Whitko Tops Wawasee In Wild Season Opener
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊThe football teams from Whitko and Wawasee enjoyed starting the season so much that they decided to extend the season opener. It took four quarters plus two overtimes for the teams to break a scoreless stalemate and finish with a winner.
In the end, the Wildcats came out on top 8-7 after a 2-point conversion in the second overtime to win their first season opener in three years.
"It's been a while since we started the season with a win," said Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger. "It's been three years since we won the first game of the season."
Wawasee scored the first points of the game on the second play of the second overtime. Brent Doty scampered one yard into the endzone to put the Warriors up 6-0. After Luke Speakman split the uprights, Wawasee held a 7-0 lead.
"Our defense was strong all night," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld when asked about the decision to go for the field goal. "I thought we could go for one and the hold them."
But not for long. Whitko took the field on the 10 yard line. Dane Bause gained two yards on the first play from scrimmage, but on the next play Brad Walpole was sacked for a 3-yard loss. Then the Wildcats were slapped with a 5-yard illegal procedure penalty that put them on the 16-yard line. Walpole was injured on the next play, and with fourth-and-16, Kevin Feldman stepped in at the quarterback position for his first snap of the night.
Feldman connected with Brett Lukens for a 16-yard tounchdown pass, making the score 7-6 in Wawasee's favor.
Then Sprunger put Walpole back in the game and sent the troops to the line for a 2-point conversion attempt. Walpole connected with Gabe Langohr for the extra points and the 8-7 Whitko win.
However, the win did not come easily for the Wildcats. Both Whitko and Wawasee had opportunities within the red zone, but neither squad capitalized on them.
In the second quarter, Wawasee had first-and-goal at the 7 yard line, but Whitko's defense held the Warriors scoreless. Then Whitko got to the Wawasee 20-yard line, but time ran out in the first half before the Wildcats could take advantage of their position.
In the third quarter, Wawasee had the ball at Whitko's 21-yard line, but fumbled the ball and Whitko's James DeLaCruz recovered it.
Then in the fourth quarter, Whitko got the ball to Wawasee's 20-yard line but turned it over on downs.
"We played four hard quarters and two overtimes," said Sprunger. "We had a super game defensively. We overemphasized defense in the first two weeks of practice, and it paid off. Offensively, we put them in binds a couple times.
"We made a lot of mistakes, but one mistake we did not make was giving up on downs. We never gave up. We played hard, and that's the main thing. The mistakes are easy to correct if you have that."
Quarterback Brent Doty led the Warriors, completing 10 of 30 passes for 159 yards. Doty also rushed for 70 yards on 16 carries and scored Wawasee's only touchdown of the game.
Alan Robbins led the Wildcats, rushing for 84 yards on 12 carries and catching three passes for 22 yards.
Whitko, 1-0, travels to Columbia City for a 7 p.m. game next week, while Wawasee hosts Fairfield Friday.
NOTES: This was a game that saw several injuries. In the most severe, Wawasee's Rhett Mikel was taken off the field on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance. After the game, Rietveld said the injury was a dislocated elbow. On the same play that Mikel's injury occurred, Whitko's Ryan Jackson was slow to get up and left the field shaken up. ... Whitko's utility guy, Nic Sprunger left the field four plays later with a knee injury. He did not return to the game. ... Still later in the game, Whitko's Dustin Boardman was shaken up on a play. He sat out one play and returned to the field. ... In the fourth quarter, Wawasee's Todd Burns racked up 30 yards in penalties and was ejected from the game after questioning an official.
WHITKO 8, WAWASEE 7
Wawasee (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 7 - 7
Whitko (1-0) 0 0 0 0 0 8 - 8
Waw Whi
First downs 11 13
Rushing yards 103 179
Passing yards 168 39
Comp.-Att.-Int. 12-32-1 6-15-3
Total offense 271 218
Fumbles/lost 6-1 2-2
Punts/avg. 3-27 7-31.4
Penalties/yards 4-38 4-35
SCORING
Second Overtime
Waw -ÊBrent Doty 1 run (Speakman kick), 7-0 Waw
Whit -ÊLukens 14 pass from Kevin Feldman (Langohr 3 pass from Walpole), 8-7 Whit
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Wawasee: Drew Evans 12-38, Brent Doty 16-70, Mike Ellsworth 2-8, Rhett Mikel 1-5; Whitko Burl Haywood 15-43, Alan Robbins 12-84, James DeLaCruz 2-11, Brad Walpole 11-2, Brandon Waterson 6-15, Dane Bause 4-11, Drew Lopshire 1-1
Passing - Wawasee: Brent Doty 10-30-159, 1 INT; Whitko: Brad Walpole 5-14-23, 3 INT, Kevin Feldman 1-1-16, TD
Receiving - Wawasee:ÊNate Edgington 4-47, Mike Ellsworth 2-14, BJ Simpson 1-12, Drew Evans 2-10, Josh Roa 1-49; Whitko: Alan Robbins 3-22, Brandon Waterson 1-1, Brett Lukens 1-16
Warsaw Opens Season By Crushing Columbia City 49-6
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
Though it wasn't the Fourth of July, Warsaw's football team put on a display of offensive fireworks in its season opener with Columbia City Friday night.
The host Tigers, coming off a 9-2 season and their second consecutive Northern Lakes Conference championship, used its stable of workhorse running backs and ran away from the Eagles 49-6.
"What you saw tonight was a great team effort," sixth-year Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said. "We've got some weapons. Brad (Seiss) is gonna get his, but this was a great team effort."
Billed as a possible Mr. Football candidate, 6-foot 195 pound senior running back Brad Seiss didn't disappoint.
The talented tailback, who will attend Ball State University on a football scholarship, scored Warsaw's first three touchdowns and ended the evening with 215 yards on 16 carries.
Seiss may have played the lead role, rushing for 160 yards in the first half, but his supporting cast got the job done as well.
In all, the Tiger backfield amassed 321 rushing yards on 37 carries.
If Jensen had questions about his team heading into the season, some of them may have been answered last night.
"The big question was if we would come ready to play," Jensen said. "We came ready to play for four quarters."
As is sometimes true in season openers, the Tigers showed signs of early jitters - they appeared to last all of one play. After throwing an interception on the game's opening play, Warsaw looked like a team of seasoned veterans.
The Tigers lit up the scoreboard - a new one at that - with a four-yard run by Seiss with 3:30 remaining in the opening quarter. With 16 seconds left in the first, Seiss scored Warsaw's second touchdown, this time from 79 yards out.
While Warsaw's offense was piling up the yardage, the Tiger defense kept the Eagles in check.
Columbia City, which finished last season 3-7, totaled just 110 rushing yards on 36 carries for the game.
Derek Kohut led the Columbia City ground game with 85 yards on 19 carries. Geoff Barrell added 20 yards on three carries. No other Eagle rushed for more than nine yards.
Complimenting Seiss were quarterback Ryan DeGeeter, who rushed five times for 40 yards, David Muta (5-21), Ben Kreinbrink (5-21) and Ryan Hamilton (5-20).
"We're beginning to show great signs of building a program," Jensen said. "The kids are doing the right things on and off the field. We made sure we played our juniors that have been with us for three years now. We didn't get everyone in, but the kids understand that if they put their time in their time will come."
Seiss scored the game's third touchdown when he scampered in from seven yards out with 9:09 showing on the second quarter clock. DeGeeter added a 15-yard touchdown trot with 1:15 left to play in the second, giving Warsaw a healthy 28-0 halftime lead.
Down 35-0 after a 15-yard touchdown run from Muta, Columbia City avoided the shutout with a 12-yard scoring strike from Kohut at the 2:37 mark of the third-quarter.
The Tigers padded the lead four minutes into the fourth quarter when sophomore Adam Griggs intercepted an Eagle pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown.
Columbia City quarterback Chad Eckert finished the game 5 of 12 for 37 yards and one interception, while DeGeeter threw 61 yards on 5-of-8 passing with one interception.
The game's final points were scored when Kreinbrink, playing for Seiss who carried the ball just once in the second half, plunged in from one yard out with 9:51 remaining.
In total offense, Warsaw, which has won 18 of its last 22 games, outgained the Eagles 382-178.
The Tigers play next Friday at Homestead, a 41-6 winner over Huntington North.
No. 10 (5A) WARSAW 49, COLUMBIA CITY 6
Col. City (0-1) 0 0 6 0 - 6
Warsaw (1-0) 14 14 7 14 - 49
CC W
First downs 11 12
Rushes/yards 36-110 37-321
Passing yards 68 61
Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-13-1 5-8-1
Total offense 178 382
Fumbles/lost 2-2 1-0
Punts/avg. 6-34.2 1-37
Penalties/yards 5-35 5-25
First Quarter
W - Brad Seiss 4 run (Adam Sisson kick) 3:30, 7-0
W - Seiss 79 run (Sisson kick) :16.1, 14-0
Second Quarter
W - Seiss 7 run (Sisson kick) 9:09, 21-0
W - Ryan DeGeeter 1 run (Sisson kick) 1:15, 28-0
Third Quarter
W - David Muta 15 run (Sisson kick) 5:17, 35-0
CC - Derek Kohut 12 run (kick blocked) 2:37, 35-6
Fourth Quarter
W - Adam Griggs 40 interception return (Sisson kick) 11:30, 42-6
W - Ben Kreinbrink 1 run (Sisson kick) 9:51, 49-6
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Columbia City, Derek Kohut 19-85, Kyle Nelson 4-6, Geoff Barrell 3-20; Warsaw, Brad Seiss 16-215, Ryan DeGeeter 5-40, David Muta 5-21, Ben Kreinbrink 5-21, Ryan Hamilton 5-20
Passing - Columbia City, Chad Eckert 5-12-37, Barrell 1-1-31; Warsaw, DeGeeter 5-8-61
Receiving - Columbia City, Nick McQueen 2-23, Barrell 2-16, Steve Lalevich 1-31; Warsaw, Adam Sisson 3-41, Chris Clay 1-10, Grady Randall 1-10
Triton Falls To Caston
Times-Union Staff Report
BOURBON - After trailing visiting Caston 18-0 Friday night, Triton's varsity football team fell to the Comets 24-6.
The Trojans pounded out 132 yards of offense on the ground but completed just 2 of 7 passes for 20 yards. The Comets gained all 212 of their yards on the ground, rushing the ball 41 times. Caston was 0 of 1 through the air.
Matt Berry led the Caston ground attack with 15 carries for 99 yards, while Nathan Ulmer paced Triton with 16 carries for 86 yards. Steven Boyer added to Triton's ground attack with 12 carries for 36 yards.
Triton will host Northfield Friday night.
CASTON 24, TRITON 6
Caston 0 6 12 6 - 24
Triton 0 0 0 6 - 6
Second Quarter
C - Matt Berry 3 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
C - Matt Duncan 11 run (kick failed)
C - Berry 52 run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
T - Steven Boyer 1 run (kick failed)
C - Mark Skinner 10 run (kick failed)
Individual Leaders
Rushing - Triton, Nathan Ulmer 16-86, Steven Boyer 12-36; Caston, Matt Berry 15-99
Passing - Triton, Boyer 2-2-20-2; Caston, David McCready 1-0-0-0
Receiving - Triton, Tommy Dean 2-20
Manchester Pummels Mississinewa 64-0
Times-Union Staff Report
GAS CITY - Behind an explosive running game, Manchester's varsity football team cruised to a 64-0 win at hapless Mississinewa Friday.
Anthony Sorg carried the ball 23 times for 251 yards, while Dustin Westafer rushed for 104 yards on 16 carries for Manchester.
In all, the Squires rushed for 405 yards on 57 carries.
Through the air, Squire signal caller Michael Sorg was 3 of 8 for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
Ferron Gaerte caught two passes for 99 yards, while Brent Westendorf caught one pass for 23 yards.
In total offense, the Squires outgained the Indians 527-48.
Manchester travels to Fort Wayne to play Heritage Friday.
MANCHESTER 64, MISSISSINEWA 0
Manchester 14 18 13 19 - 64
Mississinewa 0 0 0 0 - 0
First Quarter
M - Anthony Sorg 1 run (kick failed)
M - Michael Sorg 74 pass to Ferron Gaerte (M. Sorg 2-pt conversion pass to Brent Westendorf)
Second Quarter
M - A. Sorg 59 run (kick failed)
M - M. Sorg 25 pass to Gaerte (conversion failed)
M - Dustin Westafer 2 run (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
M - Kyle Powers 1 run (kick failed)
M - Westafer 3 run (Kyle Brown kick)
Fourth Quarter
M - Paul Sommer 1 run (kick failed)
M - A. Sorg 91 run (Adam Young kick)
M - Henry Hatfield 16 run (kick failed)
Manchester leaders
Rushing - Anthony Sorg 23-251, Dustin Westafer 16-104
Passing - Michael Sorg 3-8-122-0
Receiving - Ferron Gaerte 2-99, Brent Westendorf 1-23
Valley Comeback Falls Short
Tiimes-Union Staff Report
NORTH JUDSON - Despite scoring 18 points in the fourth quarter, Tippecanoe Valley's football team fell 33-24 at North Judson Friday night in the season opener.
The Vikings took an early 6-0 lead in the first quarter when sophomore quarterback David Beyers hooked up with senior Shawn Severns for a 45-yard scoring strike.
Trailing 24-6 six after three quarters, Valley began its fourth-quarter comeback with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Beyers to senior Brandon McCombs. Kevin Paxton ran the ball for five yards to score another Valley touchdown, and then Beyers hooked up with McCombs again, this time from 32 yards out.
The Vikings compiled 232 yards through the air, but were held to just 26 on the ground. The Blue Jays, on the other hand, rushed for 204 yards and were held to just 39 through the air.
The two teams combined for 24 penalites that totaled 201 yards.
Valley will host Mississewa, 64-0 loser to Manchester, next Friday.
NORTH JUDSON 33, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 24
Valley 6 0 0 18 - 24
N. Judson 0 10 14 9 - 33
Scoring
TV - David Beyers 45 pass to Shawn Severns (kick failed)
NJ - McGowan 36 run (kick good)
NJ - Urankar 25 field goal
NJ - Metzger 11 run (kick good)
NJ - Urankar 34 field goal
NJ - Metzger 5 run
NJ - Schultz 12 pass to Christiansen (kick failed)
TV - Beyers 31 pass to Brandon McCombs (conversion failed)
TV - Kevin Paxton 5 run (conversion failed)
TV - Beyers 32 pass to McCombs (conversion failed) [[In-content Ad]]
SOUTH WHITLEY -ÊThe football teams from Whitko and Wawasee enjoyed starting the season so much that they decided to extend the season opener. It took four quarters plus two overtimes for the teams to break a scoreless stalemate and finish with a winner.
In the end, the Wildcats came out on top 8-7 after a 2-point conversion in the second overtime to win their first season opener in three years.
"It's been a while since we started the season with a win," said Whitko coach Bryan Sprunger. "It's been three years since we won the first game of the season."
Wawasee scored the first points of the game on the second play of the second overtime. Brent Doty scampered one yard into the endzone to put the Warriors up 6-0. After Luke Speakman split the uprights, Wawasee held a 7-0 lead.
"Our defense was strong all night," said Wawasee coach Joe Rietveld when asked about the decision to go for the field goal. "I thought we could go for one and the hold them."
But not for long. Whitko took the field on the 10 yard line. Dane Bause gained two yards on the first play from scrimmage, but on the next play Brad Walpole was sacked for a 3-yard loss. Then the Wildcats were slapped with a 5-yard illegal procedure penalty that put them on the 16-yard line. Walpole was injured on the next play, and with fourth-and-16, Kevin Feldman stepped in at the quarterback position for his first snap of the night.
Feldman connected with Brett Lukens for a 16-yard tounchdown pass, making the score 7-6 in Wawasee's favor.
Then Sprunger put Walpole back in the game and sent the troops to the line for a 2-point conversion attempt. Walpole connected with Gabe Langohr for the extra points and the 8-7 Whitko win.
However, the win did not come easily for the Wildcats. Both Whitko and Wawasee had opportunities within the red zone, but neither squad capitalized on them.
In the second quarter, Wawasee had first-and-goal at the 7 yard line, but Whitko's defense held the Warriors scoreless. Then Whitko got to the Wawasee 20-yard line, but time ran out in the first half before the Wildcats could take advantage of their position.
In the third quarter, Wawasee had the ball at Whitko's 21-yard line, but fumbled the ball and Whitko's James DeLaCruz recovered it.
Then in the fourth quarter, Whitko got the ball to Wawasee's 20-yard line but turned it over on downs.
"We played four hard quarters and two overtimes," said Sprunger. "We had a super game defensively. We overemphasized defense in the first two weeks of practice, and it paid off. Offensively, we put them in binds a couple times.
"We made a lot of mistakes, but one mistake we did not make was giving up on downs. We never gave up. We played hard, and that's the main thing. The mistakes are easy to correct if you have that."
Quarterback Brent Doty led the Warriors, completing 10 of 30 passes for 159 yards. Doty also rushed for 70 yards on 16 carries and scored Wawasee's only touchdown of the game.
Alan Robbins led the Wildcats, rushing for 84 yards on 12 carries and catching three passes for 22 yards.
Whitko, 1-0, travels to Columbia City for a 7 p.m. game next week, while Wawasee hosts Fairfield Friday.
NOTES: This was a game that saw several injuries. In the most severe, Wawasee's Rhett Mikel was taken off the field on a stretcher to a waiting ambulance. After the game, Rietveld said the injury was a dislocated elbow. On the same play that Mikel's injury occurred, Whitko's Ryan Jackson was slow to get up and left the field shaken up. ... Whitko's utility guy, Nic Sprunger left the field four plays later with a knee injury. He did not return to the game. ... Still later in the game, Whitko's Dustin Boardman was shaken up on a play. He sat out one play and returned to the field. ... In the fourth quarter, Wawasee's Todd Burns racked up 30 yards in penalties and was ejected from the game after questioning an official.
WHITKO 8, WAWASEE 7
Wawasee (0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 7 - 7
Whitko (1-0) 0 0 0 0 0 8 - 8
Waw Whi
First downs 11 13
Rushing yards 103 179
Passing yards 168 39
Comp.-Att.-Int. 12-32-1 6-15-3
Total offense 271 218
Fumbles/lost 6-1 2-2
Punts/avg. 3-27 7-31.4
Penalties/yards 4-38 4-35
SCORING
Second Overtime
Waw -ÊBrent Doty 1 run (Speakman kick), 7-0 Waw
Whit -ÊLukens 14 pass from Kevin Feldman (Langohr 3 pass from Walpole), 8-7 Whit
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Wawasee: Drew Evans 12-38, Brent Doty 16-70, Mike Ellsworth 2-8, Rhett Mikel 1-5; Whitko Burl Haywood 15-43, Alan Robbins 12-84, James DeLaCruz 2-11, Brad Walpole 11-2, Brandon Waterson 6-15, Dane Bause 4-11, Drew Lopshire 1-1
Passing - Wawasee: Brent Doty 10-30-159, 1 INT; Whitko: Brad Walpole 5-14-23, 3 INT, Kevin Feldman 1-1-16, TD
Receiving - Wawasee:ÊNate Edgington 4-47, Mike Ellsworth 2-14, BJ Simpson 1-12, Drew Evans 2-10, Josh Roa 1-49; Whitko: Alan Robbins 3-22, Brandon Waterson 1-1, Brett Lukens 1-16
Warsaw Opens Season By Crushing Columbia City 49-6
By Dale Hubler, Times-Union Sports Writer
Though it wasn't the Fourth of July, Warsaw's football team put on a display of offensive fireworks in its season opener with Columbia City Friday night.
The host Tigers, coming off a 9-2 season and their second consecutive Northern Lakes Conference championship, used its stable of workhorse running backs and ran away from the Eagles 49-6.
"What you saw tonight was a great team effort," sixth-year Warsaw coach Phil Jensen said. "We've got some weapons. Brad (Seiss) is gonna get his, but this was a great team effort."
Billed as a possible Mr. Football candidate, 6-foot 195 pound senior running back Brad Seiss didn't disappoint.
The talented tailback, who will attend Ball State University on a football scholarship, scored Warsaw's first three touchdowns and ended the evening with 215 yards on 16 carries.
Seiss may have played the lead role, rushing for 160 yards in the first half, but his supporting cast got the job done as well.
In all, the Tiger backfield amassed 321 rushing yards on 37 carries.
If Jensen had questions about his team heading into the season, some of them may have been answered last night.
"The big question was if we would come ready to play," Jensen said. "We came ready to play for four quarters."
As is sometimes true in season openers, the Tigers showed signs of early jitters - they appeared to last all of one play. After throwing an interception on the game's opening play, Warsaw looked like a team of seasoned veterans.
The Tigers lit up the scoreboard - a new one at that - with a four-yard run by Seiss with 3:30 remaining in the opening quarter. With 16 seconds left in the first, Seiss scored Warsaw's second touchdown, this time from 79 yards out.
While Warsaw's offense was piling up the yardage, the Tiger defense kept the Eagles in check.
Columbia City, which finished last season 3-7, totaled just 110 rushing yards on 36 carries for the game.
Derek Kohut led the Columbia City ground game with 85 yards on 19 carries. Geoff Barrell added 20 yards on three carries. No other Eagle rushed for more than nine yards.
Complimenting Seiss were quarterback Ryan DeGeeter, who rushed five times for 40 yards, David Muta (5-21), Ben Kreinbrink (5-21) and Ryan Hamilton (5-20).
"We're beginning to show great signs of building a program," Jensen said. "The kids are doing the right things on and off the field. We made sure we played our juniors that have been with us for three years now. We didn't get everyone in, but the kids understand that if they put their time in their time will come."
Seiss scored the game's third touchdown when he scampered in from seven yards out with 9:09 showing on the second quarter clock. DeGeeter added a 15-yard touchdown trot with 1:15 left to play in the second, giving Warsaw a healthy 28-0 halftime lead.
Down 35-0 after a 15-yard touchdown run from Muta, Columbia City avoided the shutout with a 12-yard scoring strike from Kohut at the 2:37 mark of the third-quarter.
The Tigers padded the lead four minutes into the fourth quarter when sophomore Adam Griggs intercepted an Eagle pass and returned it 40 yards for a touchdown.
Columbia City quarterback Chad Eckert finished the game 5 of 12 for 37 yards and one interception, while DeGeeter threw 61 yards on 5-of-8 passing with one interception.
The game's final points were scored when Kreinbrink, playing for Seiss who carried the ball just once in the second half, plunged in from one yard out with 9:51 remaining.
In total offense, Warsaw, which has won 18 of its last 22 games, outgained the Eagles 382-178.
The Tigers play next Friday at Homestead, a 41-6 winner over Huntington North.
No. 10 (5A) WARSAW 49, COLUMBIA CITY 6
Col. City (0-1) 0 0 6 0 - 6
Warsaw (1-0) 14 14 7 14 - 49
CC W
First downs 11 12
Rushes/yards 36-110 37-321
Passing yards 68 61
Comp.-Att.-Int. 6-13-1 5-8-1
Total offense 178 382
Fumbles/lost 2-2 1-0
Punts/avg. 6-34.2 1-37
Penalties/yards 5-35 5-25
First Quarter
W - Brad Seiss 4 run (Adam Sisson kick) 3:30, 7-0
W - Seiss 79 run (Sisson kick) :16.1, 14-0
Second Quarter
W - Seiss 7 run (Sisson kick) 9:09, 21-0
W - Ryan DeGeeter 1 run (Sisson kick) 1:15, 28-0
Third Quarter
W - David Muta 15 run (Sisson kick) 5:17, 35-0
CC - Derek Kohut 12 run (kick blocked) 2:37, 35-6
Fourth Quarter
W - Adam Griggs 40 interception return (Sisson kick) 11:30, 42-6
W - Ben Kreinbrink 1 run (Sisson kick) 9:51, 49-6
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - Columbia City, Derek Kohut 19-85, Kyle Nelson 4-6, Geoff Barrell 3-20; Warsaw, Brad Seiss 16-215, Ryan DeGeeter 5-40, David Muta 5-21, Ben Kreinbrink 5-21, Ryan Hamilton 5-20
Passing - Columbia City, Chad Eckert 5-12-37, Barrell 1-1-31; Warsaw, DeGeeter 5-8-61
Receiving - Columbia City, Nick McQueen 2-23, Barrell 2-16, Steve Lalevich 1-31; Warsaw, Adam Sisson 3-41, Chris Clay 1-10, Grady Randall 1-10
Triton Falls To Caston
Times-Union Staff Report
BOURBON - After trailing visiting Caston 18-0 Friday night, Triton's varsity football team fell to the Comets 24-6.
The Trojans pounded out 132 yards of offense on the ground but completed just 2 of 7 passes for 20 yards. The Comets gained all 212 of their yards on the ground, rushing the ball 41 times. Caston was 0 of 1 through the air.
Matt Berry led the Caston ground attack with 15 carries for 99 yards, while Nathan Ulmer paced Triton with 16 carries for 86 yards. Steven Boyer added to Triton's ground attack with 12 carries for 36 yards.
Triton will host Northfield Friday night.
CASTON 24, TRITON 6
Caston 0 6 12 6 - 24
Triton 0 0 0 6 - 6
Second Quarter
C - Matt Berry 3 run (kick failed)
Third Quarter
C - Matt Duncan 11 run (kick failed)
C - Berry 52 run (kick failed)
Fourth Quarter
T - Steven Boyer 1 run (kick failed)
C - Mark Skinner 10 run (kick failed)
Individual Leaders
Rushing - Triton, Nathan Ulmer 16-86, Steven Boyer 12-36; Caston, Matt Berry 15-99
Passing - Triton, Boyer 2-2-20-2; Caston, David McCready 1-0-0-0
Receiving - Triton, Tommy Dean 2-20
Manchester Pummels Mississinewa 64-0
Times-Union Staff Report
GAS CITY - Behind an explosive running game, Manchester's varsity football team cruised to a 64-0 win at hapless Mississinewa Friday.
Anthony Sorg carried the ball 23 times for 251 yards, while Dustin Westafer rushed for 104 yards on 16 carries for Manchester.
In all, the Squires rushed for 405 yards on 57 carries.
Through the air, Squire signal caller Michael Sorg was 3 of 8 for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
Ferron Gaerte caught two passes for 99 yards, while Brent Westendorf caught one pass for 23 yards.
In total offense, the Squires outgained the Indians 527-48.
Manchester travels to Fort Wayne to play Heritage Friday.
MANCHESTER 64, MISSISSINEWA 0
Manchester 14 18 13 19 - 64
Mississinewa 0 0 0 0 - 0
First Quarter
M - Anthony Sorg 1 run (kick failed)
M - Michael Sorg 74 pass to Ferron Gaerte (M. Sorg 2-pt conversion pass to Brent Westendorf)
Second Quarter
M - A. Sorg 59 run (kick failed)
M - M. Sorg 25 pass to Gaerte (conversion failed)
M - Dustin Westafer 2 run (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
M - Kyle Powers 1 run (kick failed)
M - Westafer 3 run (Kyle Brown kick)
Fourth Quarter
M - Paul Sommer 1 run (kick failed)
M - A. Sorg 91 run (Adam Young kick)
M - Henry Hatfield 16 run (kick failed)
Manchester leaders
Rushing - Anthony Sorg 23-251, Dustin Westafer 16-104
Passing - Michael Sorg 3-8-122-0
Receiving - Ferron Gaerte 2-99, Brent Westendorf 1-23
Valley Comeback Falls Short
Tiimes-Union Staff Report
NORTH JUDSON - Despite scoring 18 points in the fourth quarter, Tippecanoe Valley's football team fell 33-24 at North Judson Friday night in the season opener.
The Vikings took an early 6-0 lead in the first quarter when sophomore quarterback David Beyers hooked up with senior Shawn Severns for a 45-yard scoring strike.
Trailing 24-6 six after three quarters, Valley began its fourth-quarter comeback with a 31-yard touchdown pass from Beyers to senior Brandon McCombs. Kevin Paxton ran the ball for five yards to score another Valley touchdown, and then Beyers hooked up with McCombs again, this time from 32 yards out.
The Vikings compiled 232 yards through the air, but were held to just 26 on the ground. The Blue Jays, on the other hand, rushed for 204 yards and were held to just 39 through the air.
The two teams combined for 24 penalites that totaled 201 yards.
Valley will host Mississewa, 64-0 loser to Manchester, next Friday.
NORTH JUDSON 33, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 24
Valley 6 0 0 18 - 24
N. Judson 0 10 14 9 - 33
Scoring
TV - David Beyers 45 pass to Shawn Severns (kick failed)
NJ - McGowan 36 run (kick good)
NJ - Urankar 25 field goal
NJ - Metzger 11 run (kick good)
NJ - Urankar 34 field goal
NJ - Metzger 5 run
NJ - Schultz 12 pass to Christiansen (kick failed)
TV - Beyers 31 pass to Brandon McCombs (conversion failed)
TV - Kevin Paxton 5 run (conversion failed)
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