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19 minutes ago, Staxawax said:

Webo is a 100% rural school. Not Indy nor a doughnut county.

Agree.  Webo is rural enough that we burned a 30’ wooden boat beside SR32 as the team drove by this morning.   #burntheships

I’m not basing this statement on just the loss to Sheridan, but I think Webo has their work cut out for them to place 4th or higher in conference this year (let alone come out as the champions).  Yes Robbie Taylor looked good last year but he had a fantastic line in front of him.

On 12/9/2019 at 2:50 PM, Hughes said:

Surprised that the 2nd leading tackler in the state could not make the 2A defense.

My understanding of IFCA awards, like coach's association awards for other sports, is that it starts with the players' own coaches.  If they don't put your name in the hat, you're not going to be one of the candidates.  I firmly believe that my son would not have received his all-state honors if I had not asked one of the coaches if his stats made him worthy of submission.  I could tell that they had not put much thought into submitting his name until I asked the question.  Knowing this and then also seeing kids who had lackluster stats (in various positions) make the lists, likely because more names were not brought forward, devalued the awards in my mind.  The same thing happened in volleyball this year when I saw that a mid-tier volleyball program in our conference had two girls that received coach's association all-state honors.  Both girls were okay players but not all-state caliber.  Their coach did a great job of getting them exposure.  

Regarding recruitment at the next level, there are always examples of 1A-3A standouts who get few if any looks by D1 or even decent D2 programs.  My assumption is, yes he is a stud...a 1A (or 2A or 3A) stud.  Is this a correct assumption?   Of course there are certain players like Jack Kiser or guys who are physical specimens who get recruited but those situations don’t appear to be typical. Do mid-tier and higher D1 coaches focus most of their effort searching for talent in 6A programs?

4 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

For some reason, in name of sportsmanship and player safety gets thrown out after Sectionals.......    makes no sense to me either. 

I thought it might be because the IHSAA assumed that large gaps in competitiveness diminish somewhat after sectionals. 

15 minutes ago, Titan54 said:

No, I think the average private schools kids have inherent advantages.  

I agree that there is potential here.  If you are a parent that is willing to send your child to a private school, I would assume that your willingness to spend time and money on out of season club sports or individual lessons might be higher than average.  That is unless you’re a volleyball parent in Delaware Co because that is the bar over in the volleyball hot-bed.  

1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Public School can also accept out of boundary students if Family pays tuition.   Most Public schools are open I believe.   

So is it really an advantage?   

Not every public school accepts out of boundary kids (was told Zionsville is an example), however many do.  Webo as an example is open enrollment and actively advertises positive qualities of the school. Do they do it for sports recruiting?  No, they do it because of state funding.  Moving from 3A to 2A might be a nice benefit for sports, but administrators know exactly what each headcount is worth.  

21 minutes ago, Titan54 said:

If private isn’t an advantage why would parents sacrifice to send their kids there?

I’m not going to argue if it provides an advantage with sports, but I would have to assume many parents do it for the education.  Especially if they live in areas of cities that fall short on academic excellence.  When my son went to Cathedral for a non-affiliated sports club, I remember seeing a poster that said the avg GPA of all their student athletes was crazy high.  If they attract good students who are also good athletes, win-win for them.  Others might go for religious reasons.  Another group might be the ones that live in a 5/6A school district with extracurricular programs that are ultra competitive and/or they just don’t like the big school feel.  My heathen kids all went the public route.  

5 minutes ago, 36_Belly said:

You are absolutely right! However, with 6:20ish left in the 2nd qtr, there was a blatant block in the back on 3rd and 8 that was missed and the result of the play was a 34 yard pass completion. WB ended up scoring on that drive.

Maybe WEBO was making up for the late hit made on Wright while he was on the ground at 3 mins-ish in the 1st quarter.  Regardless of potential missed penalties (on either team), Webo owned the first half.  

2 minutes ago, Donnie Baker said:

21-0 Webo 2nd qtr. Looks like no ref excuses this year.

I thought I saw a late hit from EB while Wright was laying on the ground but I’ll let it pass.  

No guarantee on the outcome of the game but one thing is guaranteed, the Webo nation will show up in force. As big or bigger than any other school on Friday or Saturday.

An even bigger debate...will any school, regardless of size, be able to top Webo’s fan-base at state?  Last year’s tailgate and 2A game attendance was very impressive. 

Congrats Stars!

This thread is a hoot.  It’s like watching the news crew fights in Anchorman.  Everyone has a weapon and is ready to use it. 

I am impressed by Danville's play lately.  It's not a shock that Webo might make it this far again but who knew that the Warriors would be competing for a shot to play the week of Thanksgiving also.  

Webo will travel 65 minutes to play Triton Central in the 2A south semi-state.  Who you got? 

3 hours ago, 1st_and_10 said:

Webo was absolutely dominant

The MD and TC game isn’t exactly an offensive barn burner right now.  The winners of that game better be on their horse next week based on how Webo is playing.  

For those who like to drink heavily while watching high school football, here is a link to tonight's broadcast.  https://www.ihsaatv.org/watch/heritage-christian-western-boone-2019-football-wbtv-sports

(I'm not saying I do, I'm not saying I don't)

3 hours ago, XStar said:

How did Danville and Tri-West escape 28 while Crawfordsville and North Montgomery were included?  Don't you almost literally drive through Tri-West if you're traveling from Indy to Crawfordsville?

It's like the Webo girls track team driving past the Zionsville sectional on their way to the sectional at HSE which is twice the distance from Webo. 

This has been mentioned on GID already but dang, 28 is stacked.  It has the 3A Sagarin #1-3, #6 and #11 in that sectional.  Chatard and WL are both top 20 overall.  

On 8/13/2019 at 6:58 AM, 1st_and_10 said:

You sandbagging, bro?  LOL

Webo should be pretty solid, lost a lot in the receiving corp, yet I think the younger kids are starting to put it together with Wright. 

TW will be good with Robertson & Hendershot back. 

Lebanon has the young Harker slinging it...

And we don't make shirts until it happens... 🙂

As you called out, I think the receiving game is the biggest change I have seen for Webo to this point.  Wright had a number of options last year, Hole is the go-to guy this season.  Thankfully Wright can scramble with the best of them when he runs out of time in the pocket.  Looking at the stats, Webo has twice as many yards on the ground as compared to passing.  The offense in a nutshell appears to be the Wright/Wethington/Hole show.  It will be interesting to see how this plays out if things remain the same come tournament time.  

Another big change is seeing Wright on defense.  I knew that two platooning was unique to the team last year but I did not anticipate seeing Wright on the other side of the ball.  Obviously smaller programs will rely on their best athletes when needed, I just hope he stays healthy.  

On 8/13/2019 at 7:02 AM, 1st_and_10 said:

All the turf is down from end zone to end zone and the sidelines... Now to get it painted.

Interesting to see how they do the numbers. 

https://twitter.com/WeBoAthletics/status/1161979949676449792

On 8/5/2019 at 9:10 AM, 1st_and_10 said:

They had some issues at one end, it has been resolved... No turf being laid as of last Thursday.  Hopefully in the next couple of days they start laying it. Last I heard they were going to have 2 crews out to lay it in hopes of cutting the time down.

The crew was laying down the initial runs last night.  One of the workers told me that they might have it done within a week.  It was interesting to see them sewing the sections together.  

The track now has the pavement base. 

In conference, I find myself rooting more for Danville and Tri-West in the postseason.  Both teams have solid programs and typically finish well in conference.  Out of conference, I respect Tipton based on the tough challenge they presented to Webo in sectionals the last two years.

Growing up as a Star and having kids who went to Webo, I love to see Lebanon loose in every sport possible, every single sport.  The 4A football sectional always puts a smile on my face.  Beyond generational rivalry, I don't have a ton of respect for a school who's biggest sports rival is almost half their enrollment.    With that, I will say the animosity appears to have settled down a bit in the last 1-2 years.  The two schools came together during basketball sectionals in 2017 to mourn the loss of a Webo student who passed unexpectedly. 

Also not a fan of private schools (attitudes and competitive advantage).  Brebeuf wearing straw hats and overalls to a Webo home volleyball game a few years ago definitely contributes to my dislike.