It's a four-way race in the Hoosier Heritage Conference, and the three Hancock County teams are in the thick of it, along with neighboring Pendleton Heights. Meanwhile, county neighbor Eastern Hancock is on the cusp, but dropped its third straight close game Friday night.
Let's look at the games:
Mt. Vernon 20, Shelbyville 5: A defensive struggle between the two schools that MV broke open with three big offensive plays -- Tyler Dicks' 26-yard TD run that was set up by a long 25-yard pass to Corey White in the first quarter, White's 53-yard TD catch in the third and a 65-yard run by Dicks that ended the game in the fourth. The entire second half was played in Marauder territory, but MV's defense held despite being backed up to the wall, producing six turnovers, including five interceptions. Other than a fumble on Shelby's second play of the game, each turnover happened in Marauder territory, including a Trey Wood interception in the end zone. Wood, Harrison Bova, Brandon Lockart, Tyler Dicks and Cody Baker all had interceptions for the Marauders. Dicks had 126 yards rushing. MV is now +17 in giveaway/takeaway ratio, and Dicks has 726 rushing yards in five games -- closing in on the 1,000-yard mark. MV played without Anthony Burnett, who was out with an apparent leg injury. Next up for the Marauders -- a visit to rival Greenfield-Central.
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New Palestine 49, Yorktown 14: The No. 3 Dragons continued to roll, improving to 6-0 and extending their HHC winning streak to 17 straight games. It started on the opening kickoff, which Scott Lyons ran in from 90 yards. The Dragons produced five takeaways, including two picks by Josh Penley -- one of which was run back 40 yards for a touchdown. Penley also caught two of Connor Simmons' three TD passes. Tyler Walden also had a touchdown reception -- his second in as many weeks -- and Austin Monday and backup QB Blake Luker had rushing touchdowns. Simmons' three passing touchdowns gave him 13 for the season. Simmons threw for 202 yards, half of which went to Penley. Brendon Barnes' 62-yard TD run was Yorktown's offensive highlight. The Dragons host Shelbyville for senior night next week.
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Greenfield-Central 49, Rushville 12: The Cougars' defense and special teams have been scoring machines this season, complementing a talented offense. For the second straight week, G-C had three returns for touchdowns -- this time with Dezmen McGinley's kickoff return, Derek Conley's punt return and Jeremiah Wray's interception return. Matt Dickerson also scored three touchdowns to give G-C an early 21-6 lead.
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North Decatur 28, Eastern Hancock 14: The Royals were again tied in the fourth quarter and appeared ready to go in for a go-ahead score, but the Chargers intercepted a pass and turned it into a go-ahead touchdown drive in the final three minutes. Another fumble led to an insurance TD. Spencer Gilbert (97 yards) and Dalton Korlowicz scored for the Royals.
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In the HHC:
Pendleton Heights 31, Delta 12: The Arabians are in the thick of the conference race after giving coach John Broughton career victory No. 199. Jon Furrow's 66-yard run on the first play of the game set the tone, and PH never trailed. For the second straight week, Furrow and Jacob Lyons both topped 100 yards rushing and QB Mitch Patishall threw for 124 yards, completing 8-of-10. Furrow ran for three TDs and kicked a field goal -- accounting for 25 of the Arabians' 31 points with his PATs thrown in. Ozzie Mann of Delta completed 14-of-20 for 134 yards.
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HHC standings & remaining games
New Palestine 4-0/6-0 (vs. Shelby; at G-C; at MV)
Mt. Vernon 3-1/5-1 (at G-C, vs. Delta, vs. NP)
Pendleton Hts. 3-1/5-1 (at Yorktown; vs. Rushville; vs. G-C)
Greenfield-Central 3-1/4-2 (vs. MV; vs. NP; at PH)
Yorktown 1-3/3-3 (vs. PH; at Shelby; at Rushville)
Delta 1-3/1-5 (vs. Rushville; at MV; at Shelby)
Shelbyville 1-3/1-5 (at NP; vs. Yorktown; vs. Delta)
Rushville 0-4/2-4 (at Delta; at PH; vs. Yorktown)
MIFC standings
Milan 3-0/5-1
Triton Central 3-0/4-2
Indian Creek 1-1/2-4
North Decatur 1-2/2-4
Eastern Hancock 1-3/1-5 (vs. Wes-Del; at Shenandoah; at Edinburgh)
South Decatur 0-2/2-4
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