By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor After rolling through its competition all season, the Penn Kingsmen finally have climbed to the top of The Associated Press’ Indiana Class 6A football poll. The top spot opened up after previous No. 1 Center Grove lost to Indianapolis Ben Davis. Penn shut out five consecutive opponents before a 58-7 […]
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By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — Ben Davis 37, Center Grove 20 Carmel 21, Warren Central 15 We now officially have a race in the MIC conference. Both of those results had to happen for a race to exist, and both did. As it currently stands, Center Grove is now 5-1 in the […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor The odds seemed stacked against Carmel and quarterback John Lampe. The Greyhounds, trailing by two points in the final two minutes, faced a fourth-and-20 from their 10-yard line against a stingy Warren Central defense. Lampe, unfazed, made it seem really simple. “On fourth-and-20, it’s time to throw it to your […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent There are three games left in the high school football regular season, and the Center Grove Trojans are still sitting atop the MIC conference with a perfect record. Center Grove is 6-0 overall and 5-0 in a league that has seen everyone else beat up on each other while the […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Center Grove resoundingly remained at the top of The Associated Press’ Class 6A Indiana football poll with a 42-10 win over Lawrence North last Friday. The Trojans got 16 of 18 first-place votes. Pike came back from 28-0 down to beat Warren Central 38-28. Pike is now No. 8. Warren, […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor ISL’s staff members have taken a look back at the 10 best performances we’ve seen in the first half of the season. They are in no particular order. Cliff Brunt Terry McLaurin, Cathedral WR vs. Warren Central – The 6-foot, 190-pound Ohio State commitment caught nine passes for 243 yards […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Prior to the start of its game vs. Lawrence North, rain threatened to ruin Carmel’s homecoming agenda. While Mother Nature slightly altered the festivities, it had no effect on the football team during the Greyhounds’ 49-9 blowout win over the Wildcats. Lawrence North produced just one first down and 23 […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent Center Grove no doubt likes its spot on top of the MIC conference football standings as the Trojans enter week five undefeated in the conference widely regarded as not only the best in the state, but one of the nation’s best. But there are still four games left on their […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Indianapolis Cathedral quarterback Collin Barthel’s final minutes against Chatard turned out like the story every football player wishes he could share with his grandkids. Barthel led the Irish nearly the length of the field in the final minutes and scored on a 1-yard sneak with 10 seconds remaining to give […]
By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent A week ago, Lawrence Central took down then-nationally ranked Louisville Trinity 17-13. The week before that, Trinity beat Carmel 42-35. So it would stand to reason that in the chain of events that led to Friday’s matchup with Lawrence Central, ranked #16 in the most recent USA Today national poll, […]
By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Points should come in bunches during the Cathedral-Chatard game Friday night at Indianapolis Arsenal Tech. Cathedral is coming off its first win of the season, a 50-40 win over South Bend St. Joseph’s. The Irish, who struggled to find a ground game in the first two weeks of the season, […]
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