Bulletin Board Material?

[temptation]

Maybe it’s just a slow week?

Just me?

Am I overthinking this one?

This more common than I think?

“Post game celebration plans: Meet the team back at Roncalli ~1 hour after the game.  Celebration will be in the Ascension St. Vincent Gymnasium, please enter door #11 or #15.”

 

[1st_and_10]

The HH fans and GS fans are more predominant on this board anymore (not a bad thing), but with both of them losing there isn't much chatter.  I think the teams in the finals, there aren't a ton of posters on here from those teams.  There are some from Luers, a few from Pioneer, but not many from the other schools playing... Probably why it's unusually quiet.  

[kdets89]

11 minutes ago, temptation said:

Maybe it’s just a slow week?

Just me?

Am I overthinking this one?

This more common than I think?

“Post game celebration plans: Meet the team back at Roncalli ~1 hour after the game.  Celebration will be in the Ascension St. Vincent Gymnasium, please enter door #11 or #15.”

 

I imagine every school playing this weekend has a similar plan, and any celebration would occur win or lose.  Seems hard to pull something like this off without prior planning, especially with their designated location being somewhere other than the school.

That said, I'd be planning for a long, quiet bus ride back to The Fort for Dwenger.

[temptation]

12 minutes ago, kdets89 said:

I imagine every school playing this weekend has a similar plan, and any celebration would occur win or lose.  Seems hard to pull something like this off without prior planning, especially with their designated location being somewhere other than the school.

That said, I'd be planning for a long, quiet bus ride back to The Fort for Dwenger.

You may be right and maybe this is something you coordinate in house and send out to families privately?

This was posted publicly on social media.

I know once the game kicks off this kind of stuff is inconsequential, but you bet your ass if I were the head coach at Dwenger I’d be spinning this as arrogance.

[oldtimeqb]

29 minutes ago, temptation said:

Maybe it’s just a slow week?

Just me?

Am I overthinking this one?

This more common than I think?

“Post game celebration plans: Meet the team back at Roncalli ~1 hour after the game.  Celebration will be in the Ascension St. Vincent Gymnasium, please enter door #11 or #15.”

 

1. I personally think a state finals appearance - win or lose - is something worth celebrating. 

2. At least Roncalli is close to Lucas Oil

3. Shame on the IHSAA for not allowing parents and families of players somewhere to interact post game.
 

I can’t speak to Andrean, Merrillville, Dwenger, etc. fans, but when Evansville schools play at Lucas - there is plenty of extended family, friends, from out of town. Some even live in the Indianapolis area. 

“Congrats on the great season Johnny. But your older sister/brother and aunt who live in Carmel won’t get to see you after the game. They at least get to watch in person for the first time, but they’re not driving back 2.5 hours to see you at the school gym afterwards.” 

[1st_and_10]

24 minutes ago, oldtimeqb said:

3. Shame on the IHSAA for not allowing parents and families of players somewhere to interact post game.

THIS.  They want you off the field and out of the locker room as quickly as possible.  The kids just played the biggest game of their lives... and they don't get to meet with family/friends... That's the worst part of the whole finals experience.  I understand that there are more games after (unless you are 5A or 6A) but the experience is as inpersonal as it gets.  The best part of Friday nights is the family/community support and though you get that from the stands, you don't get to meet with family/community post-game.  

[crimsonace1]

Not really. Because of the aforementioned issues with players not being able to meet with their parents until they leave the stadium, a lot of teams will have a celebration win or lose, just so the families can spend some time together after the game. Obviously, it's a lot more muted if it's a loss, but a State Finals appearance is worth celebrating. 

[crimsonace1]

1 hour ago, 1st_and_10 said:

The HH fans and GS fans are more predominant on this board anymore (not a bad thing), but with both of them losing there isn't much chatter.  I think the teams in the finals, there aren't a ton of posters on here from those teams.  There are some from Luers, a few from Pioneer, but not many from the other schools playing... Probably why it's unusually quiet.  

There used to be a TON of Roncalli fans here (matter of fact, TA used to tell us the thing that really sprung the GID was the controversy over a last-minute goal-line play between East Central and Roncalli back in the day). 

[1st_and_10]

3 minutes ago, crimsonace1 said:

There used to be a TON of Roncalli fans here (matter of fact, TA used to tell us the thing that really sprung the GID was the controversy over a last-minute goal-line play between East Central and Roncalli back in the day). 

I remember that as well... 

[Donnie Baker]

1 hour ago, oldtimeqb said:

1. I personally think a state finals appearance - win or lose - is something worth celebrating. 

2. At least Roncalli is close to Lucas Oil

3. Shame on the IHSAA for not allowing parents and families of players somewhere to interact post game.
 

I can’t speak to Andrean, Merrillville, Dwenger, etc. fans, but when Evansville schools play at Lucas - there is plenty of extended family, friends, from out of town. Some even live in the Indianapolis area. 

“Congrats on the great season Johnny. But your older sister/brother and aunt who live in Carmel won’t get to see you after the game. They at least get to watch in person for the first time, but they’re not driving back 2.5 hours to see you at the school gym afterwards.” 

#3. STATE LAW!

[kdets89]

2 hours ago, temptation said:

I know once the game kicks off this kind of stuff is inconsequential, but you bet your ass if I were the head coach at Dwenger I’d be spinning this as arrogance.

I chuckle to myself when I envision the Dwenger community claiming another fan base is arrogant.

[Komets2727]

12 hours ago, kdets89 said:

I imagine every school playing this weekend has a similar plan, and any celebration would occur win or lose.  Seems hard to pull something like this off without prior planning, especially with their designated location being somewhere other than the school.

That said, I'd be planning for a long, quiet bus ride back to The Fort for Dwenger.

Unreal. Roncalli beats Dwenger 3-0 at home early in the year and they are somehow a prohibitive favorite according to this forum. I think this game will be completely different than the first game and I think Dwenger will end up winning

[Impartial_Observer]

12 hours ago, 1st_and_10 said:

I remember that as well... 

I was there, ballsy move by Coach Scifres. 

[Bobref]

20 hours ago, crimsonace1 said:

There used to be a TON of Roncalli fans here (matter of fact, TA used to tell us the thing that really sprung the GID was the controversy over a last-minute goal-line play between East Central and Roncalli back in the day). 

They even had their own nickname: “The Horde.”

[23andCounting]

20 hours ago, kdets89 said:

I chuckle to myself when I envision the Dwenger community claiming another fan base is arrogant.

Are Catholics in Fort Wayne different from Catholics in Indy, South Bend, and Evansville? I think Catholic institutions have that same level of arrogance that a Carmel, Center Grove, Westfield, Homestead, or Carroll has. You have your good fans and your annoying fans. But let's not pretend that Dwenger's any different than any other program with a high socioeconomic factor. 

[Impartial_Observer]

18 minutes ago, 23andCounting said:

Are Catholics in Fort Wayne different from Catholics in Indy, South Bend, and Evansville? I think Catholic institutions have that same level of arrogance that a Carmel, Center Grove, Westfield, Homestead, or Carroll has. You have your good fans and your annoying fans. But let's not pretend that Dwenger's any different than any other program with a high socioeconomic factor. 

Judging from my local community, and I’ll preface this by saying I married one, so I can talk about them, similar to the Catholics I’m sure, there’s a local Lutheran church that produces just a little better human beings than all of the other Lutheran churches. 

[Muda69]

 *yawn*  The p/p hegemony in the lower enrollment classes is still in place. Until that changes most of the Friday and Saturday games will be boring, and not worth my time.

 

 

[Muda69]

On 11/26/2025 at 11:48 AM, crimsonace1 said:

Obviously, it's a lot more muted if it's a loss, but a State Finals appearance is worth celebrating. 

[Bobref]

20 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

“2nd place is just the first loser.”

[LuersLurker]

3 hours ago, Muda69 said:

 *yawn*  The p/p hegemony in the lower enrollment classes is still in place. Until that changes most of the Friday and Saturday games will be boring, and not worth my time.

 

 

I suggest you take a closer look at the Cascade/Luers game. You may just want to take the time.  No Lou Holtz intentions in this statement.

[LuersLurker]

On 11/26/2025 at 10:45 AM, temptation said:

Maybe it’s just a slow week?

Just me?

Am I overthinking this one?

This more common than I think?

“Post game celebration plans: Meet the team back at Roncalli ~1 hour after the game.  Celebration will be in the Ascension St. Vincent Gymnasium, please enter door #11 or #15.”

 

Is it a sign of the times? Back in the day, I could get enought material from this forum to fill the wall outside my classroom.  Players, coaches, teachers, even the principal would be reading my wall.

[foxbat]

On 11/26/2025 at 11:09 AM, temptation said:

You may be right and maybe this is something you coordinate in house and send out to families privately?

This was posted publicly on social media.

I know once the game kicks off this kind of stuff is inconsequential, but you bet your ass if I were the head coach at Dwenger I’d be spinning this as arrogance.

Any coach worth their salt doesn't rely on that kind of post to fire up his team and doesn't spend "spinning" something this small.  Dwenger knows who they themselves are and they will act, prep, and play "like they've been there before."  I would trust that a team like Dwenger, and their coaches, get all the motivation they need from themselves and wouldn't waste time looking for or worrying about "bulletin board material."

 

On 11/26/2025 at 10:45 AM, temptation said:

Maybe it’s just a slow week?

Just me?

Am I overthinking this one?

This more common than I think?

“Post game celebration plans: Meet the team back at Roncalli ~1 hour after the game.  Celebration will be in the Ascension St. Vincent Gymnasium, please enter door #11 or #15.”

 

Given what Roncalli has accomplished from the start of this season to now, win or lose, they should be celebrating the season.  Like others have said, the way IHSAA does things, unless you are the last game of the day, you are lucky if you get a little room down in the endzone on the first deck where you can meet up with your kids ... and even then, you don't get to do it as a team or community.

 

On 11/26/2025 at 1:21 PM, kdets89 said:

I chuckle to myself when I envision the Dwenger community claiming another fan base is arrogant.

😄

[temptation]

3 minutes ago, foxbat said:

Any coach worth their salt doesn't rely on that kind of post to fire up his team and doesn't spend "spinning" something this small.  Dwenger knows who they themselves are and they will act, prep, and play "like they've been there before."  I would trust that a team like Dwenger, and their coaches, get all the motivation they need from themselves and wouldn't waste time looking for or worrying about "bulletin board material."

 

Given what Roncalli has accomplished from the start of this season to now, win or lose, they should be celebrating the season.  Like others have said, the way IHSAA does things, unless you are the last game of the day, you are lucky if you get a little room down in the endzone on the first deck where you can meet up with your kids ... and even then, you don't get to do it as a team or community.

 

😄

This is where I’m different.  High school kids are impressionable.

Any mental edge I can give them, real or fictional.

[foxbat]

5 minutes ago, temptation said:

This is where I’m different.  High school kids are impressionable.

Any mental edge I can give them, real or fictional.

Here's all the mental edge that Dwenger needs.  And if you need something specific, it's that first game of the year where you figure out with your kids everything that you/they could have done that would have turned that L into a W, and then you make every minute count toward making sure that they are corrected so that there aren't any regrets come end of game at LOS.  Focusing on bulletin bioard stuff as mild as a team talking about celebrating their season detracts from that.  A lesson in life says that you control what you can in life and you leave the rest outside.  That would be the impression I'd want to leave on my kids.

[Muda69]

12 hours ago, LuersLurker said:

I suggest you take a closer look at the Cascade/Luers game. You may just want to take the time.  No Lou Holtz intentions in this statement.

Meh.  Cascade has their "once in 10-20 year team" that is common for small to mid size government schools, while Luers just reloads from the vast pool of "omg! athletes' that a population area the size of Fort Wayne provides.    And that easy Monon Athletic Conference schedule does Cascade no favors.  If they win today they really think about getting out of that nascent conference. They are a Hendricks county doughnut school, their enrollment and pool of athletes will only continue to grow as urban sprawl crawls westward.