How the top-ranked IHSAA football teams fared in week 9

INDIANA, USA — After nine weeks of Operation Football, the regular season has finally wrapped up. Sectionals are just a week away and on Tuesday the final AP poll of the year will be released. 

Here is a class-by-class breakdown of how the top-10 IHSAA football teams in the Associated Press poll fared during week nine.

Class 6A

• No. 1 Brownsburg defeated No. 4 Hamilton Southeastern 21-14.
• No. 2 Center Grove defeated No. 7 Cathedral 45-38.
• No. 3 Ben Davis defeated North Central 50-3.
• No. 5 Crown Point defeated Michigan City 38-0.
• No. 6 Westfield defeated Franklin Central 28-19.
• No. 8 Penn defeated South Bend Adams 42-0.
• No. 9 Fort Wayne Carroll defeated Fort Wayne Northside 52-14.
• No. 10 Fishers defeated Zionsville 34-14.

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Class 5A

• No. 1 Bloomington North defeated Southport 42-14.
• No. 2 Fort Wayne Snider defeated Fort Wayne Wayne 37-0.
• No. 3 Bloomington South defeated Seymour 47-0.
• No. 4 Valparaiso defeated Lake Central 47-7.
• No. 5 Lafayette Harrison defeated Richmond 42-6.
• No. 6 Merrillville defeated Chesterton 35-7.
• No. 7 Decatur Central defeated Franklin 36-0.
• No. 8 Floyd Central defeated New Albany 47-0.
• No. 9 Mishawaka defeated Wawasee 41-22.
• No. 10 Plainfield lost to Martinsville 13-6.

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Class 4A

• No. 1 East Central defeated Roncalli 41-7.
• No. 2 Evansville Reitz defeated Evansville Mater Dei 14-10.
• No. 3 Northridge lost to Warsaw 24-10.
• No. 4 New Palestine defeated Delta 38-7.
• No. 5 Kokomo lost to Lafayette Jefferson 34-21.
• No. 6 Greenfield-Central defeated New Castle 44-20.
• No. 7 Mississinewa defeated 2A No. 8 Eastbrook 42-6.
• No. 8 East Noble defeated Bellmont 70-7.
• No. 9 New Haven defeated Huntington North 47-12.
• No. 10 Leo defeated DeKalb 43-14.

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Class 3A

• No. 1 Bishop Chatard defeated Cincinnati Elder (OH) 34-7.
• No. 2 Hanover Central defeated Hammond Central 35-0.
• No. 3 Guerin Catholic defeated Culver Academy 42-7.
• No. 4 Tippecanoe Valley defeated Bremen 51-16.
• No. 5 Hamilton Heights defeated West Lafayette 26-23.
• No. 6 Gibson Southern defeated Boonville 35-8.
• No. 7 Heritage Hills defeated Washington 50-7.
• No. 8 Tri-West defeated Southmont 21-7.
• No. 9 Peru defeated Manchester 52-6.
• No. 10 Knox defeated Caston 50-0.

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Class 2A

• No. 1 Triton Central defeated Speedway 40-7.
• No. 2 Linton-Stockton defeated Phalen Academy 62-60.
• No. 3 Brownstown Central defeated Scottsburg 48-21.
• No. 4 North Posey defeated Pike Central 70-0.
• No. 5 LaVille defeated Culver 52-0.
• No. 6 Fort Wayne Bishop Luers lost to Homestead 10-7.
• No. 7 Alexandria defeated 1A No. 10 Madison-Grant 20-14.
• No. 8 Eastbrook lost to 4A No. 7 Mississinewa 42-6.
• No. 9 South Vermillion defeated Attica 48-0.
• No. 10 Bluffton defeated Lakeland 32-14.

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Class A

• No. 1 Lutheran did not play.
• No. 2 Adams Central defeated Woodlan 45-6.
• No. 3 Carroll (Flora) defeated No. 9 Sheridan 24-0.
• No. 4 Providence defeated North Harrison 35-0.
• No. 5 Park Tudor defeated Edinburgh 65-6.
• No. 6 South Putnam defeated Cascade 20-17.
• No. 7 North White defeated West Central 20-18.
• No. 8 Springs Valley defeated North Daviess 50-14.
• No. 10 Madison-Grant lost to 2A No. 7 Alexandria 20-14.