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SPORTS Titans trample Bulldogs 45-7 By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern scored on their first three posses- sions and held New Albany to just one first down in the first period on their way to a 45-7 romp, Friday night. It was the second straight week in a row the Titans have beat- en a 5A team. "I thought we played real- ly well. We were so physical of fensively and defensively. We were a lot more physi- cal than we were last week. We executed at a really high level and played pretty well," said Titan Coach Har t about the win. Quar terback Tanner Boyd had another stellar night leading the Titans. He com- pleted 17 of 20 passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns, tailback Devan Rober ts had a highlight reel night rushing for 169 yards and two touch- downs in only 13 carries. "He is playing really well, making great decisions with the ball. He pushed the ball down field a couple of times this week. When he throws the ball with that efficiency it is always going to put us in a good spot," said Har t. Rober ts slashed the Bull- dog defense for two long touchdowns. His 32-yard touchdown on the second play of Gibson Southern's third possession was a dag- ger to the Bulldogs. He turned the corner and head- ed down the left sidelines, then made a hard cut back to the middle about 20 yards down field and raced into the endzone to give the Titans a 21-0 lead with 1:51 left in the first quar ter. The quick score came af- ter two long sustained drives by the Titans, who took the opening kick of f and picked apar t the New Albany de- fense in 11 plays. Boyd star t- ed the drive with a 22-yard pass to Isaac O'Neal. He hit Sean DeLong for nine years to the Bulldog 30. Boyd then ran to five-yard line. An illegal motion penalty backed the Titans up to the five, but two runs by Rober ts left them at third and goal from the one. On four th down Boyd was able to get the ball across the goal line for a 7-0 lead. Gibson Southern's defense forced a three out with nice plays by TJ Lewis and Brock Fauquhy on first and third downs. Gibson Southern took over at their own 47 yard line. Boyd star ted the drive with a 16 yard pass to O'Neal then three five yard runs in a row got them a first down at the 21 yard line. Rober ts broke free and scored, but it was called back by a holding penalty. It didn't matter two plays later as Boyd found O'Neal on the right side line and he took it into the endzone for a 14-0 lead with 6:35 still left in the second quar ter. South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, August 30, 2022 B-1 Titan football stats SCORING SUMMARY First quarter GS Tanner Boyd 1-yard run at 9:27. PAT by Cam Novotny good. GS 7, NA 0 GS Isaac O'Neal 13 yards pass from Tanner Boyd at 6:35. PAT by Novotny. GS 14, NA 0 GS Devan Roberts 32 yard run at 4:51. PAT by Novotny. GS 21, NA 0 Second quarter GS Cam Novotny 29-yard field goal at 11:10. GS 24, NA 0 GS Devan Roberts 56 yard run at 8:51. PAT by Novotny. GS 31, NA 0 GS Zach Butler 36-yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 1:56. GS 38, NA 0 Fourth quarter GS Cole McKee 4 yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 11:41, PAT by Novotny. GS 45, NA 0 NA Elijah Jennings 5-yard run at 5:2. PAT by Henr y Dix- on. GS 45, NA 7 INDIVIDUAL STATS Passing GS—Tanner Boyd 17 of 20 143 yards, 3TDs, 0 INTs. NA—Dorian Weather 6 of 14 for 58 yards, Kenneth Wat- son 1 of 2 for 11 yards. Rushing GS—Devan Rober ts 13 for 169 yards, 2 TDs, Sean DeLong 12 for 52 yards, Tanner Boyd 5 for 33 yards, 1 TD; Liam Br yant 2 for 28 yards, Chase Thaxton 2 for minus 7. NA—Elijah Jennings 23 for 96 yards, 1 TD; Dakota John- son 9 for 26 yards, Kenneth Watson 4 for 15 yards, Dorian Weathers 3 for 5, Henr y Dixon 1 for minus 2. Receiving GS—Isaac O"Neal 4 for 62 yards, 1 TD; Zach Butler 1 for 36 yards, 1 TD; Sean DeLong 6 for 15 yards, Cam Novotny 1 for 11 yards, Cole McKee 2 for 11 yards, Michael Herren 3 for 8 yards, NA —Gavin Rand 3 for 24 yards, Kaden Watson 1 for 11 and Tavontae Johnson 1 for 11, 1 for 8, Elijah Jennings 1 for 5. Girls soccer improves to 6-0 on season with 5-0 win over Harrison By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's girls soccer team improved their record to 6-0 on the season with a 5-0 shutout Evansville Harrison on Thursday night. They got two goals from senior Riley Br yant and one each from Kaleigh Baehl, Ella Jones and Hailey Richter. They led 2-0 at halftime and then scored three more goals in the second half. In all, the girls had 20 shots on goal. Titan goalie Chloe Graham had four saves in the game for Gibson Southern. The Lady Titans are 3-0 in the PAC with wins over North Posey, Boonville and South Spencer. Overall they are 6-0. The Lady Titans will play two PAC foes this week, with Washington tonight (Tues- day) at Washington and Heri- tage Hills on Saturday at Lin- coln City. Football Titans host inexperienced Washington team on Friday By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com After beating two 5A teams the Titan football team with host Pocket Athletic Confer- ence opponent Washington. The Hatchets are an in- experienced team who has lost their first two games to tough opponents. They lost to Southridge 38-7 in the first week and then traveled to 17th ranked 4A Loganspor t on Friday where they pound- ed, 54-0. Washington has only four seniors and seven juniors on its squad. They were over-matched at Loganspor t where they were out-gained 309 to 52 yards in the first half, which ended with Wash- ington trailing 48-0. Washington was 0-9 last season. Gibson Southern comes into the game on a roll. They opened the season with a 27-20 win over Terre Haute South, in which they drove 68 yards in the last 1:30 to score the winning touchdown with 5.8 seconds on the clock. Friday night they over- whelmed 5A defending re- gional champion New Albany 45-7 as they scored on ever y possession but one, while the defensive star ters were un- scored upon. Up 38-0 at half-time, the second half was played with a running clock. Coach Har t praised his team's improvement from the first week to the second week, saying they played much more physically on both sides the ball. "It is easy to show up on Friday night fired up to play. What concerns me is, how do we prepare and practice Monday through Thursday? We have been getting better ever y day. We can't af ford to go backwards. We have three big weeks after this one. We have to have a great week of practice and continue to move for ward. We can't af- ford a dip going into this Fri- day. It is our first conference game. Getting better for the future is really impor tant," said Har t. Next week, Gibson South- ern will star t a tough stretch of their schedule, hosting South Warren of Bowling Green, the defending 5A Ken- tucky state champions. It was Titans' only loss last year. After that game, they will play Southridge, Heritage Hills and Mt. Vernon. All are improved PAC teams. So far this year, Gibson Southern's of fense has prov- en to be ver y efficient. First year star ter Tan- ner Boyd completed 17 of 20 passes for 143 yards and three touchdowns against New Albany and for the year is 40 of 49 for 322 yards with one interception. Tailback Devan Rober ts had a huge game against New Albany with 13 carries for 169 yards and two touchdowns. The Titans' star ting de- fense pitched a shutout against New Albany. "We made our share of mis- takes on Friday night. So we can get cleaner and better. Because of our inexperience we can keep getting better ever yday," said Har t. Kickof f is at 6:30 p.m. at home Friday. Defensive lineman Brock Fauquher hits New Albany's ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage during the Titans' 45-7 win on Friday night. Titan tailback Devan Roberts looks up field as he makes a cut during the Titans' 46-7 win over New Al- bany. Roberts ran for 169 yards and two touchdowns. See TITANS on page 3 O N L I N E • S M A RT P H O N E • TA B L E T sgstartimes.com/edition Web, Smartphone, Tablet Streamline the Headline! 812-753-3553 • 203 S. McCreary St. Fort Branch, IN • ads@sgstartimes.com June 29th – July 9th A N N U A L Our Biggest Sale of the Year at Holder's Furniture Prices Reduced Storewide! Every item is reduced. Now is the time to buy! Lots of styles to choose from! * Prior sales and discontinued items are exempt. The Lamey family would like to thank our area customers for their support. Like us on Monday-Friday 8 am - 5:00 pm Saturday 9 am-4 pm 104 N. 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