Talk:Indiana big school football champions

message: I noticed that the additional information I added to the article had been changed a second time. I have undone that to again include mythical state champions back to 1895.
The person who undid the additions which I posted claimed that my changes "exist...solely to support Reitz' claim to nine championships." This is simply not true...my changes exist to provide further information on mythical state champions back to 1895. My interest in researching the past mythical state champions of Indiana prep football did begin in a quest to learn more about Reitz' claims (in fact, two claims have been debunked), but I continued to gather historical information to cover the entire history of Indiana prep football.
Additionally, I find it a little ironic that my website can be used as a source for some information, but when it is inconvenient, information on my site is ignored.
For the person's satisfaction, here are the methods in which Reitz can claim nine big school state championships:
1933 - Evansville newspaper reported that at Reitz football banquet on Dec. 20, 1933, "Circuit Judge Spencer" and the article itself referred to Reitz as the state champions. Additionally, the 1934 Panther Gridiron Guide referred to the '33 team as "Co-State Champions."
1940 - The Dec. 12, 1940 edition of the Evansville Courier referred to Reitz as "State Title Claimants". Additionally, the Dec. 18, 1940 edition of the Reitz Mirror said "Two of Indiana's finest football elevens, Francis Joseph Reitz High School of Evansville and North Side high school of Fort Wayne have been announced as the leaders of the state for 1940 by the Indianapolis News."
1948 - Voted #1 by Associated Press & United Press and rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings
1953 - Probably rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings (second to last had Reitz at #1)
1956 - Rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings
1957 - Voted #1 by International News Service & United Press and rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings
1960 - Voted #1 by Associated Press & United Press International and rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings
1961 - Voted #1 by Associated Press & United Press International and rated #1 by E.E. Litkenhous' mathematical rankings
1971 - Voted #1 by Associated Press & United Press International 
Hope this helps. Thanks.
--Dengler (talk) 16:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent changes 

message: I had updated the page in January, but saw it was reverted to its previous version last month due to uncited sources. I have spent over 10 years researching Indiana high school football and my website (AlmanacSports.com) is even cited as a source in the article.
I went ahead and reverted the article to the one I had edited back in January with information back to the 1800s. Thanks.
--Dengler (talk) 05:42, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent edit of page 

message: Strictly speaking, Castle High School isn't in Newburgh either--it's in Leopold.
Leaving that aside, the situation is different.
Though Warren Central and Ben Davis high schools are not actually within the city of Indianapolis, they are at least associated with that city.  Castle High School, however, not only is not associated with Evansville, but it also has absolutely nothing to do with Evansville--it serves Newburgh and its environs (even though it's in Leopold, it's really associated with Newburgh).  Kurt Weber 15:04, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Warren Central/Ben Davis vs. Newburgh Castle 

message: Actually, no disrespect intended to the previous post, but Leopold is over an hour away from Castle High, which is indeed in Newburgh, Indiana. Further, Newburgh is only ten miles from Evansville and is nearly 100 times smaller, making it, if not a suburb, certainly a bedroom community of the Evansville metro area.
Finally, very few Indiana residents outside of a 75 mile radius of Newburgh would ever know where that small town lies, making Evansville the perfect descriptor for the location of Castle. (Evansville is put in parentheses in order to indicate that Castle's address is not actually in Evansville.)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.99.50.71 (talk) 20:17, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Location of Castle High School