Hamilton Heights’ Drew Woodruff threw two touchdown passes during the Huskies’ game with Danville. (Bob Cross)
By CRAIG ADKINS
For the Reporter
Four games into the season and once again there are a handful of Hamilton County teams making their presence known in the rankings.
There are four county teams in the Top 10 in Class 6A. Westfield leaped to No. 4 in front of Carmel (No. 5) after the Shamrocks’ win at Zionsville and the Greyhounds falling at Louisville Trinity. Fishers moved up to sixth following their Mudsock victory over No. 10 Hamilton Southeastern. Guerin Catholic stayed in the 3A top 10 at No. 9 after a solid win at Brebeuf Jesuit.
4A No. 11 Roncalli Royals (2-2, 0-1 CCC) at 3A No. 9 Guerin Catholic Golden Eagles (3-1, 1-0 CCC)
Friday night’s Circle City Conference game will be the 10th meeting in the all-time history, with Roncalli winning on all nine occasions. The Royals won last year’s game 38-23.
Last week, Roncalli got a big win over 6A No. 13 Columbus North, 41-20. The Royals’ other win was over Bishop Dwenger (3-0) and lost their second and third games on the road at Franklin Central (22-15) and Bishop Chatard (33-11) that evens their record.
The Golden Eagles went on the road for the second straight week and came away victorious at Brebeuf Jesuit, 36-25.
Guerin struck first with a Jack Linden touchdown and two-point conversion for the early 8-0 lead. The two teams traded scores for a Golden Eagle 15-6 lead, thanks to Linden’s second score. Brebeuf scored again before halftime to cut it to 15-13.
Quentin Klee connected with younger brother Kolbe early in the third for a 17-yard touchdown pass to extend it to 22-13.
Later in the third quarter, Klee found Aiden Horn from 18 yards out to make it 29-13.
The Braves scored twice and Guerin once more on Linden’s third rushing touchdown that sealed the game for the Golden Eagles.
Klee had quite the night in the pocket, throwing 24 of 32 for 340 yards and two TDs. Isaiah Lewis caught 10 of those for 127. Kolby Klee grabbed six for 86 and Horn five for 64. Linden ran 18 times for 76.
Clinton Prairie Gophers (2-1, 1-0 HHC) at Sheridan Blackhawks (2-1, 1-0 HHC)
Friday night’s clash with Clinton Prairie at Bud Wright Stadium will be the 30th overall in the all-time series. The Blackhawks have a commanding series lead at 25-4 record. Sheridan has won nine in a row against the Gophers with CP winning last in the 2015 matchup.
After losing their opener to undefeated 1A No. 7 Frontier (4-0), Clinton Prairie has won two in a row without leaving Clinton County with wins at Frankfort (50-0) and Clinton Central (32-0).
Sheridan got back to action last week in a home contest with Clinton Central after being off on Sept. 5. with a very convincing 40-0 home shutout over the Bulldogs.
Hayden Alexander scored late in the first on an 85-yard run for a 6-0 lead. Alexander ran in his second early in the second for a 12-0 score.
Later in the quarter, Brock Hagan ran in a TD and the two-point conversion for the 20-0 halftime score.
They scored 20 more in the second half. Jon Barnes scored once in the third and fourth and Alexander had another long run of 64 to ice the shutout.
Alexander finished with 157 yards and Barnes with 106. Alex Cravens also had 70.
Hamilton Heights Huskies (1-3, 0-0 Hoosier Big) at Western Panthers (3-1, 0-0 Hoosier Big)
The Huskies and Panthers get set for their 28th meeting all-time on Friday. Heights is 15-12 against Western.
Western won its third straight, routing Tipton 48-7.
Heights lost a back-and-forth game at home to Danville, 27-24. The Huskies got down 14-0 early in the second.
A Drew Woodruff TD pass to Cam Fleming, a blocked punt returned for a score by Will DeStefano and a field goal by Keegan Kavanaugh are the results of 17 unanswered to lead 17-14 at halftime.
The Warriors grabbed a 21-17 lead in the third, but Heights regained the lead early in the fourth when Fleming caught another TD from Woodruff.
Danville scored late in the fourth to claim the win.
