Sectional Round 1 recap

Tonight's games
4A Sectional 13
Pendleton Heights 27, Mt. Vernon 10: The Arabians avenge a Week 5 defeat to Mt. Vernon by scoring on three straight first-half possessions and holding on to beat the Marauders. PH did it with a bruising ground game -- Dezmon Nunn had 32 carries for 199 yards, while Jacob Lyons had 61 yards, including a 45-yard run that set up PH's second TD of the night. The first TD was set up by Clint Nicholson's interception, which turned into QB Mitch Patishall's 1-yard run with 3:18 to go in the first quarter. Lyons' 45-yard run set up Nunn's 1-yard plunge with five seconds left in the first. On PH's next drive, Patishall hit Nunn for a 24-yard TD on a 3rd-and-10 screen pass that made it 21-0. MV had chances to get back into the game -- Matt Horton hit a 35-yard FG at the end of the first half to get the Marauders on the board, and then Tyler Dicks caught a 27-yard TD on fourth-and-10 early in the fourth to cut the deficit to 21-10 -- set up by Casey Neylon's INT. MV then got a chance to cut it to a one-possession game after a PH fumble, but the drive stalled and led to a missed field goal. Nunn then answered with a 70-yard run that put the game away.

PH moves to 7-3 on the year, and will host 1-8 New Castle next week.

New Palestine 51, Anderson 21: NP was scored upon for the first time since Week 5, but the Dragons' offense was too much. NP jumped out to a 28-14 lead at halftime, and Dakota Smith recorded a safety early in the third that sent the Dragons on their way to their ninth straight victory, and setting up a rematch with county rival Greenfield-Central on the road next week. The Dragons are now 9-1.

Greenfield-Central 45, Arlington 14: The Cougars trailed 7-3 at halftime, and then exploded for three TDs in the third quarter and three more in the fourth to break things open. Roger Dodson's team clinches its first winning season since 2002. The Cougars, now 6-4, host New Palestine next week.

Class A, Sectional 37
Clinton Central 48, Eastern Hancock 22: The Royals have their second-best offensive night of the year, but they fall to Clinton Central. EH finishes the season 1-9, while CC moves on to face county rival Clinton Prairie next week.

Elsewhere in the HHC
It was a great night for the Hoosier Heritage Conference tonight, as conference teams go 6-1 -- and the one loss was an intra-conference game.

In 4A's Sectional 12, Delta knocked off Fort Wayne Wayne 28-7 to notch the Eagles' eighth consecutive win. Delta is now 9-1 and will face county rival Muncie South in a rematch of a regular-season game next week.

In Sectional 15, Shelbyville was 3-6 in the regular season, but knocked off South Dearborn 24-21 to earn a date against Franklin County next week.

In 3A's Sectional 22, Yorktown beat Howe 7-0 for its second straight win, and will travel to unbeaten #2 Hamilton Heights next week. Rushville drew a bye and will play at Batesville next week.

Looking ahead
There are two Hancock County schools left, and they play each other next week. We will have the New Palestine at Greenfield-Central game next week. Airtime is 6:30 p.m., kickoff at 7 p.m. We'll then follow the winner of that game throughout the tournament. Listen LIVE here.