3A South Semi-State Gibson Southern (11-2) at Heritage Hills (12-1)

[Titan32]

Gibson Southern 11-2 at Heritage Hills 12-1

3A South Semi-State

This is the 50th meeting between Heritage Hills and Gibson Southern and the Patriots lead the series 33-17.  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 19 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, Nick Hart's Titans lead the series 12-5. 

 

This is the Titan's 5th Semi-State, all under Nick Hart. 

I believe this is the 11th Semi-State for Heritage Hills.

 

All-time Series:
Gibson Southern vs. Heritage Hills

Date		Result		Series
08-30-1974	Gibson Southern	26 - 7	Heritage Hills	1-0
08-29-1975	Gibson Southern	16 - 0	Heritage Hills	2-0
09-24-1976	Gibson Southern	20 - 0	Heritage Hills	3-0
09-23-1977	Gibson Southern	0 - 16	Heritage Hills	3-1
09-22-1978	Gibson Southern	8 - 28	Heritage Hills	3-2
09-21-1979	Gibson Southern	0 - 20	Heritage Hills	3-3
09-19-1980	Gibson Southern	15 - 21	Heritage Hills	3-4
09-25-1981	Gibson Southern	12 - 14	Heritage Hills	3-5
09-24-1982	Gibson Southern	0 - 7	Heritage Hills	3-6
09-16-1983	Gibson Southern	22 - 21	Heritage Hills	4-6
09-14-1984	Gibson Southern	0 - 7	Heritage Hills	4-7
10-31-1986	Gibson Southern	7 - 13	Heritage Hills	4-8
10-20-1989	Gibson Southern	13 - 34	Heritage Hills	4-9
10-01-1993	Gibson Southern	7 - 32	Heritage Hills	4-10
09-30-1994	Gibson Southern	19 - 33	Heritage Hills	4-11
09-29-1995	Gibson Southern	14 - 54	Heritage Hills	4-12
09-27-1996	Gibson Southern	3 - 20	Heritage Hills	4-13
10-03-1997	Gibson Southern	6 - 42	Heritage Hills	4-14
10-02-1998	Gibson Southern	12 - 32	Heritage Hills	4-15
10-01-1999	Gibson Southern	0 - 54	Heritage Hills	4-16
09-29-2000	Gibson Southern	0 - 63	Heritage Hills	4-17
09-21-2001	Gibson Southern	23 - 40	Heritage Hills	4-18
10-26-2001	Gibson Southern	7 - 28	Heritage Hills	4-19
09-27-2002	Gibson Southern	6 - 63	Heritage Hills	4-20
09-26-2003	Gibson Southern	0 - 42	Heritage Hills	4-21
09-24-2004	Gibson Southern	7 - 48	Heritage Hills	4-22
09-23-2005	Gibson Southern	7 - 19	Heritage Hills	4-23
09-23-2006	Gibson Southern	13 - 14	Heritage Hills	4-24
09-21-2007	Gibson Southern	10 - 27	Heritage Hills	4-25
09-26-2008	Gibson Southern	21 - 49	Heritage Hills	4-26
09-25-2009	Gibson Southern	0 - 41	Heritage Hills	4-27
09-24-2010	Gibson Southern	35 - 34	Heritage Hills	5-27
09-23-2011	Gibson Southern	0 - 27	Heritage Hills	5-28
09-21-2012	Gibson Southern	14 - 10	Heritage Hills	6-28
09-27-2013	Gibson Southern	50 - 26	Heritage Hills	7-28
09-26-2014	Gibson Southern	33 - 38	Heritage Hills	7-29
11-07-2014	Gibson Southern	13 - 14	Heritage Hills	7-30
09-25-2015	Gibson Southern	42 - 13	Heritage Hills	8-30
09-23-2016	Gibson Southern	38 - 10	Heritage Hills	9-30
09-22-2017	Gibson Southern	48 - 7	Heritage Hills	10-30
09-21-2018	Gibson Southern	7 - 31	Heritage Hills	10-31
10-26-2018	Gibson Southern	24 - 14	Heritage Hills	11-31
09-27-2019	Gibson Southern	14 - 49	Heritage Hills	11-32
11-01-2019	Gibson Southern	20 - 21	Heritage Hills	11-33
09-25-2020	Gibson Southern	38 - 0	Heritage Hills	12-33
10-23-2020	Gibson Southern	21 - 10	Heritage Hills	13-33
09-24-2021	Gibson Southern	42 - 3	Heritage Hills	14-33
11-05-2021	Gibson Southern	42 - 7	Heritage Hills	15-33
09-23-2022	Gibson Southern	32 - 14	Heritage Hills	16-33
09-22-2023	Gibson Southern	31 - 28	Heritage Hills	17-33

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

 

Gibson Southern (11-2) at Heritage Hills (12-1)
GAME TIME: 7 pm CT, The Jungle.
COACHES: Nick Hart, 126-23 in 12th year at Gibson Southern. Todd Wilkerson, 95-42 in 12th year at Heritage Hills.
SAGARIN RATINGS: Gibson Southern, 81.08, 27th overall, 2nd in 3A. Heritage Hills, 77.81, 35th overall, 3rd in 3A.
LAST OUTING: Gibson Southern defeated Tri-West, 38-21. Heritage Hills defeated Batesville, 24-21.
VS. COMMON FOES: Gibson Southern 7-0; Heritage Hills 6-0.
OPPONENTS' RECORDS: Gibson Southern 92-55. Heritage Hills 84-60.
SERIES LAST 35 YEARS: Heritage Hills, 25-13
LAST MEETING: Gibson Southern, 31-28, Sep. 22, 2023.
ALL-TIME TOURNAMENT SERIES: Heritage Hills, 5-3.
jh PREDICTION: Heritage Hills, 28-27.

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[2023] Gibson Southern (Fort Branch, IN) 27 (53%), [2023] Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, IN) 26 (47%)

 

 

 

 

[DumfriesYMCA]

Barring a complete overhaul of tournament structure….we will never be treated to this rivalry game in a bigger moment/atmosphere.

A game of ultimate bragging rights.  A semi state game actually played under the lights on Friday.  Playing in November….It really doesn’t get much bigger than this for this rivalry. 

[Whiting89]

How do two teams from same conference in lower classes play in semi state? 

[DumfriesYMCA]

19 minutes ago, Whiting89 said:

How do two teams from same conference in lower classes play in semi state? 

Lots of factors 

Chatard is now north 3A

Memorial is playing up in 4A

Bosse is 4A and Mater Dei hasn’t moved up from 2A

It looks like they drew a line from Mt Vernon to Owen valley…and then Owen Valley to West Vigo…everything north and west of that was a different sectional 

 

 

[Titandad71]

56 minutes ago, Whiting89 said:

How do two teams from same conference in lower classes play in semi state? 

Two schools 45 miles apart, as well. IHSAA complicated formula my guess.

 

 

[tango]

2 hours ago, Whiting89 said:

How do two teams from same conference in lower classes play in semi state? 

IHSAA can't read a map? It is what it is, but it will be a game that might get a guy like me from Evansville to drive to Lincoln City in November to see who gets a crack at Chatard at LOS.

[jets]

May be an unpopular opinion - but I for one am fine with the sectional classifications. I think it is beyond awesome this game is taking place as a semi-state match-up rather than a first or second round sectional game. 

[superjay]

It didn’t happen but would have been cool, in 1988 & 1989 Tri-West and Western Boone almost met in State Finals.  The school districts border each other and many friends & family would have been divided on that day.  It didn’t happen TW lost to South Spencer in the ultimate mud bowl in 1988.  Webo lost to FW Luers in 1989.  What could have been didn’t happen.

[HHPatriots]

17 minutes ago, superjay said:

It didn’t happen but would have been cool, in 1988 & 1989 Tri-West and Western Boone almost met in State Finals.  The school districts border each other and many friends & family would have been divided on that day.  It didn’t happen TW lost to South Spencer in the ultimate mud bowl in 1988.  Webo lost to FW Luers in 1989.  What could have been didn’t happen.

South Spencer.....many don't know they played at that level consistently every year.  They were one of the "Big 4" in the PAC back in those days.

[TommyTwoTimes]

Anybody have the final stats for Gibson Southern in Saturday's game?  Wondering how many yards Rose ended up with.  Kid went into Beast mode!

 

[Bulldoggit]

5 minutes ago, TommyTwoTimes said:

Anybody have the final stats for Gibson Southern in Saturday's game?  Wondering how many yards Rose ended up with.  Kid went into Beast mode!

 

Still trying to add up Deyoung's stat lines for the game ?

[Sidelined56]

There isn't an excellent way to break up the 3A South—many clusters with a few outliers. The only thing that will change up the sectionals will be the schools' enrollment numbers. Memorial and Mater-Dei filtered by throwing a wrench into everything, but they stay put. If Bosse drops, it could complicate things. However, it all depends on the fluctuation of 4A & 5A. 

[Miner_Pride]

this looks like a game I might make the trek down  to see in person!   Nice to see an Owensville mention.... go Kickapoos! 

[GS Titan 78]

7 minutes ago, Miner_Pride said:

this looks like a game I might make the trek down  to see in person!   Nice to see an Owensville mention.... go Kickapoos! 

Are you an Owensville native?  

[hhpatriot04]

Bordering schools meet in state every year almost.

HH has played and won enough games in southeastern Indiana to be considered "Eastern."

I believe we got the two best teams in 3A playing against each other. Seems like a pretty good system.

[Titan32]

5 hours ago, TommyTwoTimes said:

Anybody have the final stats for Gibson Southern in Saturday's game?  Wondering how many yards Rose ended up with.  Kid went into Beast mode!

 

 

[Titan32]

5 hours ago, Bulldoggit said:

Still trying to add up Deyoung's stat lines for the game ?

Still looking!

[oldtimeqb]

A seeded tournament might well have produced a similar result. By my count, GS has beaten 2 non-conference teams with winning records and HH has beaten 3.  I have no problem with both teams winning their way to the state semifinals. 

And 3A south has been a study in shifting demographics. Sullivan, Crawford County, Brownstown Central have all dropped to 2A.  Owen Valley, South Dearborn, and Madison have all dropped from 4A to 3A.  Southridge now seems to be solidly 3A by enrollment after getting the SF bump.  

[jets]

3 hours ago, oldtimeqb said:

A seeded tournament might well have produced a similar result. By my count, GS has beaten 2 non-conference teams with winning records and HH has beaten 3.  I have no problem with both teams winning their way to the state semifinals. 

And 3A south has been a study in shifting demographics. Sullivan, Crawford County, Brownstown Central have all dropped to 2A.  Owen Valley, South Dearborn, and Madison have all dropped from 4A to 3A.  Southridge now seems to be solidly 3A by enrollment after getting the SF bump.  

Not if you go by the "effective enrollment" so eloquently coined by our friend 32! And technically...we are still up by SF standards from our sectional championships in 2020 & 2022

Back to the game at hand on Friday ...everyone relatively healthy?? Any big factors to note going into the game?? 

[Titan32]

4 minutes ago, jets said:

Not if you go by the "effective enrollment" so eloquently coined by our friend 32! And technically...we are still up by SF standards from our sectional championships in 2020 & 2022

Back to the game at hand on Friday ...everyone relatively healthy?? Any big factors to note going into the game?? 

I’m glad someone read my ramblings.  I have managed to tick off all my P&P buddies this year lol.  We are healthy enough to not have any excuses.

[Lysander]

5 hours ago, Titan32 said:

I’m glad someone read my ramblings.  I have managed to tick off all my P&P buddies this year lol.  We are healthy enough to not have any excuses.

“Tick off all my P&P buddies”….I’m just keeping a low profile. 

To be clear, I think the IHSAA as regards how they organize the tournament and absolutely refuse to at least internally seed Sectionals are a bunch of intellectually low grade Jackwads (think I made up a new and descriptive…and, yet, uncensorable noun….if that’s a “word” at all) yet have somehow ended up with the South Semi-State that seems to perfectly reflect the actual end result of a “seeded” South. 

[HHPatriots]

10 hours ago, jets said:

Not if you go by the "effective enrollment" so eloquently coined by our friend 32! And technically...we are still up by SF standards from our sectional championships in 2020 & 2022

Back to the game at hand on Friday ...everyone relatively healthy?? Any big factors to note going into the game?? 

As 32 said, we too are healthy enough that we have no excuse.  Calling for rain Friday....are we in for a mud bowl?

[Titan32]

5 hours ago, Lysander said:

“Tick off all my P&P buddies”….I’m just keeping a low profile. 

To be clear, I think the IHSAA as regards how they organize the tournament and absolutely refuse to at least internally seed Sectionals are a bunch of intellectually low grade Jackwads (think I made up a new and descriptive…and, yet, uncensorable noun….if that’s a “word” at all) yet have somehow ended up with the South Semi-State that seems to perfectly reflect the actual end result of a “seeded” South. 

One word summation: “Luck”lol

Edited November 14 by Titan32

[Miner_Pride]

20 hours ago, GS Titan 78 said:

Are you an Owensville native?  

My grandparents lived in Owensville.  I spent many a weekend down there.  my Aunt (Kickapoo Grad) and Uncle have lived there in the same house. I'm old enough

to remember the Kickapoos and Twigs... Haubstaut, Cynthiana and Griffin (my Mom's alma mater! Altho I think that's North Posey turf.... amazing that 3 PAC schools are involved in Semi-States...

[hhpatriot04]

Let's discuss the first game today. If they didn't rematch, Gibson probably just watches the first half and teaches what happens when you let off the gas. I think Heritage Hills reliedon the big play too much but that has kind of been their modus operandi.