JQWL

17 hours ago, JQWL said:

We are looking 4th team for 11 on 11 this summer. 11 on 11 to be held at Paoli, Thursday June 29th at 5:30. Other than Paoli, Jeffersonville and Scottsburg would be participating. If interested, you can message me here, email me at reynoldsj@paoli.k12.in.us, or text me at 812-936-3063. You can also email Coach Dittmer at dittmern@paoli.k12.in.us. Thanks!

4th team has been found. Thank you.

We are looking 4th team for 11 on 11 this summer. 11 on 11 to be held at Paoli, Thursday June 29th at 5:30. Other than Paoli, Jeffersonville and Scottsburg would be participating. If interested, you can message me here, email me at reynoldsj@paoli.k12.in.us, or text me at 812-936-3063. You can also email Coach Dittmer at dittmern@paoli.k12.in.us. Thanks!

Just now, Titan32 said:

what facebook page is that on?

 

Pike Central Football or Pike Central Chargers Football. Something like that. Their team page.

5 minutes ago, JQWL said:

They hired last night. It was on Facebook. Can't remember his name.

JJ Howland

I can't pull up the Facebook announcement.

10 minutes ago, Cappy said:

Any word on the Pike Central coach vacancy?

They hired last night. It was on Facebook. Can't remember his name.

North/South rosters came out over the weekend.

Griffin McGee from Springs Valley will be a kicker and Aynsley Nance from West Washington will serve as a manager. Pretty awesome opportunity for these two.

56 minutes ago, 1986 said:

 

IMG_1803.MOV

Is he getting any interest from colleges?

57 minutes ago, HSFootballCoach said:

What was the reason for him leaving FC? 

He told me a few years back that they lived right across from Jeffersonville High School. Maybe his wife was working there at the time. It was something like that. Thought it would be good for his work/home life.

34 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Given Gleasing penchant for not sticking around long and Salem’s recent history with HC’s how long does this last?

I don't know him really but my first thought was 2 years. Then I was told Glesing and the AD Weedin were college roommates so I'm going to guess 4 years.

23 hours ago, JQWL said:

Looking at last year's roster Crawford County has 15 freshmen on last year's team, including QB Quentin Bell, LB Isaac Adams, OL/DL Russ Payne, and OL/LB Conner Morgan, who at least started against us so I assume they got quite a big of experience. This group has some size physically and Bell threw the ball well when he has time. Crawford County only had 3 sophomores and 3 juniors so that group will have to keep playing a lot. Sophomore Aidan Bell was a solid receiver for them last year and they also return their best player in Nash Stroud who played OL/TE/WR/RB/DL/LB for them. Stroud was all-conference and is a real nice player wherever they end up using him. Hopefully they can hang on to some of their young kids and get going in the right direction.

I forgot about Ashton Arnold who played RB for them. Good quickness. Hard nosed kid. CC has some skill guys that are pretty solid.

2 minutes ago, WWFan said:

How did their JR high do? Any numbers?

I think their Jr. high really struggled. The current freshmen class has been a pretty solid group for them so they expected they'd get some kids from that group but they need to string together a few good classes. I really like their new AD and I'm hoping he will support the program. People underestimate how important a good AD and a supportive administration/school board is to a football program.

I thought Mitchell was the most improved team in the conference from the start of the season to the finish and once they settled in on Ethan Turned at QB, it made all the difference. Along with Turner, looks like they bring back Kale England at FB, Lumen Ashton at RB and Seth Fountain on the OL, all of who will be seniors. Defensively they bring back Wigley Kyzen at Safety, AJ Sarver at CB, England at LB, Lumen at CB, Turner at S, again all of these are seniors too. All together they had 14 juniors last year so I even though those freshmen are talented and I expect to see some of them in skill positions, they should have several experienced kids on the field. I kinda expect to see Mitchell finish the season with a winning record this upcoming year.

8 hours ago, WWFan said:

My current PLAC projections

1. Perry Central- PC lost 12 seniors including 3 OL and the QB. They still return stud RB Sawyer Guillaume. I never assume PC can't replace lineman so if the new QB can keep a defense honest by week 4 I expect them and Paoli to have a dog fight. Both the Paoli and WW game are at home which helps out tremendously. 

2. Paoli- 11 seniors gone from last years team they appear to be almost a mirror image of PC. Returning 2 OL and a stud RB in Trey Rominger. Like PC I also assume Paoli, who generally rotate alot of lineman throughout, will be able to replace their OL. @PC will be their toughest test for the conference crown

3. Springs Valley- The Blackhawks lost the fewest seniors with 6. They lose 2 OL and 1000 yd RB in Ezra Mills. Replacing Mills will be interesting. I'd assume Konner Chase and Larron Childers split to start. They return 3 OL and have quite a bit of good young kids on the line. They could compete with top 2 if they get good play from their DTs. Great Edge guys here but too many teams beat them by simply running down their throat. 

4. West Washington- Losing 7 seniors including 2 OL and 2 of top 3 rushers. Bad schedule has us looking at possibly only 2 home games if we don't find a week 6 opp to come to Art Sanders. I have my doubts about us but more on WW when I do my full breakdown later in summer

5 Mitchell- The most seniors lost in 13. They lose 4 OL and return couple skill guys. The strength will be in the freshman class as they ran through PLAC last year. I'm sure some will get some early introduction to Friday nights as Mitchell looks to build something over the next few years. 

6. Crawford- Not much to say. 8 seniors gone. Only team I couldn't find a game for to watch. I do believe against WW they started a freshman at QB. We all hope Crawford can get something going. Roster had around 21 kids which is improvement. 

That's where I'm at currently. Obviously this won't account for transfers/quitters/movers. I didn't touch on D since most are 2 way guys. It should be a fun season hopefully. Looking forward to more input and insider info from everyone. 

Looking at last year's roster Crawford County has 15 freshmen on last year's team, including QB Quentin Bell, LB Isaac Adams, OL/DL Russ Payne, and OL/LB Conner Morgan, who at least started against us so I assume they got quite a big of experience. This group has some size physically and Bell threw the ball well when he has time. Crawford County only had 3 sophomores and 3 juniors so that group will have to keep playing a lot. Sophomore Aidan Bell was a solid receiver for them last year and they also return their best player in Nash Stroud who played OL/TE/WR/RB/DL/LB for them. Stroud was all-conference and is a real nice player wherever they end up using him. Hopefully they can hang on to some of their young kids and get going in the right direction.

8 minutes ago, LionKing said:

Does each school with a coach in attendance get a vote or do all coaches in attendance get to vote?  Would seem a little biased if a bigger school had larger staffs and each coach from that program got a vote.  I assume that would happen quite frequently and some deserving kids would simply be out-voted if each coach in attendance votes.  Maybe that is not how it works though.

All coaches in attendance get a vote. If you're a bigger school with a large staff, you can out vote smaller schools with smaller staffs. They do require that each class has a representative so 1A and 2A schools will get at least 1 kid.

Reading these and a lot of these are spot on. Some people just don't go, they don't care, whatever. I've been when I've nominated a kid and been when I haven't. Did I go this year, no. I coach basketball during the winter and we had a game that day. That's the only chance we can vote and if an IFCA member can't make it, they're out of luck. I feel like in this age where we can vote using platforms other than in-person, why can't we when voting for a Region team? Also, some Regions hold their meetings on Sundays assuming that would avoid conflicts that happen during the week. Why can't all Regions hold their meeting on Sunday?

50 minutes ago, WWFan said:

Hey @JQWL in last rough enrollment numbers paoli looked pretty close to 1A. You think it's trending that way or is there a small class in the high school currently?

I looked at the enrollment numbers when that came out because I wondered the same thing. I would say Paoli will remain one of the smallest 2A schools in the state the next 10 years. I don't think we will drop to 1A and I don't think we will be back up to the middle of 2A.

1 hour ago, Impartial_Observer said:

How does Crawford compete in other sports? 

Currently, they're not competing well but have had good basketball and baseball teams in recent years. Girls basketball has had some good years. Not sure about other sports.

Like anything else, if the school and community are not going to be supportive it's hard to be successful.

14 minutes ago, btownqbcoach1 said:

Now.... having said that... If you move Pekin to the PLAC---- 

PLAC- Pekin, WW, CC, PC, SV, Mitchell, Paoli

MSC- BC, SC, CT, Salem, NH, CC, SB

And based on the conference games you play a intra-conference championship week 8 or 9. I think that would be pretty cool. Example-- if you win the MSC, you play the winner of the PLAC. But, that could cause teams to play twice.... (maybe you make that a caveat, you can't play someone twice?) Idk. Thinking outside the box. 

I like that alot. I think a couple years ago I had combined the conferences and made two divisions and the #1's played each other week 9, and #2's did and so on.

Or you could do what PAC did and make a small/big school division. That would be fine too.

I just think the schools in Orange, Washington, Crawford fit well geographically than Perry Central who has a different time zone. If they're moved to the small PAC, almost all their opponents are right along the interstate and same time zone. I just get bored. None of it will actually happen. I've always hard WW doesn't want Pekin in the PLAC. I'm sure they wouldn't approve Salem if it were proposed.

I'm really hoping someone wants to do a MinerPride style write up on each team to preview the season. Maybe 1 a week. WWFan would be good at this.

They could still play each other. 

Each conference would have 7 members which would allow for 3 non-conference games in football. Basketball is easy to schedule. With Salem getting smaller, it might be a good fit. 

6 months away from the start of the season!

Couple schools with coaching openings still. Hearing they're basically done but not official.

I'm going to share my annual idea for conference expansion.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1bYMTnbetTf6n1WlRqudBX6WJ6X8YGQE&usp=share_link

Maybe someone wants to share their early pre-season conference rankings?

8 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

I think 2019 might have been the last year.

I'm going to start my own.

This seems like a dumb question so close to February. Does the AP still name a team? Did it already come out and I missed it?

2 hours ago, tango said:

Does anyone know if the surface going to be turf or natural grass?

I believe I saw in the digital rendering that it would be turf.

19 hours ago, tango said:

Hard to imagine a facility upgrade that is needed more than at Washington. Congrats to the Hatchets.

I had never been to Hatchet Hallow until recently over Christmas Break. I was in the area and my son and I got out and walked around. Looked around a little. I'm really glad I got to see it before they started the renovations.

Maybe this is a dumb question. Next year's enrollment, 2023-2024, will set the newest classifications for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. Do they use 23-24's grade 9-12 enrollment numbers or do they use grade 8-11 since those are the ones that will begin the new cycle?