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Some great games and surprises week 1 from the Mid-State. 5-3 in my picks last week. Going into week 2: Greenwood (1-0) vs Indian Creek(1-0) - Greenwood with a great win at Bloomington North last week. Indian Creek has a very talented running back, but if Greenwood can stop him they win. Greenwood 35-21 Martinsville (1-0) vs Bloomington South (0-1) - If you would've asked me last week I would've said BS big, but I think this one comes down to who turns the ball over less. Bloomington South 28-24 DC (0-1) vs Gueirn Catholic (1-0)- DC will bounce back after playing the #1 team in the state. DC 35-14 Plainfield (0-1) vs Tri-West (1-0)- Plainfield 27-14 Franklin (0-1) vs Shelbyville (0-1)- Tough loss for Franklin last week. Franklin should score at will this week. 49-0 Mooresville (1-0) vs Danville (1-0)- Danville looking to take down back to back Mid-State opponents. Mooresville 35-21 Perry (0-1) vs Southport (0-0) - Southport 42-21 Whiteland (1-0) vs Gibson Southern (0-1)- GS has a stud of a qb, but I think Whiteland it too much to handle. 49-21 Week 1 Power Ranking Mid State

Tri-West plays 5A Plainfield this week, as well. Like you said Tri-West/Danville sectional match up gets to semi state most likely. Last week I would've said look for a close game, but unsure after Plainfield was able to hang around for a lot of the game with Carmel.

My darkhorse pick for the year is Tri-West. I see them being a top 10 team going into sectionals and making a decent run into regionals/semi state before running into GS or HH.

Should be an exciting one. Bburg 35-24

Some tough match-ups this week for the mid-state. A couple sub in games due to covid. Just glad to see hs football back! DC v CG- CG takes this one. Steele starts his senior year and Mr. Football campaign with a big night. Plainfield v Carmel- This one won't be pretty. Carmel Martinsville v Bedford NL- Martinsville in a close one Mooresville v Lebanon- Mooresville by 21 Greenwood v Bloomington N- Bloomington North big Franklin v Danville- Both teams lost a lot of fire power from last years teams, but I'll take Franklin by 2 TD's Whiteland v Columbus East- Probably the most interesting matchup of the week. I think CE has the edge. CE by 10 Perry Meridian v FC- Perry continues to try to find a football team. FC big Preseason Mid-State Rankings 1. DC 2. Whiteland 3. Mooresville T4. Franklin T4. Plainfield 6. Martinsville 7. Greenwood 8. Perry

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I think Tri-West might be my dark horse pick this season for 3A. They should be able to make a deep run

Looking at their schedule I see 2-4 wins. Sectionals won't have a chance for a "good draw" either. Gotta hope for a couple upsets

No Zionsville?

Brownsburg will/should be the best team in that sectional, but as we all know anything can happen on Friday nights. I think from a talent standpoint Burg and CG will have the two best teams in the state. Doesn't always equate to a championship.

I think it is CG's to lose this year. My current top 5 6A rankings going into the season would probably be: 1.CG 2. Brownsburg 3. Carmel 4/5. Warren/BD The south will be an absolute battle this year to make the road to Lucas Oil. Whoever comes out of the north can be thankful for a year with Carmel down south.

Rutgers...the same team that went 2-10 and 0-9 in the big ten last year?

Decatur Central

IMO Steele has the higher ceiling of the two for college football. Charlie will go down as the better HS back out of the two, Steele will have the better college career. They're different types of RBs. Steele is overall more athletic and has a frame to work with. Charlie was stronger than every player on the field and it showed. When playing 18-23 year old boys at the next level they're all that strong.

Tri-west will be getting turf this off-season, I believe

Hate to see them play an all in conference schedule (similar to Ft. Wayne). It was always nice to see how competitive they can be with some of the Indy schools (if that's who they decided to pick up). I think the SOS is downgraded, for most, with the addition of Jasper and VL.

Off the top of my head Ben Davis- Tandon Doss, Marqueis Gray Plainfield- James Hurst Warren Central- Krishawn Hogan, Darren Evans, Sheldon Day, Jeff George Cathedral (Not mentioned above)- Ted Karras, Kofi Hughes, Reece Horn Decatur Central- Aaron Gibson Roncalli-Cole Toner

You just trying to get this thread locked? lol

Disgusting. The administration at Roncalli High School should be ashamed of themselves. I think the lack of action speaks to the incompetency of the leaders throughout the school. Who is going to protect these kids if the administration of the school will not. as they shouldn't

I think Carmel struggles to get out of sectionals next year...but who knows, when you have 5300 kids it truly is "reload" not "rebuild"

Chatard...a lot to a little

Kyle Adams at West Laf., Luke Goode at Homestead.,Brady Allen at Gibson Southern will probably be the next big time QB recruit for the state. Ben Easters at Brownsburg (Kansas Commit)...Henry Hesson at Avon will be a D1 kid

Evil Czech Brewery has some amazing food. The chicken and waffles are the bomb

Always thought the gap Carmel has with the rest of 6A is pretty ridiculous. They should win state in every sport, every year. If they play CG in state they will have 2700 more kids. Find myself rooting against the super school of Indiana every year.

CURRENTLY- SIAC top to bottom is arguably a top 5 conference in the state. 1 and 2 respectively- MIC and HCC are the elite of the state #3 Summit conference in Ft. Wayne I would have to put SIAC and Mid-State pretty comparable..although top to bottom Mid-State POSSIBLY has more talent due to the size of schools compared to SIAC. Hoosier Hills and CI are both right there as well.