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B-12 Sports Tuesday, October 12, 2021 South Gibson Star-Times GAME STATISTICS GS PC Number of Plays 34 51 Total Offense 564 173 Time of Possession 16:59 17:37 Rushing Attempts–Yards 17–258 38 –136 Passing Completions/Attempts 15/17 5/13 Passing Yards 306 37 Passing Touchdowns–Interceptions 6 – 0 0 – 0 Fumbles–Lost 1–1 2–2 Turnovers 1 2 First Downs 22 12 First Downs–Rushing 9 8 First Downs–Passing 12 1 First Downs–Penalties 1 3 Third Down Conversions/Attempts 2/2 4/12 Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 0/1 Penalties–Yards 8 –80 2–10 Defensive Sacks–Yards 0 – 0 0 – 0 Punts–Average 0 – 0 6 –27 SCORING SUMMARY First quarter GS Brady Allen 15 -yard run at 9:40. PAT failed. GS 6, Princeton 0 GS Brayden Malone 38 -yard pass from Allen at 8:18. PAT failed. GS 12, Princeton 0 GS Sean DeLong 13-yard pass from Allen at 4:49. Adrean Lukeman three-yard run for two-point conver- sion. GS 20, Princeton 0 GS Rory Heltsley 47-yard pass from Allen at 2:17. PAT by Chris Spear good. GS 27, Princeton 0 Second quarter GS Peyton Rogers seven-yard pass from Allen at 11:22. PAT by Spear. GS 34, Princeton 0 GS Kayden Hurless 45 -yard pass from Allen at 7:35. PAT by Spear good. GS 41, Princeton 0 GS Isaac O'Neal 48 -yard pass from Allen at 4:00. PAT by Spear good. GS 48, Princeton 0 Third quarter GS Devan Roberts five-yard run at 8:22. PAT by Baker Calvert good. GS 55, Princeton 0. Fourth quarter P Zavion Billings 13-yard run at 4:16. PAT by Taylor Keehn good. GS 55, Princeton 7. INDIVIDUAL STATS Passing GS Allen 15 of 17 for 306 yards, 6 TDs, 0 INT. P Christian Schafer 5 of 13 for 37 yards. Rushing GS Tanner Boyd 3 for 105 yards; Sean DeLong 8 for 80 yards; Devan Roberts 2 for 37 yards, 1 TD; Adrean Luke- man 1 for 29 yards; Brady Allen 1 for 15 yards, 1 TD; Mi- chael Herren 1 for minus 3 yards. P Baylen Hardiman 14 for 70 yards; Kaleb Ice 19 for 41 yards; Zavion Billins 2 for 33 yards, 1 TD; Christian Scha- fer 3 for minus 8 yards. Receiving GS Brayden Malone 5 for 73, 1 TD; Kaden Hurless 2 for 68, 1 TD; Rory Heltsley 3 for 64 yards, 1 TD; Isaac O'Ne- al 2 for 60 yards, 1 TD; Sean DeLong 2 for 33 yards, 1 TD; Peyton Rogers 1 for 8 yards, 1 TD. P Colton Smith 1 for 25 yards; Kaiden Ice 2 for 9 yards; John Allan Malone 1 for 3 yards; and Kaleb ice 1 for 0 yards. Boonville in Titans' sights for regular season finale By Andy Heuring SG Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern will host Boonville (2-5) on Friday in the regular season finale. Boon- ville is a young team that has been getting better as the season continues. A fter drop- ping their first five games, they have won their last two games over Princeton 35 -13 and a 54-0 blowout over Washington. "Their record is a little deceiving," said Titan Coach Nick Hart. Boonville has had several near misses. In the second week of the season, they lost to Heritage Hills 14-12. They followed that up with a one-point, 27-26 loss to a 6 -2 North Knox team. Boonville was up 12-0 on then undefeated Mt. Vernon in the fourth quarter, before losing 13-12. Their other losses included a 35 -14 loss to 8 -0 Lin- ton-Stockton and a 30 -15 loss to Southridge in the first game of the year. "They were very young at the start of the year. They made some changes and as you would expect a young team to do, they con- tinue to get better as the year goes on," said Hart. One of those changes was to move Clay Conner to quarterback. Against Heritage Hills, he completed 8 of 13 passes for 125 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 42 yards. Reece Wilder added another 42 yards rushing in that game. In the Pioneer's 35 -13 win over Prince- ton, Conner was 7 of 10 for 99 yards passing and ran for 41 yards, including two rushing touchdowns. Wilder ran for 131 yards for a touchdown. Last year, Gibson Southern beat Boon- ville twice. In the first game, a young Titan defense gave up 423 yards rushing and five touchdowns to Devin Mockabee and still managed to win 42-35. In the late season game, they held him to 201 yards, while Al- len threw for more than 400 to win 40 -12. Despite Boonville's improvement, the Ti- tans' offensive onslaught will be a tall task for the Pioneers. So far in their first five PAC games, the Gibson Southern offense has not punted. They are averaging 56.4 points a game and all of them have had a running clock in the second half. Led by Brady Allen at quarterback, and Ro- ry Heltsley and a group of receivers, the Ti- tans' passing game has simply overwhelmed most defenses. Allen has passed for 2,123 yards and 33 touchdowns this season, which moved him to eighth on the Indiana all-time career passing list, with 9,598 yards. At the same time, the Titan defense has only allowed 6.2 point a game to their PAC opponents. TITANS DRAW MT. VERNON IN SECTIONAL It didn't take long for Mt. Vernon and Gib- son Southern to find each other in the state tournament. They drew each other in the first round. Both sport a 7-1 overall record this season. Gibson Southern's lone loss was to Kentucky's 5A powerhouse South Warren, which Mt. Vernon's loss was to Gibson South- ern 54-6. It was a game in which the Titans jumped out to three quick scores and just kept rolling. Coach Hart warned not to expect another blowout. "If you look at the last few years, we have lost pretty big early in the season and then came back to either win or play a really close game in the tournament." Examples include last year when South- ridge beat the Titans 48 -28 in week five, but only won 30 -27 in the sectional. It was a game in which Gibson Southern had a first down in the red zone and didn't score mid- way through the fourth quarter. In 2019, Heritage Hills beat the Titans 49 - 14 in week six of the regular season. But in the second round of the sectional, it was a 21-20 game. The sectional pairings for Sectional 31 are: North Harrison (3-5) vs. Heritage Hills (6 -2); Corydon Central (0 -7) vs. Evansville Bosse (2-6); Salem (4-2) vs. Southridge (4-2); and Gibson Southern (7-1) vs. Mt. Vernon (7-1). TITANS Continued from page 1 ing touchdowns in the first half went to six different re- ceivers. It isn't easy to throw six touchdowns in a half, let alone to do it with six different receivers," said Titan Coach Nick Hart. The defense gave up only three first downs in the first half and the Titans' offense did not punt. It is the fifth con- secutive game against a PAC opponent they have not punt- ed. The Titan offense ran 34 plays, picking up 22 first downs and scoring eight touchdowns. So they only had four plays that were neither a touchdown nor a first down. Princeton's first two pos- session resulted in a com- bined negative nine yards. On their first offensive play of the game, Titan defender Levi Dickerson sacked Princeton quarterback Christian Schae- fer for a 10 -yard loss. Facing fourth and 20, the Tigers' punt went off the side of the punt- er's foot, sailing out-of-bounds for a zero-yard net punt. Gibson Southern took over on Princeton's 25 and Allen immediately hit his favorite target, Rory Heltsley, for a 13-yard gain. Penalties on con- secutive downs left the Titans looking at first and 17. It didn't matter. Allen hit Heltsley for a four- yard gain. Then on third and 13, with Princeton's defense focusing on three receivers, Allen rolled out of the back- field and strolled into the left side of the endzone untouched at 10 :53. The Titans missed the PAT, but led 6 -0. Another three and out by Princeton gave the Titans the ball at the Princeton 43-yard line. A fter a Princeton penalty, Gibson Southern was moved up to the 38 -yard line. Allen hit Brayden Malone in stride, dropping the ball over his shoulder near the goal line for the Titans' second touch- down with 8:18 still left in the first quarter. On their third offensive series of the game, Prince- ton got their first, first down, when Kaleb Ice made a Titan tackler miss as he turned the corner. He then raced 34 yards down field to the Titan 41. The drive ended when Princeton decided to go for it on fourth and three at the 34-yard line. Titan Logan Maurer tack- led Schaefer a yard short and Gibson Southern took over on downs. Gibson Southern covered the 68 yards in five plays. Al- len hit Brayden Malone for a 10 -yard gain, Kaden Hurless for 23 yards and then Sean De- long on consecutive plays for 20 and 13 yards to score. Adrean Lukeman ran it into the endzone on the two-point conversion and the Titans led 20 -0 at the 4:49 mark of the first quarter. A quick three and out by Princeton started with Tye Whitledge dropping Ice for a two-yard loss. Gibson South- ern took over at the Tiger 45 -yard line. DeLong picked up two yards before a snap was dropped by Allen, leading to a six-yard loss. Allen made up for it on the next play when he threw a 47-yard touchdown to Heltsley for a 27-0 lead with 2:17 left in the first quarter. Whitledge had another tackle for loss. This time on third down to force a three and out. "Tye played well up front for us. He has gotten better as the year has gone on and it is start- ing to show," said Coach Hart. Gibson took over on their 34. It only took four plays for them to cover the 66 yards for their fifth touchdown. Allen opened the drive by hitting O'Neal for 11 yards, DeLong ran for 13 yards, then Adrean Lukeman ran for 30 to set up a seven-yard pass from Allen to Peyton Rogers for his first score of the year. It put the Ti- tans up 35 -0. Gibson Southern's sixth score came after taking over the ball on their 16. DeLong ripped off a 22-yard run, followed by a 16 -yard pass to Malone and a nine-yard run by DeLong. The Allen hit Kayden Hur- less for a 45 -yard touchdown at the 7:35 mark of the second quarter. The last score of the first half was a 46 -yard pass to Isaac O'Neal with 4:00 to go. Gibson Southern got the ball back with 3:01 left in the half, after a 28 -yard run by De- Long, who ran for 80 yards on eight carries. The Titans took a knee two plays in a row to run out the half. Gibson Southern's starters did not return and the clock ran continuously in the sec- ond half. The reserves moved the ball well against the Tigers' start- ing quarterback. Tanner Boyd was the Titans' leading rusher with 105 yards on only three carries. He ran for 19 and 24 yards before Devan Roberts took it into the endzone for a 54-0 lead. It was Roberts' fifth touchdown of the year. Baker Calvert hit the PAT to make it 55. Boyd's biggest run, a 62-yarder, was for naught. He was tackled from inside the five and fumbled, with Princ- eton recovering, or the Titans would have topped 60 points for the fourth time this sea- son. The win put Gibson South- ern at 7-1 and 5 -0 in the con- ference. Mt. Vernon is 5 -1 in the conference. A win Friday against Boonville will clinch the PAC title. Titan defender Tye Whitledge tackles a Princeton ball carrier for a loss as Gibson Southern won 55-7. Titan tailback Sean DeLong dives for the endzone successfully. DeLong ran for 80 yards and caught two passes for 33 yards, scoring a touchdown, both running and receiving. Titan linebacker Levi Dickerson drills Princeton's quarterback Christian Schaefer for a 10-yard loss on the first play from scrimmage in the game. Gibson Southern went on to win 55-7. Titan defenders Beau Rose (42), Aidan Barrett (40) and Levi Dickerson (43) wrap up Princeton's Kaleb Ice at the line of scrimmage.

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