Tag: Center Grove

Dragash and Brunt: IHSAA football playoff preview

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. […]

Carmel to take on Ben Davis for share of MIC title

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent After eight weeks of play, the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boasts seven of the top 10 teams in the 6A Sagarin ratings, and they have been battling on the gridiron for the right to claim the coveted MIC title. Center Grove has earned its share of the title with a 6-1 league […]

IHSAA 2013 sectional football pairings

From the IHSAA For the first time, Class 6A will be used for the 32 largest schools in the state. With all eight of those sectionals, including four teams each, sectional semifinal games will be played on Oct. 25, sectional championship games on Nov. 1 followed by regionals on Nov. 8 and semi‐states on Nov. […]

Carmel defeats Pike, sets up showdown with Ben Davis for share of MIC title

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent CARMEL, Ind. — It was a true tale of two halves. Pike’s offense got yards in big chunks consistently throughout the first half, amassing 259 yards against a normally strong Carmel defense, but the Greyhounds got their motor running in the second half as they got their running attack into […]

Dragash: Center Grove, Ben Davis to meet in key MIC battle

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 […]

Calvert throws 3 TDs; No. 1 Center Grove routs No. 4 Lawrence Central

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Luke Calvert has been a game manager for most of his career at Center Grove. Not anymore. The senior passed for 274 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another as the Trojans, ranked No. 1 in Class 6A, defeated No. 4 Lawrence Central 42-10 on Friday night. Center Grove […]

Dragash: Can Center Grove maintain control of the MIC?

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 […]

Brunt: IHSAA prep football notes

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, […]

Norris runs wild as No. 2 Center Grove defeats No. 5 Carmel 35-26

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent You wouldn’t think someone who only carries the ball eight times in a game would be considered a factor. But when those eight carries turn into 216 yards and three touchdowns, not only is that player a factor, he’s the star of the game. That was the night junior running […]

Brunt: Indiana high school football notebook

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor Chatard led Broad Ripple 47-20 last Friday when the storms came rolling in. The game was called because of lightning with 3:50 left in the third quarter, but the game was over long before that. The Trojans recovered from their season-opening loss to Brebeuf by pounding Broad Ripple for 250 […]