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South Gibson Star-Times B-1 Tuesday, October 11, 2022 SPORTS unitedfidelity.com Ask about our full lineup of CD Rates 2.62 % APY* 12-MONTH CD Darla Barton, Fort Branch AVP, Office Manager 810 East Locust Street • 812-615-0189 *Annual Percentage Yield current as of 9/30/2022 for the 12-month CD. This promotion is subject to change at any time. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Fees may reduce earnings. Minimum deposit of $1,000 required to open CD. Special CD renews automatical- ly to a standard rate in effect at the time of renewal unless instructed otherwise. See associate for details. Boys, girls advance to cross country regional By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern's boys and girls cross country teams both advance to the Pike Central regional. The boys placed second in the South Knox Sectional with Ethan Spindler finish- ing second individually in the sectional. The Titan boys were edged by South Knox with a team score of 32, just two points ahead of the Titans with 34. "All 14 runners (boys and girls) ran their best South Knox course time at sectional," said Titan Cross Country Coach Jeremy Aydt. It came down to the fifth runners for both teams to decide the finish as both teams had all five of their top runners in the top 13 places. The Spartans' Calvin Crab- tree won the race in a time of 16:33 with Spindler in second place for the Titans in a time of 16:46. South Knox's Dylan Maeder placed third in 17:04, with Titan Cooper Maurer in fourth at 17:19 and Hayden Pennington in fifth at 17:31. South Knox's third runner and fourth runners Zach- ary Woolard and Caleb Cork finished eighth and ninth both running 17:40. Gibson South- ern fourth runner was Lucas Kessel in 10th at 17:42. South Knox had their fifth and six runners place 11th and 12 th in 17:47 and 17:57. Gibson Southern's fifth runner Isaac Pohl placed 13th in 17:59. In cross country the first five runners' scores count toward the team score. If any of the runners for Gibson Southern had beaten the South Knox runner imme- By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern romped to a 63-0 win against an over-matched Prince- ton team Friday night. The Titans were well on their way to an eighth win against no losses in the first quarter when Mason Scheller picked off Princeton quarterback Cole Beloat's pass and ran it back for a touchdown at the 6:57 mark. Less than three minutes later Scheller did it again and the rout was on. "He has been doing a really good job since he moved to cornerback," said Titan Coach Nick Hart of Schell- ers' two pick-sixes in the first quarter. Gibson Southern would lead 35 -0 in the first quarter despite getting off to a slow start. Gibson Southern took the opening kickoff and after getting an initial first down the Titans were forced to punt. But once the Titan defense came on the field it was obvious the Tigers were overmatched. Princeton had six possessions in the first quarter alone. Those posses- sions amounted to, in sequence, zero yards, an interception returned for a touchdown, minus 12 yards, minus 2 yards, an interception returned for touchdown, minus 21 yards and minus 5 yards. Princeton compiled minus 40 yards of offense. "Our defense has been playing really well recently. They have been good all year, but the past few weeks they have been up a level. It starts with D-line. They are playing at a really high level. They can change a football game," said Hart. While the Titan defensive line is only average in size they make up for that in ability. "They may not look the biggest, but they are extremely strong and athletic. That is a good combination. Those two things along with being really skilled very good tehcinially allow them to play at a high level," said Coach Hart. Meanwhile in the first quarter, Gibson Southern was scoring 35 points. Gibson Southern's defense was so dominant it not only scored 14 points in the first quarter, it gave the offense the ball inside the Princ- eton 40 three times. On the Titans' second possession of the game it took three plays to score from the Princeton 32. Devan Roberts ran for 25 yards on first down, then after an incomplete pass Sean DeLong ran it in from the seven. On the next series the Titans took over at the 40 and Roberts went to the end zone on the first play for a 40 -yard touchdown. He would gain 148 yards on nine carries. The Titans' fifth score of the first quarter was a 33-yard drive that took seven plays, capped by Tanner Boyd's six yard run to make it 35 -0 with 3:11 remaining in the first quarter. The second quarter was more of the same. Gibson Southern got the ball at their 35 -yard line with 11:45 left. It took only 1:13 to score. Boyd ran in from nine yards out for his second rushing touchdown of the night. Three minutes later they got the ball back at the Princeton 46. This time it took two minutes to score. The TITANS ROMP TO 63-0 WIN OVER TIGERS Titan tailback Devan Roberts alludes a Princeton tackler and prepares for contact with another. Roberts had 9 carries for 148 yards in Gibson Southern's 63-0 win over Princeton. See ADVANCE on page 3 See ROMP on page 5