My goal is to help athletes get recognized that aren't getting the recognition that some players are getting from the bigger schools, I really started this blog for my son's High School Basketball team, but since I started it right before football season, I began to focus on some area Indiana Football teams and players.
As we begin another week of High School Football here in Indiana, I would like to share with you all the performance Will Collins put on against Logansport a couple of weeks ago. I left the broadcasting in so everyone could get the feel of the game and all that was going on during the game.
I actually spoke with the company that made the video and they told me that Will was so fast that they had a hard time keeping up with him as you will see in the video.
Personally all I could do was shake my head, because what he done in this game was simply amazing. Enjoy!!!
Marion plays Anderson tonight at home. I am getting ready to head that way.
In other games:
Warren Central plays Carmel at Lucas Oil Stadium next Sat
For the 2nd time in 3 weeks Indiana has played Friday night football games on Saturday due to bad weather.
First I want to start with my Marion Giants. They lost their own Homecoming game to Conference rival Huntington 34-31. I did not get a chance to go to the game, but I was able to listen to the game on my laptop. Marion coaching staff in my opinion sat out to prove a point that I think backfired and might have even set the program back, because I don't even think the players agreed with what was going on. That is just my opinion. Marion's top 4 running backs carried the ball less than 10 times. This is just a week after putting up big yards in a win over Logansport. Will Collins carried the ball about 5, maybe 6 times for maybe 10 yards. The coach said that Huntington shut Will down, because they wouldn't let him go up the middle. Will one the NCC and the Sectional in the 100 yard dash, you don't know of any other way to run him, but up the middle? Will did score on a screen play...to the outside. He is a sprinter, so why not find ways to use his speed? The back up running back did have a good game he had almost 200 yards and 2 touchdowns, but what I believe the coach was trying to prove that even though Will had 420 yards and 5 touchdowns, that they don't need him or for that matter, any of their top backs to win, again just my opinion.
In other games Ryan Coleman and the Fisher Tigers put up another win beating McCutcheon on the road 34-6. It was reported that Ryan had 2 sacks and several tackles. Fishers is 5-1 and play Zionsville at home next Friday.
Pike traveled to Columbus North and won 42-24. They take on Bloomington South at home next week. Pike's record is 4-2.
Lawrence Central at 6-2 has to be one of the surprise teams of this season. They went to Bloomington South and gave them a whipping on their field 42-7. LC is at home next week against Southport.
Ben Davis beat Terre Haute South on the road 30-13 and at 6-0 the Giants host Center Grove next Friday night.
Warren Central now 3-3 lost to Terre Haute North in a road lose,14-10. Warren plays Carmel at Lucas Oil Stadium next Sat.
Marion has a home game against Anderson, which will be their final regular season home game and Senior Night. I may be in the house, depending on the weather (:
Another exciting week of High School Football has come and gone. All of my big 3, (Marion, Fishers, and Pike), won this week, along with Lawrence Central, Ben Davis, and Warren Central.
I really don't know any of the stats, besides the scores of the other games, which I will post here shortly, but I did get a call from my brother and also read both newspapers on the performance of Sophomore Sensation Will Collins.
Will put on a performance last night that a lot of us old running backs only dream of. Will and the Marion Giants beat Logansport in a very high scoring game by both teams. The score was 56-49. Combined these two teams put up over 1,100 yards, but Will performance was one for the record books as he ran for a record breaking 420 yards on just 13 carries. He also ran for 5 touchdowns, including an 80 yard touchdown, that ended up being the game winning score. With all that being said, I know that Will is more satisfied with the team win, than the record. I feel the best is still yet to come for Mr Collins and with God, he can and will do great thing.
Now for the other scores, Fishers went to Harrison in West Lafayette and beat them handily 66-0. I have yet to get a report on Ryan Coleman. Pike beat Bloomington North 49-7. LC, won 42-0 against Columbus North. Ben Davis beat up on Terra Haute North 30-7 and Warren Central beat North Central 28-14.
Records: Lawrence Central 5-0 Ben Davis 5-0 Fishers 4-1 Marion 3-2 Pike 3-2 Warren Central 3-2
As I had mentioned in my last blog a few days back, most of the High School Football games in Indiana were postponed until Saturday. Pike and Lawrence Central started early Saturday morning at Pike, with Lawrence Central continuing its winning ways by beating Pike 34-23. Lawrence Central remains unbeaten so far this year and their next game is at home against Columbus North. Pike 2-2 host Bloomington North on Friday. The Marion Giants hosted Richmond Saturday evening. It was not a pleasant sight as the Giants coaching staff continues to run their backfield backwards. They lost to Richmond 28-12. Marion travels to Logansport, which is a game I am thinking of attending, but my son wants to go see the Fever play WNBA Champs Minnesota Lynx. In other games last week Ben Davis beat Warren Central 6-3, that is a football score :) and they will be at home against Terre Haute North, while Warren matches up against North Central @ NC. It should be another exciting week of High School Football and I will be sure to get you all the information and possible video footage I can.
The weather in around the State of Indiana cause a lot of postponements, with a lot of them being made up today. I know the Pike and Lawrence Central game was to be played this morning and Marion and Richmond play tonight at 7:00 in Marion. I may make it to that game :)
There were two games played last night in Lucas Oil Stadium. HSE, with their very impressive 6ft 204lb RB Ryan Ripp, who I am sure is getting some major D1 college looks, beat Zionsville 50-35 and then Ryan Coleman, who I think got cheated out of the MVP for the game, and the Fisher Tigers beat undefeated Avon in a conference match-up 35-9.
I hope to have highlights up tonight when I get back from Marion or sometime tomorrow.
This week I will be traveling downtown of Indianapolis to watch my cousin Ryan Coleman of Fishers take on a friend of mines son Anthony Greene Avon as they clash at the Home of the Colts, Lucas Oil Stadium. Both Avon at 3-0 and Fishers 2-1 are in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference, so this should be a good game to see. I hope to have some good highlights.
I got a Chance to see my Nephew Will Collins play last week and let me tell you, I was not disappointed at what I saw, as I seen him dash away for a 95 yard TD from scrimmage. Tonight they play a conference match-up against Richmond. Marion is 2-1 and Richmond is 1-2.
Pike 2-1 plays a home game against conference foe Lawrence Central which is 3-0 and averaging 50pts a game. Should be a very interesting match-up. I am sorry to the Pike fans as all week I was under the assumption that they lost, but they didn't beating Southport 55-12. I got the wrong report, but I guess no Pike fans read my blog, because no one said anything. Again I apologize. Blessings and peace, Andre'
The IMSA Tigers traveled to Anderson yesterday to take on Anderson Prep in their second ever soccer game. The guys looked a lot better this week,holding Anderson Prep to just one goal. That we be good in most cases, but IMSA have yet to score their first goal. They did have a few good shots this week. I will sort through the video and post them...I promise ;) IMSA is now 0-2 in their first season in the IHSAA in Soccer. I can tell you they have some good players, and I believe it will just be a matter of time before they put together a win. Blessings and peace,
