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The IHSAA Spring bulletin has 4 pages describing the seeding process for track. Pages 80-84 under the headline XVII. Seeding You may have never heard it used in that manner before but technically it is correct. https://www.ihsaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/Spring Bulletin.pdf

I agree with this. We are only talking about 4 games if you really think about it. Jasper vs. HH and Southridge. And GS vs 2 SIAC schools. No other "Big" PAC schools have shown a willingness to schedule a SIAC team.

Is it safe to say all individual sports (wrestling, track, swimming, XC) are seeded but team sports are not? It’s probably the “do it for one, do it for all” that is preventing it. But no other sport has 6 classes either

Tell me you don't know where Heritage Hills (Lincoln City) is located without tell me. LOL I see you fixed it. We should have Heritage play Heritage Hills, Triton play Triton Central, Mt Vernon play Mount Vernon, and Eastern play Eastern. Loser has to change their name. LOL Carroll playing Carroll and North Central playing North Central just seems a bit unfair though.

Oh be still my heart. This sectional would be amazing. Kudos and thanks for the overall work!

Now that the playoffs... I mean postseason tournament... I wonder. Do Mater Dei and Bosse deserve to play next Friday? What I mean is that most states with some sort of playoff qualifier would result in both the Wildcats and Bulldogs turning in equipment Monday instead of playing a 6-3 team next Friday. I personally have no problem with the all-in format vs qualifier. Seeding vs blind draw? Well that is another question. PS - If you haven't read the article in the C&P by @kylesokeland regarding the closed nature of SIAC football scheduling, I highly recommend it.

But based on enrollment they are 4A. And would be a state contender in 5A. The main 5A team down south is Castle. The largest school in the SIAC by far has been to Semi-State 3 times since 2015, and another 2 times have they lost in Regional. Despite their 5A postseason success, they have never won more than 8 games. Regular seasons of 5-4 vs the SIAC 2A-4A schools (plus 5A Ev North) but then win another 3 tournament games in 5A to get to 8 wins. In 2021 5A South, the semi-state contender was New Albany. Who lost by 40 to 3A Gibson Southern earlier that year. That history doesn't indicate a depth of quality in 5A South to me. In which class would it be easiest to win a state title? My answer is 5A. And as @Lysander pointed out, it's been done by a smaller 4A school more often than not.

VL got a good draw but a bad spot. I can’t think of any combination that would result in GS playing at VL. If that matchup happens it would have to be at the Jewell.

Welcome to the party, BNL. Does Damon Bailey still play for them? Is Brett Szabo their coach? I know nothing about them, obviously.

Looks to be the 5th straight running clock and 5th straight shut out for EC. Is it possible for them to go Independent for football? I would love to see them matchup with teams where the game wasn't over by halftime. Or the end of the first quarter.

Quarterback? We don’t need no stinkin quarterback. By rule, doesn’t one of them have to score this week?

You have just irritated me even more. If Sagarin already has the algorithm, there is no reason IHSAA can't minimize the distance for football pairings. So things like Princeton and GS being in separate semi states or Brownstown possibly facing Indianapolis Scecina in sectional wouldn't happen.

Thanks. Didn't realize the size difference. I still think of Danville as a 'smaller school' based on its history with Mater Dei and Memorial. Of course it's still weird for me to think of Zionsville different than 3A from the times they played Heritage Hills!

I'm not familiar with the area and only follow football. WeBo I would have assumed wasn't afraid to compete with Tri-West and Danville. Are they just looking to be the big fish in a small pond athletically?

Yikes. Tell us what you really think. 😄

I'm all kinds of confused. I was ready to post about this being a great preview of a sectional championship.. but a rematch wouldn't happen until Semi-State?? I completely missed that change to 3A. It's like Brownstown and Lawrenceburg from 16-17, but in reverse. Should be a good game and I would expect a great atmosphere.

This game has been the turning point the last few years. Recent history has been Mater Dei pulls off the 'upset' and then goes on a winning streak that ends in a deep playoff run. North loses and goes below .500 the rest of the way - including 5 straight losses in 2020. I'm really interested to see if it's a new era for both these teams or if its the status quo.

If I am Jasper I would drop Bosse and Harrison in a heartbeat and replace with HH and Southridge. The visiting fan gate receipts would be substantially different. While an EVSC non-EVSC split would be easy, only North and Reitz really have fan bases that goes to away games. My vote would be a football only split on Hwy 41. East: Jasper, Castle, Harrison, Memorial, Bosse. West: North, Central, Vincennes, Reitz, MD I would imagine there would still be teams that would schedule 2-3 crossover games (Mem-MD, VL-Jasper, Reitz-Castle, etc)

I just realized Memorial’s senior class has played their entire career in 4A due to things that happened when they were in 6th and 7th grade. Lucky for them the IHSAA thinks winning sectional is enough success and they don’t need to go any deeper in the playoffs.

I feel like I have heard an opposite story from other officials. The head coach ASKED for a flag post-halftime so he justify his complaint to the AD about the band. Presumably there was a personal beef between the HC and Band Director. Which wouldn't be the first time.

Reminds me of the mid-90's when North Posey played at North Montgomery or 2018 when Marion played at Evansville Central for the "South" semi-states.

I wish that picture was in 3D so we could see if the field will still have an 18 inch crown on it for drainage purposes. 🙂

Congratulations. And just my .02, but trying to conceive during football season isn't the worst thing. Because win or lose... you still win. 😎 Edit: and please forgive me for straying off topic. lol

Mater Dei has improved over the first 3 weeks, IMO. They always figure things out as the season progresses. Look at 2020 for example. Started the year 1-4 and still made it to semi-state.

Completely agree about the rarity of the perfect situation. Does the clock start when touched by a member of the receiving team? Touchback if it reaches the endzone, correct? Otherwise it's treated like a Kickoff?