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Hamilton Heights 44, Tipton 29: Recap with Michelle Garmon (Sports & Beyond, 3.37) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: You are listening to sports and beyond with Michelle Garmin, hurry cap of Hamilton Heights, 4429 win over Tippedin on Friday with Hamilton Heights coach, gave him small and Tippedin head coach, Aaron Tolt.
• 0:23
  [SPEAKER_04]: Welcome sports fans of the Central Indiana Sports Report for sports and beyond with Michelle Garmin here to recap, Hamiltonites 4429 victory over tipped in Michelle and our picks on Wednesday night this past week.
• 0:41
  [SPEAKER_04]: The four of us all picked, tipped in, but we kind of warned everybody, don't expect this to be a typical O and 3 against 3 and O, and we knew Caleb Small would get this Hamiltonites program going in the right direction, and it looked like they had a really good performance, particularly through the air on Friday night.
• 1:00
  [SPEAKER_04]: Tell us more about it.
• 1:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: It didn't start out well for him, because it was very first play from Scrimmage, Zane Durham picked off Thoughtsoft Moralukus Whittaker and took the ball back now there, had a kid that busted his butt to get Zane tackled inside the tent and not give up, attached down, and they held tipped into a fill hole, and then they returned the ensuing kickoff back Keegan Cavano, returned it.
• 1:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: 86 shards for a touchdown and then he stayed out there and he kicked the first of many PATs and put him up and then they scored again and they had an answer offensively they looked really good and they were missing their starter.
• 1:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Senior Drew Woodruff was injured and did not play so they went with sophomore quarterback Lucas Whittaker.
• 1:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: And Coach Mall has a lot of good things to say about him afterwards.
• 1:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: He said he's only 14 years old, but he thought he played with a lot of boys.
• 2:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's going to be very good.
• 2:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: He showed a lot of boys in that pocket.
• 2:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tipton.
• 2:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: Didn't do a good job of getting to him, tips and is still looking for a defensive identity.
• 2:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, when you play teams like Franklin, who's not got a sophisticated or a lot of speed on the skillskids outside, and then you play a team like Manchester that runs a wing T,
• 2:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: you know, it's a little different.
• 2:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, it was kind of the same thing Caleb said for them.
• 2:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: He said they had to prepare differently for tipped and then because they hadn't really faced anybody like that that puts the emphasis on the balance between the passing and the running as much, although good teams.
• 2:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: He did say part of the start was some of it was,
• 3:01
  [SPEAKER_01]: their own doing some of it he was really good competition and they did the first three weeks they played really good competition and when he was really proud that the kids never got down on themselves after starting the season though in three although I think playing the hammer game that's a such a huge rivalry I think they were really important fact great
• 3:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: Surprisingly, they were much more emotional, even than Tippton, and we'll talk about that a little bit more and Aaron talked about that afterwards, how he and I know some of the other coaches didn't feel like Tippton didn't have a necessarily a really good week of practicing, didn't know if the heat was a factor.
• 3:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: It doesn't matter for Hamilton High Summit.
• 3:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: They have 73 kids on their rosters.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: 32 of those kids are seeing juniors and seniors and then they have some strong soft moors to go with it.
• 3:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: They don't really play anyone steadily two ways.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they have a couple skill kids that come in and play defense in the secondary when needed.
• 4:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a huge thing when your guys don't have to play both ways.
• 4:07
  [SPEAKER_01]: AJ Flanagan, they're seeing your running back, we'll play this first two seasons at O Wood and the mood heights last year.
• 4:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: He came in on fresh legs.
• 4:16
  [SPEAKER_01]: He didn't play one single down above defense.
• 4:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: He looked good, he strong.
• 4:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's a good straight ahead runner.
• 4:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm anxious to get a look at Logan's courts running back because right now I would have to say that
• 4:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not so sure that tipped in and the Heist don't have the two best running backs in the conference.
• 4:38
  [SPEAKER_04]: I mean We'll talk about the way till you see Logan's port to make that.
• 4:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's what I said.
• 4:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: I make sure you see them I mean, but I mean, but I'm just talking about what they do and especially to me It's tremendous what Zane Durham does considering he plays Inside linebacker and he plays running back in is just
• 5:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: just really, he's really good.
• 5:04
  [SPEAKER_01]: They can't have an old kid as special.
• 5:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: Caleb talks about that and farther out he is, but I think the stronger his leg is good.
• 5:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he's just accuracy's better farther out he goes.
• 5:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's kind of unusual, but he's got some good kids to throw to the world of Stefano a senior.
• 5:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that's it.
• 5:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think a lot of their key skill kids on the outside.
• 5:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: are our seniors, their lineman aren't super big, but they are super fast.
• 5:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they're defense had a great game plan for Tipton.
• 5:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: It took Tipton a little while to adjust to it.
• 5:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: And by that time, heights built enough of a lead that Tipton couldn't overcome it.
• 5:45
  [SPEAKER_01]: We're going to hear from Caleb, and he's going to talk about that defense, how they did well.
• 5:51
  [SPEAKER_01]: one of the defensive coaches is a young man by the name of Sterling Weatherford.
• 5:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is like Caleb.
• 5:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is a Hampton-high graduate Sterling head and outstanding career at Miami, Ohio.
• 6:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was an undrafted free agent with the Indianapolis Colts, even though he led him in tackles in a pre-season.
• 6:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: There's only year there.
• 6:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: They kept waived him in the Chicago Bears picked him up.
• 6:14
  [SPEAKER_01]: Unfortunately, he suffered an injury as a member of the Bears.
• 6:18
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he has had to give up football because he just couldn't get all the way back for it.
• 6:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: But, uh,
• 6:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's a they got some good coaches like I said 18 on that staff.
• 6:29
  [SPEAKER_01]: We know Caleb is really good and he is so happy to be home and this win meant a lot to him because he's he's at his dream job.
• 6:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: So let's hear Caleb talk about Friday night's win.
• 6:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Here with Caleb Smallett, it was field after the Husky's 144 to 29 giving coach Smallett the first win at his alma mater.
• 6:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, what's it like?
• 6:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: You led the Husky's to some wins as a quarter, you know, when you were a player and now it's a coach.
• 7:02
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, that's pretty special.
• 7:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: This job has been my dream job my entire life.
• 7:08
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, today's win doesn't define us, but it feels good in our kids and our staff, especially if put in a ton of work to get to this point.
• 7:16
  [SPEAKER_02]: I hope it feels good.
• 7:18
  [SPEAKER_02]: It feels good to them and it does me, I love this place and I won't give everything I have to to continue to have success and you know I'm proud of it for Husky Nation, you know that bring the hammer back home and it feels good.
• 7:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: You're our first three opponents.
• 7:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: We're pretty good.
• 7:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, your record is a bit deceiving coming into tonight.
• 7:37
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, we got challenged our first three weeks against three really, really good teams.
• 7:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: I believe we had the, you know, if you go anything with the saggerns rating, so I started to dig into a little bit, you know, being 0 and 3, we're digging a little bit to see, you know,
• 7:49
  [SPEAKER_02]: where are we, where we just really behind, or do we play three really good teams.
• 7:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I think there was a little bit of both.
• 7:54
  [SPEAKER_02]: We had to look in our meat, look in the mirror and ask some kids to step up and get tougher.
• 7:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: But also, we gave ourselves, in my opinion, a good chance to win this game because of the talent that we have played coming into this game.
• 8:06
  [SPEAKER_02]: and the way that we've in the speed in which we've had to play as it's gotten us better.
• 8:10
  [SPEAKER_02]: So our goal, the end of the year, is to win game 10 to get to 11, regardless of what our regular season record is.
• 8:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: And I'm not taking anything away from what this feels like now in week four, because it is special, special to win the hammer and bring it back to Arcadia.
• 8:24
  [SPEAKER_02]: But it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
• 8:27
  [SPEAKER_02]: And that's, we're going to continue to try to just get better every week and give ourselves the best chance to win week 10.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: How big was it to answer every, you had an answer for every time to have been scored or made a big play?
• 8:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: I mean, you've got the, you took the lead after their inner game opening in our section, set up their field goal, you took the lead, and you only gave it away once, but you always had an answer.
• 8:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: So we've been behind and all three of our first games quite a bit.
• 8:55
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves, offensively to try to just be perfect.
• 8:58
  [SPEAKER_02]: And you know, those are, those are, that's hard to do when you're behind offensively.
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we responded really well.
• 9:04
  [SPEAKER_02]: I was really interested to see how we would deal with the adversity of them coming out and scoring to go up 22 to 21 to start the second half.
• 9:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: And we didn't waver, we didn't flinch and we had some kids step up and make some big, big plays.
• 9:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's not, of course, the competition up because Tipton has a couple.
• 9:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: keep players in the running back and the white out.
• 9:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Of course you have a good running back and you have some good white outs too, but I know that Durham and Garmin have put up to numbers this season.
• 9:33
  [SPEAKER_02]: They're excellent players and to add to that list is someone who's got some toughness to him is number two and the total kid he can play as well.
• 9:41
  [SPEAKER_02]: And it's fun to watch him play and compete.
• 9:43
  [SPEAKER_02]: You can tell that their tough dudes and we knew it was going to be tough to stop 87, especially.
• 9:48
  [SPEAKER_02]: You know, number 8, number 86.
• 9:51
  [SPEAKER_02]: All those guys made big place for them.
• 9:52
  [SPEAKER_02]: We just didn't flinch and we had the ability to get after them a little bit defensively because we finally got a lead and you're able to do that sometimes when you have a lead and you're not down this course so we played some complimentary football tonight.
• 10:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: And of course you're sophomore quarterback stepped in and had a really nice game.
• 10:07
  [SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, he's a special town, he's 14 years old.
• 10:11
  [SPEAKER_02]: It's the first Friday night he started.
• 10:13
  [SPEAKER_02]: He stepped up when Drew was out and it was really important to our team.
• 10:17
  [SPEAKER_02]: You could see the rally around him and the success that he had tonight.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_02]: And guys in his supporting test really made some big plays, especially up front.
• 10:25
  [SPEAKER_02]: We had challenged our offensive line and defensive line for that matter quite a bit in the last few weeks and they answered the bell tonight.
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
• 10:38
  [SPEAKER_04]: Michelle and I and the Actions Sports Network's Grant Shows and Kevin Helfrick will be breaking down week four all across Central Indiana on our week four week happy.
• 10:50
  [SPEAKER_04]: That's coming Tuesday on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
• 10:57
  [SPEAKER_04]: Michelle, let's talk about some of the defenders for Hamilton Heights.
• 11:00
  [SPEAKER_04]: Of course, you brought up Will Disdefinow on offense on defense.
• 11:05
  [SPEAKER_04]: You also had an interception in two passes.
• 11:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: Defended Slade Siggler, Orc team tackles, a tackle for loss and a sack.
• 11:12
  [SPEAKER_04]: Braden, Mended Hall, Nine tackles, Luke Hickman, Seven tackles.
• 11:16
  [SPEAKER_04]: So, looks like Hamilton Heights has some pieces in place to start winning some games here in New York Conference.
• 11:23
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Stefano, his interception came when Tipton was driving there in the fourth quarter, and it just sealed the deal.
• 11:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: It came in the end zone.
• 11:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: He picked off the pass in the end zone.
• 11:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: They applied pressure to Quinn a lot early.
• 11:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tipton made some adjustments, but they do.
• 11:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: They have a lot of skill kids.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: And the Stefano is probably the kid that played both ways more than anybody.
• 11:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: Or he's the kid I noticed to play.
• 11:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: both ways quite a bit, but he I don't believe he was in on every snap on offense, but he is key to that secondary and they're outside guys.
• 11:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: They just do a nice job of doing some stunting.
• 11:58
  [SPEAKER_01]: I heard an assistant tipping coach say afterwards that Hites's defense was competent and confident and that was like the difference in the game.
• 12:10
  [SPEAKER_01]: Their scheme, they were competent in running the scheme that they wouldn't run and the kids, you could tell they
• 12:17
  [SPEAKER_04]: I like that.
• 12:21
  [SPEAKER_04]: And you have brought up Zane Durham, is third straight 100-yard game, two touchdowns, also six tackles in the interception return.
• 12:29
  [SPEAKER_04]: He has been the team MVP for sure, who else stood out to you on Friday for the Blue Devils.
• 12:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, Dakota Garmin had another sensational game.
• 12:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: He went up and he made a heck of a catch for the touchdown in the end zone.
• 12:44
  [SPEAKER_01]: He had over 140 yards receiving.
• 12:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: He looked really good.
• 12:48
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'll tell you what, when told ran the ball, as well, maybe better than he has in his three years.
• 12:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was decisive.
• 12:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: He made...
• 12:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: Good cuts.
• 12:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: He played well, had the little hiccup with the interception in the in zone.
• 13:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: He was rolling out to his bright and it was just it was a really good read by Disstepping out.
• 13:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, I don't think Quinn saw the Stefano in the picture.
• 13:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: He kind of read the Walt was happening and was quick enough to get there and to get in front of the ball
• 13:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: It might have been a little different if the target had been Garmin and I only say that because I think the ball would have been a little higher because Garmin's taller than the other receivers.
• 13:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: So you can throw a little higher and then he gets to go up and go get it and we great you've seen him do that too.
• 13:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's pretty good when it's
• 13:34
  [SPEAKER_01]: when it comes to that.
• 13:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: I know we listen to Caleb talk he talked about Durham and Garmin and and even Quinn and how good I labeled him the three headed monster and I really think they are especially on offense, all three play both ways.
• 13:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: You know, Quinn and Dakota are safety's on defense.
• 13:56
  [SPEAKER_01]: And when they're playing teams like heights and your teams like Central Cafe and like typical play twin links down the road, when they do a lot of throwing and they can spread the field, Quinn is going to be safety.
• 14:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: And he's going to be on the field pretty much the whole time they're on defense.
• 14:12
  [SPEAKER_01]: And right now Nathan Hawkins is playing on offensive line and defensive line, but he's normally the ponder and the kickoff.
• 14:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: specialist, but he's got a little bit of a leg issue right now.
• 14:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: So he's not doing any kicking.
• 14:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: He is playing along the line.
• 14:28
  [SPEAKER_01]: Oh, and Higginbotham, the sophomore who had to come in in week three and take over snapping in central Catholic game.
• 14:36
  [SPEAKER_01]: His snaps were better Friday night.
• 14:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: They still are missing some zip and
• 14:41
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that really aided heights is defensive effort because those kids were fast and they were coming and it just took the ball a little longer to get to toll, to make some nice adjustments, to change that, you know, to slow down that pressure a little bit as the game more on.
• 15:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: he did an admirable job.
• 15:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: It was a tough outing.
• 15:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: I think the offensive line.
• 15:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: They're going to learn some things on tape.
• 15:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: I know tips is defense and that's their problem.
• 15:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: Tips and defenses.
• 15:13
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't believe the kids are really comfortable.
• 15:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: They didn't return.
• 15:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: a lot in the back half of that defense lineback in core and second there.
• 15:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, Garmin did quit a play that some there last year, but as far as guys that had the experience, especially the lineback in core, I mean, the last two.
• 15:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Last year in the year before that they've graduated a lot of good linebackers and they're struggling there the problem is Durham's their best linebacker, but he's their best inside linebacker and he's their best outside linebacker and he's trying to determine where to play him
• 15:55
  [SPEAKER_01]: I trust the coaches will work on that because I believe this week with them facing Benson Central, even though it's on the road, I think Tipton's going to be able to work a lot on themselves and even talked about that.
• 16:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: I believe in our interview where he thinks that maybe that's what Tipton needs to do for the next couple of weeks is just really concentrate on themselves so they can be ready by tournament time.
• 16:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: Aaron's talked about what they need to do about the week.
• 16:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: into the week.
• 16:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: So let's just hear from Aaron and his post game interview.
• 16:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: here with Sipton Coach, Aaron Tol, a tough one tonight, the rivalry game looked like on the first play from skirmish with the interception.
• 16:45
  [SPEAKER_00]: My Durham got off to a great start, settled for three, but service split the uprights on the field a little, but then that kick-off return just kind of just took the, gave the wind back in.
• 16:58
  [SPEAKER_03]: One little life we had, it took it out, it took it out, I was, we just, uh,
• 17:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: uh... thought we were with our jacal week honestly and uh... common sense as maybe we have i mean it was a really really hard fought win last week and uh... common sense we'd tell you that we are kids haven't recovered from that because uh... uh... we did not have a great week of preparation as much as we wanted to and you don't win this game without emotion i just felt like there's a ten more motion on their sideline even though they had won four in a row
• 17:31
  [SPEAKER_03]: and the kids on our side, they've never held that trophy, they've never held the hammer before.
• 17:37
  [SPEAKER_03]: And it was just emotionally, it was just totally out of whack.
• 17:41
  [SPEAKER_03]: So that was disappointing and you know, Zane made a great play on the opening play.
• 17:48
  [SPEAKER_03]: If you can't get excited about that, what are you going to get excited about?
• 17:53
  [SPEAKER_03]: We didn't punch it in.
• 17:54
  [SPEAKER_03]: I wanted to make sure we got some points.
• 17:56
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we settled for a fuel goal and then we gave the lead right back.
• 17:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: We got, obviously, we got issues with our kickoff team.
• 18:02
  [SPEAKER_03]: So we'll put a lot of time into that on Sunday.
• 18:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: And for the second week in a row, you play the team with a lot of bodies and a lot of kids that only play one side of the football.
• 18:15
  [SPEAKER_03]: Welcome to the Hoosier Conference.
• 18:16
  [SPEAKER_03]: They had 73 guys on their roster tonight.
• 18:21
  [SPEAKER_03]: I'm not sure they had anybody going both ways and I feel like we say it every week.
• 18:24
  [SPEAKER_03]: But that's who we are.
• 18:25
  [SPEAKER_03]: That's who we're going to be.
• 18:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: So kids are going to have to get used to it.
• 18:29
  [SPEAKER_03]: They're going to have to get in shape.
• 18:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: And they're going to have to, if we want to be successful, that's what's got to happen.
• 18:36
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's just we don't have we don't we don't have that many players no one takes anybody lightly So to speak you got been central next Friday, but is it gonna be nice to maybe have a week of practice where you It just maybe just focus on tipped in and it's not as The opponent's not gonna be as challenging to prepare for I think so I mean Honestly after you know we I don't feel like we played great for three weeks to be honest
• 19:04
  [SPEAKER_03]: And maybe that regardless of who we play, maybe that needs to be our mindset and say, you know what, we need to focus on us every week.
• 19:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we've got a lot of good football teams down the road.
• 19:17
  [SPEAKER_03]: And we've got to focus on us because as always, the goal is we want to be able to win in compete as sectional.
• 19:26
  [SPEAKER_03]: And our schedule should be able to prepare us.
• 19:30
  [SPEAKER_03]: to compete at that level, but we've got to be better than we were tonight.
• 19:35
  [SPEAKER_00]: I know coming into the season you were a little concerned about the secondary a little bit in line-backing core because that's where you've had your the heaviest loss of talent at the last couple of years.
• 19:50
  [SPEAKER_03]: Yeah, honestly we ought to be better than we are, but no, we are not playing, we're not playing very well at the second, third level defensively.
• 19:59
  [SPEAKER_03]: we're going to do some research and figure out why, you know, the kids that are out there are good kids and they're good athletes.
• 20:09
  [SPEAKER_03]: So to me, if they're good athletes and they're good kids and they're coachable then we can get them where we need to get them.
• 20:14
  [SPEAKER_03]: But we're out there right now.
• 20:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, thank you Aaron.
• 20:27
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• 20:51
  [SPEAKER_04]: All right, Michelle, so some good news here for the Blue Devils first.
• 20:57
  [SPEAKER_04]: You've mentioned this over and over, you'll probably learn more from the loss than you do from a win.
• 21:02
  [SPEAKER_04]: You learn more from playing a gunaponet that you do from playing a bad opponent.
• 21:06
  [SPEAKER_04]: And also, now you go into a week where you get to work on yourself and play a team that hasn't won in years.
• 21:13
  [SPEAKER_04]: And hopefully this will start to turn things around because the rest of the year is tough.
• 21:21
  [SPEAKER_01]: The who's your conference is tough.
• 21:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: I would say you have the trip to a Ben Central this week and then you have a Western team that's down a little bit this year, but they are still a three, three or four ice schools.
• 21:35
  [SPEAKER_01]: So and just keep West Lafayette.
• 21:38
  [SPEAKER_01]: Did they really?
• 21:39
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
• 21:40
  [SPEAKER_01]: Well, then you have West Lafayette that is a jekyll and high has been a jekyll and high.
• 21:43
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think for the last two to three years, right.
• 21:46
  [SPEAKER_01]: It amazes me that they should be so much better than they are and they play games like Oh, this is West Lafayette and then he's right play a game like who is that in a row now?
• 21:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, so crazy but their two teams that I don't think are as schematically challenging as say central Catholic heights twin lakes, Logan's port primarily a run team
• 22:15
  [SPEAKER_01]: Um, and they did graduate a lot of, um, kids, last year's, um, but that's down the road, um, tip to just, you know, they do need to work on themselves this week and I, that's what they intend to do and Heights is gonna have to, they're gonna face Western and I think they're on a roll.
• 22:31
  [SPEAKER_01]: They got that first win.
• 22:32
  [SPEAKER_01]: It feels good.
• 22:33
  [SPEAKER_01]: But they also now just, I mean, they just have to keep their notes to the grindstone because it is the Hoosier Conference, which means there are some really good teams and it kind of
• 22:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: it changes things week to week.
• 22:47
  [SPEAKER_01]: For Tipton and Hamiltonites, I think this week's games, Tipton at Benton Central and Hamilton Heights hosting Western, I think they're too good opponents to have to come off and play after coming off.
• 22:59
  [SPEAKER_01]: challenging games as far as schematics, rivalry, you know, physicality, emotion, especially this year, because I mean, normally that is at the last two years, Western has been a team that was going to be really difficult, not that they're not difficult, they're coached by coach, Colby, who is a good football coach.
• 23:19
  [SPEAKER_01]: They just graduated a lot, so they're still finding their way.
• 23:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: And they're primarily running team.
• 23:25
  [SPEAKER_01]: What will help is Caleb,
• 23:27
  [SPEAKER_01]: small when he coached at Northwestern, even though Northwestern wasn't in the Housier Conference at that time, you know, Caleb's better round and heights and stuff in the past.
• 23:37
  [SPEAKER_01]: He's familiar with what goes on with Western, I have a little heights was in the M.I.C.
• 23:42
  [SPEAKER_01]: with Western too, so he's pretty familiar with that, and knows what to expect in the for tips and the trip to Benton Central, a great
• 23:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: diligent, just like Caleb and his staff or diligent.
• 24:00
  [SPEAKER_01]: They'll know what the opponent
• 24:02
  [SPEAKER_01]: wants to run.
• 24:03
  [SPEAKER_01]: They'll know who their best players are.
• 24:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: They'll know formations, but for tipped in, they will concentrate on themselves this week.
• 24:11
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I really believe they'll concentrate a heck of a lot on just trying to find a defense that they can fit their personnel.
• 24:20
  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's been for them.
• 24:22
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's the big challenge.
• 24:24
  [SPEAKER_01]: And it doesn't get any easier.
• 24:26
  [SPEAKER_01]: They know how good
• 24:30
  [SPEAKER_01]: Aaron said after the game that the night right now tips and really needs to work and look at themselves and work on them, not that winning the conference, you can't say at one on one that winning the conference is out of the question, but it's unlikely with a trip to Logan Sport on the agenda and a trip to twin lakes on the agenda.
• 24:53
  [SPEAKER_01]: That's right.
• 24:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: But to get ready for the
• 24:57
  [SPEAKER_01]: that is huge and I think that that's what Tiffton will spend the next few weeks doing is finding a defensive identity.
• 25:05
  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think they have to worry about offensive identity.
• 25:08
  [SPEAKER_01]: I just think they'll home and find tunes and things, especially alone, the offensive line, you know, get them jelled together more and in their positions.
• 25:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: But it's finding that defensive identity and it's also finding guys that can cover a kickoff return on kickoff.
• 25:29
  [SPEAKER_04]: Our Michelle, you and I will talk more about the Hoosier Conference in this game on our week four recap on Tuesday and we will talk with Coach Cole after the Benton Central game and I don't think we've made a solid plan for what we're doing for Friday night yet but we will have a plan so make sure you are subscribed so you know when there is a new podcast Michelle
• 25:54
  [SPEAKER_01]: Thank you, Greg, and I also want to thank Aaron and Caleb for being so gracious to make time and for me after the game and every week.
• 26:06
  [SPEAKER_01]: I appreciate the coaches that do that.
• 26:09
  [SPEAKER_01]: I want to thank them for being so forthcoming and all their help throughout the season.
• 26:15
  [SPEAKER_04]: They are two good ones, that's for sure.
• 26:17
  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, they are.
• 26:22
  [SPEAKER_04]: And I want to echo Michelle Sentiment.
• 26:24
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• 26:34
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• 26:38
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• 26:50
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