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In this game, there was a Roughing the Kicker call on Zionsville during live play, then an immediate dead ball Unsportsmanlike Conduct call on Cathedral. I believe (according to the announcers) that both fouls were marked off and then it became 1st and 10 for Cathedral. Was there a time in the past where it would have been 1st and 25 for Cathedral because their foul was dead ball? I'm positive I've seen 1st and 25's due to dead ball fouls in the past. Maybe they were at a different level, though.

Correction (as I wasn't allowed to edit my post, for some reason): 4 regular season losses BTW, before Coach Geesman came in 1973, Penn had losing seasons in 9 of its first 13 years.

And, the 5 regular season losses this season were to teams who are currently 32-1 and still in the tournament. 4 of those 5 losses were by a total of 6 points (Indy Cathedral being the exception). And they STILL haven't had a losing season since 1972!

Just a fact. Just thought it was an impressive streak

From what I understand, Penn was the last remaining team in the state to have won at least one playoff game each year since the expansion to the all-in format in 1985. That streak was broken tonight at Chesterton.

LaSalle is all-male, as is Moeller. Another all-male school in the Cincinnati area is Covington Catholic, just across the river.

Penn at Cincinnati St. Xavier is cancelled on 9/11 According to the Harrell site, Andrean is off that week, also. That would be a good matchup.

Latest word from Ohio, if they are allowed to play at all...Maximum of 6 regular season games, then an all-in playoff. Schools have no minimum number of games they have to play. They could theoretically play no regular season games and go straight to the playoffs. All districting will be done just before the playoffs start and they see who's all going to participate. Seeding will be performed and it will carry through all the way to the quarterfinal or semifinal round in each class. All games played at highest seed school.

That's the speculation of what he will say at tomorrow's press conference.

From the interim Ohio state medical director: All participants (players, coaches, officials) are to be tested within 72 hours of each game. Any positive test cancels the game and appears to result in quarantine of all participants.

Will success factor require them to move up?

Actually, Ohio didn't think there were enough winners, so about 5 years ago they added another (7th) full class (not like Indiana's 6A half-size class). So, now there are 224 teams in the tournament, a little over 30%. All first round games (which are coming up this weekend) are played at the better ranked teams, then they go to neutral sites for the rest of the playoffs.

It's more impressive when you consider that the first 10 or so of those 15 losses were at the beginning of the series in the 60's. Penn didn't beat them until Geesman came.

A sad situation in Dayton at the Dunbar-Cincinnati Roger Bacon game. Dayton player head-butted one official and was going towards another before being restrained after being flagged for Unsportsmanlike Conduct. Game was called. Dayton Dunbar in particular and the Dayton Public Schools in general have been on probation with the OHSAA for various misdeeds (including intentionally trying to lose a game to manipulate the playoff standings). This will just add to them. Also, another game called in the 2nd period in Cincinnati between 2 city teams after a fight broke out

Penn hasn't had a sub-.500 season since 1972. Is that the current longest streak in the state?

Hope so, 'cause Penn has them at home in 2 weeks

He's always answered me very quickly: john_harrell@comcast.net or tweet to @JohnRHarrell

For those who despise Penn, what are the reasons other than they are big and win a lot?