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Highlights from the Oct. 31 Zionsville/Mooresville game.
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By Jessica Brooks

Staff Writer

 

ZIONSVILLE – It was a fight to the finish Halloween night as 14th-ranked Mooresville faced off against host Zionsville in the Class 4A Sectional 13 semifinal. But in the end, Carson Cramer’s two rushing touchdowns and 100-plus yards were enough for the Eagles to upend their ranked adversary, 28-15.

 

It was still anyone’s game at halftime after Cramer (22 carries, 103 yards) sandwiched 47- and two-yard scoring runs around a 99-yard kickoff return by Aric Bigham. But leading 14-7, a determined Zionsville defense set the tone to start the third quarter, forcing a Mooresville punt after permitting just a few yards on its first possession. 

 

Zionsville (7-4) rewarded its defense midway through the period when quarterback Melvin Woodard hit Gene Barrett on a five-yard TD pass for a touchdown, and the extra point brought the score to 21-7.

 

The Pioneers (8-3) started their next possession on the Zionsville 20 and moved right up the field after a 30-yard pass to wide receiver Shaefer Roloff (five catches, 86 yards). But a Zionsville sack forced a field goal attempt, and the 39-yard effort was no good.

 

Zionsville pushed its lead to 28-7 in the fourth quarter on a 33-yard pass from Woodard (an efficient 7 of 15 for 101 yards) to Jack Denton. Mooresville tallied the evening’s final score on Bigham’s two-yard run and a two-point conversion run by Nick Westfall in the game’s last minute.

 

Next up for the Eagles will be the Nov. 7 Sectional 13 title tilt at home against Plainfield (9-2).

 

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