Top standouts, best performances in Week 14 of the Indiana high school football season

By Kevin Messenger

Here’s a have a look at a participant or gamers of the sport from every of this week’s 12 semistate matchups. Winners convene at Lucas Oil Stadium subsequent weekend for six state championship video games.

Eli Aston, WR, East Central

The Trojans receiver threw a landing cross for a 14-7 lead within the third interval and his landing catch with 9:10 to play staked East Central to a 21-14 lead. Later, with Roncalli having tied it and lined up for a profitable discipline purpose, Aston blocked the sphere purpose try to ship the sport to additional time. The Trojans kicked their very own discipline purpose for a 24-21 win and a visit to the state championship.

Teagan Bennett, RB, Lawrenceburg

Bennett rushed for 194 yards on 23 carries whereas main Lawrenceburg previous Monrovia, 35-7. Bennett scored speeding TDs from 10, 2, 18 and 34 yards, staking Lawrenceburg to an early 28-7 lead. Neither crew scored within the second half.

Bishop Chatard Protection

Unbeaten West Lafayette had averaged 44.7 factors, tops in 3A. The Crimson Devils got here into the sport with 12 straight contests of 40 factors or extra. The Trojans’ protection, although compelled three punts, 5 turnovers and two turnovers on downs. 4 consecutive second-half interceptions stored West Lafayette from staging any comeback. West Lafayette QB Max Mullis entered the sport with 5 interceptions your complete season; on Friday, the Trojans produced 5 INTs by 5 completely different gamers.

Ryan Black, QB, Adams Central

Black rushed for 4 of the Flying Jets’ 5 landing runs in a 35-0 win over North Judson. Adams Central reaches the 1A state finals once more for a rematch with Lutheran who gained final yr’s state title recreation 34-28.

Drayk Bowen, RB-LB, Andrean

A Notre Dame commit, Bowen ran at will within the 59ers’ 48-29 win over Bishop Luers. He collected 358 speeding yards and 5 touchdowns to ship Andrean to the 2A state finals for the second straight yr and eighth time general.

Micah Coyle, RB, Heart Grove

No. 2-ranked Cathedral led 10-3 when Coyle took over. He scored the sport’s subsequent 4 touchdowns and watched the Trojans protection stifle the Irish passing recreation as Heart Grove superior to its fourth straight championship recreation. Coyle was the Trojans’ workhorse, ending with 218 yards and 4 touchdowns on 32 carries.

Travis Davis II, RB, Valparaiso

Davis ran 40 instances for 260 yards and two TDs within the Vikings’ upset win over Fort Wayne Snider who was top-ranked in 5A. Davis took a direct snap for a 26-yard TD run on fourth-and-2, then added a two-point conversion to knot the rating at 14 and ship the sport to additional time. After Snider scored on the opening possession of additional time, Valpo QB Justin Clark discovered his approach into the tip zone on fourth-and-goal from the 8, and Davis tacked on one other two-point conversion for the 22-21 victory.

Devaun Jones, WR, Indianapolis Lutheran

Joe Davis reached the tip zone thrice within the Lutheran victory, nevertheless it was Jones who fought for the catch on a Jackson Willis cross, then sprinted the remaining 30 yards for a 66-yard, third-quarter TD that broke a 7-7 tie and gave the Saints the momentum they wanted to beat North Decatur and win their twenty ninth consecutive recreation.

Marshall Kmiecik, QB, New Prairie

Kmiecik led a late comeback to catapult the Cougars previous Kokomo and into the 4A championship recreation. New Prairie trailed 9-0, however after a discipline purpose and a profitable onside kick with 4:06 remaining, Kmiecik went to work. On the Cougars’ first play after the restoration, Kmiecik discovered Dallas Ryans for a 39-yard cross to the 6-yard line, then scored himself on a game-winning, 6-yard run two performs later. Kmiecik led the Cougars with 76 yards on the bottom and 79 yards by means of the air.

Joey Pierre, RB, Evansville Mater Dei

Returning to kind after being hampered all season by knee harm, Pierre solely scored one landing in Mater Dei’s 51-28 romp over Linton-Stockton, however his 181 yards on 26 carries energized the Wildcats who constantly face 2nd- or Third-and-short conditions whereas punishing the Linton protection with first downs. Mater Dei scored on its first 9 possessions and can face Andrean in a 2A rematch of final yr’s state title recreation, gained 21-9 by Andrean.

Braden Steely, RB, Fort Wayne Carroll

Steely scored the Chargers’ first two touchdowns to handle a 14-12 lead and intermission – and a lead they by no means relinquished in snow and freezing temperatures. Steely led the Carroll floor recreation with 66 yards on 20 carries, together with a brief run to cap the Chargers’ opening drive. After top-ranked Hamilton Southeastern closed inside 7-6, Steely’s 15-yard run pushed the Chargers’ result in 14-6. Carroll beat HSE 21-15 to achieve its first state championship recreation at school historical past.

Drew VanVleet, QB, Bishop Chatard

The Trojans protection stopped West Lafayette and their senior QB engineered three scoring drives for the win. VanVleet arrange his personal 16-yard run on the opening drive with a 31-yard cross play. He accomplished 9 of 19 passes within the recreation for 109 yards and one other TD to provide the Trojans all of the offense they wanted in a 21-3 win.

Whiteland’s ground-and-pound run recreation

The Warrior’s downhill working assault was simply what it wanted in a 21-7 win over Fort. Senior backs Jonathan Crowley and Peyton Emberton mixed for 121 out of the Warriors’ 200 first-half speeding yards and sophomore Slate Valentine punched in a pair of TDs to ship the Warriors to subsequent week’s title recreation at Lucas Oil Stadium. Whiteland continued its floor management within the second half, limiting Fort’s offense whereas chewing time without work the clock.

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