BEAR NECESSITIES: What you need to take from Week 1
Whew. We did it. We got through the first week of high school football. And I don’t know about all of you, but Blitz feels amazing. The fresh air, the whistles, the sultry sounds of […]
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2020 Football Preview
OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2020: Blitz’s SAC breakdown
Homestead’s SAC championship last season gives the league three different title winners in the last three years. Does that mean parity is coming to the SAC? Probably not. Even so, there should be plenty of […]
2020 Football Preview
OTH FIRST ELEVEN 2020: No. 3 Jeff Becker
No. 3 in our countdown sees the continuation of Outside the Huddle’s First Eleven, our annual preseason crowning of the top 11 players in northeast Indiana. Our highest preseason honor, this is the second-annual First […]
2020 Football Preview
OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2020: No. 5 Carroll Chargers
Following just three wins in 2018, it was a return to form for the Carroll Chargers a year ago. Seven wins, competitive games against both Snider and Bishop Dwenger and the emergence of an impressive […]
2020 Football Preview
PREP FOOTBALL: Six players who saw their stock rise in offseason
Offseason workouts, 7v7 tournaments and showcases have been limited in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic. Whereas in most years Outside the Huddle would have a pretty good gauge of some of the breakout […]
BLITZ: Breakout stars through the first third of the season
The first three weeks of the season have been full of intriguing matchups, surprise teams and some of the most glorious weather this bear has ever experienced over a prolonged stretch of Fridays. Blitz’s thick […]
BLITZ: News and notes from a week of scrimmages
Since my Outside the Huddle colleague Bounce has been hard at work this summer hitting up prep events on the hardwood, Blitz has awoken from his slumber just in time to take in some football. […]