Southport’s football team has the privilege of playing in the first-ever Horseshoe Classic at the Lucas Oil Stadium on Sep. 5 at 7:15 p.m. Southport was picked to attend this after last year’s 9-1 regular season.
According to the Indianapolis Colts’ website, the purpose of the Horseshoe Classic is to showcase some of the area’s best high school football talent, including a team from Ohio. This is first time the Indianapolis Colts have sponsored anything for high school football.
Head coach Mr. Bill Peebles says he thinks we are very fortunate to be in the first of what will probably be many Horseshoe Classics. According to him, Southport would not have been picked if it wasn’t for last year’s championship season.
Southport is facing against Pike. Pike won their first game last Friday against North Central, with a score of 21-7. Pike is ranked in the top five teams in Indiana. Yet, according to Southport players, the team will be a good match for Pike.
After last year’s close win against Pike, Southport players believe Pike will be coming for the team strong. According to senior Paul Sommers, it’s sure to be a really good game because both schools have something to prove and will be trying as hard as they can to win.
“I think it’s going to be an intriguing game,” said Peebles. “The Pike game last year was kind of our coming-out party. We upset them and that’s the game we started the roll with. Obviously, there are a lot of people wondering if we can do it again. So, I guess we’re going to find out. We know that Pike will be ready and hopefully we are too.”
According to senior Joe Gilliam, the whole team is excited to play at the Lucas Oil Stadium. He says they look at this as a good opportunity, but it’s also something they will have to work very hard for.
“The majority of the team hasn’t been (to the Lucas Oil Stadium) yet, including me,” said Gilliam. “We are going to be really pumped and very excited. I can’t wait.”
Before the team can focus on the Horseshoe Classic though, they have to put everything into tonight’s Anderson game. The team is just taking it week by week and using every game to keep preparing.
Although the team lost last Friday against Roncalli, Sommers says it went well and they learned a lot. According to him, the team always wants to win but they aren’t going to let a loss put them down. The team plans on using tonight’s game to put them onto the winning track.
Peebles says the game tonight should put Southport in a good position to move forward and get better before the game against Pike next weekend.
The football team goes into every game expecting to win, according to Peebles, and that is what they expect for tonight and on Sep. 5 at the Lucas Oil Stadium.
By: Kinsey Goff
SHS News Bureau
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