Heritage Hills at Mount Vernon

[DaveMosbey]

 

Heritage Hills Patriots at Mount Vernon Wildcats.

 

 

This is the 19th   meeting between Heritage Hills and Mount Vernon (Posey)  and the first game played on the Wildcats new Turf field. The two teams played in the regular season every year from 1974-1981 and resumed the regular season series in 2014,They also met 4 times in sectional play and once in the regional.

 

Last season Mount Vernon went 5-5 and Heritage Hills 10-1.This will be the final meeting as non-conference opponents as starting in the 2020 season they will both be members of the PAC large football division.

According to the Indiana Football Digest Mount Vernon returns 7 starters on offense and 6 on defense. Quarterback Snodgrass Passed for 2144 yards and rushed for 209 yards last season, The leading returning receiver is Austin with 576 yards and leading returning rusher is Guthrie with 344 yards.

 

Heritage Hills leading returning rusher is  QB Sigler who rushed for 801 yards and passed for 289 yards. Patriots return 3 running backs who combined rushed for over 1000  yards, Wetzel who  rushed for 717 yards, Rodgers 228 yards and Vaal 255 yards, Wetzel also led the team in tackles last season with 125.   

 

The Patriots lead the series 13-5 & like most of the Patriots opponents in the early days of the program Mount Vernon dominated the series  winning 3 of the first 4 games and starting with Bob Claytons 1st team in 1978 the Patriots have turned the tables winning 12 of the last 14 games.

 

 

 

Heritage Hills coaches records VS. Mount Vernon.

 

Roger Snow 1-2

Bob Ashworth 0-1

Bob Clayton 6-2

Todd Wilkerson 6-0

 

 

History of the series :

1974 regular season Mount Vernon 24 H Hills 6

1975 regular season Mount Vernon 26 H Hills 13

1976 regular season H Hills 14 Mount Vernon 8

1977 Mount Vernon 16 H Hills 6

1978 H Hills 21 Mount Vernon 14

1979 H Hills 44 Mount Vernon 0

1980 H Hills 27 Mount Vernon 0

1981 Mount Vernon 21 H Hills 0 

1985 sectional H Hills 40 Mount Vernon 6

1999 sectional Mount Vernon 6 H Hills 3

2000 sectional H Hills 36 Mount Vernon 7

2007 regional H Hills 36 Mount Vernon 14.

2014 Heritage Hills 21 Mount Vernon 7

2015 Heritage Hills 20 Mount Vernon 14

2016 Heritage Hills 15 Mount Vernon 6

2017 Heritage Hills 42 Mount Vernon 26

2018 Heritage Hills 45 Mount Vernon 7

2018 sectional Heritage Hills 47 Mount Vernon 0

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveMosbey]

The last Friday night without football has passed and the 23rd can't get here fast enough.