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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
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 […]