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No. 3 Warriors limit Trojans to 110 yards of offense
Warren Central High School running back Shakir Bell was his usual superb self Friday night. But as great as he was, he wasn’t the main reason the Warriors earned a spot in the Class 5A state championship game for the first time since 2006....
No stopping No. 1 Carmel
They race to 35-0 lead at half, en route to 4th straight trip to state final MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — After struggling offensively in the first half of its regional win over Fort Wayne Snider, Carmel football coach Mo Moriarity stressed to his team...
Reitz QB McIntosh puts away Cathedral
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Cathedral High School’s dream of a second straight Class 4A football title died on the banks of the Ohio River on Friday night, done in by a quarterback who played with the swagger of an old-time riverboat gambler. Matt...
Monrovia knocks out Paoli
Always tough Bishop Luers next opponent for Monrovia in 2A championship game PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Monrovia High School’s football team will play for a state championship. That previous sentence never had been written — at least not...
High school football semistate scoreboard
Evansville Reitz 31, Cathedral 10 Carmel 42, Merrillville 0 Monrovia 30, Paoli 13 Warren Central 28, Center Grove 10
Center Grove, Warren know each other well
Center Grove football coach Eric Moore chuckled when asked if he expected to be playing Warren Central again this year after losing 28-14 to the Warriors in the regular-season finale. “I had a definite feeling about the Warriors being...
Nat Newell's prep football predictions
Nat-stradamus — aka Star reporter Nat Newell — continued to show championship form in the playoffs with a 7-1 record in regionals last week, missing only Monrovia’s victory over Cardinal Ritter. (I am 373-83 on the season, including...
Impressive defensive effort keeps Carmel in the hunt
Another game, another close call. Still, it’s another win for Carmel and another step closer to its goal of a state football championship. For the third time in as many weeks, the Greyhounds pulled out a close victory. After downing Fishers 7-0...
Success followed Raiders to Class 2A
Ritter showcases teamwork despite fall in regional Their careers didn’t end in the best possible way — a 20-15 loss to Class 2A No. 2 Monrovia last Friday was their last high school game — but for Cardinal Ritter football’s...
Lutheran hopes to sustain success
Having a strong feeder system could help offset heavy losses to graduation Lutheran’s most successful season in its football program’s brief history came to an end with a 14-0 loss to Clinton Central in a Class A regional game Friday. And...
Cathedral out to dispel 2007 nightmare
Memories remain of heartbreaking loss to late-scoring Reitz It’s a matchup straight from the imagination of Freddy Krueger. Friday, the Cathedral High School football team will play at No. 4 Evansville Reitz (13-0) at 8 p.m. in a Class 4A...
Bishop Chatard poised for rematch
Trojans seek to avenge last year’s season-ending loss to Evansville Memorial Everyone knows who the Bishop Chatard High School football team is, with its record nine state titles. Now, Bishop Chatard knows exactly who Evansville Memorial is....
Center Grove knows the tournament trail
State-championship dreams surrounded the Center Grove football team from the beginning of preseason practice last year. Not just among the players, but from parents and fans across White River Township. Expectations weren’t that high for this...
Brownsburg's season: short on points, long on effort
’Dogs continue steady climb to respectability Did the loss sting? Of course it stung, but that didn’t take away from what Brownsburg’s football team did this year. A 6-3 regular season, the Bulldogs’ first winning one since...
Town rallies behind Monrovia's first trip to semistate
A number of Monrovia football players’ fathers suited up during their high school days, and three of them played for the 1978 team — the last group of Bulldogs to go through a regular season undefeated. None of them — nobody in...
Cathedral spoils New Pal's 1st regional trip
45-6 setback clarifies importance of increasing strength, numbers There’s never been a particularly good time for an opponent to play this season’s powerful Cathedral football team. New Palestine coach Tim Able figures the Dragons drew...
Ankle might sit Carmel fullback
Hollander suffered sprain in sectional championship game When the top-ranked Carmel High School football team visits No. 8 Merrillville on Friday night for a Class 5A semistate game, the Greyhounds could be without their starting fullback. Junior...
Long trips don't necessarily hurt in semistates
The Evansville Memorial High School football team has earned a Class 3A semistate rematch with Bishop Chatard after beating it 27-14 last season. Game time is 6 p.m. Saturday at Tech High School, and Tigers coach John Hurley stressed being on the...
Bishop Chatard prepares for semistate
The Bishop Chatard High School football team’s goal is always to win a state championship. It has an Indiana record nine titles, including five over the previous eight seasons. It will get a chance to rectify last year’s semistate loss...
Ress wants to look closer at 'unique situation' for IPS football
Indiana High School Athletic Association commissioner Blake Ress said Friday that he hopes to meet with Indianapolis Public Schools athletic director Curt Ervin to discuss a “unique situation” that involves the closure of three IPS...
Monrovia overlooked no longer
They were the inexperienced ones, playing in the program’s first football regional in 20 years — against a team that won a state championship just last season. They were the small-town kids, traveling to the adopted home of a powerhouse...
Warriors hold on
Bell’s 2 TDs are all the offense they need to knock off Bulldogs Brownsburg, Ind. — Don’t let it be said Warren Central High School’s football program has become numb to big victories. Senior defensive back Nathan White...
Chatard runs past Batesville
Miller, Pappas each rush for more than 200 yards despite Pappas ailing from a case of the flu Last week, the Bishop Chatard High School football team won its Class 3A sectional championship with the help of a halfback pass. Friday, it threw an...
Tough finish, bright future for Lutheran
Lutheran played in its first Class A regional Friday night when the Saints hosted Clinton Central. If Saints coach Dave Pasch has his way, it’s just the first in what might be a burgeoning football tradition. While Lutheran (8-5) fell short...
Rushers dominate for Trojans
GREENWOOD, Ind. — The Center Grove High School football team kept its game plan simple Friday night. The Trojans ran the ball straight at visiting Floyd Central for most of their Class 5A regional game. Three Center Grove running backs...
Irish start fast, never let up
Cathedral High School football coach Rick Streiff challenged his players to play better from the start. “We’ve had a couple of slow starts, but we got out and got our feet going early,” Streiff said. The Class 4A No. 1 Irish scored...
Greyhounds pass Panthers
Shaffer-to-Schmidt 3rd-quarter connection gives Carmel lead that stands up; Merrillville up next FORT WAYNE, Ind. — After Carmel threw only six passes the first half and trailed Fort Wayne Snider at halftime, Greyhounds football coach Mo...
Late-starting Dragons have passed competition
For almost six months, they were a team without a coach. “It was a little nerve-wracking,” New Palestine High School senior quarterback Cary Albrecht said. “All the other teams in the state had started working toward the next season...
Glesing returns to area with Floyd Central team
Floyd Central High School football coach Brian Glesing ’s cell phone has been busy with calls and text messages from old friends this week, welcoming him back to the Indianapolis area on Friday night. “Just a lot of old...
Nat Newell's football predictions
Nat-stradamus is peaking at the right time. Indianapolis Star reporter Nat Newell turned in his best week of predicting high school football games this season in the sectional championships at 13-1, improving to 366-82 on the season. Here is a look...
