HNAC 2024

[hondo17]

1 hour ago, Trojan67 said:

Tears: North Miami advertising and selling ham salad sandwiches at their concession stand this past Friday. Smelt as bad as that faint odor of that freshly sprayed cow crap on the fields around the school. 

Loved their pizza though. 

[hondo17]

10 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Blue Jays probably did a bit of a double take when that MIssissenwa score with Madison Grant came in Friday night 

Oh boy

As I've told the North Judson folks I know. 

There's always a team that pops up that nobody really talks about. 

I told them I remember our winamac team in 2013. Everyone (on here and around town) talked about it was either gonna be winamac, Eastern Hancock or Linton winning state... I even drove down to watch Linton and Sheridan play...at Sheridan...cause I thought Linton would be the team Winamac faces at state and Sheridan would be the Semi State opponent.. little did I know there was a 3rd team there that night watching both teams play and it was the team I should have been worried about.. the Tri Central Trojans. 

North Judson is good but Madison Grant is too! Both teams gotta get there first!

[Coach Nowlin]

Make no mistakes about it, Im on Team Bluejays !!!   

[Trojan67]

1 hour ago, hondo17 said:

Loved their pizza though. 

I was just joking on how it smelt. I didnt try it lol. I have just never been to a school where they sold ham salad sandwiches at the concession stand 🤣🤣🤣

Edited October 22, 2024 by Trojan67

[Trojan67]

South Newton at Judson

Nothing to see here. Another shut out. Judson 70 SN 0

 

South Central at Culver

Not much to say about this game. Tossup game with the eventual fate of facing Judson. Culver 24 SC 18

 

Pioneer at Caston

Caston has had a tough run and has done some really good things this season. They should be a really competitive team next year. Unfortunately, Pioneer takes this one. Pioneer 42 Caston 7

 

Taylor at Winamac 

Winamac should be happy for the progress they have made this year. I know there was a lot of uncertainty, but they really fought hard all season. Hopefully things will start picking up for them. I'm not sure what Taylor brings, but did see they upset Sheridan a few weeks back. Give me Winamac 28 Taylor 21.

 

Blackhawk at North Miami

Blackhawk may need to get some of North Miami's famous ham salad sandwiches for the long road back to Fort Wayne. NM 56 Blackhawk 0

 

Southwood at Triton

Watched a couple of games of Southwood and noticed that they seemed to be a stingy team. Pretty young, just don't have enough athletes. Triton should be mentally prepared this week as it was evident that their minds were still on the situation of the events from earlier in the week. The good part is you can get a better deal on popcorn at Triton over those ham salad sandwiches they were advertising and selling at North Miami. Triton 49 Southwood 0

[TightEndOpenAgain]

"Honey get your backside off the couch! North Miami ham salad sandwiches are BACK!!! Grab the keys!" You know, I've been around Denver nearly 30 years, and I never had heard them selling ham salad sandwiches. Home crowd was getting quite a kick out of it as well!

 

South Newton at North Judson: Ooof. 66-0 Jays

 

South Central at Culver: Interesting result last week. Hopefully neither team is ready to turn in equipment quite yet! 27-20 Cavaliers

 

Pioneer at Caston: Good foundation season for the Comets. Hopefully they can build on it next season! Pioneer rolls. 48-8 Panthers

 

Taylor at Winamac: Going with the HNAC and the competition it's provided. Winamac builds off of last week's win. 2 is a streak! 35-18 Warriors

 

Blackhawk Christian at North Miami: Quite the game last week in Denver. NM up 21-0 early 3rd before losing their edge and coming about 20 yards from blowing it completely. The (maybe/hopefully) rematch will be quite the battle! I know nothing about FWBC, but I think they're in trouble. 40-7 Warriors

 

Southwood at Triton: Knights haven't had a year like this in a LONG time. Get the basketballs out on the way home. Side note, I like the HNAC top 5 over the TRC top 5 top to bottom this year. But I do think Southwood will be a little better than the bottom 2-3 of the HNAC. Boys of Bourbon comfortably. 41-6 Trojans

 

 

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47 minutes ago, TightEndOpenAgain said:

Southwood at Triton: Knights haven't had a year like this in a LONG time. Get the basketballs out on the way home. Side note, I like the HNAC top 5 over the TRC top 5 top to bottom this year. But I do think Southwood will be a little better than the bottom 2-3 of the HNAC. Boys of Bourbon comfortably. 41-6 Trojans

I agree with you!  Southwood might be 0-9, but they would likely have won 3 games in the HNAC.  This is a trap game for the Trojans.  They SHOULD win easily, but they can't just cruise through this week.

[hondo17]

6 hours ago, TightEndOpenAgain said:

"Honey get your backside off the couch! North Miami ham salad sandwiches are BACK!!! Grab the keys!" You know, I've been around Denver nearly 30 years, and I never had heard them selling ham salad sandwiches. Home crowd was getting quite a kick out of it as well!

 

South Newton at North Judson: Ooof. 66-0 Jays

 

South Central at Culver: Interesting result last week. Hopefully neither team is ready to turn in equipment quite yet! 27-20 Cavaliers

 

Pioneer at Caston: Good foundation season for the Comets. Hopefully they can build on it next season! Pioneer rolls. 48-8 Panthers

 

Taylor at Winamac: Going with the HNAC and the competition it's provided. Winamac builds off of last week's win. 2 is a streak! 35-18 Warriors

 

Blackhawk Christian at North Miami: Quite the game last week in Denver. NM up 21-0 early 3rd before losing their edge and coming about 20 yards from blowing it completely. The (maybe/hopefully) rematch will be quite the battle! I know nothing about FWBC, but I think they're in trouble. 40-7 Warriors

 

Southwood at Triton: Knights haven't had a year like this in a LONG time. Get the basketballs out on the way home. Side note, I like the HNAC top 5 over the TRC top 5 top to bottom this year. But I do think Southwood will be a little better than the bottom 2-3 of the HNAC. Boys of Bourbon comfortably. 41-6 Trojans

 

 

Southwood is very young and has had the injury bug but better days ahead. 

I think Judson would win the TRC but everyone else would be settling for 4th (talking about the top 5 teams vs top 5)

Edited October 22, 2024 by hondo17

[FarmerFran]

South Newton at Judson- Jays by what they want.

South Central at Culver- Going Cavs in a rebound game from their loss last week.

Pioneer at Caston- Panthers win in a closer matchup than last time

Taylor at Winamac - Warriors

Blackhawk at North Miami- Warriors

Southwood at Triton- Trojans

 

[TightEndOpenAgain]

18 hours ago, hondo17 said:

Southwood is very young and has had the injury bug but better days ahead. 

I think Judson would win the TRC but everyone else would be settling for 4th (talking about the top 5 teams vs top 5)

Hypothetical:

1) North Judson

2) Maconaquah's arial assault probably too much for rest of HNAC

3) Rochester (maybe) - I think games with Pioneer, Triton, NM would be fun

Have to remember the weird scheduling with the TRC. I think Pioneer, Triton, NM would all finish with same conference record as Northwestern if they played NW's TRC schedule. Saw them in a scrimmage this summer. They didn't blow me away. Long time has passed since the summer though.

Winamac would have good games with Manchester, Peru, Cass this year.

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South Newton at North Judson - The goal here is to execute cleanly out of the gate and stay healthy.  This is one of those games the folks lobbying for a tournament qualifier system use to make their point.  Blue Jays 63-0

South Central at Culver - A lot of big plays in last week's matchup.  I think this week it will be more of a grind-it-out type of game.  That suits Culver better and I think they take this one at home.  Cavaliers 26-20

Pioneer at Caston - If Pioneer gets some guys back, this one will be decided early.  I don't expect the Comets to hang around long.  Running clock in the 4th.  Panthers 42-7

Taylor at Winamac - This one should be a pretty good game.  From their highlights, it appears that Taylor has some pretty good athletes.  If Winamac can control the line, they can win this one.  But I'm leaning toward the visitors in a pretty tight game.  Titans 21-14

Southwood at Triton - Triton has to be pretty disappointed with last week's result.  They struggled early and couldn't claw their way back.  While I think this is the type of game some teams in Triton's position could take too lightly, I don't think the Trojans will fall into that trap.  They'll come out focused and take control from the start.  Triton 49-14

Blackhawk at North Miami - See South Newton / Judson game above.  Warriors 54-0

[hondo17]

Give Taylor a lot of credit. They played really well tonight. 

#12 was a stud, seemed he missed majority of the season and came back last week in the 2nd half. 

Winamac again was plagued by some penalties and turnovers... I remember atleast 3 maybe 4 turnovers. 

Biggest play of the game was in the 3rd Q down 6-21 near Taylor's end zone and a Taylor screen was dropped behind the line of scrimmage and no warrior jumped on it, a heady play by a Taylor player turned a would be touchdown for winamac to a big play for Taylor for a first down. 

Winamac finishes 4-5 on the season and returns majority of their squad, hopefully the kids can get a little taller, little heavier and stronger. 

I certainly enjoyed watching Talen Garner and Addison Allen the last 3 years. Glad Aiden Schooler came out last season and Reed Anderson this season. 

 

 

On 10/23/2024 at 2:30 PM, TightEndOpenAgain said:

Hypothetical:

1) North Judson

2) Maconaquah's arial assault probably too much for rest of HNAC

3) Rochester (maybe) - I think games with Pioneer, Triton, NM would be fun

Have to remember the weird scheduling with the TRC. I think Pioneer, Triton, NM would all finish with same conference record as Northwestern if they played NW's TRC schedule. Saw them in a scrimmage this summer. They didn't blow me away. Long time has passed since the summer though.

Winamac would have good games with Manchester, Peru, Cass this year.

Really depends on what Winamac team shows up. Tonight or last week. Those 3 would lay the hammer down.  

Edited October 26, 2024 by hondo17

[hondo17]

I also again, tho

On 10/22/2024 at 9:54 AM, Trojan67 said:

South Newton at Judson

Nothing to see here. Another shut out. Judson 70 SN 0

 

South Central at Culver

Not much to say about this game. Tossup game with the eventual fate of facing Judson. Culver 24 SC 18

 

Pioneer at Caston

Caston has had a tough run and has done some really good things this season. They should be a really competitive team next year. Unfortunately, Pioneer takes this one. Pioneer 42 Caston 7

 

Taylor at Winamac 

Winamac should be happy for the progress they have made this year. I know there was a lot of uncertainty, but they really fought hard all season. Hopefully things will start picking up for them. I'm not sure what Taylor brings, but did see they upset Sheridan a few weeks back. Give me Winamac 28 Taylor 21.

 

Blackhawk at North Miami

Blackhawk may need to get some of North Miami's famous ham salad sandwiches for the long road back to Fort Wayne. NM 56 Blackhawk 0

 

Southwood at Triton

Watched a couple of games of Southwood and noticed that they seemed to be a stingy team. Pretty young, just don't have enough athletes. Triton should be mentally prepared this week as it was evident that their minds were still on the situation of the events from earlier in the week. The good part is you can get a better deal on popcorn at Triton over those ham salad sandwiches they were advertising and selling at North Miami. Triton 49 Southwood 0

What makes that Sheridan win even more impressive was Harris not playing in that game.

 

I stand corrected, Harris played against Tri Central had a catch for 15 yards but didnt have a single carry. 

He was the big difference tonight in our game. He was involved in all their touchdowns tonight, probably the fastest kid Winamac has seen this year. They got other kids that were decent but he clearly won them the game tonight. 

[First_Backer_Inside]

2 hours ago, hondo17 said:

I also again, tho

What makes that Sheridan win even more impressive was Harris not playing in that game.

 

I stand corrected, Harris played against Tri Central had a catch for 15 yards but didnt have a single carry. 

He was the big difference tonight in our game. He was involved in all their touchdowns tonight, probably the fastest kid Winamac has seen this year. They got other kids that were decent but he clearly won them the game tonight. 

If you ever have some spare time, this game is on the IHSAATV network. You will get a hoot out of watching the game. There was nothing impressive about either team other than maybe Sheridan's first drive. It was like neither team had ever played football in the rain before. I think the entire 3rd quarter was played between Taylor's end zone and their 20 yard line, all Sheridan got out of it was 2 points. Absolutely comical, definitely worth a watch.

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On to week 2.  I was a little surprised by the Pioneer Caston score.  I expected the Panthers to run away with that one.  Makes me wonder if they'll be able to give Carroll much resistance.

Triton was focused and ready to play.  Southwood's only score came on an 80 yard run against the JV defense.  Granted, the Knights were playing with a freshman backup QB.  But this was no contest from the opening kick.  Should be much the same next week for the Trojans.

All the other HNAC winners won easily.  Culver must have played pretty well!  Good for them.

[hondo17]

8 hours ago, First_Backer_Inside said:

If you ever have some spare time, this game is on the IHSAATV network. You will get a hoot out of watching the game. There was nothing impressive about either team other than maybe Sheridan's first drive. It was like neither team had ever played football in the rain before. I think the entire 3rd quarter was played between Taylor's end zone and their 20 yard line, all Sheridan got out of it was 2 points. Absolutely comical, definitely worth a watch.

I considered it impressive because how many times has Taylor even beat Sheridan?

I don't ever find kids playing football good, bad or ugly comical. It's 14-18 year old kids trying their best. 

That team just confused me completely. Winamac struggled with the speed of Taylor and it seems both teams had struggled w the injury bug and turnovers most of the year. I was just surprised at their North White and Blackhawk scores...maybe as I said previously that the turnover issues were big for them and maybe it kept them from beating those teams worse, I was told they had a bunch of turnovers vs Tri Central which kept that game close and lost them the Eastern game. 

[hondo17]

As the Warriors season finished up last night, I have a lot of thoughts. 

I honestly came into this season thinking they weren't going to win a single game and I think with as many freshman and sophomores they played winning 4 games is a plus. They beat the teams they should have and lost to the ones they should have. 

First time since 1996 a freshman QB started game 1 and it's the 2nd time ever a freshman was a day 1 starter.  I thought Xavier Adriano did a fine job, you see the potential there.  I thought senior Aiden Schooler filled in admirably for couple games despite never playing QB in his life. 

Up front, oh boy. Talen Garner played his heart out all year. Senior Reed Anderson missed most of it as did Sophomore Lucas Perez and freshman Layne Tetzloff. Sophomore Cody Wheeler missed the last 3 weeks. Freshman Aaron Hardin and Alex Stonebraker started or played most of the year. Freshmen Hunter Haschel and Braxtyn Shidler got into the rotation later in the year. Kale Federer and Josh Crawford both juniors also started. I hope all nine come back, it's a nice mix

skilled guys..

I thought Junior Ethan Burgess improved a bunch from last year. I thought senior Addison Allen had some nice games. Sophomore Louis Rugg missed a few games but had some nice catches. Sophomore Tearson Wolford ran hard and physical. Imo. He's definitely gonna crack the top 10 all time in rushing and tackles by the time he graduates barring anything. Sophomore Ivan Cardenas and Senior Aiden Schooler despite limited touches showed some physicality and speed. 

defensively  

Hard to replace Garner and Allen. I imagine Tearson Wolford will make another step, I'm hoping Sophomore Michael Shidler can slid into a role. He's got a nose for the ball and busts his butt out there. I liked what I saw the last 3 games from him...will be interesting to see how Hayden Taylor, Kalyn Runk and Josh Crawford do as seniors.  I bet sophomore Jager Terry finds a way to get a role and I'm sure Louis Rugg will take a step. 

Kids have to be more physical and have to get stronger. As a fan, I see a 4-5, 5-4 record next year and are able to compete with Pioneer, North Miami, North Judson and Triton. I'm not sure they'll be able to beat those 4 but hopefully they can COMPETE. 

Edited October 26, 2024 by hondo17

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Which HNAC teams will be playing for a sectional title next week?  Who you got?

 

Friday, Nov. 1
North Judson at Culver, 7:30 pm
Pioneer at Carroll, 7 pm
Southern Wells at Triton, 7 pm
North Miami at Fremont, 7 pm

[Jays]

North Judson - 66-0  

Pioneer with a huge upset - 26-22 

Triton - 46-6

North Miami - 30-24 

 

Edited October 28, 2024 by Jays

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1 hour ago, Jays said:

North Judson - 66-0  

Pioneer with a huge upset - 26-22 

Triton - 46-6

North Miami - 30-24 

 

Would love to see Pioneer take down Carroll!

[littledog]

7 hours ago, Jays said:

North Judson - 66-0  

Pioneer with a huge upset - 26-22 

Triton - 46-6

North Miami - 30-24 

 

I'm there will you on all these. I think Pioneer has been prepping for Carrol for a few weeks now. Hopefully they are fully healthy and can pull off the upset.

 

North Miami will be the only other game within 4 scores. Still think they pull away late to win by a score or 2.

[hondo17]

2 hours ago, littledog said:

I'm there will you on all these. I think Pioneer has been prepping for Carrol for a few weeks now. Hopefully they are fully healthy and can pull off the upset.

 

North Miami will be the only other game within 4 scores. Still think they pull away late to win by a score or 2.

I'm biased a bit since John Hendryx helps at Carroll. I'm picking them. 

[TightEndOpenAgain]

North Judson @ Culver: Close game early only because it starts 0-0. NJSP early, often, around, and through. 62-6 Blue Jays

 

Pioneer @ Carroll: If Pioneer is healthy and mistake free, we'll have ourselves a dogfight. If one or both of those isn't the case, Carroll will be too much. I'll roll with the Cougs 35-17

 

Southern Wells @ Three Towns: Raiders will reluctantly make the trek north and put up very little resistance. Rough several years for them...6-73 since the start of 2016. Game features schools with 2 of the best small school gyms north of Indy. I'll put the 1st half over/under at 48.5. 63-0 Trojans

 

North Miami @ Fremont: North Miami better come off a 2 hour bus ride ready to play. Fremont's record might be a little deceiving as they've pounded teams the last couple of weeks. Were up 28-7 around halftime last week at Northfield before the Norse staged a late comeback attempt. NM has seen their fair share of seasons end in the far NE corner of the state in the last 30 years. I think the Warriors do enough in the battle of last year's baseball regional to get revenge. 35-20 Warriors 

[Trojan67]

Judson at Culver

Jays keep flying by. Judson 60 Cavs 0

 

Pioneer at Carroll

I went back and watched Pioneer's and Carroll's games on IHSAA Network. I know Pioneer is very meticulous on running 3 plays consistently and constantly. At this point, there is no question that offense centers around Rans. Will it be a tough game for both teams? Absolutely! I just think Carroll has more depth and more weapons that it will utilize. Dont sleep on the Panthers though because will be a great game. Carroll 35 Pioneer 28 

 

North Miami at Fremont

This is another interesting game that I think people should not sleep on. Fremont has a decently tough schedule that I think is somewhat comparable to the HNAC. Making a 2 hour road trip is tough and stiffness will show. North Miami is tough and is moving on cylinders right now, but I think I am going to go with the upset. Fremont 24 North Miami 23

 

Southern Wells at Triton

Triton should go into this game with the same mentality as last week. Run the ball. There is no question that Triton is looking ahead to next week, but they have to focus on this game first before they can even think about revenge or whoever they play next week. Triton 54 Southern Wells 0  

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North Judson at Culver - Judson might get a bit of a game next week with LaVille, but this week is another glorified practice.  Stay healthy.  Blue Jays 62-6

Pioneer at Carroll - This is the most intriguing game of the week.  I believe Carroll is as good as advertised, but Pioneer is always going to put up a fight.  If the game were at the Pit I'd give the Panthers a bit more of a chance, but I think their 2024 season comes to an end this week.  They'll be prepping for the 2025 season next week.  And that should be a good one!  Cougars 35-20

Southern Wells at Triton - Triton remains focused and won't have any trouble at all with the Raiders.  Look for the running game to rack up some good numbers.  Running clock in the second half again.  Trojans 55-7

North Miami at Fremont - I don't think this will be much of a contest.  Fremont is probably the 3rd best team in this sectional, but they're trailing the top two by a good margin.  North Miami stays on track with a solid win.  Warriors 35-14