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Class 4A Sectional 21 Championship Preview: Pendleton Heights vs. Yorktown (2.38.4) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to a special edition of the Central Indian Sports Report, our preview of the Class V A sectional 21 Championship game between the Pinnleton Heights Arabians and the Yorktown Tigers, with Harold Bolton's sports editor Rob Hunt, Muncie Star Press Sports editor, Kate Hampton, and Pinnleton Heights Head Coach, Jed Richmond.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Co-hosted by Michelle Garmin of the Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call Leader, only on the Central Indian Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome football fans to a special edition of the Central Indian Sports Report with myself your host Greg Mingell.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Tipton Tribune and Elwood Call Leader Sports Editor Michelle Garmin.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Our Class 4A sectional 21 Championship Game Preview
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[SPEAKER_01]: doing the Pinnolton Heights Arabians and the Yorktown Tigers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We have with this Harold Bolitans Rob Hunt, the Star Press's Kate Hampton, and Pinnolton Heights Head Coach Jen Richmond.
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[SPEAKER_01]: After we talk to the three of them, Michelle and I will return and make our game predictions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: First of all, we have eight sectional championship previews.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Pinnon tonight's in Yorktown played a great momentum shifting game, momentum went back and forth with Pinnonton Heights beating the Tigers 24 to 22.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The remash would be a good one as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Pettleton has its best record since 2011, which is also the last time the Arabians won a sectional championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Their other title came in 2010, both under John Broughton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Behind Swiss Army and I've June, your quarterback brand Gray, the Arabians are averaging 37 points again, over 40 points for game in their 10 wins.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Gray has thrown for 1324 yards in 14 touchdowns and run for another 601 yards and 11 more touchdowns.
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[SPEAKER_01]: sophomore Joel Weavers had a great breakout year with over 1,000 yards on the ground, including 249 and a 4514 win over Mount Vernon to open the sectional.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Ryland Keesling leads a stout Arabian defense with 69 tackles, 8 for loss, 5 for sex, and two fumble recoveries.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Senior's Cooper Sims and tail and foster have 7 combined interceptions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: A win would give Jed Richmond who's coming up here in a few minutes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: His 100th career win between Western Boone, Lawrence Central, and Pinnleton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yorktown has been every bit as dominant as the Arabians.
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[SPEAKER_01]: ever since the postseason began out scoring their two opponents a hundred and seven to nothing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The two sectional shutouts give them five total shutouts on the season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Head coach, Mike Wilhelm led the Tigers the sectional championships in 2008, 2014 and 2022, when Friday would give Yorktown its first ever 4A sectional championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Tigers present a nice mix of running and passing,
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[SPEAKER_01]: Junior Santoke car has thrown for 1583 yards and 17 touchdowns and senior Nate Luzatter has run for over a thousand yards and 19 touchdowns.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Senior Cole Perdue is the team's leading receiver and also the team's leading tackler.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Junior's J.B. and Barnes and Henry Tokar have combined for 15 and a half sex for a strong
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[SPEAKER_01]: This will be the 53rd all-time meeting between the schools with Pinnleton winning 30 of the first 52.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Please stay tuned for Rob Hunt, Kate Hampton, and Jed Richmond, and Michelle and I will be back with our sectional championship prediction.
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[SPEAKER_01]: As we continue our preview of the Channel 21 Championship Game Between the Penels and Heights Arabians on the Yorktown Tigers, we welcome in Rob Hunt of the Anderson Harold Bolton, who of course covers Penelton for a living and Rob, uh, mad water year by this team now just a game away from their first sectional championship in 14 years.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And a bit of a lot of fun, this team is a lot of fun to watch, especially with things that are going well, when they're playing at an optimal level, which they were last week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That was one of the cleanest football games I've seen high school team play when a degree feels such, or they are very enjoyable to watch, and, you know, the computers and everything and what the way the first game went tells me they're going to have to, they're probably going to play another game like that this week.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Pinnon said, how have they just got better each week?
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[SPEAKER_04]: What makes this team so special and right on the cusp of getting that sectional?
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[SPEAKER_02]: There's a lot of statistical things you can look at.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can look up there about ultra-efficient quarterback who's also really dangerous to this legs and break rate.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've got a sophomore running back who's one of breakout stars this fall.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Joel Reaver, they've got a good receiver.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Cooper Sims is a dynamic receiver and defense back.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Brian and Keesling is one of the best defensive players around Luke Graham is a division one level offensive linemen and that whole offense of line is really good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That was a great kicker by the way, those things all matter, but I think what really boils down to is this is this group close and when you're talking that players and the coaches, they talk about how this group is played together now for so long these these this group of seniors and.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, they really.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They really care about each other.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're there for each other.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think when you get a group that that's that tight, and I think we've seen it at other sports to over the years group comes through and they just they're not going to let each other lose.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think you see that with this group.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They really play for each other.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They've got to coach the really cares.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We're kind of talking about that off the air beforehand.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Coach Richmond really cares about these kids.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can hear the emotion in this voice when he talks about a map for a game, or even just in conversation if you read it to him in a basketball game or something.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think there's a bond with this group.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's really special and it makes this kind of, it's kind of the fuel to make this team go.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Coach Richmond in this program really deserve one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He came in, you know, he was, and it is not easy falling a legend and that's what he had to do when Coach Braun retired and he came in and he's kind of running, running his way and has stuck to his to his guns and it's not just football, you see the uptick and all the sports over there and a lot of every coach will credit coach Richmond for what he's done with the strength and conditioning program there at Pendleton Heights.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He runs that and
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's made not just a football program better or at least brought it back to to that level.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's made the entire athletic department better for the what he's done.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So he can't say enough good things about Coach Richmond.
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[SPEAKER_02]: He's phenomenal to talk to as well and that's really got this team playing at a very high level.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They did not play well too.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We'll see you all guys out Vernon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: and he was he he copped to that fact for sure.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They definitely played very well last week.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That was a that was a very clean clean performance.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're great.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Ray was perfect for all the ball.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They they didn't miss many tackles.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They very few penalties.
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[SPEAKER_02]: No turnovers.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They played a very very efficient game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: At the same time, Pinnleton Heights was dominating Greenfield Central Yorktown was dominating Beach Grove on the road.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Both teams have been playing very well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It was a very good game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The first time around your expectations this time, I would expect nothing different.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, these are two very, very good teams.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, they both have one loss in commoners, which is new power.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, they have the other loss in common, because they had to play each other.
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[SPEAKER_02]: really run rough shot over the rest of their schedule over the for the year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You know, the two teams that really wanted.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's only been a couple years for New York down, but they've never won a four A-sexual.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So There's that kind of history.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think all there are such rules where you're free.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think maybe a two A back of the day, and for Pendleton 2011 back when Those brought in one back to back.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So that was the last time for them.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And the only time that they won section.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So Long time coming for really both schools in terms of this class, and I think you're going to see two teams that really want it and go after it
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[SPEAKER_04]: Rob, what will it take from Pettleton to earn a second win over Yorktown this season and a sectional championship?
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they've got to defend the run for sure I think Yorktown and I'm not sure of the kids name but he's all of some big numbers this year on the ground about 1700 yards and maybe rushing and they're quarterbacks to dual threat to just like metal.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They're very similar when you look at them on paper.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Metalton's quarterback can run and beat you with his legs and his arm and the Yorktown's the same way and both teams have really good deep as well.
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[SPEAKER_02]: boilerplate for any coaching strategies you want to take away something from the other team.
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[SPEAKER_02]: In this case, it's probably run.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They put up big numbers offensively, but their defense is what's kind of led the way all year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think they want to get another good game out of that defense, Friday night.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Rob Hanna of the hero, Bolton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for your time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Tell everyone how they can read your work.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And by the way, there is no better follow on Friday night Twitter.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If you're
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[SPEAKER_02]: I appreciate that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I appreciate that.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, you can find me on Twitter at Hunt Under Score Rob.
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[SPEAKER_02]: You can also read our stuff.
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[SPEAKER_02]: The Herald Bulletson.com will have coverage of both this game and another one.
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[SPEAKER_02]: We'll probably talk about shortly from the bill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Make sure you also tune in for Rob's breakdown of Lepel and Trenton Central as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We continue our preview of Sectional 21 with
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[SPEAKER_01]: Kate Hampton of the Monthly Star Press, we heard from Rob Hunt of the Harold Bulletin talking about the Pinnleton Heights Arabians, now we're here to talk to Kate about the Yorktown Tigers and Kate what a season for Yorktown.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yorktown has had quite the year, seven and two or eight and two record now I believe at this point in the season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So quite a successful season obviously they had that one loss to Pendleton during the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They had new power as well but that's kind of a kind of a given loss at this point and then
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[SPEAKER_03]: uh... pendleton very very tight game in the regular season york town only lost by two points and uh... fought their way back into it late in the fourth quarter and we're really one play away from send it into overtime so uh... should be another really great match up uh... between these two conference rivals and uh... we'll see if york town can can pull it revenge game together
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[SPEAKER_01]: hasn't been that long, Cades since Mike Wilhelm's teams have had postseason success, but it has been three, four, four years since they won a sectional championship.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this year has been a special one, very similar to those sectional championship type teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What's been the key this year do you think?
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think the biggest key for this team when you look at their roster is that defensive line.
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[SPEAKER_03]: The front seven as a whole is really good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Those those defensive line, and you got Henry Tocar at defensive tackle.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's a senior and then J. Ben Barnes, another senior defensive end who missed a little bit of time with a calf injury during the
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[SPEAKER_03]: During the regular season, but he's back and seems to be in full form now.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Had a really great game in their sectional semi final against Beach Grove and Chris Wilson is a junior defensive end.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He's a very toolsy as a very long wing span, very big guy.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And those three have really just dominated the opposing offensive lines that they've played.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They've been really good about getting quick pressure, getting to the quarterback and Barnes is such an athlete.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He gets up, gets his hands near, knocks walls away, Wilson with his wingspan does kind of the same thing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So it's pretty frustrating for opposing quarterbacks to deal with those guys.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I would say that is definitely been their biggest strengths.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But also, if you look on the offense, the addition of Nate was added to the backfield has really improved the run game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Sam Tokar has taken another step up at quarterback from his sophomore to his junior season.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So the defense being so, you know, strong up front and then having the offense, add a star player and also progress a lot of other really good players.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Then steal a wide receiver, Cole Purdue at tight end.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They've got some some good guys for Tokar.
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[SPEAKER_03]: to sling the ball to so see in that progress on offense and then that defense being so strong up front I think is has been really kind of the key factors and this really, you know, really strong season for the Tigers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And they've bounced back from that loss to Pendleton Heights by outscoring their next two opponents
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[SPEAKER_01]: they held six of their 10 opponents so far to under double digit score.
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[SPEAKER_03]: at defense is just insanely good.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I've talked about the defensive line plenty, but line backers you got guys like Lizadder plays middle line backer there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You got Diesel Walker and Tanner Griffey playing linebacker.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Those guys are great playmakers Walker, I think, in the first game against Pendleton, I think he started with stripping the ball away from their running back and returning in for his touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I know he returned to touchdown.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I might have
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[SPEAKER_03]: that front seven as a whole is just nasty.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And then defensive back, you got guys like Caden Carooms out there, it's actually he's a playmaker for them on both sides of the ball.
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[SPEAKER_03]: That defense has just really come together.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They've got a lot of experience.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Most of those guys are seniors or juniors and really good athleticism, especially like I keep coming back to that defensive line.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think it all starts up there and the trenches for them as long as Barnes and Wilson and Tokar are getting after opposing quarterbacks and shutting down the run.
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[SPEAKER_03]: It's hard for anybody to move the ball against the team
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[SPEAKER_01]: Third straight game on the road.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Good thing they're used to that because they started their first four games on the road this season because of their their turf being installed right
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[SPEAKER_03]: their new field, new facilities, stadium renovations, new turf, everything kind of took a little longer than that than was initially planned.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So they didn't have to spend those first four weeks on the road.
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[SPEAKER_03]: But went three and one with the only loss being at new power.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So they've been kind of pretty solid road warriors this year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And obviously with the revenge game aspect coming up against Pendleton Heights, they're going to be hungry to go out there and get themselves a win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What do you think needs to be different this time?
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[SPEAKER_03]: Um, I think the biggest thing is that they, uh, on offense, I think they need to have a better game plan for Ryland Kiesling, the linebacker.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Uh, I think he got like four sacks against, uh, Tokar last time they played and he really, I mean, that, uh, I mentioned earlier, they were one, one game, one play away from tying that game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Uh, it was a two point conversion play and Kiesling just read it like a book and blew it up before they could.
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[SPEAKER_03]: really do what they wanted to do with the kind of trickeration play that they called.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So they're definitely going to have to put more of an emphasis on stopping him up front and then defensively grant Gray the quarterback for Pendleton.
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[SPEAKER_03]: He had a really good game, probably the best game that any quarterback is had against short town this year.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And he kind of was just smooth, efficient.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think he finished something like 14 for 17 passing.
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[SPEAKER_03]: and he ran the ball really well too.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think he had almost a hundred rushing yards and two touchdowns in that game.
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[SPEAKER_03]: So they got to definitely do more to frustrate him, get him under pressure, get just kind of in his head a little bit and make sure they they slow down the run to they stop the running backs pretty well.
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[SPEAKER_03]: They slow down the running game in that aspect, but Gray really just killed him on some options and scrambles and whatnot.
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[SPEAKER_03]: And
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[SPEAKER_03]: that that's going to have to change if they want to win a sectional championship for sure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Kate Hampton, thank you so much for your time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Tell everybody how they can find your coverage and what's coming up with the star press.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I covered you can find it on Twitter.
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[SPEAKER_03]: You can follow me at Cadehamptin with the number one zero for the 10 there and then you can also just go to the starpress.com or the star press on Facebook and find all my work there and yeah, we're we're really excited looking forward to a nice Friday night liked game potentially my last one of the season and then we'll start really digging into the basketball scene here in East Central Indiana.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that should be a lot of fun.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We'll have you join us for that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for your time, Kate, and have fun all for our tonight.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely, Greg.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Thank you for having me.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I sure will.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We continue our pre-U of Sectional 21 with Pinnon's and Heights Head Coach, Jed Richmond.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He has his Pinnleton Heights Arabians 10 and 1 heading into Friday night sectional championship game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Coach, your team came into this sectional, the favorites to win it first one since 2011 and so far they've handled it really well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've had a good run here and got a big test Friday, Yorktown Tigers, but proud of the guys.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've been a good job all season and we've had a lot of kids step up and really really
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[SPEAKER_00]: play some good ball right now.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Coach, how much easier is it to have the kids still be excited for the tournament now that new path moved up a cliff?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's definitely creates more parity.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, they got the better of us in week five, and it's definitely wide open.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Canada is the favorite and then I've even read, you know, I appreciate your, your kind words, but I've, I've read Andy star again and some others, York, Canada's the favorite.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So you know, that's that's the fun stuff about the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We feel like the underdogs and we definitely feel like our best ball still ahead of us.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We haven't peaked.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm excited that the kids are humble like that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I know I've told you this coach, but before the season, I didn't even mention Pinnleton Heights in our conference champion contenders.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Didn't even think about Pinnleton because you lost a player to a quarter of my college football.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You lost a running back to college football, and that's tough to overcome.
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[SPEAKER_01]: What did job your team's done?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, the staff.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I got, I got a really good staff.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm very fortunate.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've been together.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've added some pieces and some different guys, but
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[SPEAKER_00]: The nucleus of our staff's been together since I got here back in 2010 and they just keep working and we keep growing and we really poured into our youth program when I got here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we're starting to really reap the rewards of that as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And we are uncohesive program Katie 12 and we're a bigger school, but we still have that small small town feel and our corporation and community are, you know, our one and they're really
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[SPEAKER_04]: a coach.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I picked you to win the sectionals.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yorktown.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm just played in earlier a tight game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Defensively, Yorktown has been pretty good this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: What do you need to, what does your team need to do differently or better this in the second meeting?
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[SPEAKER_00]: When we played him before, there's a fall break game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was kind of weird and just a weird vibe.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And it was a big one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There's a good crowd and everything.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But at their place, it was fall break.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It was like the four people got their popcorn.
22:08
[SPEAKER_00]: We were down 10, 10, nothing.
22:09
[SPEAKER_00]: And it's like, whoa, what's going on here?
22:10
[SPEAKER_00]: And then we rattled off 24 on the answer and had total control of the game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then they got a pretty talented quarterback and we let him back in.
22:18
[SPEAKER_00]: That's kind of how it went.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then we made a play at the end of beat him.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And you know, at the end of the day,
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[SPEAKER_00]: We felt like that was not our best game and take nothing away from them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, we felt like we left a lot of points on the board.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've been a pretty explosive offense and, you know, we didn't execute very cleanly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And so there were a lot of things to polish up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But, you know, control in the line of scrimmages one.
22:46
[SPEAKER_00]: They have a very unique defense and they've done a great job all year.
22:51
[SPEAKER_00]: they have surrendered a lot of points and so we've got to make sure we're playing our best ball for our day and executing very well and taking advantage of what we do know they're going to do and then I'm sure they have to trips up their sleeve but it comes down to it's going to come down to control the line of scrimmage and block and execute and cleanly and if we can do that we get a pretty good chance.
23:16
[SPEAKER_04]: Coach I'm Nate Luzatter.
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[SPEAKER_04]: He is he's a load.
23:22
[SPEAKER_04]: I mean, he's loaded and literally loaded the ground tree trunk legs and everything and hard to tackle.
23:29
[SPEAKER_04]: I think probably because of that low center of gravity and strong legs.
23:33
[SPEAKER_00]: So why don't you told your kids how we we practice tackle and low we tackle legs all year.
23:41
[SPEAKER_00]: So and he he's he's quick to you know he is put together and he's quick and
23:47
[SPEAKER_00]: He's kind of player.
23:48
[SPEAKER_00]: You don't want to face, but you'd love to have on your team, you know, and he's a coach just kid and everything.
23:55
[SPEAKER_00]: He's got all the intangibles, you know, but we've just got to be very physical with him.
24:01
[SPEAKER_00]: He plays both ways.
24:03
[SPEAKER_00]: There are multiple guys on their squad, played in both ways.
24:06
[SPEAKER_00]: We don't have nearly as many, and so we've got to make that a, and we've got to put that in our favor.
24:11
[SPEAKER_00]: We did a good job of last time, but at the same time,
24:17
[SPEAKER_00]: Like we, that takes its toll when you, when you get hit in the thighs and you get hit in the shins, as Coach told us that, you know, we, we have a similar mindset here, and we've seen a lot of good backs this year, and he's definitely one of the best.
24:33
[SPEAKER_01]: Coach, it's been 14 years since Penelton Heights is one of sectional championships.
24:40
[SPEAKER_01]: Which means no one in your school right now is ever one one.
24:43
[SPEAKER_01]: And you have not either what would it mean for your program to win the championship on Friday night?
24:50
[SPEAKER_00]: Boy, it's one of those things.
24:53
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, I really, our community really gets behind us and we play for them.
25:01
[SPEAKER_00]: And we want to make them proud.
25:04
[SPEAKER_00]: And they've come out and really support us all year long.
25:09
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm sure it'll be standing in a lonely friday and you know, we just want to play our hearts out for them.
25:15
[SPEAKER_00]: And I know for me, there's a lot of personal, a lot of personal with this that it'd be it'd be awesome for a lot of reasons that I won't get into but on the most important would be to really.
25:31
[SPEAKER_00]: kind of put some smiles on faces.
25:33
[SPEAKER_00]: It's been a while.
25:34
[SPEAKER_00]: We've been in a little low, the exception of girl's basketball, which we were talking about earlier and maybe softball, but on the boy's side, it's been a few years since we've had a big, a big title like this basketball football baseball.
25:46
[SPEAKER_00]: It's been a few years and we'd love to get the ball back rolling on this side of things.
25:53
[SPEAKER_00]: We got
25:58
[SPEAKER_00]: We'd love to keep playing, you know, and I know it mean it made an awful lot to a lot of people.
26:04
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I wasn't here obviously last time.
26:05
[SPEAKER_00]: They want it.
26:06
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is the 11th time we've made the championship, which is not a lot.
26:12
[SPEAKER_00]: When you look at, I mean, your chance has been 13 times.
26:15
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you look at some of the schools in our conference.
26:18
[SPEAKER_00]: And in the sectional.
26:20
[SPEAKER_00]: And, you know, we've been back to back now, back to back years.
26:23
[SPEAKER_00]: We then came up short last year against the state champs.
26:28
[SPEAKER_00]: You know, it's it's one of those things we we want it to be our turn.
26:32
[SPEAKER_00]: So we're going to leave it out there on the field and we've left no stone on turned and prepare and for it and I'm sure you're tensed on the same you know it's either first for a title I believe so I'm sure Coach will I'm saying similar stuff but just awful proud of our team and our community and just hopefully we can all bring it together for at a
26:53
[SPEAKER_01]: Reynolds and I said coach, Jed Richmond.
26:55
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much for your time.
26:56
[SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate it.
26:56
[SPEAKER_01]: It's always in good luck on fights.
26:58
[SPEAKER_04]: Good luck.
26:58
[SPEAKER_04]: Good luck, coach.
27:06
[SPEAKER_01]: Alright, Michelle, we've heard all the facts and figures, all the numbers we heard about Pinnleton Heights.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Close win over Yorktown the first time around.
27:15
[SPEAKER_01]: We heard from Kate Hampton,
27:24
[SPEAKER_01]: So again, this should be a really good one.
27:27
[SPEAKER_01]: I think we've talked about that all through this podcast.
27:30
[SPEAKER_01]: But in the end, Michelle, you are taking who to win sectional 21.
27:33
[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, for the heights, my prediction has not changed.
27:38
[SPEAKER_04]: I predicted them when I get go to win the sectional.
27:43
[SPEAKER_04]: Nothing has transpired to make me change that.
27:47
[SPEAKER_04]: In our discussion with Coach Richmond,
27:50
[SPEAKER_04]: I was really impressed with just how on target his team seems to be the right mindset and at it when everything and I think it's the right mix between excitement and focus and I think they're ready to take advantage of the opportunity that's ahead of them.
28:15
[SPEAKER_01]: I really like both of these teams.
28:16
[SPEAKER_01]: I like both of these coaches and both of these programs.
28:20
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think they are both going to be heard from for a while now.
28:23
[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's just this year.
28:26
[SPEAKER_01]: But this seems to me to be Penelton Heights year.
28:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I think both teams were very happy to see in Palestine.
28:33
[SPEAKER_01]: We were up here.
28:34
[SPEAKER_04]: Yes, definitely.
28:36
[SPEAKER_01]: And...
28:39
[SPEAKER_01]: looks very forward to this year and this postseason and this is going to be a great one two green teams by the way.
28:45
[SPEAKER_01]: It is a big lot of green out there and what I think it's been ultonights is the pit.
28:54
[SPEAKER_04]: I think so.
28:56
[SPEAKER_04]: Their fans are going to and I think Yorktown fans will travel well to this game.
29:01
[SPEAKER_04]: but I think that the penalty heights fans are just gonna help to make that an electric atmosphere for their team knowing that sense no new family have a legitimate shot at winning the section.
29:16
[SPEAKER_01]: So we both agree it's penalty heights in sectional 21.
29:19
[SPEAKER_01]: This was one of eight sectional previews that we did.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So please go check out one of the other ones.
29:26
[SPEAKER_01]: And also on Thursday, Michelle and I previewed and predicted all of Central Indiana's sectionals and gave our picks to those.
29:36
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29:42
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29:47
[SPEAKER_01]: Thank you so much, Michelle.
29:49
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