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2 hours ago, Olympian06 said:

5A North Semi-State game is playing to see who finishes 2nd place in the state 😂

Winner of Valpo Dwenger will give new pal a game and possibly win. Hopefully Columbus East moves all the way back to 4a soon, it sucks to watch the whole playoffs at home. 

13 minutes ago, Staxawax said:

Irish should have been called for holding on that 4th down conversion. QB would have been sacked but left guard held up enough that he just got the ball released.

They aren’t the biggest line in the state either, nice exaggeration. 

8 minutes ago, Bobref said:

We had to go to the AD before the game to move the Dwenger crowd back. They had filled the visitors bleachers and flowed down to the field. One of the top 5 games I ever worked.  Real slobberknocker that went right down to the wire.

Great memories there. That Lowell team almost reminded me of Dwenger last year. Whereas Dwenger was loaded with talent Lowell was run the whole game with an occasional pass, play great D, and wear a team down in the 4th. It’s kinda sad, I think all these streaming options have hurt those kind of cross state game crowds. I can’t say I don’t like it since I watched one last night (worked til 5:30 so couldn’t make it to Lafayette in time) but I feel as if it’s hard to deny it hasn’t hurt crowds for bad weather or 2+ hour travel games.

11 minutes ago, Bobref said:

We had to go to the AD before the game to move the Dwenger crowd back. They had filled the visitors bleachers and flowed down to the field. One of the top 5 games I ever worked.  Real slobberknocker that went right down to the wire.

I don’t recall a Dwenger crowd like that in an away game since that 2007 Lowell game. We also went there in 2009 and maybe had a similar crowd, but not quite as big.

4 hours ago, Mebuck said:

All I have heard is how good this Valpo team is... I think we got a chance... sucks we have to travel again.  Kills my pay check getting off early to drive 2 hours. Be nice if they moved the game to Saturday 

Do you know the injury situation? I didn’t notice Finley or Devon tippmann play in the second half at all. You’re right I don’t know why they wouldn’t move it to Saturday for people that work until 5. They did that against Lowell years back but I don’t remember them doing it since.

4 hours ago, Bobref said:

One thing you can be absolutely sure of: Dwenger fans will travel. Had them years ago in a semistate at Lowell when John Goodman was playing, and they packed the Inferno.

Massive crowd, great environment, freezing. Can’t help but think John Goodman would’ve been running wild at state while Lowell went down there with the run run run mentality that didn’t work against a good reitz team.

6 hours ago, Mebuck said:

We are on our way! Go Saints!

Awesome game by the saints. Any faith for next week? 

3 minutes ago, BTF said:

Where is it being played?

Valpo unfortunately. Dwenger ends up getting screwed with only 1 home playoff game. 

Congrats on a good season Harrison. Valpo and Dwenger next week should be fun. 

32 minutes ago, psaboy said:

Or hold onto the ball. Carmel does what it does, owns the SAC.

It looks like Snider is the only one in the SAC that can even give them a game 

I’m going to go with 28-20 Dwenger, could be completely off though. 

30 minutes ago, Mebuck said:

I would love to see some game film on them. Only one I found was Logansport.  Can you provide a link? You can find all of Dwenger's games on Summitcitysports.com or on you tube under the same name. Thanks

I looked at their twitter and they posted one from last game against McCutcheon. Wouldn’t surprise me if they did that for all games but I only went back that far.

I believe I saw this game was at 7. What ever happened to moving these games to 8? Thus allowing people that work until 5 to make the trip more easily. 

Too lazy to go back through all the posts and look but can somebody tell me if this game will be streamed anywhere?

On 11/9/2019 at 9:56 AM, IndianaWrestlingGuy1 said:

Probably showing my age here, but the 1990 and 1991 Dwenger teams were your best teams. You were 27-1. Had 12 guys play major college football. 2 in the NFL. Chris Dittoe (IU QB),  Euell Wilson, Jason Fabini (NFL), Kevin Carretta (ND LB), Steve Martin, Chad Cagnet, etc. 

And, to stay in topic, Dwenger beat New Pal in 1990 and Cathedral in 1991 in the State Championship. The 1991 CHS team they beat was absolutely stacked. One of the better State Finals games..

I’ve heard a lot of people say that could be the best team in Fort Wayne history. Certainly could make the case for Snider in 92 when they beat Ben Davis in 5a and some other years as well for Snider.

https://www.ihsaatv.org/watch/harrison-vs-westfield Here is their first game of the year vs. Westfield. They run some option it looks like but a ton more passing than Mishawaka. 

1 hour ago, OldschoolFB said:

Why was Finley not playing ?  I was wondering where he was.   

 

He got hurt in the second half against North Side.

1 hour ago, Mebuck said:

I was very surprised with Sam Pesa. Finley should be back. Talk in the stands they wanted to rest him against Northrop. 

Does anyone have any video on this team? Links to share?

You’re right Pesa did play really well and had that pick six. That’s good to hear about Finley! I will try to find something on them. I’m pretty sure they run the option like Mishawaka did last year. Could be completely wrong though. There is a Harrison poster on here.

Yeah it’s still there. Laycoffs is a Dwenger bar I often go to before games with great food. Nothing like Club Soda though but just depends what you’re in the mood for 

Pretty even game I’m thinking. John Harrell has Dwenger by 4. Might help Harrison that they are at home and BD goes on a long bus ride for the first time all year. I really have no idea what to expect besides the fact I think it will be close. Patrick Finley didn’t play last week against Northrop. They are already without their best defensive player for the year, I don’t know if they can win without their best offensive and defensive players in the lineup. Will be close either way imo but Finley might give them that extra spark that they need to win if he plays. 

I can’t see Concordia even rally hanging around with Chatard. Concordia would’ve pummeled them in 2016 when they won state in 3a like 56-14 but this isn’t 2016 unfortunately. I’m thinking like a 45-14 Chatard win.

That team choked a couple times deep in the playoffs sure but they had plenty of D1 talent and could’ve played with any team in the state those years for sure. 

Also on top of what I said, I want a serious answer. Are these the two best teams in the state regardless of class?. Let’s hear the opinions. In my opinion I really think they are. Obviously, being in Fort Wayne, I really haven’t seen either of them play but I do think these are the top two teams in the state. I’d like to think Dwenger could play with them if they make it down there but even being biased, I don’t think they can. The 2007-2010 Dwenger teams could have I think but not this one. 

Can’t forget Trinity 

Does New Palestine have the longest win streak in the state at 26? Some other great  5a matchups Valpo-Mishawaka and Dwenger-Harrison but this is the game of the year. Can you even say there’s a favorite in this game? If Vegas had a line I literally think it would be even. I’ll go with cathedral just because of the schedule they have played, and particularly St Xavier/Elder I think will prepare them well for this. 28-24 Cathedral 

2 hours ago, Mebuck said:

Dwenger will be ready! Dwenger had a few 2nd and 3rd teamers getting a lot of playing time that game. 

Do you know if anyone will be out for the game? Obviously Ellinger out for the year but I saw Finley and maybe a few others were banged up last week.

26 minutes ago, Justasportsfan said:

That's what separates a good program from a legit 6a powerhouse..next man up can go DIII or naia..in high school that's major!

You’re right, I think they’re top 22 can play with anybody in the state. They scrimmaged Hamilton Southeastern in the summer and I was told it was pretty even by people on both sides. However, the drop off after their top 22 is big this year and 6a team would exploit that I believe. Hopefully they prove me wrong. 

4 hours ago, BTF said:

Can't argue with that.

I think we can all agree that New Pal and Cathedral can roll with anyone, but Valpo and Dwenger still have something to prove. Do we still believe Homestead is Top 5 after what happened in Noblesville? Personally, I don't. I think the loss of Hardwick is having a major impact on their offense. But when Homestead was at full strength, they beat Dwenger 17-15 in a game that I felt Dwenger should have won. The point I'm making is that if Homestead was a top 5 team then, why couldn't Dwenger be? Lot's of questions to be answered in the coming weeks. 

I will say this about Dwenger. They might have the best defense in the state. And defense (normally) wins championships. They can flat out shut teams down, score a couple of touchdowns, and win the game. The problem here is that I'm not sure they have an offense that would make top 40. And that could be their downfall. 

Problem is that Dwenger lost their best defensive player for the season and the true leader of that D. It hasn’t hurt them yet. North Side had a kick return and a 15 yard TD drive so the 22 they gave up is a little deceiving. However, losing Hayden Ellinger is going to hurt them big time after the sectional championship when they play a team like Harrison and Valpo if they make it that far. When they had Ellinger yes I believe they had arguably one of the best D’s in the state regardless of class.  

They might’ve just lost one of their other best players for the season. They’re losing players at the wrong time.