New Palestine has clinched a piece of the Hoosier Heritage Conference title. Pendleton Heights still has a shot but needs some help from Mt. Vernon, and also needs to beat a pretty good Greenfield-Central team.
Not only that, but those four teams -- plus perennial power Delta -- will all face each other in the next three weeks as they're all part of the same sectional.
New Palestine 21, Greenfield-Central 19: Our game was a wild rivalry game -- coming down to the last on-side kick. Full of big plays, each team had a scoring flurry, three interceptions and a big return. NP's Connor Simmons threw for 238 yards, but the biggest plays came from Scott Lyons with a 91-yard kick return that set up a TD, and from Austin Monday, who had a 33-yard TD to ice it. G-C had two touchdowns in 14 seconds, and a late TD on a 52-yard pass to Josh Applegate, but it turned out to not be enough. NP clinches at least a tie for the HHC title and remains unbeaten on the year. G-C is now 5-3 (4-2).
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Delta 12, Mt. Vernon 7: The Eagles held MV to 109 yards of offense in the game. Ozzie Mann threw TD passes to Jake Greenberg and Landon Lambert to give Delta a 12-0 lead going into the third. Anthony Burnett scored the lone TD for MV, which is now 5-3 and 3-3 in HHC play. Delta is 5-3 on the field (3-5 due to forfeits) and also 3-3, in a two-way tie for fourth place in the conference.
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Shenandoah 53, Eastern Hancock 6: The Royals fell behind 16-0 in the opening four minutes and unbeaten Shenandoah led 35-0 at halftime. Logan Gilbert scored a late touchdown for EH, which is now 2-6, against one of Class 2A's top teams. Shenandoah's Dylan Hamm rushed for 172 yards.
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Elsewhere in the HHC
Pendleton Heights 69, Rushville 3: The Arabians honored coach John Broughton for his 200th win, and then scored on their first 10 possessions -- including one with the junior varsity offense -- in the victory. It was the second time PH had broken the 60-point mark this year -- also doing so against Muncie Central in Week 1. Clint Nicholson, Jacob Lyons and Jon Furrow all ran for 100 yards. Nicholson had 5 TDs -- including three through the air. PH is 7-1 overall and 5-1 in the conference with a home game next week against Greenfield-Central. The Arabians can win a share of the title with a victory and a New Palestine loss. Rushville is 2-6 (0-6).
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Yorktown 22, Shelbyville 21: Coach Mike Wilhelm went with a gutsy call late -- going for two after QB Joe Todd scored a TD with 5:44 left -- and converted to give the Tigers their second HHC victory of the year. Brendon Barnes ran for 176 yards for the Tigers (4-4, 2-4). Shelby is 1-7 and 1-5 in the HHC.
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HHC standings
#1/4 New Palestine 6-0/8-0
#9/9 Pendleton Heights 5-1/7-1
Greenfield-Central 4-2/5-3
Mt. Vernon 3-3/5-3
Delta 3-3/3-5 (5-3 on the field)
Yorktown 2-4/4-4
Shelbyville 1-5/1-7
Rushville 0-6/2-6
Next week
New Palestine at Mt. Vernon, 7:30 p.m. (broadcast: www.hancockcountysports.com)
Greenfield-Central at Pendleton Heights, 7:30 p.m.
Delta at Shelbyville, 7 p.m.
Yorktown at Rushville, 7 p.m.
MIFC standings
Milan 4-0/7-1
Triton Central 3-1/4-4
Indian Creek 3-1/4-4
North Decatur 2-3/3-5
Eastern Hancock 1-4/2-6
South Decatur 0-4/2-6
Next week
Eastern Hancock at Edinburgh, 7 p.m.
Indian Creek at South Decatur, 7 p.m.
Milan at Triton Central, 7 p.m.
North Decatur at Greensburg, 7 p.m.
*-Milan has clinched a piece of the MIFC title, but a Triton Central victory and an Indian Creek victory next week could forge a 3-way tie.
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