BEAR NECESSITIES: What you need to take from Week 3
Every week, your buddy Blitz puts a wrap on Friday Night Lights with all you need to know from the area’s games. We take a look at some of the top plays, stats, fun facts […]
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FAN CHOICE: Prep football Week 3 Player of the Night, sponsored by Craigville Appliance
What a week three full of high powered offense and big numbers both on the scoreboard and in the record books. Now it is time to put some of those top individual games to a […]
Eastside overcomes early mistakes to grind out 28-14 win over Adams Central
MONROE – The field is wet, a little bit muddy and Adams Central is on the home sideline. Oh, and your team just turned the ball over three times in the first quarter. That is […]
Week 2: Five area players to watch tonight on the gridiron
Week 1 was certainly an eventful one to get the 2020 high school football season kicked off. Is there any reason to believe that Week 2 will be different? As always, each Friday we talk […]
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 […]
FAN CHOICE: Prep football Week 1 Player of the Night
High school football season officially kicked off with its first round of games on Friday night. With some upsets, some blowouts and some battles, we certainly saw our fair share of big individual performances. Now […]
2020 Football Preview
OTH FOOTBALL PREVIEW: No. 11 Eastside Blazers
Following a 38-19 loss to West Noble in Week 3 a year ago that dropped Eastside to 1-2, Coach Todd Mason had a question for his players in a meeting. “We were on the 5-yard-line […]
Pandemic forces area football programs to get creative with spring workouts
This week was supposed to signal the start of the limited contact period for football programs – effectively Indiana’s “spring football” season at the prep level. Instead, coaches and players are having to get creative […]
BLITZ: Season awards for the NECC
The dust has settled and Blitz is making final preparations for his long hibernation. While you lesser beings are trudging through months of cold, snow and ice, this bear will cozily be sleeping away and […]