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Avon has one win the last two years. If that isn’t an Oh My, I don’t know what one is.

Crawfordsville checks a lot of those boxes as well.

Griffith is unrecognizable from when I graduated. Pointless to follow them any more. Talk about a proud program disappearing into oblivion.

They should have a very good baseball team this spring.

Couldn’t find the stats, but that doesn’t surprise me. Just not a great cultural fit for football.

My guess is the reason Muda says they are 4A in enrollment only is that the community and student body is around 30% Hispanic, and that demographic isn’t traditionally a fertile recruiting ground for them. So even in a Sagamore Conference with schools ranging from 2A-4A, they have been dismal for some time. I believe their soccer and baseball teams have been pretty competitive recently.

Danville 34, Greencastle 0 2nd quarter

What’s the second half ratio?

It isn’t fun to watch at all. I want to see the two best teams in the state playing their best, may the best team win. I am seeing none of that. Sucks for both teams.

Playing this game at Arlington is a complete joke, field is trash already.

I know Avon's defense has been God-awful this year, but this performance needs to be recognized. In Zionsville's 52-49 win last night, Price ran 26 times for 416 yards and 5 TD's. That is an incredible night, irrespective of opponent. Also want to recognize from the same game the performance of Chrishon McCray, 4 TD's receiving to go with 230 yards, and a TD pass thrown in for good measure. Two amazing individual performances from two very good players.

Glad everyone is safe, kudos to the police for a quick apprehension. But damn, shouldn't have to fear for your life as a player or fan going to a football game.

Raiding the WIC to a degree, but I would like Northview, Greencastle, West Vigo, and possibly West Lafayette as a fourth.

THIS! I believe all three MoCo high schools have decent to good coaching staffs, but there are too many athletes in the hallways that do not play football, for whatever reason. Schlicher in particular needs to build a culture starting in grade school and keep them in the program.

Don’t forget about the 0-6 record so far in 2021. They are competitive in basketball and baseball (as is Frankfort, at least more so than in football historically). Can’t really say it’s cyclical when it’s been down for 15 years. Question would be the destination for the top 4. Too small for Mid State, too big for Wabash River, Western Indiana possibly, but they already have 12 teams. Indiana Crossroads might be a slight improvement, but not enough to move. Hoosier Athletic could be interesting. My thought is Crawfordsville (and probably Frankfort) really needs to evaluate where football fits in their landscape, or if those resources are better deployed elsewhere.

I know the last couple games have been streamed on www.ihsaatv.org, and they were free streams.

You probably already saw this, but the Whiteland V LN game was canceled.

Having watched these kids play (and coaching some of them) since 2nd grade, I have zero doubt they would all start. And you are correct, it’s everywhere. Curry at CG started out in Whiteland (before high school), Carroll at CG was at Brownsburg last year, Owen Wood at Cathedral was in the CG system at one point, just a fact that kids can be transient. We are certainly seeing it more in college with the transfer portal.

Tayven Jackson, Daniel Weems, Caden Curry, Mitchell Evans. That’s four things. Anyway, the beautiful thing is they play head to head on October 15. So it will prove itself out. I stand by my statement, ignorant as you may think it is.

No. Didn’t even mention one of Cathedral’s leading tacklers was at Avon as a freshman as well. It’s crazy to think of the talent that could be on the field for the Orioles.

Give me Westfield, they are loaded this year as well. Are they Center Grove-loaded? No. But nobody else is either.

At least 6 seniors that played youth football (and lived) in Avon that will be starters for Danville this fall. 5 of the 6 were enrolled at Avon as freshmen. They are all good enough to start for Avon, and are probably a pretty big reason Danville is #1 preseason in 3A. Along with prominent players from Plainfield and Cascade. Recruiting? I don’t think so. Open enrollment and kids seeing an opportunity at an improving program and taking advantage? That’s how I see it. Just a better fit for some kids. Mega schools aren’t for everyone. Think of it like a Lake Central kid ending up at Griffith or Highland. About the same distances.

Not brag worthy at all, if that’s how you interpreted that then I wasn’t very clear. If they finish .500 they will have done well.

I'm sure he is, I just saw where Avon is #12 in 6A, and I just don't see it. McCray at RB is good, Norocea at DT is good, sophomore QB Reynolds will be good, Hall is WR is good, but nowhere near the depth needed to compete. Might regret not working harder to keep all those kids from going to Danville.

Pretty sure Adams was behind the original move, and as you noted, he is now at Valpo (much to the chagrin of the old Valpo soccer coach, from what I read this weekend). I also believe they have opened up the coaching search. Griffith never should have left the NCC, I know as an alum I want to see us playing Highland, Munster, Lowell, etc. as conference opponents. Of course I am just an old fart dating back to the Lake Suburban conference days, so what do I know.