Patriot 74

Very disciplined, very well coached. Spread the ball on offense. Run it well, and throw it well. Defensively they fly to the ball. DBs can cover well. LBs pursue and tackle well. Both the O line and D line are not gonna out size anyone, but the compete their butts off and do the jobs. Best words I can describe this team with BLUE COLLAR.

Southridge in this one. This team is good on both sides of the ball. They have a chance to represent the South this year in LOS!!

On to a new discussion.......Washington, Sullivan, North Knox and Mater Dei all roll in their openers! Southridge makes Mt. Vernon look very ordinary in their opener and win big. Posey has a running clock mid way thru the 2nd quarter! TC beats Linton-Stockton in a good matchup, but the Seniors of TC are too much! I'm not touching the last game. GS is on fire, especially the QB. The may have played their way into the favorite roll here (yes I said it and mean it), even though SR is undefeated. HH FINALLY had 99% of their team on the field last Friday. They still have some rust to knock off, but at least they had the same group that scrimmaged Jasper 10 weeks ago!! If is rainy, and wet who knows. It's gonna take a great effort by the Patriots along with a couple timely turnovers.

So it is the case that missing Friday and then Monday thru Thursday, players would have to some how get 4 practices in?? If this is the case TC is in trouble!!

Isn't there a rule though that if you are in quarantine like that, before returning to play you must actively complete 4 practices?? Or are they going to try and say that they were practicing virtually like other schools in the are are doing to side step the rules?? 😅

I think the truly interesting matchup this week is TC vs Linton-Stockton. TC was down several players last Friday and it definitely showed in their loss to SS. "If" the players miss again this week because of contact tracing (and that's what should happen by health department regulations) this game could be a real dogfight for the Marksmen!!!

Speed bump????? That's good to know.

Ummmmmmmmmm did you not see the previous three posts??? The ones from 32, and oldtime??? They explained it perfectly without the "that is wrong" stuff......cheeeeeez

Thank you for the insight and to you as well oldtimeqb!! I did not know this was the rule!! Looks like there is a chance then that The Ridge could stay in 3A!! But I am quite certain there are a few teams in that sectional that will have their own eyes on the prize!!

Okay....so The Ridge won the state tournament in 2017 (4 points) and the regional in 2018 (2 points) which meant they move up to 3A. Last season they lost in the sectional (0 pts). So it is my understanding that no matter what happens they will move back to 2A due to a two year period of not meeting the 6 point rule. Is that wrong??

I think no matter what happens with the Ridge they are moving back to 2A unless their enrollment has grown and will keep them in 3A.

Why doesn't TC play Daviess Co. out of KY. I think it meets all of the guidelines for IN team to play a KY team. Both teams have openings, there will be a short bus ride for one of the teams, and it's close for fans. Make perfect sense to me.

Didn't you guys originally have Henderson on your schedule, or am I thinking of years previous??

HH has not fielded their entire team in one single game this season due to Covid/ injury. It is a shame for that group of kids. SS has had the same issue as well. It must be terribly frustrating for teams, and coaches that have had to deal with this CRAP this year. Sending kids home because they were in a class, wearing a mask, sitting socially distanced from a random student who is sick is the definition of insanity IMO. It also puts those having to play on Friday nights at risk. No varsity team should have to play sophomores against seniors because of quarantine rules.

I'm not taking the bait!! HA I do however expect the Marksmen to finally get a dose of reality, and truly see what kind of team they have. My guess in that one is The Raiders by 28! AND I think that Mt. Vernon gets exposed and Booneville rips them by four scores!!

I am curious about this statement. You bring up a coach, who took a team into Booneville, about half strength. A team of basically sophomores and juniors due to lovely quarantine and played the Pioneers pretty tough. The difference in the game was HH couldn't (didn't) score when they got into the red zone on four occasions, and didn't tackle Mockobee real well. So I guess the game plan was a good one. So I guess that means yeah, if I was going to ask a coach for advice, Coach Wilk would be a good start.

Only difference between the 2nd half of the HH game, and the one against Gibson Southern.....Gibson will bring seniors and juniors for Mockobee to try and smash mouth, grind it out over!!! Probably ain't gonna be as easy.

HH has not had it's full roster all season. There hasn't been a game this season where they have had their entire roster. Tis the "Covid 2020" football season. With that said, no excuses. This is the team they have. Get better each week regardless of outcome. Remember that every team in the state is 0-0 in week ten!!

I would assume that some, maybe most, in the area saw that he signed with Purdue and thought he would come out and blow the stat sheets up this year. Obviously his stats are not bad by any means, just maybe not what some assumed. The kids can play and that is all that matters!!!!!

FP vs Tec. FP in a landslide NP vsTC TC wins but the defense finally gives up some points GS vs Boon. GS by 28 at least PA vs P'ton P'ton because I have nothing about their opponent MV vs OC MV because they will have the "1st game" jitters out of the way SS vs HH HH finally!! Maybe getting closer to actually having a full roster ND vs Wash. ND by three scores SR vs PC SR by as many as they want to put on the board

Agree completely!! Especially the or more part.

Obviously Southport was coming down I-65.............

Probably not, and Chatard was a monster last year!! They may not play until week 6 then who knows!! The key word was AT in my previous statement. Who would want to drive 4 hours for an opener and lose. At least Chatard is some what close.

And probably doesn't want to open up AT a seasoned GS team whose already played to outstanding opponents.

Not a matter of wins or losses. It was the timing. There were kids expected to go play in a varsity game who didn't get any game reps in practice, or very few to say the least. HH was going to be down 3-4 starters already for precautionary reasons (injury could play but don't need to rush) so some #2s were getting a majority of the reps. Now you throw in there at 1:30 in the afternoon 5 kids sent home because of Covid concerns now the backups backup are thrown into a starting roll. So the concern is 9 players that started or played 75% of the minutes in week 1 are out week 2. Sounds to me like Southport canceled for less. So NO it wasn't about losing, it was about young kids playing seniors. Not the best scenario. But things worked out in the end. No injuries. Good news is, at least those young kids will get game reps this week, and that's good because they get to tackle Mockobee this Friday.