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I'm still scratching my head over Dixie sitting on the ball with 1:30 left and 3 timeouts at the end of the first half. Other than that, another great high school game. It’s just unfortunate Dixie came out on the wrong side again.

That makes 0 sense. 2 timeouts and a kicker with a leg. At least get into FG position.

The only impact lacrosse will have on football will be injuries in lacrosse carrying over to the fall as many football players play lacrosse. With it being a spring sport, it will impact baseball somewhat, but for those schools with lacrosse teams, it really hasn't impacted their baseball programs (see Dixie and CovCath).

SK will have success running the ball between the tackles. However, they have zero chance stopping BW.

I think the facemask is clear in the video. When I watched last night, I was looking at the body and ground and didn’t even pay attention to the head. Just saw another video of an official standing right over top of the play who had to have seen it as he wasn’t obstructed.

https://www.fox19.com/video/2023/09/02/final-quarter-9-1-23/ Around the 9:30 mark in the video shows the play. I missed the facemask when watching last night as I was looking at the extension to see if he was down.

That was the 2pt conversion at the end.

Fox19 was in the endzone for the final play. Hard to tell from the angle, but Gregg was fully extended and still off the ground.

Any instant replay on that last play? Lol

Yes, they are kids, but shouldn't they have some basic accountability, something that is severely lacking in today's society? We're not talking about some obscure rule that kids struggle to understand. We're talking the most basic of football rules.

We had the discussion about responsibility last week after 3 Dixie players had to leave the game due to lack of pads. IMO, these kids are old enough to bear the responsibility of being properly equipped as they know what is required. The coaches shouldn't have to go up and down the sideline checking pads and mouthpieces like they do in peewee football.

You're not the only one. I will not buy my boys one of these.

About 20 minutes for an ambulance to show up.

Still 20-8. Hughes player down with a serious injury with 47 seconds left in 3rd.

3 players removed from the game tonight for lack of pads.

Hughes is small in size and numbers. Just wearing them out. Hughes has speed though, and that is keeping them in the game.

Officials made Gregg leave the game due to no hip pads with a 2nd and goal. I haven’t seen that before.

Dixie had this in place last year too. Parents use these games as free daycare on a Friday night, and that is the issue. Kids are running around the concession and concourse areas, running into people, knocking drinks and food out of people's hands (not necessarily on purpose). Administration steps in, but there's no parent there to take the kid to.

So everyone pushing back and they’re moving it up?

They're on GoFan. Not sure if they're also taking cash.

Hopefully this is a better game than last year. I think the 2 factors in this game are Dixie's lines and SK's qb play. Dixie has the skill players and it sounds like they've done very well in their 7v7 and first 2 scrimmages. I don't know how those scrimmages were formatted as they may have been glorified 7v7 games. Can Dixie's oline provide time for Gregg and holes for the backs? And can the d-line hold the line instead of getting driven back? SK has a new qb, so can he stay calm under pressure. If I'm SK, I pound the rock until Dixie proves they can stop it. Ride your ground game behind the big linemen. Defensively, contain Gregg and don't let him out of the pocket. If I'm Dixie, I stack the box and force SK to beat them through the air. Make them one-dimensional. Offensively, be aggressive and take the big shots when there.

Yes. They finally have a true freshman team this year.

I watched Highlands vs Elder at Paul Brown in the past, and couldn't remember if it was a part of this event or not. As for ticket prices, I went back through those old threads, and they did increase ticket prices for these events. However, it looks like they stopped doing so recently.

I'm with you. I HIGHLY doubt he switched things up due to the parents. I think he tried something last year that he thought gave that team the best chance to win some games. An offensive style that NKY hasn't seen in a while, if ever. With a year under his belt, a full coaching staff, and seasoned players, I look for improvements on both sides of the ball along with a change in styles. The kids seem to respond to him. For the first time in years, he has an actual freshman team. I think the future is good for Dixie.

It's purely a money grab now as it's just putting a sponsor on a regular season game that's already scheduled and being played. If I'm not mistaken, they would increase ticket prices for these games in the past as they tried to sell it as some big event that it was not. I'm not sure if that is still the case or not. The all day event at Nippert and possibly even at Paycor as I remember watching some high school games there was the way to go with this event.