Indiana high school football preview: Everything you need to know for 2023 season
The Indiana high school football season is fast approaching. Week 1 is Aug. 18 and IndyStar's preps Insider Kyle Neddenriep is making sure you're ready for kickoff.
We have MUCH more in the works, so stay tuned. No one gets you ready for the IHSAA season better than Kyle.
2023 IndyStar preseason Super Team
Super Team: Meet 2023's top defensive gamewreckers
Super Team: Meet 2023's top offensive playmakers, gamebreakers
Class-by-class Indy-area breakdown
Class 6A capsules: Can Center Grove make it four in a row?
Class 5A capsules: Whiteland surprised last year. Who will surprise this year?
Class 4A capsules: Can Roncalli, New Pal or anyone else dethrone East Central?
Class 3A capsules: Chatard returned to 3A in style, but plenty of locals have shot
Class 2A capsules: Triton Central looks likes a top threat
Class A capsules: Who can stop Lutheran from a three-peat?
How Center Grove built an IHSAA football dynasty
How does a program ascend from “one of” the best in Indiana to the gold standard? It starts on a 38-acre patch of green grass as kindergartners.
How Center Grove built a dynasty: Talent, hard work and start 'em young
Week 1 predictions for Central Indiana
Carroll-Hamilton Southeastern, New Palestine-Westfield, Center Grove-St. Edward (Ohio) among top games for Week 1 of the high school football season. Kyle makes his picks.
Week 1 predictions: Who wins tournament rematches, out-of-state slugfests?
1st and 10
Photographer Grace Hollars and Kyle Neddenriep visited 10 of the top players in Central Indiana for our “First and 10” project and asked: “What makes Friday night football special to you?”
1st and 10: We asked local football stars what makes Friday night special at their school?
10 games that could shape Class 6A
Red-hot rivalries, out-of-state measuring sticks and playoff rematches. Here are 10 regular-season games that will shape Class 6A in the 2023 Indiana high school football season.
IHSAA football preview: 10 regular-season games that will shape Class 6A
Indiana Mr. Football preseason watch list
Who is the frontrunner going into this season? There might not be a favorite to the extent of Drayk Bowen like last year, but here are 12 potential candidates ahead of the 2023 season.
2023 Indiana Mr. Football: No clear-cut favorite. Here are a dozen in the mix.
Top Guns: Indy-area's best QBs
Take a look at 15 quarterbacks to watch in Central Indiana for the upcoming season.
IHSAA football preview: Top area quarterbacks to watch for 2023 season
Top RBs to watch in Central Indiana
Take a look at a dozen top running backs in Central Indiana going into the fall.
IHSAA football preview: Dozen top running backs to watch in Central Indiana
Top Week 1 games
This is a much different opening slate than in recent years without Warren Central-Center Grove, Ben Davis-Brownsburg, HSE-Lawrence Central or Carmel-Louisville Trinity, but still plenty of good matchups.
IHSAA football preview: It's never too early for the top-10 Week 1 games
Breakout players
The potential is there for these 12 Central Indiana players to have breakout seasons in 2023.
IHSAA football preview: These dozen players are primed for a breakout season
Sleeper teams to watch in 2023
Take a look at 10 potential “sleeper teams” in Central Indiana. For the sake of consistency, we considered only teams that finished last season with a .500 record or below.
IHSAA football preview: 10 sleeper teams to watch in Central Indiana for 2023
Defensive playmakers and game-changers
A look at 15 defensive playmakers who might be flying under the radar in Central Indiana.
IHSAA football preview: 15 defensive playmakers and game-changers in Indy-area
Small-school standouts
A look at 15 of the best small-school standouts you may not know about in Central Indiana (we will distinguish that as Class 3A to Class A):
IHSAA football preview: Indy-area small-school standouts to watch in 2023
Coaches Confidential: Biggest issue facing IHSAA football?
We granted anonymity to high school football coaches in Central Indiana to answer four questions for us before the start of the 2023 season. Transfers, ref shortage and travel sports consistently came up with Indy-area coaches when asked biggest issues facing Indiana high school football.
Coaches Confidential: What is biggest issue facing HS football in next decade?
Coaches Confidential: Where's your favorite place to play?
We granted anonymity to high school football coaches in Central Indiana to answer questions for us before the start of the 2023 football season.
Coaches Confidential: Coaches pick favorite place to play, best atmosphere
Coaches Confidential: Worst/most unique place to coach
We granted anonymity to high school football coaches in Central Indiana to answer four questions for us before the start of the 2023 football season. Where is the worst (or maybe unique) place to coach a game and why?
Coaches Confidential: Where is worst (or most unique) place to coach football game?
Coaches Confidential: How to make IHSAA football better
We granted anonymity to high school football coaches in Central Indiana to answer four questions for us before the start of the 2023 football season. What change would you make to high school football to make it a better experience?
Coaches Confidential: How would you make IHSAA football better? 'Seed the tournament.'
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: IHSAA football: Top QBs, RBs, sleeper teams, breakout stars for 2023
