Former ND Standout Named New Head Football Coach in South Bend

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

Jay Johnson, a former wide receiver at Notre Dame, is the new head football coach at Washington.

Johnson, who has been an assistant with the Panthers for the last several years, is the school's 13th head coach.  He takes over for Antwon Jones, who resigned earlier this year to take the head coaching job at Niles.

This past season, Washington lost in the 4A championship game to Indianapolis Cathedral.

South Bend Washington's Antwon Jones Leaves for Niles HS

by Jeff Fisher
High School Football America

After needing only four years to build South Bend Washington into a winner, head coach Antwon Jones is moving-on to his next challenge.

Jones, who led Washington to the Class 4-A title game last year, has been named the new head coach at Niles.  The Vikings, which finished winless last year, hasn't had a winning season since 2003.

In four years at Washington, Jones was 26-21, but that included an 0-11 record in 2010 when the Panthers had to forfeit its seven wins after using an ineligible player.

Washington lost 42-7 to Indianapolis Cathedral in the 2011 4A title game.

Gehrig Dieter Sets National Receiving Record

by Jeff Fisher
Indiana High School Football Huddle

South Bend Washington receiver Gehrig Dieter has a season's worth of statistics in just three games, plus a national record.

Friday night, Dieter caught 12 passes for 437 yards to break the national record for receiving yards in a game.  The old record was 421 yards by J.D. Felice of Rose Bud, Arkansas.

It's the second time that Dieter has broken a record this year.  In the season opener, he had 373 yards that set a new Indiana mark, which he broke again last night.  In the second game of the season, the Panther senior hauled-in 346 yards.

So, through three games, Dieter has 1,156 yards receiving.  He's almost halfway to the all-time national season record of 2,427 yards set by Cody Cardwell of Stephenville High School in Texas in 1998.

And, by the way, Washington improved to 3-0 with a 63-10 win over Elkhart Central.

Click here to read more on Deiter's record-breaking night from the South Bend Tribune.

South Ben Washington Receiver Sets New State Record

by Jeff Fisher
Indiana High School Football Huddle

South Bend Washington senior receiver Gehrig Dieter is the state's new record holder for yards receiving in a single-game.

Dieter caught eight passes for 373 yards in Saturday's win over Bloomington North.  Dieter also caught five touchdown passes with the shortest being 44 yards and the longest 88.  The other three TD catches covered 57, 64 and 80 yards.

Dieter broke the old record of 362 yards set by Jason Yurack of Rushville in 1992 and tied in 1997 by Burke Eiteljorg of Park Tudor.