On Friday night, Jim Ryan and myself will be making the trek to Yorktown for a visit from the Greenfield-Central Cougars. If you can't make the trip, we'd invite you to listen to our broadcast.
The game is the first of our weekend doubleheader. On Saturday, we'll bring you the New Palestine Dragons and Batesville Bulldogs from Lucas Oil Stadium. We'll preview that game tomorrow. Let's preview our first game tonight. (if you want the rest of the Hancock County & HHC games, read the post below).
TGD Hancock County Game of the Week
Greenfield-Central (1-2/0-2) at Yorktown (2-1/1-1)
Pregame 7 p.m., Kickoff 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, 2009
Hear it here at Audio Sports Online.
The coaches:
G-C: Roger Dodson (4th year at G-C, 10-24; 16th year overall, 74-83)
Yorktown: Mike Wilhelm (5th year at Yorktown, 26-20)
Last season: Yorktown won 28-7.
The series: Yorktown has won six straight games in the series and is 8-2 since the two teams began playing each other in 1999 (when YHS joined the HHC).
Scouting the Cougars: The Cougars started off very well against New Castle, but have struggled in their first two weeks of conference play, being outscored 63-3 by Pendleton Heights and Delta. Coach Dodson's team has a lot of numbers out and a very experienced receiving corps led by Michael Dickerson, who has 113 yards receiving in three games. John White, Ethan Irbe and Kevin Bordenkircher all have experience in the passing game. They've split between two quarterbacks -- Carl Ellison and Trent Colclazier. Both are 11-for-26 on the year. While Brady Conger (104 yards vs. New Castle) is the top running back, wingbacks/wideouts White and Dickerson are among a handful of players who will carry the ball. The Cougars will be looking to tighten their defense against the run, as they have allowed at least 200 yards on the ground each week so far. The Cougars are hoping they turn a corner this year, as they've come off back-to-back 4-win seasons -- close to reaching the .500 mark for the first time since their 2002 HHC championship team.
Scouting the Tigers: Yorktown has been involved in shutouts the last two weeks -- on opposite ends. After a 32-0 loss to Mt. Vernon in which little seemed to go right, the Tigers did all of the scoring in last week's 16-0 victory over county rival Muncie South. Against MV, the stats were closer than the score, as Yorktown drove into MV territory multiple times, but came away emptyhanded, and then gave up some big plays that led to Marauder points. Last week, it was the Tigers doing all of the big playmaking, as they sacked Muncie South's QB several times. DE Joe Journay tied a school record with five sacks in the game. Yorktown likes to run the ball, and the feature back is junior RB Derek Kundenreich. He was a 1,500-yard rusher last season, and he hit the 100-yard mark for the second time this season last week. Speedy wingback/slot Brendon Barnes is the big-play guy. He had a 16-yard TD catch and a 34-yard reception to set up another score last week against Muncie South. Yorktown's D held Muncie South to 18 yards rushing last week. The Tigers have several players going both ways, led by 6-7, 275-pound lineman Kevin Ellis.
We're looking forward to bringing you this game ... 7 p.m. Friday night, as Jim Ryan and I bring you the Gridiron Digest Game of the Week.
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