It was so competitive -- top to bottom. Playing an NIC game on Friday night made it tough to come back against someone else Saturday.

Even after I was done (coaching), when Michigan City was merging (Elston and Rogers) into one high school, my preference was to stay in the NIC.

These are all the guys I was competitive with and against for so many years. Seventeen years as the head coach at Elston, so many memories ... so many great games ...

There's going to be a lot of guys out there on offense that are green Friday night.

It's a morning paper, they don't come out this late at night.

There's a sense of urgency on both contracts with looming deadlines Thursday night for Boeing, and essentially Sunday night for the garbage companies.