Indiana high school football regional roundup: Scores, highlights, stats

The Indiana high school football regionals are accompanied by "football weather."

The first cold-weather night of the season greets a dozen games involving Indianapolis-area teams. Kyle Neddenriep (New Palestine vs. Roncalli), Brian Haenchen (Westfield vs. Hamilton Southeastern) and Akeem Glaspie (Warren Central) will cover games, and we will have video highlights and photo galleries, too. Please remember to refresh.

Next week: IHSAA 2022 semistate matchups

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Center Grove 42, Warren Central 32

Running wild:Micah Coyle's breakaway runs lead Center Grove to 6A regional win

Turning Point: Micah Coyle's huge fourth quarter turned the tide of the entire game. On a night where the Trojans passing attack couldn't quite sync up, Coyle shouldered the offensive load. Center Grove led 28-25 with 10:15 left in the fourth quarter before Coyle broke free for a 62-yard run, putting Center Grove up for good.

Play of the Game: Coyle had fourth-quarter touchdown runs of 62 and 73. Both runs showcased Coyle's explosiveness and vision, but the first run proved to be the winning score. Coyle took a handoff up the middle, broke through the second level and went 62 yards to the end zone.

Player of the Game: Micah Coyle. Coyle rushed 30 times for 301 yards and three touchdowns.

Akeem Glaspie

CG — Micah Coyle 45 run (Nolan Foley kick)

CG — Noah Coy 26 pass from Tyler Cherry (Foley kick)

WC — Amarion Sanders 53 fumble return (Elijah Slibeck kick)

CG — Matthew Neff 55 interception return (Foley kick)

WC — Joe Walker 36 pass from Adonis Adams-Figueroa (Slibeck kick)

WC — Slibeck 29 FG

CG — Coyle 9 run (Foley kick)

WC — DeMarion Harris 6 run (Chris Jordan run)

CG — Coyle 62 run (kick failed)

CG — Coyle 73 run (Owen Bright run)

WC — Harris 3 run (Slibeck kick)

Rushing — Warren Central: Keith Jackson 8-40, Adams-Figueroa 8-31, Ronald Baskerville 6-28, Harris 6-26, Devaon Holman 2-7, Jordan 2-2, Rodney Johnson 3-2, Jordan Williams 1-1. Center Grove Coyle 30-301, Jalen Thomeson 13-46, Cherry 3-14, team 3-(minus-14).

Passing — Warren Central: Adams-Figueroa 13-34-1, 170; Walker 1-1-0, 23; Jackson 0-2-1, 0. Center Grove: Cherry 8-17-1, 125.

Receiving — Warren Central: Walker 5-87, Holman 5-64, Williams 2-25, Jackson 1-10, Victor Boyd 1-7. Center Grove: Thomeson 3-66, Coy 4-48, T.J. Williams 1-11.

Hamilton Southeastern 20, Westfield 0

Shutout:Top-ranked HSE plays 'inspired' football, and its D is basically perfect

Hamilton Southeastern became the first team since the 2021 opener to shutout Westfield, and in doing so, secured its first regional championship since 2005.

Here's what to know from HSE's 20-0 win.

Turning point: The Shamrocks' best (and ultimately only) scoring opportunity came late in the first quarter.

They were driving, reaching the Hamilton Southeastern 21 with a chance to score the game's first points.

But a 2nd down penalty backed Westfield up to the 33 and on the very next play, a wobbly pass towards the end zone was intercepted by sophomore Mason Alexander around the 10-yard line.

It's probably not a traditional turning point, but the consequence of that empty possession is not easily overstated.

Play of the game: There was nothing flashy about HSE's performance Friday night, nothing super glamorous or glitzy.

OK, except for this one play.

Following runs of 3 and 4 yards to start the second half, Jalen Alexander cracked off a massive 73-yard touchdown run.

The junior cut to his left at the line of scrimmage to hit the hole, dodged the reach of one would-be tackler to his right, slipped through the hands of another, then simply outran the rest.

It was a thing of beauty.

Players of the game: HSE defense. You could certainly make an argument for Jalen Alexander, who rushed for about 170 yards in the second half alone, but not enough can be said about the job the Royals defense did vs. Westfield, which never reached the red zone and may not have even crossed midfield following Mason Alexander's interception.

That's an "elite" defense, Westfield coach Jake Gilbert said.

Brian Haenchen

Cathedral 14, Brownsburg 7

'A slobberknocker': It didn't go to script in Cathedral, Brownsburg heavyweight bout

When Class 6A powers Cathedral and Brownsburg met in Week 2 of the regular season, they rolled up a combined 77 points with Brownsburg winning by a touchdown.

Their battle in Friday’s sectional championship game was another anticipated offensive showdown, but instead turned into a defensive brawl, with Cathedral winning 14-7 to advance to its third straight semistate.

Player of the Game

Senior running back Carson Johnson made some key plays for Cathedral when it counted. His 2-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter turned out to be the game-winner. It came shortly after Johnson left the game briefly following a big hit he took on an incomplete pass. His best runs, however, came down the stretch, when the Irish burned more than 4 minutes off the clock, leaving Brownsburg little time to put together a game-tying drive. Johnson finished with 73 yards on 18 carries.

Turning Point

Cathedral’s Gabriel Bragg recovered a Brownsburg fumble early in the third quarter, setting up the Irish with good field position. Three plays later, quarterback Daniel O’Neil found receiver David Ayres for a 35-yard touchdown for the Irish’s first points.

Play of the Game

With the game scoreless and the first half clock winding down to 31 seconds, Brownsburg coach John Hart called his final timeout of the half with his team facing second-and-goal from the Cathedral 7-yard line. Following the snap, receiver Cayden Olinger took the handoff on a double reverse. Quarterback Jayden Whitaker leaked out of the backfield and Olinger found him wide open for an easy touchdown reception. The pass play gave Brownsburg a 7-0 lead at the half.

Paul Shepherd

Scoring

Cathedral 0 0 14 0 — 14

Brownsburg 0 7 0 0 — 7

B – Jayden Whitaker 7 pass from Cayden Olinger (Spencer Porath kick)

C – David Ayers 35 pass from Daniel O’Neil (Van Krisiloff kick)

C – Carson Johnson 2 run (Krisiloff kick)

Whiteland 49, Plainfield 14

More: Whiteland wills itself to regional victory

Top play: Whiteland turned in several big plays during the night on both sides of the ball. Start with a 27-yard scoring pass from Kevin Denham to Gunner Hicks for the opening score, then a 56-yard scoring burst by Jonathan Crowley and the second-ranked Warriors had a lead they would never relinquished in winning their first regional title since 1999.

Turning point: The key stretch came after Plainfield (6-6) pulled within 21-14 in late in the third quarter.

After then ensuing kickoff, Denham completed passes on consecutive plays – the first to Malik Perkins for a 14-yard gain on what coach Darrin Fisher described as plays that are part of the team’s screen game. On the next play, Denham executed the same play to the opposite side, this time to Nyrius Moore-Smith for an 18-yard gain. The two plays took the Warriors from their own 24 to the Plainfield 44.

Four plays later, on the first snap of the fourth quarter, Moore-Smith burst off the left side and scored from 33-yards out. Three plays later, Moore-Smith intercepted a Plainfield pass and ran that in from 30-yards out and the game was effectively over.

Player of the game: Moore-Smith ran for 37 yards on just two carries, caught the key pass late in the third and his interception return was his second touchdown of the game – all within 64 seconds of playing time.

That stretch earned Moore-Smith accolades from his coach.

“Somebody different has stepped up for us all year,” Fisher said. “Tonight, it was Nyrius.”

Lewis Bagley

Whiteland 49, Plainfield 14

W — Gunnar Hicks 27 pass from Kevin Denham (kick failed)

W — Jonathan Crowley 56 run (Peyton Emberton run)

W — Denham 7 run (David Mathis kick)

P — Isaiah Miller __ pass from Hunter Newell (Cameron Grimes kick)

P — Noah Hessong 33 run (Grimes kick)

W — Nyrius Moore-Smith 33 run (Mathis kick)

W — Moore-Smith 31 interception return (Mathis kick)

W — Slate Valentine 6 run (Mathis kick)

W — Jakarry Oliver 6 run (Mathis kick)

Roncalli 20, New Palestine 7

'We're rolling': In battle of No. 1 vs. 2, Roncalli wins along the lines, wins 4A regional

Three takeaways from Class 4A No. 2 Roncalli’s 20-7 win over No. 1 New Palestine in Friday’s regional showdown.

Play of the game

There were two that were too similar to separate. New Palestine trailed 14-7 early in the fourth quarter, facing fourth-and-1 from the Roncalli 35. Kyler Kropp was hit at the line of scrimmage by Roncalli lineman Luke Swartz, who was quickly joined by several of his teammates. New Palestine got the ball back after a three-and-out and was again faced with a fourth-and-1 from their own 47 with 7:58 left. Again, Swartz made the stop on Kropp at the line of scrimmage.

Turning point

After Swartz’s second fourth-down stop, Roncalli put the game in the hands of its offensive line and standout running back Luke Hansen. An 11-play, 47-yard drive ended with Hansen punching it in for a 2-yard touchdown run with 1:30 left for a 20-7 lead.

Standout performer

Hansen ran for 195 yards on 34 carries. The Roncalli line play – offense and defense – was the difference, but Hansen is such a great running back. Hard to believe he won’t be one of the finalists for Mr. Football. And credit the Royals’ defense, too. New Palestine finished with just 217 yards of total offense.

Kyle Neddenriep

NP — Isaiah Thacker 35 pass from Daniel Tippit IV (Brendan Tanksley kick)

R — Arik Moyers 5 run (Joe Parrett kick)

R — Andrew Baugh 3 run (Parrett kick)

R — Luke Hansen 2 run (kick failed)

Rushing — Roncalli: Hansen 34-195, Baugh 6-24, Moyers 7-17. New Pal: Tippit 16-58, Kyler Kropp 18-50.

Passing — Roncalli: Moyers 5-14-0, 56. New Pal: Tippit 10-26-0, 109; Eian Roudebush 0-1-0, 0; Kropp 0-1-0, 0.

Receiving — Roncalli: Ben Brandenburg 3-34, Charlie Elsener 1-12, Dylan Koglin 1-10. New Pal: Isaiah Thacker 8-94, Ty Mitchell 1-8, Kropp 1-7.

Bishop Chatard 42, Yorktown 14

Luke Purichia rushed for four touchdowns, and the Class 3A Bishop Chatard defense forced four turnovers to topple unranked Yorktown, 42-14, for the Regional 14 championship on Friday night.

The sixth-ranked Trojans led 21-0 early and scored in every quarter to collect their 22nd regional title since 1983 and fourth in five years.

Purichia rushed for 149 yards on 19 carries with touchdowns measuring 1, 10, 6 and 1 yards. Quarterback Drew VanVleet completed 12 of 17 pass attempts for 155 yards and a touchdown.

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VanVleet’s longest completion traveled 41 yards for a touchdown to Colin Guy to give the Trojans (9-4) a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

Bishop Chatard converted on its first three possessions with a pair of rushing touchdowns by Purichia. Guy finished with 5 catches for 66 yards, an interception on defense and a forced fumble.

Purichia also had an interception, as the Trojans’ defense stymied Yorktown (9-4) on downs twice and held the Tigers’ passing attack to 161 yards.

Jack Steadham recorded the Trojans’ third interception against Yorktown quarterback Mason Moulton, who completed 20 of 39 pass attempts.

Rich Torres

BC — Luke Purichia 1 run (Jasper Chapman kick)

BC — Colin Guy 41 pass from Drew VanVleet (Chapman kick)

BC — Purichia 10 run (Chapman kick)

Y — Kolton Nanko 2 run (Nanko kick)

BC — Purichia 6 run (Chapman kick)

BC — Purichia 1 run (Chapman kick)

Y — Garrett Thurman 3 pass from Mason Moulton (Nanko kick)

BC — Jack Weybright 4 run (Chapman kick)

Rushing — Bishop Chatard: Purichia 19-153, Weybright 11-89, Jef Waugh 1-11, Aden Arteaga 5-11, Eddie Benson 1-4, Joe Bridenstine 4-1, VanVleet 4-(minus-18). Yorktown: Jalen Thomas 20-41, Ephraim Daugherty 1-4, Nanko 1-2, Moulton 2-(minus-6).

Passing — Bishop Chatard: VanVleet 12-17-0, 155. Yorktown: Moulton 21-41-3, 193.

Receiving — Bishop Chatard: Guy 5-66, Waugh 2-39, Noah Dudik 2-30, Aiden Duncan 3-20. Yorktown: Nanko 9-117, Daugherty 4-36, Thomas 4-24, Tobiaz Ray 1-10, Thurman 1-4, Blair Webster 2-2.

Monrovia 26, Owen Valley 21

OV — Christian McDonald 6 run (Connor Wardlaw kick)

M — Dustin Kostrzewski 15 pass from Eli Wagner (Emery Newlin kick)

M — Wagner 8 run (Newlin kick)

OV — Brody Lester 2 run (Wardlaw kick)

M — Elijah Welch 13 pass from Wagner (run failed)

OV — McDonald 41 run (Wardlaw kick)

M — Jozy Hand 2 run (pass failed)

Rushing — Owen Valley: Lester 21-156, McDonald 13-96, Chris Zeilstra 1-0. Monrovia: Hand 26-90, Brayton Belcher 10-65, Wagner 8-29, Kostrzewski 6-13, team 3-0.

Passing — Owen Valley: Lester 0-4-1, 0. Monrovia: Wagner 5-7-0, 78.

Receiving — Owen Valley: None. Monrovia: Kostrzewski 3-57, Welch 2-21.

Evansville Mater Dei 35, Triton Central 28

Mater Dei 7 14 14 0 — 35

Triton Central 13 8 0 7 — 28

MD — Ethan Stolz 69 pass from Mason Wunderlich (Tyler Sitzman kick)

TC — Levi Dewey 48 FG

TC — Dewey 48 FG

TC — Jace Stuckey 4 run (Dewey kick)

MD — Joey Pierre 10 run (Sitzman kick)

TC — Mason Compton 16 pass from Stuckey (Dewey run)

MD — Stoltz 25 pass from Wunderlich (Sitzman kick)

MD — Pierre 2 run (Sitzman kick)

MD — Wunderlich 1 run (Sitzman kick)

TC — Brayden Wilkins 5 run (Dewey kick)

Rushing — Triton Central: Wilkins 13-75, Stuckey 12-49, Brad Schultz 1-3. Mater Dei: Pierre 18-97, Wyatt Stratman 7-22, Wunderlich 7-21, team 3-2.

Passing — Triton Central: Stuckey 25-37-2, 237. Mater Dei: Wunderlich 7-10-0, 146; Stoltz 1-1-0, 55.

Receiving — Triton Central: Schultz 7-70, Compton 5-64, Lucas Kleeman 6-58, Wilkins 6-45, Dewey 1-0. Mater Dei: Stoltz 4-11, team 4-90.

North Judson 49, Park Tudor 13

NJ — Aldric Harper 1 run (kick failed)

NJ — Brock Benson 3 run (Cheyenne Allen run)

PT — D.J. Gordon 2 run (Paige Dill kick)

NJ — Benson 20 run (Quinton Frasure kick)

NJ — Allen 20 run (kick failed)

PT — Roderick Wheeler 10 pass from Gordon (kick failed)

NJ — Allen 20 run (kick failed)

NJ — Benson 5 run (Benson run)

NJ — Benson 42 run (Allen run)

North Decatur 29, Sheridan 14

More: Sheridan falls to North Decatur in regional

The Sheridan football team fell a win short of capturing its first regional title in 10 years on Friday night against North Decatur.

The Class A third-ranked Chargers (13-0) clung to a one-point lead most of the second half. But the North Decatur offense came through when it needed, scoring a pair of touchdowns in the final 6:08 for a 29-14 win.

No. 6 Sheridan finishes 11-2. It’s North Decatur’s first regional title in school history.

Tom Moor

Play of the game

After a North Decatur touchdown and two-point conversion put the Chargers up by 8 early in the second quarter, Sheridan responded quickly. On the Blackhawks’ first play of the ensuing possession, senior running back Jacob Jones sprinted for a 76-yard TD run to help pull Sheridan to within 15-14. Jones also recorded a 60-yard run in the first quarter.

Turning point

Clinging to a 15-14 lead, North Decatur finally put some distance between Sheridan when quarterback Carson Parmer found senior receiver Evan Howell for a 25-yard TD reception on a 4th-and-6. It helped push the Chargers’ lead to 22-14 with 6:08 remaining in the game.

Standout performer

Jones, usually the second option at running back behind 2,000-yard rusher Peyton Cross, shined on Friday night. He finished with 156 yards on 11 carries.

S — Peyton Cross 1 run (Owen Bell kick)

ND — Kaden Muckerheide 37 pass from Carson Parmer (Messer run)

ND — Reid Messer 1 run (Aiden O’Dell kick)

S — Jacob Jones 76 run (Bell kick)

ND — James Evans 25 pass from Parmer (O’Dell kick)

ND — Messer 13 run (O’Dell kick)

Rushing — Sheridan: Jones 11-156, Cross 19-68, Zach Bales 2-6, Caleb Alexander 2-2. North Decatur: Team 48-198.

Passing — Sheridan: Alexander 3-8-0, 35.

Receiving — Sheridan: Trent DeCraene 2-20, Jones 1-15.

Lutheran 49, Providence 7

Providence 0 7 0 0 — 7

Lutheran 14 13 15 7 — 49

L — Joe Davis 1 run (Nick Miller kick)

L — Davis 6 run (Miller kick)

L — Cur’brian Shelby 30 pass from Jackson Willis (pass failed)

L — Willis 1 run (Miller kick)

P — Cade Unruh 80 kickoff return (Charlie Scott kick)

L — Micah Mackay 79 pass from Willis (Miller kick)

L — Davis 4 run (Miller pass from DeVuan Jones)

L — Davis 10 run (Miller kick)

Rushing — Lutheran: Jo. Davis 34-257, Cole Snow 1-11, Jimmy Davis 1-0, Willis 2-(minus-6). Providence: (36) 2-12, Kruer 2-4, Brogdon (27) 1-1, Carter Lannan 1-(minus-2), team 21-50.

Passing — Lutheran: Willis 14-21-0, 238; Mason Shrum 0-1-1, 0. Providence: Lannan 3-7-1, 24; team 4-6-1, 10.

Receiving — Lutheran: Mackay 7-150, Shelby 2-43, Jones 3-24, Hunter Johnson 1-14, Josiah King 1-8. Providence: Brian Wall 3-34, team 4-0.

Linton-Stockton 60, Lapel 24

Hunter Gennicks ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead the Class 2A No. 1 Miners (13-0) into next week’s semistate round with a convincing win over the Bulldogs (7-6). Gennicks completed just three passes, but made them count for the two TDs and 109 yards, wrapping up his night with more than 330 yards of total offense. Lapel’s Tyler Dollar rushed for four TDs and a team-high 165 yards in his high school finale. He finished with more than 5,800 career rushing yards and 490 points for Lapel.

LS — Jesse Voigtschild 5 run (Nathan Frady kick)

LS — Braden Walters 5 run (kick failed)

L — Tyler Dollar 3 run (kick failed)

LS — Hunter Gennicks 3 run (Frady kick)

LS — Paul Oliver 32 pass from Gennicks (Frady kick)

LS — Walters 36 pass from Gennicks (Frady kick)

L — Dollar 3 run (kick failed)

L — Dollar 9 run (run failed)

LS — Gennicks 1 run (kick failed)

LS — Walters 17 run (Frady kick)

L — Dollar 3 run (pass failed)

LS — Gennicks 3 run (kick failed)

LS — Gennicks 8 run (Frady kick)

Rushing — Lapel: Dollar 23-165, Rylie Hudson 5-18, Devin Craig 5-(minus-1), team 3-13. Linton: Gennicks 23-223, Brady Cox 11-84, Walters 13-64, Voigtschild 10-46.

Passing — Lapel: Devin Craig 2-8-2, 26. Linton: Gennicks 3-10-1, 109.

Receiving — Lapel: Nick Witte 2-26. Linton: Logan Webb 1-41, Walters 1-36, Oliver 1-32.

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