Big football weekend coming up

We have a HUGE football weekend coming up full of HancockCountySports.com broadcasts!

To LISTEN LIVE!, go to www.hancockcountysports.com and click on the computer.

Friday: South Decatur at Eastern Hancock, 6:30 p.m. airtime
The Royals and Cougars both fell in their openers, but EH showed a lot of promise. Should be an exciting game. We're looking forward to bringing it to you!
Saturday: New Palestine vs. Richmond, 9:30 a.m. airtime from Warren Central
The Dragons are fresh off a huge 16-14 victory over Whiteland in which their passing game was lethal. Richmond fell to East Central 41-7, but has a lot of weapons in the passing game.

Saturday: Mt. Vernon vs. Marion, approx. 12:30 p.m. airtime from Warren Central
The Marauders rallied in the fourth quarter to beat Kokomo 21-7 last week behind two fourth-quarter TDs by Anthony Burnett. Marion's offense scored 58 points last week. MV's defense didn't give up any -- the lone Kokomo points came on an interception return. Expect some great running games to go after each other.

One more Hancock County game this weekend:
Greenfield-Central at Lebanon, 7 p.m. Friday (broadcast: WRGF-89.7). The Cougars were impressive in a season-opening victory over New Castle. Coached by Kent Wright, Lebanon will be a great tune-up for G-C heading into conference play and next week's date with Delta.

Elsewhere in the HHC
Carroll (Allen) at Delta, 7 p.m.: The Eagles rolled last week, but will get a good test from Carroll, a team that fell 24-17 to a strong Goshen squad last week. Carroll is a 5A program that went 5-7 last year.
Franklin at Shelbyville, 7 p.m. (broadcast: WSVX-1520, www.wsvx.com): The Golden Bears were the lone HHC team to fall last week, dropping a decision to Greensburg. Franklin poses a tough test. While the Grizzly Cubs have only won five games over two seasons, they did post an impressive 41-12 victory over Franklin last week.
New Castle at Rushville, 7 p.m. (broadcast: WMDH-1550, WIFE-94.3). Great matchup as the NCC-HHC challenge continues. So far, the HHC is 3-0 in intra-conference matchups. Rushville had a big win over Connersville last week, while NC fell to Greenfield-Central 43-13.
Pendleton Heights at Anderson, 7 p.m. (broadcast: WEEM-91.7, WHBU-1240): These old neighbors haven't played football against each other in years -- if ever. PH has played two of Anderson's consolidates -- Highland and Madison Heights, both schools now part of history -- in that time. Another HHC-NCC matchup. The Arabians can score, but the reason they've been strong of late is a defense that turned it on in the second half of last season and posted a shutout in Week 1 this year.
Yorktown at Northwest, 7 p.m.: The Tigers had a nice opening to the season, beating Muncie South in overtime. They're still very young. Northwest was defeated 34-12 by Franklin County last week.