Hoosier Heritage Conference: Sectional Week 1

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Sectional 21 is basically the HHC Tournament

4A Sectional 21

Beech Grove (4-5) at Greenfield-Central (7-2): The teams met in Week 1, with the Cougars winning 50-8. G-C bounced back nicely from a two-game skid midseason with two running-clock wins over Delta and New Castle to hit the ground running going into the tournament. 

New Castle (4-5) at Pendleton Heights (4-5): When they met in Week 3, the Arabians won a 42-21 decision. Both of these teams have been in the middle of the pack - PH beat NC, Yorktown and Shelbyville; while NC beat Delta, Yorktown and Shelbyville. PH has the HHC's leading passer in Colton Frank, but NC's Carson Bell is not too far behind. The Arabians finished well, with a 47-20 victory over Yorktown and a 42-14 win over Shelbyville, snapping a four-game midseason skid. NC has dropped three straight to Mt. Vernon, New Palestine and Greenfield-Central. 

Yorktown (6-3) at Richmond (1-8): The Tigers have had a surprisingly good season, led by a really talented group of experienced skill players surrounding sophomore QB Sam Tokar. The Tigers have posted a couple of signature wins over Greenfield-Central and Mt. Vernon, but they sandwiched a 27-point loss to Pendleton Heights. The Tigers should be very heavily favored in this game against a Richmond team allowing 52 ppg and whose only win is against 0-9 Anderson. 

Mt. Vernon (4-5) at New Palestine (8-0): The Dragons have gone to a running clock in all seven of their conference games, and played one of their best all-around games in Week 4, when they rolled up 49 first-half points in a 56-8 victory at Mt. Vernon. Sophomore quarterback Mason Meyer has had some more time to get acclimated to varsity football after a baptism-by-fire first four weeks, and has performed well. MV is averaging 28 ppg and beat Delta, Pendleton Heights, New Castle and Shelbyville in consecutive weeks before a one-point loss to Yorktown last week, which was decided by a blocked PAT. But the Marauders' success will likely ride on if Joliba Brogan has a big game. Last year, he ran for 200+ in the regular season against the Dragons, but struggled to find much running room in the regular season meeting this year. NP's Jacob Davis threw for 200+ in Week 4, and Josh Ranes has run for 100+ in eight consecutive games. NP's defense has allowed just one score in the last four weeks. 

Class 4A Sectional 23

Shelbyville (1-8) at Greenwood (2-7): It's a Hoosier Legends Conference preview, as both schools have struggled in recent years in their current leagues, so both are leaving to be the biggest fish in a smaller-school conference. The Golden Bears' improvement hasn't been shown in their record. Their lone victory was a Week 1 win over a Greensburg team that hasn't won a game since 2022, but Shelbyville's defense is improving under Pat Parks, and the offense scored two TDs last week in a loss to Pendleton Heights.  Greenwood is 2-7, with its wins coming against Indian Creek in Week 2 and Mooresville in Week 4. The Woodmen have shown offensive prowess, scoring 20+ points five times, but have been vulnerable on the other end, giving up 35+ points six times. 

Class 3A Sectional 28

Heritage (8-1) at Delta (4-5): This one is a bit difficult to figure out. Heritage is 8-1, but rolled through a conference of mostly smaller schools - five of its nine games were against 2A or 1A teams - but the Patriots did finish second in the ACAC and have done so with a high-flying offense averaging 36 ppg. Delta has dealt with the being the smallest school in the HHC. The Eagles only went 2-5 in conference play, but one of those was an impressive 27-26 win over Pendleton Heights in Week 7. They've fallen to Greenfield-Central and New Palestine the last two weeks. Delta's experienced playmakers - Bronson Edwards, Nash Keesling, Nolan Carpenter, Zane Cline - will need to have big nights. 

 

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On 10/20/2024 at 9:33 PM, crimsonace1 said:

Sectional 21 is basically the HHC Tournament

4A Sectional 21

Beech Grove (4-5) at Greenfield-Central (7-2): The teams met in Week 1, with the Cougars winning 50-8. G-C bounced back nicely from a two-game skid midseason with two running-clock wins over Delta and New Castle to hit the ground running going into the tournament. 

New Castle (4-5) at Pendleton Heights (4-5): When they met in Week 3, the Arabians won a 42-21 decision. Both of these teams have been in the middle of the pack - PH beat NC, Yorktown and Shelbyville; while NC beat Delta, Yorktown and Shelbyville. PH has the HHC's leading passer in Colton Frank, but NC's Carson Bell is not too far behind. The Arabians finished well, with a 47-20 victory over Yorktown and a 42-14 win over Shelbyville, snapping a four-game midseason skid. NC has dropped three straight to Mt. Vernon, New Palestine and Greenfield-Central. 

Yorktown (6-3) at Richmond (1-8): The Tigers have had a surprisingly good season, led by a really talented group of experienced skill players surrounding sophomore QB Sam Tokar. The Tigers have posted a couple of signature wins over Greenfield-Central and Mt. Vernon, but they sandwiched a 27-point loss to Pendleton Heights. The Tigers should be very heavily favored in this game against a Richmond team allowing 52 ppg and whose only win is against 0-9 Anderson. 

Mt. Vernon (4-5) at New Palestine (8-0): The Dragons have gone to a running clock in all seven of their conference games, and played one of their best all-around games in Week 4, when they rolled up 49 first-half points in a 56-8 victory at Mt. Vernon. Sophomore quarterback Mason Meyer has had some more time to get acclimated to varsity football after a baptism-by-fire first four weeks, and has performed well. MV is averaging 28 ppg and beat Delta, Pendleton Heights, New Castle and Shelbyville in consecutive weeks before a one-point loss to Yorktown last week, which was decided by a blocked PAT. But the Marauders' success will likely ride on if Joliba Brogan has a big game. Last year, he ran for 200+ in the regular season against the Dragons, but struggled to find much running room in the regular season meeting this year. NP's Jacob Davis threw for 200+ in Week 4, and Josh Ranes has run for 100+ in eight consecutive games. NP's defense has allowed just one score in the last four weeks. 

Class 4A Sectional 23

Shelbyville (1-8) at Greenwood (2-7): It's a Hoosier Legends Conference preview, as both schools have struggled in recent years in their current leagues, so both are leaving to be the biggest fish in a smaller-school conference. The Golden Bears' improvement hasn't been shown in their record. Their lone victory was a Week 1 win over a Greensburg team that hasn't won a game since 2022, but Shelbyville's defense is improving under Pat Parks, and the offense scored two TDs last week in a loss to Pendleton Heights.  Greenwood is 2-7, with its wins coming against Indian Creek in Week 2 and Mooresville in Week 4. The Woodmen have shown offensive prowess, scoring 20+ points five times, but have been vulnerable on the other end, giving up 35+ points six times. 

Class 3A Sectional 28

Heritage (8-1) at Delta (4-5): This one is a bit difficult to figure out. Heritage is 8-1, but rolled through a conference of mostly smaller schools - five of its nine games were against 2A or 1A teams - but the Patriots did finish second in the ACAC and have done so with a high-flying offense averaging 36 ppg. Delta has dealt with the being the smallest school in the HHC. The Eagles only went 2-5 in conference play, but one of those was an impressive 27-26 win over Pendleton Heights in Week 7. They've fallen to Greenfield-Central and New Palestine the last two weeks. Delta's experienced playmakers - Bronson Edwards, Nash Keesling, Nolan Carpenter, Zane Cline - will need to have big nights. 

 

Greenfield-Central

Pendleton Heights

Yorktown

New Palestine

Greenwood

Heritage