FarmerFran

Culver @ Winamac- Warriors will bounce back this week and build some confidence for the back half of the season North Miami @ Judson- North Miami is off to a great start this year, but the Jays will win this in convincing fashion Pioneer at Caston- Pioneer will win this, but could be closer than people think. Caston looked much improved against North Miami compared to their game against North White. Pioneer still needs to clean things up in all three phases, but will get the win in the second half. Triton @ SCUM- Trojans win this game early

2 POINT GAMES Hamilton Heights @ Danville Logansport @ Benton Central Twin Lakes @ Central Catholic West Lafayette @ Rensselaer Western @ Tipton South Newton @ North Newton Carroll @ Delphi South Vermillion @ North Vermillion Park Heritage @ Attica Brebeuf Jesuit @ Guerin Catholic

Winamac has athletes, the biggest thing holding them back are the coaches. Offensively it looked like they were drawing plays in the dirt and hoping for the best.

2 Point Games Hamilton Heights @ McCutcheon Benton Central @ South Newton Central Catholic @ Logansport Linton @ Western Lowell @ West Lafayette Rensselaer @ Woodstock Tipton @ Twin Lakes Lake Station @ North Newton Clinton Central @ Clinton Prairie North Vermillion @ Covington

Warriors Trojans Blue Jays Panthers

Lcc over ritter

Jays Comets Panthers Blackhawks Wolves T. Trojans WC Trojans Falcons

1 POINT GAMES North Newton @ Rensselaer Delphi @ Twin Lakes Logansport @ Adams Seeger @ Benton Central Tipton @ Elwood 2 Point Games West Lafayette @ McCutcheon Western @ Western Boone Winamac @ Frontier South Vermillion @ Sullivan Pioneer @ Knox Triton Central @ Hamilton Heights

Cavs SCUM Cougars Knox Football Team Lancers Norsemen Panthers Warriors

2 POINTS EACH Delphi @ Benton Central Hamilton Heights @ Lapel Harrison @ West Lafayette Central Catholic @ Seeger Logansport @ Peru Rensselaer @ Kankakee Valley Tipton @ South Adams Tri-West @ Western Twin Lakes @ Plymouth Pioneer @ Lewis Cass

1a

A PLACE AT THE TABLE!

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.