Football 2010 by AIM Media Indiana

Friday, August 20, 2010

Football 2010 Inside: Colts, IU, Purdue and Notre Dame, plus a 12-page pullout section featuring Columbus East, Columbus North and area teams

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BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com

If baseball is the national pastime, football is the national passion. As the seasons change from summer to fall and the green leaves turn yellow and red and tumble, the attention of the sports fan changes, too. Professional football occupies the mind and fills couches as well as stadi-

ums across the country on Sundays, and the NFL’s partnership with television practically turned Monday night into a weekly holiday. The Indianapolis Colts are a unifying element in Indiana, a statewide team fans follow and boast about from South Bend to Columbus. Saturday belongs to the colleges, Notre Dame, the biggest of the big-time

schools throughout history, and Indiana University and Purdue University of the Big Ten. Alumni proclaim their allegiances with license plates on their cars that might as well serve as advertising for their degrees. Friday night lights shine on Columbus East and Columbus North, a fierce rivalry of pride and prejudice, highlight-

ed even more one day a year when the schools face each other on the gridiron. That day is Aug. 27, just a week after tonight’s openers, pitting the Olympians against Greenwood and the Bull Dogs against Seymour. Temperatures might still register summer marks, but once the boys of autumn kick the pigskin it is football season.

What’s inside On the Sidelines

Indianapolis Colts, IU, Purdue, Notre Dame Manning No Superhero Page 4

Coordinator/designer Joe Gill Writers Lew Freedman, Jess Huffman, Ryan Schroer Photographers Andrew Laker, Joel Philippsen, Joe Harpring, Tommy Walker Copy Editor Anthony Murphy

Boilers have big plans Page 23

New, Fresh, Optimistic

East grads at Indiana

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On the Cover Columbus East’s Anthony Miller (2) breaks up a pass to Chae Douglas (1) of Columbus North during their 2009 game in the photo by The Republic’s Andrew Laker.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter of Sunday’s NFL preseason game in Indianapolis.

Manning’s miracle is in his work ethic BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com ANDERSON — Peyton Manning is the perfect quarterback specimen. He is the right size at 6-foot-5 and 230 pounds. He sees the field with the sweep of a video camera. He throws the ball like a laser homing in on a target. And Lord, the numbers the way they pile up, year after year, season after season. There is little doubt that Manning will retire holding more records than Brett Favre, Barry Bonds, Michael Jordan or anyone else who boggled the sports world with his excellence. Yet on the scorching hot morning when the 13-year veteran who came out of University of Tennessee as the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick in 1998, reported to the Indianapolis Colts summer training camp, all Manning could talk about was working harder and improving. The gunslinger who has completed 64.8 percent of his NFL passes, thrown for 366 touchdowns and 50,128 yards, four times been named Associated Press league MVP, won a Super Bowl and been selection to the Pro Bowl 10 times, spoke about getting better. Peyton Manning getting better: How scary is that for a defensive back to hear? Defensive coordinators already subsisting on NoDoz in the week leading up to a Colts game had to be trembling. “I’m looking forward to going to work,” were just about the first words out of Manning’s mouth as he stepped out of a white SUV upon arriving at Anderson University for camp. This guy’s idea of a good vacation is probably eating buttered popcorn while watching game films alone. Manning’s film-watching habits have always been legendary. He has probably watched more movies than Siskel and Ebert, though Colts teammates and not Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, star in his shows. Manning’s four-star ratings are reserved for game films that end with a W for the Colts. Manning, now 34, is the son of a quarterback, Archie Manning, the one-time Ole Miss star and New Orleans Saint, and the brother of another quarterback, Eli of the New York Giants. While other kids might have watched TV comedies, Manning worked on his football education. In a famous story stemming from his early days at Tennessee, before it was determined who would become the starring quarterback, Manning kicked away

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a block holding open a workout building’s door to make a competitor late for film study. Four days before reporting to Colts camp, Manning said he played a round of golf. That was it, clubs holstered in the bag for the duration of the football season.

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“No more golf till January or February,” he said. Manning chatted with reporters for about 15 minutes, and he probably mentioned working hard or trying to improve eight or 10 times during that session. “My focus is to get better as a player,” he said, “to get my timing down with new

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players and to try to improve my skills. I just want to get a little bit better each day.” Maybe that’s how you become the best in the world at what you do, avoid being complacent, attack each new season as if you are a rookie just scrambling to make the team. The Colts are the defending AFC champions, winners of six division titles in the last seven years. Their final record was 16-3 last year after winning their first 14 in a row and including playoff triumphs over the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets. They made it to the Super Bowl, though they lost to the Saints, 3117. Manning said the only thing the Colts can do is try to be one game better at the end of the 2010 season. “That’s all we know how to do,” he said, “to go back to working hard again.” There it is again. Work more. Work hard. Manning is the bellwether of the Colts. He knows it. He understands that as the franchise player, as the one expected to lead Indianapolis to a Super Bowl, the other players must follow him. So it never hurts to say again and again what Manning not only believes, but wants his teammates to hear and do, too. And Manning’s words are the lyrics to coach Jim Caldwell’s favorite song.

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, right, is congratulated by team president Bill Polian after receiving the Associated Press MVP trophy for last season before Sunday’s preseason game in Indianapolis. “Any time you have one of the best players (like that) with an unbelievable work ethic, it trickles down,” Caldwell said. “His commitment to getting better, they pick up on that.” Despite what he says, it’s almost impossible for Manning to improve. There is only one surefire way to measure the Colts getting better this year. They must win the Super Bowl to cap this NFL season.

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Indianapolis Colts roster

Name Addai, Joseph Alleman, Andy Anderson, Trevor Angerer, Pat Baldwin, Ervin Bethea, Antoine Brackett, Gary Brandstater, Tom Brown, Donald Bullitt, Melvin Cadogan, Gerald Caldwell, David Chick, John Clark, Dallas Cloherty Colin Collie, Austin Conner, Kavell Dawson, Keyunta DeVan, Kyle Diem, Ryan Eldridge, Brody Favorite, Marlon Fisher, Ray Foster, Eric Freeney, Dwight Garcon, Pierre Giguere, Samuel

Pos. RB OG DE LB DE FS MLB QB RB SS T DB DE TE TE WR LB DE G T TE DT DB DE DE WR WR

Ht. 5-11 6-4 6-0 6-0 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-5 5-10 6-1 6-5 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-2 6-6 6-5 6-1 5-9 6-2 6-1 6-0 5-11

Wt 214 310 241 235 260 203 235 223 210 201 310 212 250 252 245 200 242 254 306 320 265 317 185 265 268 210 215

Yrs. 5 4 0 2 5 8 2 2 4 1 0 1 8 1 2 0 4 2 10 0 1 0 3 9 3 2

69 52 11 13 32 26 36 3 92 59 12 35 99 74 37 75 27 34 6 72 18 76 91 98 1 65 95 45

Gill, John Glenn, Cody Gonzalez, Anthony Guice, Dudley Hart, Mike Hayden, Kelvin Hemby, Jordan Hiller, Tim Hughes, Jerry Humber, Ramon James, Brandon James, Javarris Johnson, Antonio Johnson, Charlie King, Bandon King, Mitch Lacey, Jacob Lambert, Terrail Lindholm, Garrett Linkenbach, Jeffrey Manning, Peyton Marinelli, Chris Matthews, Ricardo Mathis, Robert McAfee, Pat McClendon, Jacques Moala, Fili Moore, Devin

DT LB WR WR RB CB CB QB DE OLB WR RB DT T DB DT CB DB K T QB T DE DE P G DT RB

6-3 6-0 6-0 6-3 5-9 6-0 5-11 6-4 6-2 5-11 5-7 6-0 6-3 6-4 5-10 6-2 5-10 5-11 5-9 6-4 6-5 6-4 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-3 6-4 5-9

302 240 193 209 206 195 190 229 255 232 176 215 310 305 194 282 177 190 190 311 230 311 245 245 220 304 303 191

1 2 4 1 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 1 2 1 0 0 13 0 0 8 2 0 2 1

90 38 7 78 25 61 47 21 63 55 40 10 48 2 84 79 73 20 23 49 39 64 67 4 87 50 15

Muir, Daniel DT Newton, Mike DB Painter, Curtis QB Pollak, Mike G Powers, Jerraud CB Richard, Jamey G Robinson, Gijon TE Sanders, Bob SS Saturday, Jeff C Session, Clint OLB Silva, Jamie FS Smith, Taj WR Snow, Justin LS Swenson, Brett K Tamme, Jacob TE Terry, Adam T Thomas, Jaimie G Thomas, Kevin DB Townsend, Deshea DB Tuihalakama, Vuna LB Turner, Thad DB Tyshovnytsky, Andrew T Ugoh, Tony T Vinatieri, Adam K Wayne, Reggie WR Wheeler, Phillip OLB White, Blair WR

6-2 5-10 6-4 6-3 5-10 6-5 6-1 5-8 6-2 6-0 5-11 5-0 6-3 5-8 6-3 6-8 6-4 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-4 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-2

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Duwyce Wilson and Dusty Kiel, both from Columbus East, stand for a portrait at Memorial Stadium at Indiana University in 2009.

Kiel, Wilson anxious to make impact BY JESS HUFFMAN jhuffman@therepublic.com BLOOMINGTON—Classes concluded in spring for quarterback Dusty Kiel and wide receiver Duwyce Wilson, but the two former Columbus East standouts, now second-year Indiana University football players, continued to study throughout the summer. Their courses were on the Pistol offense, a wave-of-thefuture-formation first implemented by the Hoosiers last season. “It feels no different than the spread, it’s just the running back is behind you,” said Kiel, who graduated as East’s alltime passing leader (5,854) and leader in total offense (7,491). “I think I’ve handled it pretty well.” Getting a grasp on the Pistol required

more than just hitting the playbooks. Kiel and Wilson worked on refining their impeccable timing, the product of six years as teammates. “When I need a guy to throw to in the summer, DuWyce is always there for me,” Kiel said. The Kiel-to-Wilson connection is coming to an IU football game near you sometime soon. The only question is when. After sitting out last year as redshirts, both are looking at a full four years of eligibility as they approach the Sept. 2 night opener versus Towson in Bloomington. That’s four more years to try to turn the Hoosiers into winners. “Whatever they want to do with me, I’ll do it,” said Wilson, a 6-foot-3, 200-

pounder. “I’m just here to help IU and ready to turn things around.” On New Year’s Eve 2007, the Hoosiers made their first postseason appearance since the early years of the Clinton administration — 1993, to be exact. Since that night three years ago, which ended in a 49-33 loss to Oklahoma State, Indiana has had a total of seven wins and a handful of near misses. Last September’s 36-33 loss to Michigan was only the first in a long line of heartbreakers. The Hoosiers lost three games by a field goal or less and lost to Iowa after building a fourth-quarter lead, when the Hawkeyes were ranked No. 4 in the nation. “When you have some disappointing losses like we did last year, you can

go one or two ways. I think they really motivated this group,” head coach Bill Lynch said after IU’s first practice of the season in early August. “Just watching what they did today, they certainly did their work during the summer.” The Hoosiers are sturdy at quarterback, where fifth-year senior Ben Chappell returns to start his second season behind center. The 6-foot-3, 239-pounder ranked third in the Big Ten with 245.1 passing yards per game last season. But Kiel, whose uncle, Blair, played quarterback for University of Notre Dame, doesn’t look at his redshirt season as merely an opportunity to listen and learn. He wants to push Chappell for the starting job.

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Indiana University roster No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. CL 9 Adetona, Tyler WR 6-1 208 SO 23 Adkins, Chris S 6-1 195 JR 61 Ahlfeld, Chris C 6-1 276 SO 57 Bachman, Pete DE 6-5 240 FR 27 Banks, Antonio RB 5-10 200 FR 35 Barnett, Lawrence CB 5-10 194 FR 48 Beckum, Leon LB 5-11 226 JR 88 Belcher, Damarlo WR 6-5 215 JR 36 Binkley, Andrew WR 6-1 180 FR 97 Black, Jr., Larry DT 6-2 309 SO 25 Blackwell, David RB 6-0 215 FR 83 Bolser, Ted TE 6-5 245 FR 73 Brewer, James RT 6-8 335 SR 21 Burgess, Trea RB 6-1 230 SR 31 Burks, Aaron S 5-11 192 SR 23 Burks, Adrian CB 6-0 185 SR 34 Bush, Kevin DE 6-3 252 SO 45 Carr-Watson, Dimitrius LB6-1 235 FR 61 Carter, Mike DE 6-1 215 FR 78 Carter, Tony DT 6-1 285 JR 74 Chapman, Charlie OT 6-6 312 FR 4 Chappell, Ben QB 6-3 239 SR 84 Chester, Jamonne WR 6-1 205 FR 22 Connelly, John DB 6-1 185 FR 94 Cornley, Javon DE 6-5 235 FR 6 Council, Richard CB 6-1 201 SR 19 Creevey, Connor QB 6-2 230 SO 49 Dahlstrom, Griffen LB 6-3 225 FR 65 Darnisch, Marc OL 6-6 315 SO 3 Davis-Walker, Zach RB 5-8 196 JR 41 Dedmond, Max TE 6-5 255 JR 37 Denton, Jack TE 6-2 240 FR 31 Dietrick, Kyle S 6-2 201 SO 2 Doss, Tandon WR 6-3 195 JR 30 Drane, Jarrell S 6-2 210 JR 15 Ernest, Matt CB 6-2 190 JR 5 Evans, Mitchell S 6-3 200 SR 76 Evers, Cody OL 6-4 315 FR 39 Ewald, Mitch K 5-10 168 FR 79 Faulkner, Cody OL 6-5 315 SR 50 Fiacable, Steve OL 6-1 297 FR 14 Follett, Adam QB 6-5 236 SO 91 Ford, Nick K 5-9 204 SR 99 Freeland, Nick K 5-11 198 SO 77 Hager, Josh OT 6-9 201 JR 12 Hagerup, Chris P 6-5 206 JR 3 Hardin, Drew DB 6-0 190 FR 52 Harris, Marlandez DL 6-2 255 FR 87 Himes, Lenell TE 6-3 245 FR 47 Hoobler, Chase LB 6-2 225 FR 13 Hughes, Koﬁ WR 6-2 200 FR 71 Ivan, Bill OL 6-4 250 FR 35 Jefferson, Shaquille S 6-0 180 FR 44 Johnson, Darius DE 6-0 255 JR 10 Jones, Donnell DB 5-10 210 JR 93 Jones, Fred DE 6-4 270 JR 7 Kates, Andre CB 5-11 200 JR

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Keyt, Josh DE Kiel, Dusty QB Kiles, Lenyatta CB Kroot, Evan S Laihinen, John DE Lanning, Michael WR Love III, Charles TE Lukaszewski, Jamie LB Mack, Deonte DE Marquette, Jordan C Martin, Brad TE Martin, Brett WR Matte, Will C McDonald, Andrew LT McGhee, Brandon LB McGuigan, Tyler OL McShane, Pat OL Mentzer, Mick DT Muhammad, Dre WR O’Conner, Tim WR Owens, Milton DT Pagan, Justin OL Perez, Matt RB Phillips, Paul TE Phillis, Ryan LB Pimentel, Andrew S Pines, Adam P Price, Aaron OL Reisman, Nathan P Replogle, Adam DT Replogle, Tyler LB Rodkey, Colin OT Roggerman, Chad P Rose, Lee LB Sanders, Jeff LS Schell, Teddy QB Scott, Harrison DE Sherer, Chad LB Sims, Damon LB Sliger, Nicholas DT St. Fort, Peter CB Svarczkopf, Greg LB Thomas, Eric DE Thomas, Ishmael LB Thomas, Jeff LB Thomas, Terrance DL Turner, Terrance DL Webb, Alexander CB West, Kevin K Whitaker, Xavier RB Williams, Brian CB Willis, Darius RB Wilson, Duwyce WR Wright-Baker, Edw.d QB Young, Logan WR Zachery, Nick WR Zakrzewski, Matt LB Zupancic, Jake S

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Continued from Page 7 “Everything he tells me to do, I try to follow him because he’s a good leader and a good player,” Kiel said. “But I don’t think of it as I’m going to be the backup. I come out here, compete every day and try to push him to make him a little bit better.” During the first day of practice, Kiel rotated in at quarterback, splitting snaps with fellow redshirt freshman Edward Wright-Baker, 6-foot-5 junior Teddy Schell and Chappell. Wilson ran deep routes near the sideline and over the middle. “I just try to catch every ball they throw to me, try to contribute in any way,” Wilson said. “I think my speed will help me.” As a senior for East in 2008, Wilson caught 49 passes for 1,258 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was ranked as the state’s sixth-best prospect by

rivals.com and the country’s 38th-best wide receiver by scout.com. Last season, wearing a redshirt jersey on the sideline, Wilson watched the likes of Tandon Doss and Damarlo Belcher run routes and snag balls. Both receivers are returning after combining for nearly 145 yards per game in 2009. That’s normally not good news for an untested underclassman, but Kiel, who knows his receivers’ skills as well as anyone, said the Hoosiers will find a way to use Wilson this season. “He’ll play,” Kiel said. “I don’t know what they’ve got planned for him, but I’m sure he’ll play. And I’m sure he’ll do a good job.” And Wilson has the same kind of confidence in Kiel. “He’s a Kiel,” Wilson said. “All the Kiels are pretty intense about their football, so he’ll be a big impact.”

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Columbus East’s Rob McKee, Josh Douglas, Tyler Rayburn, Zane Yeager and Tyson Moore, from left, are linemen for the Olympians.

Linemen, in the trenches, don’t get much recognition BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com Nobody knows what they do. Not even coaches understand what happened on a given play until they look at the films. The guys who live in the trenches are the biggest guys on the football field. When the ball is snapped, the offensive linemen assigned to protect the quarterback and make holes for those speedy backs to run through, push forward and collide with the defensive linemen assigned to sack the quarterback or tackle

“Whenever we do get a compliment, it’s great.” – East’s Tyler Rayburn the running back. Sometimes the smack of shoulder pads between the irresistible force and the immovable object produces a sound as loud as a gunshot. With rare exception, the biggest players on a high school football field are linemen. And with rare exception they are anonymous.

Spectators watch the ball. If the quarterback throws downfield, all eyes follow the path of the pigskin. If a running back breaks outside, all eyes watch the run. The linemen? What were they doing on the play? Uh, don’t know. There might have been a great block to spring the back. Most people miss it. There might have been a wickedly slick

skedaddle around a blocker by a defensive end to force the play into the middle for a linebacker to make a tackle. Who noticed? “Whenever we do get a compliment, it’s great,” said Tyler Rayburn, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound left tackle for Columbus East. If he sounds like an insecure teen waiting for the phone to ring so the love of his life can ask him out on a date, so be it. Compliments are that unusual for linemen, whose arms and legs get

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Continued from Page 13 tangled and blocked from sideline vision in the scrum at the line of scrimmage to the point not even their head coach knows who did what to whom until he reviews game video. “They don’t hardly get any attention,” said East coach Bob Gaddis. “Sometimes those guys just labor and no one knows.” The widest guys on the East roster know the story. People who handle the ball get most of the credit. Fans just think of them as behemoths that muscle around like wrestlers or wallow in the mud. “If you’re big, everyone thinks you should play football,” said 6-1, 260-pound Olympians center Zane Yeager. What is often overlooked is that being a large dude doesn’t automatically make you a starter on a football team. It takes more than brute strength. “There’s a big difference between just being big,” said 6-4, 240-pounder Rob McKee, the left guard. “You have to be able to move, too.” Most of the East big guys have played football since they were little guys, with PAAL youth teams. Not Alex Stillabower, who measures in at 6-3, 230 on the defensive line. Stillabower was a boxer until the end of his freshman year, when he decided to switch to a different type of contact sport. Throwing punches in football will get

him flagged for illegal use of the hands, but Stillabower already had the type of stamina built in to survive wilting summer football practices, except that right now he is rehabbing a knee injury he hopes doesn’t keep him sidelined too long. Josh Douglas, another East offensive lineman who is 6-3 and weighs 230, started playing football in elementary school, too. “I’ve been playing since I was 6,” Douglas said. “You’ve really got to want it.” Linemen always come up short on glory when post-game accolades are handed out, and they have gotten used to that way of life. Offensive linemen don’t even get statistics written next to their names like tackles, as their across-the-line brethren do. “There really are no stats for linemen,” McKee said. “They (fans) only know when you screw up.” A mistake would come under the heading of allowing another big, chunky guy breathing fire to steam across the line of scrimmage and level quarterback Gunner Kiel for a sack. In recent years, millionaire pro quarterbacks have become more sensitive to the feelings of their linemen. Acknowledging that their well-being is dependent

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Columbus East’s offensive line gives junior quarterback Gunner Kiel time to throw during their Aug. 13 scrimmage against Bloomington North. on the protective cocoon created by the offensive line, big-name quarterbacks have energetically praised the unknowns by name. There have also been cases where All-Star quarterbacks reward those linemen with gold watches or fancy television sets. New England Patriots star Tom Brady once refused to accept an endorsement contract unless his starting linemen were included. This resulted in a humorous series of ads where Brady sat at a

table in a restaurant surrounded by his protective linemen, all of whom wore full football gear. Kiel has apparently learned his lessons well, taking cues from the Bradys of the pro world. “Gunner knows how to treat his linemen,” Rayburn said. Kiel cooks pasta dinners for his linemen to reward them for saving his bacon. After a good game, everyone eats well.

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COLUMBUS NORTH BULL DOGS

Scholarship High North trio going on to college football’s highest level BY JESS HUFFMAN jhuffman@therepublic.com Knees bent, lunging forward, Keenan Noel booms through his blocks like a speeding train through a parked car. His effectiveness is measured by feet — how many feet are in the air, that is. When he picks people off the ground, Noel knows he’s done his job as Columbus North’s standout H-back, a hybrid position, resembling something between a tight end and fullback. “Or when I hit them and they’re not there anymore,” he said. Noel, a barrel-shaped 6-foot-1, 240pounder, enters the 2010 season as one of three Columbus North seniors already committed to play football for Football Bowl Subdivision programs, better known to fans as Division I. Noel and Bull Dogs wide receiver Chris Shillings are going to Ball State, while tight end Jake Reed chose Indiana over other would-be suitors, including Stanford. That marks a first for the Tim Bless Era at North. Never have so many Bull Dogs been scheduled to move on to college football’s highest level from a single class. “We (coaches) do take pride in it, but I think everybody else should,” Noel said. “Because the more colleges look at us and our teammates, the more the younger kids will get looked at.” In other words, collegiate commitments breed recruiting interest, thus creating more commitments. That welcome cycle for North started with Indiana’s interest in Reed, a 6-foot4, 235-pounder who also plays defensive end. The Hoosiers made him an offer shortly after the completion of last season. “When I got the IU offer, I was shocked,” Reed said. “Coach Bless called me on the phone, and I just sat there. I was silent for a minute. I called my mom on the phone, and she was crying. It’s just unbelievable.” What seemed like a firm commitment from Reed wobbled when Stanford came calling a few months later. Reed visited the Northern California campus but said he’s still headed West on Indiana 46 to Bloomington. “You know, just being from Indiana, right down the block from IU, I’ve grown up loving that football,” Reed said. “As soon as I was introduced to college football, that’s who I loved — IU.” Ball State began courting Noel in the spring after video clips of some of his biggest hits began circulating around

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North seniors, from left, Chris Shillings, Jake Reed and Keenan Noel. Noel and Shillings will be playing at Ball State next year, and Reed has signed on at Indiana University. the Cardinals’ coaching circles. Making a highlight video is how recruits garner interest in the age of YouTube and online presence for everyone. “I sent it to colleges throughout Indiana — colleges that I liked,” Noel said. “Ball State just had me up for a visit. They said they liked me as a person, that I was respectful, and they wanted to give me an offer.”

From Noel, Ball State’s interest drifted toward Shillings, a 6-foot-1, 192pounder who prides himself on running precise routes. “Plus, I want to show them that I can block better than the wide receivers that they have,” he said. “So I’m just trying to compete — show them all my skills.” After one summer camp, the Cardinals made their offer and Shillings

answered with confirmation. Other North players already are showing up on teams’ recruiting radar, including four senior offensive lineman: Josh McCoy, Zach Schroer, Justin Schultz and Christian Miller. Running back Kobi Cook, who’s the team’s leading rusher from a year ago, has an offer from Ohio Dominican, a new Division II program in Columbus, Ohio. “But he will get a better offer,” Noel said. “His cutting is incredible.” With Cook doing the cutting, Noel will be doing the rumbling from behind North’s offensive line and forward. There’s no flash in his game, only grit. “The most I’m going to get is like seven yards a carry,” Noel said. A successful running game starts with good blocking. And, like most, Noel, Shillings and Reed enjoy initiating contact rather than receiving it. Reed said he’s taken some painful hits. “At tight end, when you get a pass, it’s in the middle,” he said. “You’re getting dirty hits — like arms-up rib shots.” So, when given the chance last season, Reed returned the favor by squaring up and punishing. He attempted to send a message to the most aggressive of defenders, one that read, “Do not enter my territory.” That sort of physicality earned Reed a reputation. “I finished everybody, because coaches love to see whenever a play’s over, you’re still driving that guy,” he said. “They know you’re still working hard. A lot of highlight (tape) was just blocking. I guess a lot of colleges now want blocking tight ends.” If recent history is an indication, recruiting success will reap real success for North. In 2007, the Bull Dogs had several senior players commit to colleges, three of which — C.J. Cook, Casey Paswater and Jesse Wright — are still playing for Indiana State. That class led North to the semistate. Embarking on their own senior seasons, Noel, Shillings and Reed are equally as confident. They’re focused on the near future. The waiting scholarships are nice thoughts, but they’re not going to win football games for North. And that’s every Bull Dog’s concern. “We’re really worried about the season, to be honest,” Shillings said. “That’s (college) after the season. That really doesn’t matter right now. We’re done with recruiting, so what we’re worried about is winning state.”

The doctor’s in

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Dr. Guse there for the needs of East, North BY RYAN SCHROER For the Republic

Dr. Cary Guse hardly ever misses attending home football games for North and East or any athletic clashes between the two schools. You’ll find him standing on the sidelines in case anyone gets injured. The 35-year-old Guse is entering his seventh season volunteering as head team physician for East and his second season for North. “I rarely miss North-East games, because the players play so hard that there are usually a lot more injuries,” Guse said. “Sometimes, I have to run from sideline to sideline to take care of players on both sides. Games aren’t leisurely for me. During the North-East football game three years ago, three East players cramped up at the same time.” Guse must be cautious and appear as neutral as possible when the schools are playing each other. Players and coaches from both schools will often be watching and will joke with him about favoring one school over another. “I’m in trouble no matter what color I wear or which sideline I’m on, and I have to watch who I talk to,” Guse said with a smile. “It’s interesting to me because it’s challenging. I can’t win.” In his office and on the sidelines, Guse, who is married with two young children, works to help both schools win. Unlike other local doctors, Guse has a specialization in sports medicine from Indiana University. He is Columbus’ only fellowship-trained sports medicine doctor. Since coming to Columbus in 2007 from Minneapolis, Guse has earned the trust of trainers and coaches. He is highly sought after, because he has operated on countless athletes at various levels, from weekend warriors to professionals. Guse has worked on the medical staff of the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Timberwolves. During his college days at Indiana University, he worked on the medical staff of the Indianapolis Indians. He also has been a physician at the NFL’s annual pre-draft scouting combine. Guse also assists with USA Boxing and USA Gymnastics — and he is a member of Indiana Sports Concussion Network, a not-for-profit group dedicated to increasing awareness of concussions, specifically those that occur in high school sports. “He’s my go-to guy if any of our players get injured or need surgery,” East

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Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Cary Guse stands on the Columbus East sidelines Sept. 25, 2009, during the Olympians’ homecoming football game against Floyd Central. A sports medicine specialist, he is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine and has served on the medical staffs of the Minnesota Twins, Wild, Timberwolves and Vikings. trainer Katt Gratts said. “I recommend him to all our players. I also recommend him to their parents, since their insurances will have to help pay for any surgeries.” When an athlete is seriously considering surgery, Guse must determine the proper course of action. That is a delicate procedure requiring lots of knowledge and deliberation. “In medicine, it’s never black and white,” he said. “There’re always shades of gray. I have to know the sport that’s be-

ing played and how far the athlete wants to go in that sport and if they will listen to you during a recovery. I have to know if they’ll be willing to work hard to recover.” The type of sport that’s being played and its required skill set is especially important, because those factors sometimes determine whether surgery is required now or if it can wait until after the season. “If I have a cross country runner with a cartilage tear in the knee, he’d do fine

without surgery, but a gymnast or basketball player wouldn’t because of all of their bending and twisting,” Guse said. “A cross country runner wouldn’t do so well with a flat cartilage tear behind the kneecap because it’d be too painful for him to run with, but a big football lineman would be fine, because he’d just have to stand there at the line of scrimmage and be a wall.” When North and East have home football games, Guse typically arrives at the field about 6 p.m. and meets with coaches and trainers to evaluate injured players. He meets with ambulance personnel. He has medical supplies available, such as tape, in case he needs to work with a player during a game. The morning after each game, Guse conducts a walk-in clinic for players, so he can evaluate any injuries that were sustained or overlooked during the game. “It used to be that players couldn’t be seen until two or three days after a game, and those days can make a difference between playing in and missing the next game,” Guse said. “My job is to make sure the players are healthy and to keep them healthy.” Guse tries to accommodate football players whenever he can. If a player gets injured in a practice after school, Guse sees him the next day. If a player needs care after a morning practice, Guse sees him in the afternoon. This helps players return to action quicker, so he is a great asset to coaches, who don’t have to ship their players to Bloomington or Indianapolis hospitals. This made an impression during his initial season with North. “The most noticeable change is the amount of time it takes to be seen by a doctor,” said North coach Tim Bless. “We’re fortunate to have a former NFL team doctor look after our players. It’s a great comfort knowing he’s there.” Another part of Guse’s job is monitoring concussions, especially in football and soccer. Through a grant from Clarion Health, ISHAA has begun monitoring the mental health of its players, and Guse often performs a baseline preseason test for each player. This software can help determine whether it is safe for players to return to the field in case of a concussion. Guse urges players who think they have suffered a concussion to admit it. “It’s not for your benefit to hide a concussion,” he advises players. “I’m on your side. It’s not usually the first hit that bothers you; it’s the second one.”

Equipment

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It’s all in the head

Coaches insist on providing players with best, safest helmets available BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com When asked if he has any souvenirs from his playing days, Columbus North coach Tim Bless pointed at his college football helmet perched on a shelf in his office in the school weight room. Bless, 38, played linebacker for his father Bill at University of Indianapolis and saved the hat. For the people a generation younger he now coaches, Bless joked, “It’s not leather. Look, I wore a facemask.” The leather helmet dates to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Facemasks were fully in vogue by the time President John F. Kennedy moved into the White House. Bless’ players look at him as an oldtimer, but in terms of football helmet improvements the leather or facemask-less look can be compared to ancient Greece. The players outfitted for Columbus North and Columbus East when the season begins tonight are wearing just about the best, safest helmets money can buy, hard hats just about on par with what the millionaire players in National Football League wear. “Safety starts with the helmet,” said East coach Bob Gaddis, who is also the school’s athletic director. Gaddis, 54, has been involved with football as either a player or coach for 44 years and he said the changes and improvements in the quality of helmets have been huge. “The technology is all aimed at safety, comfort and being functional,” Gaddis said. The cost of a football helmet — and of outfitting a high school football player — is significant. According to Gaddis, the price of a new football helmet for one Olympian is about $250. Bless said this year due to early-bird purchasing, North got a good deal on some new helmets and paid $210 apiece. The helmet is the most expensive piece of equipment local high school players wear, but the overall estimated cost of dressing a football player for action totals between $750 and $900, depending on the bells and whistles added to fundamental uniforms and pad protection. This number is based on figures provided by and rounded off by both Columbus head coaches, covering the price of all of the necessary pads and the cost of game jerseys and game pants. In most instances, the school provides

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Coaches emphasize safety for their players and insist it begins with the helmet. the equipment at no cost. In some cases, the players buy their own specialized gear and upgrade based on choice. Basic football equipment: Shoulder pads, $100-$210; rib pads, $50; hip pads $25; thigh pads, $15; knee pads, $15; shoes $65-$100; game jersey, $75-125; game pants, $60-$100. Manufacturers of Lycra football pants offer basic, one-color models for about $60, Bless said. It costs about $10 a stripe to jazz up the pants. “We have solid pants,” he said. During his decades in the game, Gaddis said coaches have become much more aware of players being properly outfitted and protected. “I remember in middle school there were 80 of us,” Gaddis said. “You got in a line and they just handed stuff out. The way it fit made no difference to the coaches.” Some helmets do not come with padded chin straps, and players buy them. Some players seek more sophisticated shoes. And some players like to wear position-specific gloves. The schools don’t

provide gloves, because the coaches consider them unnecessary pieces of equipment, despite the fairly recent phenomenon of college and pro players using them. Bless said the day pads are passed out is exciting for players. “They see what their idols are wearing,” Bless said, “what their role models are wearing.” Studies show that for decades, high school players’ role models were not wearing the greatest headgear. Pro football evolved from bare heads to leather helmets, to plastic helmets with no facemasks. The hard plastic helmet, however, offered more protection than its predecessors. It was invented by John T. Riddell and son John Riddell Jr. in 1939 and has been steadily improved upon. Legendary Coach Paul Brown, who led the Cleveland Browns to several pro titles and founded the Cincinnati Bengals, invented the facemask in 1955. When families of football players sued after loved ones suffered concussions,

several manufacturers dropped out of the marketplace. The two primary manufacturers of football helmets now are Riddell and Schutt. A survey of nearly 1,100 former NFL players about head injuries and concussions in 2000 led to Riddell’s introduction of a new, high-tech model helmet called “Revolution” in 2002. That is the model of helmet Columbus football players wear. “They are fitted and tight,” said Gaddis, speaking of the inside-the-helmet padding that has been added and prevents rotation of the helmet and its formfitting properties on the cheeks. “They take more impact on the sides.” The lifespan of the high schools’ football helmets is five to 10 years. The players do not get to keep them as Bless did in college. At the end of the season they turn them in, and the helmets are returned to the manufacturer for reconditioning, recertifying and repainting at a cost of $15 to $20 each. “That’s money very well spent,” Bless said.

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Columbus East roster Columbus North roster No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 32 33 35 36 37 38 41 42 44 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 63 64 65 66 67 68 71 72 73 74 75 78 81 83 86

Name Olds, Eric Hampton, Luke Minor, Jeremy Cordier, Wes Thompson, Cole Taylor, Kyle Macy, George Kamman, Kole Burkhart Yates Kiel, Gunner Staley, Evan Henderson, Shane Shadwick, Tyler Wichman, Brian Ruf, Collin Renshaw, Jackson Taylor, Ryan Otto, Kellen Hunter, Jonathan Smith, Tevin Johnson, David Wilson, Andrew Washington, Ronnie Weber, C.J. Schoettmer, Eli Maley, Caleb Leffler, Ryan Hacker, Trace Wheeler, Donovin Shuler, Tim Carson, Caleb Hunt, Eric Cook, Jacob Hanner, Cameron Olibo, Cole Moore, Tyson Turner, Ben Ferguson, Clayton Cash, Jacob Edwards, Cody Garrity, Alex Davis, Zach Patterson, Jordan Elsbury, Evan Tooley, Donald Tumey, Joey Jenkins, Caleb Fischer, Max Mead, Edward McCormick, A.D. Douglas, Josh Yeager, Zane Rayburn, Tyler McKee, Rob Stillabower, Alex Hempstead, Cody Ruch, Matt Hopkins, Jared

Gr. 11 11 11 12 12 10 11 12 10 11 12 12 12 10 12 12 10 11 12 10 10 11 11 10 12 11 11 10 10 11 11 12 11 11 11 12 11 10 11 10 10 12 11 11 11 12 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 12 10 11 10

Ht. 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-7 6-0 6-4 6-0 6-4 5-9 6-1 6-2 5-9 6-0 6-5 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 5-8 5-10 6-0 5-8 6-2 6-2 5-10 5-9 5-4 5-10 5-10 5-7 5-10 5-11 5-11 6-3 5-7 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-11 5-8 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-9 5-11 5-10 5-10 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-1 5-11 6-2

Wt. 175 160 160 180 170 135 180 185 200 210 160 185 190 140 170 215 170 165 200 155 170 195 175 140 205 180 190 145 140 150 175 130 160 170 170 296 190 180 175 180 180 235 195 220 185 200 230 205 170 205 230 260 270 240 230 165 150 160

Pos. QB/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB QB/LB QB/DB Rec/DB Rec/DB QB/LB Rec/DB Rec/DB Rec Rec/DB Rec/DB RB/DE RB/DB RB/DL RB/DB RB/DB Rec/DB OL/LB Rec/LB RB/LB RB/LB Rec/DB RB/DB RB/DE Rec/DB Rec/DB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL Rec/DB Rec Rec/DB

No. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 29 31 33 34 35 37 42 45 46 50 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 66 67 68 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 78 80 81 82 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92

Name Douglas, Chae Holt, Gabe Cook, Kobi Gedeon, Joseph McDonald, Shannon Kamman, Kyle Shillings, Chris Summa, Taylor Sonderman, Evan Oliver, Nick Halliburton, Jamaal Noel, Keenan Trepanier, Derek Stott, Matt Ash, Shaquille Fetterer, Trace Ruehman, Zak Abedian, Vanand Red, Nathan Friend, Alec Tomkins, Jesse Bland, Corey Barrett, Keith Carr, Luke Delgado, Arturo Easton, Andrew Jones, Jermaine Roederer, L.J. Sizemore, Austin Arreola, Luis Cornn, Alex Rinehart, Will Reed, Jake Rodriguez, Mateo Perr, Alex Moore, Dayton Knight, Solomon King, Tyler Schroer, Zach Shoaf, Thomas Schulz, Justin DeDomenic, Michael Millspaugh, Andrew Brown, Ethan Miller, Christian Teague, Eli Cambron, Luis Alessi, Jonathan Humes, Julian Howarth, Jacob Holt, Zach McCoy, Josh Minniear, Luke Hopkin, Brandon Bennett, Philip Sebastian, Trevor Stephens, John Rees, Chris Wilson, Jaden Ryan, Jeremy Williams, Christian Gale, Zane Dampier, Justin Yoder, Jacob Dismuke, Deonta Brown, Matt Federle, Troy Leslie, Dalton Mahoney, Matthew Mulrooney, Ryan

Gr. 12 12 12 10 10 11 12 10 12 11 10 12 12 12 10 11 10 12 11 11 10 11 12 12 11 10 10 12 11 12 10 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 12 10 12 11 11 10 12 11 10 10 11 12 11 12 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 10 11 11 10 10 11 12 12 10 11 10

Ht. 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-8 6-1 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-9 5-8 6-1 5-8 6-3 5-9 5-9 5-11 5-10 6-2 6-1 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-11 5-11 5-6 5-8 5-10 5-11 5-8 5-7 6-1 6-4 5-5 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-9 6-4 6-5 6-3 5-10 5-10 6-4 6-1 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-4 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-3 6-1 5-11 5-0 6-0 6-1 6-2 5-11 5-11 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-0 5-9 6-2

Wt. 175 175 185 130 185 165 195 175 185 160 175 240 160 185 175 170 215 175 160 185 160 180 180 160 170 165 140 205 180 205 145 220 235 195 195 250 250 215 255 225 265 215 215 215 234 200 215 215 255 255 185 275 215 215 285 330 260 275 150 160 190 160 175 145 240 225 245 190 220 175

Pos. DB DB RB K/P HB QB WR DB DB DB RB HB/DE DB WR LB DB TE K/P QB DB RB RB/LB CB K/P DB DB DB LB LB LB DB LB TE DL DL OL DL DL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL OL WR WR WR WR DL WR DE TE DL DL DL DL

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Meet the Columbus East Olympians

ERIC OLDS

LUKE HAMPTON

GUNNER KIEL

EVAN STALEY

SHANE HENDERSON

JONATHAN HUNTER

TEVIN SMITH

TRACE HACKER

DONALD TOOLEY

ROB MCKEE

JEREMY MINOR

COLE THOMPSON

KYLE TAYLOR

TYLER SHADWICK

BRIAN WICHMAN

COLLIN RUF

JACKSON RENSHAW

RYAN TAYLOR

KELLEN OTTO

DAVID JOHNSON

ANDREW WILSON

RONNIE WASHINGTON

C.J. WEBER

ELI SCHOETTMER

CALEB MALEY

RYAN LEFFLER

DONOVIN WHEELER

TIM SHULER

CALEB CARSON

ERIC HUNT

JACOB COOK

CAMERON HANNER

COLE OLIBO

TYSON MOORE

BEN TURNER

CLAYTON FERGUSON

JACOB CASH

CODY EDWARDS

ALEX GARRITY

ZACH DAVIS

JORDAN PATTERSON

EVAN ELSBURY

JOEY TUMEY

CALEB JENKINS

MAX FISCHER

EDWARD MEAD

A.D. MCCORMICK

ZANE YEAGER

TYLER RAYBURN

ALEX STILLABOWER

WES CORDIER

DILLON TORRES

CODY HEMPSTEAD

MATT RUCH

GEORGE MACY

KOLE KAMMAN

JOSH DOUGLAS

JARED HOPKINS

BOB GADDIS HEAD COACH

YATES BURKHART

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Meet the Columbus North Bull Dogs

CHAE DOUGLAS

GABE HOLT

KEENAN NOEL

COREY BLAND

WILL RINEHART

MICHAEL DEDOMENIC

KOBI COOK

DEREK TREPANIER

JOSEPH GEDEON

MATT STOTT

SHANNON MCDONALD

KYLE KAMMAN

CHRIS SHILLINGS

SHAQUILLE ASH

TRACE FETTERER

ZAK RUEHMAN

JERMAINE JONES

TAYLOR SUMMA

EVAN SONDERMAN

NICK OLIVER

JAMAAL HALLIBURTON

NATHAN RED

ALEC FRIEND

JESSE TOMKINS

L.J. ROEDERER

AUSTIN SIZEMORE

LUIS ARREOLA

ALEX CORNN

TYLER KING

ZACH SCHROER

THOMAS SHOAF

VANAND ABEDIAN

KEITH BARRETT

LUKE CARR

ARTURO DELGADO

ANDREW EASTON

JAKE REED

MATEO RODRIGUEZ

ALEX PERR

DAYTON MOORE

SOLOMON KNIGHT

CHRISTIAN MILLER

ELI TEAGUE

LUIS CAMBRON

JONATHAN ALESSI

JULIAN HUMES

JACOB HOWARTH

ZACH HOLT

CHRIS REES

JADEN WILSON

JEREMY RYAN

CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS

MATTHEW MAHONEY

RYAN MULROONEY

TIM BLESS HEAD COACH

ANDREW MILLSPAUGH

ETHAN BROWN

JOSH MCCOY

LUKE MINNIEAR

BRANDON HOPKIN

PHILIP BENNETT

TREVOR SEBASTIAN

JOHN STEPHENS

ZANE GALE

JUSTIN DAMPIER

JACOB YODER

DEONTA DISMUKE

MATT BROWN

TROY FEDERLE

DALTON LESLIE

JUSTIN SCHULZ

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Panthers’ Bass nears record Fresh football season offers new beginning for area teams coach. “They hadn’t been through anything like this before, but they responded pretty well.” The Lancers return a host of players with significant varsity experience. Leading the way is senior quarterback Keith Burton, who will be a four-year starter. Also back is senior wide receiver/linebacker Wade Teltoe. Other top returners include sophomore Trent Tatlock, a wide receiver/ defensive end; senior running back/linebacker Devin Burton; and senior wide receiver/defensive back Dylan Streeval. The Lancers of the Mid-Indiana Conference open at 7 p.m. today at Indian Creek.

BY JESS HUFFMAN jhuffman@therepublic.com A new rushing king is about to be crowned in Jennings County. Running back Iyan Bass rewrote some of the school record book as a sophomore, breaking the single-season rushing and scoring marks. Now, he’s maneuvering toward claiming an even larger title. Thirty more yards and Bass will be the school’s career rushing leader. “He’s just one of those kids that’s physically gifted,” second-year Panthers’ head coach Scott Buening said. That’s something to look forward to for the Panthers, who’d prefer not reflect too much on recent seasons in the Hoosier Hills Conference. They won just three games in 2009 and haven’t finished above .500 in 13 years. Jennings opens what it hopes will be a more successful season at 7 p.m. tonight at Batesville. The Panthers have some young talent in sophomore quarterback Ryan Cowan and fullback/linebacker Tommy Taylor. But Jennings also has several experienced players returning, including senior outside linebacker/tailback Justin Baldwin, senior safety/wide receiver Skyler Ferguson and senior wide receiver Tommy McDaniel. McDaniel ranked eighth among area wide receivers last year with 450 receiving yards. Bass led the area with 1,527 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns in 2009.

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Brown County Brown County football coach Ken Wendling doesn’t hide the sad truth. “We weren’t very good last year,” he said. In his second season at Brown County, Wendling is trying to change the culture of the program. He’s brought in athletes from other sports to help a team that’s won four games in three years, and he’s hoping today’s opener at Cloverdale serves as the turning point. “We’ve just got to convince them that they can win ball games,” Wendling said. “It’s been so long. That’s one of the biggest battles we have.” The Eagles of the Hoosier Hills Conference return an offensive line with plenty of experience. Left tackle Chad Lowe, left guard Sean Gunter, center Nick Oliver and right guard Justin Larson are back to block for freshman quarterback Dillon Boknecht and running back Konnor Graber. Veteran wide receivers Will Anderson and Brandon Callahan are expected to get help hauling in passes from juniors Caleb Wedan and Quincey Robinson. Weden and Robinson are about 6-foot-4. Wendling said linebackers Graber and Kaleb Totten will be leaders on defense. “Kaleb is probably 5-7 or 5-8, 160

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Jennings County running back Iyan Bass breaks a tackle from Eli Schoettmer of Columbus East on his way to scoring a touchdown during their game last season. pounds but he’s a player,” Wendling said. “He’s a flat-out player.”

South Decatur The Cougars return their starting quarterback, an all-state linebacker and the confidence to improve on last season’s 4-6 record. “We set our goals high this year,” said second-year head coach Rodney Martin. “I think every team sets their goal to be a state champion, and we did too.” Senior quarterback Jordan AmRhein will take snaps in South Decatur’s spread offense for the second straight season after throwing for more than 1,400 yards in 2009. Junior Tyler Ewing returns after hauling in 58 passes for 805 yards and four touchdowns last year. Senior middle linebacker Blake Moore is also back after turning in an all-state performance in 2009. He’ll be the leader of South Decatur’s defense.

Senior offensive/defensive lineman Alex Helms and sophomore wingback Matthew Gatewood, who ran for more than 700 yards last season, are notable returnees for the Mid-Hoosier Conference season. South Decatur hosts Cambridge City Lincoln at 7 p.m. tonight.

Edinburgh New Lancers coach Bill Unsworth, a longtime college coach with nearly 40 years of experience, is trying to remake a long-suffering program. Edinburgh has had five winless seasons in the past seven years. The Class A Lancers finished 1-9 last year and, with their one victory broke what had been the state’s longest active losing streak at 52 games. “The first couple days of camp was kind of like culture shock,” said Unsworth, a former Franklin College head

The Owls have a brand new offensive line and an experienced defensive front. How the former group matures could determine the level of Seymour’s success in the Hoosier Hills Conference in 2010. The season begins at 7 p.m. tonight, when the Owls host Columbus North. “That’s the big one,” Seymour coach Jeff Richey said. “We’ve just got to mature as an offensive line for us to be pretty good.” The Seymour defense returns eight starters. Defensive linemen Brady Cockerham, Austin Acton and Skyler Lucas will play in the front of the 3-4, and defensive backs Jacob Carmichael, Josh Joray, Rob Cole and Logan Eppley playing in the secondary. Linebacker Bryce Werskey is also back for the Owls, who are coming off three straight 4-6 seasons. Returning offensive players include running back Alex Barnett, fullback Currey Milroy, wide receiver Andrew Drinnon and tight end Grant Hubbard. Chris McIntire will start at quarterback. “Frankly, we’ll struggle a little early, but we’ll get better as we go along,” said Richey.

Greensburg The Pirates open the season in the Peyton Manning PeyBack Classic at Lucas Oil Stadium at 8:15 p.m. tonight against Shelbyville. Greensburg is looking to improve on last season’s 5-5 record. The Pirates will be led by junior quarterback Blake Abplanalp and running back/wide receiver Jacob Slusher on offense. The 2009 season ended with a 15-11 loss to Rushville in the first round of the playoffs. Greensburg, which plays in the Eastern Indiana Conference, has lost its last three season openers to Shelbyville. Rick Morwick of the Daily Journal in Franklin contributed to this report.

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Purdue talking Big Ten title in 2010 after finishing 5-7 last season BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com WEST LAFAYETTE — The name of the coach sums up the attitude of the 2010 Purdue University football team: Hope. Danny Hope, who ran the show for the first time last year when the Boilermakers finished 5-7, has a squadron of true believers who don’t care how anyone else rates them. At the end of each practice, when the team is streaming sweat and ready to jog into the locker room, the players pause and shout, “Big Ten champions!” They don’t care if anyone thinks they are hallucinatory, they are convinced they can rise to the top of one of the toughest college football conferences in America. “Why not?” said senior cornerback Walter Williams. “It was contagious. It passed from one guy to another. We were working hard in the hot sun, and all of a sudden we’re at the end of practice going “Big Ten champions!” Williams is a member of an untested secondary that is loaded with athletic talent but not much experience defending passes. That is one area Hope must shore up, as Purdue opens against Notre Dame on Sept. 4 and faces its traditional lineup of gritty league teams. What Purdue does have is a highly respected passing game, anchored by quarterback Robert Marve and his receivers, and a so-far anonymous, but potentially dangerous group of runners. Marve, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound junior from Tampa, Fla., is a fleet-footed, strong-armed player who jump-starts the offense. “We’re never out of it with Robert Marve back there,” Hope said. Purdue was out of things in the early going, as the team made the transition from retired coach Joe Tiller to Hope, who came on board the season before as coach-in-waiting. But the Boilermakers won four of their last six games in 2009, and that sent them into the offseason feeling better about themselves. Many players stayed in Indiana to work out, and players hit the weights hard. If Marve is the focal point of the of-

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Tight end Kyle Adams runs for extra yards after catching a pass against Wisconsin in 2009. fense, 6-4, 221-pound linebacker Jason Werner, granted a sixth season because of two years of injuries, is the defensive glue. Werner, who turns 24 during the season, is playing with many teenagers. The young guys tease him and make jokes about his age. He said one of the best lines is how he must have been recruited by Jack Mollenkopf. A Purdue icon, Mollenkopf last coached the Boilermakers in 1969 and died in 1975. “I feel like I’ve been here a long time, and I’ve had a lot of experiences,” Werner said. “I’ve got a lot to share.” The Boilermakers have a unified message, but they do have some individuality. Kicker Carson Wiggs trotted out to

meet-the-media day in shades rimmed in bright blue, and carved his name in the dew on the grass with his foot. “It was just because the field was wet,” Wiggs explained, who said it “would be sweet” to etch his name in the school record book rather than on the field. Hope talks like someone who might give Wiggs just such a chance, saying he can envision a potentially game-winning scenario where he would call upon Wiggs to attempt a 70-yard field goal because his leg is so strong. “It’s legit,” Hope said of his idea. “If the situation was right I’d put him out there and take a chance to win. I’d have

to be crazy not to. We’d make history right here.” Cortez Smith, a lanky wide receiver, said the Boilermakers did a really good job of bonding over the summer, linked by their determination to put together a winning season and the challenge of excelling sufficiently to be noticed for a bowl game or the Big Ten title. “It’s one dream to win the Big Ten,” Smith said. “Last year was transition time for everybody. It was hard for us. This summer most everybody was here.” Speaking as if they all studied the football player cliché book, several players talked about becoming a family from

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Name Adams, Kyle Allen, Ricardo Aristide, Ishmael Ballinger, Kevin Barbarette, T.J. Barry, Dan Beckford, Dwayne Bolden, Ralph Brewer, Andrew Brigandi, George Brockman, Adam Bush, Gary Carlino, Chris Carlos, Keith Charlot, Max Collins, Sean Cooks, LaSalle Crank, Jared Davis, Cody Davis, Josh DeBoef, Jack Dierking, Dan Dieudonne, Jarrett Drey, Peters Eargle, Mike Edison, Antavian Evans, Albert

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Ezenwa, Nnamdi Feichter, Landon Finch, John Flood, De’Ron Foy, Trevor Frazier, Rashad Freytag, Kurt Gaston, Bruce Gilliam, Joe Gooden, Gerald Gravesande, W. Greaves, Devarro Harris, Normando Harris, Robert Heiniger, Zack Henry, Rob Higgs, Antwon Holland, Joe Holmes, Gabe Humphrey, John Isaac, Ryan Jackson, Derek Jamiru, Kakpindi E.J. Johnson Johnson, Josh Kelly, Dennis Kerrigan, Ryan Kitchens, Justin

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Lee, Mike Lewis, Antonie Lichtenberg, Kurt Lindsay, Jeff Link, Logan Linkenheimer, J Lorenzen, Henry Lucas, Will Maci, Robert Marve, Robert Matti, Sean McBurse, Al-Terek McDaniel, Eric McKey, Colton Mebane, Eric Xavier Melton Mondek, Nick Moret, Austen Niemeier, Brad Pamphile, Kevin Panfil, Jeff Pegram, Reggie Pierce, Justin Plue, Ken Prater, Ryan Quinn, Chris Reese, Xavier Roberts, Gavin

LB CB WR TE S K/P C LB DE QB RB RB DT OT DE OG OT C DT DT TE RB OG OG OT S WR RB

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Robinson, Sean Ross, O.J. Russell, Ryan Schmeig, Rick Schmitt, Jesse Shepherd, James Short, Kawann Siller, Justin Sinz, Justin Smith, Cortez Smith, Keith Snapp, Connor Staats, Kris Taylor, Brandon TerBuch, Caleb Thomas, Tommie Titus, Skyler Torwudzo, Charles Trindle, Abe Van Zant, Josh Webster, Cody Werner, Jason White, Javeare Wiggs, Carson Williams, Charlton Williams, Walter Wright, Crosby

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Continued from Page 23 their shared tribulations last season and the hard work invested leading up to this season. “We’re all friends,” said senior guard Justin Pierce. “We go out to dinner together. We hang out. It really helped us throughout the offseason. If someone didn’t get up to work out, we drove to their house to drag them out. We’re here to win a championship.” The workouts since they became formalized under Hope’s supervision in early August at a time when Indiana was experiencing a punishing heat wave, were not easy for big guys like Pierce, who is 6-4 and weighs 325 pounds. At one practice he lost 12 pounds, he

said, but then gained it all back by guzzling water. Hope is not just one of the guys doing a group shoutout at the end of practice, but he wants his players to think big. Just because prognosticators are not looking at Purdue as big winners doesn’t mean he isn’t. “We have the talent to be a very good football team,” Hope said. “It’s how fast we can put it all together. We want to win and win big. We want to compete for a championship of some kind. That’s the goal. If you don’t (want to), you might not. A bowl game win might be that championship.” Or the Big Ten crown.

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Kelly determined to keep Irish brand strong after move from Cincinnati BY LEW FREEDMAN lfreedman@therepublic.com In South Bend, it is all about being new, fresh and optimistic as the coaching regime of Brian Kelly replaces the ousted Charlie Weis. Weis was brash, even bombastic during his five seasons in charge of the Fighting Irish. He flashed his Super Bowl rings from his days as defensive coordinator with the New England Patriots, but his on-field results impressed less. Out-sized personality, bigger-than-life image would all have been fine, but Weis failed at the No. 1 duty assigned to a big-time college football coach. He didn’t win enough, so he was asked to leave. In his stead comes Brian Kelly, a Bostonian who raised Cincinnati to unprecedented heights, propelled into his dream job by Weis’ failings. The Bearcats were 12-0 last season before Kelly was hired away by Notre Dame and lost the Sugar Bowl under an assistant coach. Kelly is entrusted with the responsibility of shaking down the thunder, as they say at the nation’s most prominent football-playing school that seemingly has lost its luster. The Fighting Irish finished 6-6 last year, and that was a severe disappointment for fans who

believe that going undefeated and competing for national championships is a birthright. Kelly, 48, has installed a spread offense to replace Weis’ pro-style attack and has implanted a 3-4 defensive formation to replace the old 4-3. Irish fans don’t care if Notre Dame plays a single wing and trades in its trademark gold helmets for leather jobs without facemasks as long as the team wins. Notre Dame played fun football in 2009, scoring 361 points and winning dramatic games, but the defense was porous and two prominent members of the offense are gone. Kelly did not inherit All-American quarterback Jimmy Clausen, who passed for 3,722 yards in 2009 and was drafted by the Carolina Panthers, or wide receiver Golden Tate, now with the Seattle Seahawks. While some of the top offensive threats have gone on to the NFL, there are many veterans available for Kelly’s use. Junior quarterback Dayne Crist, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound block of granite, has been aching for his shot at the controls after throwing just 20 passes in college thus far. If Crist can’t get the ball into the hands of 6-3, 220-pound wide receiver Michael Floyd, an

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Name Allen Jr., Armando Badger, Chris Banks, E.J. Ballinger, Kevin Blanton, Robert Botsford, Steve Boyd, Spencer Bullard, Alex Burger, Bobby Calabrese, Carlo Castello, Brian Cave, Braxston Clelland, Lane Coughlin, Patrick Cowart, Jordan Crist, Dayne Cwynar, Sean Dever, Taylor O Eifert, Tyler Evans, Shaquelle Flier, Steve Flavin, Bill

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Fleming, Darius Floyd, Michael Fox, Dan Franco, Dan Gallup Jr., Barry Garcia, Michael Golic, Jake Golic Jr., Mike Goodman, John Gray, Gary Gray, Jonas Gurries, Chris Herlihy, Derry Hernandez, Mike Hughes, Robert Johnson, Ethan Jones, T.J. Kamara, Duvall Kavanaugh, Ryan Kramer, Pat Lewis-Moore, K. Lezynski, Nick Maloney, Dennis

LB WR LB WR WR CB TE C WR CB TB WR TB G FB DE WR WR LS P DE CB OT

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Martin, Zack OT McCarthy, Dan S McDonald, Anthony LB Montana, Nate QB Motta, Zeke S Mulvey, Matthew QB Neal, Kerry LB Newman, Brandon NG Nuss, Andrew G Nwanko, Emeka DE Oxley, Sean LB Paskorz, Steve LB Plaska, Andrew CB Posluszny, David LB Quintana, Martin DE Ragone, Mike TE Redshaw, James CB Rees, Tommy QB Riddick, Theo WR Robinson, Trevor G Romine, Matt OT Rudolph, Kyle TE Ruffer, David K

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Salvi, Chris Sheehan, Ryan Slaughter Jamoris Smith, Brian Smith, Harrison Smith, Thomas Stewart, Chris Stockton, Tyler Tausch, Nick Manti, Te’o Toma, Robby Turk, Ben Walker, Brandon Walker, Deion Walls, Darrin Watt, Chris Wenger, Dan Williams, Hafis Williams, Ian Wood, Cierre Wood, Lo Wray, Evan

S CB S LB S S G NG K LB WR P K WR CB G C NG NG TB CB LB

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