Jimtown Slips By NorthWood
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
ELKHART - Typically heat and humidity aren't the weather conditions at your average Indiana high school football game. Then again, the average Indiana high school football game isn't between two of the states most illustrious programs, NorthWood and Jimtown.
NorthWood hasn't had a losing season in 26 years, while the Jimmies have two state titles under their belt this decade, including last year's class 2A championship.
The two teams squared off Friday night with Jimtown coming out on top 21-20.
With :36 seconds left, it looked as though NorthWood would prevail when they lined up for a 27-yard field goal. A bad snap, however, led to the Jimmies taking over on downs and running out the clock.
NorthWood came out early and took command of the game. After a short opening series, the Panthers culminated a quick three-play, 45-yard drive with quarterback Charlie Roeder rumbling through the Jimtown secondary for a 16-yard touchdown run.
Jimtown showed the composure of a state championship team by sustaining a long drive and finishing it off with Keith Kinder abusing the NorthWood defense as his counterpart had done earlier, this time with an 11-yard run.
"You've got to give Jimtown credit they did make some big "You've got to give Jimtown credit they did make some big plays when they needed them," Northwood coach Rich Dodson said.
That's what it came down to. When the Panthers would make a big play Jimtown would respond. Despite struggling all night Kinder was able to connect with Pete Svetanoff on a 31-yard pass, then again on the two-point conversion to draw Jimtown even with NorthWood at halftime.
After a third quarter in which both teams battled for field position, Jimtown's Jimmy House put his team ahead for good when he picked off Roeder deep in the Panthers' own end. The Panthers refused to back down though.
NorthWood mounted a 60-yard drive that lasted all of 1:36. After Huber rolled in from 14 yards out, Dodson decided to go for the two point conversion and the lead instead of the tie.
NorthWood was unable to convert and never could regain the lead.
"We never got into rhythm in the second half. We had field position and we just never got it going," Dodson said. Even when his Panthers were at Jimtown's 10-yard line they weren't able to convert.
NorthWood (0-1) will travel to Bremen Friday. [[In-content Ad]]
ELKHART - Typically heat and humidity aren't the weather conditions at your average Indiana high school football game. Then again, the average Indiana high school football game isn't between two of the states most illustrious programs, NorthWood and Jimtown.
NorthWood hasn't had a losing season in 26 years, while the Jimmies have two state titles under their belt this decade, including last year's class 2A championship.
The two teams squared off Friday night with Jimtown coming out on top 21-20.
With :36 seconds left, it looked as though NorthWood would prevail when they lined up for a 27-yard field goal. A bad snap, however, led to the Jimmies taking over on downs and running out the clock.
NorthWood came out early and took command of the game. After a short opening series, the Panthers culminated a quick three-play, 45-yard drive with quarterback Charlie Roeder rumbling through the Jimtown secondary for a 16-yard touchdown run.
Jimtown showed the composure of a state championship team by sustaining a long drive and finishing it off with Keith Kinder abusing the NorthWood defense as his counterpart had done earlier, this time with an 11-yard run.
"You've got to give Jimtown credit they did make some big "You've got to give Jimtown credit they did make some big plays when they needed them," Northwood coach Rich Dodson said.
That's what it came down to. When the Panthers would make a big play Jimtown would respond. Despite struggling all night Kinder was able to connect with Pete Svetanoff on a 31-yard pass, then again on the two-point conversion to draw Jimtown even with NorthWood at halftime.
After a third quarter in which both teams battled for field position, Jimtown's Jimmy House put his team ahead for good when he picked off Roeder deep in the Panthers' own end. The Panthers refused to back down though.
NorthWood mounted a 60-yard drive that lasted all of 1:36. After Huber rolled in from 14 yards out, Dodson decided to go for the two point conversion and the lead instead of the tie.
NorthWood was unable to convert and never could regain the lead.
"We never got into rhythm in the second half. We had field position and we just never got it going," Dodson said. Even when his Panthers were at Jimtown's 10-yard line they weren't able to convert.
NorthWood (0-1) will travel to Bremen Friday. [[In-content Ad]]