Penn football rides fast start to sectional title blowout win over Elkhart
MISHAWAKA — Nine plays. Two minutes and 13 seconds in actual time of possession. Those numbers equaled a 21-0 lead for Penn Friday night in less than the first six minutes of a dominating sectional title game win. The Kingsmen did whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted to roll past Elkhart 48-7 to claim the program's 28th sectional championship at cold and wet Freed Field. Star quarterback Landon Hall passed for 249 yards and three touchdowns in less than a half of work as No. 6 Penn remained undefeated with the dominant performance in the Class 6A Sectional 2 contest. More: IHSAA, MHSAA football championship scores, updates Elkhart, which lost 44-0 at Penn in an NIC game back on Oct. 2, finishes at 7-4. Neither team scored in the final half, which mercifully included a running clock the final 24 minutes. Penn advances to play at No. 5 Crown Point in a regional game next Friday night. The Bulldogs beat Lake Central 57-27 Friday night to win a sectional title to move to 11-0. "It was important to get off to a fast start," said third-year Penn coach Pete Riordan. "We wanted to put the pressure on them from the
