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From the littlest Titans to the biggest... Best of luck at Sectionals! 4058 S 350 West, Owensville (812) 632-0491 Titan JV football beats MV 24-14 By Cale Kalvert Star-Times Correspondent sports@sgstartimes.com The Gibson Southern Titan JV team traveled to Mount Vernon last Monday and came away with a 24-14 victory to take their record to 4-2 on the season. The Titan defense completely shut down the Wildcat rushing attack, limit- ing MV to 17 yards on 25 carries. GS fell for a bit of Wildcat trickery on a 61-yard end-around pass for a touchdown, but otherwise held the Cats to only an addi- tional 82 yards through the air with four pass break-ups and numerous pressures on the quarterback. The Titan offense performed well with 173 yards passing spread out to four receivers, with two touchdowns. In all, the Titan offense put up 242 yards of total offense on the night. To start the scoring, MV got on the board on their second drive to put the Cats up 6 -0 in the first. The Titan offense answered after returner Maddox Potts took the ensuing kickoff 32 yards and across midfield to the Wildcat 34. Quarterback Liam Bryant went right to work, hitting a diving Potts on a 26 -yard corner route to inside the 10 on the first play. Two plays later Bryant again connected with Potts for a nine- yard score to tie the game. The conversion pass to Cam Novotny was good and the Titans took the lead 8 -6 at the four-minute mark in the first frame. A fter forcing MV into a punt the Titans started their next drive from their own 15. Eight plays and 2:19 later Bryant tossed a 20 -yard pass to Novotny along the right side to get into the end zone. Along the way Bryant connected with Novotny on a 23-yard strike and also with Conor Wirey for a 27-yard catch and run. Gibson Southern forced a quick three- and-out from the Cats on their next drive and the Titans set up shop at their own 41 after the punt return from Grant Stinson. Bryant marched the offense down the field on a nine-play 59 -yard drive capped by a Thaxton five-yard run. Bryant connected with Novotny twice for 24 yards and Parsons once for a big third down pickup of 17 yards from the H-back spot. The conversion pass to Potts was good and GS extended their lead to 24-6 with 1:20 remaining in the half. The jubilation was short lived, however, when the Cats dug into their bag of tricks to complete an end-around pass to a streaking receiver for a 61-yard score on their first play of the next drive. The conversion pass was good and the Cats cut into the lead 24-14, where it stayed for the remainder of the game. STATISTICS Passing: Liam Bryant 11 for 24 for 173 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT. Rushing: Chase Thaxton 14 for 50 yards, 1 TD; Bryant 6 for 13 yards; Grant Stinson 5 for 6 yards; Team 25 for 69 yards, 1 TD. Receiving: Cam Novotny 6 for 83 yards, 1 TD; Maddox Potts 2 for 35 yards, 1 TD; Seth Parson 2 for 29 yards; Conor Wirey 1 for 26 yards. Defense: Jack Rose 7 solos, four assists, 1 TFL, 1 assisted TFL; Parsons 2 solos, 4 assists, 2 assisted TFLs, 1 PBU; Nick Agee 2 solos, 2 assists, 2 assisted TFLs; Stinson 3 solos; Avery Adams 2 solos, 1 assist, 1 TFL, 1 assisted TFL. The JV Titans travel to county rival Princeton Monday, October 10, with kick- off set for 6 p.m. Lady Titan volleyball on six game win streak By Andy Heuring Star-Times Sports sports@sgstartimes.com Gibson Southern volley- ball team picked up three wins last week, beating Vincennes in five sets, Pike Central in three, and Forest Park in four. It ran the win streak to six games. Last Monday the Lady Titans had a dramatic come- back to win in five sets. Vincennes won the first two sets 25 -18 and 25 -20 before the Titans mounted their charge in the third set. Gibson Southern turned things around for a25 -17 win in the third set and followed that up with a 25 -19 win in the fourth set. They then clinched the match with a 15 -8 win in the final set. On Tuesday night the Titans beat Pike Central in three sets. The Titans trailed 3-0 early in the first game but rallied to win 25 -20. They took the second set 25 -15 and then won the third 25 -22. They got even scoring from their offense as Rylee Johnson and Abby Deal both had six kills, Loren Carl 5 with Makenna Turner and Alexis Tucker both having four kills. Carl and Johnson both had four aces. On defense, Carl had 13 digs, Johnson 12 and Tucker 11. Gibson Southern won their sixth straight match Thurs- day as they beat Forest Park 3-1. The Lady Titans got off to a quick start beating Forest Park 35 -13 in the first game, but then lost the second game 25 -23. In the third game they pulled out a 25 -22 win and finished out the match with a 25 -19 win in the fourth set. "Forest Park was a battle. It was point-for-point. They have some great blockers and hitters. It was the exact type of game we needed before going into sectionals next Thursday. High inten- sity and big blocking. The girls picked up the cover- age and did a great job on defense," said Titan Coach Emily Schmitt. Rylee Johnson led the Titans on offense with 14 kills and Lauryn Adam- son had 12. She also had 20 digs, while Loren Carl had 19. Abby Deal and Makenna Turner led the Titans with seven and five blocks. Briley Edwards and Gabby Smith had 21 and 19 assists. Carl led the Titans with four aces. Gibson Southern will play Evansville Memo- rial in the first round of the Gibson Southern volleyball sectional. Memorial is 12-8 overall and 4-4 in the South- ern Indiana Conference. Gibson Southern is 17-8 overall and 10 -2 in the Pocket Athletic Conference. Memo- rial beat Gibson Southern 3-1 in August. Gibson Southern is on a six-game win streak that started on September 26, when they beat South Spencer. They have since beaten Mt. Vernon, Prince- ton, Vincennes Lincoln, Pike Central and Forest park. Memorial has won five of their last six, games beat- ing Mt. Vernon, Ev. Bosse, Ev. Reitz, Washington and Vincennes Lincoln. Their one loss in that streak was to Jasper, 3-2 on September 29. TITAN SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, Oct. 13 Volleyball sectional vs EV. Memorial @ GS 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 Football varsity at Boonville 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 Boys & Girls cross country Pike Central regional at Prides Creek 10 :30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Elites 8th grade volleyball are PAC champs Haubstadt's eighth grade volleyball team won the Pocket Athletic Conference tournament on Saturday as they beat Southridge. The Elites beat Pike Central in the first round, Forest Park in the second round and Washing- ton in the semi-finals. The sixth grade won 25-21 and 25-8. The seventh grade won in two games as well 25-9 and 25-25-14. In the eighth grade game the Elites won 25-6 and 25-11.