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Laville West Central North Judson Pioneer South Central Knox

Agreed!

They need that $$$

No question. Another interesting point is what about kids during passing periods at school using the restroom - Is someone going to be cleaning the bathrooms every passing period?

Interested to also see how concessions, public bathrooms and ticket distribution will be handled.

I'm willing to bet this is exactly how it will end up.

They should have a pretty dominating season. I'm interested to see if Radtke shoots for a tough opponent week 2 with Rochester being off their schedule. I see Chesterton is open 😅

Enjoying that nice Fall weather under the lights!

Truth... more havoc/frustrating at this point.

The upcoming years for the HNAC will be very interesting. I believe Laville's sophomore class lost one game in the conference their 7th & 8th grade years to North Judson. Obviously Winamac will have the experience and depth to compete along with Knox & Pioneer. Needless to say, the next few years for this conference should be fun to watch!!

Can't disagree here. Loved watching the Dewitt kid play. There's some serious potential for the lineman in that class as well!

Bump New Prairie out of the top five and Northwood in at the #5 spot. NW has a very talented team this year and could make a deep run.

Have to agree here. Laville seems to crumble in the big games. Coach Hostrawser coaches defense and let's his assistants take over the offense is what I've read on here. Have to wonder if a change is in order for that. Will be a tough year in the conference as the middle tier teams like North Judson and Winamac also return quite a bit on their rosters.

I'm also anxious to see DeWitt this season. He seems like a hard nosed kid and doesn't shy away from contact.

If I'm not mistaken, they return about 95% of their roster. With the add of Radtke and the amount of experience they have coming back, they're looking for a great run.

It should be an interesting year in the HNAC. Knox has the edge entering the season, but wouldn't sleep on Laville giving them a run for their money. As always, you can't count out Pioneer either. Laville's watch - Doyle, Dill, E. Bettcher, AJ Bedock & G. Wagoner.

It's rare with the smaller schools, most definitely. I guess I'm curious if it's really the play calling that's holding Laville back.

Agreed. You have to have trust in the guy next to you to do his job. To piggy back off of my earlier comment, I think Laville has 5-6 skilled position players who are versatile.

I agree rain could hurt Laville and I could see this one being closer than expected. I don't think Judson will score on Laville though. I'm predicting Laville 21-0 with a late touchdown. Sometimes when you have so much talent it's hard to figure out how to best use that talent. I think that's where Laville is struggling right now from the offensive side of the ball. IMO, Laville has the best skilled position players in the conference (collectively). Sure you have the explosive offense of Pioneer, but that's centered around 2-3 players. Laville has 5-6 dynamic players that could breakout any night. It's surprising to see how bad they're struggling. Thoughts???

Culver at Caston, Culver 60-6 Knox at Pioneer, Pioneer 22-14 Laville at Glenn, Laville 35-14 North Judson at Triton, NJ 50-21 Winamac at West Central, Winamac 42-14

Pioneer controlled the game, most certainly... but Laville gave up a kickoff return for a TD, a passing TD as time expired in the 2nd quarter, a botched punt by Pioneer that was taken 50+ yards for a TD and was in the redzone how many times and didn't score??? So I'd definitely say the score wasn't an indicator of how the game went. Regardless, I don't see Laville beating any of the top three teams in that sectional.

I don't disagree. I think Laville is up and down. I will say the Laville/Pioneer game was much closer than the score shows. All in all I think the Bombers/Panthers would be a great match up and I can't wait to see which teams come out of those two sectionals. I'm not sold on Boone Grove in that sectional either.

I'd love to see a 2A match up between Laville & Rensselaer. Who would ya'll take and why???

I like Winamac's chances if they pass early on. Culver will dominate offensively, but Culver's pass D is horrendous. It seems Winamac is starting to click in their passing game. Should be an interesting game.

Caston at North White, Caston 36-30 Culver at Winamac, Culver 38-20 Knox at LaVille, Laville 28-7 Triton at Pioneer, Pioneer 68-0 West Central at North Judson, North Judson 50-8