Week 8 football roundup: Valley beats John Glenn, clinches share of INSC title
N. Judson rallies in 4th, stays undefeated vs. Caston; Culver beats N. Miami; Rine, McFatridge break 100-yard mark in Pioneer win over Triton; Winamac beats S. Central, now 6-2
BY VAL TSOUTSOURIS
Sports Editor, RTC
Football
Tippecanoe Valley 39, John Glenn 13 (Friday): Hunter Paxton ran for 153 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings, who clinched a share of the Indiana Northern State Conference title in a win over visiting John Glenn at Smith-Bibler Memorial Stadium: Home of Death Valley Football Friday.
Hunter Randall ran for 120 yards and a touchdown and also threw for 58 yards. Owen Omondi and Mason Miller also had touchdown runs.
Valley had a 336-68 advantage in rushing yards.
Max Harsh had a 45-yard reception, and Omondi had a 13-yard catch.
Omondi kicked four extra points and a 33-yard field goal and also ran for two two-point conversions.
Valley committed nine penalties for 75 yards but also went six for 10 on third down conversions and three for four on fourth down conversions.
Riggins Miller threw two touchdown passes to Colton Timm for John Glenn (1-7, 0-5 INSC).
Valley scored 39 unanswered points after trailing 7-0.
Valley led 25-7 at halftime.
Valley (7-1, 4-0) can clinch the INSC title outright with a win at Bremen this Friday. If they lose, they will share the title with Bremen and Jimtown.
Valley 39, John Glenn 13
John Glenn 7 0 0 6 – 13
Valley 8 17 7 7 – 39
First quarter
JG – Colton Timm 19 pass from Riggins Miller (A.J. Lubelski kick)
TV – Hunter Randall 34 run (Owen Omondi run)
Second quarter
TV – Hunter Paxton 11 run (Omondi run)
TV – Mason Miller 5 run (conversion failed)
TV – Omondi 33 FG
Third quarter
TV – Omondi 12 run (Omondi kick)
Fourth quarter
TV – Paxton 2 run (Omondi kick)
JG – Timm 16 pass from Miller (conversion failed)
North Judson 21, Caston 14 (Friday): Ashton Bowyer and Logan Mollenkopf ran for touchdowns, but Caston would not hold onto leads of 7-0 and 14-7 and fell to host and third-ranked North Judson at Liberty Field.
Bowyer led with 71 yards rushing on 19 carries. Tucker Woolever had 27 yards on five carries.
Mollenkopf completed two of three passes for 34 yards. Bowyer had a 21-yard reception, and Landen Rigney had a 13-yard catch.
Parker Zimpleman had seven tackles and a sack on defense. Mollenkopf, Woolever and Cameron McFatridge had five tackles each. Bowyer, Braxton Enyart and Jayden Cox had four tackles each. Bowyer also had two sacks. Rigney had three tackles.
Owen Chapman recovered a fumble.
Branden Metzger ran for 132 yards and two touchdowns for North Judson. Javen Christensen added 61 yards rushing, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter.
North Judson had a 285-114 advantage in rushing yards.
Caston has never beaten North Judson.
North Judson 21, Caston 14
Caston 0 7 7 0 – 14
North Judson 0 0 7 14 – 21
Pioneer 66, Triton 7 (Friday): Shiloh Rine ran for 180 yards and three touchdowns and also caught four passes for 42 yards and a touchdown for the Class 1A, No. 2 Panthers in a rout of host Triton Friday.
Phillip McFatridge added 113 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries. Blu Rosen-Jacks ran for 52 yards on four carries, and Kayden Rigney ran for 30 yards and a touchdown.
Colton Popejoy completed eight of 11 passes for 107 yards and three touchdowns. Carter Mize caught two passes for 43 yards, and Rosen-Jacks and Adric Lee also caught touchdown passes.
Cooper Vianco completed a 14-yard pass to Colton Raderstorf.
Pioneer averaged 19.2 yards per carry and had 543 yards of offense on 34 offensive snaps.
Mikaden Toloso had eight tackles, including four for loss. Wyatt Wiles had six tackles, including two for loss. Vianco had six tackles. Mason Shaver had an interception.
Triton had 110 yards of offense. Their only touchdown came in the second half after the running clock had started, per the IHSAA Mercy Rule.
Pioneer improved to 8-0, 6-0 Hoosier North. They will host Class 1A, No. 3 North Judson (8-0, 6-0) at the Panther Pit Friday for the conference title. North Judson beat Caston 21-14.
Triton dropped to 1-7, 1-5.
Pioneer led 58-0 at halftime.
Pioneer 66, Triton 7
Pioneer 28 30 0 8 – 66
Triton 0 0 7 0 – 7
Culver 20, North Miami 8 (Friday): Zac Zehner threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Reese Carter in the second quarter for the go-ahead score, and Drake Zorich returned an interception for a touchdown as the host Cavaliers beat the Warriors Friday.
Carter Beem added a 51-yard touchdown run for Culver.
Bayern Bush led with 79 yards rushing, and Beem added 73. Braylon Jackson carries seven times for 31 yards.
Zorich and Colton Falk also had fumble recoveries.
Cooper Pattison had 12 carries for 72 yards to lead North Miami, but he also lost a fumble. Pattison also had two receptions for 47 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown strike from Alan Wildermuth on a wheel route in the first quarter that gave North Miami an 8-6 lead.
Oliver Wildermuth ran 11 times for 61 yards, and Jension Carr ran for 54 yards on 10 carries for North Miami.
Zehner’s touchdown pass to Carter gave Culver a 14-8 lead in the second quarter. It was Zehner’s only completed pass.
North Miami had a 238-236 advantage in total yards.
Culver 20, North Miami 8
North Miami 8 0 0 0 – 8
Culver 6 8 0 6 – 20
First quarter
CUL – Carter Beem 51 run (kick failed)
NM – Cooper Pattison 45 pass from Alan Wildermuth (two-point conversion good)
Second quarter
CUL – Reese Carter 43 pass from Zac Zehner (two-point conversion good)
Third quarter
(no scoring)
Fourth quarter
CUL – Drake Zorich interception return (two-point conversion failed)
Winamac 44, South Central (Union Mills) 6 (Friday): Tearson Wolford ran for 145 yards and two touchdowns, and Ivan Cardenas ran for 44 yards and three touchdowns for the host Warriors in a Hoosier North win over winless South Central Friday.
Louis Rugg had nine carries for 81 yards and a touchdown.
Winamac had a 313-62 advantage in rushing yards.
Wolford led the defense with nine tackles, and Michael Shidler had seven tackles. Cody Wheeler had four tackles, including two for loss.
Parker Abbott had an interception, and Cooper Stout recovered a fumble. Abbott leads the team with three interceptions for the season.
Winamac led 26-0 at halftime.
Winamac beat South Central for the sixth consecutive meeting. The teams will meet again at South Central in a Class 1A, Sectional 41 quarterfinal.
Winamac 44, South Central (Union Mills) 6
South Central 0 0 0 6 – 6
Winamac 14 12 10 8 – 44
Rankings update
Tippecanoe Valley is No. 12 in this week’s USA Today Class 3A media poll. No. 13 West Noble is the only other team in Sectional 26 to receive poll recognition.
Eastside stays at No. 4 in this week’s USA Today Class 2A media poll. They are the only team in Sectional 34 to receive poll recognition.
Pioneer moves up from No. 2 to No. 1, and Caston receives its first votes of the season and is ranked No. 13 in this week’s USA Today Class 1A media poll. Caston is receiving votes despite a 21-14 loss to No. 3 North Judson Friday. Pioneer flipped places with Riverton Parks despite both teams being undefeated. Other Sectional 43 teams to be ranked include No. 11 Madison-Grant and No. 14 Sheridan. Madison-Grant is Caston’s sectional quarterfinal opponent, and Sheridan is North Miami’s sectional quarterfinal opponent.
North Judson stays at No. 3 in this week’s USA Today Class 1A media poll. They are the only Sectional 41 team to receive poll recognition. They will travel to No. 1 Pioneer for the Hoosier North title Friday. Both North Judson and Pioneer are 8-0.
Maconaquah drops from No. 8 to No. 9 in this week’s USA Today Class 3A media poll. Rochester travels to Maconaquah at 7 p.m. Friday. Maconaquah (8-0) has already clinched the outright TRC title.
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