Hoosier Hills Conference

Frozen Tundra · October 17, 2024

5 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

Silver Creek likes being a big fish in a small pond. That's their issue.

Maybe so but would the Mid-Southern Conference always like it? You don’t have to go back very many years in this state to find several instances of conferences booting out members because they got too big for them.

ptr · October 17, 2024

5 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Maybe so but would the Mid-Southern Conference always like it? You don’t have to go back very many years in this state to find several instances of conferences booting out members because they got too big for them.

While it has no bearing on the HHC as being discussed, should the HHC have to add one or both of the Bloomington schools, that makes for an interesting predicament for the Terre Haute schools. They are kind of isolated out in the western part of the state and no school of similar size will want to travel to and from there. There are no schools of similar size in that area with Northview being the closest in size and they have half of the student population size of the Terre Haute schools.

Impartial_Observer · October 17, 2024

5 hours ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Maybe so but would the Mid-Southern Conference always like it? You don’t have to go back very many years in this state to find several instances of conferences booting out members because they got too big for them.

SC has been pretty mediocre since their team that drew EC week one. I know at the time SC had ZERO interest in leaving the MSC. That came from admin. They have however won state titles in other sports, but so has Brownstown. But given recent upheaval in the athletic department, who knows?

Frozen Tundra · October 18, 2024

4 hours ago, ptr said:

While it has no bearing on the HHC as being discussed, should the HHC have to add one or both of the Bloomington schools, that makes for an interesting predicament for the Terre Haute schools. They are kind of isolated out in the western part of the state and no school of similar size will want to travel to and from there. There are no schools of similar size in that area with Northview being the closest in size and they have half of the student population size of the Terre Haute schools.

Yeah the only way a conference would work well for the Terre Haute schools is if they were joined by the Bloomington schools, Plainfield, Decatur Central, Mooresville, and Martinsville. That would be a decent little conference but I don’t think those four Mid-State schools would be clamoring for that.

Three years ago, the Vigo County School Corporation had eight options on the table as to how they wanted to handle the high school situation. The buildings were old and outdated (including West Vigo) so they were trying to come up with efficient, cost-effective ways to address it. Renovations, consolidations, demolishing/rebuilding the schools, and the addition of a fourth high school were discussed.

If a fourth high school was decided upon then they would then have to decide whether West Vigo would be affected or not. As it stands, here are the student populations:

Terre Haute South - 1,609

Terre Haute North - 1,467

West Vigo - 518

If you add a third Terre Haute school and exclude West Vigo then you have 3,076 students to split among three schools. This gives you around 1,025 students per school if you split things evenly.

If you add a third Terre Haute school and include West Vigo then you have 3,594 students to split among four schools. This gives you around 900 students per school if you split things evenly.

Splitting the two Terre Haute schools among three schools is probably too big for the smaller schools in the Western Indiana Conference since they’d have just over 1,000 students each. However, they could form a new conference by stealing Northview and Edgewood from the WIC who have over 800 students each. Maybe Danville could be the sixth school.

Or if the three Vigo County schools were split among four schools then, at around 900 students each, they could fit into the WIC.

Never heard what the school corporation decided to do. Might have tabled it for a later date or might have decided to renovate. Regardless, you are correct. As things stand, the Terre Haute schools are isolated.

Edited October 18, 2024 by Frozen Tundra

Impartial_Observer · October 18, 2024

I have long felt adding a fourth school and getting more kids to WV would put TH schools in a position where there could play in some of the local smaller school conferences.

gonzoron · October 18, 2024

Week 9 Schedule

Columbus East (5-3, 5-0 HHC) at BNL (1-7, 1-4 HHC)

Jeffersonville (5-3, 3-2 HHC) at Jennings County (0-8, 0-5 HHC)

New Albany (3-5, 2-3 HHC) at Floyd Central (5-2, 4-1 HHC)

Bloomington South (4-4) at Seymour (4-4)

Frozen Tundra · October 18, 2024

Week 9 Picks

Columbus East (5-3, 5-0 HHC) at BNL (1-7, 1-4 HHC): The Olympians can clinch the outright HHC championship tonight with a win or a Floyd Central loss. The Stars have won two straight in the series and will be looking to win three in a row for the first time since the late 90s. Won’t happen though. East leads the all-time series 40-13.

Jeffersonville (5-3, 3-2 HHC) at Jennings County (0-8, 0-5 HHC): The Red Devils get to follow up a disappointing performance at Columbus East with a get-right game at Jennings County. This should get ugly quick as the Panthers still haven’t scored a TD against a starting defense since week 3. Will they score a point tonight? They haven’t done so in three weeks. Jeff leads the all-time series 30-7 but Jennings County has won the last two games by a point each.

New Albany (3-5, 2-3 HHC) at Floyd Central (5-2, 4-1 HHC): Just like with the other two conference games tonight, this Floyd County rivalry will likely also be a dud. The Bulldogs have lost four in a row while the Highlanders will be motivated to keep their minuscule HHC title hopes alive. It may not be a 47-0 shutout like last year, but I still think Floyd Central will provide them with a beatdown. They’ve won two straight in the series and lead it 31-25 overall.

Bloomington South (4-4) at Seymour (4-4): It’s a down year for the Panthers due to all of their graduation losses but their four L’s have all come against ranked competition. They’ve lost their last two games and play an Owls team that has won its last two games. Nevertheless, I doubt this is close. Bloomington South has a great running back and possesses the size and speed at the other positions to make this a long senior night for Seymour. South leads the all-time series 13-6 and has won the last five games (none of which have been close). Seymour hasn’t won since 1990.

Bluejacket1 · October 18, 2024

Columbus East (5-3, 5-0 HHC) at BNL (1-7, 1-4 HHC)

Jeffersonville (5-3, 3-2 HHC) at Jennings County (0-8, 0-5 HHC)

New Albany (3-5, 2-3 HHC) at Floyd Central (5-2, 4-1 HHC)

Bloomington South (4-4) at Seymour (4-4)

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

Columbus East - 28

Bedford - 7

Halftime

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

Columbus East - 37

Bedford - 7

5 minutes in the 3rd…

East scored on a safety and TD.

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

Freshman QB Scruggs with an extremly nice QB keeper for a 10 yard TD. That kid is an athlete for sure.

Columbus East - 44

Bedford - 7

Mid 4th, running clock now.

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

Final 44-7… a good performance by the team. A week off then sectional begins at home.

Frozen Tundra · October 19, 2024

Floyd Central 55

New Albany 0

Final

Jeffersonville 42

Jennings County 13

Final

Bloomington South 42

Seymour 6

Final

Fkfootball · October 19, 2024

The best moment of the night. Football wasn't as important. I don't know if you guys heard about the Bryce Gerlach tragedy? You can read about it. We were Floyd County strong tonight. One team. #LiveLikeBryce

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

32 minutes ago, Fkfootball said:

The best moment of the night. Football wasn't as important. I don't know if you guys heard about the Bryce Gerlach tragedy? You can read about it. We were Floyd County strong tonight. One team. #LiveLikeBryce

Just looked it up, absolutely heartbreaking. Huge ups for Floyd, New Albany and the entire community for doing this. Respect.

Frozen Tundra · October 19, 2024

1 hour ago, Fkfootball said:

The best moment of the night. Football wasn't as important. I don't know if you guys heard about the Bryce Gerlach tragedy? You can read about it. We were Floyd County strong tonight. One team. #LiveLikeBryce

Was that the kid from Corydon Central?

Olympian06 · October 19, 2024

2 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Was that the kid from Corydon Central?

Yes

Fkfootball · October 19, 2024

52 minutes ago, Frozen Tundra said:

Was that the kid from Corydon Central?

Yep. He actually played 7 on 7 with FC this summer. His GF goes to FC. He wanted to transfer here but for some reason he couldn't. He's close with a lot of people up here. Great kid. He was an innocent bystander. I heard the suspects are gang members from Louisville. Absolutely sickening and maddening. He was actually a D-1 prospect as a Kicker.

Edited October 19, 2024 by Fkfootball

Impartial_Observer · October 19, 2024

5 hours ago, Fkfootball said:

Yep. He actually played 7 on 7 with FC this summer. His GF goes to FC. He wanted to transfer here but for some reason he couldn't. He's close with a lot of people up here. Great kid. He was an innocent bystander. I heard the suspects are gang members from Louisville. Absolutely sickening and maddening. He was actually a D-1 prospect as a Kicker.

Had him a few weeks back, I can confirm SOLID kicker. I just don’t understand…

Fkfootball · October 19, 2024

27 minutes ago, Impartial_Observer said:

Had him a few weeks back, I can confirm SOLID kicker. I just don’t understand…

It's a sad story. Some teens started shooting at Harvest Homecoming which they say was "Gang related" and he actually got his GF to the ground and he protected her. The kid was a Hero. It's heartbreaking. He had a good future ahead of him.

Frozen Tundra · October 19, 2024

3 hours ago, Fkfootball said:

It's a sad story. Some teens started shooting at Harvest Homecoming which they say was "Gang related" and he actually got his GF to the ground and he protected her. The kid was a Hero. It's heartbreaking. He had a good future ahead of him.

I really don’t get this world. It shouldn’t be that hard to be kind, respectful, and get along with others. Too many idiots out there that ruin things for no reason.