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SPORTS South Gibson Star-Times Tuesday, September 6, 2022 B-1 Spindler wins Alan Hopewell Invitational By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern hosted the Alan Hopewell Invitational on Thursday. "Tonight we honored a great man with the running of the 42nd Annual Alan Hopewell Class Invitational at Gibson Southern High School. Coach Hopewell was definite- ly watching over us tonight as we had fantastic weather, outstanding competition, and great displays of sportsman- ship! Congratulations to all who competed, and thank you to ever yone who supported these cross countr y athletes," said Titan Coach Jeremy Aydt. Titan junior Alex Spindler won the event with a time of 16:34. Cooper Maurer was third in a time of 17:05 and Hayden Pennington was ninth in a time of 17:42 to give the Titans three runners in the top 10. Isaac Pohl finished 12th in 18:04 with Lucas Kissel just a few steps back in 14th at 18:10 to have five Titans in the top 15. All are juniors. No team scores were fig- ured, but the Titans would easily have won the event. Other Titan finishers in the boys junior/senior race were Ethan Spindler 23rd in 19:03, Eli Maikranz in 24th at 19:09, Johnathon Spindler 29th in 19:21, Lucian Wicker 43rd in 20:48 and Aiden Loveless 65th in 24:09. SCORING SUMMARY First quarter GS Sean DeLong three- yard run at 9:15. Two-point conversion Zach Butler catches pass from Mason Scheller. GS 8, W 0 GS Michael Herren 34- yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 8:18. PAT by Cam Novotny. GS 15, W 0 GS Sean DeLong 10-yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 6:20. PAT by Novotny. GS 22, W 0 GS Devan Roberts 24 -yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 1:24. PAT by Novotny. GS 29, W 0 Second quarter W Conner Woolley 75 yard pass from Colton Stowers at 11:12. PAT kick blocked. GS 29, W 6 GS Devan Roberts 36 yard pass from Tanner Boyd at 9:14. PAT by Novotny. GS 36, W 6 GS Devan Roberts 17 yard run at 4:18. PAT by Novotny. GS 43, W 6 GS Devan Roberts 5 yard run at 2:38. PAT by Novotny. GS 50, W 6 Fourth quarter GS Liam Br yant 5 yard run at 10:10. PAT by Baker Calvert. GS 57, W 6 W Rylan Memering 90- yard kickoff return at 8:56. PAT by Kobe Thomas. GS 57, W 13 W Brody Isza recovers fumble in the end zone 2:30. PAT by Thomas. GS 57, W 20 Individual stats Passing GS Tanner Boy 10 of 11 for 232 yard, 4 TDs, 0 INT, Liam Br yant 1 of 4 for 2 yards. W Colton Stowers 7 of 15 for 85 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; Jameson Dwyer 2 of 2 36 yards. Rushing GS Devan Rober ts 7 for 120 yards, 2 TDs; Chase Thaxton 4 for 17 yards, Sean DeLong 3 for 16 yards, 1 TD; Liam Br yant 4 for 16 yards, 1 TD; Tanner Boyd 1 for yards. W Parker Murphy 15 for 32 yards, Kobe Thomas 2 for 2 yards, Jameson Dwyer 5 for minus 4, Colton Stowers 1 for minus 11. Receiving GS Sean DeLong 4 for 85 yards, 1 TD, Devan Rober ts 2 for 60 yards, 2 TD; Mi- chael Herren 1 for 34 yards, 1 TD; Cole McKee 1 for 31 yards, Isaac O'Neal 2 for 22 yards, Chase Thaxton 1 for 2 yards. W Connor Wooley 3 for 96 yards, 1 TD; Cordell Turner 3 for 14 yards, Willial Merold 1 for 11 yards, Brody Isza 2 for 0 yards. Titans overwhelm Hatchets for 57-20 win By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern scored on their first four possessions, running up a 29-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back on their way to a 57-20 win over an out-manned Wash- ington team. Titan quarterback Tanner Boyd and running back Devan Roberts both had gaudy numbers on the night. Boyd completed 10 of 11 pass- es for 232 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions. His 10 comple- tions were to six different receivers. Roberts, meanwhile, was slashing the Hatchet defense for 120 yards rushing and two touchdowns in just seven carries. He also had touch- downs catches on the night. Gibson Southern ran up 418 yards in only 34 plays and had the ball only 16:39 minutes compared to Wash- ington who had the ball for 25:34 minutes,ran 40 plays, but only man- aged 140 yards of offense. Seven- ty-five of that was on one play. The offensive yardage would have been much more lopsided but Gib- son Southern defense was so domi- nant, the Titan offense started their drives in great field position. Their first three drives started at the Wash- ington 42, Gibson Southern 48 and Washington 10. "I thought we executed well offen- sively, but we made enough mistakes on defense to last me a lifetime. De- fensively we played well for the first three drives. After that our attention to detail went out the window. We go from a pretty good defense to a worse-than-average defense quickly, when we do that. I was not happy with our defensive attention to de- tail after the first three possessions," said Titan Head Coach Nick Hart. Gibson Southern kicked off to Washington to start the game. Their defense wasted no time establishing itself. Washington's first three plays were minus 2, no gain and minus 2, forcing a punt. Boyd and the Titan offense took over at their 42 yard line. It took them only four plays to cover the 58 yards. Boyd hit Sean DeLong for 14 yards. Roberts ran for 11, Boyd hit Isaac O'Neal for 14 yards to the Washington three and DeLong then finished the drive with a short run. Holder Mason Scheller picked up a bad snap and found Zach Butler on a broken play for a two-point conver- sion and an 8-0 lead. Washington's second offensive series consisted of two incomplete passes and a one-yard run. DeLong returned the punt 10 yards to the Titan 48 yard-line. This time it took only two plays for the Titans to score. Roberts went 18 on first down and Boyd then threw a pass over the top to Michael Herron inside the 10 and he went into the end zone untouched. Cam Novotny converted the PAT and Gibson Southern led 15-0 with 8:18 remaining in the first period. Novotny boomed the kickoff to the seven-yard line and the Titans cov- ered it, dropping Hatchet Ryan Me- mering at the seven. Washington's next two plays were a loss of three and a loss of two. Mason Schell- er then picked off Colton Stowers' pass, giving the Titans the ball at the Washington 10. Boyd found Delong for a touch- down on the first play and Gibson Southern was up 22-0 just 5:40 min- utes into the game. Washington got their initial first down on their fourth possession of the game. They made three more first downs, driving the ball to the Gibson Southern 31. But the Titan defense stiffened. On third-and-one Gibson Southern stuffed the Hatch- ets for a four-yard loss. Then with Washington going for it on fourth down they sacked Hatchet quarter- back Jameson Dwyer to take over at their own 33. Roberts broke a 39-yard run on the first play, getting the ball to the Washington 39. Boyd found Roberts coming out of the backfield on the next play and he took it in for the first of his four touchdowns on the night with just 1:24 left in the first quarter. Washington had their first of two big plays on the night. Facing third and seven, 48 sec- onds into the second quarter, Hatch- et quarterback hit Conner Wooley for a 75-yard touchdown, making it 29-6. The PAT was blocked. Roberts would score three con- secutive touchdowns in the second quarter for the Titans. His first was on a 24-yard pass from Boyd to make it 36-6. "Those guys are playing really well. We protected them really well. Tanner is just making really good de- cisions right now. On the touchdown pass to Roberts, Washington blizted, Roberts was hot and Tanner hit him. He is just making exellent decsions right now," said Hart.. Roberts' second, a 17-yard run capped a seven-play drive covering 93 yards. Gibson Southern runners Bailey Baker (114), Aleah Rexing (120), Lilly Spinder (121) and Elizabeth Steckler (122) run together in a pack early in the Alan Hopewell Invitational freshman/sophomore race. Photo by Jill Heuring See WINS on page 2 See TITANS on page 2 Titan defensive lineman Isaac Cavins tackles a Washington player for a loss as several other Titans close in during the Titans' 57-20 win on Friday. Titan defensive lineman Brayten Reinhart slaps away a Washing- ton defender during the Titans 57-20 win Friday. Photo by Scott Walden 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 Titan junior Courtney Heldt runs next to a Castle runner in the junior/se- nior girls race of the Alan Hopewell Invitational. She finished eighth in 21:28. Photo by Jill Heuring Titan tailback Devan Roberts runs past a Washington defender as Gibson Southern won 57-20. Roberts scored four touchdowns in the win. Photo by Scott Walden