Power rankings (im going to get hate for this)
1. crown point (1-0)
2. Merrillville (1-0)
3. Portage (1-0)
4. Chesterton (1-0)
5. Valpo (0-1)
6. Lake central (1-0)
7. Laporte (0-1)
8. Michigan city (0-1)
Week 2 schedule predictions
Andrean @ Valpo:
Last meeting : valpo 55-18
Andrean is much improved from last year. They were able to live the ball a little through the air last week on merrillville but there rushing attack was non existent as Merrillville held them between 0-30 yards rushing. (Conflicting stats being reported) Andrean says zero.. Andrean is a 2A school that doesn’t play a 2A schedule. They go from merrillville to Valpo not an easy task. Valpo went into Penn not knowing what they had as Penn has a new coach and Valpo had a lot of production to replace. There high scoring game with Penn was defense optional
. Valpo lost the game though but moved the ball well. Valpo should be able to move the ball in the ground easily against andreanValpo wins 45-7
Chesterton @ Hammond Morton:
Last meeting: (nothing recorded for last 35 years)
Chesterton had there way with Hobart last week as they ran for over 300 yards behind there good offensive line. Chesterton lost a lot of tight games last year. and they are my darkhorse in the DAC this year. Hammond Morton has a lot of talent but the hype around them has got to disappear. They have been nothing short of disappointing for 4 years now. Not sure what it is but something always seems to be holding them back. Hammond Morton’s offensive line just doesn’t seem to have it. But it’s a long season. Chesterton will struggle with the speed of Hammond Morton I also expect Morton to adjust and get there skill players the ball quicker. But I don’t think Morton has any shot at slowing down the run game of Chesterton.
Chesterton wins 34-17
Lafayette Jeff @ Michigan city:
Last meeting: city 36-30
Jeff played and won against Avon and looked good all the way around the ball. Speed. Some size. Good tackling But a lot of room to grow. Michigan city played warsaw and lost 20-7. Offense moved the ball but didn’t finish drives and the defense stood tough against that “BART BALL” anyone who knows warsaw or coach bart knows that system is a pain to defend. Michigan city has the athletes to go toe to toe with jeff in what I think will be a high scoring game. I think Jeff gets revenge for last year in a tight one
Lafayette 45-38
Lake central @ Grand Rapids catholic:
Last meeting: none
Lake central started the season with a new coach and a win over Munster. They moved the ball very well against a Munster team that also has a brand new coach. Can’t really say much of anything about either of these programs. Just gonna gonna go with lake centrals past with Michigan schools
Grand Rapids wins 28-17
Lowell @ Laporte:
Last meeting: Lowell 26-7
Laporte opened the season with new prairie and struggled to move the ball. Seems like it’s more of the same from Laporte to start the year. Hopefully the coach gets this team going! It’s always better when all games are competitive. Lowell opened the season with a loss to 6A crown point. They moved the ball very little against crown point. But there defense at times did cause issues. Just going off week 1 Lowell is better prepared for week 2 off there opponent from week 1
Lowell 40-7
Portage @ Northwood:
Last meeting: Northwood 49-7
Portage snapped a long losing streak defeating a talent filled Hammond Morton team Friday night. They were able to run and pass where ever they need to all game. But Northwood is not Hammond Morton. Northwood is well coached and has talent at the key positions and the culture built there is amazing. This team knows how to win. Portage got the monkey off there back with the W on Friday but Northwood will protect home turf and defeat the portage Indians
Northwood 35-17
Merrillville @ Hobart:
Last meeting: Merrillville 31-12
Merrillville was able to run there way to run there way to victory Friday night on the back of RB JQ Johnson. JQ had his way running over the Andrean defense. As he did most of last season. Merrillville new starting QB Jordan sanders also showed a solid varsity debut hitting some long passes for scores. The biggest suprise to me was merrillvilles run defense shutting no down Andrean. Anyone who knows merrillville inked the rush defense is not always the greatest for pirates. But on the flip side merrillville WRs have plenty of room to improve after alot of open dropped passes. Hobart on the other had lost there opening contest to the Chesterton Trojans. Chesterton ran for over 300 yards behind there experienced O-line. Hobart had no answers for anything Chesterton pulled out. Not a great debut for the new head coach. But positive signs were also shown. Plenty to build on going forward this season. Unfortunately Hobart turns around and runs into the most consistent team in the region in last decade in merrillville. Not a great thing for them with Merrillville coming off a win that wasn’t perfect either. Gives both teams something to build on in this game.
Merrillville wins 42-7
Game of the week:
Arizona college prep @ crown point:
crown point ran through Lowell after hanging there 6A state runner up banner. This result was expected. Lowell provided little to no resistance against a team then expects to make a run in 6A again this year. Arizona college prep is a team that has talent and had a record of 8-4 last year. They will come up and potentially give crown point a game.
I’m gonna go with crown point
Crown point 28-21
