INDIANA FOOTBALL DIGEST INSIDER: WEEK 9

By Paul Condry and Matt Kopsea – Indiana Football Digest

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

New Prairie's Russ Radtke earned his 300th career win with the Cougars' 48-0 triumph over LaVille.

Justin Bogunia of John Glenn celebrated his 100th coaching triumph as the Falcons flew past Culver, 35-6.

New Castle halted a 23-game losing streak with a convincing 39-22 win over Logansport.

North Vermillion ended Fountain Central's 26-game Wabash River Conference and 24-game regular season winning streak with a 25-21 win over the Mustangs.

Garrett brought Leo's 26-game Allen County Athletic Conference and 22-game regular season winning streak to an end with a 20-6 win.

Monroe Central snapped its 11-game losing streak with a 25-20 win over Southern Wells.

LaPorte ended its nine-game losing streak with a 13-12 win over Michigan City.

Eastern (Pekin) halted its nine-game losing skid with a 35-0 shutout of Crawford County.

Eastern (Greentown) saw its nine-game losing streak come to an end with a 28-19 win over Taylor.

HERE'S TO THE CHAMPIONS - TEAMS THAT CLINCHED AT LEAST A TIE FOR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Allen County Athletic - Garrett 

Big Eight - Jasper 

Central Indiana - Elwood 

Conference Indiana - Lawrence Central 

Duneland Athletic - Merrillville 

Eastern Indiana - East Central 

Great Lakes Athletic - Hammond 

Greater South Shore - Whiting 

Hoosier - Lafayette Central Catholic 

Hoosier Crossroads - Brownsburg 

Hoosier Heritage - Mount Vernon (Fortville) 

Hoosier Hills - Columbus East 

Indiana Crossroads - Indianapolis Ritter 

Metropolitan Interscholastic - Carmel 

Mid-Indiana Football - Indian Creek 

Mid-Indiana - Hamilton Heights 

Mid-Southern - Charlestown 

Mid-State - Greenwood 

North Central - Richmond 

Northeast Hoosier - Homestead 

Northern Indiana - Penn 

Northern State - Jimtown 

Patoka Lake Athletic - Paoli 

Pocket Athletic - North Posey 

Sagamore - Tri-West 

Southern Indiana Athletic - Castle 

Summit Athletic - Fort Wayne Snider 

Tri-Eastern - Hagerstown 

Wabash River - North Vermillion 

West Central - Greencastle 

Western Indiana – Sullivan

 NEW FACES IN NEW PLACES

Here is a look at how the new coaches around the state are doing.

Josh Schoeff - Angola (2-6), Jason Thompson - Cascade (3-5), Perry Irwin – Centerville (2-6), Justin Schuhmacher - Clinton Central (2-6), Adam Kelly - Connersville (5-3), Travis Brown - Covington (1-7), Kevin Enright - Crown Point (5-3), Josh Strasser - Delphi (3-5), Luke Amstutz - East Noble (6-2), Bill Roggeman - Elkhart Memorial (0-8), Ross Fuh - Forest Park (1-7), Brian Moore - Fountain Central (7-1), Mike Quick - Frankfort (3-5), Shane Wellman - Franklin County (4-4), Chris DePew - Garrett (7-1), Jeff Karras - Gary Roosevelt (3-5), Nick Hart - Gibson Southern (7-1), Jim Pickett - Griffith (3-5), Jay Nowak - Hammond Clark (1-7), Todd Wilkerson - Heritage Hills (4-4), Trent Grider - Highland (1-7), Trent Fine - Huntington North (4-4), Garrett Wooten - Indiana Deaf (1-7), Chris McGowan - Knox (2-6), Tim Miller - Lapel (1-7), Brad Urban - Logansport (1-7), John Hochstetler - Monroe Central (1-7), Kevin Hutchins - Monrovia (3-5), Chad Dockery - Mooresville (0-8), Brad Seiss - Muncie Central (2-6), Charlie Hill - New Palestine (3-5), Russ Radtke - New Prairie (7-1), Garry Sauley - North Decatur (6-2), Mark Williamson - North Harrison (2-6), Greg Barrett - North Putnam (2-6), Tony Uggen - Northfield (3-5), Brian Crabtree - North Vermillion (8-0), Orlando Lowry - Park Tudor (1-7), Greg Gibson - Perry Central (5-3), Wally McCormack - Portage (2-6), Vincent Royer - Prairie Heights (3-5), Waylon Schenk - Princeton (4-4), Mike Zehner - Rochester (5-3), Rocky Alspaugh - Rushville (1-7), Jay Johnson - South Bend Washington (1-7), Dan Klimczak - South Central (6-2), Will Ragle - Tri (0-8), Justin Gardiner - Twin Lakes (3-5), Dave Coyle - Valparaiso (3-5), Steve Tutsie - Warren Central (4-4), Nate Andrews - Western (4-4), Tony Klimczak - Wheeler (5-3), Joey Paridaen - Wood Memorial (0-8), Anthony Marshall - Indpls. Marshall (5-3), Kyle Brown - Indpls. Tindley (2-6).

STILL PERFECT

Here is the last time the following unbeaten teams were 8-0.

Homestead (2011), Brownsburg (1994), Carmel (2008), Castle (2011), Columbus East (2009), F.W. Snider (2008), West Central (2005), Jasper (2010), Lakeland (2011), Hagerstown (2010), Greencastle (1995), Greenwood (2003), Whiting (2005), Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter (2008), Jimtown (2007),  Lawrence Central (2004), Tri-Central (first time), North Posey (1996), North Vermillion (1987), Charlestown (2007), Linton-Stockton (2011).

HIGHS AND LOWS

Longest current winning streaks

Carmel has won 16 games in a row.

Longest current losing streaks

Tri has dropped 29 games in a row.

Frontier has 26 straight losses.

Lafayette Harrison has dropped 24 consecutive games.

Central Noble has lost 23 games in a row.

Riverton Parke has suffered 21 straight losses.

Wabash has 16 losses in a row.

Taylor has 14 consecutive losses.

Norwell has 11 straight losses.

Blackford has lost 10 games in a row.

Lawrence North, Mooresville, South Dearborn, Union County, Evansville Harrison, Evansville Bosse, Elkhart Memorial, and Wood Memorial have a nine-game losing streak.

Crawford County has suffered eight losses in a row.

Consecutive regular season wins

Homestead 21, Linton-Stockton 20, Castle 17, Charleston 15, Columbus East 15, Lawrence Central 15, North Posey 13, Brownsburg 12, Indianapolis Ritter 12, Greencastle 11, Carmel 10, F.W. Snider 10, Greenwood 10, Jasper 10, Evansville Mater Dei 9, Jimtown 9, North Vermillion 9, Whiting 9, Tri-Central 8, West Central 8, Hagerstown 8.

Consecutive regular season losses

Tri 27, Frontier 24, Lafayette Harrison 22, Central Noble 21, Riverton Parke 19, Evansville Harrison 16, Wabash 15, Cloverdale 13, Taylor 13, Calumet 11, Norwell 10, Lawrence North 8, Mooresville 8, Blackford 8, South Dearborn 8, Wood Memorial 8, Elkhart Memorial 8, Evansville Bosse 8, Union County 8, Crawford County 7.

Longest current conference winning streaks

Pioneer has won 46 Midwest Conference games in a row.

Columbus East has run off 41 consecutive Hoosier Hills Conference games.

Homestead has captured 19 straight Northeast Hoosier Conference games.

East Central has won 18 straight Eastern Indiana Conference games.

Churubusco has won 16 Northeast Corner Conference games in a row.

Longest current conference losing streaks

Wabash has lost 34 straight Three Rivers Conference games.

COACHING MILESTONES

Closing in on 250

Mo Moriarty (Salem) 246

Closing in on 200

Leroy Marsh (Munster) 199

Tim Roth (Winamac) 198

Rick Streiff (Indianapolis Cathedral) 194

Closing in on 100

Mike Cheviron (Goshen) 96

Tony Lewis (Evansville Reitz) 94

Bob Holmes (Bremen) 93