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The same can be said for most/many high school teams. IMO, DB & SS are the most difficult positions for high school kids/teams. Need to be fast and able to make quick adjustments at speed and, oh yeah, and then come up and make hit on a RB coming at you full speed who often outweighs you. Where do I sign up? Good luck this week.

Curious, what in your mind is Linton's "weakness"? My guess might be pass defense but that would be just a guess. Remembering last year's game, LS seemed to have a lot of speed and size on both sides of the ball in their returning Jr class, now Srs. They are many people's pick from South in 2A this year.

Follow up question, if anyone as info about this game being streamed online or carried live by some media source, please post it here. Thanks in advance.

Once again, Mater Dei will be travelling to Triton Central for the Regional championship. Should be a good game and there is certainly some background "bulletin board material" for fans to talk about leading up to the game. Per IHSAA rules, the visiting team picks the day and home team picks the start time. The last 2 times MD has travelled to TC, they have chosen to play on Saturday due to the longer bus drive. TC, in turn, has picked a late morning start time instead of a more typical noon or early afternoon start. Supposedly there were conflicts with other home sporting events - possibly a girls basketball game(?) - that created concern about limited parking thus necessitating the earlier than normal start time. Max Preps currently lists the game for 6:30 pm Friday but I believe that is the standard time they post until the home team gives them an update. Curious if MD will once again pick Saturday or go with the more traditional Friday evening game? If MD chooses Saturday again, will there be similar gamesmanship by TC with the early start time? Stay tuned...

This one was closer than many, myself included, thought it would be. At one point, the announcers gave the score of Sullivan 24 - LS 21 and there was an audible gasp among the crowd at the NP vs Mater Dei game last night. Win and advance...that is all the matters at this point. Congrats to the Miners..

"DT" = Desperate Troll?

Week 12 Games: Castle Memorial Mater Dei Owen Valley SR Tecumseh Linton-Stockholm Syndrome 8 - )

Bad week for most pickers! Moving on to week 12...

Not certain about Burnett. I listened to the broadcast and don't recall anything being mentioned about an injury. Vera as a non-factor was a big surprise to me too. He was the difference against MD. Offense had much better rhythm with him at QB and his threat to run changed the game. Kept thinking he was going to come in at any pt in the 2nd half to give RHS a boost. Reitz had a couple of HUGE plays down the stretch but ran out of time. Glad to hear folks talking about the extra point attempt being tipped. Spread the word... It would be a difficult thing to live down on the Hill if you were the one who muffed a kick and lost the game back in 2022... Some Big Blue fans can be rather unforgiving and unkind, at least in my 50+ years of dealing with them.

Having watched Reitz play several times this year, IMO, their QBs became much too dependent on simply throwing the ball downfield and having one of the excellent WRs go get it, which they often did. This did not play out vs Boonville however with the 3 INTs sealing the Panther's fate. I have no heard this mentioned anywhere here on GID or local paper but from people at the game, they said the last extra point attempt was tipped. Any one able to confirm this?

Memorial Vs Jasper on Indiana SRN is stuck in an unending loop at the 1:54 mark of 2nd qtr...over and over and over and over again. Rebooted several times but keeps coming back to same spot. So much for a relaxing evening of high school football.

Miner Pride...the Jack Buck of Indiana High School football. You do your team and fans proud with your thorough and detailed analysis. Best of luck!

IMO, Tell City actually game MD their "closest" game in their run to 2000 State Championship. I think MD eventually pulled away by a decent amount but the game never felt safe until late in 4th quarter.

As someone who has attended the annual West Side rivalry game for more than 40 yrs, I was disappointed in the crowd, to be honest. The end zone area was only about half full and there were empty areas easily visible in most sections of the bowl. The visitor side stands were mostly empty too. There was a larger than normal Reitz crowd, likely owing to this being their best team in a decade and the fringe fans who have been pulled back in but I think the MD fans were the ones missing. I think many felt this was a potential blow-out and stayed away. There is a lot of commentary that flows back and forth among the opposing fans of these two teams and it can get heated at times and some simply choose to avoid it.

Week 9 Picks: Memorial Harrison North Mater Dei Jasper GIbson Southern PC SR TC MTV

I still have concerns about our overall speed on defense. We seem a step slow vs SIAC teams so maybe just a 1/2 step vs 2A teams. We have a lot of people going both ways at RB/WR & LB/DB/S so some concern about fatigue in tight games. Agree we are getting healthy at right time but playing teams with speed like VL, RHS, etc will be a challenge IMO. Few 2A teams have that kind of speed but certainly L-S is one that does. Paoli always gives us a really tough game so nothing guaranteed in Sect 40. I think L-S has to be favorite coming out of the South this year. They have a lot of returning players from last year and plenty of speed at skill positions. MD could get taken out by Paoli in Sectional 40. They always play us tough.

Since Linton-Stockton has been moved to a completely different sectional, I don't think Mater Dei has much of a sectional challenge this year. The soonest they would cross paths with the Miners is the Semi-State round under the new 2A format. Not certain MD has the horses to get that far this year but if we can get hot again as we enter the playoffs, anything is possible.

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Week 8 Games: Castle Mater Dei Memorial Bosse covers as RHS Boys sit most starters in preparation for "The Battle of the West Side" next week. Jasper Boon-Vegas FP Ridge NP Tecumseh

Heard you lost your kicker? You guys are having a decades' worth of injuries in one season! Cannot help but think the game might have gone a little differently if you are able to kick the extra pts and don't get down by 9 late. Not certain if we can hang with their speed, esp at WR. I was watching on phone while at the Bowl (Thanks TigerFan20 for the link to the IndianaSRN broadcast you posted!) Those last couple of catches to close out 1st half were amazing for a high school kid. Vera just threw the ball in his general direction and counted on WR to go get...and he did. Best WR in So Indiana, IMHO. Good luck the rest of the way...hoping to share some more of your chili on a cool fall afternoon here in a couple of wks

Gonzo, thanks for catching this... Week 7 (2nd Attempt) MD Harrison Vincennes Memorial Castle GS NP Princeton ( I can't give anyone -43.5; - !) SR PC

As you know cousin, Mom was a proud graduate of Memorial and she adopted the Wildcats as all of her children and most of her grandchildren passed through. Over the years of competition across a number of sports, she developed, hmmm, how shall we put it tactfully...strong feelings about our west side brethren... She would come back and HAUNT me if I picked the Panthers over her Tigers. Plus, I have a feeling about this one😎

Week 7 Games: MD Harrison Vincennes Memorial GS NP SR PC