WABASH – Garrett Elder rushed 22 times for 188 yards and three touchdowns, and Hunter Reed added 164 yards on 29 carries in Whitko’s 21-20 loss to Southwood in Three Rivers Conference play Fridays night. Elder had touchdown runs of one, 17 and 76 yards. The Wildcats outgained the Knights 411-161, and held Southwood to -20 yards rushing on the night. Whitko falls to 2-4 overall, 1-3 in the TRC, and hosts Manchester Friday. Southwood moved to 3-3, 3-1 in the conference, and travels to Peru on Friday. SOUTHWOOD 21, WHITKO 20 W 0 8 0 12 –– 20 S 7 0 8 6 –– 21
W S 1st downs 20 9 Rushing yds 390 -20 Passing yds 21 181 Comp-Att-Int 2-12-0 16-35-1 Total yds 411 161 Fumbles/lost 6/4 4/1 Penalties/yds 12/92 5/35 Punts/avg 3/32.0 7/31.7 First Quarter S – Joseph Brinson 52 fumble recovery (Parker Mays kick) 7-0 Second Quarter W – Garrett Elder 1 run (Hunter Reed run) 8-7 Third Quarter S – Jeffrey Finicle 28 pass from Carson Blair (Finicle pass from Blair) 15-8 Fourth Quarter W – Elder 17 run (run failed) 15-14 W – Elder 76 run (run failed) 20-15 S – Peyton Trexler 10 pass from Blair (pass failed) 21-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Whitko: Reed 29-164, Elder 22-188, Conner Sherwin 9-24, Garrett Smiley 2-15, Gavin Powell 2-(-1); Southwood: Jon Bertier 7(-3), Blair 5-(-18), Matt Cox 3-1 Passing — Whitko: Elder 2-12-21 yds. 0 TD, 0 INT; Southwood: Blair 16-35-181 yds. 2 TD, 1 INT Receiving — Whitko: Reed 1-12, Brady Weeks 1-9; Southwood: Zach Ball 6-65, Trexler 4-64, Finicle 4-52, Cox 2-0
Friday in Syracuse Playing from behind, Wawasee closed the gap but could not overcome Plymouth in a 29-20 Rockie win at Warrior Field Friday night. Quarterback Tyler Smith’s first-quarter touchdown pass to Alec Rosbrugh, Wawasee’s first of the season, gave the Warriors an early 6-0 lead. Plymouth, the No. 1 team in the Class 4A coaches poll, scored 22 unanswered points before the period was over. A pair of Noah Wadkins touchdown runs closed the gap to two points by halftime, but Wawasee would get no closer. Wawasee falls to 2-4, 0-4 in the Northern Lakes Conference, and travels to Warsaw on Friday. Plymouth is 6-0, 4-0 in the NLC, and hosts Concord on Friday. PLYMOUTH 29, WAWASEE 22 P 22 0 7 0 –– 29 W 6 14 0 0 –– 20 P W 1st downs 19 13 Rushing yds 293 114 Passing yds 131 69 Comp-Att-Int 5-7-1 7-10-0 Total yds 424 183 Fumbles/lost 3/3 0/0 Penalties/yds 9/80 3/20 Punts/avg 1/16.0 6/30.2 First Quarter W – Alec Rosbrugh 22 pass from Tyler Smith (kick failed) 6-0 P – Cam Eveland 29 pass from Jack Barron (Eveland run) 8-6 P – Eveland 8 run (pass failed) 14-6 P – Barron 5 run (Eveland run) 22-6 Second Quarter W – Noah Wadkins 10 run (Lucas Garza kick) 22-13 W – Wadkins 43 run (Garza kick) 22-20 Third Quarter P – Barron 30 run (Jeremy Splix kick) 29-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing –– Plymouth: Splix 23-138, Barron 14-111, Tristen McMillen 1-20, Brock Witmer 1-11, Eveland 2-7, Terrance Hooten 1-6; Wawasee: Wadkins 10-89, Rosbrugh 4-17, Zac McKee 4-7, Smith 25-1 Passing –– Plymouth: Barron 5-6 131 yds. 1 TD, 0 INT; Eveland 0-1-0 yds. 0 TD, 1 INT; Wawasee: Smith 7-10-69 yds., 1 TD, 0 INT Receiving –– Plymouth: Eveland 5-131; Wawasee: Rosbrugh 2-36, Cole Vanlue 2-18, McKee 2-10, Rylan Kuhn 1-5
Friday in Winamac Triton fell behind early and couldn’t catch No. 14 (Class 2A, AP poll) Winamac in a 43-12 Trojan loss. Masen Yeo caught a first-quarter touchdown pass from Jordan Anderson. Jeremy Jones scored from 40 yards out in the fourth quarter for Triton. The Trojans fall to 1-5 on the season, 1-4 in the Hoosier North Athletic Conference, and host North Judson Friday. WINAMAC 43, TRITON 12 T 6 0 0 6 –– 12 W 22 0 15 6 –– 43
T W 1st downs 7 20 Rushing yds 126 317 Passing yds 17 77 Comp-Att-Int 4-13-1 7-13-1 Total yds 143 394 Fumbles/lost 0/0 1/1 Punts/avg 1/22.0 5/34.0 First Quarter W – Matt Shorter 10 run (2-point conversion) 8-0 T – Masen Yeo pass from Jordan Anderson (kick failed) 8-6 W – 83 yard kickoff return (kick failed) 14-6 W – Colin McGee 6 run (McGee run) 22-6 Third Quarter W – Shorter 9 run (Shorter run) 30-6 W – Luke Pugh 5 pass from Jack DeGroot (Maverick Schultz kick) 37-6 Fourth Quarter W – Ethan Rogers 10 run )Schultz kick) 43-6 T – Jeremy Jones 40 run (run failed) 43-12 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing –– Triton: Jones 21-106, Anderson 8-10, Gage Waddle 2-7, Jerrett Kreft 2-2, Ethan Berry 1-1; Winamac: Shorter 22-200, McGee 6-62, Rogers 2-14, rest of team 9-41 Passing –– Triton: Anderson 4-13-17 1 TD, 1 INT; Winamac: DeGroot 7-13-77 yards 1 TD, 1 INT Receiving –– Triton: Yeo 2-10, Drew Stichter 1-7, Waddle 1-0; Winamac: McGee 2-48, Brumm 2-12, Pugh 2-11, Shorter 1-6
