It was a
highly successful round one in sectional play for the Hoosier Heritage
Conference. The league went 5-3 with one of the defeats coming in an
intra-conference contest. Moreover, it garnered at least one high profile
victory.
The marquis
contest in the first round was Delta versus Fort Wayne South. The Eagles
mounted a strong defensive effort to throttle their Summit Conference foes
21-7. Mt. Vernon and Rushville were also a bit defensive. The Marauders blitzed
New Castle 48-0 and the Lions downed Greensburg 15-11.
The most
offensive battle of the night was the game between HHC foes. New Palestine used
its high powered offense to subdue Pendleton heights 41-21. Shelbyville also
put some points on the board in routing Franklin County 34-14.
The losses
suffered by the HHC were delivered to Greenfield-Central and Yorktown. The
Tigers fell to a tough Hamilton Heights squad 21-14 while the Cougars were
fenced by Anderson Highland 36-6.
Things will
get no easier in round two. Rushville has a particularly hard test in facing
ranked Batesville in Sectional 22. In 4A, Delta now faces an improving Muncie
South squad. New Palestine and Mt. Vernon may have the best of it among HHC
teams. The Dragons face 6-4 Indianapolis Arlington in one half of Sectional 13
while the Marauders vie with 6-4 Anderson Highland in the other bracket.
Junior Varsity Football Team Pounds Highland to Close Season
The JV football Arabians overcame a scoreless first quarter to post a 42-0 win over the visiting Highland Scots. The defense was carried the team in the first stanza until the Arabian offense could get untracked. The Junior Arabians scored three times in rapid succession in the second quarter to take a 22-0 lead into the halftime.
Quarterback Evan Mohr got the Arabians on the board with a 1-yard run midway through the second quarter. Austin Earley caught the 2-point conversion pass from Mohr to push the score to 8-0. The Arabians were back again with a little more than a minute left in the half when Mohr hit Earley for a 35-yard pass on fourth-and-five from the Highland 35. Mohr again connected with Earley for the 2-point conversion. On the ensuing kickoff the Arabians recovered a Highland fumble. Mohr quickly struck paydirt, finding Phillip Holden behind the Scots defenders for a 29-yard touchdown pass.
In the second half the defense got into the scoring act as Phillip Holden came up hard from the cornerback position to force a Highland fumble on an end run. Michael Dawson recovered the ball in the endzone for the Arabians to push the score to 28-0. After the defense snuffed out consecutive Highland drives Mohr found Holden on a slant pass from the 10-yard line. The final score for the Arabians was compliments of Justin Borgman, who ripped off a 15-yard run and added a 2-point conversion run for good measure.
The shutout was the third in a row for the Arabian defense. In addition to Dawson’s fumble recovery, Joe Gipson grabbed two Highland fumbles and garnered a sack, while Borgman added one sack. The Arabian offense gained close to 300 yards in rushing and passing. Over the last five games, the Arabians outscored their opponents 190 to 18. The team finished the season with a 5-2 record on a five game winning streak.
Hoosier
Heritage Conference teams did their best to make it a clean sweep at the Delta
Regional. Only Muncie South’s third place finish kept the league from sweeping
the top four spots. Pendleton Heights easily won the meet with Mt. Vernon
second, Yorktown fourth, and Delta fifth. All four teams advance to semi-state
competition next week.
The Arabians’
Nathan Hendershot won the individual competition in a time of 16:26.Mt. Vernon’s top runner was Chris Manson in
fourth. Here is a look at the complete results.
The Lady Arabian cross country placed 5th in the Delta Regional Saturday & will advance to the New Haven Semi-State this coming Saturday. Leading the Arabians were our mighty seniors, Mur Hagerman 14th & Leslie Hersberger 15th. Both earned all-regional honors.
Close behind the two seniors was freshman, Emma Manchess in 16th. Emma was the 1st freshman to finish.
The Pendleton Heights boys cross country team literally ran away with the sectional title yesterday at Pendleton Heights. All 7 of the PH runners finished in the top 25. Leading the way: 1st Place: Nathan Hendershot – 16:04 3rd Place: Hunter Mills – 16:55 4th Place: Cameron Mandrell – 17:05 10th Place: Jared Burke – 17:32 16th Place: Sam Giddings – 17:46 22nd Place: Chase Stephenson – 18:16 23rd Place: Jacob Chestnut – 18:19
The boy’s freshman football team improved their record to 6-1 last night with a victory over Rushville last night 28-14.Scoring for the Arabians was Austin Coffle, Kenny Krueger, and Will Galliher.Jonathan Furrow and Kenny Krueger added 2 point conversions and Luke Randolph kicked two extra points.The boys will face Anderson Highland next Monday night.
There is
good news and bad news for Greenfield-Central and Pendleton Heights in the draw
for the sectional tournament. The two teams avoided all of the state
powerhouses in the draw. On the other hand, they drew each other to start the
tournament. That is one of two head-to-head HHC matchups in the first round. At
Shelbyville, Mt. Vernon and Rushville will tangle in the opening round.
Also at
Shelbyville, New Palestine will see Hamilton Heights in its opening match.
Shelbyville drew the bye and will play the winner of that contest. State powers
Yorktown and delta both got good draws at Muncie South. The Tigers drew
Blackford in the opening round while defending 3A state champion Delta got the
bye and a date with Eastbrook. The two HHC powers will not see each other until
the championship match.
The Junior Varsity football team hit the road to defeat Rushville 56-0 Monday night. The defense snuffed out every Rushville drive and kept the Lions on their side of the 50-yard line for almost the entire contest. The Arabians racked up six sacks on the night, including one by Austin Aul for almost 20 yards. The JV defense has painted the last two opponents with shutouts. As they pushed their winning streak to four games the young Arabians have outscored their opponents 148-18.
On offense, the Arabians proved too much for the host Lions as they scored on their second play from scrimmage and never looked back. Grant Hendershot and Austin Earley teamed up for the first score as Hendershot took a lateral pass from Arabian quarterback Evan Mohr and completed the 45-yard toss to Earley streaking down the sideline. The Arabians struck again quickly on their second possession as Jacob Lyons ran 30 yards through a host of would-be Lion tacklers for a score. Mohr then found Hendershot open for a 32-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter before hitting Corbin Fowler for a 19-yard scoring pass to make the score 30-0 at the break.
In the second half, assistant coach Rick Ellsworth mixed up the plays and involved every running back and receiver in the offense as the Arabians continued to dominate.
PH scored on their opening second half drive with a 60-yard screen pass from Mohr to Earley. The catch and run was made possible by excellent line blocking by Stefan Slick, Joe Gipson, Kyle Babb, Logan Babb and Michael Dawson as well as outstanding downfield blocking by Fowler and Hendershot. To end the third quarter Mohr hit Ridge Widener for a 5-yard screen pass for a touchdown. Earley closed out the offensive scoring for the Arabians in the fourth quarter with a 45-yard TD run. Earley, Hendershot and Mohr each scored a pair of two-point conversions during the game.
Mike Wilkins
’ defense was every bit as tough in the second half as the first and added a score of their own as Austin Aul trapped the Lions quarterback in his own end zone for a safety. The defensive line of Slick, Gipson, Prol and Dawson were rock solid. The
d-linemen were backed by a linebacker corps of Aul, Lyons, Justin Borgman and Trent Gaw who kept the Rushville running attack under control. The JV record is now 4-2. The Arabians host the Highland Scots next Monday to conclude their season.
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