SOUTH WHITLEY — The Whitko football team notched its first win of the season Friday at home against Southwood. Opening its Three Rivers Conference season against the Southwood Knights, the Whitko Wildcats tallied 454 total yards in a 42-20 victory. On the ground, Tanner Hughes amassed 132 yards and a score on 23 carries, while Devin Garding had 109 rushing yards a and a score of his own. In the air, quarterback Alex Stoddard needed to pass the ball just five times, completing three for 109 yards and two touchdown passes to Connor Stouder. Whitko will look to string together a pair of TRC wins when it visits Manchester this Friday. WHITKO 42, SOUTHWOOD 20 S 0 13 0 7 — 20 W 14 14 14 0 — 42 S W 1st downs 15 22 Rushing yds 210 345 Passing yds 121 109 Comp-Att-Int 7-23-0 3-5-0 Total offense 331 454 Fumbles/lost 4/2 4/2 Penalties/yds 5/48 8/74 First Quarter W — Devin Gerding 20 run (Jake Nissley kick) 4:54, 7-0 W — Trace Killian 1 run (Nissley kick) 0:57, 14-0 Second Quarter S — Cole 4 run (Hobson kick) 10:47, 14-7 W — Alex Stoddard 20 pass to Connor Stouder (Nissley kick) 7:52, 21-7 S — Hollars 5 run (conversion failed) 5:14, 21-13 W — Colton LeTourneau 81 punt return (Nissley kick) 0:03, 28-13 Third Quarter W — Tanner Hughes 2 run (Nissley kick) 4:38, 35-13 W — Stoddard 54 pass to Stouder (Nissley kick) 0:39, 42-13 Fourth Quarter S — Hollars 66 run (Hobson kick) 6:47, 42-20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Whitko, Hughes 23-132, Gerding 11-109, Killian 7-35, Stoddard 7-35, Stouder 3-35, Michael Carroll 1-9; Southwood, Hollars 29-202, Cole 6-14, Weaver 1-(-6). Passing — Whitko, Stoddard 3-5, 109 yds, 2 TDs; Southwood, Cole 7-23, 121 yds. Receiving — Whitko, Stouder 2-74, Alex Smith 1-35; Southwood, Skeens 4-65, Peebles 1-39, Goff 2-17.
Friday in Bourbon
The Triton football team opened its Northern State Conference season with a 37-19 home loss to Culver Friday night. In defeat, Triton quarterback Bryson Mosier went 16 of 29 for 152 yards and three touchdown passes to Grant Stichter. Defensively, Triton’s Cody Shively had 19 tackles. The 0-3 Trojans host Bremen Friday. CULVER 37, TRITON 19 C 14 17 0 6 — 37 T 0 7 6 6 — 19 C T 1st downs 12 16 Rushing yds 237 160 Passing yds 149 150 Comp-Att-Int 9-14-1 17-31-1 Total offense 386 310 Fumbles/lost 0/0 3/2 Penalties/yds 11/120 7/60 Punts/avg 1/34 1/26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — Triton, Bryson Mosier 10-62, Cody Shively 11-53, Josey Farmwald 1-30, D.J. Riffle 2-15. Passing — Triton, Mosier 16-29, 152 yds, 3 TDs, INT, Grant Stichter 1-2, -2 yds. Receiving — Triton, Stichter 7-73, Farmwald 3-42, Charlie Steinman 1-12, Shively 1-11, Cordale Keyser 2-8, Riffle 1-4.
Friday in Syracuse
The Wawasee football extended Northridge’s losing streak to 14 games Friday night in Syracuse, but just barely. After giving up a touchdown, as well as a two-point conversion, with a minute to go in regulation, Wawasee came back to win 24-23 in overtime. In the win, Wawasee quarterback Gage Rheinhard completed 12 passes for 202 yards. The Warriors travel to Concord this Friday. WAWASEE 24, NORTHRIDGE 23 (OT) (Complete Stats Unavailable) Records: Wawasee 2-1 (1-0 NLC), Northridge 0-3 (0-1 NLC)
