Football Friday

We're excited to bring you a big football Friday tonight. The four teams in the top half of the HHC face the four teams with 1-2 or 0-3 marks, so an upset tonight could completely shake up the conference race or get a squad back into it.

Listen to our broadcast of the Mt. Vernon-Shelbyville game to get updates on ALL of the HHC action tonight. 

We will be at Mt. Vernon (4-1/2-1) at Shelbyville (1-4/1-2): The Golden Bears moved the ball last week against G-C but turnovers and special teams play turned the tide. Shelbyville gave up three return touchdowns. MV struggled to move the ball against Pendleton Heights and is looking to bounce back after a 38-6 defeat to one of the team's arch-rivals. This is a big game to set up the final third of the season for both teams. Tyler Dicks (97 yards last week, 150 ypg for the year) is MV's leading rusher. MV is +11 in turnover ratio, which could be big tonight. Airtime with Andrew Smith and Mike Jackson is 6:30 p.m.

Also tonight
#3/5 New Palestine (5-0/3-0) at Yorktown (3-2/1-2): The Dragons have been on a roll both offensively and defensively. NP has scored 34, 31 and 53 points in its three conference games, and pitched its first shutout of the year last week against Rushville. QB Connor Simmons has thrown for more than 1,300 yards and 15 TDs in five weeks. He has had two five-touchdown pass games. Yorktown had four interceptions of Delta QB Ozzie Mann last week, and turned four big plays into touchdowns. Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. from Yorktown. Listen to our broadcast for frequent updates tonight.

Greenfield-Central (3-2/2-1) at Rushville (2-3/0-3): The Cougars' defense and special teams have been huge throughout their renaissance the last couple of years. Last week, Matt Dickerson ran the opening kickoff for a TD, ran back an interception for a touchdown and blocked a punt that teammate Jeremiah Wray scooped up and ran into the end zone. Meanwhile, Rushville's young squad showed some good signs in a 42-14 loss to Mt. Vernon a couple of weeks ago, especially the running of RB Garrett Hittle. The Cougars will be heavy favorites in this one. We'll give frequent updates, and our friends at WRGF-89.7 and WIFE-94.3 will have the call. 

Delta (1-4/1-2) at #10 (AP) Pendleton Heights (4-1/2-1): PH has shown the total package this year -- a balanced running game led by Jon Furrow and Jacob Lyons and a strong passing game riding the arm of three-year starter Mitch Patishall. The Arabians have been an offensive machine, scoring at least 21 points in each game, and at least 38 in all four of its victories. At 44 ppg, PH ranks No. 3 in scoring. Yet, Delta has a strong attack led by QB Ozzie Mann and RB Landon Lambert. The Eagles are actually 3-2 on the field, and suffered turnover issues in last week's loss to Yorktown. The week before, they and New Palestine had a back-and-forth game that ended up going the Dragons' way in the fourth quarter. This might be the game of the night in the HHC. We'll be giving frequent updates on our broadcasts. Our friends at 91.7 WEEM-Pendleton will also have the call.

In Hancock County
Eastern Hancock (1-4/1-3 MIFC) at North Decatur (1-4/0-2 MIFC): The Royals travel on the road having lost two VERY close games the last two weeks to Milan and Knightstown. EH has shown it's close to breaking through and tonight could propel them into a final third of the season that includes games against winless Wes-Del and Edinburgh -- as well as one against powerful Shenandoah.