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They gained a new OC but they're running the same stuff they have the last couple of years. (They do run it well). They don't do anything fancy, they just run behind their big oline and hit you with play action off of it.

I have a hard time naming either of these player of the year when they only play offense. Plummer only went in on defense against Pioneer when LaVille’s corner kept getting scorched by our 5’6” wideout. In a conference where a large number of kids play both ways, I think a POTY candidate should play both o and d.

3 POINT GAMES Northwestern @ Cass Twin Lakes @ Benton Central West Lafayette @ Rensselaer Central Catholic @ Tipton Western @ Hamilton Heights Eastern @ Carroll Taylor @ Clinton Central Gibson Southern @ Southridge Mooresville @ Decatur Central Northview @ Owen Valley

Single wing heavy team with spread gun worked in. Very athletic group of skill position guys. For a 5A school they have quite a few guys playing both ways. I think the school has only been open for 2 years.

Caston at LaVille Culver at Triton Knox at Glenn North Judson-San Pierre at Winamac Pioneer at Hammond Central

1 Point Games Benton Central @ Western Hamilton Heights @ Northwestern 2 Point Games Rensselaer @ Twin Lakes Central Catholic @ West Lafayette 3 Point Games Knox @ North Judson Triton @ Bremen West Central @ Culver Cass @ Tipton South Vermillion @ North Vermillion Covington @ Fountain Central Decatur Central @ Martinsville Franklin @ Whiteland

Panthers Jays Lancers Trojans Cavs

If you remember correctly, Pioneer and Judson both beat LaVille last season. It will be a tall order, but I think Pioneer can win this game. They will have to follow their week 3 game plan from last year, control the ball and the clock and keep the Lancer offense off the field. We are playing with a lot of youth, but we were able to knock those early jitters out in week 1. The Lancers will be one of, if not the best team on our regular season schedule and our kids understand that. However, they are embracing that challenge this week and preparing like they can win.

Culver at Knox- Knox Football Team LaVille at Pioneer- Panthers North Newton at North Judson-San Pierre- Jays North White at Winamac- Warriors Triton at Caston- Trojans

3 Point Games Cass @ Benton Central Northwestern @ Central Catholic North MontgomeryN @ Southmont Rensselaer @ Hamilton Heights Tipton @ Twin Lakes Western @ West Lafayette Kokomo @ Logansport Muncie Central @ McCutcheon Crete-Monee @ Andrean Crown Point @ Merrillville

2 Point Games North Newton @ Rensselaer Seeger @ Benton Central Clay @ Twin Lakes Tipton @ Elwood West Lafayette @ McCutcheon Western @ Western Boone 3 Point Games Maconaquah @ Cass Northwestern @ Eastern Hamilton Heights @ North Montgomery Guerin @ Central Catholic Attica @ Tri-County Sheridan @ Clinton Central

LaVille at Triton- Lancers North Judson-San Pierre at Caston- Jays Rochester at Knox- Knox Football Team South Central (UM) at Culver Community- Culver Winamac at Pioneer- Panthers

This was pointed out by Val of RTC Sports, but how in the world does Winamac receive votes in the 1A poll by our esteemed media when they aren't even in 1A?

3 Point Games Delphi @ Benton Central Frankton @ Tipton Hamilton Heights @ Lapel Harrison vs West Lafayette Central Catholic @ Seeger Pioneer @ Cass Rensselaer @ Kankakee Valley Tri-West @ Western Twin Lakes @ Northwestern Bremen @ LaVille

Bremen @ LaVille- Lancers Caston @ WC- Comets Pioneer @ Lewis Cass- Panthers Culver @ NJSP- Jays Knox @ Winamac- Knox Football Team Triton @ SCUM- Trojans

Pioneer will be hosting Northwestern on Friday.

My HNAC tiers entering the season: Tier 1: Judson, LaVille Tier 2: Triton, Knox Tier 3: Pioneer, Winamac, Culver Tier 4: Caston

Does AC post their stats online anywhere? I was curious to see what they lose statistically from graduation from last year's team. I checked MaxPreps and Digital Scout and couldn't find anything.

We don't have any Jack Kiser's walking through the halls if that's what you're asking... We have a few kids that could step up and be pretty good for us this year, but most of our skill positions will be relatively new faces with different roles than they're used to playing.

For Pioneer: Offensively, we lose leading rusher Brock Robinson, wingback Beau Mersch and linemen, Legrand (TE), Solano, Smith(TE) and Lowe. Defensively, we lose Legrand and Solano from the Dline, LB Smith and DB Robinson. We return a handful of experience on both sides of the ball, but we will need a lot of kids to step up who have limited varsity experience. I'd hazard a guess that we will see freshmen on the field on Fridays sooner rather than later due to the overall lack of depth we will have. Will definitely be an interesting year.

In a normal 2 year period 2 points are needed to stay up a class. 1 point for sectional, 2 points for a Regional.

Bingo. 2021 points still don't explain LCC being in 2A. I'm sure LCC is in the same mindset as Pioneer and others in regards to playing whoever whenever, but in the spirit of competitive fairness SSF should have been wiped clean if the IHSAA can't properly and evenly enforce it. Or better yet just get rid of it al together. I don't understand the thought process of punishing future teams for the success of the past.

NJSP is a huge roadblock in sectional play for Pioneer. They return Harper at QB, who runs their option offense really well, Allen, who had over 2000 all purpose yards last season not to mention having the experience and hunger from making it to semi-state last year. They do lose Benson on both lines, but return the majority of the rest of their O and D next year if I'm not mistaken.

I don’t know if it matters, but it looks like Southridge would have bumped regardless of success due to enrollment. This would leave Pioneer as the only team in the state affected by the 2020 points. As others have pointed out the IHSAA needs to provide an explanation on what’s going on. If there is this much confusion why not just wipe the success factor slate clean and restart with this cycle to get aligned?

https://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/quick resources/Enrollments & Classifications/2022-23 2023-24/2022-23 2023-24 Football Assignments.pdf The link has been updated to reflect Pioneer now in 1A sectional 41.