Big week for CCSN & the HHC

This week is a big one for us at CCSN, as we have a doubleheader weekend for you of LIVE HHC football.

• Friday night, we have Greenfield-Central @ Yorktown at 7 p.m.
• Saturday morning, we'll bring you New Palestine vs. Batesville at 11:30 a.m. from Lucas Oil Stadium.
  

Jim Ryan and myself will be working our vocal chords overtime this weekend -- and my longtime radio partner Tim Adams will be joining us for the Lucas Oil game on Saturday night.

Anyway, we usually use this space to preview the game we're going to be broadcasting and the rest of the HHC and Hancock County, but we're going to do that in separate posts this week, because we have two broadcast games.

So, for our first entry, we have the overall HHC preview:
Standings
Delta 2-0/3-0
Shelbyville 1-0/3-0
Mt. Vernon 1-0/2-1
New Palestine 1-1/2-1
Yorktown 1-1/2-1
Pendleton Heights 1-2/1-2
Rushville 0-1/1-2
Greenfield-Central 0-2/1-2

This week's games

• GID Game of the Week: Greenfield-Central at Yorktown
• Friday, Sept. 11: Broadcast: 7 p.m.
• GID Game of the Week from Lucas Oil Stadium: New Palestine vs. Batesville
• Saturday, Sept. 12: Broadcast 11:30 a.m.
• Listen to both games here. Andrew Smith, Jim Ryan and (on Saturday) Tim Adams on the call!
• Previews to be forthcoming.

Other Hancock County games

• Mt. Vernon (1-0/2-1) at Rushville (0-1/1-2), 7 p.m.: These teams have a common nonconference foe in Connersville, a team MV rolled 67 points upon last week. The Marauders' Wing-T offense has amassed 99 points in two games and has been very effective. MV also got something in its special teams, as super-fast return man Corey White ran the opening kickoff back 92 yarsd for a TD. Austin Parker threw for 3 TDs and ran for one against Connersville, and MV amassed 619 yards of total offense -- 500 on the ground. For the third straight week, Zach McKinney just missed a 100-yard game. And for the second straight week, Trey Ross hit the mark. Evan Whalen also broke the century mark on the night. Rushville is coming off a 25-14 loss to Greensburg. The Lions are scoring (24.3 ppg), but they're allowing 30 ppg. The Lions led 14-0 last week at one point, with Stephen Davis running the opening kickoff back for a TD and Dustin Gilbert later scoring one on the ground, but Greensburg rallied to win. Rushville won 35-3 last year, but MV had won 11 straight in the series prior to that.
  
• Eastern Hancock (0-3) at Milan (2-1), 7 p.m.: The Royals an an ouch game last week in a few different ways. EH fell 66-0 to a solid 3A Indian Creek squad, but the Royals also were pretty banged-up, and became moreso during the game. EH managed 131 yards of total offense, most of which came through the air. Freshman Sam Novick had 60 yards on the ground, while QB Steven Stunda threw for 74, spreading it around to five different receivers. Milan poses another tough test this week, as the Indians are 2-1 after thumping Lawrenceburg 34-14 last week. The only loss came in a solidly-played game against Ripley County neighbor Batesville. This is the revival of a series that ended in 2000. This game is back on the schedule in advance of the Royals joining the Mid-Indiana Football Conference next year.
  

Other HHC games

• Shelbyville (3-0/1-0) at Pendleton Heights (1-2/1-2), 7:30 p.m.: The Golden Bears have been impressive so far this season in their three wins, the most recent a 45-7 thumping of Franklin. The Bears have totaled 40.3 ppg in their three games so far. QB Kevin Prosch and RBs Patrick Ellis, Jake Knight and Dominique Cox all have big-play potential. Last week, both Knight and Cox hit the 100-yard mark. Shelby's defense held Franklin under 100 yards, too, and has held teams to 10 ppg on the year. This could be a running vs. passing show. PH came out throwing last week against New Palestine, and hit FB Ravaughn White for a 71-yard TD on a screen pass early in the game, but the Arabians' defense struggled against NP's speed in a 49-14 loss. White totaled 150 yards rushing and receiving for the Arabians, while quarterbacks Grant Hendershot and Mitch Patishall combined to throw for 188 yards. A year ago, Shelby won 42-7 and the Bears have won six straight in the series. On the field, Shelbyville is 37-14 in HHC games since 2002.
  
• Muncie South (2-1) at Delta (3-0), 7 p.m.: Delta has been impressive so far, and the Eagles play another neighbor in Muncie South. South was rolling until hitting a speed bump against Yorktown last week -- falling 16-0, in large part due to a number of sacks by the Tigers. The Rebels like to throw -- QB Nick Dyer attempted 40 passes and completed 16 last week. However, they'll be doing it against a defense that has been smothering of late. Delta hasn't allowed a touchdown in eight quarters, shutting out New Palestine two weeks ago and holding Greenfield-Central to a field goal last week. Meanwhile, the Eagles have scored 56, 23 and 35 points in their three games. RB Teddy Dawson has rolled up three 100-yard games in a row, with 193 and a TD last week. QB Ozzie Mann completed 13-of-25 for 156 yards against G-C, while he has one of the HHC's top targets in IU recruit Logan Young, who totaled 107 yards through the air last week. Delta coach Grant Zgunda earned his 150th career victory last week. His teams have posted a 150-35 record over 17 years.
  

Notable: Two HHC coaches are closing in on career milestones. Three more victories for New Palestine would give coach Tim Able his 100th victory during a career that has spanned stints at North Decatur, East Noble, Decatur Central and now NP. Mt. Vernon coach Doug Peacock has 118 career victories, with 98 of them coming in his 16 years at MV. Two more wins will give him the century mark on the northwest side of the county. He is the winningest coach in MV history. ... Looking ahead to the sectional, at least for the half of the conference that's in Class 4A's Sectional 13 (G-C, MV, NP and PH) -- Anderson Highland posted an impressive victory last week, knocking off defending 2A champion Heritage Christian 49-41. The Scots are 3-0 and have scored at least 47 points in all three victories for coach Randy Albano. They play two HHC teams -- Yorktown on Oct. 2 and Pendleton Heights on Oct. 16 -- during the regular season.

Keep reading throughout the week for previews of our two Gridiron Digest Games of the Week!