To a very great degree, our contestants were of one mind in Week 2. Out of 13 players, 12 of them picked 3A #12 Monrovia in this round, easily the most to pick the same team in any week in the 13 years I have been the administrator of this contest. The Bulldogs proved our contestants' confidence in them to be well founded as they clipped the wings of the Phalen Academy Falcons in a 65-point shutout victory, the largest winning margin for the week by 25 points. Three of our teams - Milan, 2A #11 Rochester, and 2A #1 Evansville Mater Dei - suffered losses in Week 2. Four of our nine teams remain undefeated: 4A #8 Columbia City, 6A #8 Fishers, 3A #7 Hanover Central, and Monrovia.
With nearly all of our contestants picking the same team, there was no movement at the top of our leaderboard this week. EHS_HOOPS and Mr. B.A. remain tied for the lead with 114 points. A five-way tie exists for third between Ed Stachulak, hhsdawg, Quad Runner, Rob Deweese, and ysuindy, each with 109 points.
Here are the games for Week 2 with scores, point margins, and the number of players who picked each one:
Monrovia 65, Phalen Academy 0 (65 points, 12 players)
Fishers 40, Pike 0 (40 points, no players)
Seymour 42, Jeffersonville 7 (35 points, 1 player)
Columbia City 42, Plymouth 14 (28 points, no players)
Sheridan 35, North Miami 12 (23 points, no players)
Hanover Central 24, Hammond Morton 14 (10 points, no players)
Batesville 21,
Milan 0 (-21 points, no players)
Tippecanoe Valley 39,
Rochester 8 (-31 points, no players)
Castle 49,
Evansville Mater Dei 7 (-42 points, no players)
Here are the standings after Week 2:
114 points
EHS_HOOPS
Mr. B.A.
109 points
Ed Stachulak
hhsdawg
Quad Runner
Rob Deweese
ysuindy
88 points
HickoryHusker
Nick Jenkinson
raiderfan32
Ranger20
thegorilla23
58 points
CoachC
Your humble contest administrator will be traveling over the Labor Day weekend. This will result in a short delay in the posting of the Week 3 results. They should be available sometime on Monday, Sep. 4.
If you haven't already sent in your pick for Week 3, be sure to email it to
shsfan475@gmail.com by
6:00 pm ET on Friday, Sep. 1!