Write Tomorrow's Headlines Today (State Finals Edition)

[temptation]

I'll start.

6A:  "Familiar conference foes Westfield and Brownsburg engage in rock fight as defenses dominate in Brownsburg's close win."

5A:  "Dragons overcome a slow start to complete perfect season and spoil Merrillville's trip south with a dominating second half"

4A:  "Roncalli goes 2 for 2 against Dwenger as Royals escape with a 10 point victory over Dwemger."

3A:  "Luers completes unlikely tournament run with an upset win over Cascade."

2A:  "Brownstown breaks through as offense wears down Andrean in the second half."

1A:  "South Putnam completes last year's unfinished business with win over Pioneer."

What say you?

[Rodney]

One day closer to state championships, yet still only tuesday

[CoachMack219]

6A: "Westfield Avenges Week 6 Loss, Win 2nd State Championship"

5A: "New Pal Pulls Away Late to Win 5th State Title, Ralph's 155th Game"

4A: "Roncalli Royals Run Away from Dwenger's Stout Defense"

3A: "THE CASCADE CADETS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS"

2A: "Andrean Too Much for Brownstown Central, Niners win 4th State Championship"

1A: "Pioneer Denies South Putnam First State Title since 1986"

I'm going "North" (air quotes are thanks to Westfield lol) with 3 wins and South with 3 wins. As I mentioned in the Semi-State Over/Unders thread, I am probably wrong so side with me at your own risk... Lol 

[23andCounting]

6A: Westfield Avenges Regular Season Loss, First 6A Title

5A: Merrillville Shocks Everyone, Takes Down New Pal

4A: Saints Go Marching on in Shutout Win over Roncalli

3A: Luers Wins First 3A Title

2A: Andrean Beats Brownstown, Claims 4th State Title

1A: Pioneer Does it Again!

[Komets2727]

6A - Brownsburg goes back to back, talk of a dynasty begins

5A - New Pal rolls the Pirates D1 roster

4A - Dwenger beats Roncalli to win another state title 

3A - Luers wins first 3A state title 

2A - Andrean wins a tight game to capture another state title 

1A - Pioneer rolls again

[Bobref]

“Merrillville Wins 5A Championship — Cody Parkhurst Vindicated!”

 

[temptation]

9 minutes ago, Bobref said:

“Merrillville Wins 5A Championship — Cody Parkhurst Vindicated!”

 

And then they stick around Saturday and challenge the Westfield/Brownsburg winner for state supremacy (a la Wrestlemania 9).

(If you get that reference, you had a great childhood.)

Edited November 25, 2025 by temptation

[Donnie Baker]

South Putnams gets rewarded for their first championship in 39 years by moving up to 2A

[Sparty]

7 hours ago, Bobref said:

“Merrillville Wins 5A Championship — Cody Parkhurst Vindicated!”

 

This guy wins the interweb. Lol

[Sparty]

7 hours ago, temptation said:

And then they stick around Saturday and challenge the Westfield/Brownsburg winner for state supremacy (a la Wrestlemania 9).

(If you get that reference, you had a great childhood.)

Ok.  DM me please b/c. I’m not getting the reference and I watched mania 9.  

[hhpatriot04]

@crimsonace1 is having a stroke after seeing the "style" of some of these headlines!

[temptation]

On 11/25/2025 at 3:19 PM, Sparty said:

Ok.  DM me please b/c. I’m not getting the reference and I watched mania 9.  

Yokozuna beat Bret Hart and then Hogan came down and challenged him for the title and won it.

C’mon man…

Edited November 28, 2025 by temptation

[Sparty]

4 hours ago, temptation said:

Yokozuna beat Bret Hart and then Hogan came down and challenged him for the title and won it.

C’mon man…

At that point, I was an UW fan.  Didn’t follow the others too closely and my parents were not spending that money on wrasslin.  

[CoachMack219]

On 11/24/2025 at 11:51 AM, CoachMack219 said:

6A: "Westfield Avenges Week 6 Loss, Win 2nd State Championship"

5A: "New Pal Pulls Away Late to Win 5th State Title, Ralph's 155th Game"

4A: "Roncalli Royals Run Away from Dwenger's Stout Defense"

3A: "THE CASCADE CADETS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS"

2A: "Andrean Too Much for Brownstown Central, Niners win 4th State Championship"

1A: "Pioneer Denies South Putnam First State Title since 1986"

I'm going "North" (air quotes are thanks to Westfield lol) with 3 wins and South with 3 wins. As I mentioned in the Semi-State Over/Unders thread, I am probably wrong so side with me at your own risk... Lol 

6A: "CoachMack was WAYYYY Wrong"

5A: "CORRECT!"

4A: "CoachMack was WAYYYY Wrong, AGAIN!"

3A: "CORRECT!"

2A: "CORRECT, but the Headline was NOT!"

1A: "CoachMack was WAYYYY Wrong, the Three Peat!!!"

I went 3 for 6 and the North went 2 for 6. All 6 games were fun to watch! Congrats to all teams who competed and to our 6 State Champions! 

[23andCounting]

19 minutes ago, CoachMack219 said:

4A: "CoachMack was WAYYYY Wrong, AGAIN!"

Take some credit for this one. "Roncalli Royals Run Away from Dwenger's Stout Defense." Twenty nine points was the most scored against Dwenger this year. You nailed it. You just didn't see the part where Dwenger scored 36 coming. 

[CoachMack219]

13 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Take some credit for this one. "Roncalli Royals Run Away from Dwenger's Stout Defense." Twenty nine points was the most scored against Dwenger this year. You nailed it. You just didn't see the part where Dwenger scored 36 coming. 

Hell, I thought "run away" meant Roncalli would win like 28-10 and run away with it late. Lol never thought that Dwenger would score 26 more points than I assumed (especially after watching them vs St. Joe's). But honestly, credit to both offensive coaching staffs. Each of them scored 0 touchdowns in week 1 and then found a way to continue to score in week 15. That really was the game of the weekend, followed by the Andrean and Brownstown game which was awesome. 

[23andCounting]

5 minutes ago, CoachMack219 said:

That really was the game of the weekend, followed by the Andrean and Brownstown game which was awesome. 

The two games I had to miss due to the snow storm 😞. Although I felt the New Pal/Merrillville game was entertaining going into the fourth quarter tied at 17 apiece. 

[CoachMack219]

4 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

The two games I had to miss due to the snow storm 😞. Although I felt the New Pal/Merrillville game was entertaining going into the fourth quarter tied at 17 apiece. 

That was a good game for sure. I've watched a very good amount of Merrillville games over the years and while I felt like they had a chance to win that game, as an objective observer, it felt like New Pal was going to eventually make enough plays to win. I didn't foresee a 21-0 4th quarter regardless of what decisions led to that "lopsided" final quarter. Merrillville competed about as well as I expected. I figured they would be in it until late, which they were, and they had a real chance if they make some of the plays they didn't.  

[23andCounting]

16 minutes ago, CoachMack219 said:

That was a good game for sure. I've watched a very good amount of Merrillville games over the years and while I felt like they had a chance to win that game, as an objective observer, it felt like New Pal was going to eventually make enough plays to win. I didn't foresee a 21-0 4th quarter regardless of what decisions led to that "lopsided" final quarter. Merrillville competed about as well as I expected. I figured they would be in it until late, which they were, and they had a real chance if they make some of the plays they didn't.  

Agree. Normally, the better team figures out a way to win in the end. So kudos to New Pal. I'm not sure how much the Pirates losing their starting QB hurt, as the backup looked pretty darn good. But yeah, 21-0 in the fourth? Didn't see that coming.