NE Indiana Power Poll - Week 1

[23andCounting]

1.    Carroll - The Chargers looked really really really good on Friday. Good enough that I started comparing them to great SAC teams of the past. But I'll pump the breaks a little bit until after I see what happens down at Center Grove on Friday. 

2.    Dwenger - They beat Roncalli. Enough said. If you think you're better than Dwenger, then prove it on the field. 

3.    East Noble - No one really knows how good their Week 1 opponent was on Friday, other than they're loaded with D1 talent. That being said.........19-0? One hell of a showing by the Kendallville kids. 

4.    Homestead - I'm not going to pull the plug on the Spartans just yet. They lost big to Westfield 49-21, but they were gritty enough to make it 35-21 at one point in the game. Losing big to Westfield doesn't mean you're not good, it just means that Homestead's chances of making a deep playoff run this year isn't looking that good. 

5.    Adams Central - These guys just continue to win. They reload better than any team in Northeast Indiana. Kudos to the coaching staff over there. They've built a machine that doesn't stop. 

6.    Snider - Warsaw returned several starters from last season, and some thought this team would be pretty good. Snider had them down 30-18 midway through the 4th, which tells me that Snider isn't so bad themselves. I'll take that game with a grain of salt............they always struggle against "Bart Ball" (Warsaw & Mishawaka).

7.    Columbia City - Last Friday's impressive win over Northwood was an eye opener. I'm not sure how good Northwood is, but...............they're Northwood. Massive test this Friday against Northridge. 

8.   Leo - Nice win against Wayne, but we need to see more. We'll find out how tough this teams when they drive down to Indy this Friday to take on Chatard. 

9.   Dekalb - Impressive win against the Railroaders on Friday. Probably looking at 3-0 before getting into the meat of their schedule. 

10.  Northrop - Unfortunately the Bruins didn't get an opportunity to showcase themselves on Friday. That being said. They were good last year and return some serious talent. The drawback is the new head coach. We're not sure what he's capable of yet. I think this is a fair spot to put the Bruins.......................for now. 

On the outside looking in? Bishop Luers, Bluffton, North Side, South Side

[Jays]

Adams Central beating FW Luers is wild to me. Their dynasty doesn't seem to be slowing down. 

[23andCounting]

8 minutes ago, Jays said:

Adams Central beating FW Luers is wild to me. Their dynasty doesn't seem to be slowing down. 

I'm not really surprised at the score. Adams Central seems to have the same level of toughness year in and year out. Had Luers returned more starters, I may have been a bit more surprised. If they continue, this series will go back and forth. It could be 5-5 after ten seasons. 

[Justasportsfan]

Bruins are too low, panthers are in for another long season.. Slide Leo up as well..imho..

 

[23andCounting]

45 minutes ago, Justasportsfan said:

Bruins are too low, panthers are in for another long season.. Slide Leo up as well..imho..

 

Northrop has a chance to turn some heads this week against Warsaw, then North Side the following week. 

Snider's schedule is rough. They could go 3-6 and still represent 5A North at Lucas Oil. 

Let's see if Leo puts up a fight against Chatard. 

[LC_Bears_04]

1.  Carroll

2.  Dwenger

3.  Homestead

4.  East Noble

5.  Snider

6.  Northrop

7.  Leo

8.  Columbia City

9.  Adams Central

10.  North Side

[Basementbias]

On 8/24/2026 at 3:30 PM, Jays said:

Adams Central beating FW Luers is wild to me. Their dynasty doesn't seem to be slowing down. 

We're blessed to have a lot of community buy in. We have great coaches and upperclassmen that set the tone and layout the expectations expected of everyone. That trickles down from Varsity, JV, MS, youth tackle, and youth flag from Seniors to pre-school. 

[US31]

re: AC

 

Mike Mosser is a heck of a Coach

[First_Backer_Inside]

I said that Adams Central would come back down to Earth when Black at QB graduated. Then came Jamison Roach. I'm not even going to say anything when he graduates after this year because there will be some other kid coming up just as good or one ups him. Impressive stuff going on at Adams Central.

[Basementbias]

8 minutes ago, First_Backer_Inside said:

I said that Adams Central would come back down to Earth when Black at QB graduated. Then came Jamison Roach. I'm not even going to say anything when he graduates after this year because there will be some other kid coming up just as good or one ups him. Impressive stuff going on at Adams Central.

Hamilton was between them and was the 2023 starter. He carried the team during the 23 semi state game against North Judson. What's crazy is the current junior class has been thought of the weak spot among those before and after them. They've stepped up week 1. Collier was magnificent. The top players from their youth days in that grade are all gone & at other schools like South Adams and one at Northrop that is a big college recruit. He left AC for FW Carroll and then to Northrop if I'm not mistaken. Would have been fun to see if they all stayed at AC.

Side note: watch for Bellmont to make some noise in the next few years. I'd say South Adams as well. Bellmont's 8th grade won the NE8 as 7th graders and could repeat. They beat our 8th grade again but it was 2-0 this time. Both teams had great defenses and some flashes on offense & special teams. South Adams 8th grade should be good as they were dominant in 5th & 6th grade. They for whatever reason didn't have a 7th grade team last year (think they played as a mixed 8th & 7th). Be nice if Bellmont was 3A, AC 2A, & South Adams 1A when those kids are seniors if they keep getting better.

[First_Backer_Inside]

6 minutes ago, Basementbias said:

Hamilton was between them and was the 2023 starter. He carried the team during the 23 semi state game against North Judson. What's crazy is the current junior class has been thought of the weak spot among those before and after them. They've stepped up week 1. Collier was magnificent. The top players from their youth days in that grade are all gone & at other schools like South Adams and one at Northrop that is a big college recruit. He left AC for FW Carroll and then to Northrop if I'm not mistaken. Would have been fun to see if they all stayed at AC.

Side note: watch for Bellmont to make some noise in the next few years. I'd say South Adams as well. Bellmont's 8th grade won the NE8 as 7th graders and could repeat. They beat our 8th grade again but it was 2-0 this time. Both teams had great defenses and some flashes on offense & special teams. South Adams 8th grade should be good as they were dominant in 5th & 6th grade. They for whatever reason didn't have a 7th grade team last year (think they played as a mixed 8th & 7th). Be nice if Bellmont was 3A, AC 2A, & South Adams 1A when those kids are seniors if they keep getting better.

It is interesting what happens as kids grow. Middle school not always the indicator for high school success. For example, the seniors here at Rochester only won one game between their 7th and 8th grade seasons. The class behind them, Juniors, only won 3 or 4 both of their years. They played really well together week 1. Interesting to see what they do the rest of the season.

[Basementbias]

14 minutes ago, First_Backer_Inside said:

It is interesting what happens as kids grow. Middle school not always the indicator for high school success. For example, the seniors here at Rochester only won one game between their 7th and 8th grade seasons. The class behind them, Juniors, only won 3 or 4 both of their years. They played really well together week 1. Interesting to see what they do the rest of the season.

Very true. Should add that Bluffton had a talented middle school team the past couple seasons that are Freshmen this year. I'm sure their baseball run has added some fire to their football team as well.