Week 7 football roundup: Paxton, Randall both pass 100-yard mark in rout of Woodlan

Air attack helps Caston beat Triton for first time in 10 years; Rosen-Jacks, Blickenstaff return INTs for TDs in Pioneer win over Culver; Winamac falls at N. Judson; NM ends skid with drubbing of S. Central

BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS

Sports Editor, RTC

Football

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Hunter Paxton Hunter Randall Owen Omondi

Tippecanoe Valley 43, Woodlan 0 (Friday): Hunter Paxton ran for 125 yards and two touchdowns, and Hunter Randall ran for 111 yards and two touchdowns for the host Vikings in a rout of Woodlan Friday.

Owen Omondi added five carries for 88 yards and a touchdown as well as three receptions for 14 yards. Omondi also scored three two-point conversions – one rushing and two receiving.

Zander Ioannou also ran for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Braxton Alderfer kicked an extra point.

Valley had a 421-16 advantage in rushing yards and had possession for 31:17 as compared to Woodlan’s 16:43.

Valley limited Woodlan to two first downs and 48 yards of total offense. The shutout was the 14th in coach Stephen Moriarty’s 10 years as coach.

Valley led 30-0 at halftime.

Tippecanoe Valley 43, Woodlan 0

Woodlan 0 0 0 0 – 0

Valley 16 14 6 7 – 43

First quarter

TV – Hunter Randall 3 run (Owen Omondi run)

TV – Hunter Paxton 5 run (Omondi pass from Randall)

Second quarter

TV – Paxton 20 run (Omondi pass from Randall)

TV – Omondi 12 run (two-point conversion failed)

Third quarter

TV – Randall 27 run (two-point conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

TV – Zander Ioannou 2 run (Braxton Alderfer kick)

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Landen Rigney Brayden Unger

Caston 40, Triton 8 (Friday): Ashton Bowyer ran for 94 yards and two touchdows and Logan Mollenkopf threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns for the host Comets as they won their third straight game and improved to 6-1 for the first time in school history.

London Herd ran for 38 yards and a touchdown and also caught two passes for 32 yards. Mollenkopf ran for 36 yards. Cayman Brown ran for 18 yards and a touchdown.

Landen Rigney had two receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown and added 26 yards rushing. Brayden Unger had a 44-yard touchdown reception. Braxton Enyart added a 27-yard reception.

Tucker Woolever had seven tackles to lead the defense. Bowyer had four, and Rigney, Unger, Herd, Cameron McFatridge and Parker Zimpleman had three each. Mollenkopf broke up two passes, and Rigney also had a pass defended.

Caston beat Triton for the first time since 2016. They had lost the previous 11 meetings.

Caston led 21-0 at halftime.

Caston 40, Triton 8

Triton 0 0 0 8 – 8

Caston 7 14 12 7 – 40

First quarter

CAS – London Herd 7 run (Mack Mappin kick)

Second quarter

CAS – Ashton Bowyer 7 run (Mappin kick)

CAS – Bowyer 5 run (Mappin kick)

Third quarter

CAS – Brayden Unger 44 pass from Logan Mollenkopf (kick blocked)

CAS – Landen Rigney 64 pass from Mollenkopf (pass failed)

Fourth quarter

CAS – Caymen Brown 7 run (Mappin kick)

TRI – Cayden Bradley 21 run (Bradley run)

Pioneer 62, Culver 14 (Friday): Shiloh Rine ran for two touchdowns and caught a touchdown pass, and Archie Blickenstaff and Blu Rosen-Jacks both returned interceptions for touchdowns in the first quarter as the Class 1A, No. 2 Panthers routed Culver Friday.

Phillip McFatridge had a 52-yard touchdown reception from Colton Popejoy and a 59-yard touchdown run. Popejoy went 4 for 4 for 139 yards and two touchdowns passing.

Colten Long had a 61-yard touchdown run. Rosen-Jacks also had his first career touchdown on a 6-yard run.

John Carr had a 2-yard touchdown run in the second half, and Zac Zehner threw a 28-yard touchdown pass on the final play from scrimmage for Culver.

Pioneer beat Culver for the fourth straight year. Pioneer led 62-0 at halftime.

Pioneer 62, Culver 14

Culver 0 0 7 7 – 14

Pioneer 42 20 0 0 – 62

First quarter

PIO – Archie Blickenstaff 29 interception return (Phillip McFatridge kick)

PIO – Shiloh Rine 45 pass from Colton Popejoy (McFatridge kick)

PIO – Blu Rosen-Jacks 6 run (McFatridge kick)

PIO – McFatridge 52 pass from Popejoy (kick failed)

PIO – Colten Long 61 run (McFatridge run)

PIO – Rosen-Jacks 37 interception return (McFatridge kick)

Second quarter

PIO – Rine 25 run (McFatridge kick)

PIO – McFatridge 59 run (kick failed)

PIO – Rine 9 run (McFatridge kick)

Third quarter

CUL – John Carr 2 run (Bentley Van Horn kick)

Fourth quarter

CUL – Reese Carter 28 pass from Zac Zehner (Van Horn kick)

North Judson 35, Winamac 0 (Friday): The Class 1A, No. 3 North Judson defense held Winamac to 33 yards of offense in posting a shutout Friday.

Tearson Wolford led the Winamac ground attack with 13 yards.

Michael Shidler and Lucas Perez had seven tackles each to lead the defense. Wolford had six tackles, and Parker Abbott had five.

North Judson (7-0, 5-0 Hoosier North) led 28-0 at halftime.

Bryant Galbreath started his first game at quarterback at Winamac for the injured Xavier Adriano.

North Judson 35, Winamac 0

Winamac 0 0 0 0 – 0

North Judson 14 14 7 0 – 35

North Miami 47, South Central (Union Mills) 0 (Friday): North Miami snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 2-5 overall and 1-4 in the Hoosier North with a home win over South Central Friday.

South Central is 0-7, 0-5.