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- 0:05[SPEAKER_02]: You are listening to the Central Indiana Sports Report week eight high school football recap with the months you start press sports editor Kate Hampton on Delaware County football and beyond that's only on the Central Indiana Sports Report
- 0:25[SPEAKER_02]: Welcome high school football fans of the Central Indian Esports Report for this edition of the Week 8 recap here on the Central Indian Esports Report with Matsisar Press Sports Editor Kate Hampton here to talk about.
- 0:39[SPEAKER_02]: An emotional night at Pendleton for the Yorktown Tigers.
- 0:43[SPEAKER_02]: West Del remaining unbeaten on the season, Matsis central beating Kokomo in setting up a
- 0:53[SPEAKER_02]: plus sectional draw analysis and a lot more.
- 0:56[SPEAKER_02]: This is one of several podcasts of our Week 8 recap.
- 1:01[SPEAKER_02]: We have one on the CIC and three river's conference with Grant Shows.
- 1:06[SPEAKER_02]: Michelle Garmin talking about Franklin and L Wood and Tipped in West Lafayette and Will Williams of the Lebanon reporter on a big Zion'sville win over Avan, Western Boons win over North Putnam and a showdown
- 1:21[SPEAKER_02]: Defending State Champion Cascade for the Monon Conference Championship and Lebanon ending a 3-game losing streak and looking pretty good and looking like they're pretty good shape heading into the postseason and it's all on the central Indiana Sports Report.
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- 1:54[SPEAKER_02]: All right, here it is, Cade Hampton of the Mussey Star Press on Delaware County Football on Friday, and now talking with Cade Hampton Sports Editor at the Mussey Star Press about what's going on around Delaware County in his coverage area, and of course.
- 2:13[SPEAKER_02]: The story all week was at Yorktown, and it culminated in an emotional night on Friday, Kate.
- 2:22[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah.
- 2:23[SPEAKER_01]: It was definitely a very tragic and devastating week for Yorktown with the loss of Chris Wilson and thoughts and prayers.
- 2:32[SPEAKER_01]: And my heart still goes out to his family and friends and everybody.
- 2:37[SPEAKER_01]: Um, to see everybody, you know, out there, um, to see his family out there and, you know, the stands packed with fans, sure, and on that team and, uh, the team, you know, battle until the end, it wasn't, you know, the game kind of got away from him in the second half, uh,
- 2:51[SPEAKER_01]: they were they were pretty spent you know physically and emotionally they're pretty banged up injury wise and yeah just the game had gotten away from them but they definitely honored their friend by fight until the end scorn or touch channel in the very last play and the the tributes that were paid to him in that game and throughout the area where we're very you know beautiful and touching to see so yeah like you said it's been it's been a very sad week but
- 3:20[SPEAKER_01]: You know, times like this, you just got a lean on your teammates in your community, and it's nice to see everybody continue to do that once again, and what's been a really really tough year around here.
- 3:30[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, and one of the classiest athletic programs around is Pinnleton Heights, and they did a nice job on Friday.
- 3:37[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely, yeah.
- 3:38[SPEAKER_01]: They did a really, really great job just having so much respect and class and handle in the tragedy with such grace and the moment of silence and everything and the way their team supported Yorktown after the fact and the day of the news coming out, taking time to pray for them after practice.
- 3:59[SPEAKER_01]: It was a very, very high class.
- 4:05[SPEAKER_01]: program over there at one hundred percent.
- 4:09[SPEAKER_02]: And there was a football game played and you're down again.
- 4:13[SPEAKER_02]: It got away from them and this is that can have no idea how the emotions affected things one way or the other.
- 4:19[SPEAKER_02]: So it's kind of a performance.
- 4:20[SPEAKER_02]: You kind of put your back the back of your mind and think, and don't really look at it the same way you would a regular game.
- 4:27[SPEAKER_01]: And at the same time, it's like that Pendleton team isn't a team that you're
- 4:35[SPEAKER_01]: they lost this match up in the regular season and then ended up getting revenge in the sexual championship.
- 4:40[SPEAKER_01]: And now, you know, Pendleton's up in five a so they're not going to have to see them in the sectional again and won't have to worry about that.
- 4:47[SPEAKER_01]: potential revenge aspect or anything, but yeah, obviously, just a very tough emotional night.
- 4:54[SPEAKER_01]: And I do think that that certainly played a role in their kind of second half, just not being able to stay in that game really, I think they just kind of were pretty spent.
- 5:06[SPEAKER_01]: emotionally and physically by that point.
- 5:08[SPEAKER_01]: So it certainly is one that, you know, you just got to kind of put behind them and they got another, you know, good chance to add another way against that Mount Vernon and the regular season finale.
- 5:18[SPEAKER_01]: And then, you know, they'll open up sectional play with Bishop Bluers, which is a solid program up there in Fort Wayne.
- 5:24[SPEAKER_01]: So we'll be, uh,
- 5:26[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, certainly, uh, you know, have a pretty good chance, I believe I looked at the, uh, John Herald website.
- 5:32[SPEAKER_01]: I think Yorktown is, uh, a slight, you know, favorite, uh, in that section.
- 5:36[SPEAKER_01]: But, um, it's definitely going to be a tough, uh, road.
- 5:40[SPEAKER_01]: And, uh, you know, that much tougher when you're, when you're doing it without, uh, someone who meant so much to that team, uh, with, with Chris Wilson.
- 5:48[SPEAKER_02]: It's a fact, and it's a really tough sectional.
- 5:52[SPEAKER_02]: I mean, maybe they're the favorites, maybe they're not, but I'll say this.
- 5:56[SPEAKER_02]: You gotta go through the lures the first round.
- 5:58[SPEAKER_02]: Then you're gonna have to go through a monthly central team they had a battle with first time around.
- 6:02[SPEAKER_02]: And Logan sport from the top of that bracket, and I've seen Logan sport a lot this year, and that team is legit.
- 6:08[SPEAKER_02]: So it is a very tough,
- 6:11[SPEAKER_02]: uh... sectional but i will say this if you put up thirty three points again that's going on the last play of the game so if you put up twenty seven points and put up those kinds of numbers against the penultimate defense like that you definitely have a yourself a chance to win a sexual
- 6:25[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, 100% it's yeah, that Pindleton team is is very solid and and kind of on that same note You mentioned that I mean Delta also in that section will take on Logan's port in the first round Gates of Pendleton down to the wire the week before you are 10.
- 6:40[SPEAKER_01]: I was a 40 to 34 ball game.
- 6:42[SPEAKER_01]: So
- 6:43[SPEAKER_01]: I think you know the way Delta's play and they have some some good talent on that offense uh, even Thomas at running back is uh, kind of the star of the show there.
- 6:51[SPEAKER_01]: I mean he's got a 100 every time I check their numbers he's got 120 Russian yards and a couple touchdowns pretty much every game, but yeah.
- 6:58[SPEAKER_01]: Deacon Bl Evans has been really good at quarterback, JJ Ferney as a sophomore that's had a really nice kind of breakout season of ever see for there So, you know, I'm surprised when you see I don't know Logan's port as well as you do, but it wouldn't surprise me to see Delta kind of Give them a little bit of a game in the first first round the way they're playing But as we know Delta always seems to bring it to best in the postseason
- 7:21[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
- 7:23[SPEAKER_01]: It's definitely been a lot of improvement in year two under Billy Lynch in the Billy Lynch coaching era.
- 7:30[SPEAKER_01]: So we'll definitely be keeping an eye on Delta's taking on Logan's port.
- 7:35[SPEAKER_01]: That'll be definitely a tough draw for him, but it's a game that I think that they could certainly hang around in.
- 7:43[SPEAKER_02]: and moving to the North Central Conference Cade big wins for months.
- 7:46[SPEAKER_02]: He's central this week.
- 7:47[SPEAKER_02]: It's been 12 years since they've won a North Central Conference Championship.
- 7:51[SPEAKER_02]: It's only been two or three years since wins were hard to come by for that program.
- 7:56[SPEAKER_02]: And what a job Kyle Burrish has done and can they finish it off on Friday?
- 8:02[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, it's been very, very, you know, fun to watch that program turn around and, you know, put some, you know, back to back wanting seasons together for the first time and I believe at least a decade probably right around a decade something like that, but.
- 8:18[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah, it's, uh, you know, really, really big matchup with, uh, Lafayette Jefferson coming up this week and, uh, you know, they're, they're still one of the, one of the, one of the highly ranked teams and, and class five A, they're one of the, you know, top programs, maybe not as strong as they have been in recent years, but still definitely a, a very talented team that, uh, is going to be tough for central to beat.
- 8:38[SPEAKER_01]: So,
- 8:40[SPEAKER_01]: That's a very great matchup to kind of close out the regular season on and yeah, Central can pull that one off and then take on the North Central Conference.
- 8:49[SPEAKER_01]: That'll be a big milestone for Kyle Burration and that program on.
- 8:55[SPEAKER_01]: They certainly, they had the talent to do it.
- 8:56[SPEAKER_01]: I mean,
- 8:57[SPEAKER_01]: like I said about, um, you know, Delta earlier that offense, they've got a lot of firepower, Mason Ferguson at quarterback is taking a big jump and just a really talented trio of receivers with Doran Montgomery, Kai Hayed, and Carlos Eccles Jr., they can be chained a lot of different ways, and then you look at that defense.
- 9:16[SPEAKER_01]: Hayed is, as good as he is at receiver, he might be even better at safety.
- 9:20[SPEAKER_01]: It's, uh,
- 9:21[SPEAKER_01]: it's tough to tell where, you know, he makes a bigger impact for them.
- 9:24[SPEAKER_01]: And then, but the real real standout on that defensive line is the, on that defense is the defensive line.
- 9:30[SPEAKER_01]: You got guys like Isaiah Amerson, Dimash on Climans up there that are just, they've got, you know, multiple B1 offers between the two of them and just so much size and, you know,
- 9:41[SPEAKER_01]: strength that they can really, you know, terrorize some, some opposing backfields.
- 9:45[SPEAKER_01]: And, uh, yeah, I mean, if they do, you know, uh, coltomo gave him a good game.
- 9:50[SPEAKER_01]: Lastly, they'll have to take them, you know, in the first round of sectional.
- 9:53[SPEAKER_01]: But, uh, if we get a monthly central versus sport time rematch in the second round there,
- 9:58[SPEAKER_01]: uh... that that would be a good game you know that uh... i think it's twenty four seven york town was the final of that one earlier this year so not particularly like close on the final school board but central definitely showed some five they were in that one for quite a while uh... i know they would love a second crack at them so that that that that that it was close all game until the very end
- 10:18[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, kind of like it kind of like I said earlier about Yorktown at Pendleton at kind of that one kind of got away from central there at the end.
- 10:25[SPEAKER_01]: But it definitely would, you know, would be a nice rematch.
- 10:29[SPEAKER_01]: And I think with some of the injuries that that Yorktown is battling, I think central might have a little bit better of a chance.
- 10:35[SPEAKER_02]: Another team with something to play for.
- 10:38[SPEAKER_02]: although not really this week because they're playing Camper City, but and not the next week because they drew a first round by, but the Westdale owners still unbeaten 52 to 8 win over Union County.
- 10:49[SPEAKER_02]: And they're going to roll through Camper City this week.
- 10:52[SPEAKER_02]: Get a first round by and they are sitting pretty.
- 10:55[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
- 10:56[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
- 10:56[SPEAKER_01]: And such a great, you know, accomplishment for for Matt Knuckles in that program.
- 11:00[SPEAKER_01]: Even if they don't win us, you know, a sectional game having to put in an undefeated regular season together after the state that program was in, I mean, the year before Nuckels took over, they, you know, were winless.
- 11:10[SPEAKER_01]: And now, you know, four years later, that's, you know, an undefeated regular season is quite an accomplishment.
- 11:16[SPEAKER_01]: So definitely an interesting sectional draw getting the buy given them a little bit of time to get healthy a little bit.
- 11:22[SPEAKER_01]: And,
- 11:23[SPEAKER_01]: uh... for pair uh... a little extra hard for their uh... likely opponent in night sound uh... night sound is very very good this year have uh... very good you know uh... aerial attack passing offense out there so um... well we get to find out how good of a coach coach knuckles is because he's got three weeks to prepare for an unbeaten team so he should be able to draw something up in three weeks right no pressure
- 11:49[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I mean, you got that much time to kind of focus on the, on the same opponent, you know, it's, it can certainly help, but yeah, like I said, I mean, that night's sound team is very talented and it's been a while since, it's been a while since Westdale has, has won in the postseason at all.
- 12:08[SPEAKER_01]: I want to post it.
- 12:09[SPEAKER_01]: I don't think they've won a postseason game since 2017, so that, I mean, getting over that hump, getting kind of those,
- 12:16[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, you know, nerves or jitters out are going to be big, but if they can get past Knights town, I really like their odds to take home that sectional championship that I believe it's been 51 years, 1975 was West else last sectional championship and football.
- 12:30[SPEAKER_01]: So it would be would be a massive accomplishment there if they can pull that one off.
- 12:36[SPEAKER_02]: And tries likely to come out of the other side.
- 12:39[SPEAKER_02]: There's really only three good football teams in the sectional and Westella Knights town or two of them try as the other.
- 12:47[SPEAKER_02]: So if you can get past Knights town in the first game, really good chance of winning the sectional, but just getting that win is going to be difficult.
- 12:56[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, it's going to be, you know, a tough battle, a tough draw, but, you know, what so, I mean, haven't seen them play now, they certainly look legit, they have a ton of confidence on, you know, the players, the coaching staff, they certainly believe that.
- 13:12[SPEAKER_01]: that they can get it done, it's just a matter of execution.
- 13:15[SPEAKER_01]: So they have the talent to execute.
- 13:18[SPEAKER_01]: They have the back field with guys like Riker Mach and Zach Gillen back there that got an experienced quarterback of Noah Purdue and they've added, like I, you know, I feel like I've talked about it plenty of times at this point, but adding that kind of passing element with Ryan Hyer at receiver, putting some explosive plays, going up and making some contested catches out there.
- 13:38[SPEAKER_01]: it certainly opens things up for them a little bit more.
- 13:41[SPEAKER_02]: So I like the strategy on Friday night, just throw the ball up and let Ryan higher go catch it because that's what he did.
- 13:48[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, hey, if they can't, you know, if you can't nobody stop him, you just gotta throw it up to your guys.
- 13:54[SPEAKER_01]: It's kind of simple sometimes.
- 13:55[SPEAKER_01]: You gotta play your matchups.
- 13:57[SPEAKER_02]: That's right.
- 13:59[SPEAKER_02]: All right, Kade, well football is all we're doing right now on the central Indiana Sports Report as far as high school sports, but it's not all you do because you've got a lot going on.
- 14:09[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
- 14:09[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
- 14:09[SPEAKER_01]: Hey.
- 14:10[SPEAKER_01]: It's October.
- 14:11[SPEAKER_01]: You know, probably my busiest time of the year, covered, you know, we got Ball State football coverage always coming out and then got some teams in the post season for soccer.
- 14:23[SPEAKER_01]: Jake County, boy soccer in Delta Girl soccer, both to come sectional championships this year.
- 14:28[SPEAKER_01]: So I got a got to go see them get that done and then they're going
- 14:37[SPEAKER_01]: Oh yeah, I think there's a couple of the solid volleyball teams getting ready to get their postseason started.
- 14:43[SPEAKER_01]: You're down.
- 14:44[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah, I want to, I want to, once again, one of the top ranked teams in the state, they're looking to win their, I don't even know how many sectional titles in a row.
- 14:53[SPEAKER_01]: It, it'll be, if, if they get this one done and then, uh, yeah, they, they made a final four run last year, uh, looking to, to get back to that level and, and possibly a little
- 15:07[SPEAKER_01]: And then you got a couple of other really good teams around here, especially with the two-way level.
- 15:11[SPEAKER_01]: You got Muncie Burris and Winchester both very highly ranked teams this year, obviously Burris with all their incredible history and Winchester, you know, this is a group that
- 15:24[SPEAKER_01]: group of seniors that, you know, when they were sophomores, they want a regional championship as well.
- 15:28[SPEAKER_01]: And then last year, they, you know, pretty surprisingly got bounced from the first round of sectionals.
- 15:33[SPEAKER_01]: So, they certainly are coming back with a chip on their shoulder and a lot of experience under their belt.
- 15:39[SPEAKER_01]: And that's, that's a team I could see making some noise in the, in the two, a tournament as well.
- 15:46[SPEAKER_02]: And where can people find your coverage, kid?
- 15:50[SPEAKER_01]: Um, yeah, I am on Twitter at or former or ex the everything app formerly known as Twitter.
- 15:57[SPEAKER_01]: Um, Kate Hampton, which is just my name, but with the number 10 instead of the COA at the end.
- 16:04[SPEAKER_01]: And then, uh, yeah, just the star press on the website starpress.com, uh, or, you know, just Google the star press.
- 16:11[SPEAKER_01]: And, uh, that's, that's really all there is to it, but that's where you can find anything that I'm writing or doing.
- 16:17[SPEAKER_01]: Um, it's, uh, it's certainly, there's gonna be plenty, like I said, it is my busiest time here, so plenty of stuff, uh, plenty of stuff coming up in the next couple of weeks.
- 16:26[SPEAKER_02]: Okay, and thank you so much.
- 16:28[SPEAKER_02]: It will hear more from Cade as the football season progresses and always appreciate it, Cade.
- 16:35[SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely, thanks so much for having me on Greg.
- 16:41[SPEAKER_02]: Thanks so much for listening.
- 16:43[SPEAKER_02]: Please make sure you check out our other week eight recaps with Will Williams of the Lebanon Reporter.
- 16:50[SPEAKER_02]: Grant Shouse of the Action Sports Network and Michelle Garmin of the Tipton's Room and Elwood Colleater.
- 16:58[SPEAKER_02]: And later Tuesday and more likely, early Wednesday our full recap from every game across Central Indiana with our week eight honors our play player coach team and win of the week and our weekly rankings are top 20 power pole and each class ranking.
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- 17:53[SPEAKER_02]: And I love Susie.