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Excellent choice. Kevin will do great things.

I assume this will be filled pretty quickly. I have no new insights. I trust the institution of Patriot football to find the next replacement. I believe they will do a great job and won't miss a beat next year. Small request would be Wishbone in goal line situations. 😛

Not many people could've carried the torch from Coach Clayton, but he did that and more. Enjoy retirement!

So was this a fluke?

i thought this was very interesting. I used the Sagarin predictors from Week 13. Winning Team, Losing Team — Sagarin favorite (real margin vs. prediction) CLASS 1A Pioneer 31, SOUTH ADAMS 14 — Pioneer by 8 (-17 pts) South Putnam 40, MILAN 7 — South Putnam BY 14 (-19 pts) CLASS 2A ANDREAN 24, Adams Central 19 — ANDREAN by 5 (1 pt) Brownstown Central 31, LAPEL 21 — Brownstown by 7 (-3 pts) CLASS 3A FW LUERS 35, Knox 0 — Knox by 5 (40 pts) CASCADE 49, Gibson Southern 34 — CASCADE by 4 (9 pts) CLASS 4A FW DWENGER 28, South Bend St. Joseph 7 — DWENGER by 5 (16 pts) RONCALLI 42, Heritage Hills 14 — RONCALLI by 14 (28 pts) CLASS 5A MERRILLVILLE 41, Concord 14 — MERRILLVILLE by 4 (23 pts) NEW PALESTINE 42, Bloomington South 0 — NEW PAL by 8 (34 pts) CLASS 6A Westfield 35, FW CARROLL 14 — Westfield by 10 (-11 pts) BROWNSBURG 31, Warren Central 0 — BROWNSBURG by 14 (17 pts) HOME TEAMS went 8-4 in semistate games. HOME TEAMS beat their Sagarin prediction by 118 total points (9.8 points per game — this is factoring in the "negative" points from road winners).

Thought Pledger would have made it on the first team somewhere like on defense. Oh well, I'm sure he'll make all-area and maybe all-state. He ran hard in the playoffs and made some heads turn, I'm sure.

@crimsonace1 is having a stroke after seeing the "style" of some of these headlines!

Conference Offensive MVP QB

My comment about Heritage Hills not opening the playbook. I never saw HH run much true option like they did in previous years. That's what I was expecting to come out eventually. Obviously injuries were a factor. I don't know if Winchell is expected to be QB next year, but a more prominent option game would make sense. I digress. Great season Patriots!

Not sure.

He's graduating in December, Jon told me yesterday. So no wrestling.

He was wearing a heavy knee brace before the game. Never looked like he had his feet underneath him on long passes. On his last play, he tried to cut and looked like he stretched it. I'm sure he'll be on the wrestling mat soon. One of the best Patriot football players ever.

IndyStar reporter extraordinaire Dana Benbow said on X he had 52 at halftime.

Catholic programs are having quite the night. The Papal force is strong this year.

Congratulations, Roncalli. Very talented and well-coached squad -- especially on defense! So you got your win back after 25 years. That's fine. See you at the Jungle one day! !

I believe I remember it raining before the 2000 game. Ken Dilger pregame speech was epic!

Too much mutual respect for trash talking in this one. @dirt_devil @TW get in here!

I would vote to release the info, but it probably goes against tgd rules.

Hush. No controversy on this thread!

It was said a bit tongue and cheek, but maybe there's some merit to it. I'd be interested to see what statistical advantage teams within one hour to LoS over those from farther away.

I personally just think no team in Marion County or adjacent should be allowed to host a semi-state. That would fix things. They already get to sleep in their beds for state (if they want).

I don't think Heritage Hills has played their best game, yet. And that's a good thing because they will need to be at their best to even hang with Roncalli. We'll find out in the first possession whether or not the Patriots can hang.

Hope there's some good news updates regarding the player who was taken away by ambulance from Jewell Field on a stretcher on Friday night.

God's country, I tell you