High School Football

[Bjorn74]

I guess HS ball is a big thing here. The first game of the season is across the creek from the house between the two city schools. It's big enough to be on ESPNU tonight. If we had a TV on the first floor, we could probably open the windows, pop some corn and feel like we're really there.

Maybe we'll partake sometime this season. There's a campaign to encourage attendance in an effort to raise money for the schools.

I grew up in a football crazy part of Ohio, but pretty much the whole state is. Not going to the home games was unthinkable.

What's the high school football in your area like?

[feedthemachine]

Yeah, Its pretty big here also..I'm not too into it yet..my boy's are only 8 and 1:icon_lol:,,but my 8 year old is in his second year of football..

[Bjorn74]

So this is the reason this is being televised.

Gunner Kiel

http://rise.espn.go.com/~/media/F1AB6FC04FFC4C87853736C31257B6D1.ashx?w=583&h=389 (http://rise.espn.go.com/football/articles/2011/08/15-ESPNHS-magazine-Gunner-Kiel.aspx?pursuit=Football)

And he's signed with INDIANA.

[Will'sdad]

Football is really big here, the high school built a nice new field and grandstands a couple of years ago. It's pretty nice.

Lacrosse is pretty huge as well.

[DarthDaddy]

With a name like GUNNER Keil a QB he was born to be...

Not really that big out here...

[Cubfan]

What's the high school football in your area like?

Not as dominant since I graduated. :eusa_whistle: We have some excellent football in this area. Not sure if Darth considers himself "this area" or not. :icon_lol: Wheaton/Warrenville South are always up there, as is one of the Napervilles usually. There are some national-level powerhouse football programs at several private schools around here. Providence, St. Rita, Mt. Carmel. Frank Lenti of Mt. Carmel is considered one of the best and winningest coaches ever. He's married to my dad's cousin, cool guy.

As for your boy Gunnar, I've always wanted to see how those "big fish in a little pond" guys would do in a bigger market. It sort of levels the playing field when there is more competition. The fact that he chose to play football at Indiana over MI, ND, OK, and AL tells me he's still dodging his way into the starting job. And FWIW, the name Gunnar Kiel is no "Major Applewhite" or "Colt McCoy"! lol.

[Hockeyfan]

I agree CF. Not a big school. Big fish in small ponds don't fair so well when they are surrounded by other fish. Cool name though.

[silviomossa]

That's messed up. It reminds me of the quote about T. Pryor from his agent: "Terrelle is going to the NFL because the NCAA mandated that he feed their families, but he could not feed his own."

And now they are sticking teenagers players on TV to make money for their schools? Pitiful.

[Bjorn74]

And now they are sticking teenagers players on TV to make money for their schools? Pitiful.

I was thinking the same thing. Where do the Athletic Supporters take the HS athletes? Most of the kids I saw on TV looked to be about 12. Freshman RB 5'8" 185 pounds. No way he could even buy cigarettes at the grocery store let alone get into a strip club.

North beat East in a pretty close game. Gunner threw an interception with 3 minutes left and got a TD with just less than a minute to make it 35-31. Failed to complete the 2 point conversion. Then they lost the onside kick even though three East players touched it on the ground.

I'll tell you, though, he throws bullets. In this case, at least, I think he'll learn or has learned a lot about pressure. They're in class 4A and play 3 teams in their sectional this season. All the rest are bigger schools. The offensive line he is behind sucks. He lines up way back and the center got it to his hands about 1 in 4 times. So, he's under a lot of pressure and does great. Still I'm pretty sure they'll have a losing record. The defense is probably 4" shorter than the offense and didn't let North run for less than 5 yards. It looks like everyone wants to play on the offense and the 2nd team is the D. Lots of high scoring games in the future.

The boys cried when my wife turned the game on last night so she only saw a minute or two of the coverage and I turned it on after mowing the yard with the fourth quarter just beginning.

[rmchone]

guess i should have posted here. my school dominates. booom lol.

[rmchone]

rollin again. 54-7 conference game too. boooom.

203 points to 41 points given up
1874 (1602 rushing) yards total offense to 810 total given up (321 rushing)

and we still arent number one in the state. play the number 1 team in a few weeks. planning on being al bundy and cheering them on! :shit:

[Mark B.]

and we still arent number one in the state. play the number 1 team in a few weeks. planning on being al bundy and cheering them on! :shit:

I think it is time for a new avatar.

[Hockeyfan]

Again the parity shows itself. Is this a joke "conference"?

[rmchone]

Again the parity shows itself. Is this a joke "conference"?

nope. we havent hit the tough part of the conference yet. out of the last i dont know 6 state champs 5 have come from this conference possibly? I know last year was the first year in probably 9 or 10 years that someone from the conference has not at least gone to the game. we lost in semi state. another game going right now. 35-0 with 293 yards of offense to 22 halfway though the 3rd qtr.

[Mark B.]

http://www.dadstayshome.com/imagehosting/4534e74000f74898.jpg

[rmchone]

Nice. Missed that pic. Bit tonight we rolled 56-0. Might get to coach basketball this year Pretty excited about that. Hoping to be a lineman coach next year. Probably taking a position at the middle school soon kind of excited to work with kids since the wife is home more with her new position.

[Mark B.]

56-0?! Did they forget to turn the beeper on on the ball?

[rmchone]

lol no it was a school with 3,400 kids. just dominate. all you can say really. shut down football man. we play the number 1 team this week at lucas oil stadium... hoping to go see a throw down.

[bamagrad4]

I Live in Ga. High School Fb is so-so over here. Only the really good teams will be sold out every Fri night.

Coming from Ala. where FB is King. even if the school is bad, Fans still come out on Fri to support their teams. quite the change there. That's why i call Fb in Phenix City Ala. Love the Home State Feel.

[rmchone]

really wishing i could go to tonights game at lucas oil stadium. wife was on call and now has to work. number 1 vs number 2...us being 2. should be a show down! but the downside is we are in the same section and will play in 2-3 weeks most likely again. good and bad. dont want to show all the cards, but want the win.

[Cubfan]

saw this story and didn't know where to put it.....

Anyway, it looks like they re-implemented the "Crazy Legs" Cubfan Rule (http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Youth-league-institutes-TD-limit-to-hold-back-11?urn=highschool-wp6562). This rule was created in 1987 during my 8th grade year to prevent blow-outs and embarrassment of the opposition.

This kid is good, but not as good as I was.

[Hockeyfan]

CF. I was just going to post that. Then I was going to say that this kid could destroy mchone's high school team. LOL. Love to see what Tosh.0 would say about this.

[rmchone]

haha i saw it too and was going to post it. poor kid. but he did score 7 tds in a 1 game and he seems to be a good sport about it lol.

[rmchone]

i know your interested in streaming the game tonight hahah... couple high school kids with the call...

http://www.whje.com/web/listen-live

[rmchone]

not a good first half for my greyhounds. 19-0 at the half. we came out swinging... scored on the 2nd play of the 2nd half and made a huge stop and getting the ball back. we will see.

[rmchone]

i know you guys dont care but this is my outlet lol.

my team comes back from 19 down in the first qtr to go up 20-19 with 6 mins left with the defense rolling. Lucas Oil Stadium is LOUD!

[rmchone]

inspired football. just punted the ball they get it with 1 min 10 seconds on there 40 they have no timeouts 1 point lead. come on D!

[rmchone]

man. killer. Warren Central wins on last second field goal. good game. see ya in the playoffs.

[rmchone]

63-0.

487 (408rushing) yards offense to 34 total.

[Hockeyfan]

63-0.

487 (408rushing) yards offense to 34 total.

Sounds highly entertaining. LOL. This league sounds like a joke. One or 2 good teams and the rest are garbage. Are kids out there inherently nonathletic?

[rmchone]

ya this team we played wasnt good at all. we scored 42 points in the first half. next week should be a good game.

[Mark B.]

At what point do you stop cheering and step it down to a polite golf clap?

[Hockeyfan]

At what point do you stop cheering and step it down to a polite golf clap?

This.


How many possessions are they getting in a quarter? Seems almost impossible. LOL

[Mark B.]

rmchone, been quiet lately. Hope your team is still doing well. Saw this and thought of this thread. It might make Cubfan think about a comeback!

http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/articles/msn/high_school_rb_dj_foster_scores_10_touchdowns_in_p layoff_game/7898014

[Bjorn74]

Since you guys are so interested in Indiana Football...

Here's rmchone's team. (http://indianahsfootball.homestead.com/files/logs27.htm)

Looks like they got revenge on Warren Central Friday night and are heading further into the tournament.

Here's the high school across the creek from us. (http://indianahsfootball.homestead.com/files/logs45.htm)

Columbus East's only loss was to the cross-town rival on ESPN. But they're in a division lower after being in the same division for a few ears.

Gunner is "reconsidering" his commitment to Indiana University. Could it have anything to do with his brother beginning to start as QB at IU this year? He went to the USC/ND game a couple weeks ago and didn't play that week. So it looks like The Irish are getting a QB next year.

[Bjorn74]

rmchone's team won their championship 42-0.

The team that beat Gunner Kiel beat their opponent 42-7

And OSU gets Urban Meyer out of retirement. Where I grew up, The Buckeyes were everyone's high school team.

[Mark B.]

rmchone's team won their championship 42-0.


Congrats rmchone!! Any of the Seniors getting a chance at some free college with football? Recruiters had to be watching.

[rmchone]

sorry I have been MIA. Ya we won state...easily. Way to Easy IMO.

but to recap Carmel High Schools year so far for sports...

4 state titles and ESPN's Girls Soccer National Champions. This year we have Cheerleading, Girls Cross Country Girls Soccer and Football. So ya like I said we dominate. Girls swimming and diving has won 25 straight years...26 of 27 total. We have won like 105 state titles and the second on the list is 57 or something. So ya.

[Tomcat]

rollin again. 54-7 conference game too. boooom.

203 points to 41 points given up
1874 (1602 rushing) yards total offense to 810 total given up (321 rushing)

and we still arent number one in the state. play the number 1 team in a few weeks. planning on being al bundy and cheering them on! :shit:


I had friends that played for the Carmel Pups. Quite the little organization.


A few years back I got into high school football to watch a coworker's kid play. Jake Locker. He was a man among boys. Won the state championship and could have gone anywhere (the University of Michigan baseball coach told the U of M football coach "If you're not going to offer him a scholarship, I am") and he chose to go to U Washington to be close to family.

Hope he does well in Nashville.

The Locker family is great family. He is a super nice kid and his dad is very humble. I hope he does well.

My friend's kid in junior high got into some trouble and started hanging with the wrong kids. One day his wife answerred a knock at the door in the middle of summer and it was Jake Locker and two other varsity players. Jake intrduced himself and said "Mrs Robinson, we hear your son Luke is not going to play for the junior high this year and we'd like to talk with he and you about that".

[Bjorn74]

Wow. (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/story/2012-01-16/gunner-kiel-leaves-lsu-will-join-notre-dame/52607324/1)

Gunner dropped Indiana in November then committed to LSU after Christmas. But then didn't show up for a meeting yesterday because his mom was sad. So he's supposed to be checking in at Notre Dame today. He's going to be a drama king. You can tell already. He graduated before Christmas, so he's enrolling early.

He may be playing for IUPUC or Ivy Tech before the end of the week. Heck, maybe University of Phoenix! They have a stadium, after all.

[Cubfan]

Sweet! Go Irish! Im a Gunner fan all of a sudden!

[Hockeyfan]

Sweet! Go Irish! Im a Gunner fan all of a sudden!

It'll be the Irish or LSU. Maybe even Ohio State. Personally don't care.

[Cubfan]

Personally don't care.

You cared enough to post on it.

[Hockeyfan]

You cared enough to post on it.

I am a man of sports. It's true. Since he's not committing to NC State he can go #$%$# himself.