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With Greg Seiss' late scoring strike to wide receiver Jon Hill in the Tigers' 27-0 win over Valley, Warsaw now has the distinction of having three different quarterbacks throw touchdown passes in its first two games of the season. Andy Plank, the Times-Union Offensive Player Of The Week, leads the Tigers with two TD tosses, while Seiss and Rob Boley each have one.
Speaking of Hill, Friday's game with Tippecanoe Valley was only the second of his varsity career, and he already has a touchdown reception. The junior is a late bloomer in the world of high school football having just came out for the team this year, but knows his way around the track, having won the 100 and 200 dashes at the Northern Lakes Conference meet this past spring.
The 27-0 shutout over Valley was Warsaw's first since a 17-0 blanking of Goshen in 1995. The Tigers' defense has had at least one shutout in every season of the 1990s except last season's 2-7 campaign. Warsaw registered three shutouts in 1990, two in 1994 and one each in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1995. Warsaw has shut out the Vikings three times in the 1990s, including twice in the past four years. It was the first shutout of Warsaw coach Phil Jensen's two-year career at WCHS and some nice revenge after watching his Tigers got blanked four times last season.
The last time a Tippecanoe Valley team was shut out at home was in 1990 when Whitko turned the trick with a 26-0 blanking. The Vikings, in fact, were shut out twice in that season, also losing to Winamac 18-0 in Valley coach Scott Bibler's first season. The 27-point loss to Warsaw was the biggest margin of defeat since a pair of 28-point losses in that same 1990 season. That 1990 team went onto a 3-6 record, the worst in school history.
Jack Hackworth continues to be the workhorse for Triton's football team. He carried the ball 19 times for 86 yards against Northfield after carrying the ball 21 times for 78 yards in the opener. His 40 carries are the most by an area runner.
Despite struggling through an off night passing, Triton's Nathan Setser has thrown three touchdowns and no interceptions. For a sophomore quarterback, Setser has shown maturity in not trying to force the action and giving the Trojans a chance to win every Friday night.
Wawasee's win over Carroll marked the first time this group of Warrior seniors beat the Chargers in their high school career.
Valley is off to an 0-2 start this season, and the last time that happened was in 1992. That team went on to win the sectional and finish 6-6.
Whitko's loss to rival Columbia City knocked the Wildcats from their perch at No. 5 in the coaches poll. Whitko dropped all the way out of the poll without a single vote. In the AP poll, the Wildcats still got 10 votes but remained out of the top ten.
For the second consecutive week, the NorthWood Panthers allowed more total yardage than they gained. However, the bend-but-don't-break philosophy recorded two fumble recoveries and allowed just one touchdown.
Manchester has struggled against Heritage over the last two seasons. Before being shut out 19-0 this year, the Squires lost to Heritage in last year's season opener 34-12. The big culprit in both games was Brandon Robinson. This year, he rushed for three touchdowns and Heritage rushed the ball for 268 total yards.
Wawasee's 324 yards of offense in a 26-14 win over Carroll in the second game this year were more than the Warriors had in any regular season game last year.
Wawasee crammed about three weeks worth of big plays into one game:
1. 78-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Beer to Aaron McFarland
2. Rustin Mikel 78-yard touchdown run
3. McFarland interception, which set up a McFarland 43-yard reception, which set up a 28-yard touchdown run by Mikel
4. Brad Brown interception
5. Brad Swope fumble recovery for a 55-yard touchdown run
