East Central coach Jake Meiners named Indianapolis Colts Coach of the Week after Week 2 win
East Central head coach Jake Meiners was named the Indianapolis Colts Coach of the Week after the Trojans defeated New Palestine 14-6 in Week 2, snapping the Dragons’ 29-game winning streak. The Colts program is in its 27th year of honoring outstanding Indiana high school coaches.
WRBI reported on 2026-08-31 that East Central’s Jake Meiners was named the Indianapolis Colts Coach of the Week for Week 2 after his Class 4A Trojans beat Class 5A New Palestine 14-6 on Friday night, a result that snapped New Palestine’s 29-game winning streak that began in 2023 and included state championships in 2024 and 2025. The Colts’ coach-recognition program, now in its 27th year, selects weekly honorees by a statewide panel and will award each season’s winning coaches a $2,000 donation and a commemorative plaque at the season’s conclusion.
The WRBI story noted the Trojans were scheduled to play Cincinnati Elder on 2026-09-04 in the first game of a home-and-home series (Elder is slated to visit St. Leon next year). WRBI also said coverage from The Pit was set to begin at 6:40 p.m. on 103.9 FM and the station’s app for that Friday night broadcast.
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