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30 minutes ago, Ryan11p said:

East Noble school system put out a post on social media where they obtained sponsors from the community to offer free tickets to students in an attempt to reach a fan advantage. I'm saying even with the sponsors hobart has more fans at the game. Nice try East Noble.

Wow how terrible, the community helping students in a not very wealthy area by paying for tickets. Sounds horrible what a shame.

6 hours ago, psaboy said:

I'll go one better. The FW Luers teams in the late 2000's & early 2010's led by Jaylon Smith would have been a hand full in 5A (That was top class back then). 

2011 team would have been the team to do so. Knapke slinging the ball and jaylon running the ball and playing d was a scary combination. 

5 hours ago, Martinsville Fan said:

Yea youre probably right I am a little biased but i saw that kid outplay every QB he faced other than the FC QB who had 8 total tds. And in that game Tunitis had 480 yards passing and had 5 total tds. Luke Goode is verbally committed to Iowa to play basketball the last time I checked.

Goode is uncomitted as of now. Would expect some big time programs to start offering this season. 

6 minutes ago, Boilerup said:

MISHAWAKA — Keith Kinder did not mince words.

There was no reason to.

The Mishawaka football coach knew what his team had run into Friday night.

A truly great opponent.

Visiting Valparaiso simply dominated for 48 minutes in crushing the Cavemen 49-0 in a Class 5A regional game at Steele Stadium.

The No. 2 Vikings, 12-0, will host Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger (11-1) in a semistate game next Friday night.

Valparaiso claimed its eighth regional title and has outscored its three tournament foes 163-6.

No. 11 Mishawaka sees its season end at 8-4.

“That’s as good a football team as I’ve seen since I’ve been at Mishawaka,” said Kinder. “I told you earlier in the week that this was the best team we have seen this season and it wasn’t even close, and it wasn’t. There was no way we were winning this game tonight.”

Valpo will play a Dwenger team that beat the Cavemen in the Class 4A semistate a year ago and then went on to claim the state title. The Vikings lost 14-10 to Carmel in a Class 6A semistate game a year ago before moving down to 5A this year.

“That team is as good or better than the Dwenger team that beat us (24-6) last year,” said Kinder. “What happened tonight just does not happen to us. We just could not get anything inside the tackles on offense. When you get beat by a better team like we did tonight it does make it easier.”

 

 

Kind of bothering to hear a coach say "there was no way we were winning this game tonight". I agree ya you were more than likely going to get beat, what tone does that set moving forward?

What Tippmann are we talking about there's like 10 of them on the team.

33 minutes ago, Ryan11p said:

You need to watch Hobart's D then ask yourself how is Bailey Parker going to run or throw the ball for any positive yards.

Parker will be just fine. 

EN by a td.. Bailey Parker is impressive on both sides of the ball. I predict a high scoring game.

58 minutes ago, George Orwell 2 said:

It looks like Concordia will be a tough out in the future.  Good skill position players, very well coached (I really like their offensive schemes, especially the O-line), just need bigger and better linemen, which comes with age and reps.  This should be a good team for the foreseeable future (provided the soccer team doesn't steal all of the good players).  As I've said all year, this Chatard team is all about line play.  Skill position players are a nice bonus, but, you could put me, Lysander, and Trojan88 in the backfield and we'd score 42 a game . . . ok, after the first series we'd all be on the sideline with hamstring injuries, but you know what I mean.  

Chatard line looked very impressive along with the running back Taylor. Was hoping Concordia would have hung around but they played them hard the first half. Hats off to Chatard, that's a pretty complete looking team.

Students and the football team should help step up and get it done.

18 minutes ago, Trojan88 said:

This year's team is all around very solid with 7 All-City players:

Cheek - QB

Taylor - RB

Sowinski - WR

Solomon - OL

Assalley - DL

Schrader - LB

Mastrian - DB

What makes this list so interesting are the players who are NOT on this list. Seriously, top to bottom very solid in all aspects (O, D, ST). This obviously does not mean anything as wins/losses are decided on the field.

Regarding style. Certainly less pass this year vs. last two years, but absolutely more than the Coach L days where he ran 98% of the time. I would say 65/35 run/pass ratio. So far, this team is performing very well and the young men playing every Friday have earned every opportunity and success to this point.

Looking forward to this Friday. Leaving a bit early to get a bite to eat before the game. Thanks to all with your suggestions regarding Ft. Wayne cuisine.

Chatard 42 - Concordia 14

Good info. Can't go wrong with any of the above restaurants my pick is acme!

Not very familiar with Chatard this year. More pass focused of an offense, or are they sound all around? Impressive the amount of points they score.

I think Concordia could definitely hang around. Would be tough but I could see it.

47 minutes ago, Mebuck said:

Dwenger will be ready! Dwenger had a few 2nd and 3rd teamers getting a lot of playing time that game. 

I agree, Dwengers defense will be to much for the bruins.

2 hours ago, Temptation said:

Can anyone more familiar with the situation remind me the reasoning for Homestead's move to the SAC?  Was it to be more competitive state wide and prepare for the tournament?  I assume they are a growing district.

Sorry for being a novice.

Smaller schools in the old conference wanted to move on. I thought I heard that Carroll wanted to move to the sac for quite some time but homestead was the one fighting it.  Both school districts are growing like crazy, with new housing subdivisions being added like crazy. Homestead will start remodeling the school next year as Carroll finished a remodel in the last 6 years or so. Wouldn't surprise me to see a new highschool built sooner than later to help offset student numbers.

Homestead game was very close. Homestead scored with 0 on the clock to send to overtime. Botched hold by Noblesville on a field goal try in overtime gave homestead a field goal kick to win .

4 minutes ago, FWfootball10 said:

The way Snider let Becker tear them apart last night really shocked me. I said I would be surprised if Carroll won and I am. I know there was a lot of talk about all the Snider penalties but still. 

All season I knew homestead and Noblesville had the potential to be close like that. I think I let other people talk me out of it lol. It’s a team that had the number 1 schedule in the state and played some really good teams tough. 

Honestly it made Fort Wayne look weak and that is now reflected in the Sagarin ratings. Idk about Carroll but I truly think Homestead can and will give Carmel (assuming they beat Westfield) a good game. 

The SAC teams never travel with their schedule and Homestead had almost a 2 hour bus drive. They probably looked at that 1-8 record and thought it was going to be a cakewalk although they shouldn’t have considering who Noblesville plays. 

No excuses though they’ll have to move on and get ready for Carroll.

Becker is really impressive. Just wasn't Snider's year, they have a lot of good young athletes though and should be very solid next year. While I think homestead will win sectionals they better be ready for a Carroll team that can put some points up. 

9 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

You responded six weeks later?! Lol. I'd completely forgotten about this interaction.

I mentioned tradition and a winning reputation as being an advantage. This is where Snider falls and that's why (along with coaching) they're able to consistently win year after year. They pull in some of the best athletes because of open enrollment. (Yes, I was aware of open enrollment. We have that in Columbus too.)

I must admit, it sounds like I may be a little out of the loop on the economic situation at Luers based on what you're telling me. Has Luers always been poor? They won eight state titles in a 14 year period from 1999 to 2012 so I'm curious to know what advantages led to that success. Makes me think things have changed there since then.

Luers has not always been a "poor school" no. Yes there are quite a few low income families there. There's also some very well off families. 

How about East Noble in 4a that no one seems to talk about ever. That's a scary team in Kendallville...As for my Luers knights it's gonna be though winning sectional. Never count a bad record Luers team down and out though. 

Waiting for an old-timer to comment "back in my day"

That 2 hour drive for kokomo to Bloomington/terre haute would be terrible. Otherwise I like the conference scenario 

Get off my lawn!

53 minutes ago, FWfootball10 said:

That’s what I am saying. People look at Noblesville and their 1-7 record, bottom of the conference, and think they will get walked over by Snider, Carroll, and Homestead. Look at their schedule, they have not played one bad team. They don’t get to play a Wayne or South side. I’m just interested to see how the Fort Wayne teams handle them. I think Homestead or Snider beat them by a couple TD’s. I’m thinking Carroll is about a 7 point favorite against them.

Not sold on noblesville while I agree they play a very strong schedule, they have only scored 69 points on the season. Would they have the firepower to get in a shootout game with one of the fortwayne teams?

I like snider to make a statement. Should be a classic dwenger snider game.

Trai Essex, Jason Fabini, James Hardy, Jaylon Smith, Anthony Spencer, Rod Smith, Tyler Eifert. 

2 hours ago, Justasportsfan said:

They forget Northrop relishes an opportunity at the upset n don't respond when the bell rings..

I think snider will win but I agree about Northrop. Snider better come to play.