lost boys 2 the tribe

Erich E. Murphy, Managing Editor

To think, it's that time of year again

It is hard to believe that Friday night is the last night of football's regular season around here. Wow, nine weeks already.


There are just two area teams and two fringe teams virtually guaranteed to get into the postseason. El Paso-Gridley needs to win Friday against 5-3 Heyworth to make it.

Pontiac, Flanagan, Fieldcrest and Lexington are in. The Indians and Minutemen guaranteed a spot with wins this past Friday. The Falcons are still unbeaten and the Knights have one loss.

There also appears to be no significant change in where the teams will be classified. It looks as though the Tribe will go 5A. PTHS has an enrollment of 925 and the current cut-off is at 887.70. The Indians are currently the 13th seed, which, in theory, would give them a home game in the first round.



There is an outside chance that PTHS could drop to 4A, but my belief is that if that happens, Metamora (930) will also go 4A.

Having class

Class movement has been an issue in football since the playoff system began in 1974. The size of each class cannot be determined until all the regular-season games have been played. This means Saturday night will be an exciting time around the state as the pairings are announced.



Class movement is not an issue in the other sports. They have a fixed cutoff. This year is the first that the IHSA member schools have competed in multiple classes beyond the former standard of two. With one state finals down, things seem to be going well. The three-class golf finals for boys were completed Saturday.

"It was awesome," said Dave Gannaway, IHSA assistant executive director, of the golf finals. "I felt the kids were at the same threshold of excitement. It didn't seem any different than before.

"It was a very good experience for the kids. That's what it's supposed to be."



Going from one class to two classes did not seem to be a big issue when this was done way back when. Basketball made that move in 1971-72. Other sports followed at that time. Football began with five classes and has increased twice ― first to a sixth class, then to the current format of eight. There did not seem to be a watering-down of excitement from member schools and fans of the schools who have advanced to the pinnacle of a particular sport.

"I think it was a very smooth transition (going to multiple classes)," said Gannaway. "We'll have some bugs to work out, I'm sure.

"The difference in football was having four games in one day, but it didn't water it down," Gannaway added.



Volleyball is the first sport that will compete in a four-class format. It begins state tournament series play next week. Our area will be represented in three of them. Tri-Point, Dwight and Flanagan are in 1A, Prairie Central is in 2A and Pontiac will compete in 3A.

Rochester staying put

There is a clarification that needs to be made. Rochester will NOT be leaving the Corn Belt Conference in football for at least two years, according to Rochester athletic director Arnie Spiker.



It was reported in this space last week that the Rockets were leaving. This information was gathered from conversations a number of years ago when Herscher left the league. Another misunderstanding occurred when it was learned that the Indians were going to take on Metamora in the last week of the season.

Go Indians

The baseball season is about to come to an end. Colorado reached the World Series for the first time in its 14-year history, beating Arizona. The Diamondbacks already have a World Series championship.



Now it is time for Cleveland to get back into the Fall Classic. With all due respect to John Faddoul, the resident Boston fan, the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004 by defeating St. Louis. The Indians have not won the World Series since 1948.

My dream of a Cubs-Indians championship tilt went by the board when the Cubs lost to Arizona. But the Tribe still has a shot and I like its chances. Go Indians!

Fantasy football



The chances my fantasy football teams have is a different story. It never ceases to amaze how one can outthink himself. Such was the case this past week when my teams went 2-1.

Yes, it was nice to see two teams win, but the margin of victory for each was minimal. The loss was also close.

The difference? The person choosing my roster for the week opted to not play Devin Hester on two teams. One lost and the other won by just XX points. Marques Colston played at flex in the loss instead of Hester. Dumb. In the win, Santana Moss played the flex (dumber move that I got away with).



Call it a lesson learned. Hester will play a flex position for all three teams.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (October 18, 2007) � It's the end of Corey Camelot: Feldman and Haim have split up!!!

The two Coreys are no longer friends according to Feldman, who spoke about the matter earlier this week to US Weekly.

"We are not in great shape these days," the former "Surreal Life" star told US Weekly."We had a bit of a falling out."

The childhood friends recently reunited for an A&E reality show, "The Two Coreys." The program ended its run this past summer.

Now, Feldman said, the two men have stopped speaking.

"No, we are not [talking] at all," Feldman said.

"He made some big mistakes and I am not sure why he made them. I am a bit confused by it all. He has big issues."

Feldman revealed that the two men haven't spoken in about two months.

"He has to get his life together," Feldman said. "He has some serious issues he must deal with. That's all I will say. He has to get it together very soon."

In related news, the big screen reunion of the two Coreys is also apparently off. Haim did not take part in "Lost Boys 2: The Tribe."