Daniel_Bragg

Success Factor is a rolling two-year rotation now.

Decatur Central - Moves to Sectional 6 from Sectional 13 Indianapolis Cathedral - Moves to Sectional 13 from Sectional 6 Whiteland - Moves to Sectional 14 from Sectional 13 New Palestine - Moves to Sectional 21 from Sectional 13 Heritage Hills - Moves to Sectional 24 from Sectional 32

None of the Sheridan teams from 2005-2007 on the list is wild. It is what it is I guess.

While Adams Central did get the points to SF up, their enrollment also moved them up. Just in case you weren't aware.

I love it! I'll always advocate for MORE football. I don't have any clue on the logistical headaches that ADs will have with this, but I'd love to see Sheridan do this.

Girls Flag Football added as Emerging Sport, joins Girls Lacrosse Girls Flag Football was approved by the group by a 17-1 vote to join the IHSAA’s Emerging Sports Process. The sport joins Girls Lacrosse, approved last August, and both will begin the process with the 2025-26 school year. Girls Flag Football, a fall sport, has strong support and financial backing of the Indianapolis Colts. The Emerging Sport Process, known as Rule 1-4, helps pave a way for those sports and participation to continue to grow with an eye toward eventually becoming a recognized sport and sponsorship of an official state tournament. Girls Wrestling and Boys Volleyball went through the same process and became fully recognized and state tournaments sponsored this school year. By earning the designation as an emerging sport, the IHSAA will now provide rule books, conduct coaches rules meetings, and provide coverage in the IHSAA’s Catastrophic Medical program. Both sports will now be subject to all IHSAA rules and policies, including the General Eligibility Rules. For a sport to become officially recognized and an IHSAA state tournament be sponsored, 50 percent of the membership must be participating in the sport. The IHSAA currently has 409 member schools around the state.

I think there is likely some rare cases, as you said, but I'd also wager that the winning team pulled their foot off the gas. In my experience, as soon as a running clock is achieved, the starting offense is taken off the field. Playcalling changes for the winning team as well, on both sides of the ball. I think if we were to make this change, then the winning team would actually be more incentivized to keep piling on.

I've been perfectly pleased with the rule. As a broadcaster, it's a nice quick way for the game to end. Generally, by the time the running clock starts, everyone wants to go home, even the players.

Sheridan was built mostly for speedy outside runs, with some passing mixed in. Taylor was an incredibly basic, run up the gut offense. Also, the wind was so strong that the ultimate winner was whoever had the ball going toward the south endzone. I don't understand why you are pushing back on this so much. It's been a widely accepted fact that weather is a great equalizer in sports.

Another example of bad weather bringing teams closer together was the NIGHTMARISH hurricane game last year in Sheridan. No disrespect to Taylor, but those two teams weren't close until a hurricane rolled through town.

I know, right?! Who wants an even playing field, where the better team on that day wins? Sheesh. Give me random and the ability for host schools to manipulate the game. THAT'S WHAT SPORTS ARE ALL ABOUT!!! Wait....

Enrollment won't change this year, so Providence won't move. New sectionals for schools moving on Success Factor, I would think, will be out soon.

They like having the little "tournament" before the championship. If I could make changes, I would create a Sweet 16/Elite 8 Regional and a Semi-State/State weekend. Imagine a two-game Regional, then the weekend of the Championship, Final Four games being played at Hinkle, Mackey, Assembly Hall, and Joyce Center at Notre Dame, and then the Championship at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Final Four games could be played on Thursday or Friday night, then title games on Saturday or Sunday.

We've seen it firsthand at Sheridan the past few years. Guys that weren't going to get playing time at Westfield or Carmel come in and immediately contribute in a big way at Sheridan. The talent pool is bigger at Large schools, so like someone else noted, so it is far more likely that a kid from a large school has a very real chance of playing at a small school.

Some schools that have had open enrollment have already seen this start to happen. Now with the new rule, I'd expect to see a lot of potential moving about when large schools are near smaller ones.

Yeesh

Sheridan replaced Western Boone and North Miami, with South Adams and Alexandria. Not necessarily saying this is a huge upgrade, but certainly the South Adams game makes more sense than the annual "Nobody Cares" matchup between Sheridan and WeBo.

He was probably the best case scenario. Was Associate Head Coach last year, and already has a relationship with the kids.

Well, it wasn't easy. The boys shot incredibly poor from the field, but they did still get the win.

Why would Frankfort even schedule Westfield? Wow. Sheridan plays the Hot Dogs tomorrow night, but I'm always weary. Frankfort always tends to play the Hawks tough.

It begs the question of how their enrollment numbers for classification were off by so much.

Do you think a 1A school can just fabricate a full-time position so that an unknown(to the community) coach can have a job? This would also be hard to justify, given how upset the community remains about this issue. Bud Wright was a nationally known name. I honestly can't imagine the pressure that the next person is going to feel coming into this job.

Why wouldn't they want this for training purposes? Is it the officials or the IHSAA who don't want it? The biggest issue with body cams or GoPros being that they don't follow your eyes, so it's possible that most of the footage doesn't result in anything helpful anyway.

This is one reason I was hoping that Kevin Wright would stick around for a season or two. A coach like Kevin could take the heat and cushion the blow to the "next" guy. Unfortunately for Sheridan, he is at Carmel now, and honestly, after seeing how this has all unfolded, I don't blame him. The Wright family has been a staple in the Sheridan community, but it wouldn't shock me to see all of them fade away after all of this. This is a job that I think no one wants after this. It would be hard to fill after Coach Wright left anyway, but now.....I just don't know who we're going to get to take this job. I wouldn't be shocked to see the AD try to find someone from outside of Indiana, tbh.

Judson lost at state, all they have to do is appear at state again in 2025, and they will move up.