AKRON - Tippecanoe Valley struggled in its season and home opener with North Judson Friday night, falling to the Bluejays 40-16.

North Judson jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back.

Valley managed its first touchdown with 7:47 left in the second quarter when senior running back Bryan Wong broke free for a 54-yard touchdown run that was followed by another run of three yards for the two point conversion.

The Vikings' only other score came courtesy of Wong again when he broke another big run, this time from 40 yards out and added another two point conversion.

Wong finished the evening with 17 carries for 139 yards.

North Judson's Cach Pavlik may be sitting near the top of the state's yards-per-carry list for the first week after running 14 times for 205 yards against the Viking defense.

Valley, 0-1, travels to Mississinewa next week with the kickoff set for 7 p.m.

N. JUDSON 40, VALLEY 16

TV NJ

First downs 5 17

Rushing yards 185 338

Passing yards 19 111

Comp-Att-Int 2-4-0 7-13-111

Funbles-lost 1-1 2-1

Punts-Avg. 4-33 1-44

Penalties-yards 4-35 4-40

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

NJ - Pavlik 97 run (kick failed) 6-0, 9:32

NJ - Pavlik 3 run (Zembala pass to Hochstedler) 14-0, 1:31

Second Quarter

NJ - Zembala 33 pass to Richie (Hochstedler kick) 21-0, 11:52

TV - Wong 54 run (Wong run) 21-7, 7:47

NJ - Pavlik 38 run (kick failed) 27-7, 5:39

Third Quarter

NJ - Zembala 23 pass to Trusty (kick failed) 33-6, 8:50

TV - Wong 40 run (Wong run) 33-14, 4:46

Fourth Quarter

NJ - Zembala 2 run (Hochstedler kick) 40-16, 9:03 [[In-content Ad]]