MuleDriver

No doubt everyone will be gunning for New Palestine . Theoretically after winning the 5a title by 14 points last year one could make a case that this year isn't a shoe in title year for NP. Cathedral narrowly lost to DC last season one year could make a yuge difference. However unless someone did some serious off season improvements NP should probably coast to a title again . How do DC and Cathedral look this season . I was under the impression dc lost some seniors off last seasons runner up team. phjindy still in the house? How do the irish look? Other 5a speculators ?

So the battle for qb between #4 d.j. bull and #10 mason david. I believe Mason David started j . v. last season. However the scrimmage showed me anyways that bull completed more passes and was more of a threat on the ground. Davids passes were on target but the receivers dropped a lot more than the pther qb not sure why . David did have a long td pass but wasnt as effective as bull. They split time during the scrimmage. Im not sure if coach has one slated #1 at this time or not. But rotating series made me think that it is still up for grabs,

Maybe just scrap the conference idea and do what ohio does. Don't they have districts based on school size and locations? Then the best teams in the districts make the playoffs? It is the same argument every year. Some areas just never will have a good option for a conference . I liked the old S.C.C. conference was disappointed when it disbanded. Seymour rushville connersville martinsville bloomington south sort of what it said south central indiana. But those days are long gone. Oh well. Not really sure what the future holds for conference indiana.

Went to souths scrimmage today. Couple players not dressed. Jr d lineman Boyce who had some shining moments last year 6'4 260 and senior rb maveric thiery was not dressed. Hope these guys get healthy .Other than that the qb battle is between two juniors both 6 '1 190 pounds . O line looks bigger than average in height at least with 6'6 230 pound james bomba at te ( cpmmoitt miami ohio) and another 6'5 kid and your average 6'1 250 pound guys rounding them out. Wr has a lot of experience in returners sean ascui , jalen peck and basketball football player jordan meeks. so im excited to see it get going. Im hoping the Panthers can stay relatively healthy this season. Just like every team there seemed to be a lot of things to work on. But it will be interesting to see which kid gets the nod at QB. After castle's close game with Columbus east in the regional last season i am really looking forward to that match up. It has the looks of a possible tourney match up latter on this season since both arte in the same sectional it is very likely they will meet in november.

I sat next to him at a south game one time a few years ago . I said hi rex i doubt you will remember me. He said well i don't know try me. He wrote a senior article on every senior every season. I still have the print of mine. I told him my first name and he was able to remember the last name. He has a really great memory. Real nice guy also. Iv'e also seen Joe Smith around town several times in recent years. He didnt' remember me but i wouldn't expect him too. Joe is a great guy as well. Too bad those guys are getting up there. WIth them they will take a whole era of high school sports memories in monroe county. Joe does iu halftimes also. I think he is already a hall of fame sports reporter.

i know a lot of folks disliked rex kirts but his coverage was the best . SInce he left the way they cover the teams has changed quite a bit. He was assigned to south as their beat writer. They were better at sports so they got more coverage than north but it still made the north fans mad. Now they just rotate guys to different schools . But yeah rex kirts used to do a really good pre season segment on south.

Agree those teams leaving really led to the conference dropping off into oblivion. Prior to 2008 the conference had some highly ranked teams in the late 90's (bhss grossman era ) Nice to see there is a member fan still online .. .. .

Conference Indiana has definitely gone by the wayside joining itself to obscurity in the landscape like urban blight has done to gary lew wallace high school. Rarely do i get a comment from a member school's fanbase other than the catholic teams fans that were added last season. An occasional comment from a Columbus east fan that is only around when the other team from columbus is playing . Strangely when i went to college the first time a guy in our dorm was a graduate of lew wallace high school. Anyways just another attempt to strum up some conversation with member school fans on the first weeks games non conference schedule looks as if Columbus North has added Avon. That will a be semi attractive first week matchup. Bloomington South vs Castle also looks interesting. As always southport/roncalli should be a grinder. Well August 1st is here and the games are in sight. I think i just heard my voice echo in this empty conference Indiana thread. Hello anyone out there?

Yeah should be good. Seems like they are still a step or two behind the elite 5a teams qb will not have any varsity starting experience but they will return a lot of other skill guys . . .. ....... The summer , well look at it this way we made it all the way until july without much hot weather. I still remember some pretty cool august mornings when i would have to be at practice for two a days in august as well as the humidity usually drops in august. I think we will just have to suffer july and be in the clear after that.

1991 issue. Stephen Holman from bd featured.

Going to be exciting to see how East fares in the 6a tourney. Too bad it isnt New Pal that was bumped up this season. Either way should be a great year for both teams.

Where is Carson Steele at career rushing ? Will he be a threat to break all time numbers? Probably school record state record may be pushing it?

Looks like the teams are in a similar situation. I was impressed by castle's effort at columbus east last November so i think this week one game ought to be a good one. Im sure castle has some players carry over from last years team. It is an exciting match-up.

Castle /BHSS week 1 should be a good one. Castle did well at Columbus east in my opinion to end their season. BHSS made it to regional last 5 years. South is looking at a fresh qb but has a lot of skill position returnees. Best thing is the game is in b town for the first time. in the series as mentioned above. What does Castle return roster wise?

Finally got around to starting a new profile. Any news on CI for 2019. At this point as a bhss supporter im way outside looking in. Im actually probably more of a Snider fan than anyone in this area. School districts here are numb in the brain. But i still catch a few bhss games like the cn bhss or martinsville bhss . How does the conference look to shake out? Columbus North most likely to win it. Bhss battling it out for second with either of the remaining teams im guessing. South is going to have a fresh qb with very little experience this year but they have a lot of skill experience returning he will be the deciding factor on Souths success. Any other news ? Other than columbus ' receiver transferring to brownsburg?