Northridge jumped from a 2-7 record last year to 9-0 this year and had the most improved regular-season record at 7 games. Hagerstown improved 6 games and Covenant Christian and Mount Vernon (Fortville) improved 5 games.
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Last night's Maconaquah-Northwestern 77-35 score (112 total points) was the highest scoring game of the season for both teams. North Posey's 56-55 OT victory over South Spencer was the second highest total. Connersville's 53-49 win over Jeffersonville was in the top 6.
HIGHEST SCORES, BOTH TEAMS, THIS SEASON
112: Maconaquah 77, Northwestern 35, Sep. 25
111: North Posey 56, South Spencer 55, OT, Sep. 25
110: Merrillville 56, Lafayette Jeff 54, 2OT, Aug. 28
108: Wes-Del 72, Blackford 36, Aug. 28
105: Maconaquah 63, Peru 42, Sep. 18
102: Connersville 53, Jeffersonville 49, Sep. 25
101: Cloverdale 69, Greencastle 32, Aug. 21
There were 3 century-unique scorigamis last night, making 6 total this season:
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When Riverton Parke beat South Vermillion 61-6 last night, it was pointed out that was the same score as last year's game. It apparently is not a rarity. I have five other matchups that had the same score this year as last year:
--Knightstown 59, Union County 0
--Eastside 42, Fremont 13
--Adams Central 14, Heritage 7
--West Central 36, North Newton 7
--East Noble 35, Norwell 0
I found 169 total matchups that had same scores in successive years over the past 33 years. In 1996 and 1997, Providence beat Corydon Central 28-6 three times (once in a sectional).
I'm having trouble believing any of this. From now on, I'll just use last year's score as my prediction.
Until last night's Goshen-Plymouth game, there had not been a 5-2 football score at least back through 1994, where my scores start. There have been two 3-2 scores, but not a 5-2 score. This year's 21st Century-unique scores are in this file:
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West Lafayette has started the football season 0-4, losing two 3-pointers and two 1-pointers. I found just 9 teams (since 1994) losing as many as 4 games by 3 or fewer points over an entire season. Yorktown lost 5 such games in 1997. Concord lost 4 close games in 1999, including 3 straight. In 2010, New Albany lost 4 games totaling 5 points, including 61-60 and 48-47 losses to Floyd Central.
I have updated my girls and boys basketball sites with every schedule I have received so far. If you sent me anything in the past 2 weeks, I failed to receive it because my email service was disrupted. My email has now reverted back to the original address of [email protected] (that's an underscore in my name and not a dot). Anyone sending me schedules and info must now use that email for me to receive it. Thanks.
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With the much-anticipated IU football season kicking off tomorrow against North Texas, one Bloomington farm is honoring last year's national championship team with a corn maze:
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Northrop was notified today that Gary West Side is unable to play Friday’s game. They were hit hard by last week's severe storms & remain without power & schools closed
We are working diligently to find a new opponent for Friday. We will provide an update to everyone Thurs PM
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BREAKING: Northrop is in search of a new Week 1 opponent two days before the season is set to begin.
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Looking at some colorized footage of the 1954 World Series, Game 1. In the first inning, the Indians had runners on 1st and 3rd with 2 out. Maglie goes into his windup while pitching to Wertz, and the runner on 1st (Avila) holds! That would never happen today, of course. Wertz triples home the Indians' first 2 runs.
I was binge-watching The Closer, and in one episode a Fort Wayne man was killed in a area near LA. The victim's young son mentioned Pokagon State Park, only he pronounced it POKE-a-gone, rather than po-KAY-gun. It seems Hollywood could check out Midwest pronunciations.
Sorry. State finals were 28-34.
In tournaments where teams played two games in one day, these are the records of first semifinal winners in night games:
All tournaments
Regionals 753-703 (.517)
Semistates 161-143 (.530)
State finals 28- 45 (.452)
Class era only
Regionals 166-154 (.519)
Semistates 31- 25 (.554)
Note: In a couple tournaments in the early '70s, regionals were played Friday-Saturday. Those records are included above.
In tournaments where teams played two games in one day, these are the records of first semifinal winners in night games:
All tournaments
Regionals 753-703 (.517)
Semistates 161-143 (.530)
State finals 28- 45 (.452)
Class era only
Regionals 166-154 (.519)
Semistates 31- 25 (.554)
Note: In a couple tournaments in the early '70s, regionals were played Friday-Saturday. Those records are included above.
The Summit Conference was the only league to have 3 sectional champions, and all 3 (Snider, Homestead and Luers) also won regionals. The Hoosier Heritage, Mid-Southern, Northeast 8, Southwestern Indiana and Wabash River all had 2 regional champs.
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New Albany won its 19th regional. Delta and Parke Heritage won their 4th straight. Decatur Central, New Haven, Northridge and Tri-County all won their first. North Vermillion won its first since 1969 and Triton Central its first since 1989.
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