Guest DT Posted August 19, 2019 Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/football/football-is-back-read-up-on-the-duneland-athletic-conference/article_c54acaa9-ae48-5ca8-a8c6-0a45f129f4f3.html Highlights : Michigan City is The Big Dog Valpo moves to 5A Merrillville on the comeback Portage could surprise Lake Central still stinks Edited August 19, 2019 by DT Quote
Boilernation Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 I’ll give the nod to Valpo as Top Dog. Curious to see how City bounces back after losing some solid offensive production. Valpo’s D is going to strangle the conference. Speaking of D, Crown Point’s supposedly looked really good against Penn. They have really good size on the D-Line. I agree about Merrillville. This could be a breakout year for them. That large OT going to Minnesota is going to open up a lot of running room. I think Portage will have a average at best season. Lost all of their offensive output and a lot of defensive starters. LaPorte is a wildcard with the new coach. LC and Cheesetown will bring up the rear. Week 1: Merrillville over Andrean by 10 Hobart over Chesterton by 13 Crown Point over Lowell by 6 City over Griffith by 31 Munster over LC by 3 NP over LaPorte by 7 Valpo over Penn by 7 Mishawaka over Portage by 15 Quote
Coach Nowlin Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 CP always has a nice Defense: Can they average in the 20s offensively? If so, they could give a certain team in Tippecanoe County a fun game in October Quote
Gipper Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Boilernation said: I’ll give the nod to Valpo as Top Dog. Curious to see how City bounces back after losing some solid offensive production. Valpo’s D is going to strangle the conference. Speaking of D, Crown Point’s supposedly looked really good against Penn. They have really good size on the D-Line. I agree about Merrillville. This could be a breakout year for them. That large OT going to Minnesota is going to open up a lot of running room. I think Portage will have a average at best season. Lost all of their offensive output and a lot of defensive starters. LaPorte is a wildcard with the new coach. LC and Cheesetown will bring up the rear. Week 1: Merrillville over Andrean by 10 Hobart over Chesterton by 13 Crown Point over Lowell by 6 City over Griffith by 31 Munster over LC by 3 NP over LaPorte by 7 Valpo over Penn by 7 Mishawaka over Portage by 15 Catholic Recruiters 24, PS 65 16 The Mall 16, Second City 10 The Juggernaut 16, The Hub 9 Lighthouse Place 33, Strip Mall 10 Ponies 21, Injuns 10 Don't care about NP, but I hope they lose Penn 21, Valpo 17 Neanderthals 52, the other Injuns 13 Good picks, but... 1 Quote
Gipper Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 4 minutes ago, DannEllenwood said: ps 65? Merrillville--Public School on I-65--yes I'm that bored today... Quote
Guest Posted August 20, 2019 Posted August 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, Gipper said: Merrillville--Public School on I-65--yes I'm that bored today... Thank you. Quote
Guest Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Tanka Jahari said: Which Duneland Conference teams have endzone cameras? I have been seeing more of them in recent years. Is this an important tool for coaches? Not just Duneland Conference schools and coaches. I would say all schools and coaches? OK. Edit on my part. I see that Tanka Jahari has placed his above post in many threads. Edited August 21, 2019 by Guest Quote
Guest Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, Tanka Jahari said: I think it will be normal to see endzone cameras at high school games. I think it already is normal to see endzone cameras at high school games. Be well. Have a great day. Quote
Coach Nowlin Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 I was holding chords for Rensselaer in 1994 for their headsets. I am sure it goes farther back: Where is @Rudy Quote
Rudy Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 Good question! Let me see what I can find... Quote
Boilernation Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 On 8/20/2019 at 11:59 AM, Coach Nowlin said: CP always has a nice Defense: Can they average in the 20s offensively? If so, they could give a certain team in Tippecanoe County a fun game in October Very true. Can the young Pettit sling the ball around? Ha! Lafayette Jeff has to be licking their chops at the prospect of seeing 3 Duneland teams and not Carmel in their Sectional. 1 Quote
Boilernation Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 @Gipper Why is Chesterton Second City? Is that in reference to Valpo being the 1st Porter County city? I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're not a big Russ Radtke fan. No offense to an outstanding Mishawaka program, but it's going to be a long season for the Red Indians if the Cavemen beat them that badly. Quote
Gipper Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 Just messing around--a good friend of mine lives in Chesterton. Russtoleum is fine, I just got into it a few years ago with a few of their fans, and since I'm a bitter old man, I can't let go. Don't know the Mishawaka score will be, but I wish all the Region teams not named Morton (kidding--go Govs) luck!!! Quote
Guest Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 48 minutes ago, Gipper said: "I'm a man, I'm 40..." --Mike Stoops Wasn't that the Oklahoma State HFB Coach, Mike Gundy? Quote
Gipper Posted August 21, 2019 Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, DannEllenwood said: Wasn't that the Oklahoma State HFB Coach, Mike Gundy? Yes, wrong last name—good catch. Quote
slicer28 Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 For DAC fans, here are some short interviews from the 2019 RRSN/IFD Region Kickoff Show: Portage - Head Coach Darren Rodriguez - https://youtu.be/D_xMYd6raX4 Merrillville - Head Coach Brad Seiss - https://youtu.be/ZNdwSstRh64 LaPorte - Head Coach Jeremy Lowery - https://youtu.be/TjOZ-D65Zjk Crown Point - Head Coach Kevin Enright - https://youtu.be/jYr8qywY_Yg Chesterton - Head Coach Mark Peterson - https://youtu.be/JSFlO-y6bc8 Valparaiso - Head Coach Bill Marshall - https://youtu.be/2YCx0R4MJjo 1 Quote
Coach Nowlin Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 as a Valpo supporter from afar, I cannot be happier that Coach Marshall took quick control of that situation they were in and they will forever be grateful in the land of Vikings he did!! Top notch guy and coach!! Quote
DACNUT Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Game of the Week by Far in the Region and maybe of the year as Michigan City travels this week to play Valparaiso. Valpo is the only team Mason has not defeated in the conference since coming to Michigan City and the last two years, Valpo has won in defensive struggles with the 2017 last second touchdown pass on 4th down with a backup QB the most exciting game of the three. I expect this to be another defensive struggle as Michigan City is clearly not as explosive this year with a different QB, now they have a sophomore, and running backs that appear to be more bruisers than the slasher of last year. On the other hand, Valpo appears to be more explosive and have an experienced QB. Not much to say defensively other than two of the best players in the state will be featured, Cooper Jones and Marquan Hurt. Valpo has only allowed 14 points this year on D and Michigan City held Chesterton to -27 total yards last week. I have to pick Valpo by the home field advantage and it appears Michigan City can't make XPs or FGs based on the way they lost to Warsaw, that will continue to hurt them if they rely on their defense to win games. These two teams will push each other and I see Merrillville benefiting in the tournament for having to play these two in the next several weeks. 1 Quote
Boilernation Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Is Hurt related to the Hurt who plays RB at Ball State? Michigan City had a lot of self inflicted mistakes in their loss to Warsaw and pulled away late to beat Chesterton. I have a feeling Valpo wins by double digits. The Vikings D is too good and they now have an offense. Quote
Tommy Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Markice Hurt Jr. and Marquan Hurt are brothers. They are also Aryuan “Buck” Cain-Veasey’s cousin who absolutely lit it up Saturday in his game for Grand Valley State University on Saturday rushing for 200 yards on 11 carries and scored 3 touchdowns including the 3rd longest run in school history from 94 yards. He was named the Great Lakes Intercolligiate Conference (GLIAC) player of the week. https://www.facebook.com/100000466601769/posts/3598591256833059/ Quote
Guest DT Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Despite the very unfortunate circumstances, its a shame that Laporte lost Dave Sharpe. That program has slipped back since his departure. The DAC is improving and the laporte of 2 years ago was a beast. Would be nice to see LC and CP step it up a bit. Quote
Coach Nowlin Posted September 11, 2019 Posted September 11, 2019 Coach Lowery has 2 games under his belt Cmon man. Space and time to install his vision and program purpose. 2 games is not that. 1 Quote
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