Indiana Eight-Man Football 2026

[hhpatriot04]

Eight-Man Teams

• Waldron Mohawks
• Morristown Jackets
• Indiana Deaf Orioles
• Wabash Apaches
• Greenwood Christian Hawks
• Union (Dugger) Bulldogs
• Tri-State Crusaders
• Kosciusko Thunder
• South Newton Rebels

For all your eight-man news and discussions!

[Muda69]

Just a fad or here to stay?   Will co-ops or possible school consolidations make 8-man a less desirable format?

[Coach Nowlin]

Co Op no matter how much you and others think is the best option it is not, will not be the forefront of the IFCA it seems.    Why Co op  over 8 man  ?   

[Gipper]

As a SN alumnus, I’m happy there will still be games.  But the circumstances will be quite different, most notably in competition.  The MWC has been whittled down into a very manageable league, with pretty easy travel times across the board.  NN to Frontier is the furthest at about an hour away.   I like how the folks of Kentland, Goodland, and Brook will have another chance to get together, but I’m most happy for the players.

[Muda69]

13 hours ago, Coach Nowlin said:

Co Op no matter how much you and others think is the best option it is not, will not be the forefront of the IFCA it seems.    Why Co op  over 8 man  ?   

Because traditional 11-man tackle football is the superior form of the game.  And does the IHSAA really want to start sanctioning state tournaments in two different "flavors" of tackle football?  No, 8-man football ultimately waters down the entire game, another race to mediocrity. 

 

[hhpatriot04]

8 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

Because traditional 11-man tackle football is the superior form of the game.  And does the IHSAA really want to start sanctioning state tournaments in two different "flavors" of tackle football?  No, 8-man football ultimately waters down the entire game, another race to mediocrity. 

I agree with you in a perfect world. But if the question is 8-man football vs. no football, I'll choose 8-man. And that seems to be the question these schools have answered.

I also agree that the IFCA and IHSAA should permit co-oping. Let the market of ideas win the day.

[Coach Nowlin]

Again:   Sell the idea of CO OP where when a school takes on say 5 players from neighboring district , but for classifications purposes requires the entire school new enrollment be the total of the school you are co op with.    What Administration would be willing to move up most likely 2 classes to take on a handful of neighboring players.......  NO CHANCE   ESPECIALLY, when there is a very plausible and easier way to have kids play a game.....  

 

So Wabash, Co Cops with Northfield HS:     Combined Enrollments pushes them now from 1A to 3A....   So that is worth it to bump up classifications like that so a traditional 11 man game can be played vs a game which... wait for it....  is TACKLE FOOTBALL, played with 3 less players and smaller field by 13.5 yards WIDE, but its still 100 yards length 

 

[Frozen Tundra]

20 hours ago, hhpatriot04 said:

Eight-Man Teams

• Waldron Mohawks
• Morristown Jackets
• Indiana Deaf Orioles
• Wabash Apaches
• Greenwood Christian Hawks
• Union (Dugger) Bulldogs
• Tri-State Crusaders
• Kosciusko Thunder
• South Newton Rebels

For all your eight-man news and discussions!

Morristown is the Yellow Jackets. Their helmets just say Jackets for short.