Week 3 of Indiana high school football is in the books. Dom Miranda and Nate Spangle went through all of it on Get IN. Sports, from a 77-0 blowout in Bloomington to a losing streak that outlasted a generation of Fremont students.
Here is what stood out, plus the Week 4 games worth watching.
Sixty-five teams are still perfect
Three weeks in, 65 Indiana teams have not lost a game. That number set the tone for the whole hour, and it is a good indication to "who is actually good this year." Nobody knows yet. You can see who is undefeated on our high school football hub, which carries live scores, standings and the weekly class-by-class rankings.
Bloomington South hung 77 on Terre Haute North
Widest margin of the week, and it was not close to close: Bloomington South 77, Terre Haute North 0.
The Panthers are ranked second in Class 5A and averaging 56 points a game. They beat rival Bloomington North 44-6, handled Martinsville 48-14, and then did that. Gabe Johnson's group went to regionals in 2021 and 2022 and to semi-state in each of the last three seasons.
"Shout out to Bloomington South," Dom said. "I'm going to give a lot of shout outs." He was not exaggerating. By the ten-minute mark he was asking for a thesaurus.
Two long streaks finally died
Fremont beat Churubusco 40-25 and ended 23 straight losses in the series. The last time Fremont won this game was 2003.
The reaction on the show beat any stat line: "That is two decades. That's like your children. Like someone and their children both lost to Churubusco."
Up in the region, Hammond Noll beat Whiting 19-6 for the first time in a dozen years. Two droughts, one Friday night.
Cathedral drove to Ohio and got right
Cathedral opened 0-2. Then the Fighting Irish went to Cincinnati and beat St. Xavier 30-21.
Xavier Dangerfield ran for 130 yards and a touchdown. Evan Johnson caught six balls for 131 yards and a score. Cathedral threw it only 14 times, completed 11, and still put up roughly 227 yards through the air. That is an efficient way to win a road game against a program that size.
"But Xavier Dangerfield, shout out to you, sir," Dom said. Earned.
Chatard is the problem right now
Bishop Chatard trailed Roncalli 14-7 with about three minutes left in the first half. Then Chatard scored 35 unanswered and won 42-14.
Roncalli was doing everything right. Their final drive of the first half burned nine minutes. It did not matter. Chatard is averaging 40 points a game and giving up nine, with wins over Lafayette Jeff (35-7), Leo (42-7) and now Roncalli. Jax Guidry took a kickoff 95 yards to the house on top of it.
The one thing to watch is running back Danny Adams, who looked like he got rolled up on his ankle. Chatard answered by throwing it, which is the scary part.
Dom was at that game, and a coach looked over from the sideline mid-game to tell him, "Hey, love the podcast."
Class 4A is the deepest field in the state
"This is the class, Spang. I am so intrigued," Dom said. "This is deep. I mean, we're talking six teams, I think, that can win state."
Count them: East Central, Chatard, defending champion Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger, Roncalli, Yorktown, South Bend St. Joseph, East Noble. New Palestine, ranked second in 5A, got back in the win column 42-28 over Yorktown, and a 4A team hanging 28 on New Pal tells you more than most wins would.
Class 3A is the other one. "3A is an interesting spot to be in, Spang," Dom said, and he is right. Evansville Memorial, Evansville Mater Dei, Gibson Southern, Andrean, Indian Creek and Tri-West are all live, and a 3A team can draw a 5A or 6A opponent in September and take a loss that means nothing in November.
Speaking of Tri-West, the weekly Sorgi report had quarterback Jack Sorgi at 13 of 19 for 226 yards and three touchdowns with 82 more on the ground in a 41-23 win over Monrovia. He decommitted from Louisville and committed to Wisconsin, where his dad Jim played before backing up Peyton Manning here in Indianapolis. Jim is now Tri-West's offensive coordinator.
Hagerstown played its first home game since the flood
This was the best story in the episode and it had nothing to do with rankings.
Hagerstown's athletic complex went under six to eight feet of water this summer. The baseball fence washed away. Water reached the scoreboard. Equipment was ruined. A guidance counselor told Dom that roughly a thousand people in the community were affected.
They hosted their first home game of the season last Friday, and they won. Scott Snodgrass's Tigers are 3-0.
"That's the storytelling I signed up for when I started this job," Dom said. Correct reaction.
The girls flag football note deserved more than a note
Elwood's girls flag football team reached out to the show after the boys got a run of coverage, and they were right to. The Panthers are 2-1 with a win over Anderson Prep and a tight 18-12 loss to Herron.
Girls flag football in Indiana is not a novelty anymore. ESPN was at Grand Park for it. Dom talked with the athletic director at Ben Davis about what has been an outright explosion in participation, and with the Colts' Road to 100 push complete, the sport has cleared the threshold to be eligible for IHSAA sanctioning. As he put it: people are hungry for this.
Two things Nate Spangle looked up
First, the Mudsock. Fishers and Hamilton Southeastern play for it every year and almost nobody can tell you why.
"In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the area that is now Fishers was a swampy agricultural settlement with unpaved dirt roads," Nate said. "The wet, muddy ground frequently caused residents and horses to get stuck in ankle deep mud, earning the community the nickname Mudsock." There is also lore about an 1881 saloon brawl locals called the Battle of Mudsock.
Second, the Hunger Bowl. Evansville Memorial and Evansville Mater Dei meet at the Reitz Bowl and raise money for the St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. Two Catholic schools, one food drive, one of the better rivalry games in the state.
Elsewhere on the scoreboard
Mike Kirschner is back at Mount Vernon and beat Greenfield-Central 28-7. He is 167-90 across 23 seasons with stops at Cascade, Ben Davis, Mount Vernon and Warren Central, and two state titles.
Class 2A number 11 Tipton went to fourth-ranked Lafayette Central Catholic and won 28-21. The Blue Devils are 3-0.
Indianapolis Lutheran beat Linton 42-13. Linton is 0-3.
Milan, of Hoosiers fame, ran tenth-ranked North Decatur off the field 56-7.
Warren Central outlasted North Central 45-42 in a game that kicked at 8:15 for heat and ended after midnight. Eighty-seven combined points and what felt like as many penalties.
Center Grove took the Copper Kettle from Carmel 36-34. Carmel is 1-2 and six total points from being 3-0.
Parke Heritage beat South Vermillion 15-14 by going for two in the fourth quarter and getting it. Play to win.
Evansville Memorial boys soccer just turned 50
Nate closed the show with this and the numbers are absurd.
The program started in 1976, before Indiana even had an IHSAA state tournament for soccer. Fifty years later: 40 sectional titles, 13 semi-state titles, 20 trips to the state championship game and 17 state championships. Seventeen consecutive sectional titles from 2004 through 2020 is still the longest streak in Indiana boys soccer history. Seven straight regional titles from 2004 through 2010 is also a record.
The 2007 team went 23-0-2, won the school's first IHSAA state title and finished ranked number one in the country. The 2008 team went 23-0-2 and won it again.
"Fifty years later, there aren't many high school soccer programs in Indiana with a history quite like it," Nate said. That is underselling it. Hall of Fame coach Bill Vieth Jr. has been the constant through most of it.
Week 4: what I am watching
Evansville Memorial vs. Evansville Mater Dei. The Hunger Bowl. Number one against number four in 3A.
Bishop Chatard vs. Cathedral. A win puts Rob Doyle at 100 career victories. He sits at 99-26.
Avon at Brownsburg. Avon is 3-0 and allowing eight points a game after beating Decatur Central, Ben Davis and Hamilton Southeastern. Brownsburg is the two-time defending 6A champion and just beat Franklin Central 48-0. John Hart is chasing win number 100 at Brownsburg. These two played a 55-47 classic a year ago.
Fort Wayne Carroll vs. Bishop Dwenger. Offense against defense. Carroll's only loss is to Center Grove. Dwenger opened the season scoreless into overtime against Roncalli.
Caston vs. Pioneer. Caston is 3-0 and this is the exam. "All I'm saying is when you're 4-0, you have this program's attention," Dom said.
Mishawaka vs. Warsaw, Center Grove vs. Ben Davis, and Indian Creek vs. Monrovia.
The Mudsock, Fishers vs. Hamilton Southeastern.
Then put September 18 on the calendar. Pendleton Heights hosts New Palestine, and Dom has been building the Arabians up for weeks. "I am firmly watching you, Pendleton Heights," he said. "You're in my sights."
College, quickly
Full college football scores and rankings are on the site, but the short version: Indiana beat North Texas 52-16 with the national championship banner freshly up in the end zone, and Josh Hoover was sharp. Notre Dame handled Wisconsin 41-13 without ever really letting CJ Carr throw it downfield until the second half. Purdue got past Indiana State.
Smaller schools: Marian shut out Defiance 53-0. Butler lost 51-24 at defending FCS champion Montana State, which is a fine way to spend a Saturday. DePauw held off Rose-Hulman 31-23. Trine beat Chicago 48-34. UIndy dropped a home game to twelfth-ranked Findlay 30-10, the surprise of the weekend.
And the Colts open at home against Baltimore on Sunday.
Listen to the episode
Listen to "Indiana High School Football Week 3 Recap" on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. The Indiana high school mascot game they keep talking about is linked in the show notes, and it is harder than it sounds. Nate whiffed on Fort Wayne Snider.
New Get IN. Sports episodes land every Tuesday, with Dom's interviews later in the week. Next up: Carmel athletic director Jim Inskeep, and Lawrence Central's principal on 30 years of the MIC.
Got a game we missed or a standout performance? Dom asks for them every week, and the show reads its comments. Send them in.
