2022 Football Preview
OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2022: Blitz’s SAC breakdown
The bell is back on the line and with the SAC, things change but stay the same. A lot of the same teams are looking at making a run this season, the final in the […]
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BLITZ: Takeaways from the 2022 OPS Summit City Shootout’s Large School Division
The annual Optimum Performance Sports 7v7 Summit City Shootout has become a tradition of sorts for area programs and Blitz alike. For this fuzzy bear, it is the unofficial kickoff of the upcoming season as […]
BOUNCE’S Area Class 4A boys basketball Sectional Preview and Projections
With boys basketball postseason coming around quickly, Bounce is here to quick preview and discuss the area Sectionals, moving on to Class 4A. SECTIONAL 5 AT DEKALB Projected Winner: Snider The buy in must be significant […]
BOUNCE: Homestead’s win over Norwell meant something, right?
On a wild final Friday of the boys basketball regular season, one of the top-ranked teams in the state in Homestead took down NE8 champion Norwell. It was the best team in the SAC dispatching […]
Homestead and Snider quickly becoming must-see events on both sides of the SAC
When it comes to rivalries on the hardwood in the Summit Athletic Conference, things tend to ebb and flow. For awhile, Snider and North Side was the marquee matchup on the boys side. While no […]
BOUNCE: Homestead vs. Blackhawk Christian has become the biggest game in town
What a game. If that is all I had to say, it would be enough. Tuesday night, Blackhawk Christian made a furious fourth quarter comeback, but fell to Homestead 69-62 in overtime. It was just […]
NOW PREVIEWING: 2021 Champions of Character Classic at Grace College
This Saturday, December 18, will be the fifth annual Champions of Character Classic, held at Grace College. All six games on the day will feature Outside the Huddle Area teams, nine teams in total over […]
BOUNCE: What you need to take away from the prep hoops week of November 22-27
Boys basketball has tipped off. Girls basketball is in full swing a month it. Is there a better time of the year? Some weeks, my Sunday column will be two and we will separate the […]
BOUNCE: Loyer, Homestead cruise to win in opener, but this team looks different than a year ago
With his future head coach Matt Painter of Purdue in attendance, Homestead senior Fletcher Loyer did not disappoint, dropping 31 points in the Spartans’ 50-38 victory to open the season on Thanksgiving Eve at Huntington […]