By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — If you ask Ritter coach Ty Hunt, Jake Purichia should already have Mr. Football wrapped up. The statistics agreed on Friday night. Purichia completed 9 of 12 passes for 298 yards and five touchdowns and ran for another score, lifting Ritter past Paoli 49-16 in a Class 2A […]
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By CLIFF BRUNT and CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Staff This week, we have decided to make picks for all 10 IHSAA semistate games. Enjoy the breakdown! 5A: Terre Haute North (10-2) vs. Indianapolis Cathedral (8-5), Arsenal Tech Cathedral hasn’t really needed Terry McLaurin much during this run through the playoffs, aside from the first game when […]
By ROSS WEBER ISL Correspondent WHITELAND, Ind. — Since the IHSAA football playoffs started, Cathedral has played in, and won, three games in which senior quarterback Collin Barthel has only thrown the ball an average of 11 times a game, for less than 100 yards per contest. The Irish running game had been dominating, rushing […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — The Carmel Greyhounds ended 6A #1 Penn’s bid at an undefeated season, knocking off the Kingsmen 28-13 on Friday night and advancing to face Warren Central in two weeks for the inaugural 6A state title. But there was a bigger story that came about in the second […]
FORT BRANCH, Ind. — Gibson Southern (13-0) remained perfect by out-scoring Brownstown Central 34-9 in the second half of the Indiana Class 3A high school regional football championship Friday, Nov. 15.
By CLIFF BRUNT and CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Staff ISL’s Cliff Brunt and Craig Dragash have been making predictions throughout the IHSAA state tournament. Here are the predictions we made for Friday’s games vs. the actual scores. 6A Semistate: Penn (12-0) at Carmel (9-3) Dragash: Carmel 35, Penn 17 Brunt: Carmel 28, Penn 14 Actual score: […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH and CLIFF BRUNT ISL Staff There will be an interesting contrast between the two IHSAA Class 6A semistate football contests on Friday. One will feature two very familiar foes in Warren Central and Center Grove, and the other match two teams that don’t play on a yearly basis in Carmel and Penn. […]
By ROSS WEBER ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — It was business as usual for the Cathedral Fighting Irish as they defeated Anderson 56-13 for their Class 5A sectional title on Friday night. Cathedral has had three players splitting carries; junior Caleb Cross, sophomore Evan Christopher and senior Terry McLaurin. Against Decatur Central in the opening sectional […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Max Hernandez’s field goal in the final seconds lifted Warren Central to a 24-21 win at Pike on Friday night. On Warren’s final drive, Jeff George found Darius Lee for a 24-yard completion to the Pike 20, and a roughing the passer penalty moved the ball to the […]
By BEN FAHRBACH ISL Photographer/Correspondent INDIANAPOLIS — Stan Jackson did it all in Chatard’s Sectional 22 championship victory over rival Roncalli on Friday night. The senior kick returner, punt returner, gunner, cornerback and running back had a long touchdown run, forced a fumble and intercepted a pass in Chatard’s 28-8 victory in a game played […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Dragash looks at some of the week’s better IHSAA postseason matchups, with help from ISL Editor Cliff Brunt. When Pike traveled to Warren Central on Sept. 27, the home team had things well in hand early, leading 28-0 late in the second quarter. But Pike struck twice before halftime to […]
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