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Faith Christian (Lafayette) is transitioning to 11-man football


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https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/11/30/faith-christian-transitions-to-11-man-football/71742821007/#:~:text=Faith Christian announced last Friday,8-man season in 2023.

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Faith Christian announced last Friday it would be transitioning its 8-man football team to 11-man next season. The Crusaders have games scheduled in 2024 after finishing 1-5 during its lone 8-man season in 2023.

A new p/p threat has emerged in the Lafayette metro area.  Who will they steal away from the likes of Jeff, Harrison, McCutchen,  the River Rats,  etc.?

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/11/30/faith-christian-transitions-to-11-man-football/71742821007/#:~:text=Faith Christian announced last Friday,8-man season in 2023.

(Note: site is behind a paywall)

A new p/p threat has emerged in the Lafayette metro area.  Who will they steal away from the likes of Jeff, Harrison, McCutchen,  the River Rats,  etc.?

 

 

We'll pencil them in as the 2028 1A North representative.  Blackhawk Christian should be bumped to 2A by that point.

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7 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/11/30/faith-christian-transitions-to-11-man-football/71742821007/#:~:text=Faith Christian announced last Friday,8-man season in 2023.

(Note: site is behind a paywall)

A new p/p threat has emerged in the Lafayette metro area.  Who will they steal away from the likes of Jeff, Harrison, McCutchen,  the River Rats,  etc.?

 

 

Given that they lost 80-2 to Indiana School for the Deaf this last season, I'd expect any exodus to be really slow.

The only major short-term impact to the area, if that, is likely to be the couple kids a year from the LCC youth program that used to come from Faith, but then returned to Faith after sixth grade or went to public schools.  Previous Faith youth players that played for LCC have ended up at Harrison/McCutcheon and West Lafayette ... although there's one who's back at Faith right now.  Maybe a couple hands worth over the past 20 years.

Girls' basketball and volleyball and boys'/girls' soccer are better bets for "stealing" although they've been in those sports as IHSAA members for a while now.

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37 minutes ago, foxbat said:

Given that they lost 80-2 to Indiana School for the Deaf this last season, I'd expect any exodus to be really slow.

Lol. Blackhawk Christian can attest to how hard it is to break into 11 man. It turns out that being really really good at basketball and baseball equates to getting completely squashed in your first year as a football program. 

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From the article "Hill (Faith AD) explained that the IHSAA rules prohibit any teams from competing in the playoffs unless a program can complete its full conference schedule."

Not an IHSAA rule.  The IHSAA By-laws might be a good place to start when building a program.

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