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Titans scores with 5.8 seconds left to beat THS 27-20 By Andy Heuring Star-times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Tanner Boyd hit Sean De- Long with a shovel pass from the three-yard line, who gath- ered it in and dove across the goal line with 5.8 seconds on the clock giving the Titans a hard-fought 27-20 win in their season opener against 5A Terre Haute South. "It was something we had been wanting to do all game, but we just never got the op- portunity to run it until that play. Ever y time we wanted to run it, someone was hurt or out of the game cramping," said Titan Coach Nick Hart. "It was not a pretty game. We have a lot of things we have to clean up. But that last drive was a thing of beauty," said Hart. With the game tied 20-20, Gibson Southern's defense came up with a four-and-out, forcing a punt. The Titan offense took over at their own 32-yard line with 1:30 left in the game. It started slowly. Devan Roberts went for three and Boyd ran for 12 yards and a first down. A quick pass for six yards to Isaac O'Neal and eight to DeLong got the Titans across midfield to the TH South 47 yard line with 49 seconds to go. Roberts on second down went 10 yards for a first down at the 39-yard line. On second down with 26 seconds left, Boyd ran for 8 yards and then on third down he split Brave defenders and went up the middle for 15 yards to the six yard line, giv- ing Gibson Southern first and goal. Terre Haute jumped off- sides putting the Titans at the three-yard line with 11 sec- onds on the clock. "We had the play called for a long time. We were just wait- ing for the right time, and they executed perfectly," said Hart of the shovel pass to DeLong. It was a win that early on looked 'iffy' at best. Terre Haute South had started the game with a kick- off return to the Titan 45-yard line. They then overcame a holding and offsides penalty with impressive runs by their big tailback, Josh Cottee. On the first drive he had runs of 5, 16, 8, 7, 5, 1, 8, 3 and finally 3 for a touchdown with 6:15 left in the quarter. It looked like the Braves' South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, August 23, 2022 B-1 Titan tennis has a long week dropping two matches By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's boys tennis had a long week. After beating Evansville Central 5-0 the Titans fell to Evans- ville North 4-1 on Tuesday and Loogootee 5-0 on Thurs- day, and then Barr-Reeve and Northeast Dubois on Saturday. The Titans were rolling on Monday night as they won 55 games to 4 in their five matches against Central. Landon Kiesel at number one singles beat Central's Austin Plisky 7-5, 6-3. The Church brothers had it go- ing. Eliott Church at number two singles beat Brendan Dunn 6-0, 6-0 and Lucas Church at number three singles beat Aiden Cates 6-0, 6-0. At number one doubles Jake Decker and John Kiesel duplicated that score beating Allen Ludwig and Kipp Ken- nedy 6-0, 6-0. Grant Wade and Noah Kiesel were one game off of that at number two doubles. They beat Carson Gibson and Brayden Tasa 6-0, 6-1. Titans fall 3-2 at North It was a different stor y on Tuesday night when they traveled to Evansville North. The Huskies beat Gibson Southern 3-2 in a closely con- tested match. Eliott Church won his match at number three sin- gles 6-2, 6-3 over Carson Cashmer. The Titans' other win was a three-set marathon as Grant Wade and Lucas Church dropped the first set, but then fought back with a 6-4 win in the second and clinched the match by win- ning 6-3 in the third set. Landon Kiesel dropped a close match at number two singles to Jacob Hafele by a score of 7-5, 6-4. Jake Decker at number one singles fell to Nathan Mitchell 6-1, 6-2 and broth- ers John Kiesel and Noah Kiesel lost 6-2, 6-2 to Will Cusic and Spencer Lenah- an. Loogootee wins 5-0 over Titans Loogootee steamrolled the Titan tennis team 5-0 on Thomas Lewis (25) , Beau Rose (13), Ethan Zilliak (41) and Brayden Reinhart (66) ganged up to bring down Terre Haute South's top running back, Jake Cottee during the Titans' 27-20 last-second win. Titan defender Michael Herrin (6) brings down a Terre Haute South running back before he can turn the corner. See TENNIS on page 2 See TITANS on page 2 Lady Titan golf places second at Mt. Carmel By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's girls golf team shot a 177 at West Ber wick Golf Course in Mt. Carmel to placed sec- ond in a triangle meet last Thursday. It was the Lady Titans' best team score of the year. Katelyn Walker in her first season of playing varsity golf continues to impress. She was team medalist with a 43 on the back nine at West Ber wick. Teammates Vanessa Schmitt and Mad- ilyn Sperling each shot 44s. Schmitt had a team high three birdies and Spring had one. Adr yauna Redden post- ed a 46 and Haley Hughes carded a 48. But Mt. Carmel showed they are once against going to contend for a state cham- pionship in Illinois. The top four Aces golfers were all under par. Lilly Gottman shot a four under par 32, Mady Young had a two under 24, while Maria Kennard and Miley Kennard both shot 35s for a team 136, which is eight shots under par. Mt. Vernon finished third with a team score of 207.