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1 hour ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Week 2 Picks

Bloomington North (0-1) at BNL (1-0): The Cougars lead the all-time series with the Stars 25-14. They’ve won the last seven games and 18 of the last 19. For a second year in a row, BNL pulls off a surprise win against Martinsville in week 1. They hope to avoid last year’s follow-up when Bloomington North defeated them 29-20. Based on how bad the Cougars looked against Bloomington South last week, I like the Stars’ chances this time around.

Columbus East (0-1) at Columbus North (1-0): The Bull Dogs lead the all-time series with the Olympians 30-25. This classic rivalry has been a pretty one-sided affair over the last ten years as Columbus North has won five straight and nine of the last ten. North already has the record for the most consecutive wins in the series and they will look to extend it to six. East had a good first half against Mooresville last week but turnovers were a killer in the second half and overall. North’s defense looked impressive against a usually solid Whiteland team en route to a 14-7 victory. I question, though, if Mooresville is trending down based on last season’s 5-5 record and with having a new coach. I also wonder if Whiteland is due for a bad year based on all the graduation losses. Nevertheless, the Bull Dogs seem to be the safer bet here so I’ll take them. I’ll be surprised if it’s close.

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Jeffersonville (0-1) at Seymour (0-1): The Red Devils lead the all-time series with the Owls 37-28-1. Jeff has won the last two. Interestingly, the teams have traded consecutive wins over the last eight years. Seymour scored wins in 2018 and 2019. Jeff followed that with wins in 2020 and 2021. Seymour added a couple in 2022 and 2023. And, like I said, Jeff won in 2024 and 2025. Like East, Seymour had a good first half last week (against Greenwood) but the wheels came off in the second half. The Red Devils got pulverized but it was against a very good Lawrence Central team. Not really sure who to go with in this one but I’ll just say Seymour squeaks one out.

New Albany (1-0) at 2A #3/#5 Indianapolis Lutheran (1-0): The Bulldogs and Saints met for the first time ever last year and it resulted in a 17-0 Lutheran victory. The Bulldogs landed a shocking 28-7 win last week against another 2A powerhouse in Providence, which snapped a 16 game losing streak. Meanwhile, Lutheran beat a perennially weak Crispus Attucks team 35-0. As much as I’d like to pick New Albany, I’m still a little hesitant. I need to see more from them before I hop aboard that train. Therefore, Lutheran is my pick.

Whiteland (0-1) at 5A #6/#7 Floyd Central (1-0): The Warriors lead the all-time series with the Highlanders 3-0. This year’s game will be the first ever to take place at Floyd Central. Whiteland looked disappointing in last week’s 14-7 loss to Columbus North while Floyd Central looked mightily impressive against 3A powerhouse Gibson Southern. As opposed to the Titans, the Warriors are bigger, have more depth, and use a tricky offense so this could be a tougher game than most expect. @Fkfootball is going to call me a hater but I’ve got to see a little more evidence before I go all-in with the Highlanders. I’m taking Whiteland in a close game.

Nah. You’re entitled to your opinion man. I’ve been on record saying you don’t have enough respect for Floyd Central athletics at times. But in this case, I can see your perspective. There really isn’t a question that Whiteland has been the better program the last 20 seasons.

 

However, I will say this. I watched their game the other night on YouTube with CN. And this Whiteland team looks SMALL. Outside of their LT and LG, they look very skinny at every position. That isn’t the case with Floyd Central. They’re big. On the OL and at DT especially. 

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Bloomington North at BNL

Columbus East (0-1) at Columbus North (1-0)

Jeffersonville (0-1) at Seymour (0-1)

New Albany (1-0) at 2A #3/#5 Indianapolis Lutheran (1-0)

Whiteland (0-1) at 5A #6/#7 Floyd Central (1-0)

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9 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Worked the BHSS/Martinsville game many times back in that era, certainly some memorable games. 

I remember the game at Martinsville a few years back where the Panthers were up big in the 4th when a student upset over the score, turned the field lights off.

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FWIW, the Indy Star high school beat writer gives his predictions on every Indy metro games on Thursdays, and here are some of his predictions for teams of interest on here.

Whiteland 20 Floyd Central 19

Lutheran 21 New Albany 16

Bloomington South 43 Martinsville 26

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1 hour ago, ptr said:

FWIW, the Indy Star high school beat writer gives his predictions on every Indy metro games on Thursdays, and here are some of his predictions for teams of interest on here.

Whiteland 20 Floyd Central 19

Lutheran 21 New Albany 16

Bloomington South 43 Martinsville 26

If Martinsville is good enough to compete with this BNL team I don’t see them losing to South by 3 scores.