FB: Uncle Mike’s Notebook Week 11

After contacting his extensive network of sources, Uncle Mike has publicly proclaimed there is no truth to the rumor that there was a bidding war among Indiana high schools on National Candy Corn Day to get the AFLAC duck to enroll and suit up at running back. 

Seriously, bad weather is a part of football. But it is disappointing that it has played such a big part for four weeks in a row. 

Nonetheless, Uncle Mike has gleaned some pearls of wisdom from this week’s results …

Portage 14, Chesterton 0

Indians ought to beat Trojans. After all, they have 2,500 years of evolutionary advancement on their side. Wow, that has to be the first time anybody has ever said Portage was more evolved than Chesterton.

Penn 14, South Bend Adams 7

OK, this is getting ridiculous. Penn’s freshmen should beat Adams worse than that.

Warsaw 10, Homestead 7

Live by the pass, die by the monsoon.

Anybody who said this was going to be a Brownsburg vs. Avon final would have been hauled away by men in little white coats.

Bloomington North 49, Whiteland 42

There is no rational explanation for 91 points being scored in this weather.

Delta 7, Muncie South 6

Obviously, Delta would like some better weather next week against Dwenger. Logan Young is not nearly as big a weapon on a night like this.

Anderson Highland 21, Mt. Vernon (Fortville) 20 (2OT)

Anderson Highland should rent itself out as a clinical study in multiple personalities.

Indianapolis Cathedral 24, Mooresville 9

A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation – somebody forgot to tell Mooresville. The Pioneers were a dropped pass away from the potential tying score in the fourth quarter of this one.

It is a Jasper vs. Evansville Reitz final next week, and that will be THE game in the state.

NorthWood vs. Jimtown. A civil war in the final. You gotta love it.

Frankfort 30, Peru 0

Peru went as far backward on its first possession of the second half as they had gone forward in the entire first half. Talk about being directionally impaired.

A date with Heritage Hills is waiting for Indian Creek next week. I’ll bet those annual trips to Brownstown are really fond memories right about now.

Fort Wayne Luers 35, Eastern (Greentown) 22

This is a really respectable performance by the Comets.

Indianapolis Ritter 6, Heritage Christian 0

Xbox Football Version 2.0 was clearly not waterproof.

North Putnam beat Tri- West Hendricks, 4-0. That is the second 4-0 game there has been this season. That has to be one of the great mathematical oddities in the history of man. In addition to that, Monrovia beat South Putnam, 6-3. That means there was a total of 13 points scored in the two games combined. Are these guys under the mistaken impression they are in the Duneland Conference? I am checking the rosters for Polish or Serbian surnames.

Brownstown won and Providence lost. Brownstown has to be really disappointed. They are going to miss out on their annual whine and cheese party.

Northeastern 7, Tri 0

Cinderella is alive and well and living in Lynn. By the way, that has to be a very boring place for a fairy tale character to live.

This is a Rockville vs. Fountain Central final and is the second-best game in the state next week. It also lends itself to some great promo titles: “Battle in the Boonies,” “War along the Wabash,” “Mustangs versus the guys who don’t know how to spell the word Rocks,” etc.

North Daviess 14, Perry Central 7

Party at the cheese factory!