BRAZIL — Despite trailing virtually the entire first half and giving up five touchdowns in the first 18 minutes of the game, host Northview put together nine good third-quarter minutes and threatened to wrest a high school football game away from visiting Terre Haute North on Friday.
But the Knights’ 36-35 lead lasted a little more than a minute before one of North’s many big plays put the Patriots ahead again, and the visitors got the last three touchdowns of the game for a 54-36 nonconference win.
“An offensive shootout,” coach Chris Barrett of the undefeated Patriots said afterward. “Northview played extremely well, and we did a lot of good things.”
“Way too many big plays [by the Patriots],” summarized coach George Gettle of the Knights. “They’re pretty talented, and we couldn’t get stops when we needed.”
Daniel Gabbard had four touchdowns and Ben King and Chris O’Leary two each for North, which turned into a running team for this game and gouged the Knights for 298 yards, averaging more than 10 yards per carry.
Quarterback Trent Lancaster fell just short of a 400-yard game for Northview, passing for 284 yards and rushing for 112 more. Drake Stevenson added 181 receiving yards, Zac Niehaus and Jonathon Bradshaw combined for 11 more receptions — and Bradshaw for three 2-point conversion catches — while Damon Hyatt rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown and came up with two turnovers.
Halfway into the second quarter it’s doubtful anyone at the game had found time to draw a deep breath. North scored four times in the first 15 minutes despite interceptions by Hyatt and Bradshaw that stopped two other drives.
Bradshaw’s pick set up Hyatt’s 1-yard touchdown run, Stevenson turned a short pass into a 70-yard score, and a 50-yard bomb from Lancaster to Stevenson set up the touchdown that cut North’s lead to 28-20 — for 15 seconds. Gabbard returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards for a score, and the Patriots retained their two-touchdown lead until intermission.
The Knights came out on a mission in the third quarter, however, Lancaster’s 29-yard run setting up a touchdown after 68 seconds of the third quarter. After a defensive stop, Northview went 80 yards in 12 plays with Lancaster throwing to Stevenson for the score. When Bradshaw caught his second conversion pass of the third quarter, the home team suddenly had its first lead.
“I looked at some of the things we had worked on at halftime, and I found a couple things I thought would work,” Gettle said of that third-quarter domination. “And they did, for awhile.”
Three plays later, however, North had regained the advantage after a 9-yard run by King, a 14-yard pass from O’Leary to Chad Holler and a 42-yard burst by Gabbard.
Northview had to punt from deep in its own territory, and King caught a 21-yard screen pass and had a 14-yard touchdown run in a three-play, 37-yard drive for a 47-36 lead. Then a fumble recovery by defensive lineman David Knight and an interception by King — sandwiched around Hyatt’s fumble recovery — kept the Knights off the scoreboard, and Gabbard added a clinching touchdown with 5:09 left.
“This is probably the tiredest I’ve been,” said King after playing both running back and free safety and excelling at both, “but it feels really good.”
Having played Northview four times, King knew what to expect from the rivalry.
“This was probably the most memorable one,” he said, “because [the Knights] were winning the game, but then we came back. It shows what kind of team we have; we don’t ever quit.”
Knight was also a two-way performer most of the way, at center and rushing the passer, coming out only occasionally — nce with a cramp.
“I’ve got to drink more water,” he quipped afterward. “[The Patriots] need me on offense at center, to try to lead the team, but I like to tackle; it’s my thing.”
“We’re having a hard time eliminating unforced mistakes,” said Barrett, who may have been referring to the blizzard of yellow flags that hampered both teams at times. “[The Knights] made some plays, but we’ve got to play better defensively. But we had a lot of good effort and a lot of good plays.”
“We had a lot of positives,” said Gettle, “but if you get in that point range, you should have a chance to win the game. But the beginning of our schedule is the tougher part, and that should help us as the season progresses.”
Terre Haute North 54, Northview 36
Terre Haute North 21 14 6 13 — 54
Northview 14 6 16 0 — 36
THN — Chris O’Leary 3 run (Logan Valentine kick), 10:12 1st
Nv — Damon Hyatt 1 run (kick failed), 6:23 1st
THN — O’Leary 60 run (Valentine kick), 4:08 1st
Nv — Drake Stevenson 70 pass from Trent Lancaster (Jonathon Bradshaw pass from Lancaster), 2:32 1st
THN — Ben King 9 run (Valentine kick), 0:14.5 1st
THN — Daniel Gabbard 10 run (Valentine kick), 9:05 2nd
Nv — Lancaster 1 run (kick failed), 7:53 2nd
THN — Gabbard 81 kickoff return (Valentine kick), 7:38 2nd
Nv — Lancaster 7 run (Bradshaw pass from Lancaster), 10:52 3rd
Nv — Stevenson 8 pass from Lancaster (Bradshaw pass from Lancaster), 2:42 3rd
THN — Gabbard 42 run (pass failed), 1:24 3rd
THN — B.King 19 run (pass failed), 10:05 4th
THN — Gabbard 25 run (Valentine kick), 5:09 4th
THN Nv
First downs 16 25
Rushes-yards 28-298 41-198
Passing yards 167 284
Comp-Att-Int 10-16-2 21-36-2
Return yards 55 28
Punts-avg 2-39 4-32.3
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-1
Penalties-yards 9-94 8-57
Individual statistics
Rushing: North — O’Leary 9-111, B.King 11-97, Gabbard 6-85, Steven Belleu 2-5. Northview — Lancaster 27-112, Hyatt 10-55, Stevenson 4-31.
Passing: North — O’Leary 10-16-2, 167 yards. Northview — Lancaster 21-36-2, 284.
Receiving: North — Aaron Allen 3-47, B.King 2-47, Sydney Moore 2-36, Chad Holler 2-23, Gabbard 1-14. Northview — Stevenson 9-181, Zac Niehaus 6-51, Bradshaw 5-47, Hyatt 1-5.
Next — North (3-0) plays next Friday at Center Grove. Northview (2-1) plays that night at Sullivan.
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Post 346 opens tournament with two victories
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North boys move up to 13th in golf state finals
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Baker wasn’t happy with the 85 he shot in Tuesday’s first round of the IHSAA boys golf state finals.
“He was frustrated,” Nasser said.
Problem solved. Baker bounced back with a 2-over 74 Wednesday, helping the Patriots improve their team score by seven strokes.
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Big hill to climb for North golf
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Top of her game
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Camp, Howe win, then lose in state tennis tourney
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Terre Haute North heading back to state finals in boys golf
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North, South, Sullivan to compete at golf regional
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Terre Haute North coach Shawn Turner told the Patriots to raise their heads. He wanted to see their eyes at the close of their 24-7 high school baseball season.
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Valley teams will have to wait until Monday for baseball regionals
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Rockville's season ends at Lafayette Central Catholic
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IHSAA boys state track finals: Standing alone
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Terre Haute North, West Vigo return to baseball regionals
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Patriots girls take aim at state track title
Terre Haute North’s girls have several potential state champions today at Indiana University.
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South, North track athletes looking for big performances at state finals
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Internet site keeps area prep teams on airwaves
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South Vermillion softball can't overcome errors, Tri-West
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Clay City softball comes up short against Lutheran
Clay City closed its high school softball season Tuesday night with the best record ever for the program at 21-9.
The Eels wanted to add another win, the school’s first regional title, but they came up short.
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PREP ROUNDUP: Rockville wins baseball sectional
Rockville won its own Class A sectional in high school baseball Tuesday, defeating Covington 10-4 in the rain-delayed championship game.
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional:The wait is over
Three minutes into an interview with various media members, Terre Haute North baseball coach Shawn Turner couldn’t react fast enough to avoid a bucket of ice water being dumped over his head from behind by his giddy players. The soaking-wet Turner could shake it off with a smile, however, because his Patriots had just won the IHSAA Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional championship with a 13-3 six-inning triumph over Plainfield on Monday evening.
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Class 4A Terre Haute South Sectional: TH North, Plainfield win squeakers
The high school baseball teams of Terre Haute North and Plainfield proved Monday that what a batter does early in the game is not necessarily indicative of what he will do in the late innings.
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Class 2A Linton Sectional: Eastern rains on Sullivan parade
Mother Nature put Sullivan’s quest for a high school baseball sectional championship on hold Monday night at Linton-Stockton High School. Sullivan (14-15) and Eastern Greene (16-7) will resume play in the Class 2A Sectional 47 championship game at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Linton’s Roy Herndon Field.
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Opening Day: Terre Haute Rex host Quincy
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Class A Shakamak Sectional: Stout pitching leads Union, Shakamak to final
Trey Bedwell and Patrick Green made sure their respective high school baseball teams would meet for the championship of the Class A Shakamak Sectional by pitching shutouts in semifinal contests Monday afternoon.
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Class A Rockville Sectional: Covington, Rockville title game postponed
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South Vermillion, Linton, Clay City look to stay alive in softball
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West Vigo back on top of Class 3A baseball sectional
West Vigo won its sectional with a 6-4 victory over South Vermillion on a rainy night at Dick Ballinger Field.
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South runs into ‘buzzsaw’ at girls tennis semistate
Postmatch interviews don’t often begin with a coach and a reporter ready to blurt out the same word, but that was the case for Bill Blankenbaker and his interviewer Saturday morning after the Center Grove Semistate for girls high school tennis.
Unfortunately for Blankenbaker’s Terre Haute South team, that word was “buzzsaw.”
Greenwood’s Kawamoto twins made quick work of the top of the Braves’ singles lineup, so despite stellar efforts by both South doubles teams the Woodmen’s 3-2 victory didn’t seem all that close.
Greenwood moves on to Fishers, where it plays Floyd Central or Jasper on Friday in the state quarterfinals.
Also playing Friday, but at Park Tudor, will be South’s Miranda Camp and Nicole Howe, who reached the individual doubles finals for the second straight season by virtue of their 6-4, 6-2 win over the Greenwood team of Taylor Hudnall and Brittany Toney.
“It’s really exciting,” said Howe of the prospect of a second straight finals trip, “but I wish our team could’ve gone with us.”
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