Blitz’s Picks for Week 12
From this week onward until Thanksgiving, a championship will be earned on every Friday night. That’s exciting. What isn’t so exciting? We have a few matchups of area teams this week, meaning more eliminations are […]
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COACH’S CORNER: A look at each remaining SAC team in the postseason
Coach’s Corner is a weekly feature at Outside the Huddle written by Kevin Merz, former Bishop Dwenger quarterback and North Side offensive coordinator. The SAC has eight teams going to battle this Friday as sectional […]
Week 10: Five area players to watch tonight
It will be a dry and crisp night on football fields throughout the area tonight as we kick off the start of the postseason. Which teams will advance? Who will see their season end? It […]
Blitz’s Picks for Week 10
Hit reset and button up. Nine weeks of regular-season games are in the rearview. Now, it gets serious. Win or go home. No second chances. No mulligans. No redos. It is Blitz’s favorite time of […]
Week 9: Five area players to watch tonight
It is the final week of the regular season, the final tune-up before it truly gets real and a loss sends you home and ends your season. Conference championships are locked up, but there is […]
Blitz’s Picks for Week 9
Well here we are, the final week of the regular season. There isn’t much in the way of intensity with this week’s matchups when it comes to conference championship implications, but Blitz wants to see […]
BLITZ: One area question in every class after Sunday’s sectional draw
The IHSAA squeezed 15 minutes of information into a tidy two-hour show on Sunday afternoon as it announced the sectional pairings for the 47th IHSAA Football State Tournament. Blitz watched every second of the 120-minute […]
Blitz’s Week 3 Power Poll
With multiple games in the books, Blitz now feels some confidence in placing teams accurately in his power poll. While the top did not change, there are plenty of non-SAC teams to consider when looking […]
Preseason AP Poll for high school football released
The Associated Press released its first high school football rankings of the season on Tuesday afternoon. In Class 6A, Carmel received seven of 11 first-place votes to begin the season at No. 1. Snider was […]