Jimtown Drills Triton, Wins 50th Straight NSC Contest

ELKHART - Led by a strong rushing attack, Class 2A No. 10 Jimtown downed visiting Northern State Conference opponent Triton 35-0 Friday. The win was the 50th straight NSC triumph for the Bill Sharpe-coached Jimmies.

In all, Jimtown rushed the ball 43 times for 371 yards, while Triton had 30 carries for 81 yards. Shane Perkey led the Jimmies in rushing with 17 carries for 150 yards.

Jimtown, which last lost a conference game in 1995 to Bremen, is now 7-2 overall and 7-0 in the NSC. Triton is now 2-7 overall and 1-6 in the NSC. Triton's lone this win this year came over Northfield, though the Trojans were recently credited with a second victory after Glenn forfeited a number of games because of an ineligible player.

Triton opens up Class 1A sectional action next week at West Central, which fell to 2-7 with a 55-0 loss to Pioneer Friday.

NO. 10 (2A) JIMTOWN 35, TRITON 0

Triton 0 0 0 0 - 0

Jimtown 7 14 7 7 - 35

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First downs 6 17

Rushing yards 81 371

Passing yards 42 67

Comp.-Att.-Int. 5-15-0 7-16-2

Total offense 123 438

Fumbles/lost 1/0 2/1

Punts/avg. 8-27 1-28

Penalties/yards 0-0 4-20

First Quarter

J - Paul Davis 8 run (Derrick DeShone kick) 7-0, 6:40

Second Quarter

J - Tyler Leighton 57 run (Justin McCuddy kick) 14-0, 7:14

J - Josh Whitaker 9 pass to Leighton (McCuddy kick) 21-0, :11

Third Quarter

J - Shane Perkey 15 run (McCuddy kick) 28-0, 2:54

Fourth Quarter

J - Ryan Yurko 4 run (McCuddy kick) 35-0, 8:08

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Triton, Byran Moriarty 9-41, Bryan Watkins 8-28, Bryan Bell 5-15; Jimtown, S. Perkey 17-150, T. Perkey 6-58, Leighton 1-57, Davis 7-55

Passing - Triton, Daniel Kuhn 5-15-42-0; Jimtown, Whitaker 7-16-67-2

Receiving - Triton, Kyle Bell 2-6, Bryan Bell 1-25, Isaac Sellers 1-9, Watkins 1-2; Jimtown Leighton 3-23, Secor 2-27, Luce 2-17