West Noble Chargers Slip By Valley
October 22, 2016 at 6:43 a.m.
West Noble Chargers Slip By Valley
By Dale [email protected]
That one carry, however, was a 57-yard touchdown run, and it was the difference in the game as the visiting Chargers edged the Vikings 30-28 in a back-and-forth Class 3A Sectional 26 contest at Death Valley.
Valley senior DJ Heckman scored on a 4-yard run, and Domingo Santiago’s extra-point kick gave the Vikings a 28-22 lead with 8:43 remaining.
Pruitt and the Chargers responded immediately, 17 seconds later to be exact, as the 6-foot-1, 165-pound freshman weaved through the Valley defense and scored from 57 yards out. Junior Sebastian Loy’s 2-point conversion run gave West Noble a 2-point lead and accounted for the final score.
“We broke down on a counter play, but we didn’t really see them do any thing that we didn’t know they were gonna do,” said Valley co-head coach Jeff Shriver. “Penalties hurt us a lot tonight. You have to play a clean game, and we have to play a little bit better with the mental focus, I think. There were some times where we played well and some times where we didn’t play well.”
The teams were scoreless after one quarter of play and knotted at 14-14 at halftime.
The Chargers, who went for 2-point conversions after each touchdown because their kicker was home resting for today’s soccer semistate, outscored Valley 8-7 in both the third and fourth quarters.
On their first possession after Pruitt’s go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Vikings turned the ball over on downs after a 5-play drive that consisted of runs by Heckman.
The Chargers punted after a 3-and-out, and the Vikings got the ball back with 3:36 on the clock and 93 yards of real estate in front of them.
Valley picked up three first downs on the drive, including an 18-yard run by senior quarterback Alec Craig on 4th-and-5 from Valley’s 30-yard line.
On the very next play, however, Valley committed its only turnover of the game, and it sealed the Vikings’ fate.
On 1st-and-10 from the 48-yard line, Valley ran a halfback pass. Craig handed off to sophomore Noah Miller, who then threw the ball down the field and, unfortunately, into the arms of West Noble’s Josh Gross.
The Vikings, who were looking for their first playoff win at home since 2002 and their first postseason win overall since 2012, finished the season with a 3-7 record.
West Noble improved to 4-6 with its first playoff win since 1999 and will host Jimtown (6-4) in a sectional semifinal on Friday.
Garrett (9-1) will play at Culver Academies (7-3) in the other half of the Sectional 26 bracket.
“We did not make some plays that we needed to make, on both sides of the ball,” said Shriver. “Credit to West Noble, they made some big plays. But for the most part, just some field position and penalties, and a couple big plays, were the difference in the football game.”
West Noble was whistled for seven penalties for 57 yards, while the Vikings tallied 50 yards on six penalties.
The Chargers racked up 299 yards of offense in the win, 201 on the ground, while Valley rushed for 317 yards and tallied 355 yards of total offense.
Spencer Shrock led West Noble with 81 rushing yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, while Pruitt finished with 70 yards and a score on nine attempts.
Quarterback Chase Wroblewski ran 10 times for 32 yards and scored on runs of 1 and 3 yards, as well as completing 7 of 12 pass attempts for 98 yards.
Jason Pruitt caught three passes for 45 yards, while Shrock finished with three catches for 41 yards.
For Valley, Heckman rushed 23 times for 143 yards and two scores, while Cameron Parker tallied 42 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 11 carries.
Craig rushed 13 times for 95 yards and completed 4 of 9 pass attempts for 38 yards in his final high school game.
“We’re going to miss some of our seniors, not just Alec Craig, but a lot of our seniors,” said Shriver. “But Alec Craig is a tremendous athlete. He’s a young man that came in an changed the dynamics of the game. He had a nice game tonight and did a lot of things for us.
“He’s a guy that you just can’t replace. He’s been around here for four years, he was a four-year letterman and started for us at quarterback for three years. He changed things with his arm and his legs, so he’s somebody that will be very difficult for us to replace. But we do have a core of young guys who touched the ball, many of them tonight, that you’ll see down the road. We’re excited about that.”
WEST NOBLE 30, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 28
WN 0 14 8 8 — 30
TV 0 14 7 7 — 28
WN TV
1st downs 11 22
Rushing yds 201 317
Passing yds 98 38
Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 4-10-1
Total yds 299 355
Fumbles/lost 1/0 0/0
Punts/Avg 2/33 0/0
Penalties/yds 7/57 6/50
Second Quarter
WN – Spencer Shrock 29 run (conversion run failed) 6-0, 9:46
TV – DJ Heckman 24 run (Domingo Santiago kick) 7-6, 7:02
WN – Chase Wroblewski 3 run (Shrock conversion run) 14-7, 4:00
TV – Cameron Parker 11 run (Santiago kick) 14-14, :39
Third Quarter
TV – Parker 4 run (Santiago kick) 21-14, 7:32
WN – Wroblewski 1 run (Wroblewski conversion pass to Tad Airgood) 22-21, :35
Fourth Quarter
TV – Heckman 4 run (Santiago kick) 28-22, 8:43
WN – Brandon Pruitt 57 run (Sebastian Loy conversion run) 30-28, 8:26
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — W. Noble, Shrock 10-81, Brandon Pruitt 9-70, Wroblewski 10-32, Loy 2-16, Draven Rasler 1-2; T. Valley, Heckman 23-143, Alec Craig 13-95, Parker 11-42, Jaydin Conley 6-37
Passing — W. Noble, Wroblewski 7-12-98, 0 TD, 0 INT; T. Valley, Craig 4-9-38, 0 TD, 0 INT, Noah Miller 0-1-0, 1 INT
Receiving — W. Noble, Jason Pruitt 3-45, Shrock 3-41, Airgood 1-12; T. Valley, Conley 2-13, Wes Melanson 1-13, Jarod Duzenbery 1-12
That one carry, however, was a 57-yard touchdown run, and it was the difference in the game as the visiting Chargers edged the Vikings 30-28 in a back-and-forth Class 3A Sectional 26 contest at Death Valley.
Valley senior DJ Heckman scored on a 4-yard run, and Domingo Santiago’s extra-point kick gave the Vikings a 28-22 lead with 8:43 remaining.
Pruitt and the Chargers responded immediately, 17 seconds later to be exact, as the 6-foot-1, 165-pound freshman weaved through the Valley defense and scored from 57 yards out. Junior Sebastian Loy’s 2-point conversion run gave West Noble a 2-point lead and accounted for the final score.
“We broke down on a counter play, but we didn’t really see them do any thing that we didn’t know they were gonna do,” said Valley co-head coach Jeff Shriver. “Penalties hurt us a lot tonight. You have to play a clean game, and we have to play a little bit better with the mental focus, I think. There were some times where we played well and some times where we didn’t play well.”
The teams were scoreless after one quarter of play and knotted at 14-14 at halftime.
The Chargers, who went for 2-point conversions after each touchdown because their kicker was home resting for today’s soccer semistate, outscored Valley 8-7 in both the third and fourth quarters.
On their first possession after Pruitt’s go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Vikings turned the ball over on downs after a 5-play drive that consisted of runs by Heckman.
The Chargers punted after a 3-and-out, and the Vikings got the ball back with 3:36 on the clock and 93 yards of real estate in front of them.
Valley picked up three first downs on the drive, including an 18-yard run by senior quarterback Alec Craig on 4th-and-5 from Valley’s 30-yard line.
On the very next play, however, Valley committed its only turnover of the game, and it sealed the Vikings’ fate.
On 1st-and-10 from the 48-yard line, Valley ran a halfback pass. Craig handed off to sophomore Noah Miller, who then threw the ball down the field and, unfortunately, into the arms of West Noble’s Josh Gross.
The Vikings, who were looking for their first playoff win at home since 2002 and their first postseason win overall since 2012, finished the season with a 3-7 record.
West Noble improved to 4-6 with its first playoff win since 1999 and will host Jimtown (6-4) in a sectional semifinal on Friday.
Garrett (9-1) will play at Culver Academies (7-3) in the other half of the Sectional 26 bracket.
“We did not make some plays that we needed to make, on both sides of the ball,” said Shriver. “Credit to West Noble, they made some big plays. But for the most part, just some field position and penalties, and a couple big plays, were the difference in the football game.”
West Noble was whistled for seven penalties for 57 yards, while the Vikings tallied 50 yards on six penalties.
The Chargers racked up 299 yards of offense in the win, 201 on the ground, while Valley rushed for 317 yards and tallied 355 yards of total offense.
Spencer Shrock led West Noble with 81 rushing yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, while Pruitt finished with 70 yards and a score on nine attempts.
Quarterback Chase Wroblewski ran 10 times for 32 yards and scored on runs of 1 and 3 yards, as well as completing 7 of 12 pass attempts for 98 yards.
Jason Pruitt caught three passes for 45 yards, while Shrock finished with three catches for 41 yards.
For Valley, Heckman rushed 23 times for 143 yards and two scores, while Cameron Parker tallied 42 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 11 carries.
Craig rushed 13 times for 95 yards and completed 4 of 9 pass attempts for 38 yards in his final high school game.
“We’re going to miss some of our seniors, not just Alec Craig, but a lot of our seniors,” said Shriver. “But Alec Craig is a tremendous athlete. He’s a young man that came in an changed the dynamics of the game. He had a nice game tonight and did a lot of things for us.
“He’s a guy that you just can’t replace. He’s been around here for four years, he was a four-year letterman and started for us at quarterback for three years. He changed things with his arm and his legs, so he’s somebody that will be very difficult for us to replace. But we do have a core of young guys who touched the ball, many of them tonight, that you’ll see down the road. We’re excited about that.”
WEST NOBLE 30, TIPPECANOE VALLEY 28
WN 0 14 8 8 — 30
TV 0 14 7 7 — 28
WN TV
1st downs 11 22
Rushing yds 201 317
Passing yds 98 38
Comp-Att-Int 7-12-0 4-10-1
Total yds 299 355
Fumbles/lost 1/0 0/0
Punts/Avg 2/33 0/0
Penalties/yds 7/57 6/50
Second Quarter
WN – Spencer Shrock 29 run (conversion run failed) 6-0, 9:46
TV – DJ Heckman 24 run (Domingo Santiago kick) 7-6, 7:02
WN – Chase Wroblewski 3 run (Shrock conversion run) 14-7, 4:00
TV – Cameron Parker 11 run (Santiago kick) 14-14, :39
Third Quarter
TV – Parker 4 run (Santiago kick) 21-14, 7:32
WN – Wroblewski 1 run (Wroblewski conversion pass to Tad Airgood) 22-21, :35
Fourth Quarter
TV – Heckman 4 run (Santiago kick) 28-22, 8:43
WN – Brandon Pruitt 57 run (Sebastian Loy conversion run) 30-28, 8:26
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — W. Noble, Shrock 10-81, Brandon Pruitt 9-70, Wroblewski 10-32, Loy 2-16, Draven Rasler 1-2; T. Valley, Heckman 23-143, Alec Craig 13-95, Parker 11-42, Jaydin Conley 6-37
Passing — W. Noble, Wroblewski 7-12-98, 0 TD, 0 INT; T. Valley, Craig 4-9-38, 0 TD, 0 INT, Noah Miller 0-1-0, 1 INT
Receiving — W. Noble, Jason Pruitt 3-45, Shrock 3-41, Airgood 1-12; T. Valley, Conley 2-13, Wes Melanson 1-13, Jarod Duzenbery 1-12
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