Spending the day at the dome for the 8 man, A, and 1A games. Beautiful 72 degrees watching some (hopefully) good games is a great way to spend a day off
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The ref behind the play was definitely blocked from seeing that ball hit the ground but one of the others should have seen that.
Lol the look of yeah I didn’t catch that **** but thanks touchdown Jesus
Absolutely ridiculous these championship games aren't on IPTV. Incompetence at IHSAA strikes again.
Both of these 8 man teams have over 40 players on their roster.
Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.
Maybe they should make a 6A. Move A to 1A and so on and put 8 man at class A. Make them put three more players on the field. Seems like a lot of 8 man teams have over or close to 30 players on their roster. There are a lot of class A rosters with fewer kids. They seem to find a way to get 11 on the field.
ive officiated plenty of 8-man games and i can safely say this is not the case.
i've seen 12 people on the sideline before.
I think these two teams are outliers.
It's also more than likely that almost every boy in the school is out for football.
12 people on the sideline means 23 players. 40 is an outlier, but mid 20's is not. That's enough to put 11 on the field. Belle Plaine played 9 games in class A last year with 15 or 16 kids dressing. They've dropped to 8 man, but maybe schools like that should think about consolidating.
There should be two classes of 8 man.
He means 12 kids total and that is pretty common in 8 man schools.
I'm 100% in the camp of give more kids opportunities and taking away 8 man takes away a ton of opportunities.
Here are the actual enrollment numbers for the current class sizes (click 2023-24 BEDS):
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Bedford ranks high academically and is a county seat, so that might help their enrollment, make it higher than it would otherwise be.
Bedford fans are livid but I had no problem with the targeting call on the kickoff. Kid clearly launched himself head first
If you have 12 kids out for football grades 9-12 maybe your school should consolidate. Mormon Trail, I'm looking at you. Chariton, SEW, Clarke and Wayne aren't that far away.
let me rephrase.
12 kids.. total. including the 8 on the field.
i also think there is more that goes into consolidation than just "welp, we have 12 guys on the football field, better consolidate"
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