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Chalk that up to superstition, I bet Coach Ralph has a few of them.

I would say it is likely just guess on his part for all except for the Lutheran vs Linton game. He hasn't likely seen FW Luers, Andrean, or Providence play. I am sure he looked over some computer rankings information too in order to get his conclusion.

No I agree with you. Private schools especially recruit every student that walks in their doors or else the doors won't stay open. I was just stating for some Public School wasn't even in the thought process from the day they were born. There also are a whole multitude of reasons parents look to send their kids to P/P school including: Academics, student teacher ratio, religious classes, and yes even extra curriculars. Extra Curriculars don't have to be strictly Football, Basketball, Baseball. It can also be Band, Debate, Model UN, Chess Club. there is a lot. For example the largest P/P in Indiana Cathedral has 1,172 students. The sport with the largest roster would be Football and they probably roster 103 grades 10-12 and 60 to 70 Freshman (which is a big roster). However that is about 1,000 students that don't play football at all so it's not all football it is a lot of other things. Sometimes things only get looked at in a vaccum with football, there is more than football at P/P and Public schools.

In all honesty I'm not likely to drive 2 plus hours on a Friday from my home in western Hendricks County to Crown Point for a football game. No more than you are likely to drive 2 and a half hours from Fort Wayne to Crown Point or 2 hours to Westfield. It would be much more likely for me to drive 50 minutes to Westfield or 48 minutes to Center Grove. It really has no bearing on my thoughts of teams from year to year. I will however watch streams when I can of games if I am not at a game in person. I also will watch film of various different games when I have the time. I have given Crown Point plenty of compliments and haven't said anything negative. Saying I am staying reserved until I see them play stiffer competition is not a diss to Crown Point, I just want to gage how they play with teams that can match their talent, size , and speed. We are at that time now and the Westfield vs Crown Point will be a good gage. As for encyclopedia I just have watched a lot of football over the years.

I just gave their current ages and what Coach Moore stated due to his health problems. He said he doesn't see himself coaching much past the age of 65. At the end of last year Coach Moore retired from being the Track and Field Coach at Center Grove. I will say Coach Wright is an anomaly, not many HC's do what he has decided to do.

Coach Moore is 63 this year, he has stated he doesn't see himself coach much past the age of 65. Coach Buzea is also 63 this year.

The yardage didn't match the plays and first downs, which is not uncommon when passing teams start tossing the ball a lot down multiple scores. Total yardage was about 420 to 360. Looking at the stats HSE seemed to be content just running the ball at will. Their top 3 rushers in the game averaged 4.5, 6.7, and 7.4 yards per carry. Even the 4th top ball carrier had 4.3 yards per carry. I think it is safe to say that Crown Point dominated Carroll and HSE dominated Carroll, neither game was in doubt. The only difference right now is Crown Point was an undefeated team and HSE ended up being a 7-4 team in the HCC. HSE lost to Westfield 21-14 in OT and beat Brownsburg 30-23, HSE's achilles heel was their biggest rival Fishers whom they lost to 37-35 in regular season and 44-41 in Sectional Championship. It still amazes me that I remember when HSE was a 3A school in the 90's and that area has grown so much that they opened another school (Fishers) and both are 6A schools now. When it comes to Center Grove vs Carroll I don't think you can even use that in a comparison. For starters the game was called at halftime 28-14 CG due to a storm that flipped bleachers over into a goal post. Carroll likes to throw the ball, and this year Center Grove really likes to throw the ball. The weather wasn't the greatest to suit either teams style of play this year, but they were both throwing the ball good enough. That being said CG seemed to be more content running the ball more than they have most games this year. CG's RB Hennessy had 10 carries 117 yards 11.7 yards per carry at the half. At any rate I don't think you can draw much conclusion from these games to really compare how the Westfield vs Crown Point game will go.

HSE was up 28-7 at the half and 35-14 after 3 quarters.

I don't know that you can really even make comparisons. HSE beat Carroll 45-21, but the Center Grove vs Carroll game was called at halftime 28-14 due to a storm that actually flipped bleachers over into the goalpost. Not to mention Carroll played HSE in week 1, CG in week 2, and Crown Point in week 13 game 12 can be a lot of differences be it good or bad. I would say HSE definitely did a good job of dominating Carroll

Shouldn't be any complaining about seats at Riverview Health Stadium. It is a beautiful stadium.

I can somewhat agree with that. However I would say most kids that went to P/P K-8th Grade and then attend the P/P feeder High School they never had a Public School to choose from or offering. It was likely decided when they were born in St. Insert name hospital that they were attending P/P schools. Many of them didn't even make the choice or have a say their parents made that choice/decision for them.

what flovor Jolly Rancher do you prefer to add?

"It's a bold strategy Cotton, lets see if it pays off for them." List of coaches prior to Coach Sharpe: Justin Roden Jason Simmons Lance Scheib Craig Barr

When you typed that up, did you have the Bud Light real men of genius jingle playing in the background? 🤣😂

Nope definitely not! Shucks! that means I have to tuck away my Uncle Rico Highlights for the year!!

He is a Senior Yes I only listed what position they had on their recruiting profile.

Yes they have been especially with the QB's they have had the last few years. They still Run Wing T at the lower levels and I am sure will make the jump back at the H.S. level if they do not have the QB to run the spread like they have been.

That is usually the case unfortunately when it comes to RB's under a certain size for D-1 they have to be an amazing WOW RB to garner D-1 attention. No shame in some D-2, D-3, or NAIA looking at him though IMO. He is a solid RB but I have also seen some really good RB's from Indiana not get much traction (Spegal comes to mind he is back at Ball State now).

Plainfield would definitely be a better choice to keep it neutral. Martinsville would be good for Decatur Central and Bloomington South. I wouldn't worry about teams alive because they would be playing elsewhere. The designated home team could provide announcer, scorekeeper, chain gang etc even at a neutral site.

I will have to get some help from someone in the know with Crown Point to be sure I have all of theirs. I didn't see anything for Larry Ellison CP's RB, but he is a very good RB. So far here is what I could gather: Westfield: 1. Jr Safety Deacon King - Offers: Purdue, Miami (OH), Toledo, Central Michigan, Buffalo, Akron, West Virginia 2. Sr QB Carsen Melvin - Hard Commit: Bowling Green 3. Sr LB/RB Mikeah Webster - Hard Commit: Ball State 4. Sr WR Gabe Aramboles - Hard Commit: Ball State 5. Sr OL Avery Huggins - Offers: Ball State 6. Sr LB Lennex Williams - Offers: Eastern Michigan 7. Jr CB Cato June Jr - Offers: Miami (FL), Marshall (note: son of former Colts LB Cato June) 8. JR OL Malachi Mills - Offers: Miami (OH), Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Colorado St., Kansas Crown Point: 1. Sr QB Noah Ehrlich - Hard Commit: Miami (OH) 2. Sr LB Lucas Szymborski - Hard Commit: Ball St. 3. Sr TE Jacob Soley - Hard Commit: Indiana St. 4. Jr LB/TE Trevor Gibbs - Offers: Ball St., Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Miami (OH) 5. Jr OL Nolan Cicero - Offers: Miami (OH), Toledo

I re-read it a couple of times. I still have the same conclusion. Again I will reiterate the style of offense isn't the issue. Center Grove Bantam and Center Grove IEFA have proven that the Wing T not unlike the Power T can be highly successful at the Youth, Middle School, and High School level. The system has to be bought into by the coaches and taught to the kids. I also reiterate that they both lend themselves easily to no matter what the skill type is for your players. It is proven there are clinics on it.

Not so sure these would be all that neutral sites for these games. Plainfield maybe for Brownsburg/CG, but Ben Davis would be a hop skip and a jump for Brownsburg and much more travel time for CG (albeit not terrible). Playing at Mooresville for Decatur Central is basically just down the street might as well keep it at Decatur Central.

New Pal is solid enough to win this game, but they do not want to take their foot off the pedal if they build any lead. Martinsville has shown in a couple games they can come back and score quickly. The Decatur Central game they were dead to rights at halftime and stormed back to win the game.

Having watched and slowed down holy smokes. There was also a missed hands to the face by the Offensive Lineman to where he actually grabbed the facemask and pulled. I initially missed it until I slowed it down.