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Any updates on Mr. Hook's situation as we enter the holidays? Best, ~ Chris

The scary thing is now that Cathedral realizes it will be competing in 5A/6A for the foreseeable future, they are going to make adjustments. Every school in Marion and the "donut" counties should be prepared given open enrollment and Cathedral's resources as a private (not parochial) school.

Geez, IU and PU... What are you waiting for. If Air Force offered, I'd say even Notre Dame would be interested in "offering" a preferred walk-on status. Definitely passes the eye test. I don't know his measurables, but it would be a shame if a 40-yard dash is what is separating him from an offer. So many guys in the league (Jerry Rice) did not have great 40 times, but could create separation and attack the ball. Instead everyone is looking for the next Randy Moss.

Same way guys in SW Indiana have continuously gone unnoticed. It's improving with the addition of social media, though. Ball State, UIndy, KWC, and others have loved what IU and Purdue have missed. Linemen seem to get out of SW Indiana, but it's much tougher for many skill players. I might also blame some ADs for going to closed conferences and not scheduling bigger market talent when possible in Indianapolis, Kentucky, Illinois, and the Cincy area. Teams should be able to play nine or ten games. Conferences should be 14 teams (6 + 1 games) with two divisions (like the B1G) and a week dedicated to a seeded divisional conference champion. Best divisional record gets the No. 1 seed. In the case of teams with one divisional loss or more, head-to-head result decides the seed. Forfeits count as losses, regardless of pandemics!

I didn't see this list posted, and I think it should be helpful: At a glance since 2000, the only "small school" winners have been: - Wodicka, West Lafayette, 2009 - Smith, Luers, 2012 - Kiser, Pioneer, 2018 McIntosh, Reitz, 2007, has been the only winner truly from "southern Indiana." The others like Bloomington/Columbus, I'd say most southerners consider to be central Indiana as you aren't receiving news coverage from Evansville or Louisville. Also, I'd argue that Cutler from HH in 2000 (or Schiff from Mater Dei) would've been a better choice than Shannon --Cutler ran, threw, caught, returned punts/kicks, I believe he holds the 3A State Finals tackle record. He had an injured ankle in semi-state and state and debatably lost a scholarship because of it; although, Vanderbilt turned out to be great. Year Player High School College NFL Draft 1992 Alex Smith, RB[2] Franklin County Indiana 1993 Bo Barzilauskas, OL/DL Bloomington South Indiana 1994 Josh Martini, RB East Central United States Marine Corps 1995 Earl Haniford, QB Martinsville Indiana 1996 Israel Thompson, RB Martinsville Ball State 1997 DuJuan Daniels, RB Bishop Chatard Boston College 1998 Rex Grossman, QB Bloomington South Florida 2003 NFL Draft: 1st round, 22nd overall by the Chicago Bears 1999 Derrick Ellis, RB Indianapolis Arlington 2000 Otis Shannon, RB Indianapolis Cathedral Harper College 2001 James Banks, QB/DB[3] Ben Davis Tennessee Carson–Newman 2002 Clayton Richard, QB McCutcheon Michigan 2003 Desmond Tardy, QB Warren Central Purdue 2004 Jason Werner, WR/S Roncalli Purdue 2005 Dexter Taylor, QB Warren Central Tulsa Western Kentucky Marian 2006 Darren Evans, RB Warren Central Virginia Tech 2007 Paul McIntosh, QB Evansville Reitz Army Southern Illinois 2008 Morgan Newton, QB Carmel Kentucky 2009 Daniel Wodicka, QB[4] West Lafayette Johns Hopkins University 2010 Tre Roberson, QB[5] Lawrence Central Indiana Illinois State 2011 Gunner Kiel, QB Columbus East Notre Dame Cincinnati 2012 Jaylon Smith, RB/LB[1] Bishop Luers Notre Dame 2016 NFL Draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Dallas Cowboys 2013 Terry McLaurin, WR[6] Cathedral Ohio State 2019 NFL Draft: 3rd round, 76th overall by the Washington Redskins 2014 Markell Jones, RB[7] Columbus East Purdue 2015 Brandon Peters, QB[8] Avon Michigan Illinois 2016 Hunter Johnson, QB[9] Brownsburg Clemson Northwestern 2017 Reese Taylor, QB[10] Ben Davis Indiana 2018 Jack Kiser, QB[11] Pioneer Notre Dame 2019 Charlie Spegal, RB[12] New Palestine Indiana 2020 Carson Steele, RB[13] Center Grove Ball State

As it is a yearly award, the primary measurement should be the current season. Stats diminish with smaller schools -- just the way it is. If I voted, I would just be trying to answer: "Who performed the best in Indiana this season?" Everything else is secondary: team success, career stats, school size, quality of collegiate offers -- even current year stats have to be weighted for SoS, position, type of offense/defense, participation (a player on a team that has put a running clock on, for example 10 teams, won't have the same opportunities to post stats as a four-quarter player). Are only seniors eligible, and if not, has a non-senior ever won the award? I would also propose that a Mr. Football Offense and Mr. Football Defense be awarded, as it is too difficult to draw comparisons between both sides of the ball. Brady Allen of Gibson Southern would have my vote — and I'm no Gibson Southern nor Purdue fan. We are splitting hairs, but put him on Mount Vernon, Cathedral, or Center Grove, and his numbers would be just as good if not better -- with more snaps, more media coverage, and (no offense to GS) but a better surrounding cast... although he might want to take one receiver with him, Heltsley.

Well it's great that you still have it. I remember Frontpage. As for free archiving, I think a Facebook Page is probably best if you want complete control, as your content could be edited on Wikipedia.org. If someone from the Linton community can provide you with space via WordPress or a similar website management system, that might be your best bet. A private Wiki run by The Gridiron Digest was another possible option, but it became difficult to manage due to updates and hardware changes. I believe that I have all that info saved... just a matter of finding the time and bending DK's arm to install the most recent software, then try to see what can be salvaged.

I hope everyone had a good season. As some of you know, we have a very active presence on Twitter from August through January. Through December, I pay $14.99 per month for software that auto-shares any tweet that uses #TGD or @gridirondigest. It is very useful for sharing streams, scores, updates, and other things to our nearly 9,000 followers. Would you like to see this feature continued all year? If so, could we get some boosters for the 2022-2023 season to earmark their donation for this? (If you are interested, PM me and tag @DK_Barons because he keeps the books!) Looking at the Twitter feed since the state finals' weekend, we are driving conversations (which increase our engagement and reach on social media). Additionally, if you would be interested in being an active editor on The TGD Facebook Page, please message me. I know recruiting, strength competitions, highlights of football standouts in other sports, facility improvements, 7-on-7s, etc. would be possible content. I am currently running to many other social media accounts to give it proper attention (i.e. content). One more thing. TGD's logos are becoming dated. If you are a graphic designer or know someone who would like to give us a facelift (only talking about: a few logos, background, and generic social media sized graphics, let me know. Booster status would be granted depending on output! Enjoy the offseason, but check in with us! Best, ~ Chris

Did you save copies of the summaries on a computer or USB drive? What was the actual URL of the SW7 Conference site where you posted you writeups? I might be able to recover some or all of it. A good free solution if most of your content is text and photos is to make a Facebook Page. It at least provides you with an easy way to archive all of that info. Additionally, you can populate the Linton-Stockton Football page on Wikipedia. There is a bit of a learning curve, but once info is saved there, it is never going to disappear. It is open source, so anyone is able to edit it, but they must do it within the Wiki Standards (basically make sure everything has citations). Regardless, even if someone edits something that you have posted, you can contest their changes and Wikipedia saves all of the previously saved edits, so you can always revert back to a previous version. I'm not sure how technically inclined you are, but WordPress is also an option if you want full control.

This will be a pinned topic for journalists, members of the media, SIDs, photographers, historians, archivists, etc. to link up. This is not for streams or other the like to be advertised. The Gridiron Digest community is welcome to add constructive feedback -- discussions on paywalls, local sports journalism (or its evolving nature with SIDs and private photogs/bloggers), and so on. But it will not be a space to blast things like paywalls, reduced or biased coverage, etc. without providing alternate solutions. That being said... - @crimsonace1 - Journalist, teacher, and radioman extraordinaire - @Rudy AlmanacSports.com 'nuff said - @Miner_Pride A true asset to southcentral Indiana HS sports (what's your official online archive?) - @DaveMosbey Model example of how to incrementally archive a school's sports programs (don't let the HTML fool you!) - @Bcaster My perhaps biased favorite play-by-play voice of sports in talent-rich southwestern Indiana - Where is TW lurking? Every time I look he's getting a new promotion. Not sure how involved he is with the CircleCityConference.com, but it's the best conference website I've seen. This list is not exhaustive, so who is missing? It would be great to add to it through the winter and be able to network (understanding that most of you also cover winter and spring sports) -- don't worry @DK_Barons, this isn't a ploy to revive gridirondigest.info/wiki ... I might work on my predictor tool to attempt to rank programs since 2000 differently than CalPreps or the Texas forum...

I've said it before in different ways, but... The IHSAA needs to learn about standard deviation and bell curves. - 1A should have 16-32 teams (white) - 6A should have 16-24 teams (white) - 2A to 5A should have the remainder with class lines set by deviations (the other colors)

I don't want to put any pressure on 12 & 13 year olds, but their pedigrees are outstanding to say the least -- better than a washed up former player whose biggest claim to fame is losing to Chatard three consecutive years in the semistate, so now has to write about the achievements of others, ala journalism -- coupled with a solid freshman class. Middle school FB at HH has never really been about winning games. It's about learning a system, not having drama in the program, and keeping numbers up so they hopefully stay as freshmen. BTW, we want our Wahls back!!! In all honesty, best of luck to the Titans. We hope it's your year and you bring some hardware back to the PAC. Wish I could be in Indy during Thanksgiving Weekend! This year's seniors at HH played their hearts out, represented Patriot Football well, and proved that if you trust in the system, you'll be able to hold your heads high with a 9-3 record. Now it's time for the underclassmen to rest for a few weeks, then put in the work for next year.

(To clarify) The question is if it has changed/affected/impacted "your team's..." -- not necessarily hurt or helped their chances ... just affected.

Without overthinking it via the "butterfly effect," without the implementation of the success factor would your team still be playing for a sectional championship? More bluntly, are there teams now in your sectional or not in your sectional which would or would not be playing for a sectional title if we conducted the 2021 tournament based solely on enrollment?

Even in 3A, Heritage Hills rarely would have 75 players counting grades 9-12. Typically, 2-4 freshmen dress varsity in the regular season and around 4-6 are added for the playoffs (usually a QB, K, and a few of the better athletes). This year, I believe that Heritage Hills will actually have at least one freshman earn varsity letters and around 10 freshmen are on the playoff roster... Additionally, HH typically has a regular season roster size of around 40-50 (not typically including freshmen, but the freshmen do play a 5-9 game schedule in addition to JV).

And rings.

With a Goldsberry and Winchell likely back on the roster! That being said, no doubt that Heritage Hills has a tall task ahead of them tonight playing the best team in the state with probably the best QB and top receivers. I just hope HH can keep it close, take it one play at a time, and be as opportunistic as possible with one of the potentially greatest 3A teams to come out of southern Indiana. Best of luck and Patriot Pride!

Post scores and updates here for this weekend's Indiana high school football sectional championships. We are nearing 9,000 followers on Twitter @gridirondigest. Help us by following us if you're not, post and share updates, photos, and videos with the #TGD for an automatic re-share! Will you be headed to regionals next week or basketball? Stay safe and best of luck to all teams, players, and all involved -- especially the seniors!

Isn't this pretty standard across Indiana? Townships have determined school attendance, even in some cases crossing county lines? I guess the bigger cities are starting to see public services merge -- fire departments, police/sheriff departments, other forms of governance. I'm generally not a big fan of redundant systems, but also like to see governance and services as accountable as possible. Idk. Big decisions.

A guy at my dorm at IU was from SB Riley. He said he played football. Got absolutely laid out by a current HS assistant coach (former all-state LB teammate of mine) in the DiNardo days in a 7-on-7 tackle game. He responded by ripping a fire extinguisher out of a dorm hallway while intoxicated and trying to assault various floormates... Judging by collegiate social media accounts, that was a foreshadowing of the current destruction of property craze. The guys from Penn were much more personable. That is my experience with and knowledge of South Bend football. Oh, I guess Gehrig Dieter has done the city pretty well after setting an NCAA record for most transfers.

Never knew that JcHS had ever closed... One of the oldest schools in southern Indiana! 😛

ETA: Where is just a straight list of enrollment and classification for football for the current cycle? The IHSAA used to release the enrollment numbers, along w/1-64 in each class and an asterisk on success/relegation teams. All I can find are these - https://www.ihsaa.org/Schools/Enrollments-Classifications - which doesn't include the current cycle by enrollment.

Actually something like: 1A: # of teams left 2A: 96 teams 3A: 96 teams 4A: 24 teams w/4 sectionals of 6 teams, no regional round) - any fair success factor changes to increase the competition in the largest class would be welcomed. Without changing the success factor too much, instead of looking at the previous two years, you look at the previous four years and throw out the season with the most points and the least points to get a median average, which IMO is a much better measure of a program than the current system...

32-64-64-64-64-32 (actually fewer) makes tremendously more statistical sense. The enrollment lines would also be farther apart, so teams would naturally stay in a class longer (not considering success points).

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