SYRACUSE – Wawasee junior quarterback Tyler Smith carried the ball 23 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and classmate Noah Wadkins ran for 161 yards on 16 carries and scored a pair of touchdowns in the Warriors’ 31-21 win over visiting Elkhart Memorial. The Warriors generated 462 yards of total offense; enough to overcome losing four fumbles and gain their first Northern Lakes Conference win of the season. Memorial’s Zach Hawkins had 97 yards rushing, ran for a touchdown and threw for two more. Wawasee moves to 3-5 overall and 1-5 in the NLC. It will travel to Goshen on Friday in the regular season finale for both teams. WAWASEE 31 ELKHART MEMORIAL 21 EM 6 8 0 7 — 21 W 7 14 7 3 — 31
EM W 1st downs 16 15 Rushing yds 202 388 Passing yds 127 74 Comp-Att-Int 15-32-0 3-4-0 Total yds 329 462 Fumbles/lost 0/0 3/0 Penalties/yds 2/20 3/30 Punts/avg. 3/42.3 1/14.0 First Quarter EM – Zach Hawkins 2 run (kick blocked) 6-0 W – Tyler Smith 11 run (Lucas Garza kick) 7-6 Second Quarter W – Smith 2 run (Garza kick) 14-6 EM – Davon Long 4 pass from Hawkins (Hawkins pass to Long) 14-14 W – Noah Wadkins 2 run (Garza kick) 21-14 Third Quarter W – Wadkins 28 run (Garza kick) 28-14 Fourth Quarter EM – A.J. Gary 10 pass from Hawkins (David Doyle kick) 28-21 W – FG Garza 39
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Memorial: Hawkins 18-97, Micah Johnson 11-88, Long 1-15, Austin Scott 1-6, Jeffery Sindle 1-(-4); Wawasee: Smith 23-167, Wadkins 16-151, Alec Rosbrugh 7-53, Zac McKee 3-9, Michael Katzer 3-8 Passing — Memorial: Hawkins 15-32-127 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT; Wawasee: Smith 3-4-74 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. Receiving — Memorial: Gary 6-55, long 4-38, David Tillman 5-34; Wawasee: Rosbrugh 1-50, Katzer 1-20, Cole Vanlue 1-4
Friday in Knox Triton gave up 343 yards on the ground and 26 first-quarter points in a 40-14 loss at Knox. The Trojans fall to 1-7 overall and 1-6 in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference. They will host West Central at 7 p.m. Friday. KNOX 40, TRITON14 T 0 0 14 0 — 14 K 26 0 14 0 — 40
T K 1st downs 12 12 Rushing yds 157 343 Passing yds 20 147 Comp-Att-Int 2-10-4 2-4-0 Total yds 177 360 Fumbles/lost 2/2 1/1 Penalties/yds 4/30 4/41 Punts/avg. 2/20 3/38 First Quarter K – Drew Dan 1 run (Alex Hernandez kick) 7-0 K– Jacob Krause 32 run (Hernandez kick) 14-0 K – Krause 8 run (kick failed) 20-0 K – Lucas Tolson 6 pass from Dan (conversion failed) 26-0 Third Quarter T – Jeremy Jones 23 run (conversion failed) 26-6 K – Krause 9 run (Hernandez kick) 33-6 K – Austin Martin 52 interception return (Hernandez kick) 40-6 T – Jordan Anderson 4 run (2-pt. conversion good) 40-14
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Triton: Jones 24-127, anderson 9-22, Max Slusser 3-5, James Snyder 3-3; Knox: Krause 17-197, Dan 6-55, tolson 6-39, Hernandez 4-17, Diaz 7-14, Trojan 2-12, Brooke 1-0, rest of team 15-9 Passing — Triton: Snyder 1-7-17 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT, Anderson 1-3-3 yards, 0 TD, 2 INT; Knox: Dan 2-4-17 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT. Receiving — Triton: Jones 2-20; Knox: McKee 1-11, Tolson 1-6
Friday in North Manchester Manchester earned a Three Rivers Conference win, 34-14 over visiting Rochester. Coupled with a forfeit by Northfield awarded earlier Friday, the Squires are now 2-6 and 2-4 in the TRC. They will host Maconaquah in the first TRC playoff and the regular season finale.
Friday in Wabash Visiting Tippecanoe Valley fell to the Wabash Apaches 39-15 in Three rivers Conference play Friday night. Now 3-5 on the year, and 3-3 in the TRC, the Vikings will host a rematch with Wabash in the TRC playoff game Friday night.
