Indiana high school football roundup: Week 3 scores, statistics and highlights

Catch up with all of the action from Week 3 of high school football around Central Indiana.

North Central 10, Warren Central 0 

For the first time in 21 years – or well before any of the North Central football players were even born – the Panthers knocked off rival Warren Central.

North Central used a dominant defensive effort to outlast the Warriors 10-0 on Friday night in a Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference matchup between two top 10-ranked teams in Class 6A.

The win snapped a 32-game losing streak against Warren Central. The last time North Central win against the Warriors came on Oct. 29, 1999 – a 17-10 OT victory in sectionals. Fifth-ranked North Central improves to 1-0 in the MIC and 3-0 overall, while the No. 8 Warriors drop to 0-2.

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Both of North Central’s scores came off of turnovers that put the Panthers’ inside the Warriors’ 15.

Early in the second quarter, North Central senior defensive back Larry Campbell picked off Warren Central QB Prince Powell and took the ball to the 5-yard line. A negative play and a NC penalty later, Panthers’ senior quarterback Zayd Vestal hooked up with senior Northwestern commit Theran Johnson for a 15-yard TD – the game’s only first-half points.

Warren Central drove to the Panthers’ 9-yard line late in the final minutes of the first half, but couldn’t convert on a 37-yard field goal attempt.

The Panthers added the insurance they needed on a 28-yard field goal by kicker Max McQuistion.

The Warriors haven’t scored a point in their first two games. The Panthers recorded six sacks and three turnovers against Warren Central. — Tom Moor 

Warren Central    0    0    0    0    0    —    0

North Central    0    7    0    0    3    —    10

NC  – Theran Johnson 15 pass from Zayd Vestal (Max McQuistion kick)

NC – McQuistion 28 field goal

Individual Stats

Rushing — WC: Rodney Johnson 17-38, Mikal Clarke 6-(-24), De’Marion Harris 2-4, Prince Powell 6-(-7). NC: David Smith 15-59, Connor Thompson 1-12, Zayd Vestal 13-(-41).

Passing — WC: Powell 13-15-1-76, Clarke 5-8-0-90. NC: Vestal 8-19-1-58.

Receiving — WC: Quintin Delgado 3-47, Mikal Clarke 5-39, Jermaine Watson 1-37, Jeremiah Hernandez 3-20, Khalil Howard 2-8, Devan Tate 2-6, Joziah Edmond 1-4, Rodney Johnson 1-0. NC: Theran Johnson 4-56, Thierno Diallo 2-7, Smith 2-(-5).

Lawrence North 28, Lawrence Central 21

Lawrence North    14    0    7    7    —    28

Lawrence Central    7    7    7    0    —    21

Scoring Plays

LN — Travon Hegler 23 run (Zach Lotts kick)

LC — Davion Owens 19 pass from Reggie Mason (Daniel Anderson kick)

LN — Omar Cooper 45 pass from Donaven McCulley (Lotts kick)

LC — Charles Vaden 34 pass from Mason (Anderson kick)

LC — Owens 4 run (Anderson kick)

LN — Cooper 28 pass from McCulley (Lotts kick)

LN — McCulley 55 run (Lotts kick)

Rushing — Lawrence North: Hegler 16-133, McCulley 11-96, Ali Richardson 14-88, Anthony Hughes 1-16, David Batie 1-(-5). Lawrence Central: Mason 19-60, Owens 5-36, Xavier Morphis 9-34, Monte May 2-23, Devy Brown 1-12.  

Passing — Lawrence North: McCulley 6-9-0, 108. Lawrence Central: Mason 16-25-1, 88. 

Receiving — Lawrence North: Anthony Hughes 3-25, Cooper 2-73, Hegler 1-10. Lawrence Central: Owens 6-67, Jordan Shelton 3-43, May 2-38, Vaden 2-37, Jobey West 2-3, Kaiden Wickline 1-0. 

Center Grove 42, Carmel 0

GREENWOOD – It was more mismatch than rematch.

In a reprise of last year’s Class 6A state championship game, Carson Steele ran for three touchdowns as No. 1 Center Grove overpowered No. 6 Carmel 42-0 Friday night.

It was the first time since the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference was formed in 1996 that Center Grove has shut out successive MIC opponents. The Trojans (3-0) beat Warren Central 20-0 a week ago.

The Greyhounds (1-2) never turned the ball over but never reached midfield. They were held without a first down in the second half and totaled 143 yards of offense.  Warren Central managed 58 yards against Center Grove.

Carmel beat Center Grove 20-17 for the 2019 state championship.

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Center Grove featured two 100-yard rushers: Steele, 21 carries for 133 yards, and Daniel Weems, 19 carries for 104 yards. Quarterback Tayven Jackson was 9-of-15 passing for 86 yards and a touchdown.

The Trojans blew it open with a 21-point fourth quarter, capped by a 30-yard TD run by sophomore Drew Wheat with a minute left. They totaled 322 rushing yards on 52 attempts.

Carmel had a chance to cut into Center Grove’s 14-0 lead in the first half when Colton Parker made a spectacular one-handed catch along the sideline on third-and-10 for a 28-yard gain to the 40. The Greyhounds then gained two yards on three plays and had to punt.

Center Grove is No. 2 in USA Today’s Midwest regional rankings behind St. Louis De Smet Jesuit. — David Woods

Carmel    0    0    0    0    —    0

Center Grove    7    7    7    21    —    42

CG — Garrett Keith 4 pass from Tayven Jackson (Austin Watson kick)

CG — Carson Steele 1 run (Watson kick)

CG — Daniel Weems 1 run (Watson kick)

CG — Steele 9 run (Watson kick)

CG — Steele 3 run (Watson kick)

CG — Drew Wheat 30 run (Watson kick)

Rushing — Carmel: Zach White 7-54, Colton Parker 2-9, Zachary Osborne 5-8, Thomas Maurer 1-8, Jordan Jones 1-(minus-3). Center Grove: Steele 21-133, Weems 19-104, Wheat 4-55, Jackson 4-25, Eli Hohlt 2-3, Connor Delp 1-2, Team 1-0.

Passing — Carmel: Osborne 8-17-0, 70; Parker 0-3-0, 0. Center Grove: Tayven Jackson 9-15-0, 86.

Receiving — Carmel: Parker 3-34, White 2-16, Jaedon King 1-8, Daniel Mullins 1-6, Baron Smith 1-2. Center Grove: Delp 5-44, Trent Veith 1-16, Steele 1-14, Mason Long 1-8, Keith 1-4.

​​​​​​​​​Bishop Chatard 28, Roncalli 7

Class 3A top-ranked Bishop Chatard was dominant on defense, limiting Class 4A ninth-ranked Roncalli 200 yards of total offense and intercepting two passes in a 28-7 victory on Friday night.

Chatard (3-0) took control in the final two minutes of the second half. The Trojans, leading 13-7, stopped Roncalli on a fourth-down play deep in Chatard territory. Quarterback Carter St. John hit Brady Kinnett for a 43-yard pass to the Roncalli 15 and, two plays later, connected with Ryan McGinnis with a 13-yard touchdown pass to give Chatard a 21-7 lead with 25 seconds left in the half.

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St. John was 9-for-13 passing for 174 yards and three touchdowns to lead Chatard. Tommy Hannon rushed for 90 yards and 11 carries, including a 58-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. Matthew Coons added 58 rushing yards on 17 carries for the Trojans, who had 339 yards of total offense.

Baron Huebler rushed for 110 yards on 27 carries to lead Roncalli.

Chatard got off to a fast start after Kyle Haslett intercepted a pass in the flat from Aidan Leffler and returned it to the Roncalli 3-yard-line. Three plays later, Carter St. John found Ryan McGinnis for a 7-yard touchdown pass to give Chatard a 7-0 lead barely two minutes into the game.

Roncalli quickly answered, speeding the tempo after Ryan Henry returned the kickoff to the Roncalli 41. Roncalli covered 59 yards in eight plays as Leffler scored on a 1-yard sneak after his 19-yard pass to Cole Beckman put Roncalli on the doorstep. It was a 7-7 game midway through the first quarter.

The score stayed there until St. John went over the top on third-and-11 and found a wide-open Thomas Coleman for a 51-yard touchdown pass to give the Trojans a 13-7 lead with 7:01 left in the first half.

Chatard hosts Cathedral next week. Roncalli (1-1) travels to Columbus North. — Kyle Neddenriep

Bishop Chatard    7    14    0    7    —    28

Roncalli    7    0    0    0    —   7

Bishop Chatard – Ryan McGinnis 7 pass from Carter St. John (Brady Braun kick)

Roncalli – Aidan Leffler 1 run (Luke Russell kick)

Chatard – Thomas Coleman 51 pass from St. John (kick blocked)

Chatard – McGinnis 13 pass from St. John (Matthew Coons run)

Chatard – Tommy Hannon 57 run (Braun kick)

Rushing – Chatard, Matthew Coons 17-58, Hannon 11-90, St. John 8-12, Andre Moore 3-4, Nathan Cmehil 1-1. Roncalli, Huebler 27-110, Leffler 13-26.

Passing — Chatard, St. John 9-13-0 174. Roncalli, Leffler 7-18-2 64.

Receiving — Chatard, Brady Kinnett 3-53, McGinnis 3-34, Coleman 1-51, Noah Carter 1-22, Jackson Bolen 1-14. Roncalli, Beckman 4-45, Huebler 3-19.

Hamilton Southeastern 39,  Avon 28

AVON, Ind. – After building a substantial lead, Hamilton Southeastern avoided disaster with some late-game heroics on both sides of the ball for a 39-28 upset win over Class 6A No. 9 Avon in the teams’ Hoosier Crossroads Conference opener.

The Royals took a 25-0 lead before Avon scored on a 57-yard touchdown pass from Henry Hesson to Remington Gall as time expired. 

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That connection continued in the second half, with Hesson and Gall connecting on 6- and 26-yard scores. Hesson added a 26-yard TD toss to wideout Joe Hall midway through the fourth quarter to give Avon a 28-25 lead. 

Hamilton Southeastern (2-1, 1-0) didn’t relent, though, marching downfield with junior tailback Blaine Wertz helping them move back ahead 32-28 after a 4-yard scoring run with 3 minutes left. 

After Hamilton Southeastern’s defense forced a four-and-out on the next possession by Avon (1-2, 0-1) behind a pair of Evan Sherrill sacks, HSE quarterback John McCall sealed the win with a 4-yard scoring run with 1:37 left.

Wertz finished with 124 yards rushing on 23 carries for the Royals. — Paul Shepherd 

Hamilton SE  5  20  0   14  — 39

Avon  0  7  13  8 — 28

HSE – Alex Geroulis 23 FG

HSE – Safety (ball went out of end zone on Avon punt snap)

HSE – John McCall 1 run (pass failed)

HSE – Martice Taylor 8 pass from McCall (Geroulis kick)

HSE – Jace Alexander 5 run (Geroulis kick)

A – Remington Gall 57 pass from Henry Hesson (Carson Holmer kick)

A – Gall 6 pass from Hesson (Holmer kick)

A – Gall 26 pass from Hesson (pass failed)

A – Joe Hall 26 pass from Hesson (Carmelo Mitchell run)

HSE – Blaine Wertz 4 run (Geroulis kick)

HSE – McCall 4 run (Geroulis kick)

Rushing — Hamilton Southeastern, McCall 16-88, Blaine Wertz 23-124, Alexander 8-20, Taylor 2-10. Avon, Jaiden Jones 3-1, Chrishon McCray 12-59, Hesson 7-35, Wallace Stovall 1-2. 

Passing — Hamilton Southeastern, McCall 8-14-1 76. Avon, Hesson 19-29-2 362. 

Receiving — Hamilton Southeastern, Stephen Sydnor 1-10, Taylor 4-37, Wertz 1-8, Jack Wafford 2-21. Avon, Hall 5-78, Stovall 5-102, Gall 7-130, Mitchell 2-52. 

Mooresville 41, Plainfield 21

Plainfield    7    0    0    14    —    21

Mooresville    0    20    14    7    —    41

P — Cael Vanderbush 2 pass from Aiden Moyers (Harris Nichols kick)

M — Breken Greene 2 run (kick fail)

M — Nicholas Patterson 2 run (Brock Bodell kick)

M — Gideon Brimmage 7 pass from Patterson (Bodell kick)

M — Patterson 17 rush (Bodell kick)

M — Patterson 25 rush (Bodell kick)

P — Juan Nieto 1 run (Nichols kick)

M — Caden Robinson 4 run (Brian Houk kick)

P — Grant Starnes 1 run (Nichols kick)

Rushing — Plainfield: Nieto 25-153, Starnes 7-35, Vanderbush 1-5, Moyers 4-(-17). Mooresville: Greene 20-121, Patterson 13-107, Robinson 10-63, Brandon Wilson 4-35, John Clampitt 1-6, Hogan Denny 2-1. 

Passing — Plainfield: Moyers 13-23-143-1. Mooresville: Patterson 7-12-104-0. 

Receiving — Plainfield: Noah Hessong 5-58, Jack Beebe 4-45, Vanderbush 3-32, Nieto 1-8. Mooresville: Dane Stevenson 1-52, Clampitt 3-26, Malachi Warren 1-19, Brimmage 1-7, Robinson 1-0. 

Westfield 49, Zionsville 16

Westfield asserted its dominance over Zionsville with a 49-16 win Friday night. It marked the eighth straight win for the Rocks in the series between the two teams. 

It took just three plays for the Rocks to find the end zone, as Micah Hauser scored on a 1-yard run following a 67-yard scamper from Maximus Webster. Hauser scored again minutes later on the receiving end of a 24-yard touchdown pass from Webster. The third and final touchdown of the first quarter came on a 52-yard pass from Webster to Mason Piening. 

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Webster scored on a 3-yard keeper early in the second, followed by a interception returned for a touchdown by Westfield’s Kyle Pape. Westfield’s offensive onslaught continued minutes later, as Nick Talley found Nic Despaquale on a 3-yard touchdown pass. 

Zionsville (1-2) got on the board early in the second half on a Josh Stone keeper for a score, but Westfield (2-1) answered right back as Talley found Despaquale for another score. 

The Eagles scored in the final nine points of the game on a safety and a touchdown. — Matthew VanTryon

Zionsville 0 0 7 9 -- 16

Westfield 21 21 7 0 -- 49

Scoring Plays:

Westfield -- Micah Hauser 1 run (Sean Sullivan kick)

Westfield -- Hauser 24 pass from Maximus Webster (Sullivan kick)

Westfield -- Mason Piening 61 pass from Webster (Sullivan kick)

Westfield -- Webster 3 run (Sullivan kick)

Westfield -- Kyle Pape 32 interception return (Sullivan kick)

Westfield -- Nic Depasquale 3 pass from Nick Talley (Sullivan kick)

Zionsville -- Josh Stone 4 run (Lodics kick)

Westfield -- Depasquale 9 pass from Talley (Sullivan kick)

Zionsville -- Safety

Zionsville -- Liam Reid 15 pass from Max Miles (Lodics kick)

Rushing: Zionsville: Colin Price 19-110, Nate Horten 8-33, Stone 9-32, Totals: 36-175. Westfield: Hauser 10-128, Webster 7-104, Jack Pfeiffer 10-34, Talley 1-6, Cole Ballard 1-3, Porter Rode 1-2, Ryan Creager 1-2(-2). Totals: 32-275.

Passing: Zionsville: Stone 5-14-3-67,   Miles 1-1-0-15, Totals: 6-15-3. Westfield: Webster 4-4-0-100, Talley 5-7-0-70. Totals: 9-11-0.

Receiving: Zionsville: Lauer Cawi 1-37, Reid 1-15, Myles Cox 1-13, Jack Chisholm 1-8, Price 1-7, Trey Firestone 1-2. Totals: 6-82. Westfield: Piening 5-122, Depasquale 3-24, Hauser 1-24. Totals: 9-170.

​​​​​​Decatur Central 27, Whiteland 14

Peyton Horsley connected on touchdown passes with three different receivers to lead the Class 5A No. 10 Hawks (2-1, 1-0) to a Mid-State Conference home win over the 5A No. 5 Warriors (2-1, 0-1). Javon Tracy caught one of the passes and returned a fumble 77 yards in the first half to open a gap in the battle of ranked teams.

Whiteland. 0. 7. 0. 7. —  14

Decatur Central. 7. 14. 6. 0. —  27

DC — Javon Tracy 20 pass from Peyton Horsley (Jackson Galovic kick)

W — Max Sullivan 15 pass from Brant Kunz (Chris Dawalt kick)

DC — Jaydin Evans 6 pass from Horsley (Galovic kick)

DC — Tracy 77 fumble return (Galovic kick)

DC — Matt Cook 7 pass from Horsley (kick failed)

W — Chase Valentine 5 pass from Kunz (Dawalt kick)

Rushing — Decatur Central: Peyton Horsley 11-67, Kaleb Hicks 6-26, Jaydin Evans 4-5, Javon Tracy 3-(minus-3), Will Starks 1-(minus-5). Whiteland: Valentine 23-99, Kunz 9-55, Jakarry Oliver 2-12, Dalton Murray 7-26, Desmen Singleton 5-10, Landen Wood 1-5.

Passing — Decatur Central: Peyton Horsley 12-16-0, 98. Whiteland: Brant Kunz 5-11-2, 34.

Receiving — Decatur Central: Javon Tracy 5-34, Peyton Broadwater 2-26, Kaleb Hicks 1-22, Matt Cook 2-12, Evans 2-4. Whiteland: Valentine 3-16, Sullivan 1-15, DeBaun 1-3.

Fishers 21, Noblesville 0

Noblesville    0    0    0    0    —    0

Fishers    0    7    7    7    —    21

Scoring Plays

F — Caleb Vander Kamp fumble recovery (Christian Wayne kick)

F — Landon Morris pass from Lucas Prewitt (Wayne kick)

F — Carson Dunn run (Wayne kick)

Rushing — Noblesville: Trey Speek 18-83, Owen Jones 17-42, Chance Yeager 8-38, Holden Montarsi 9-20, Connor Meinerding 2-(minus 17). Fishers: Carson Dunn 14-113, Shaun Kim 13-61, Lucas Prewitt 6-17, Josh Thompson 5-13, Reggie Cook-Graham 2-2. 

Passing — Noblesville: Connor Meinerding 2-4-42, Trey Speek 1-3-11. Fishers 14-24-243.

Receiving — Noblesville: Chance Yeager 2-21, Dylan Ray 1-32. Fishers Landon Morris 6-171, Jeffrey Ssimmons 4-32, Silas Martin 2-21, Caleb Gates 1-10, Reggie Cook-Graham 1-9.

Martinsville 35, Greenwood 34

Tyrus Martin’s fourth touchdown pass of the game capped a furious fourth-quarter rally to lift the visiting Artesians (2-1) to an overtime win over the Woodmen (2-1) in the Mid-State Conference opener for both schools. Martin passed for nearly 200 yards his last-quarter strikes to Braxton Dilley and Garrett Skaggs wiped out a 28-14 deficit. Martinsville took the lead in OT with Martin’s scoring pass to Chase Mabry, then stopped Ethan Haessig’s attempt at a game-winning two-point conversion after a Greenwood TD by Gavin Ruppert.

Martinsville    7    7    0    14    7    —    35

Greenwood    7    7    14    0    6    —    34

M — Matthew Lafary 3 pass from Tyrus Martin (Ethan Haenlein kick)

G — LaNard Bolden 54 pass from Luke Hommell (Olivia Brawley kick)

G — Noah Apgar 3 run (Brawley kick)

M — Tyler Cox 8 run (Haenlein kick)

G — Ethan Haessig 34 run (Brawley kick)

G — Apgar 46 run (Brawley kick)

M — Braxton Dilley 5 pass from Martin (Haenlein kick)

M — Garrett Skaggs 45 pass from Martin (Haenlein kick)

M — Chase Mabry 5 pass from Martin (Haenlein kick)

G — Gavin Ruppert 5 run (run failed)

Rushing — Greenwood: Haessig 21-173, Apgar 23-141, Jacob Rollett 2-15, Hommell 3-14, Ruppert 1-5, Team 2-(minus-1). Martinsville: Cox 19-52, Martin 4-(minus-14).

Passing — Greenwood: Hommell 3-13-1, 54. Martinsville: Martin 18-27-0, 206; Tyler Adkins 1-1-0, 48.

Receiving — Greenwood: Bolden 3-70. Martinsville: Lafary 6-130, Dilley 4-51, Skaggs 2-44, Cox 4-19, Mabry 2-4, Luke Cheatham 1-0.

Cathedral 42, Penn 7

Senior Nathan McCahill tossed three touchdowns and ran for a fourth in the first half Friday as top-ranked (Class 5-A) Indianapolis Cathedral rolled to a 52-7 victory over unranked Penn at TCU Freed Field in Mishawaka.

A first-year starter, McCahill fired a 67-yard touchdown to wide receiver Camden Jordan on the game’s first play, McCahill was 13-for-17 and 259 yards in the first half. He finished 15-of-22 for 274 yards before sitting out the fourth quarter.

Cathedral scored on six of its seven first-half possessions.

The second half was played with a running clock after the Irish (3-0) took a 42-7 at halftime. Cathedral scored the game’s first 25 points before a Kingsmen touchdown late in the second quarter.

Penn (1-2) has lost its first two home games to start a season for the first time since 2010. It was Penn’s first game against a team from Indianapolis since a 63-14 loss to Ben Davis in the 2017 Class 6-A state championship game. – Tom Noie, South Bend Tribune

Brebeuf Jesuit 21, Cardinal Ritter  14

Cardinal Ritter    14    0    0    0    —    14

Breubef    0    7    7    7    —    21

CR — Ashton Hall 1 run (Ben Valle kick)

CR — Ashton Hall 1 run (Ben Valle kick)

BJ — Braeden Sanders 10 pass from Drake Hagerman (Ryan Kersteff kick)

T — Brendan Petrie 11 pass from Hagerman (Ryan Kersteff kick)

T — Sanders 29 pass from Hagerman (Ryan Kersteff kick)

Rushing — Brebeuf: Drake Hagerman 8 - (-33), Max Cookerly 7 - (-10), Jeremiah Jackson 2-3, Jayden Ohmer 1-5. Cardinal Ritter: Ashton Hall 24-101, Jay Gartrell 12-3, Justin Browder 7-6, Gavin Crooke 4-9.

Passing — Brebeuf: Drake Hagerman 17-30-1, 221. Cardinal Ritter: Jay Gartrell 6-9-0, 75. 

Receiving — Brebeuf: Brendan Petrie 6-68 , Matt Pahl 4-62, Brady Sanders 3-44, Jeremiha Jackson 1-22, Christian Troupe 1-13, Matt Cookerly 1-11, Jayden Ohmer 1-1. Cardinal Ritter: Timothy Godsil 2-6, Gavin Crooke 2-0, Jordan Johnson 1-39, Justin Browder 1-30.

Franklin 35, Perry Meridian 0

Perry Meridian    0    0    0    0    —    0

Franklin    14    7    14    0    —    35

F — John Shepard 1 run (Nick Woods kick)

F — Shepard 19 pass from Reed Roberts (Woods kick)

F — Jalen Ward 6 run (Woods kick)

F — Roberts 5 run (Woods kick)

F — Ward 32 run (Woods kick)

Rushing — Franklin: Ward 25-183, Roberts 13-90, Shepard 4-21, Titus Phillips 2-7. Perry Meridian: Aiden Warren 20-73, Wayne Day 1-(minus-1), Gavin Hart 6-(minus-26).

Passing — Franklin: Roberts 9-16-0, 95. Perry Meridian: Gavin Hart 3-15-2, 37; Team 1-4-1, 6.

Receiving — Franklin: Shepard 5-62, Carmelo Cameron 1-13, Max Lancer 1-10, Jake Bechert 2-10. Perry Meridian: Reggie McDonald 3-37, Team 1-6.

Covenant Christian 48, Crispus Attucks 0

Crispus Attucks    0    0    0    0    —    0

Covenant Christian    21    21    6    0    —    48

CC — B.J. Lomax 16 pass from Austin Frazier (Jackson Brough kick)

CC — Gage Coffey 1 run (kick failed)

CC — Adrian Terry interception return (Trey Flatt pass from Frazier)

CC — Micah Wilson 36 run (Brough kick)

CC — Wilson 18 run (Brough kick)

CC — Terry 40 pass from Frazier (Brough kick)

CC — Coffey 37 pass from Frazier (run failed)

Rushing — Covenant Christian: Wilson 10-122, Coffey 9-70, Brad Nardi 4-30, Flatt 1-4, Frazier 1-(minus-1). Crispus Attucks: Diego Pettiford 16-37, Ben Crain 3-7, Jaydin Evans 1-(minus-1), A.J. Liner 1-(minus-4).

Passing — Covenant Christian: Frazier 8-12-0, 175. Crispus Attucks: Pettiford 2-9-2, 26.

Receiving — Covenant Christian: Terry 2-86, Coffey 2-41, Lomax 2-36, Brough 2-12. Crispus Attucks: Charlie Williamson 1-25, DuVuan Love 1-1.

Pendleton Heights 14, New Castle 13

Pendleton Heights    0    0    7    0    7    —    14

New Castle     0    7    0    0    6    —    13

N — Kyle Gabbard 33 pass from William Grieser (Ian Thurlow kick)

P — Luke Bays 2 run (Nick Taylor kick)

P — Will Kaster 11 pass fromEvan MacMillan (Taylor kick)

N — Gabbard 10 pass from Grieser (pass fail) 

Rushing — Pendleton Heights: Bays 16-59, Luke Candiano 13-17, MacMillan 8-68, Jack Elijah 8-8, Caden McClain 7-25, Chaston Green 1-1. New Castle: Grieser 19-88, Jamorion Taylor 2-8, Layne Nicholson 1-1. 

Passing — Pendleton Heights: Candiano 4-9-0, 68, MacMillan 1-1-0, 11. New Castle: Grieser 11-22-0, 134. 

Receiving — Pendleton Heights: Tyler McKinley 2-44, Kaster 2-31, Jake Ehrgott 1-4. New Castle: Gabbard 6-65, Aidan Bradley 2-22, Eli Cooper 2-7, Quintin Boatright 1-16. 

Scecina 42, Cascade 0

Scecina. 28. 14. 0. 0. —  42

Cascade. 0. 0. 0. 0. —  0

Scoring Plays

S — Aidan Ray 1 run (Anthony Hentz kick).

S — Dequan Stennis 24 run (Hentz kick).

S — Stennis 6 run (Hentz kick).

S — Thomas Defreese 42 punt return (Hentz kick).

S — Mason Beriault 95 interception return (Hentz kick).

S — Defreese 46 interception return (Hentz kick).

Rushing — Scecina: Dequan Stennis 7-123, Brandon Fitts-Ramsey 9-68, Christian Meriweather 6-25, David Mendez 1-1, Anden Glawatz 2-0, Aidan Ray 5-(-11). Cascade: MaKye Tharp 2-10, Zarik Chmielewski 1-(minus 1), Logan Gibbs 2-(minus 3), Stephen Alderson 10-(minus 5), John Hurst 1-(minus 6).

Passing — Scecina: Aidan Ray 3-4 34. Cascade: Logan Gibbs 9-24-5-84, Makye Tharp 3-10-26, Zarik Chmielewski 1-1-19.

Receiving — Scecina: Jameson Welborn 2-26, Luke Soultz 1-8. Cascade: Dane Dubois 4-51, John Hurst 3-31, Zarik Chmielewski 3-23, Aaron Creech 2-26, Liam Farmer 1-(minus 2).

Brownsburg 35, Franklin Central 7

Ben Easters threw two touchdown passes apiece to Preston Terrell and Luke Lacey to help the Class 6A No. 2 Bulldogs (3-0) to solid road win over the Flashes (1-2) in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference opener for both teams. Easter threw for 291 yards, including 192 to Terrell, as Brownsburg rolled to a 35-0 lead through three quarters.

Brownsburg. 7. 7. 21. 0. —  35

Franklin Central. 0. 0. 0. 7. —  7

B — Luke Lacey 12 pass from Ben Easters (Nick Berry kick) 

B — Preston Terrell 45 pass from Easters (Berry kick)

B — Lacey 2 pass from Easters (Berry kick)

B — Terrell 53 pass from Easters (Berry kick)

B — Caleb Marcus 1 run (Berry kick)

FC — Josh Ruley 5 run (Juan Coyzo kick)

Rushing — Brownsburg: Marcus 11-52, Brandon Burks 10-43, Caleb Heldman 3-16, Mico Mendoza 3-8, Jayden Whitaker 2-4, Team 5-1. Franklin Central: Ruley 18-83, Aataeveon Jordan 7-21, Colin Badgero 1-19.

Passing — Brownsburg: Easters 19-23-1, 291; Whitaker 2-3-0, 26. Franklin Central: Badgero 9-22-1, 74.

Receiving — Brownsburg: Terrell 9-192, Lacey 6-68, Leighton Jones 2-21, Skyler Sarjent 1-16, Marcus 1-10, Connor Abel 1-10, Team 1-0. Franklin Central: Dionte Stephenson 7-64, Bryan Marshall 2-10.

Indian Creek 20, Owen Valley 15

Indian Creek. 7. 7. 6. 0  —  20

Owen Valley. 0. 3. 6. 6. —  15

IC — Sam Creek 62 pass from Aiden Neathery (Creek kick)

OV — FG Kyler Walker 31

IC — Connor Fruits 26 pass from Neathery (Creek kick)

OV — Brody Lester 1 run (run failed)

IC — Jordan Gorham 57 pass from Neathery (run failed)

OV — James Hendrickson 4 pass from Lester (run failed)

Rushing — Indian Creek: Fruits 18-77, Gorham 1-57, Tyler Ross 2-47, Neathery 10-36, Brandon Murray 1-4. Owen Valley: Christian McDonald 29-100, Brody Lester 7-16, Jerry McBee 4-15. 

Passing — Indian Creek: Aiden Neathery 6-9-0, 165. Owen Valley: Brody Lester 16-20-0, 183.

Receiving — Indian Creek: Jordan Gorham 3-70, Sam Creek 1-62, Connor Fruits 1-26, Tyler Ross 2-7. Owen Valley: Kahner Welch 5-81, Eli Hinshaw 3-46, Chris Zeilstra 3-32, John Sadler 3-18, Hendrickson 1-4, Christian McDonald 1-2.

Speedway 48, Beech Grove 44

Quarterback Carter Giacone threw for a career-high five touchdowns and ran for a sixth to lead a fourth-quarter rally to lift the Sparkplugs (1-2, 1-1) over the visiting Hornets (1-2, 1-2) in an Indiana Crossroads Conference clash. Giacone threw three TD passes to Donivan Beninger and one each to sophomore DeeJay McFerson and Carson Harrison. McFerson also scored on a blocked punt return, offsetting a 91-yard TD return by Beech Grove’s Garrett Esposito.

Beech Grove. 7. 16. 14. 7. —  44

Speedway. 13. 21. 0. 14. —  48

S — Carter Giacone 4 run (kick failed)

S — DeeJay McFerson 6 pass from Giacone (Kevin Willoughby kick)

BG — Garrett Esposito 91 kickoff return (Mike Fonseca kick)

S — Donivan Beninger 14 pass from Giacone (Willoughby kick)

S — McFerson 30 blocked punt return (Willoughby kick)

BG — Esposito 58 fumble return (Fonseca kick)

BG — Safety, quarterback tackled in end zone

BG — Jorden Murphy 16 pass from Gavin Mitchell (Fonseca kick)

S — Carson Harrison 4 pass from Giacone (Willoughby kick)

BG — Aeden Crawley 17 pass from Mitchell (Fonseca kick)

BG — Mitchell 13 run (Fonseca kick)

BG — Damon Thompkins 26 pass from Mitchell (Fonseca kick)

S — Beninger 25 pass from Giacone (Willoughby kick)

S — Beninger 22 pass from Giacone (Willoughby kick)

Rushing — Beech Grove: Mitchell 29-58, Thompkins 6-16. Speedway: Reis Walker 10-68, McFerson 8-34, Beninger 2-13, Giacone 8-0.

Passing — Beech Grove: Mitchell 11-24-2, 138. Speedway: Giacone 13-21-0, 176.

Receiving — Beech Grove: Crawley 3-51, Thompkins 2-36, Esposito 4-19, Murphy 1-16, Ayden Brooks 1-16. Speedway: Beninger 4-66, Harrison 4-66, Jakob Wachter 2-28, McFerson 1-6, Evan Owens 1-6, Walker 1-4.

Columbus North 35, Southport 28, OT

After two frustrating weeks off, the Cardinals got off to a fast start with a pair of special teams touchdowns in the opening quarter, but the visiting Bull Dogs (2-1) recovered to win a Conference Indiana overtime clash when Jaxson Scruggs scored on a Luke Hammons TD pass in overtime. Southport scored first when Marcus Jones covered a muffed punt in the end zone, then Turk Faitele blocked a punt and returned it 40 yards for a score. But Southport couldn’t overcome North’s methodical ground game, with both Hammons and Blake Huffman rushing for more than 100 yards.

Columbus North. 0. 3. 12. 13. 7. —  35

Southport. 14. 0. 6. 8. 0. —  28

S — Marcus Jones fumble recovery in end zone (Angel Castillo kick)

S — Turk Faitele 40 blocked punt return (Castillo kick)

CN — FG Carter Ward 31

CN — Blake Huffman 1 run (kick blocked)

CN — Huffman 1 run (run failed)

S — Faitele 2 run (pass failed)

CN — Luke Hammons 22 run (pass failed)

CN — Huffman 28 run (Ward kick)

S — Antonio Fishers 15 pass from Zach Shepherd (Zach Riddle pass from Shepherd)

CN — Jaxson Scruggs 10 pass from Hammons (Ward kick)

Rushing — Southport: Faitele 5-30, Donovan Hon 8-26, Shepherd 6-(minus-8), Team 3-0. Columbus North: Huffman 28-149, Hammons 21-130.

Passing — Southport: Shepherd 17-32-1, 132; Team 1-1-0, 16. Columbus North: Hammons 18-29-1, 140; Scruggs 1-1-0, 51.

Receiving — Southport: Kaden Davis 4-59, Fisher 2-35, Mason Piatt 2-12, Brandon Riddle 1-7, Team 9-35. Columbus North: Keegan Castetter 5-79, Eshaan Patel 4-28, Huffman 4-25, Hayden McDaniel 2-26, Scruggs 2-17, Tyler Blythe 2-15.

West Lafayette 49, Hamilton Heights 14

Hamilton Heights. 0. 0. 7. 7. —  14

West Lafayette. 7. 28. 7. 7. —  49

WL — Brice Rider 23 pass from Colin Martin (Nate Brown kick)

WL — Max Mullis 6 run (Brown kick)

WL — Sam Schott 13 pass from Martin (Brown kick)

WL — Mullis 3 run (Liam Burton kick)

WL — Schott 70 interception return (Burton kick)

WL — Mullis 48 run (Burton kick)

HH — Caleb Schakel 65 run (Michael Lecher kick)

WL — Owen Taylor 49 pass from Carson Kitchel (Burton kick)

HH — Trey Ehman 6 run (Lecher kick)

Rushing — Hamilton Heights: Schakel 1-65, Ehman 20-48, Vincent Harley 8-(minus-8). West Lafayette: Mullis 7-76, Rider 11-65, Martin 6-35, Ross Brummet 1-3, Corey Adams 1-0, Kitchel 1-(minus-5).

Passing — Hamilton Heights: Harley 5-11-2, 44. West Lafayette: Martin 15-25-1, 221; Kitchel 4-5-0, 73.

Receiving — Hamilton Heights: Ehman 2-23, Gavin Bramel 1-12, Braden Kinder 1-5, Devonte Henson 1-4. West Lafayette: Cannon Melchi 5-79, Taylor 4-72, J.T. Downey 3-55, Rider 1-23, Quinn Custer 3-21, Lucas Carpenter 1-19, Schott 1-13, Niko Roumbakis 1-12.

Tri-West 50, Frankfort 14

Garrett Cora ran for four touchdowns and caught a Kai Ross pass for a fifth score as the Bruins (2-1, 1-0) opened Sagamore Conference play with a rout of the visiting Hot Dogs, bouncing back from last week’s heartbreaking loss to Plainfield. Cora rushed for 119 yards in addition to his scores, and Ross threw one TD pass each to Cora, Skyler Marlow and Jace Mohr.

Frankfort. 0. 0. 0. 14. —  14

Tri-West. 14. 29. 7. 0. —  50

TW — Garrett Cora 10 run (Cortland Williams kick)

TW — Cora 1 run (Williams kick)

TW — Cora 30 pass from Kai Ross (Dominic Pugliese pass from Ross)

TW — Cora 6 run (Williams kick)

TW — Skyler Marlowe 9 pass from Ross (Williams kick)

TW — Jace Mohr 23 pass from Ross (Williams kick)

TW — Cora 15 run (Williams kick)

F — Riley Goodnight 8 run (Jade Ayers run)

F — Goodnight 4 run (run failed)

Rushing — Tri-West: Cora 15-119, Maddox Johnson 2-24. Frankfort: Riley Goodnight 19-165, Sam Michael 7-12, Ayers 1-3.

Passing — Tri-West: Ross 20-26-0, 221. Frankfort: Sam Michael 4-8-2, 6.

Receiving — Tri-West: Bryce Hendershot 10-85, Mohr 2-33, Marlowe 2-30, Cora 1-30, Pugliese 2-20, Buchanan 1-5. Frankfort: Ayers 3-8, Austin Bell 1-(minus-2).

Ben Davis 48, Pike 24

J’uan Swanson passed for 341 yards and three touchdowns, including a 97-yarder to Daylan Carnell, and ran for three more scores as the visiting Giants (1-2, 1-0) handed the Red Devils (2-1, 0-1) their first loss of the season at Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference battle.

Ben Davis. 14. 13. 14. 7. —  48.

Pike. 6. 6. 0. 12. —  24

BD — Brandon Fuentes 3 run (Lindsey kick)

BD — Robert Peters 5 pass from Swanson (Lindsey kick)

P — Tyler Byrns 80 pass from Anthony Cialdella (kick failed)

P — Lamar Echols Jr. 31 pass from Akim Abdur-Rahim (pass failed)

BD — J’uan Swanson 1 run (Lindsey kick)

BD — Fuentes 8 pass from Swanson (Lindsey kick)

BD — Swanson 1 run (kick failed)

BD — Daylan Carnell 97 pass from Swanson (Lindsey kick)

P — Adur-Rahim 8 run (kick failed)

P — Zavier Simpson 10 pass from Cialdella (pass failed)

BD — Swanson run (Lindsey kick)

Rushing — Ben Davis: Brandon Fuentes 18-123, Swanson 12-38, Drew Martin 1-9, Titus McCullough 1-1, LaDon Allen 1-(minus-4). Pike: Gabe Carr 5-59, Isaiah Martin 14-51, Abdur-Rahim 3-10, Derrius Williams 3-3, Cialdella 3-(minus-3), Team 2-0.

Passing — Ben Davis: Swanson 25-34-0, 341, Allen 1-1-0, 15. Pike: Cialdella 8-18-1, 157; Abdur-Rahim 3-5-1, 81

Receiving — Ben Davis: Carnell 4-161, Fuentes 5-68, Peters 5-41, Dillon Moore 7-43, Donell Mason 4-28, DaRon Rodgers 1-15. Pike: Zavier Simpson 2-70, Byrns 1-70, Echols 4-54, Team 4-44.

Mt. Vernon 35, Greenfield-Central 6

Keagan LaBelle ran for one touchdown and caught a Gehrig Slunaker pass for a second score as the Marauders (3-0, 1-0) cruised to a Hoosier Heritage Conference win over the visiting Cougars, who make their 2020 debut in a rare Saturday contest. LaBelle scored on a short run to start scoring, then capped the Mt. Vernon points parade with a 35-yard TD reception from Slunaker. Rylan Cole also scored twice for the victors, both on first-half runs.

Greenfield-Central. 0. 0. 0. 6. —  6

Mt. Vernon. 6. 15. 14. 0. —  35

MV — Keagan LaBelle 3 run (kick failed)

MV — Rylan Cole 22 run (Jack Robinson run)

MV — Cole 11 run (A.J. Swingle kick)

MV — Aidan Lindstrom 10 pass from Gehrig Slunaker (Swingle kick)

MV — LaBelle 35 pass from Slunaker (Swingle kick)

GC — Andrew Zellers 1 run (run failed)

Rushing — Mt. Vernon: Cole 8-52, Ashden Gentry 2-32, LaBelle 5-22. Greenfield-Central: Zellers 12-31, Lance McKee 21-22, Brayden Herrell 5-20, Joey Roland 1-18, Brody Mayberry 2-4.

Passing — H: Slunaker 12-18-1, 132. Greenfield-Central: McKee 2-8-0, 27.

Receiving — Mt. Vernon: LaBelle 1-35, Lindstrom: 3-25, Gentry 3-21, Ronnie Foster 1-13, Cole 1-12, Eli Bridenthal 2-16, George Burhenn 1-10. Greenfield-Central: Roland 1-18, Caleb McIntire 1-9.

MORE INDY-AREA FINAL SCORES:

Ben Davis 48, Pike 24

Columbus North 35, Southport 28

Delta 68, Shelbyville 0

Eastern Hancock 49, Wes-Del 16

Heritage Christian 27, Tipton 17

Lutheran 14, Triton Central 7

Tech 15, Richmond 7

Lapel 26, North Decatur 13

Linton-Stockton 42, Monrovia 36

New Palestine 35, Yorktown 0

Oldenburg Academy 46, Edinburgh 40

Purdue Polytechnic 14, Shortridge 12

Speedway 48, Beech Grove 44

Tri-West 50, Frankfort 14

West Lafayette 49, Hamilton Heights 14

Western Boone 48, Crawfordsville 14

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