#1 (4a) Heritage Hills (5-0) at #2 (3a) Gibson Southern (4-1)

[HHPatriots]

I'll start by saying that Heritage Hills needs some adversity...this is the week for it, Harrell has the Pats losing this game by 4--SEE BOTTOM OF POST.

Rankings are IFCA from week 4.  I'll post the cool graphic later in the week for our graphically jealous Memorial friends.

Heritage Hills 5-0 (3-0 PAC) at Gibson Southern 4-1(2-0 PAC)

Heading into week 5 Heritage Hills was ranked 1st in all 3 polls in 4A and Gibson Southern was

ranked 2nd in the IFCA and 4th in the USA & AP polls in 3A.

History

This is the 54th meeting between Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern and the Patriots lead the series 36-17, The Patriots also faced three teams that consolidated into Gibson Southern in the 1972 and 1973 seasons and went 0-2 VS. Fort Branch, 1-1 VS. Haubstadt and 2-0 VS. Owensville.

In the first season of Patriot football the Patriots went 9-1 and their only loss was a 15-12 defeat by Fort Branch.

The Titans won the first 3 meetings in the series beating Roger Snow’s Patriots in 1974, 75 and 76 and the Patriots didn’t beat them for the first time until 1977 the year Bob Ashworth became the Patriots head coach, that season was hall of famer Bob Claytons only season as Offensive Coordinator at Heritage Hills the following season Ashworth moved onto Evansville Reitz and Clayton took over the Heritage Hills program.

The Patriots have won the past 3 meetings, and the Titans have won 13 of the last 22 meetings

starting with a win in 2010 that snapped the Patriots streak of 21 straight wins over the Titans.

Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern have played 5 overtime games in the series including a 7-0 five overtime affair in 1982.

1974 Gibson Southern 27 HH 6

1975 Gibson Southern 16 HH 0

1976 Gibson Southern 26 HH 0

1977 HH 16 Gibson Southern 0

1978 HH 28 Gibson Southern 8

1979 HH 20 Gibson Southern 0

1980 HH 21 Gibson Southern 15 OT

1981 HH 14 Gibson southern 12

1982 HH 7 Gibson Southern 0 in 5 overtimes

1983 Gibson Southern 22 HH 21 (OT)

1984 HH 7 Gibson Southern 0

1986 Sectional HH 13 Gibson Southern 7

1989 Sectional HH 34 Gibson Southern 13

1993 HH 32 Gibson Southern 7

1994 HH 33 Gibson Southern 19

1995 HH 54 Gibson Southern 14

1996 HH 20 Gibson Southern 3

1997 HH 42 Gibson Southern 6

1998 HH 32 Gibson Southern 12

1999 HH 54 Gibson Southern 0

2000 HH 63 Gibson Southern 0

2001 HH 40 Gibson Southern 23

2001 Sectional HH 28 Gibson Southern 7

2002 Heritage Hills 63 Gibson Southern 6

2003 Heritage Hills 42 Gibson Southern 0

2004 Heritage Hills 48 Gibson Southern 7

2005 Heritage Hills 19 Gibson Southern 7

2006 Heritage Hills 14 Gibson Southern 13 overtime

2007 Heritage Hills 27 Gibson Southern 10

2008 Heritage Hills 49 Gibson Southern 21

2009 Heritage Hills 41 Gibson Southern 0

2010 Gibson Southern 35 Heritage Hills 34 (1OT)

2011 Heritage Hills 27 Gibson Southern 0

2012 Gibson Southern 14 Heritage Hills 10

2013 Gibson Southern 50 Heritage Hills 26

2014 Heritage Hills 38 Gibson Southern 33

2014 sectional H Hills 14 Gibson Southern 13

2015 Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 13

2016 Gibson Southern 38 Heritage Hills 10

2017 Gibson Southern 48 Heritage Hills 7

2018 Heritage Hills 31 Gibson Southern 7

2018 sectional Gibson Southern 24 Heritage Hills 14

2019 Heritage Hills 49 Gibson Southern 14

2019 sectional Heritage Hills 21 Gibson Southern 20

2020 Gibson Southern 38 Heritage Hills 0

2020 Gibson Southern 21 Heritage Hills 10

2021 Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 3

2021 sectional Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 7

2022 Gibson Southern 32 Heritage Hills 14

2023 Gibson Southern 31 Heritage Hills 28

2023 semi state Heritage Hills 23 Gibson Southern 20

2024 Heritage Hills 28 Gibson Southern 0

2024 sectional Heritage Hills 35 Gibson Southern 18

Pre-consolidation

1972 Heritage Hills 27 Haubstadt 6

1972 Fort Branch 15 Heritage Hills 12

1972 Heritage Hills 34 Owensville 6

1973 Haubstadt 7 Heritage Hills 6

1973 Fort Branch 14 Heritage Hills 0

1973 Heritage Hills 12 Owensville 0

 

[LC_Bears_04]

With the number of Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern fans on this site, over/under how many posts on this topic before the game on Friday?

[Sparty]

HH has the 2 best players on the field that night, correct?

[LC_Bears_04]

5 minutes ago, Sparty said:

HH has the 2 best players on the field that night, correct?

Correct.  They're both gonna play their college ball in the SEC.

[Titan32]

Always a nice write up...just a little extra detail.

This is the 54th meeting between Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern and the Patriots lead the series 36-17.  The Patriots also faced the three teams that consolidated into Gibson Southern in the 1972 and 1973 seasons and went 0-2 VS. Jack Jewell's Fort Branch Twigs, 1-1 VS. Haubstadt, and 2-0 VS. Owensville. 

In the first season of Patriot football, the Patriots went 9-1 and their only loss was a 15-12 defeat by Jewell-coached Fort Branch Twigs. The Jack Jewell lead Titans won the first 3 meetings in the series beating Roger Snow’s Patriots in 1974, 75, and 76, the Patriots didn’t beat them for the first time until 1977, the same year Bob Ashworth became the Patriot's head coach. That same season was also Hall of Famer Bob Clayton's only season as Offensive Coordinator at Heritage Hills the following season Ashworth moved on to Evansville Reitz and Clayton took over the Heritage Hills program.

The Titans have won 13 of the last 22 meetings starting with a Coach Rick Stefanich win in 2010 that snapped the Patriots streak of 21 straight wins over the Titans. Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern have played 5 overtime games in the series including a 7-0 five overtime affair in 1982.   In the Coach Nick Hart and Coach Todd Wilkerson era (both began as Head Coaches of their respective programs in 2012), Nick Hart's Titans lead the series 12-8.   Hart's Titans also lead with regard to conference championships 8-4.  Gibson Southern - 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.  Heritage Hills - 2014, 2019, 2019, 2024.

 

Current PAC Sagarin Ratings.  

 

 

Not sure if Calpreps and Maxpreps update until Monday...will post both later.

 

[BtownBraves]

Brownstown guy coming in peace… Will this game be streamed anywhere?

[TigerFan20]

8 minutes ago, BtownBraves said:

Brownstown guy coming in peace… Will this game be streamed anywhere?

I think Gibson Southern will be streaming it.

[Titan32]

32 minutes ago, BtownBraves said:

Brownstown guy coming in peace… Will this game be streamed anywhere?

Gibson Southern will have it PPV on IHSAA TV.

 

 

[Titan32]

40 minutes ago, BtownBraves said:

Brownstown guy coming in peace… Will this game be streamed anywhere?

https://www.ihsaatv.org/?B=1628220

[Titan32]

 

CalPreps:

PROJECT A MATCHUP
regular season (neutral field)
[2025] Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, IN) 28 (65%), [2025] Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, IN) 21 (35%)

 

 

Massey:

 

 

Edited September 22, 2025 by Titan32

[BtownBraves]

13 hours ago, Titan32 said:

https://www.ihsaatv.org/?B=1628220

Thank you!

[Titan32]

[Football Fanatic]

Tough one to call here. The Titans should be very eager to win this one, especially since they won't get another crack at them in the sectionals this year. No need to hold anything back. This might be the closest game the Patriots have until semistate but I still think they come out on top. I will take the Patriots by two scores.

[HereComesTheBoom]

29 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

One thing to note on those comparable stats ...  HH has played through the first half, and sometimes a bit into the third quarter, with running clocks in the second half of all of their games so far.  Looking forward to a great atmosphere on Friday night!  GO PATRIOTS!

Edited September 22, 2025 by HereComesTheBoom

[oldtimeqb]

I'm not a smart man, but how are team passing yards per game and team receiving yards per game different? 

48 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

 

 

[TommyTwoTimes]

1 hour ago, Football Fanatic said:

Tough one to call here. The Titans should be very eager to win this one, especially since they won't get another crack at them in the sectionals this year. No need to hold anything back. This might be the closest game the Patriots have until semistate but I still think they come out on top. I will take the Patriots by two scores.

Yeah, I'm disappointed that HH didn't produce a schedule this year with a nonconference team who would provide a nice strong punch in the mouth.  It's good to know with Gibson Southern in the PAC, there's always going to be at least one smelling salts game per year.  Looking forward to a DAWG FIGHT Friday night!  

[HHPatriots]

12 minutes ago, TommyTwoTimes said:

Yeah, I'm disappointed that HH didn't produce a schedule this year with a nonconference team who would provide a nice strong punch in the mouth.  It's good to know with Gibson Southern in the PAC, there's always going to be at least one smelling salts game per year.  Looking forward to a DAWG FIGHT Friday night!  

Agreed, the non-conference schedule is awful.  It is unfortunate that we couldn't get a 2 year deal with CAL,  they are ranked #2 overall in KY this year.  We have a new AD, maybe this will improve.  Apollo was an improvement but Catholic or Owensboro would have been better if we are going to Owensboro.

[Titan32]

33 minutes ago, TommyTwoTimes said:

Yeah, I'm disappointed that HH didn't produce a schedule this year with a nonconference team who would provide a nice strong punch in the mouth.  It's good to know with Gibson Southern in the PAC, there's always going to be at least one smelling salts game per year.  Looking forward to a DAWG FIGHT Friday night!  

That said, after the dynamic duo graduate, you might be happy with the scheudle the way it is?  Not throwing shade....just saying that could be one thought process.

[TommyTwoTimes]

26 minutes ago, Titan32 said:

That said, after the dynamic duo graduate, you might be happy with the scheudle the way it is?  Not throwing shade....just saying that could be one thought process.

I disagree.  I'd prefer a nonconference game on the schedule every year that places us as the obvious underdog.  That seems to be how Gibson's schedule is usually laid out, and I think its a good call.  

Edited September 22, 2025 by TommyTwoTimes

[MHSTigerFan]

On 9/21/2025 at 1:28 PM, HHPatriots said:

I'll start by saying that Heritage Hills needs some adversity...this is the week for it, Harrell has the Pats losing this game by 4--SEE BOTTOM OF POST.

Rankings are IFCA from week 4.  I'll post the cool graphic later in the week for our graphically jealous Memorial friends.

Heritage Hills 5-0 (3-0 PAC) at Gibson Southern 4-1(2-0 PAC)

Heading into week 5 Heritage Hills was ranked 1st in all 3 polls in 4A and Gibson Southern was

ranked 2nd in the IFCA and 4th in the USA & AP polls in 3A.

History

This is the 54th meeting between Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern and the Patriots lead the series 36-17, The Patriots also faced three teams that consolidated into Gibson Southern in the 1972 and 1973 seasons and went 0-2 VS. Fort Branch, 1-1 VS. Haubstadt and 2-0 VS. Owensville.

In the first season of Patriot football the Patriots went 9-1 and their only loss was a 15-12 defeat by Fort Branch.

The Titans won the first 3 meetings in the series beating Roger Snow’s Patriots in 1974, 75 and 76 and the Patriots didn’t beat them for the first time until 1977 the year Bob Ashworth became the Patriots head coach, that season was hall of famer Bob Claytons only season as Offensive Coordinator at Heritage Hills the following season Ashworth moved onto Evansville Reitz and Clayton took over the Heritage Hills program.

The Patriots have won the past 3 meetings, and the Titans have won 13 of the last 22 meetings

starting with a win in 2010 that snapped the Patriots streak of 21 straight wins over the Titans.

Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern have played 5 overtime games in the series including a 7-0 five overtime affair in 1982.

1974 Gibson Southern 27 HH 6

1975 Gibson Southern 16 HH 0

1976 Gibson Southern 26 HH 0

1977 HH 16 Gibson Southern 0

1978 HH 28 Gibson Southern 8

1979 HH 20 Gibson Southern 0

1980 HH 21 Gibson Southern 15 OT

1981 HH 14 Gibson southern 12

1982 HH 7 Gibson Southern 0 in 5 overtimes

1983 Gibson Southern 22 HH 21 (OT)

1984 HH 7 Gibson Southern 0

1986 Sectional HH 13 Gibson Southern 7

1989 Sectional HH 34 Gibson Southern 13

1993 HH 32 Gibson Southern 7

1994 HH 33 Gibson Southern 19

1995 HH 54 Gibson Southern 14

1996 HH 20 Gibson Southern 3

1997 HH 42 Gibson Southern 6

1998 HH 32 Gibson Southern 12

1999 HH 54 Gibson Southern 0

2000 HH 63 Gibson Southern 0

2001 HH 40 Gibson Southern 23

2001 Sectional HH 28 Gibson Southern 7

2002 Heritage Hills 63 Gibson Southern 6

2003 Heritage Hills 42 Gibson Southern 0

2004 Heritage Hills 48 Gibson Southern 7

2005 Heritage Hills 19 Gibson Southern 7

2006 Heritage Hills 14 Gibson Southern 13 overtime

2007 Heritage Hills 27 Gibson Southern 10

2008 Heritage Hills 49 Gibson Southern 21

2009 Heritage Hills 41 Gibson Southern 0

2010 Gibson Southern 35 Heritage Hills 34 (1OT)

2011 Heritage Hills 27 Gibson Southern 0

2012 Gibson Southern 14 Heritage Hills 10

2013 Gibson Southern 50 Heritage Hills 26

2014 Heritage Hills 38 Gibson Southern 33

2014 sectional H Hills 14 Gibson Southern 13

2015 Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 13

2016 Gibson Southern 38 Heritage Hills 10

2017 Gibson Southern 48 Heritage Hills 7

2018 Heritage Hills 31 Gibson Southern 7

2018 sectional Gibson Southern 24 Heritage Hills 14

2019 Heritage Hills 49 Gibson Southern 14

2019 sectional Heritage Hills 21 Gibson Southern 20

2020 Gibson Southern 38 Heritage Hills 0

2020 Gibson Southern 21 Heritage Hills 10

2021 Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 3

2021 sectional Gibson Southern 42 Heritage Hills 7

2022 Gibson Southern 32 Heritage Hills 14

2023 Gibson Southern 31 Heritage Hills 28

2023 semi state Heritage Hills 23 Gibson Southern 20

2024 Heritage Hills 28 Gibson Southern 0

2024 sectional Heritage Hills 35 Gibson Southern 18

Pre-consolidation

1972 Heritage Hills 27 Haubstadt 6

1972 Fort Branch 15 Heritage Hills 12

1972 Heritage Hills 34 Owensville 6

1973 Haubstadt 7 Heritage Hills 6

1973 Fort Branch 14 Heritage Hills 0

1973 Heritage Hills 12 Owensville 0

 

I’ll say HH by ~20.  I respect Nick Hart and his program a whole lot.  But HH is on a different level this year.

[HHPatriots]

1 hour ago, Titan32 said:

That said, after the dynamic duo graduate, you might be happy with the scheudle the way it is?  Not throwing shade....just saying that could be one thought process.

The loss of the dynamic duo isn't going to be the problem next year, the problem is that we graduate 1400 lbs of offensive linemen.  Jett and Ty are generational athletes for us slack jawed rednecks, but you can always find someone to carry the ball and run fast.  I'd put this O-line up against about any in the state.  Losing them to graduation will be  our biggest issue next year.  

I still want a "better" non-conference game--or two regardless of who we lose.

[HHPatriots]

1 hour ago, MHSTigerFan said:

I’ll say HH by ~20.  I respect Nick Hart and his program a whole lot.  But HH is on a different level this year.

Maybe, or maybe they will beat us by 20.  I got a feeling we are going to get their best game.  To be honest, they need to get their heads out of the clouds.  I say that as a dad of a senior starter.

[HereComesTheBoom]

10 minutes ago, HHPatriots said:

Maybe, or maybe they will beat us by 20.  I got a feeling we are going to get their best game.  To be honest, they need to get their heads out of the clouds.  I say that as a dad of a senior starter.

Oh, come on dad.  🙂  Enjoy it while it lasts ... the coaches will have them ready.

Edited September 22, 2025 by HereComesTheBoom

[hhpatriot04]

8 hours ago, Titan32 said:

 

CalPreps:

PROJECT A MATCHUP
regular season (neutral field)
[2025] Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, IN) 28 (65%), [2025] Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, IN) 21 (35%)

 

 

Massey:

 

 

Jeff Sagarin Prediction Result:

2025 Heritage Hills (Raw: 80.0) is a 3.5-point favorite vs. 2025 Gibson Southern (Raw: 75.0) with a 1.5-point HFA.

Win probability: 2025 Heritage Hills 56.68%, 2025 Gibson Southern 43.32%.

[Titan32]

5 hours ago, HereComesTheBoom said:

One thing to note on those comparable stats ...  HH has played through the first half, and sometimes a bit into the third quarter, with running clocks in the second half of all of their games so far.  Looking forward to a great atmosphere on Friday night!  GO PATRIOTS!

I know right...GS has the same issue.