HA Staff Report


It was a very impressive opening night for Hoosier Heritage Conference squads Friday night. The eight league teams went 6-2 overall and one of those lesses came in a conference tilt.

 

Perhaps the biggest win of the evening came in New Palestine’s 22-16 victory over Whiteland. The contest marked Tim Abel’s debut as coach of the Dragons and they showed signs of significant improvement over last season. Shelbyville also had a landmark victory. The Golden Bears downed Greensburg 35-14, giving Coach Parks his 75th win as mentor at Shelbyville. That made him the winningest coach in school history.

 

Greenfield-Central stiffened its defense at halftime and left New Castle with a 28-8 victory after trailing at intermission.  Rushville faced no such challenge in dispatching Connersville 46-24. That was not the biggest rout of the evening. That title belongs to Delta who blew out Jay County 56-6. Looks like the high powered Eagle offense is picking up where it left off last year.

 

Yorktown and Pendleton Heights began conference play on opening night. The Tigers came away with a 24-21 victory in a game that held reason for both teams to be optimistic. Yorktown continued its winning ways from a year ago while Pendleton Heights showed tremendous improvement on the defensive side of the ball. Finally, Mt. Vernon fell victim to the strong rushing attack of Kokomo 34-7.