Indian72 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Friday, Nov. 6 Chesterton at Elkhart, 7:30 pm Mishawaka at Adams, 7 pm Marian at Jimtown, 7 pm Pioneer at Bremen, 7 pm 2 NIC teams will have their season end due to playing each other Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny U Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Elkhart over Chesterton in a close one Mishawaka over Adams - unless Mishawaka forfeits due to Covid-19 and Adams wins sectional without playing Marian easily over Jimtown in rematch Pioneer in a close one over Bremen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsParentalFigure Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 22 hours ago, Indian72 said: Friday, Nov. 6 Chesterton at Elkhart, 7:30 pm Mishawaka at Adams, 7 pm Marian at Jimtown, 7 pm Pioneer at Bremen, 7 pm 2 NIC teams will have their season end due to playing each other Mishawaka is not a NIC team anymore. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 24 minutes ago, SportsParentalFigure said: Mishawaka is not a NIC team anymore. They are playing a NIC school 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 The Pioneer Bremen game is going to be a lot of fun. Pioneer is a measuring stick program for small schools. The Lions get a chance to see where they stack up against one of the best small school programs in the state. Bremen will need to be fundamentally sound in all facets of the game and get a couple of breaks to pull off an upset. I'm excited for this match-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indian72 Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, SportsParentalFigure said: Mishawaka is not a NIC team anymore. Stand corrected. Old habits hard to break Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinePrint Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 2 hours ago, MarshallCounty said: The Pioneer Bremen game is going to be a lot of fun. Pioneer is a measuring stick program for small schools. The Lions get a chance to see where they stack up against one of the best small school programs in the state. Bremen will need to be fundamentally sound in all facets of the game and get a couple of breaks to pull off an upset. I'm excited for this match-up. I'm looking forward to this one too! Since we play both of these schools every year, I can sort of get a feel for the programs. I would say Pioneer - as a small school program - is farther along than Bremen. They just seem to reload every year, regardless of what they lose to graduation. But Bremen has a good team this year, so we'll see if they can hang around. It will be up to Bremen's defense to keep the game within reach. I believe Pioneer scored touchdowns on every offensive possession against LaVille last Friday. And that was a one loss LaVille team giving up less than 10 points a game. Pioneer has also played a much more difficult schedule than Bremen (according to Sagarin). Curious to see what Bremen can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallCounty Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 1 hour ago, FinePrint said: I'm looking forward to this one too! Since we play both of these schools every year, I can sort of get a feel for the programs. I would say Pioneer - as a small school program - is farther along than Bremen. They just seem to reload every year, regardless of what they lose to graduation. But Bremen has a good team this year, so we'll see if they can hang around. It will be up to Bremen's defense to keep the game within reach. I believe Pioneer scored touchdowns on every offensive possession against LaVille last Friday. And that was a one loss LaVille team giving up less than 10 points a game. Pioneer has also played a much more difficult schedule than Bremen (according to Sagarin). Curious to see what Bremen can do. That is a fair assessment, not going to find to many people who will be willing to argue with your logic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Checking the IHSAA web site...South Bend Adams is going for the first sectional title EVER. The school was open in 1940. I found that hard to believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLCTigerFan07 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, LaSalle Lions 1976 said: Checking the IHSAA web site...South Bend Adams is going for the first sectional title EVER. The school was open in 1940. I found that hard to believe. I think maybe you're misunderstanding what they're saying? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding your post. Either way, Adams does not have a sectional championship (and thus they are going for their first sectional title ever) but they have played in sectional championship games: Hobart in 1985 and 1991, Carroll (FW) in 2012, and Mishawaka in 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, NLCTigerFan07 said: I think maybe you're misunderstanding what they're saying? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding your post. Either way, Adams does not have a sectional championship (and thus they are going for their first sectional title ever) but they have played in sectional championship games: Hobart in 1985 and 1991, Carroll (FW) in 2012, and Mishawaka in 2015. You are correct...they are going for their first sectional title with a win It's all good. I was kind of surprised with that. Washington has two and Clay and Riley have one each 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionKing Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 9:52 AM, Indian72 said: Friday, Nov. 6 Chesterton at Elkhart, 7:30 pm Mishawaka at Adams, 7 pm Marian at Jimtown, 7 pm Pioneer at Bremen, 7 pm 2 NIC teams will have their season end due to playing each other Elkhart -- Probably the NIC's only legit shot at coming away with a victory. Mishawaka -- Should pull away over the course of the game to win fairly handily. Marian -- Jimtown can make it interesting for awhile, but eventually Marian's talent and speed will be too much Bremen -- Total heart pick here. It is just as likely Pioneer could run away with it, but got to have faith in the Lions. Pioneer is a tremendous program and this years version is as good as any they have had I believe. Bremen will not be intimitated though and they will certainly match the physicality of the Panthers. Two issues really stand out to me though that could be huge disadvantages for Bremen. One is a major lack of depth. Too many two way players that are simply beat up at this point in the year. Not that both teams aren't feeling the effects of a full season, but Bremen has some players playing both ways that might not even play if this was a regular season game. The other area is special teams. Bremen does try to give some of the main guys a break on kickoff and kickoff return, could this lead to issues with poor field position or giving up a big play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerFran Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, LionKing said: Bremen -- Total heart pick here. It is just as likely Pioneer could run away with it, but got to have faith in the Lions. Pioneer is a tremendous program and this years version is as good as any they have had I believe. Bremen will not be intimitated though and they will certainly match the physicality of the Panthers. Two issues really stand out to me though that could be huge disadvantages for Bremen. One is a major lack of depth. Too many two way players that are simply beat up at this point in the year. Not that both teams aren't feeling the effects of a full season, but Bremen has some players playing both ways that might not even play if this was a regular season game. The other area is special teams. Bremen does try to give some of the main guys a break on kickoff and kickoff return, could this lead to issues with poor field position or giving up a big play? Pioneer only has ~30 kids total on the team, with only about half of that number to see the field in a varsity game. Most of our guys play both ways and on special teams. Completely agree with you though that this will be an extremely physical game, and whoever wins this game will probably be in for a harder hitting game next week. Edited November 6, 2020 by FarmerFran 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staxawax Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 11/3/2020 at 3:24 PM, LaSalle Lions 1976 said: Checking the IHSAA web site...South Bend Adams is going for the first sectional title EVER. The school was open in 1940. I found that hard to believe. Doesn't really matter that they opened in 1940. Nobody won a sectional until '85ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny U Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Staxawax said: Doesn't really matter that they opened in 1940. Nobody won a sectional until '85ish. 1985 was probably Adams best chance. They were ranked #3 in the state that year but lost to #1 Hobart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusty Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Adams played very well for part of the game. They were up right after halftime then Mishawaka took off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaSalle Lions 1976 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 9 hours ago, johnny U said: 1985 was probably Adams best chance. They were ranked #3 in the state that year but lost to #1 Hobart. That was the year they had Anthony Johnson. There were the last NIC team to beat Penn before their winning streak in the conference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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