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Zoysia is what Christmas Lake Golf Course (Santa Claus). It turns brown by October. It needs pretty sandy soil to grow, so as a football playing surface, I don't think it would fare well because the roots are very shallow. Perhaps there's a hybrid that is better suited for non - golf applications.

Good luck Castle. Let's get PAC/SIAC/Big8 sweeps in every sectional that the SW Indiana conferences fielded teams in. I may have to learn the Castle fight song soon. My niece is enrolled in kindergarten in Newburgh.

If only North Spencer could afford the luxory of field turf... So silly. Regardless of where this game is played, I believe the Raiders' air attack will be in full force. If they are able to get a two score lead, then they'll fall back on the Wing T. Special teams are likely to be the difference if field conditions force conservative play calling.

Perhaps the officials or assignees already do? @Bobref @Impartial_Observer

They pray harder. I've heard, but it's only an unconfirmed rumor, that the prayers are in Latin. By God, such speech could never be allowed on public school grounds, let alone a team pregame communion. And they say it was grape juice, not wine on public school grounds!

Pike is probably the best option as a fan. Actually, Franklin Central if you are coming from the south, but is no way a "home field" for Chatard, which I think they should have at the semistate level...whether it's Arlington or Broad Ripple. SW Indiana is driving three hours, we really don't care. To that point, Chatard by statistical chance, has hosted far more semistates than it has traveled for. Call it luck.

I never had a problem with the 2005 game. Went with @dawgieinthepound from Bloomington. Now that I'm of age, and have many friends in the Broad Ripple area, I would definitely do the trip differently. HH (or any team against Chatard from a Central timezone in SW Indiana) typically ends up played on Saturdays. However, the 2001 and 2003 games were at Arlington (also a fine facility) and the 2004 game at Franklin Central (all Fridays, if memory serves me correctly). But yes Sgt. Cox does seem to have final say.

Go Patriots!

Lol

The Raiders await to board the Pirates ship by night and slash some EIAC throats. A Tiger's coat would make a nice prize under a sectional trophy. Meanwhile, the Patriots are priming their rifles and are equally capable of sniping Tigers or Buccaneers from the Jungle or testing their sealegs. Week 12? The PAC fears no weak from the east.

The line did look exhausted when they blocked that game winning FG. I can assure you that conditioning has never been a problem for HH. Even in their best years, 7-11 players played two ways, and Zionsville, Roncalli, Chatard, and others never wore them down. I doubt you'll see it now.

Can they both lose? At least some controversy so neither can claim absolute victory. Really though, I'm torn. I want Memorial to win, but I don't want them to gain success points so they can return to 3A. Regardless, it's impressive for Central to have continued success given its history over the years. A strong Central program benifits all of Evansville and SW Indiana.

Hmm, other news maybe two Gordos in Paradise this weekend? Gordon Engelhardt from the Evansville CP and Jim Gordillo from the Bloomington HT. Again a big maybe, but both have given decades to their respective communities and I believe both should be in the Indiana Sportswriters Hof. Let's see who gets the assignments. Proud to call both former colleagues.

Southridge (Eastern) will travel southeast to bordering Heritage Hills (Central). All of a 5-25 minute drive depending on where in southwest Dubois County you live. It's much better to travel from an Eastern time zone to Central than vice versa. You may get home later, but you get an hour more between school letting out and kickoff, in most cases.

Guaranteed a PAC vs. EIAC Regional. Has anyone worked out where it would be played? I don't believe Heritage Hills or Southridge have ever played Lawrenceburg or Greensburg. The PAC has much respect for the EIAC dating back to the Batesville days. The bus rides? Not so much.

It's been said before, but now that teams are able to practice with pads and scrimmage throughout the summer, the Scrimmage Day (Week 0) could be eliminated and become Week 1. Other than playing more games in hotter temperatures, I don't see why a bye week would be bad.

There was a good article about how he does his operations last year (https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/06/22/john-harrell-still-enjoys-running-site-high-school-sports-junkies/725863002/). One computer, one man... Prior to Twitter, a lot of sports editors and journalists across the state would send their scores. I think his son is now involved too. He occassionally still visits the Herald-Times to do some computer programming for the sports department (even in the early 1990s, he was automating much of the Agate (Scoreboard) Page and box scores layout with some (relatively) simple find and replace features. Similiar to HTML, the software that formats newspapers is a "markup" computer programming language. The H-T, one of my former employers, still publishes complete scores for high school and college basketball up to the last minutes before going to press (11 p.m. Eastern time). I picked up the IndyStar and half of the scores were marked as "late"... The H-T still does a good job of publishing all local and area box scores for all HS sports... Something other papers, like the IndyStar, are no longer doing. Jeff Sagarin and John Harrell should have scholarships named after them by the IHSAA, in my opinion.

Yes. Defense's ball on the 20. If there was time left... If the ball was knocked into the endzone by the defense and then recovered by the offense (Gibson), I believe it would be a TD. There may have to be a change of possession and fumble though. Will defer to @Bobref

Have you read the CP article? It's a continuation of any success HH being attributed to Gibson Southern not doing something. Meanwhile, if you read HH comments even in its roughest years, they frequently said that Gibson was the better team and deserved to win. If HH has three turnovers, it's because GS forced them. I have several friends in South Gibson -- coaches, friends, and parents. I have no qualms criticizing part of their fan base or the tone of the quotes in the article. I criticized Hart and staff's decision to platoon, especially in the playoffs. If having an opinion is forbidden, then guilty as charged.

Ball is dead on any kick in high school the moment it crosses the goal line. It would be a touch back. GS ball on their 20 if there was time left.

Not luck! Sorry but "Sometimes that's the way it bounces" isn't showing much respect to an opponent that has beaten you 3 out of the past 4. "The better team won and we hope they or Southridge has a great run and represents the PAC well..." must have been omitted by the CP writer.

No really, most of Sagarins ratings are archived using The WaybackMachine... For previous, I'd contact John Harrell or arrange a visit to the Bloomington Herald-Times archives.

There is a way. Google the WaybackMachine

It's game day! Classes 4A and 5A are back in action, while half the teams in Classes A-4A are left. Win or go home. What games will you be attending and/or following most closely? Post your scores/updates here or on Twitter @gridirondigest.

Monday to Wednesday, I agree. But Thursday is typically a walk through, lineup checks, recognition, etc... Plus you can risk injury on non-ideal field conditions. Practicing on Thursday inside makes sense in certain conditions.