Tippy Valley Leads Football Roundup By Winning At Wabash
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WABASH — Behind a big rushing night from junior Garrett Bell, the Tippecanoe Valley football team got its first win of the season Friday at Wabash, 31-20. Running the ball 34 times, Bell had 160 yards and three touchdowns in the win, improving Valley to 1-5 and 1-3 in the Three Rivers Conference. Also for Valley, sophomore quarterback Alec Craig had 27 rushing yards and a touchdowns. Controlling the game, Valley ran 70 offensive plays to Wabash’s 37. Up next for the Vikings is Friday’s rivalry game, hosting the Rochester Zebras. TIPPECANOE VALLEY 31, WABASH 20 TV 8 8 15 0 – 31 W 7 7 0 6 – 20 INDIVIDUAL VALLEY STATS Rushing — Garett Bell 34-160, 3 TDs; Alec Craig 13-27, TD; Jarred Littlejohn 6-28; Aaron Hoffman 2-14; Chris Secrest 2-8. Passing — Craig 7-12, 48 yds, INT. Receiving — Brandon Webster 2-25; Littlejohn 4-14; Jonah Mikel 1-9.
Friday in Plymouth
In Northern Lakes Conference action Friday night in Plymouth, the Wawasee football team fell 32-7. Outgained 286-84, Wawasee fell behind 32-0 before Noah Wadkins got his team’s first score with 5:41 remaining in the game. The loss leaves Wawasee at 3-3 and 1-3 in the conference, while the Class 4A No. 7 Plymouth Rockies are now 6-0 and will take their 4-0 NLC mark into Class 5A No. 1 Concord this Friday, who is also 4-0 in the conference. Against a staunch Rockies defense, Wawasee quarterback Gage Reinhard completed 10 of 28 attempts for 61 yards, while being picked off twice. In the run game, Nathan Katzer led the team with 11 yards on seven carries. The Warriors host Warsaw this Friday in their annual rivalry game. PLYMOUTH 32, WAWASEE 7 W 0 0 0 7 — 7 P 0 7 19 6 — 32 W P 1st downs 5 10 Rushing yds 23 242 Passing yds 61 44 Comp-Att-Int 10-28-2 3-9-1 Total yds 84 286 Fumbles/lost 0/0 4/4 Penalties/yds 7/45 4/45 Punts/avg 10/31.4 4/11.3 Second Quarter P — Jack Barron 38 pass to Justin Drudge (Jacob LaFree kick) 11:08, 7-0. Third Quarter P — Drudge 32 run (kick failed) 12:00, 13-0. P — Drudge 5 run (conversion failed) 10:20, 19-0. P — Barron 51 run (LaFree kick) 4:10, 26-0. Fourth Quarter P — LaFree 7 run (kick failed) 12:00, 32-0. W — Noah Wadkins 8 run (Lucas Garza kick) 5:41, 32-7. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Plymouth, Barron 19-135, Drudge 5-55, Taylor Fulton 16-46, LaFree 1-7, Kyle McGinty 1-3, Tristan McMillen 2-2, Dylan Johnson 4-(-6); Wawasee, Nathan Katzer 7-11, Michael Katzer 3-8, Wadkins 4-6, Clayton Cook 1-5, Nic Wilson 8-3, Gage Reinhard 7-(-5), Kollin Bell 1-(-5). Passing — Plymouth, Barron 2-8, 43 yds, TD, INT, Drudge 1-1, 1 yd.; Wawasee, Reinhard 10-28, 61 yds, 2 INTs. Receiving — Plymouth, Drudge 2-39, Nathan Nixon 1-5; Wawasee, Mylon Betts 2-18, Sam Clark 4-14, Cameron Krizman 2-10, N. Katzer 1-10, Wilson 1-9.
Friday in North Manchester
At Rochester Friday, the Manchester football team was shutout 27-0. In the loss, senior quarterback Lucas Schilling had 93 passing yards, while senior Evan Milam ran for 31 yards and senior Jacob Casper had 30. The 3-3 (2-2 Three Rivers Conference) Squires host Southwood this Friday. ROCHESTER 27, MANCHESTER 0 R 7 14 0 6 – 27 M 0 0 0 0 – 0 INDIVIDUAL MANCHESTER STATS Rushing — Evan Milam 3-31; Jacob Casper 13-30; Daniel Griese 1-(-5); Lucas Schilling 7-(-6). Passing — Schilling 12-27, 93 yds, 3 INTs. Receiving — Bailey Ness 5-43; Milam 2-18; Griese 2-17; Keelan Norwood 3-15.
Friday in Bourbon
Hosting Class 4A New Prairie Friday night, the Class 1A Triton football team was defeated 48-6. Falling to 1-5 on the season and 0-4 in the Northern State Conference, the Triton Trojans were led by Jeremy Jones 54 rushing yards, which included a score, while he also caught a pass for 17 yards. Also for Triton, Jayden Hargrave had 71 rushing yards on three carries. The Trojans are at LaVille Friday. NEW PRAIRIE 48, TRITON 6 NP 7 14 14 6 – 48 T 0 0 6 0 – 6 NP T 1st downs 20 6 Rushing yds 427 125 Passing yds 30 35 Comp-Att-Int 2-5-0 3-6-0 Total yds 457 160 Fumbles lost 2 0 Penalties/yds 5/40 7/41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — NP, Brassell 4-111, TD, Dierdorf 7-108, 3 TDs, Peck 14-70, Weller 9-68, Cinal 2-12, Foerg 3-10; Triton, Jayden Hargrave 3-71, Jeremy Jones 15-54, TD, Nathan Spangle 2-5, Grant Stichter 11-(-4). Passing — NP, Weller 2-2, 30 yds, Brassell 0-2, Foerg 0-1; Triton, Stichter 3-6, 35 yds. Receiving — NP, Scott 1-23, Weller 1-7; Triton, Jones 1-17, Spangle 1-9.
