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Now that I think about it. Catholic schools are at a disadvantage. The Protestant practice of adult baptism by immersion would teach MUCH better tackling form than the Catholic sacrament.

Once again. You hear what you want to hear. And nothing will change your mind to the contrary.

I think the OP accidentally put Cathedral in 6A and 4A in the first two posts. Then QB coach moved up the "largest" school in each class to accommodate. Notice Guerin (3A/4A cut line) and Centerville (2A/3A line) are moved just like Providence (largest 1A but 2A in the sectional alignment projection.) That's why those projections are fun to discuss but FAR from anything official. *Question* Does IHSAA set 6A (32) then 5A (32) - then evenly divide the bottom 4 classes? Or do they set 64-64-64-60ish in 1A? I don't think there are 320+ football schools which would mean 1A gets 64 then additional teams added at 5a?

Wow. Total brain fart moment on my part. I used to joke about the two years or so where Knox, Pike, and Dubois were all central before voting to move back to eastern. The voting public roundly proclaimed ‘We tried progress (Central) … but didn’t like it.’ 😀

Agree on the fall count vs spring count issue. Way too early to worry about it. Salem and Charlestown (up to 4A) could really shake up the SE Indiana sectional. Washington and Bosse are right on the 3/4 cut line as well as WeBo, North Montgomery, and Centerville are close to 2/3A. Those schools could change the groupings for what was 29/30 and 31/32 in the last classifications. I do not think West Vigo will placed in the "southwest" sectional again and highly unlikely Owen Valley is either. They will almost certainly be grouped with Edgewood. Personally I would love to see Bosse go down to 3A setting up an all CENTRAL time sectional. Mt Vernon, Memorial, Mater Dei, Gibson Southern, Princeton, Heritage Hills, Southridge, and Bosse.

Agreed. I’m curious about the timeframe as well. Fishers has only been a school for 15 years or so. Pretty short lifespan to be considered dynastic over a school like Ev Reitz.

That was my interpretation as well. Sectionals will now be "annual" placements for football. (And maybe other sports as well?) This year's Dwenger to 4A and resulting 3-sectional shuffle occurred mid-season.

https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/12/14/ihsaa-football-courier-press-announces-2023-all-metro-team/71841408007/ Courier Press All Metro POY: Elijah Wagner, Bosse OFFENSE QB: Elijah Wagner, Bosse, 5-11, 166, Sr. QB: Sam McKinney, North, 6-0, 180, Sr. RB: Antonio Harris, Castle, 6-2, 190, Sr. RB: Maximus McCool, Castle, 6-0, 195, Jr. RB: Cainen Northington, North, 5-10, 170, Sr. WR: Roland Vera Jr, Reitz, 5-9, 170, Sr. WR: Luke Ellspermann, Memorial, 5-11, 165, Jr. WR: Hayden Summers, Reitz, 6-2, 180, Sr. TE: Brooks Thomas, Harrison, 6-7, 235, Jr. OL: Quentin Boeke, Reitz, 6-5, 275, Sr. OL: Timothy Dixon, North, 6-0, 285, Sr. OL: Ethan Goodin, Mater Dei, 6-5, 240, Sr. OL: Parker Mattingly, Memorial, 6-5, 240, Jr. C ) Delshan Davis, North, 6-1, 330, Sr. Athlete: Tizhaun Tomlinson, Bosse, 6-2, 175, Jr. Athlete: Matthew Fisher, Memorial, 6-3, 205, Jr. Kicker: Kiefer Sanderson, Reitz, 5-10, 155, Sr. DEFENSE DL: Kaleb Harris, North, 6-3, 215, Sr. DL: Levi Oxley, Reitz, 6-1, 225, Sr. DL: Jayden Hazelwood, North, 6-4, 310, Sr. DL: Calab Utley, Reitz, 6-3, 270, Sr. LB: Alex Broshears, Memorial, 5-11, 190, Jr. LB: Ayden Wells, Reitz, 5-10, 215, Sr. LB: Aiden Scheu, Mater Dei, 6-0, 205, Sr. LB: Gavin Leach, Castle, 6-2, 190, Jr. DB: Spencer Turner, Mater Dei, 5-10, 185, Sr. DB: Kasey Hospelhorn, North, 6-0, 180, Sr. DB: Wyatt Stratman, Mater Dei, 5-11, 180, Sr. DB: JJ Lowery, Memorial, 5-8, 125, So. Athlete: Donovan Baker, Memorial, 5-11, 195, Sr. Athlete: Royal Elliott, Bosse, 6-0, 170, Sr. Punter: Lane Gabbard, Central, 6-1, 215, Sr. Player of the Year: Elijah Wagner, Bosse Coach of the Year: John Hurley, Memorial and Joey Paridaen, North

Does Coach Goebel remain as the longest tenured head coach in the SIAC? Or has 40+ years patrolling the sidelines as an coordinator/HC come to an end? I would hate for an unsuccessful two point conversion against 12(!) defenders to be his last play call as a coach.

It's also possible someplace east like Scottburg, Madison, or South Dearborn could return to 4A. (They have been that size before.) That might push an Edgewood to 24 like BNL was last year. Also I could see Northview coming back to 24. Unless the IHSAA keeps the bye there.

RIP to Memorial’s time in sectional 24. 13-1 with 4 sectional titles over 5 years was not a bad run.

*** me quickly Googling "manga" *** I guess I have lived a sheltered life, despite my public school upbringing.

If the Princeton Clarion can do an ‘All-County’ team, I would think a Hamilton County team would be appropriate.

That is funny. Comical, in fact. But I'm glad you heard what you wanted to hear.

Ugh. Thanks for that reminder. Wodicka was a dude.

I don’t care if he is going to Miami of Ohio or the Miami Academy of Hair Design - he was was the best HS player in the state of Indiana this year.

10/06/2000 Heritage Hills 90, Pike Central 0 #NeverForget Where's Muda when you need him? LOL

Until Indiana crosses the 320 mark, I think 32-64-64-64-64-32 just makes so much sense. Now that Scottsburg and Silver Creek are back, would there be any schools added that weren’t at the lower end of enrollments? Maybe if TH split into a North-South-East system. Are there any other places around the state where an HSE-Fishers type split would occur?

Thanks. When it comes to an IEP, 504, and the Life Skills class I am WAY out of my lane. I was just aware of the Marian Educational Outreach program and the resources provided.

Curious where you looked. https://www.reitzmemorial.org/resource-accommodations I will agree the Life Skills classroom and student count are both smaller than a public school.

I always forget about Bishop Webo and St. Gibson of Southern. Why say "they" when what you really mean is Chatard and Lutheran? And there have been more public 2A champs (Rensy, Southridge, Monrovia, WeBo x 3) than privates in the SF era (Ritter x2, Andrean, Mater Dei, and now Luers)

I'm a fan of Coach McDonald and the program they are building at Providence. They've just run into Indy Lutheran at the regional level. Members of this forum will be happy to know my friends over there anticipate growing enrollment and moving to 2A.

And those were both schools playing up already due to SF. Starting next year, the Indy Diocese is going to consider Mooresville a Parochial school as well. That's the only way beating Roncalli and Brebeuf in back to back weeks can be explained.

I prefer Calpreps just because it includes Out of State games. When you have teams like Gibson Southern or East Central - who bolster weak conference play with strong OOS competition I think it's important to consider. But I really got hooked on Calpreps in the 2017-2021 era if you look at the abundance of out of state games played by Cathedral and Chatard. Almost half of their regular season schedule was OH or KY schools, which never factor into Sagarin.

I had been following the ‘local’ teams in SW Indiana that were playing in state finals - HH, NP, and Mt Carmel. I saw MtC was losing but didn’t see the final score. Byron - enrollment 449 had 54 players (only 4 freshmen) on their roster. impressive. I like the seeding in Illinois, but give me Thanksgiving weekend at Lucas Oil over Peoria, Dekalb, or Champaign any day.