BTF

Another embarrassing night for the north.

Two tight games in a row for Chatard.

Proof that passing to keep the defense honest is overrated.

The only school I see suffering from mass exodus to the burbs is Snider. What was once a white collar community has turned, by and large, blue collar in a hurry. Socioeconomic factors plays a big part as does the decline in enrollment from 2200 to 1800. Overall, it's still a good community with fantastic support for the football program. The coaching staff has done an excellent job despite the challenges facing them. Look for Snider to continue to be a player in the upcoming years. They had a young team this year that struggled against teams with good quarterbacks. I can't imagine Fort Wayne dropping another public school. They already dropped Elmhurst and Harding. Although Harding wasn't FWCS, 95% of their student body were from inside Fort Wayne city limits.

I agree that the MIC normally has the best teams with some serious push from the HCC. Can't really compare the MIC to the SAC though due to massive enrollment differences.

2014 Snider 32, Westfield 24 2015 Snider 64, New Pal 61 2016 Westfield 23, Snider 17 (nice come from behind win for the Shamrocks) 2017 Carmel 22, Snider 21 (nice come from behind win for the Greyhounds) 2018 Carmel 20, Snider 6 Five games in the past seven years.............all pretty respectable.

I would have to re-watch it before getting into an all out debate. In watching the replay, I felt like I had a pretty good look................if there was contact, a love tap was all it was. Again, not the only reason Dwenger lost, but it certainly didn't help. Stax..............unfortunately I cannot find a video recording of the game. I'd like to re-watch that play too. Anyway, kudos to Zionsville for taking out Fort Wayne's best team.

Although the two hour bus ride sucked for sure, I'm more disturbed by the phantom pass interference call that led to the game tying score. Not that that was the ONLY reason Dwenger lost, but damn. Not sure what the ref actually was looking at there. At the end of the day, this isn't sour grapes about an SAC team losing for me. It's more about which school has a morsel of a chance to beat Cathedral. I felt like Dwenger had a defense that could have kept them in the game. Either way, Cathedral would be a two touchdown favorite against any other team in the 5a field this year. Some would even say three.

I actually enjoyed watching Homestead, Dwenger, Carroll, North Side, and Concordia do battle with one another. Some very good games. Agree. It doesn't help that Snider is the only 6A team that is competitive with the Indy big boys. Homestead lays an egg every single time. I'm not sure if or when they will ever turn the corner. I feel like Homestead plays high level 5A football. Take the comment from the Dwenger poster with a grain of salt. Dwenger is the Notre Dame of high school football (although Cathedral may take that personally). Jason Garrett has that Saints on pretty solid ground. Although your idea of adding Leo, East Noble, and Warsaw isn't bad, I'm not sure who you would eliminate other than South Side. Wayne will be on or above Leo's or EN's level in a couple of years in my opinion. And adding those teams doesn't do much to make Snider, Homestead, and Carroll better. I think the ONLY answer to Fort Wayne being competitive on a 6a level is to split the conference in two divisions to allow for non-conference games. Those three should have at least one game every year against one team from the MIC/HCC and one game against a Region/SB school. The island conference does everything for the 2a-5a schools, but absolutely NOTHING for the 6a programs.

Agree

It won't happen next year. Snider will be much improved next year, but move down to 5a. A date with Cathedral in November 2021 may be looming. No one will take Homestead or Carroll serious until they compete competitively in 6a against teams outside of Northeast Indiana. I'll also argue that every time Snider plays Carmel or Westfield, it's always a good game.

While your opinion is always respected, I think you missed the mark on the SAC this year DT. With regard to how the season ended, let's take a look at each game. Bishop Luers took care of business against Tipton much easier than most thought they would. I don't think anyone around the state (if they really follow football) was expecting Homestead to do much against Westfield. Dwenger lost a game they probably win 9 times out of ten by two touchdowns. And Concordia, the SAC's 5th best team, took one of Indy's best down to the wire. Really, the only disappointment here was the Dwenger game. I don't think you can judge the entire conference based on that one game. Both Homestead and Carroll had above average teams this year. Dwenger was typical Dwenger. Luers is flexing its muscle against schools of similar size (you could argue P/P advantages here). Concordia gave one of the best teams in the state a run for their money. Wayne is trending up with the addition of Sherwood Haydock at the helm. North Side had one of their best teams in decades. Northrop was typical Northrop. South Side showed life playing it's first non-conference game. Snider was down considerably. Overall, I feel like the league was up this year from top to bottom. Not by much though.

Does Whiteland's resume look any better than Valpo or Zionsville's?

Dating back to 2016 the SAC has a record of 50-26 against non-SAC opponents in the postseason. Please elaborate on the "cycle" you speak of with facts. In an earlier post, you said................"Tipton , better regular season competition." Tipton (9-2 against better competition) loses to Luers (6-6 against weaker competition) by a score of 36-17. Does that add up? Does it make any sense whatsoever? I'd like to see some of your comments backed up with facts, that's all.

Lol, that's a bit of a stretch.

Debatable. Valpo has a heck of a program. It would have been a good rematch.

Second best team in 5a just bit the dust. This game was more of a head scratcher than than when the Saints lost to Homestead.

The ref must have left his glasses at home, he may have cost Dwenger the game with that pass interference call.

Westfield 28, Homestead 9. The Shamrocks are all they were advertised.

Another Dwenger turnover. Zionsville must have nine lives tonight.

Chatard 28, Concordia 18........final Great game

Dwenger dominating Zionsville tonight and somehow it's a 21-21 game. Anything can happen in football.

Kudos to Concordia. They took one of Indy's best to the wire. Gonna come up short though.

Spoke too soon. Concordia's D steps up, now has the ball. Going to be a long night for the Spartan's, they won't keep up with Westfield score for score. Dwenger's really outplayed Zionsville. Still only a one score game though.

Onside kick backfires against Concordia.........Chatard gets the short field. Concordia is tired, gonna be a rough 4th quarter.