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FRIDAY MATCHES OCTOBER 11 BOX SCORE GIBSON SOUTHERN 74, PIKE CENTR AL 0 GS PC Number of Plays 33 50 Total Offense 546 62 Time of Possession 13:16 33:35 Rushing Attempts - Yards 18 -358 27-24 Passing: Completions - Attempts 12 - 15 12 - 23 Passing Yards 188 38 Passing: Touchdowns - Intercep. 3-0 0 -1 Fumbles - Lost 0 -0 1-1 Turnovers 0 2 First Downs 23 6 First Downs - Rushing 12 4 First Downs - Passing 11 2 First Downs - Penalties 0 0 Third Down Conv./Attempts 1/1 2/15 Fourth Down Conv./Attempts 0/0 1/1 Penalties - Yards 3-20 2-20 Defensive Sacks - Yards 0 - 0 0 -0 Punts - Average 0 -0 10 -26.8 GS 41 20 6 7—74 PC 0 0 0 0–0 First Quarter GS — Brady Allen 2 run (Rory Heltsley kick), 11:08 GS — Ben Butler 73 run (Heltsley kick), 10 :02 GS — Seth DeLong 20 pass from Allen (Heltsley kick), 8:00 GS — Mitchell Spindler 55 run (Heltsley kick), 7:14 GS — Logan Murfin 10 pass from Allen (Kick missed), 3:36 GS — Spindler 56 run (Heltsley kick), 0 :05 Second Quarter GS — Butler 7 pass from Allen (Heltsley kick), 9:41 GS — Spindler 1 run (Heltsley kick), 6:19 GS — Butler 31 run (Heltsley kick), 3:55 Third Quarter GS — Owen Bryant 16 run (Two-point failed), 7:44 Fourth Quarter GS — Ben Luttrell 31 run ( Jacob Spindler kick), 10 :34 INDIVDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Gibson Southern: Mitchell Spindler 7- 152, Ben Butler 2-104, Ben Luttrell 3-48, Owen Bry- ant 3-28, Nathan Boes 2-24, Brady Allen 1-2. Pike Cen- tral: Wyatt Frasure 18 -30, Connor O'Neal 3-5, Lars Ut- terback 5 -3. PASSING—Gibson Southern: Allen 11-14-182-0, Boes 1-1-6 -0. Pike Central: Utterback 12-23-38 -1. RECEIVING—Gibson Southern: Seth DeLong 4- 103, Butler 2-26, Adam May 2-21, Logan Murfin 2-20, Caleb Sellers 1-12, Dylan Kidd 1-6. Pike Central: O'Ne- al 8 -43, Colson Dillard 3- -4, Stephen Krieg 1- -1. TACKLES —Pike Central: Frasure 7, Jaggar Dent 7, Levi McCarter 4, O'Neal 3, Brandon Goeppner 3, Cody Davis 3, Stephen Kreig 2. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Pocket Athletic Conference Standings Overall PAC Team W-L W-L PF PA Heritage Hills 7-0 5 -0 304 47 Gibson Southern 5 -2 4-1 335 122 Southridge 6 -1 4-1 232 120 Tell City 5 -2 3-2 152 115 North Posey 2-4 2-3 88 214 Forest Park 3-3 1-3 123 142 South Spencer 1-6 1-5 123 242 Pike Central 0 -7 0 -5 57 375 GAMES ON OCTOBER 4 PAC Games Gibson Southern 74, Pike Central 0 Forest Park 14, South Spencer Heritage Hills 42, Southridge 7 Tell City 43, North Posey 20 Area Games Linton-Stockton 28, North Knox 13 Paoli 46, Crawford County 0 Springs Valley 41, Tecumseh 21 Vincennes Lincoln 47, Washington 16 West Washington 44, Perry Central 19 Boonville 48, Princeton 7 Castle 42, Evansville Harrison 0 Evansville Mater Dei 35, Evansville Bosse 0 Evansville Central 23, Evansville Memorial 20, 2OT Evansville North 17, Evansville Reitz 13 GAMES ON OCTOBER 11 PAC Games Pike Central at Southridge, 7:30 p.m. Heritage Hills at Forest Park, 7:30 p.m. Tell City at Gibson Southern, 8 p.m. Tecumseh at North Posey, 8 p.m. Boonville at South Spencer, 8 p.m. Area Games Linton-Stockton at Eastern Greene, 7 p.m. Crawford County at North Harrison, 7 p.m. North Knox at North Daviess, 7 p.m. Paoli at Mitchell, 7 p.m. Jasper at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Perry Central at Springs Valley, 7:30 p.m. Evansville Bosse at Evansville Reitz, 8 p.m. Evansville Harrison at Evansville Memorial, 8 p.m. Evansville Mater Dei at Evansville Central, 8 p.m. Evansville North at Castle, 8 p.m. Mount Carmel (Ill.) at Vincennes Lincoln, 8 p.m. Princeton at Mount Vernon, 8 p.m. Pike Central Jaggar Dent makes a tackle against Gibson Southern on Friday, Oct. 4 at Weathers Field. Pike Central's Colson Dillard gets trapped be- tween some Gibson Southern players on Friday, Oct. 4. Pike Central Chargers face tough test at Southridge By Dennis Marshall Press-Dispatch Sports Editor sports@pressdispatch.net Pike Central will be on the road in the regular sea- son for the final time this Friday, when they travel to Southridge (6 -1, 4-1 Pocket Athletic Conference). Pike Central head coach Dave Stephens said the Chargers' success against the Raiders will depend heavily on two factors. "They are going to leave seven in the box and dare us to throw it," he said. "We have to find a way to run with seven in the box. We have to be able to beat some man-to-man stuff." The next thing is Pike Central can't get caught chasing rabbits. "We can not watch the running back," Stephens said. "We have to lock into our read keys. If you read those keys, then it's a fair- ly simple offense to contain. The problem is all it takes is for you to have your eyes in the backfield one time and it goes for a 60 -yard touch- down. That's the dangerous part of what they do. They test your discipline over and over again." The Raiders were among the others receiving votes in Class 3A in the latest Indi- ana Football Coaches Asso- ciation Poll. Southridge fullback Cole Calvert has rushed for 706 yards and eight touchdowns this season on 112 attempts. He is averaging 6.3 yards per rush. He also caught four receptions for 103 yards a score. Calvert is also the team's leading tackler. Brad Springer has also had a solid season running the ball for the Raiders. He's rushed for 359 yards and seven touchdowns on 50 car- ries, averaging 7.2 yards per attempt. Springer has add- ed another 171 yards on five receptions with three touch- downs. Chase Taylor and Carson Niehaus have both spent time under center his sea- son. Taylor has went 19 -of- 32 for 470 yards with seven touchdowns and four inter- ceptions, while Niehaus is 12-of-26 for 324 yards with four scores and no picks. Garrett Voegerl and Cam- den Gasser are Southridge's top receivers with 13 recep- tions for 294 yards with three touchdowns, and sev- en receptions for 244 yards and four touchdowns, re- spectively. "They are going to be big- ger than us," Stephens said. "Everybody is bigger than us, but I don't think it will be as overwhelming as what we have seen from some oth- er schools." "Those kids have been in the weight room for really long time, they made foot- ball important in their com- munity and they invested in the facilities," Stephens said. "That's the result you get when you have a commu- nity and administration that buys in and invests in all level of the football program and you have good coaching staff: long-term sustainable success." Allen went 3-of-3 for 32 yards and a touchdown on Gibson Southern's next drive, which was capped by a 10 -yard strike to Adam May. Allen finished the game 11-of-14 for 182 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Stephens said he has a unique perspective when it comes to guaging Allen's abilities. "I travel all over with my 11-year-old son to differ- ent quarterback camps," he said. "I get to see some of the best and most elite passers in the nation. Brady's size, plus release, velocity and touch is as good as any kid who is out there. He is a le- gitimate high-level Division 1 prospect. "All these guys are going to talk about having the op- portunity to compete against Brady Allen when they are older. They'll see the dude on T V at Michigan, Notre Dame or wherever the heck he chooses to go to school at. Our kids will have a nice time reflecting on when they got to compete against that guy." A fter another Pike Cen- tral punt, Spindler broke through the Chargers' de- fense for a 56 -yard run and his second touchdown with 0 :05 left in the first quarter to make the score 41-0. Butler added touchdown runs of seven and 31 yards, and Spindler rushed for his third touchdown of the game in the second quarter to in- crease the Titans' lead to 61- 0 at halftime. Spindler and Butler each finished the game with more than 100 yards. Spin- dler rushed seven times for 152 yards and Butler rushed twice for 104 yards. Butler al- so had two receptions for 26 yards and a score. DeLong finished as Gibson South- ern's leading receiver with four catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. Both teams displayed a lot of sportsmanship and re- spect towards each other de- spite the lopsided score. "They did it the right way from the ground up," Ste- phens said. "That's how we're attempting to struc- ture our rebuild. We are starting with our youth and working our way up. We are hoping to have long-term sustainable growth. Now they are a machine that just reloads year after year." The Titans' reserves scored on both of their sec- ond-half possessions when Owen Bryant and Ben Lut- trell had touchdown runs of 16 and 31 yards, respectively. Pike Central was able to move the ball some in the second half, but couldn't find its way into the end zone. "We played and tried hard, but just couldn't ex- ecute. Gibson kept us from executing," Stephens said. "They are a great program. They have big kids, but they're not just big kids, they can move and they are well-coached and under- stand the game. (They) do a great job with their pro- gram at all levels." The teams met in prayer at midfield after the game. Pike Central travels to Southridge (6 -1, 4-1 PAC) this week. The Raiders are coming off a tough 42-7 loss to Heritage Hills (7-0, 5 -0 PAC). STEAMROLL Continued from page 1 Pike Central punts during the team's 74-0 loss to Gibson Southern at Weathers Field. KID'S FLAG FOOTBALL Camen Wiscaver, 6, Hunter Hill, 8, Sophia Clark, 7, Austin Vaughn, 7, and Alan Vaughn, 6, stand for a photo during a break during the kindergarten through second-grade flag football league at Weathers Field on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Above: Zander Loston, 8, breaks free for a touchdown. Left: Hunter Ziegler prepares to snap the ball during the kindergarten through second-grade flag football league. Left: Camen Wiscaver, 6, snaps the ball to Aus- tin Vaughn, 7, during the kindergarten through second-grade flag football league at Weathers Field on Tuesday, Oct. 1. Call us at 812-354-8500 or email sports@pressdispatch.net GOT SPORTS NEWS?