Tag: Ritter

Fahrbach: IHSAA football finals slideshows

INDIANAPOLIS — ISL’s Ben Fahrbach took photos at the IHSAA state football finals last week. Here are the slideshows. Class 6A: Warren Central vs. Carmel Class 5A: Indianapolis Cathedral vs. Westfield Class 4A: Columbus East vs. Fort Wayne Dwenger Class 3A: Andrean vs. Brebeuf Class 2A: Indianapolis Ritter vs. Tipton Class A: Tri-Central vs. Eastern […]

Purichia scores 3 ways as Ritter beats Tipton for 2A crown

By CLIFF BRUNT ISL Editor INDIANAPOLIS — One day after Cathedral’s Terry McLaurin put up one of the memorable performances in recent state finals history, Ritter’s Jake Purichia matched him. And now, the picture for the Mr. Football award is just as murky as it was a week ago. Purichia passed for 273 yards and […]

Brunt and Dragash: IHSAA state football finals picks

By CLIFF BRUNT and CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Staff ISL’s Cliff Brunt and Craig Dragash come to you one final time this season with picks for the IHSAA state football finals. Six championship games will be played — three on Friday, three on Saturday — at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. 6A: Carmel (10-3) vs. […]

How Brunt and Dragash fared: IHSAA semistate picks

By CLIFF BRUNT and CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Staff This week, we decided to make picks for all 10 IHSAA semistate games. Here’s how we performed in the nine that were played Friday: 5A: Terre Haute North (10-2) vs. Indianapolis Cathedral (8-5), Arsenal Tech Brunt: Cathedral 42, Terre Haute North 28 Dragash: Cathedral 28, Terre Haute […]

Purichia dominates as Ritter beats Paoli, advances to 2A final

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 […]

Brunt and Dragash: IHSAA semistate picks

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 […]

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 […]

Fahrbach’s IHSAA finals photo galleries: Class A, 2A

ISL’s Ben Fahrbach took photos of the Class A and 2A football finals on Friday. Lafayette Central Catholic beat Indianapolis Scecina and Fort Wayne Bishop Luers beat Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter. Here are the best of his shots from Lucas Oil Stadium. Class A:   Here is Cliff Brunt’s Indianapolis Star story on the Class A […]

IHSAA football tourney woes continue for Dragash; back for regionals

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent I’m such a rookie… After feeling pretty good about myself posting a 20-10 record during the regular season, Yours Truly is suffering through the postseason at 4-11 after a 1-4 sectional final week.  Fortunately, I have a gracious editor who has decided to continue to let me make my picks […]

Cardinal Ritter’s Ty Hunt is Colts coach of the Week

From the Indianapolis Colts Cardinal Ritter’s Ty Hunt has been named the Colts/NFL Coach of the Week, a program presented by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Hunt was an at large selection for his success off the field combined with his teams’ community involvement. On Friday, the Raiders won their first sectional championship since […]

Dragash takes lumps, back for more: Week Two IHSAA sectional picks

By CRAIG DRAGASH ISL Correspondent There are a lot of reactions you can have after my Week one sectional performance last week: Wow, there were a lot of upsets last week! Those were some great games that could have gone either way. That Dragash guy has no idea what he is talking about! I can’t […]