East Central, Lawrenceburg Ranked To Begin 2021 Season

Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 9:56am

The Trojans and Tigers will clash to open the season on Friday, August 20.

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(INDIANAPOLIS) - Two high school football teams from southeastern Indiana will start the 2021 season ranked in the Top 10 of their respective classes.

The Indiana Football Coaches Association released this week its 2021 Pre-Season Coaches Poll.

In Class 4A, the East Central Trojans are ranked 6th to start the season. The Trojans are coming off an (8-3) season, which ended with a sectional championship loss to Mooresville.

Lawrenceburg, East Central's opening week opponent, was voted as the #2 team in Class 3A to start the season. The Tigers went 11-2 a year ago, losing in the regional to Southridge.

North Decatur was the only other team in the region to receive votes. The Chargers will start the season just outside the Top 10 in Class 1A.

The full 2021 Pre-Season Coaches Polls are below.

Class 6A

Center Grove (10) 100
Westfield 85
Carmel 73
Ben Davis 63
Warren Central 52
Brownsburg 42
Merrillville 37
Elkhart 21
Lafayette Jeff 19
Homestead, Penn 11

Class 5A

Indianapolis Cathedral (10) 100
Zionsville 85
Fort Wayne Dwenger 53
Valparaiso 49
New Palestine, Whiteland 43
Fort Wayne Snider 42
Decatur Central 34
Bloomington South 24
Mishawaka 18

Class 4A

Indianapolis Roncalli (8) 93
Indianapolis Chatard 66
Mooresville (1) 63
Mt. Vernon {Fortville} 58
Hobart 51
East Central 44
Leo 35
East Noble (1) 33
Lowell 29
Evansville Memorial 22

Class 3A

Danville (6) 90
Lawrenceburg 68
Gibson Southern (1) 67
Mishawaka Marian (2) West Lafayette (1) 55
Western Boone 47
Indianapolis Brebeuf 36
Southridge 34
Guerin Catholic 33
Fort Wayne Concordia 32

Class 2A

Andrean (4) 93
Fort Wayne Luers (4) 90
Eastbrook (1) 80
Evansville Mater Dei 60
Pioneer (1) 36
Tipton 28
Heritage Christian, Lafayette CC 27
Eastside 24
Triton Central 19

Class 1A

Covenant Christian (5) 88
South Adams (2) 87
Indianapolis Lutheran (2) 86
Adams Central 58
Southwood 55
Parke Heritage 52
Monroe Central (1) 35
South Putnam 30
West Washington 16
Winamac 10

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