2A Week 8

[Miner_Pride]

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Boone Grove 7-0, North Newton 5-2; Rensselaer Central 5-2; Andrean 4-3

The Wolves have four wins over +.500 teams, but the Bombers schedule has been

Daunting with 5-2 4A Western, 6-1 3A West Lafayette, and 4-3 1A LCC.  RC has already drilled North’

Newton 40-15.  The Spartans also dropped a 13-12 game to 4A 2-5 Kankakee Valley.  Andrean has to be in the mix with a win over that same Kankakee Valley last 33-14, and losses to 6-1 6A Merrillville, 7-0 4a New Prairie and 5-2 4A Hobart.  That schedule will have the 59ers battle tested.

 

SAG-  BG 64.31 (5/75); RC 57.69 (9/103); AND 57.32 (10/104); NN 44.38 (21/158)

Rankings-   AP & IFCA: RC-8 BG-10 AND-13; GRID : RC-9 BG-10 And-12

SOS-  And 49.15 (120); RC 45.58 (138); Whit 36.76 (197); BG  33.71 (225)

SCORE DIFF:  NN +22.7; BG +18.9; RC +10.0

 

4-3 2A Andrean @ 5-2 4A Lowell

 

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Lewis Cass 6-1; Pioneer 6-1; LaVille 5-2

This has all the makings of a heckuva rematch.  And again… you hope these two are in opposite brackets to set that up.  They met in week 1, with the Kings winning a 28-22 game at Pioneer.   LaVille would like to have a say but the Panthers beat them handily 36-14 in week 3.  Pioneer also beat 6-1 3A Knox 12-7, who beat LaVille 13-3 in week 6.  Cass has played a tough schedule with wins over 5-2 Maconaquah, 5-2 Tipton and 5-2 Western, and their only loss to 6-1 3a West Lafayette.

 

 

SAG-  Cass 73.62 (1/48);Pion 73.60 (2/49); LaV 54.89 (12/111)

Rankings- AP/IFCA:  Pioneer-2 Cass-3; GRID: Pioneer/Cass-tied 2  

SOS-  Cass 53.39 (101);  Brem 42.61 (152); Pion 37.55 (193)

SCORE DIFF: Pion +35.6; Cass  +25.1; Laville +18.8

 

6-1 2A Pioneer @ 5-2 1A Culver

5-2 2A LaVille @ 4-3 1A North Judson

 

35:

Bluffton 6-1; Eastside 5-2 Fairfield 4-3

The Blazers 2 losses came to unbeaten 3A West Noble, and a 21-14 loss to 6-1 Adams Central. Bluffton’s 1 loss was to unbeaten 1A South Adams 41-0.  A major litmus test comes for the Tigers  this week hosting the Flying Jets, as it’s only their 2^nd meeting with a .500 team all year.  Fairfield sits 4-3 but it’s hard to put them in the same level.  Luers at 1-6 plays a schedule loaded with 4, 5 and 6 A competition, so it’s hard to know what they can do in their own class. Worth a mention is 3-4 Woodlan, who lost on 13-6 to Bluffton in week 4 and who’s schedule includes heavy hitter 6-1 4A Leo, and Ohio’s Lima Central Catholic and Marion Local..all 3 losses.

 

6-1 1A Adams Central @ 6-1 2A Bluffton

7-0 1A South Adams @ 3-4 2A Woodlan.

 

SAG- East 53.05 (14/120); Luers 50.15 (15/131); Bluff 44.74 (20/156)

Rankings-   AP- Bluffton-14  IFCA- Bluffton-13

SOS-  Luers71.18 (28);  PHeights 39.42 (176); Whit 38.70 (185)

SCORE DIFF:  East +19.6; Bluff +14.1;  Fair -3.9

 

 

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 Eastern (Greentown) 7-0; Tipton 5-2;  Eastbrook 5-2

Stacked with winning teams, 6 of the 8 with +.500 records going into week 8.  The Panthers started 0-2, in losses to 6-1 4A’s Marion and Delta. They beat 6-1 4A Mississinewa 21-14 in week 4, as well as  5-2 sectional foe 5-2 Alexandria 48-10 last week.  The Comets have run the table but not sure they’ve played the schedule of Eastbrook or Tipton.  They face 5-2 1A Sheridan this week in a chance to prove something.  They’ve just allowed 8.4 ppg, and only 14 in the last 4 weeks.  Tipton’s 2 losses came to 6-1 2A Lewis Cass 28-7 and 4-3 1A LCC 24-14.  However, they don’t own a win over a +.500 foe.  5-2 4A Western is next up.  Blackford is also 5-2 but lost head to head 40-35 to Alexandria and 37-28 to 4-3 1A Monroe Central. They also have no wins over +.500 teams and face Eastbrook this Friday.

 

6-1 4A Mississinewa @ 5-2 2A Alexandria

5-2 2A Eastbrook @ 5-2 2A Blackford

5-2 1A Sheridan @ 7-0 2A Eastern (Greentown)

5-2 2A Tipton @ 5-2 4A Western

 

SAG- EBrook 66.29 (3/69); Eastern 46.72 (17/144); Tip 45.97 (19/150)

Rankings-   AP/IFCA: EBrook-5 EGreen-11  GRID- EBrook-7 EG-11

SOS-  Ebrook 41.53 (159); Elwood 38.90 (181);  Frank 38.83 (182); 

SCORE DIFF:  Eastern +27.6; EBrook +18.4; Tipton +12.3

 

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Western Boone 6-1; North Putnam 6-1, Seeger 5-2

The Stars at back at #1 across all the polls, and their only loss came in week 2’s 42-41 defeat to 5-2 4A Western.  They have quality wins over 5-2 1A Sheridan, and 5-2 3A Tri-West. The Cougars opened up with 5 wins before their lone loss to 4-3 4A Northview 50-35 in a shootout.  They have three wins over 4-3 teams-S Putnam, Sullivan and West Vigo.  Seeger seems to have snuck in the mix winning their last four, but more particularly with their 49-7 battering of 5-2 1A Sheridan last week. They had dropped 2 of their first three prior, losing 52-7 to 6-1 1A Parke Heritage on opening night, and 36-20 to 4-3 1A Attica in week 3. 

 

 

SAG-  WeBo 65.69 (4/71); NPut 46.22 (18/147); SEG 42.48 (24/168)

Rankings-    AP: WeB0-1. NPut-14;  IFCA: WeBo-1 NPut-15; GRID:  WeBo-1

SOS- Monr 49.60 (116)  Casc 46.57 (133); SMont 38.77 (183)

SCORE DIFF:   WeBo +30.0; Seeg +17.7; NPUt +15.4

 

38:

Heritage Chrisitan 6-1; Eastern Hancock 6-1; Scecina 5-2; Shenandoah 5-2

This is another sectional loaded with winning teams.  7 of 8 at the current time, including 6 with at least 5 wins.  Hard to ignore the Crusaders schedule, where they have already beaten Shenandoah 28-18,as well as 5-2 4A Beech Grove, and a narrow 807 win over 4-3 Triton Central.  Their losses have come to unbeaten 1A Lutheran, and to 2-5 4A Roncalli.  The Eagles are coming in after a shootout 1 point win over 4-3 2A Lapel 36-35.  Their only loss came in week 3 to 5-2 3A Guerin Cath 23-5.  They too beat Shenandoah (48-7), as well as Eastern HancoCK (38-20) In head to head meetings.  The Royals only toss was to the Eagles, and their resume contains W’s over 5-2 1A Knightstown and 4-3 1A Monroe Central last week 48-29.  Northeastern and Winchester are both 5-2 as well, with the Knights beating the Falcons 27-14 head to head.  Northeastern however has suffered both their losses in the last two weeks against sectional foes Centeville (4-3) and Shenandoah.  Winchester’s only other loss was in opening week to unbeaten 1A South Adams 40-0

 

6-1 2A Eastern Hancock @ 5-2 2A Shenandoah

5-2 2A Northeastern @ 5-2 1A Knightstown

 

SAG- SCEC 58.78 (8/98); HChrist 54.80 (13/112); EH & SHEN 43.93 (22/161)

Rankings-   AP & IFCA: Scec-7; HChrist-9 EHan-12;   GRID- SCEC-5  HChrist-8

SOS- SCEC 51.55 (109); HChrist 35.20 (211); SHEN 34.45 (220)

SCORE DIFF:  EHan +29.9; HChrist +26.7; Winch +10.9

 

39:

Switzerland County 5-2; Triton Central 4-3: Paoli 4-3

At 5-2 the Pacers sport the top record in 39, but concerns will certainly be laid upon their schedule coming into the sectional itself.  At -5.13 it falls to 320^th in the state.  They fell 18-6 1A South Decatur last week, and have 6-1 1A N.Decatur and 5-2 1A Milan the next.  Compare that to Triton Central’s 4-3 mark, and those losses coming to 6-0 1A Lutheran, 5-2 2A Scecina (By 1), and to 5-2 3a Indian Creek (by 8). Granted the Tigers haven’t any genuine big wins (a 37-13 win over 4-3 3A Greensburg might be), and they took care of 3-4 3A Ritter 30-20. They have 5-2 4A Beech Grove this Friday with a chance for their first.   Paoli sits 4-3, and gave unbeaten 1A W.Washington their toughest game (34-30 loss), but also lost to 6-1 1A N.Decatur 41-0 in week 7.  Providence, altho 3-4, plays a tough schedule that should have them possibly overlooked. They’ve lost to 5-2 5A Floyd Central, 5-2 3A Charlestown, 7-0 4A Silver Creek, and a very good Holy Cross team from Kentucky. They also close out at 5-2 1A Milan, and 6-1 2A Linton.

 

5-2 2A Switzerland County @ 6-1 1A North Decatur

4-3 2A Triton Central @ 502 4a Beech Grove

 

SAG- TCent 54.96 (11/110); Prov 38.02 (30/186); Paoli 28.70 (43/224)

Rankings-   AP-TCentral 14 IFCA: TCent-15

SOS-  TCent 46.6 (132) Prov 42.7 (151); Clark 39.95 (173)

SCORE DIFF:   TCEnt +11.1; Switz +9.6 Pao +5.6

 

40:

Linton 6-1; Mater Dei 5-2; Tell City 5-2

Another sectional where you hope the football Gods have the draw the favorites in opposite brackets, altho Tell City, and 4-3 North Knox wouldn’t mind the Wildcats and Miners facing off against each other early on.  The Miners beat the Warriors head on last week 28-13 that was a once score game in the 4^th quarter. Linton has won 6 straight after the opening night 28-20 loss to 6-1 3A Southridge.  They also pinned the lone loss on 6-1 1A North Vermillion 38020, and four of their 6 wins have come against +.500 opponents.  But it’s tough to compare anyone in 40’s schedule with Mater Dei’s.  The Wildcats have quality wins over 5-2 3A Indian Creek (49-14) and 4-3 5A Evansville North (45-27), and their losses coming to 6-1 4A Evanville Memorial (10-3) and 5-2 5A Castle (13-0).  Somehow the SOS between Linton and Mater Dei are within a point of each other, but clearly MD has a brutal schedule for 2A, in fact they play just one team within their class all year.  The Marksmen have fallen to powerhouses Southridge and Heritage Hills, and face another one in Gibson Southern this week, but there 5 wins is their best since 6 in 2013.  North Knox certainly would like another shot at the Miners, but they need to get a win this week over 5-2 1A N.Daviess first.  The Warriors have dropped their last two- Linton, and to Vincennes Lincoln 12-6. They don’t own a win over a winning program as of yet. This could happen Friday.

 

5-2 2A Tell City @ 5-2 3A Gibson Southern

402 2A North Knox @ 5-2 1A North Daviess

502 2A Mater Dei @ 6-1 Evansville Central

 

SAG- MD 62.96 (6/80); LINT 61.20 (7/88); NKnox 47.22 (16/140)

Rankings-   AP/IFCA/GRID:  MD-4  Lint-6

SOS-  NPosey 49.89 (115); MD 45.27 (141); Lint 45.02 (142)

SCORE DIFF:   NKnox +21.9; MD/LINT +18.3

 

[XStar]

Surprised the Western Boone at Danville game is not up for vote.  IMO there's a very real upset chance there.  

Edited October 11, 2019 by XStar

[Coach Nowlin]

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33:

 

Boone Grove 7-0, North Newton 5-2; Rensselaer Central 5-2; Andrean 4-3

 

The Wolves have four wins over +.500 teams, but the Bombers schedule has been

 

Daunting with 5-2 4A Western, 6-1 3A West Lafayette, and 4-3 1A LCC.  RC has already drilled North’

 

Newton 40-15.  The Spartans also dropped a 13-12 game to 4A 2-5 Kankakee Valley.  Andrean has to be in the mix with a win over that same Kankakee Valley last 33-14, and losses to 6-1 6A Merrillville, 7-0 4a New Prairie and 5-2 4A Hobart.  That schedule will have the 59ers battle tested.

 

NN made a QB switch during our game and that has been very good for their Offense, NN, typically get much better as the season goes on and they will be a tough out in this sectional, they are playing really well right now.  

Andrean is the team to beat still, as stated, great schedule, they have lost players all year with injuries, but they have a very good defense, watching them play Hobart on RSN, that was a slugfest, Andrean just had a lot of uncharacteristic botched QB Center Shotgun snaps and just put them in tough holes throughout the night.   I think they win tonight vs a young Lowell team.  

Boone Grove has the Pancake Posse https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/football/football-notes-it-all-starts-up-front-for-boone-grove/article_f6365a82-4fb5-5ae8-b3f9-5e4a4751999c.html

and the most electric player in the sectional in Vann kid who has a little over 800 yards but is GONE once he hits open field, but Wagner from NN and Walsh from Andrean say, HOLD MY PEPSI kids...... as they are 1000+ rushers already in 7 games. 

Colin Wagner NN:  1250 yards in 7 games 19 tds 

Ryan Walsh  Andrean:  1116 yards in 7 games 14 tds  

[1st and Goal]

X Star not sure how much of a upset it would be Talking to a couple of the Webo  coaches this week they said Danville has a lot of talent. Hope we don't have to worry about it and Stars win by 90 LOL

[TheWaterBoii]

1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:

NN made a QB switch during our game and that has been very good for their Offense, NN, typically get much better as the season goes on and they will be a tough out in this sectional, they are playing really well right now.  

Andrean is the team to beat still, as stated, great schedule, they have lost players all year with injuries, but they have a very good defense, watching them play Hobart on RSN, that was a slugfest, Andrean just had a lot of uncharacteristic botched QB Center Shotgun snaps and just put them in tough holes throughout the night.   I think they win tonight vs a young Lowell team.  

Boone Grove has the Pancake Posse https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/football/football-notes-it-all-starts-up-front-for-boone-grove/article_f6365a82-4fb5-5ae8-b3f9-5e4a4751999c.html

and the most electric player in the sectional in Vann kid who has a little over 800 yards but is GONE once he hits open field, but Wagner from NN and Walsh from Andrean say, HOLD MY PEPSI kids...... as they are 1000+ rushers already in 7 games. 

Colin Wagner NN:  1250 yards in 7 games 19 tds 

Ryan Walsh  Andrean:  1116 yards in 7 games 14 tds  

"HOLD MY PEPSI KIDS" 😂🤣

Edited October 11, 2019 by TheWaterBoii

[XStar]

6 minutes ago, 1st and Goal said:

X Star not sure how much of a upset it would be Talking to a couple of the Webo  coaches this week they said Danville has a lot of talent. Hope we don't have to worry about it and Stars win by 90 LOL

I can't claim to be too familiar with them this season, but they are very similar to Western at least in terms of Sagarin.  If the defense doesn't come to play tonight, there just might be a similar result.