Blitz’s Picks for Week 7
We are entering the final third of the regular season and there isn’t a scintillating conference race to be had in the area. Seriously, the SAC, NE8 and the ACAC are pretty much wrapped up. […]
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Top 50 Girls Basketball 2019
Top 50 Girls Hoops: #37 Payton Gorman
The Snider Panthers will have one of the area’s more multi-faceted players leading their roster into the 2019-2020 season in senior Payton Gorman. The three-sport star has a last name that should resonate with fans […]
BLITZ: Who can get to state? Let’s look at the stock of area teams
A long time ago, a former compatriot of Blitz used to give some financial information around this time of the season. He called it “Stock Watch,” looking at which teams’ stock should be sold, bought […]
Top 50 Girls Basketball 2019
Top 50 Girls Hoops: #38 Emma Lyons
The Class of 2022 is loaded with quality girls basketball players in Northeast Indiana and adding Bishop Dwenger’s Emma Lyons to the top of that list is a no brainer. Lyons became a critical part […]
DeKalb’s Landon Miller is the Week 6 Player of the Week
For the first time this year, and hopefully the last, we have a Player of the Week instead of a Player of the Night. Heavy rains and lightning turned high school football into a two […]
Blitz’s Week 7 Power Poll
We are really getting into a tough part of the season for Blitz and his power poll. By now, the hierarchy of power in the area has been pretty well established. There remains just a […]
Top 50 Girls Basketball 2019
Top 50 Girls Hoops: #39 Malia Williams
Only four Carroll Chargers played in every game last year and the team’s leading three point shooter, Malia Williams, was one of them. Williams hit 32 percent of her three pointers while averaging 9.1 points, 3.1 […]
COACH’S CORNER: Offensive line isn’t as simple as blocking the guy in front of you
Coach’s Corner is a weekly feature at Outside the Huddle written by Kevin Merz, former Bishop Dwenger quarterback and North Side offensive coordinator. I remember hearing a story about Bishop Dwenger Defensive Coordinator Casey Kolkman receiving […]
Top 50 Girls Basketball 2019
Top 50 Girls Hoops: #40 Grace Sullivan
Don’t expect many changes when it comes to Homestead’s stranglehold on the Summit Athletic Conference. While there certainly will be challengers to throne, the Spartans return a solid core of contributors including last season’s back […]