earlier but mostly because Jeff & Joel came back on radio for that one game.

Games during playing days:

2005 Adams Central over Woodlan as a defensive roughing the passer call extends the game to one untimed down to send it to OT and the Jets win it.

2005 Adams Central over West Central in the regionals in an OT battle. Really special years later since the play maker for winning the game has passed on.

Games as a fan post playing days:

2015 Adams Central beats Bellmont for the first time in forever. (Hadn't played each other during the AC glory years and AC lost the year before)

The whole 2016 season as a big brother being a fan and then seeing the talent from the 2017 & 2018 seasons have success

2019 Adams Central win over South Adams in regional

I like the run and gun style, so why not bring the shot clock. 😁Actually, the best method would be to adopt from lacrosse,  the "timer on" which would eliminate the need for stall ball and the shot clock and problem solved. You wouldn't have the 16 to 12 and such. Though my grandfather played in a pretty famous stall game in the 50s in which his team won 5 to 4. I think he had scored 35 the previous game against a decent opponent. The opposing coach basically made it known that he wasn't getting that many on his team. I have a good story of in game happenings that I will keep to myself, as one secured it from being a tie game.

RB/DB Alex Currie is representing the Flying Jets at 145lbs. He is the wrestling coach's son and hopefully will make 2 more trips after this one. Maybe get the crown that his father was oh so close to years before. Alex kept our streak of sending a wrestler to state going in a down year. For all of our wrestling success at AC, we've only had 1 state champ and that was a few years before I was born! 

Prayers to his family and the Linton-Stockton community. 2016 had to be a great moment for he and his family. I'm glad he got to see that as many people aren't that lucky.

Where does this put Woodlan? They've started to go the other direction lately after being dominant in the ACAC. Will they be back to playing spoiler and close to the top but not quite there?

On 12/6/2019 at 12:05 PM, miner_35 said:

I like this list, BUT by just going the leaders list, the numbers are not going to be right. Adams Central would be above Eastbrook, as would Linton and WeBo . Of course, my math could be wrong, but I have Eastbrook at 108, Linton at 116, WeBo at 118, and Adams Central at 212. I found this by going to the individual team tournament history. However, I might have added wrong, I ran out of fingers and toes! :S

Just imagine if we (Adams Central) could have won some of those semi state appearances instead of just 1!

On 12/19/2019 at 10:41 PM, Woody_Hayes said:

I get the sentiment, but I’m not sure it matters DT. I know a program that hasn’t “live tackled” more than 5 times in the last 8 years. They’ve won 85% of their games over that period, put rings on fingers, and they haven’t lost a kid to injury during that time due to contact at practice. 

Marion Local hasn't done any live tackling in practice (NW Ohio) and have went to I believe 9 straight title games and at least winning 6 or 7 of them including this "down year" for them. My question is if the changing of technique is appropriate or not. I've saw some practice with tackling the back leg of the runner with head behind. I've saw others tackle with their head in front of the runner (like I was always taught). The one team tackling the back leg went 0-10 and the team that tackled with head in front went 12-2 with a semi state appearance that I observed. Is the new "Pete Carroll Seahawk" tackling technique the wrong method or just lack of execution? (I've been anti Pete & Seahawks due to my 49ers bias and I disliked him due to Rose Bowl drubbings to my Wolverines)

For AC, I would like to see Norwell as a measuring stick when they're good. Also would like to play our neighboring schools across the state line. Rotate between the two as we only played Parkway (Rockford OH) (Might MAC bottom feeder) before. I'd like to play Crestview (Convoy OH) just for personal reasons as they seem to be following in our footsteps. Those two Parkway & Crestview open their season against each other and have non conference each the following week (Week 3 for us which has been our last non conference week).

@LC_Bears_04 is our Pick'em Winner for this season. Thanks for everyone who participated this year, and here's to 2020 Football returning quickly!

East Noble

The IHSAA needs to give a penalty similar to the Southport Basketball team, if not worse.

East Noble vs Evansville Memorial

Congrats to LCC, just better in all phases of the game tonight. Good luck next weekend. Thanks to the AC seniors for their leadership on a great season that was only supposed to be a rebuilding one. Pressure is on next year's team to continue the tradition!

1 hour ago, Dixienormous said:

LCC-26 SA-14 this is gonna be a good game 

Ultimate disrespect by putting SA instead of AC. Hope that wasn't intentional!

37 minutes ago, FlyingHigh said:

You can watch it here: https://bernewitness.com/webcast

Will be watching on the webcast. Hopefully they get the issues of the last 2 weeks resolved.

This is just icing on the cake at this point for us Jets fans. Talking with a couple of other fans at youth wrestling and 3-6 to 4-5 were the expectations for the regular season. Instead they went 8-1 and are now in Semi State when a Regional trip was overachieving. Will we run into another Kizer or Zachery this time with Barrett? Let the chips fall where they may.