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Reader Reply to article above

Dave

I am not sure if you forwarded this to me given the topic or if I have subscribed to a service that gets The Senior Reports. Regardless, I appreciated receiving the article and was interested in the article.

I have a few thoughts/comments based on what I read.

I would like to clarify Commissioner Cox's quote about private/parochial schools, "They recruit students." I would expand that statement to say that Roncalli recruits students according to the following format:

1.  Students that currently are enrolled in our Catholic grades schools.
2.  Catholic students in our Catholic feeder parishes that attend public 
schools but who also participate in Catholic youth ministry/faith 
formation programs.
3.  Students who have attended one of our Open Houses.
4.  Students who have come and shadowed for a day at Roncalli
5.  Students/families who have called our school and asked to be placed 
on our mailing list.

For #3, #4 and #5, the student/family must initiate the contact before any Roncalli literature or communication will take place.

At no time is Roncalli involved in any contact or recruitment of a random student that does not fit into one of the five categories above. I cannot speak nor do I wish to speak for the other private/parochial schools in the state but I can say that for most/all Catholic schools in the state, their student recruitment process would the same/similar.

Next comment - what unfair advantage do folks claim that Warren, Carmel, Center Grove, Penn, Snider, Hamilton SE have since they have dominated Class 5A football for decades! Are they doing something illegal/unfair that is not going on at Lawrence North, Valpo, TH South, Jeffersonville, and other 5A schools?

There does need to be some tweaking of the by laws as it relates to the class tournaments. I have been in discussion with principals of some other local Catholic high schools. I am hopeful that we can come to some consensus and offer a proposal for consideration by the IHSAA Board of Directors to consider as well.

Thanks again for forwarding the article. I look forward to the discussion in the coming months.

Chuck Weisenbach, Principal
Roncalli High School - Indianapolis, IN 46227

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Roncalli and the Hoosier Heritage Conference

In the last few weeks, HHC bosses decided to invite Roncalli to “discuss” a possible move to the conference. Rushville previously announced plans to leave the HHC in 2013-14 for the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference.

The EIAC will offer a more competitive playing field for the Rushville, which, as the second smallest school in the HHC, has struggled, with its conference success limited mostly to girls’ basketball.

Roncalli, like many private schools, has no conference affiliation. The Rebels, however, have in recent years explored joining a conference, presumably for the benefits a conference can provide: annual rivalries, a chance to play for a conference championship and a more established schedule year-in and year-out.

When word first broke of Rushville’s departure, HHC athletic directors spoke of several schools, including Franklin, Greenwood and New Castle as possible replacements. Roncalli was mentioned, but always with the caveat that the Rebels might dominate conference sports across the board.

After all, private schools have come to outperform their public school counterparts in many, if not most, state tournament sports.

So, it was only after Franklin, Greenwood, New Castle and a few other schools such as Hamilton Heights were eliminated as possibilities that Roncalli truly became a possibility. Many of the schools targeted by the HHC showed initial interest, but later had to back off after being overruled by their respective school boards for various reasons, include worries about transportation costs. New Castle, which has been described by more than one HHC athletic director as the “ideal” candidate, has never indicated a desire to join the HHC, choosing to stick with its North Central Conference tradition.

The HHC’s non-Rushville members are Greenfield-Central, Mt. Vernon, New Palestine, Pendleton Heights, Shelbyville, Delta and Yorktown.

One of the key factors in maintaining an eight-member conference, rather than simply not replacing Rushville, is the HHC football docket.

There just aren’t enough large-school football programs around central Indiana with schedule availabilities to fill seven non-conference holes in the schedule (one for each HHC team) that will be created in 2013-14. HHC athletic directors are worried that they’ll all be fighting for the same one or two teams to fill Rushville’s spot on their respective football lineups.

For example, the six non-conference foes for G-C, Mt. Vernon and New Palestine this season were Kokomo, Lebanon, Marion, Whiteland, Richmond and New Castle.

Whiteland isn’t a difficult bus trip, and neither is New Castle, but traveling to Boone and Howard counties is at the limit of what most local athletic directors would like to schedule. With Rushville exiting, ADs will have a difficult time finding a suitable football replacement within a two-hour drive.

And that takes us back to Roncalli. While the 4A Rebels are solid in most sports, they’re not the same dominant force as 4A Cathedral, for example, or even a Heritage Christian at the 2A level. (Cathedral defeated Roncalli’s football team 20-13 in Friday’s sectional semifinal).

Rushville’s best sport in recent years was girls’ basketball, which also happens to be a Roncalli strength. The Rebels defeated Mt. Vernon in the regional championship last season.

Roncalli’s boys’ basketball team was 18-6 last year with a sectional title.

In soccer this fall, Roncalli didn’t make it out of the girls’ sectional, while the G-C boys beat the Rebels in the regional semifinal.

The Rebels’ wrestling program is extremely strong, winning a sectional last winter that included the three Hancock County HHC programs. The Roncalli volleyball and girls’ golf teams also won sectional titles this fall.

In other sports, such as cross country, swimming and tennis, the Rebels are average. In the boys’ swimming sectional, for example, Roncalli was 10th; in the girls’ sectional, seventh.

Will Roncalli be more competitive than Rushville in most HHC championships? Without a doubt. Will the Rebels be unbeatable? No.

Ultimately, facing off with Roncalli will better prepare the current HHC schools for the state tournament more than playing Rushville. And the trip to southeast Indianapolis is much shorter.

Roncalli’s admission to the HHC is far from certain. HHC principals and school boards will have to sign off on any formal invitation. HHC by-laws require a unanimous agreement on new members, so it will only take one HHC administrative body to squash a Roncalli-HHC marriage.

But, unless one of the aforementioned schools reverses direction and decides to join the HHC, which is possible, considering the turnover among principals and school board members, Roncalli is the HHC’s best option.

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Steve Rhoades reply to us -

Concordia has not approached us recently.

Hoosier Heritage Conference To Remain 7 Schools

plus, "I think the economy and the uncertain future with school funding has slowed interest in the HHC. A school that would join would face some decent travel distances. I think that is a concern for several schools that might have been interested at one time."

Rushville will leave for the Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference after the 2012-13 school year.

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Mid-Hoosier Conference

The Royals were part of the White River Conference for several years along with Lapel, Shenandoah and Knightstown until 2010-11, when Lapel left the WRC, effectively disbanding the conference.

Eastern Hancock athletic director Aaron Spaulding believes belonging to a conference is important. “There are several positives,” he said. “It’s another opportunity for our kids to be recognized, as far as allconference and things like that.

“It’s another opportunity for kids to compete for a championship, especially in the single-class sports like track, where realistically it’s going to be difficult to win a sectional. A conference gives you a chance to compete on a level playing field.”

Beginning next school year, the Royals will compete for conference titles in golf, tennis, track and field and cross country. One downside for the Royals: most MHC schools do not have wrestling and swimming programs, as the Royals do, so those EH teams will continue to compete independently.

In two years, Eastern Hancock will try to win its first MHC championships in boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball.

Jumping from a schedule that included only three White River Conference opponents two years ago to a MHC eight-game schedule will be an advantage, Spaulding said.

“It’s going to help us as far as motivation,” said Spaulding, also the EH boys’ basketball coach. “There’s going to be very few … I don’t want to say ‘off nights,’ but just about every game on our schedule now will be either a county game, a conference game or a game against a sectional opponent.

“Every game will have extra importance.”

Among the recent MHC successes, Hauser won the boys’ basketball Class A state title in 2006 and Waldron won the boys’ basketball Class A state championship in 2004. Morristown won a Class A state championship in 2004 in volleyball. In girls’ basketball, Indian Creek finished last season ranked in the top 10 in Class 2A.

“I think it’s a solid conference,” Spaudling said. “Like all small schools, there are ups and downs. But, at any one time, there are successful Mid-Hoosier programs in every sport.

“It’s a place where we’ll fit well. We’re smack down the middle as far as enrollment goes.” In the class sports, Eastern Hancock is 2A, as is North Decatur. Indian Creek is 3A, while Edinburgh, Hauser, Morristown, South Decatur, Southwestern and Waldron are Class A.

Eastern Hancock will be the northern most school in the MHC, although the Royals already compete against some of the MHC programs in most sports. Spaulding didn’t comment on possible schedule changes, but to make room for the entire slate of MHC games, the Royals might drop teams such as Elwood, Frankton, Sheridan and Muncie Burris — teams currently on either the EH boys’ or girls’ basketball schedule that aren’t common sectional opponents.

Football will not be affected by the move. The Royals already compete in the Mid-Indiana Football Conference — an offshoot of the MHC — with Indian Creek, North Decatur, South Decatur, Milan and (for now) Triton Central, and the Royals will continue to play in the MIFC. Most of the other Mid-Hoosier schools do not have football programs.

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“I am excited to announce this new media collaboration between EZStream and the Little East Conference,” Commissioner Jonathan C. Harper said. “LittleEast.mobi will allow fans, parents, alumni and student-athletes to view selected contests on any smartphone free of charge. Once again, EZStream has proved to be at the forefront of new media by providing video streaming to the most popular phones that LittleEast.tv viewers own. No longer do our fans need to be in front of a computer to view these broadcasts.”

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The Little East Conference office will launch its newest feature on Feb. 15 by showcasing two of the conference’s long-standing basketball rivalries. The first contest will pit Eastern Connecticut State University at Western Connecticut State University in a crucial women’s basketball tilt at 5:30 p.m. Approximately two hours later, fans will be able to view the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Rhode Island College men’s basketball game from Providence.

The conference office will also select a pair of marquee matchups on the final afternoon of the Little East schedule on Saturday, Feb. 19. These four conference contests will serve as a prelude to the 2011 Little East Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship. The semifinal and championship rounds of the men’s and women’s tournament will be broadcasted on both LittleEast.tv and LittleEast.mobi between Friday, February 26 and Saturday, February 27. The Little East champion will earn an automatic qualifier into the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Little East debuted LittleEast.tv on Feb. 4, 2008, when the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth hosted Tufts University in a men’s basketball non-conference game. Since its initial appearance, the Little East has expanded its coverage to all 19 championship sports. During the 2009-10 academic year, the conference office video-streamed a total of 16 Little East Championships. The Little East in partnership with Eastern Connecticut State University broadcasted both the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division III Baseball New England Regional Championships in Mansfield, Conn. attracting over 40,000 combined viewers.

EZStream prides itself as the easiest and most cost-effective way available to create and present streaming audio and video. Websites powered by the EZStream system provide some of the best content on the Internet today. In the past six years, EZStream sites have delivered over 120,000 audio and video broadcasts to millions of viewers and listeners worldwide.

Initially formed in 1986 as a six-team men's and women's basketball conference, the Little East Conference has since grown to its present eight-school membership, sponsoring championship play in 19 intercollegiate athletics: baseball; men's and women's basketball; men's and women's cross country; field hockey; men's and women's lacrosse; men's and women's soccer; softball; women's swimming; men's and women's tennis; men's and women's indoor track; men's and women's outdoor track and women's volleyball.

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