temptation Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Never too early. Let’s get it started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slice60 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Great, gutsy 4th qtr comeback on the road by the New Prairie Cougars!!! Smart to kick FG & then execute a BEEEYOUTEEEFUL onside kick with 4:30 left which led to the game-winning TD. Way to go, Cougars!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 EC by however much they deem necessary 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTF Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 45 minutes ago, Rodney said: EC by however much they deem necessary I dunno Rodney. I think New Prairie and Kokomo might be a little better than what people are giving them credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian06 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 EC wins this game quite handily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npcougar15 Posted November 19, 2022 Share Posted November 19, 2022 Honestly can't believe NP found a way win that one last night. The football gods made up for NP giving away their trip to state last year against NR in the last 4 minutes. East Central I'm sure will be favored by every metric and person and that's fine and warranted. People have been talking about the south and New Pal, Roncalli, and EC all year that whoever represented would boat race the north. But I'll tell you what, Kokomo was a LOT tougher than I thought going in. Big, physical, and fast kids all over the place. Kind of a weird game in the sense that while Kokomo controlled the pace of the game all day, NP did have 2 blown opportunities to put 14 more points on the board. And outside of 1 real long run to start the game for Kokomo, the NP defense was able to shut down the high scoring wildkats. Honestly I think this kind of game is exactly what NP needed to get ready for this upcoming week; we haven't played a close game all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptation Posted November 20, 2022 Author Share Posted November 20, 2022 Temp’s Official Prediction: East Central 27-10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Devil Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The scary thing about EC is that they are relatively young. Most of their skill players will be back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npcougar15 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 So for those of us not to familiar with East Central at all can someone give a little history of the school, town, location, program history, any fun fact? I'll start with NP for you EC fans. The 2 towns that feed into New Prairie are NEW Carlisle and Rolling PRAIRIE. New Carlisle has a population of about 1,800 with Rolling only having close to 600 residents. There are a few other small communities (Hudson Lake, Mill Creek, Saugany Lake, and a lot of farm land) that feed into the school that make it what it is today. We are touching the Michigan border to the north and are sandwiched in-between South Bend to the east and Laporte/"Da Region" to the west. The New Carlisle community at their core is a football town and had real good history up until the NP consolidation in 1968. NP was pretty average for the first 30 years of football until hall of famer Bart Curtis took over in the late 90s, another Hall of famer in Russ Radtke elevated the program to new heights starting back in 2012 and now coach McKim in his 3rd year has continued to keep the cougars playing at a very high level (and possibly a level never reached before). One interesting fact about NP, is the town of New Carlisle is in the eastern time zone while the school and Rolling Prairie are in the central time zone. You can hear people ask "School time or town time?" with just about every event, gathering, game, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2K Metal Storm Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Sunman,Bright,West Harrison,Hidden Valley,Farm Land and the main is ST.Leon where the school is located.Back in the very beginning of the school I had heard it was almost called Dog ridge High . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodney Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, npcougar15 said: So for those of us not to familiar with East Central at all can someone give a little history of the school, town, location, program history, any fun fact? I'll start with NP for you EC fans. The 2 towns that feed into New Prairie are NEW Carlisle and Rolling PRAIRIE. New Carlisle has a population of about 1,800 with Rolling only having close to 600 residents. There are a few other small communities (Hudson Lake, Mill Creek, Saugany Lake, and a lot of farm land) that feed into the school that make it what it is today. We are touching the Michigan border to the north and are sandwiched in-between South Bend to the east and Laporte/"Da Region" to the west. The New Carlisle community at their core is a football town and had real good history up until the NP consolidation in 1968. NP was pretty average for the first 30 years of football until hall of famer Bart Curtis took over in the late 90s, another Hall of famer in Russ Radtke elevated the program to new heights starting back in 2012 and now coach McKim in his 3rd year has continued to keep the cougars playing at a very high level (and possibly a level never reached before). One interesting fact about NP, is the town of New Carlisle is in the eastern time zone while the school and Rolling Prairie are in the central time zone. You can hear people ask "School time or town time?" with just about every event, gathering, game, etc. East central is famous for inventing the hot dog the preferred sport of the town is actually not football, it has a massive secret underground badminton following that has been going on for generations The town is located in east central Iowa and they fly the players into some place in Eastern Indiana daily, in order to play football here. The town itself has a rich and storied history dating all the way back to 2009 when it was invaded by the Turks (this is why EC culturally is so heavily influenced by turkey) speaking of turkey, there is a law banning the eating of the animal in city limits, due to some ancient myth about bad luck. that is all I know of EC as most of the information is heavily guarded. Edited November 21, 2022 by Rodney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komets2727 Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 East Central 28 - New Prairie 14 - Going with EC in this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastpacedO Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 1:21 PM, npcougar15 said: So for those of us not to familiar with East Central at all can someone give a little history of the school, town, location, program history, any fun fact? I'll start with NP for you EC fans. The 2 towns that feed into New Prairie are NEW Carlisle and Rolling PRAIRIE. New Carlisle has a population of about 1,800 with Rolling only having close to 600 residents. There are a few other small communities (Hudson Lake, Mill Creek, Saugany Lake, and a lot of farm land) that feed into the school that make it what it is today. We are touching the Michigan border to the north and are sandwiched in-between South Bend to the east and Laporte/"Da Region" to the west. The New Carlisle community at their core is a football town and had real good history up until the NP consolidation in 1968. NP was pretty average for the first 30 years of football until hall of famer Bart Curtis took over in the late 90s, another Hall of famer in Russ Radtke elevated the program to new heights starting back in 2012 and now coach McKim in his 3rd year has continued to keep the cougars playing at a very high level (and possibly a level never reached before). One interesting fact about NP, is the town of New Carlisle is in the eastern time zone while the school and Rolling Prairie are in the central time zone. You can hear people ask "School time or town time?" with just about every event, gathering, game, etc. East Central is 2-0 in State Finals appearances 2017 14-7 over Lowell, 1994 35-0 over Dekalb. Offensively they have 2 terrific RB's in Ringer and Brotherton (both Juniors). IMHO Ringer will be the best athlete on the field between the 2 teams. While the offense is very good the defense is spectacular too. New Prairie has their work cut out for them on both sides of the ball. I look for a 31-14 or 35-14 type of game in favor of East Central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gipper Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/22/2022 at 10:24 AM, Komets2727 said: East Central 28 - New Prairie 14 - Going with EC in this one wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarab527 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 EC 35-7. At this point I'd just like to see 4A North give 4A South a game at LOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komets2727 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Gipper said: wow. Glad your impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BL1985trojans Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 8 hours ago, FastpacedO said: East Central is 2-0 in State Finals appearances 2017 14-7 over Lowell, 1994 35-0 over Dekalb. Offensively they have 2 terrific RB's in Ringer and Brotherton (both Juniors). IMHO Ringer will be the best athlete on the field between the 2 teams. While the offense is very good the defense is spectacular too. New Prairie has their work cut out for them on both sides of the ball. I look for a 31-14 or 35-14 type of game in favor of East Central. This is incorrect… They are 2-2. Losing in 93 (to a great Brickie team) and in 15 (Dwenger). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
npcougar15 Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 Shout out to Notre Dame for letting the cougars use their indoor practice facility to prep for tomorrows game. Can't wait for tomorrow, best weekend of the year; little bit sweeting this year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastpacedO Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 12 hours ago, BL1985trojans said: This is incorrect… They are 2-2. Losing in 93 (to a great Brickie team) and in 15 (Dwenger). Thank you for posting that it would not let me edit. I passed up the 2015 loss completely. I was about to edit and include the 1993 loss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gindie Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/21/2022 at 1:21 PM, npcougar15 said: So for those of us not to familiar with East Central at all can someone give a little history of the school, town, location, program history, any fun fact? I'll start with NP for you EC fans. The 2 towns that feed into New Prairie are NEW Carlisle and Rolling PRAIRIE. If I recall correctly, wasn't New Prairie the home of Amzie Miller, who was one of the strongest proponents of the all-in football tournament? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gridwatcher Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 49 minutes ago, gindie said: If I recall correctly, wasn't New Prairie the home of Amzie Miller, who was one of the strongest proponents of the all-in football tournament? That is correct. He was the principal thee and pushed hard for that. The field at New Prairie is named for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeqb Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 12:03 PM, FastpacedO said: East Central is 2-0 in State Finals appearances 2017 14-7 over Lowell, 1994 35-0 over Dekalb. Offensively they have 2 terrific RB's in Ringer and Brotherton (both Juniors). IMHO Ringer will be the best athlete on the field between the 2 teams. While the offense is very good the defense is spectacular too. New Prairie has their work cut out for them on both sides of the ball. I look for a 31-14 or 35-14 type of game in favor of East Central. 35-14 seems about right to me as well. I watched both semi-states. New Prairie/Kokomo could have been played on a field 53 1/3 ft wide. I’m not sure they needed room outside the hashes. As with many state finals, this one will be won/lost in the second quarter. Both teams will come out excited but once that first qtr adrenaline wears off the stronger team usually comes through. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazed and confused Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 1 hour ago, gindie said: If I recall correctly, wasn't New Prairie the home of Amzie Miller, who was one of the strongest proponents of the all-in football tournament? Sounds like a very intelligent man ! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragdoll Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Are mullets big in New Prairie land? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Not going to lie, I was at EC last year for Youth Football Night, they begin their mullet grooming very young in St Leon, it was truly impressive to watch the flowing locks of those young men as they ran across the field when their names were read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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