SIAC Week 9

[GrayingPanther]

4 hours ago, TransplantedPanther said:

Rivalry week. And then there weee no more weeks of the regular season. 
 

Bosse over Harrison

North rolls Central

Reitz beats MD comfortably

Castle beats Memorial as struggles continue

Jasper holds on to beat Lincoln

 

This really does a doozy to the standings. Reitz goes 9-0 and wins conference by three games, while five teams (Lincoln, Jasper, Castle, Memorial, North) all tie for second with three losses. 

I agreed Jasper and Castle likely take care of business, and Reitz wins the SiAC by  three again.  Hard to imagine that but…

Edited October 13, 2023 by GrayingPanther
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[GrayingPanther]

1 hour ago, GrayingPanther said:

Here go my picks for this week.  Hoping to do better on the scores this time around.  

Harrison 14 Bosse 45 - Daily screenings of “Rudy” fail to propel the Warriors to victory.  Elijah Wagner, Royal Elliott, and Arron Finnot give the visitors a guided tour of every yard mark and end zone at Enlow.

Mater Dei 7 Reitz 35 - Both offenses sluggish in their first series as they shake off the after-effects of excessive consumption of Kuchens, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Ski at last week’s West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The panthers eventually come to life to easily handle the wildcats, prompting Coach Goebel to quip, paraphrasing Al McGuire, “The best thing about underclassman is that they become upperclassmen.”

Memorial 6 Castle 27 - The Knights take advantage the Tigers absences and win comfortably at home. Coach Hurley nixes his plan to tell reporter the following in response to critics of his coaching this year,“In sixteen years of coaching, I’ve come up with two hard, incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and, I’m not him.”

Jasper 28 Vincennes 26 - Jasper staff meets with Dr. Rick to discuss their fear of the forward pass.  He notes that may teams have had success with the new-fangled innovation since its introduction in 1906. Further stating that it will add a wrinkle to your offense since your opponents know you run the ball nearly 93% of the time.

49-7 Central 0 North 42 - Cainen Northington channels former Huskies great Cornell Garrett and runs for 200+ yards. Central boosters seeking IHSAA approval to give free dinners at Wolfs to the first 20 new players who come out next year.  Hopefully Coach Artis can start turning things around with a little more time and a few more athletes coming out.

Sorry, the copy and paste from my phone made the font too large.  Take 2:

Harrison 14 Bosse 45 - Daily screenings of “Rudy” fail to propel the Warriors to victory.  Elijah Wagner, Royal Elliott, and Arron Finnot give the visitors a guided tour of every yard mark and end zone at Enlow.

Mater Dei 7 Reitz 35 - Both offenses sluggish in their first series as they shake off the after-effects of excessive consumption of Kuchens, Pork Chop on a Stick, and Ski at last week’s West Side Nut Club Fall Festival. The panthers eventually come to life to easily handle the wildcats, prompting Coach Goebel to quip, paraphrasing Al McGuire, “The best thing about underclassman is that they become upperclassmen.”

Memorial 6 Castle 27 - The Knights take advantage the Tigers absences and win comfortably at home. Coach Hurley nixes his plan to tell reporter the following in response to critics of his coaching this year,“In sixteen years of coaching, I’ve come up with two hard, incontrovertible facts: there is a God, and, I’m not him.”

Jasper 28 Vincennes 26 - Jasper staff meets with Dr. Rick to discuss their fear of the forward pass.  He notes that may teams have had success with the new-fangled innovation since its introduction in 1906. Further stating that it will add a wrinkle to your offense since your opponents know you run the ball nearly 93% of the time.

49-7 Central 0 North 42 - Cainen Northington channels former Huskies great Cornell Garrett and runs for 200+ yards. Central boosters seeking IHSAA approval to give free dinners at Wolfs to the first 20 new players who come out next year.  Hopefully Coach Artis can start turning things around with a little more time and a few more athletes coming out.

[TransplantedPanther]

3 hours ago, tango said:

Sets up a perfect repeat of last year, 10-0 Reitz loses on the road in Round 2.... LOL

If that’s God’s will…..

[TransplantedPanther]

Welcome to the rainiest day of the year. Rivalry Friday. A light rain is starting to fall at the bowl. Hopefully it blows over for the rest of the night since it is actually a nice evening otherwise. 

[TigerFan20]

Quick Picks, as I almost forgot:

Reitz over Mater Dei

Bosse over Harrison

Jasper over VL

Castle over Memorial

North over Central

Just now, TransplantedPanther said:

Welcome to the rainiest day of the year. Rivalry Friday. A light rain is starting to fall at the bowl. Hopefully it blows over for the rest of the night since it is actually a nice evening otherwise. 

The weather keeps on changing over the last hour, hopefully it isn’t as bad as it was a couple of years ago

[TigerFan20]

Ellspermann first career passing TD

70 yards to the house from Johnson

7-0 Tigers 10:55 1Q

[TransplantedPanther]

Reitz kicks to MD to open the game. Hopefully the rain is cleared out for good now. 

[combthehair]

Jasper 7

VL 0

Half way through the 1st

[TransplantedPanther]

Fourth and goal from the 21 for MD as a TD was wiped out by their second holding penalty, and a third dow sack. TO Cats

[TigerFan20]

14-7 Castle 3:29 1Q

Morgan QB sneak TD

[TransplantedPanther]

TOD by MD. Reitz at own 21

[combthehair]

Jasper 13

VL 0

Start of 2

[TransplantedPanther]

Glenn with a 35 yard reception over two defenders as time expires in the first quarter. 0-0 Reitz ball at the MD 14 first and 10. MD held the ball for almost 10 minutes in the quarter. Game plan for MD must be milk the clock. 
 

Reitz did start their seniors on defense and left them in for several plays 

[TransplantedPanther]

7 yd pass Vera to Summers for the TD. 7-0 Reitz.  
 

I won’t lie. I think the ref missed it. Looked from my vantage point in the concrete as the ball bounced. 

[TigerFan20]

Castle driving quick

Outside the RZ

21-7 Castle 8:37 2Q

Harris with a 30 yard rush TD

[combthehair]

2 hours ago, GrayingPanther said:

Jasper 28 Vincennes 26 - Jasper staff meets with Dr. Rick to discuss their fear of the forward pass.  He notes that may teams have had success with the new-fangled innovation since its introduction in 1906. Further stating that it will add a wrinkle to your offense since your opponents know you run the ball nearly 93% of the time.

93% of the time? We gotta get that number up. 

Jasper 13

VL 0

half time 

[TigerFan20]

Memorial to have a first down after a Castle offsides at mid

21-7 Castle 50 seconds left

[TransplantedPanther]

MD scores a TD with 34 ticks in the half. Reitz ball first and 10 at own 20. 
 

MD 10-7

[TransplantedPanther]

Not expecting a friendly locker room on the home side. 10-7 MD at half. 

[TigerFan20]

21-7 Castle at HT

Tigers barely got the ball off on time, but overthrown out of bounds. So far, all Castle offensively in this half

Just now, TransplantedPanther said:

Not expecting a friendly locker room on the home side. 10-7 MD at half. 

Whoa, haven’t paying attention to that one, how has the game been?

[MDAlum82]

Just now, TransplantedPanther said:

Not expecting a friendly locker room on the home side. 10-7 MD at half. 

First time this season Reitz has trailed at the half??

[TigerFan20]

4 minutes ago, MDAlum82 said:

First time this season Reitz has trailed at the half??

No

Trailed Castle 17-10 at half 

[MDAlum82]

MD takes a surprising 10 to 7 lead into locker room at the half.  It's actually been a pretty even game so far.  Reitz gets kick off to start the 2nd half.  No moral victories.  

[combthehair]

VL takes the opening drive of the second half down to Jaspers 10. Goes for it on fourth down and doesn’t get it. 

[MDAlum82]

1 minute ago, TigerFan20 said:

No

Trailed Castle 17-10 at half 

 

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