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The MAC is the best small school conference in the country. They are all at the mercy of the rural make up, however they are just big, strong, and fast German Catholic kids. All very well coached. Have quite a few D1 guys in the past & NFL guys. Especially St. Henry for NFL guys. They are just anomalies it seems. This ML team for sure. They are just on a different level than many small schools. Thankfully our Jets don't have to play fhem.

Idk, they're so darn good that it could be possible. They kept the 7pm start time driving forever away to Linton to win 45-6. They beat much larger Ohio schools as well. 2 titles in our Stateline area and hopefully 3 with Coldwater this morning. They have a tough Kirtland squad though.

I'm an AC guy, but if you have watched Marion Local play and their size advantage you would understand. Their defense would figure our offense out and their lines are no joke. We wouldn't match up well to their WRs besides the 3 or 4 headed monster in the back field. Might not be a running clock for sure but it could turn that way with MLs special teams play. I'd hope to put up a Minster style fight only falling 21-7. Minster was most likely the 2nd best D7 team and Columbus Grove the 3rd best. AC is probably somewhere between Minster & Columbus Grove. Grove lost 41-6 to ML in the semis and ML turned it over 3x in the red zone and 1 deep in CG territory leading to their only score.

They are just ridiculous. Only 55 minutes from us at AC. They'd probably running clock our state champion Jets.

Miner fans, Marion Local was up 33-0 after 1 in their state title game. Just put it in to be up 40-0 at the beginning of the 2nd.

The Miners will probably be able to say after this coming weekend that they lost to state champions to start & end their season. Both from neighboring counties in 2 states. Just shows you that Linton will play anyone to improve themselves. A great program in Southern Indiana that went home with red medals & a trophy when I'm guessing most didn't expect it this year. I hope the community down there is proud of their team and remember they knocked out the 3x defending champions! That's a pretty good season!

Yep I was! A lot of frustrations taken out on the Miners. Good game Linton! We know how that feels. Mission accomplished!

That good. They probably should have beat our Jets last year but couldn't get it done the 2nd half. They were the better team in the 1st half.

Twins going at it lol! I have the utmost respect for Linton and am excited for our Jets to play them at state. Hope for a great game!

Great season for South Adams! AC!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 straight finals appearances!

Oh yes we have and unfortunately my senior season was one with injuries & etc. I know we had some Sophomores & Juniors focus on other sports this year. Also the freshman class has had some struggles and had a couple good players move to South Adams. The 8th grade improved this year but struggled in youth & 7th grade. 7th grade was decent but has had some struggles. Same for our 5th & 6th grade, though they turned it on after SA embarrassed them. Was a great wake up call. South Adams has some players coming up. Our MS & HS staff do a great job though off teaching the fundamentals and getting the best out of what they have.

Think Luers & AC are scheduled but those are thought to be some down years coming up for AC unless they can get all 4 grades to come together for production.

Linton & AC now in 2A is hard to believe isn't it? Both back at semi state too! Good luck to our Southern twin Linton!

Game Day Adams County! Though both are road underdogs, I'm still excited we have 2 programs playing for a shot at a trip to the state finals in Indy. Having family attending currently and attended in the past at both schools, as well as Bellmont, these games mean a lot to us and our communities. Though rivals when playing each other the last couple of weeks have shown the support the county has for both programs & wanting them to succeed. I think everyone can agree that the word gritty can be used to describe both of these teams. Starting with the Starfires, the Tri comeback & upsetting MG show that. A lot of teams would have folded in the position they were in against Tri at half. They found a way and look where they are now. As for the Jets, I think a lot of people thought it may be a rebuilding year after the Garrett game. Turned out the Railroaders are pretty good & playing at semi state as well. The Jets picked themselves up and got back to their winning ways. This year's senior group has always been in the shadows of the class of 2024 since the youth football days. They have always done the dirty work without a lot of recognition. They may not have been as gifted in terms of athleticism as the class before them, but they made it up with toughness, determination, and GRIT! As the Starfires head to North Judson and the Flying Jets to Andrean, soak in the moment that you are playing for a shot at state again. Embrace the underdog mentality and let it all out on the field. Show your opponents that grit you have shown us these past few years & weeks. After all Adams County is a farming & manufacturing county full of people that display hard work, determination, stubbornness, and grit. Win or lose tonight we are extremely proud of how you represent our small county! Go Starfires! Go Flying Jets!

Would be cool to see the Adams County contingent cheering on the underdog Starfires and Jets one right after the other. This year especially for me having a senior cousin cheerleader who also plays in the band with her freshman brother for SA and the Seniors through Sophomores I coached in youth football for AC.

I'd have neutral sites for semi state. Used to say regional, but now I'm not. I think the tournament should be seeded by regionsls not sectionals. We keep the sectional championships but seed the regional to determine home field. I'm not a fan of requiring turf but the grass should at least be playable & in great condition.

I'm an AC guy over everything else but I want to see Bellmont get back to having deep playoff runs. Especially now with AC 2A, SA 1A, & Bellmont 3A. My ultimate dream is all 3 making the state finals in the same year & all 3 winning it all. May never happen but I can dream! Be cool to see Wells County do that as well.

Notice though it's not really AC people complaining but I don't look everywhere to confirm. Heck most years we kept saying we probably could have won 2A instead of 1A during some of the Pioneer, LCC, and now Lutheran runs of 1A. Especially the year Woodlan was in the 2A game and we beat them by 9 or so in the conference championship game to end the regular season.

Linton fans have to be thrilled after the first week game. BTW the Flyers won 61-0 tonight & fully expect them to beat their toughest playoff opponent in Regional Final next week. Now to face Indy Lutheran! Good luck Miners our twin to the South!

I had going to semi state as above to meeting expectations with as much lost to graduation. My wonder is if Bluffton was in Eastern's sectional, would we have had another ACAC regional? I believe we would have.

@Thor77 whooped us this year like 77-0 so the Starfires have a lot of talent coming up.

Not bad for the little farm county in NE Indiana to get 2 out of 3 to semi state. Neither will be favored this coming week. 4 years in a row they had a 1A state finalist. Getting it done! What do you say @FlyingHigh @260AC @Thor77? Small town football grows here!

Guessing it will be NJSP vs SA in the North and South Putnam vs Providence in the South.

Go Jets! Go Starfires!

AC 41 Eastside 19 wirh 4mins left in 4th