Friday night (and Saturday) football

First, our two broadcasts

Mt. Vernon (3-0/1-0) at Rushville (2-1/0-1), 7 p.m. Friday (broadcast: www.hancockcountysports.com, WIFE-94-3 maybe?). Mt. Vernon has a strong, deep offense with Tyler Dicks (300 yards two weeks ago, 150 last week) and Anthony Burnett carrying the mail and a lot of speed on the outside with Corey White, as well as a defense that's not allowing much to teams not named Marion. Rushville had a couple of nonconference wins and is looking to bounce back after last week's game against Shelby.


Delta (1-2/3-0 on the field/1-0) vs. New Palestine (3-0/1-0), noon Saturday at Lucas Oil (broadcast: www.hancockcountysports.com). Between them, these two teams are 30-2 the last two years in league play -- the "2" being games they've split against each other. Really looking forward to the QB play with Ozzie Mann and Connor Simmons, who have both thrown it really well this year. This could also be a preview of a sectional matchup -- in fact, there are *five* HHC teams in Sectional 13. Airtime at 11:30 a.m. Saturday on HancockCountySports.com.

Greenfield-Central (1-2/0-1) at Yorktown (2-1/0-1), 7:30 p.m. Friday (broadcast: WRGF-89.7). The Cougars are a bit snakebitten. They were in the game against Lebanon and saw it get away in the fourth on back-to-back pick-sixes. They had Delta on the ropes last week and a FG chance to take the lead in the fourth, but Delta then ran out the last eight minutes. Derek Conley's return to the lineup has been big for G-C, which already has two great athletes in Matt Dickerson and Brant Boles-Lattimore. Yorktown had a gritty win over Muncie South and a big one over Indy Northwest, but the Tigers have a lot of game experience. They showed it last week against MV before the Marauders pulled away late. That game was 14-14 for quite some time.

Eastern Hancock (1-2/1-2 MIFC) at Milan (2-1/1-0 MIFC), 7 p.m. Friday. The Royals had a big come-from-behind victory in Week 2 sandwiched against two very difficult games against stronger, bigger-school teams. Logan & Spencer Gilbert have been a nice 1-2 backfield punch for EH, but freshman Cooper Henderson stepped up last week as the Royals stayed in the game for a quarter and a half against a very talented 3A Indian Creek team.


And in the HHC: 
Shelbyville (1-2/1-0) at Pendleton Heights (2-1/0-1), 7:30p.m. Friday (broadcast: WEEM-91.7, WSVX-1520). The Golden Bears bounced back from the Franklin debacle nicely with a strong start against Rushville. A Pat Parks-coached team won't be down long. Neither will a John Broughton-coached team -- Pendleton Heights has a loaded offense that has put up some big points this year. Even in last week's loss to New Palestine, the Arabians gained 300+ yards and moved the ball, but had a few drives stall out in NP territory. Mitch Patishall is one of the league's veteran QBs and Jon Furrow had a great rushing game last week.

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