TV Ends Skid

DENVER - After losing its past two games, Tippecanoe Valley's football team got back to its winning ways with a 14-6 win at Three Rivers Conference rival North Miami Friday.

The win improves Valley's record to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in TRC action; the host Warriors fall to 1-7 and 1-5.

Senior fullback Wes Backus scored on a 12-yard run in the opening frame for the Vikings, giving them an early 6-0 lead. After North Miami tied the game at six on an 82-yard run by Lee Hall in the second stanza, Viking freshman quarterback David Beyers scampered in from five yards out in the third quarter, and then called his own number on the two-point conversion play, giving Valley the 14-6 win.

Backus led Valley on the ground with his 106 yards on 18 carries, an average of 5.9 yards per carry. Hall pounded out 97 yards for the Warriors on six carries - 82 of them coming on the touchdown trot.

Tippecanoe Valley's Josh Carter, who came in with 223 yards on 58 carries, fractured his ankle in the second quarter.

TIPPECANOE VALLEY 14

NORTH MIAMI 6

T. Valley (6-2, 4-2) 6 0 8 0 - 14

N. Miami (1-7, 1-5) 0 6 0 0 - 6

TV NM

First downs 13 4

Rushing yards 231 159

Passing yards 27 5

Comp.-Att.-Int. 2-8-0 1-4-0

Total offense 258 164

Fumbles/lost 3-1 1-0

Punts/avg. 2-36 6-38

Penalties/yards 3-20 1-5

First Quarter

TV - Wes Backus 12 run (kick failed) 6-0 TV

Second Quarter

NM - Lee Hall 82 run (kick failed) 6-6

Third Quarter

TV - David Beyers 5 run (Beyers run) 14-6 TV

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing - Valley: Backus 18-106, B.J. Cunningham 20-63. N. Miami: Hall 6-97.

Passing - Valley: Beyers 2-6-25-0. N. Miami: Zac Hostetler 1-3-5-1.

Receiving - Valley: Michael Schwenk 1-22.