Jimmies Down Panthers

ELKHART - Jimtown's football team, ranked No. 3 in Class 2A, topped No. 6 3A NorthWood (0-1) 30-21 Friday.

The Jimmies (1-0) scored 21 points in the second quarter en route to a 24-7 halftime lead.

Jimtown tallied 344 yards against NorthWood's "Black Crunch" defense, which returned just three starters from last year.

Jimtown gained 242 of the 344 yards on the ground. Several players got carries for the Jimmies. Titus House gained 93 yards on 15 carries, Clint Pontius gained 60 yards on 10 carries, and Gene House gained 47 on 16 carries.

No. 3 (2A) JIMTOWN 30

No. 6 (3A) NORTHWOOD 21

NorthWood 7 0 7 7 0 - 21

Jimtown 3 21 0 6 0 -Ê30

NW Jim

Net yards rushing 77 242

Net yards passing 151 102

Total net yardage 228 344

First downs rushing 4 15

First downs passing 6 3

First downs by penalty 0 0

Total first downs 10 18

Passes (completed-attempted) 14-27 6-9

Passes had intercepted 1 0

Fumbles-lost 1-1 4-2

Punts-average 3-36 3-31

Penalties-yards 2-10 1-15

First Quarter

J - Matt Menchinger 25 field goal.

N -ÊMike Blosser 29 run; Casey Lehman kick.

Second Quarter

J - Brad Clark 60 pass from Brandon Squibb; Menchinger kick.

J -ÊDavid Peterson 20 pass from Squibb; Menchinger kick.

J -ÊClint Pontius 10 run; Menchinger kick.

Third Quarter

N - Blosser 1 run; Lehman kick.

J -ÊPontius 4 run; kick failed.

N - Jesse Fink 4 run; Lehman kick.

Individual LEADERS

Rushing - NorthWood: Ben Lehman 3-47, Mike Blosser 11-17, Jesse Fink 4-11, Willy Will 4-6. Jimtown: Titus House 15-93, Clint Pontius 10-60, Gene House 16-47, Sean Ganser 2-18, Brad Clark 1-14, Oliver Pettis 3-13.

Passing -ÊNorthWood: Blosser 10-15-117 (0 int.), Will 4-12-34 (1 int.). Jimtown: Squibb 6-9-102 (0 int.).

Receiving -ÊNorthWood: Will 5-56, Scott Hill 2-27, Ryan Mast 2-24, Fink 2-16, B. Lehman 1-14, Jeremy Greenlee 1-14. Jimtown: Clark 1-60, David Peterson 5-42.