DENVER — The number of undefeated teams in the Three Rivers Conference was cut from four to two Friday night. While Tippecanoe Valley was defeating Rochester 20-15, the North Miami Warriors were defeating the Whitko Wildcats 14-13 in Denver. Suffering their first loss in TRC play since Oct. 16, 2009, spanning 11 games, the Wildcats fell to 4-3 overall and 4-1 in the TRC. North Miami and Valley are now the lone undefeated teams in the conference play, sitting at 5-0 and meeting this Friday at Valley. In their loss, Whitko Connor Stouder scored on a 76-yard interception return and Austin Mort scored from one yard out in the fourth quarter, but the extra point was missed. In the loss, Chris Bumbaugh and Mort led the Whitko rushing attack with 41 and 39 yards, respectively. Austin Striggle posted 11 tackles, followed by Derek Snep’s eight and Mort’s seven. NORTH MIAMI 14, WHITKO 13 W 0 7 0 6 — 13 NM 0 14 0 0 — 14 W NM 1st downs 7 11 Rushing yds 49 115 Passing yds 50 33 Total yds 99 148 Fumbles/lost 2/1 1/1 Penalties/yds 2/8 5/35 Second Quarter NM — Barker 10 run (Robison kick), 7-0 NM — Barker 6 pass to Richardson (Robison kick), 14-0 W — Conner Stouder 71 interception return (Nissley kick) 14-7 Fourth Quarter W — Austin Mort 1 run (kick failed), 14-13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing — NM, Briggs 18-63, See 11-37, Barker 9-15; Whitko, Bumbaugh 10-41, Mort 8-39, Pherigo 6-4, Stoddard 5-7, Stouder 3-(-42). Passing — NM, 8-14 33 yds, TD, 2 INTs; Whitko, Stoddard 4-14 50 yds INT. Receiving — NM, See 4-25, Richardson 2-5, Robison 1-5, Briggs 1-(-2); Whitko, Snep 2-9, Smith 1-34.
