BEAR NECESSITIES: What you need to take from Week 9
Teams crossed the finish line of the regular season on Friday with Week 9. All eyes will now go onto the postseason that kicks off next week. Blitz and Outside the Huddle will jump into […]
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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 […]
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Blitz’s Week 9 Power Poll
On the eve of the final Friday of the regular season, Blitz is ready to unveil another edition of his power poll. Much like the last few weeks, there has not been much movement. The […]
COACH’S CORNER: Five reasons Homestead’s offense is so lethal
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 Homestead Spartans clinched their first outright SAC crown last Friday with […]
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 Picks for Week 8
So close. Blitz missed just a single game in Week 7, his best performance of the season. If it wasn’t for Garrett falling short against Fairfield, this bear would have been shouting from the Twittersphere […]
Blitz’s Week 8 Power Poll
OK, Blitz has an ax to grind. Everywhere this bear turns, he keeps hearing how no one felt Homestead was tops in the SAC when the season began. Yes, the Spartans were in the conversation […]
OTH GAME OF THE WEEK: Homestead at Carroll
One wants to overcome its last true challenge before capturing the Victory Bell, while the other is looking to take another step in erasing the disappointment of 2018. In the SAC’s rivalry week, no game […]