FarmerFran

Sectional alignments will go a long was in determining the north in my opinion. There's a possibility of Judson, Laville and Pioneer all being in the same sectional or in 3 different sectionals depending on where the committees put them. I think Judson is the favorite in the north this year. They return nearly everyone from a semi state team that is well coached and physical.

A lot of these make sense, so it will be curious to see how the people that decide will screw them up.

I noticed the plusses on the IHSAA document said "Schools Eligible for the tournament". Does this mean that all of these teams will participate or just that they have the opportunity to, but might not?

I'd be fine removing the scrimmage. With the number of pro pad scrimmages the IHSAA allows each summer, I feel like the kids are generally pretty ready to go once the regular season starts rolling.

It'll be interesting to see how full they let each class get. Looking at Harrell's site, each class had the following number of teams in last year's sectionals: 6A- 32 5A- 31 ( believe this was down due to school merger but could be wrong) 4A- 64 3A- 64 2A- 62 1A- 58 If they use similar logic for this cycle, it could change the top end of 1A with a high caliber LaVille team.

No way Rochester is correct either...

Congrats to the following HNAC players for making the IFCA All State teams for their respective classes! Pretty impressive for our conference to have 15 kids make the teams!

We call them the submarine Christians because they surface twice a year

Its pretty well understood that p/p schools do have advantages over public schools, which is why parents that are able to offer these opportunities to their children send them there as opposed to public schools. These kids, in most cases, have excellent family support and the opportunities to flourish in safer, more structured environments. If there were no advantages, parents wouldn't send their kids there. This translates to the football field. A better question in my eyes is what makes the public schools that are traditionally successful, competitive most years. Small schools will always have ebbs and flows in talent, class sizes etc. What do Adams Central, Linton Stockton, North Judson, Pioneer, Webo, Sheridan, Eastbrook, etc do that make them successful consistently??? Is it weight room dedication, culture, coaching, game philosophy, youth programs? I've always been of the mindset if you don't like losing get better. Trying to make a universal system of equity isn't going to happen, nor should it in my opinion, so go out and work harder/ coach better. Build up your regular season schedule to prep for the tournament, stretch your teams in summer scrimmages, participate in 7 on 7's and most importantly get your kids competing in the offseason (track, wrestling, basketball, etc)!

Odds are once in 2A AC will be in the same sectional as Luers every year. Could provide some exciting matchups!

2 Points Chatard vs Heritage Hills Northwood vs East Central Crown Point vs Ben Davis 4 Point Games Adams Central vs Lutheran Snider vs Decatur Central Luers vs North Posey

Curious if Chatard has faced an offense similar to Knox's this year. I would assume (and could be wrong) that Chatard has exclusively faced spread teams. Knox does a great job of hitting opposing defenses with a variety of formations and looks while sometimes pulling what seems like half of their line on every play. Definitely a difficult offense to prepare for if you don't see something similar all season.

2 Point Games Westfield @ Crown Point Center Grove @ Ben Davis Merrillville @ Fort Wayne Snider Bloomington South @ Decatur Central Northwood @ Leo New Palestine @ East Central Knox @ Chatard Gibson Southern @ Heritage Hills Lafayette Central Catholic @ Fort Wayne Luers North Judson @ Adams Central Lutheran @ Sheridan

Same deal. Eastern only beat 2 teams with winning records all season.