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Congratulations to all players selected. I would add disclaimer 1b. At the regional level, each coach is allowed to nominate 4 (I think) players. Combine that with your other points, and yes there are always deserving players who may not be named.

Agreed. If you are concerned about a money making racket selling false hope, I suggest you head west from Westfield HS and check out Grand Park on a weekend. Plenty of empty promises at a travel soccer or baseball tournament.

Apples to oranges. If you are in college, you can enroll in a master's program or find another university via the graduate transfer rules. If I have completed my education at Rural County High, why wouldn't I try to go play at Covington Catholic or Louisville Trinity? Kentucky just can't bring themselves to admit Andy Beshear done messed up. (Maybe I should re-take senior level English? LOL)

Agreed. Hate every bit of this.

I think more SIAC/PAC schools should use "C" teams. In a perfect world, it would be freshmen only. But there's always a few sophomores that really shouldn't play JV because of size or perhaps it's their first year ever playing. In my experience, it's especially true of OL/DL. I would rather see a sophomore who hasn't hit puberty yet get some reps in a C game than sit the bench on Monday nights. That's another thing. Why not play JV/Frosh on Saturday mornings? It's common in other parts of the state but doesn't seem to be popular in SW Indiana.

Any Non-success list would have to include Pike Central. Has the IHSAA football tournament been around in its current format since 1985? 1986? Pike Central has won one sectional game in that time span. Not won the sectional. ONE GAME. So their postseason record is 1-35. If that doesn't define a team that can't be competitive as a 3A school, I don't know what does.

Apologies to you and @Donnie Baker I glanced at the Membership Map https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/calendars/MembershipMap.pdf and confused I-74 with the county line between the two. It appears then Seeger (Warren) is the single HS exception and not Fountain Central. Great point. It's always easier to support a winner.

Good info, thanks. I wish I was better on my geography, but those two counties do seem to indicate my question. Great hypotheticals. Would a 4A Adams County High be competitive in the "Northeast Nine"? Would South Jay and North Jay be 2A powers? Trying to check out the IHSAA membership map, it appears Fountain Central might be the only example I can find of a single county HS having winning teams on a regular basis I don't have a good reason as to why this appears to be the case. It just seems to be a common occurrence.

You and @1st_and_10 want to make it a rural thing. I think @DT's original point and the one I agree with (did I just say I agree with him???) is that schools that are the ONLY school in the "county" rarely have success. Switzerland Brown Crawford Jay Union Jennings Owen Valley Pike Central Benton Central Rushville Connersville I am not saying a rural school or a school named _____ County won't have a good football program. I just can't think of a school that is the ONLY public school in the county that has had football success.

I would add: Benton Central Connersville Pike Central Rushville These schools don't have "county" in the title, but they are the only HS in the county. If you looked over the last decade, you probably count on one hand the winning seasons between all of them COMBINED. I don't think it's a school pride thing, as I'm sure all of these have that. Heck, Rushville even can claim Tony Stewart as a source of community pride. The other thing is that these schools are all 3-4A. Same can be said of Jay County. This leads me to think it's something more along the lines of geography. Because they are the only school in the county, they draw a large number of students, but the economic resources are also spread out over a larger area as well. I don't have an answer as to WHY they struggle, but I think it's more a function of population density/ property tax base. They are 3/4A schools fielding 1-2A level football.

Just mind-boggling to me. I can't imagine going to a HS of 4,000 - let alone 6,000 students. I thought for sure it would have split by now, similar to Fishers/Hamilton SE. It looks like they are redistricting in 2021-22 for the Elem/MS levels: https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1608046144/ccsk12inus/edfdfop6pf1fxel1iaru/2021-22_ApprovedBoundaries.pdf Three 1,400 capacity MS feed one HS.

Interesting that we are talking about symmetry of classes. I’m thinking they don’t care much. IHSAA just released the boys sectional draw. Some have 5 teams, most have 6 or 7, and a few even have 8. Tell me how that is symmetry for that tournament?

Thanks for the info, Rudy. I knew SIAC had week 9 fixed (neighborhood rivalries) but couldn't remember which weeks rotated. Before weeks 1 & 2 were set as non-conference, weeks 3-6 were the only ones which were conference-only. I remember North travelling to Detroit Jesuit week 8 and Central/Boonville and Mater Dei/Mt. Vernon were common matchups in Weeks 7/8. I hope they can figure out a rotation in the future, which should be easier now that the conference is a 9 game schedule.

I'm assuming based on the below tweet that Roncalli and Cathedral have scheduled a game for 2023?

I watched that one too. I hated it for the fans/players/coaches. But it was cool to get home and watch the last 3 quarters of that game. Felt like I was watching a late night Pac 12 game on FoxSports... except it was a better brand of football. LOL

One of the highlights for me during the regional round has been the guys at SEI Local Sports. Usually a 4A team has to face East Central or a 3A team will face Lawrenceburg who both have games on there. Ev Central vs East Central (2x), Ev Memorial/ Heritage Hills/ Southridge vs Lawrenceburg. I've had a chance to watch all 5 of those broadcasts over the last few years. Great production staff and crew, IMO.

Illinois HS boy's basketball will finish up March 13th with no state tournament. Football games begin March 19th. Six game season with no playoffs. I haven't heard many kudos for how great their plan has been in awhile.

I feel like the map is drawn that way to avoid some difficult conversations about race, housing, and socio-economics. I feel like this conversation has drifted toward some OOB topics, but the district map reflects a long history in Evansville. Lincoln High School (now K-8) is #16 on that map, right in the center city, was the segregated HS while the rest were all white. You can see by the district lines what desegregation and bussing was trying to accomplish. Redrawing district lines would open up some discussions that might be uncomfortable. Neighborhoods like Jacobsville, Jimtown, Culver, and Glenwood are all part of the federal Promise and/or Enterprise Zones. They are currently divided up amongst 4 HS, with Harrison on the east excluded. (Harrison has Fairlawn and Village Green areas, though.) Redistricting purely on geography could result in a single HS disproportionately affected in terms of resources and students. The same problems come up if you were to simply close one of the schools as well. Last fall, a discussion on building a pedestrian overpass at US 41/Washington to allow safer access to Bosse brought plenty of these issues to light. GS has always had nice some recruiting classes from northern Vanderburgh County. 🙂

We're in agreement on that coach, you just are a little more direct - in a good way. The Evans kids have all the "culture" for North HS, which is what I was implying. LOL

I think the plan was to turn North into McCutchanville / Cambridge / Oak Meadow high school. But then they realized their sports would be better off if they kept some of the Evans kids around. North's district shouldn't come south of Diamond or cross 41. I understand that didn't make sense with the old building's location.

Athletically it is debatable and depends on the specific institutions. Academically, D3 is well above NAIA in terms of eligibility requirements with regards to GPA and standardized test scores. Note: I am not saying a good education is not possible at an NAIA school. On the whole, your average D3 player has had greater academic preparation prior to college than your average NAIA one. I would be curious to hear @foxbat chime in on this.

EVSC (Evansville) sent out a message this morning stating : I don't remember seeing this in previous years, so maybe this is in relation to the enrollment counts being delayed? Are there any other school corps doing this as well?

The Heartland Conference has a seven week schedule beginning 2/27. Indiana D3 schools in the HCAC are Anderson, Franklin, Hanover, Manchester, and Rose. http://www.heartlandconf.org/calendar.aspx?path=football

As someone who used to go sit in rain, snow, sleet, or hail with a 3 ring binder to scout, I'll take doing the same thing off a streamed broadcast any day.