Spencer —
Even after going the first 11 minutes of the third quarter without making a tackle Friday night, West Vigo was still in pretty good shape to remain unbeaten in Western Indiana Conference high school football.
But host Owen Valley came up with its third huge scoring play on the first snap of the fourth period, extending its lead to eight points, and went on to a 41-20 win.
The Vikings led 14-7 at halftime and could have been farther ahead. Owen Valley had gained just 102 yards in the first two quarters, 55 of those on one play.
But the Patriots dominated the last half, winding up with two 100-yard rushers and a third that had been above the 100-yard mark until an 8-yard loss on his final carry.
The difference?
“That’s the million-dollar question,” coach Jeff Cobb of the Vikings said afterward. “Defense is being in the right spot at the right time, but it’s also about desire. I think our kids got comfortable.”
Owen Valley took its first lead of the game near the midpoint of the first quarter. After the Vikings wasted a possession thanks to a busted play that resulted in a 12-yard loss, Owen Valley’s Caleb Arthur emerged from a scrum and bounced a run to the outside for 55 yards. That set up his own touchdown reception on the next play, but was the home team’s last real offensive movement until intermission.
West Vigo drove deep into Patriot territory late in the first quarter, but a fourth-and-3 play from the 17-yard line was thwarted by a penalty, then a sack.
Jimmy Maples stopped the Owen Valley possession with an interception, however, returning it to the 18-yard line, and a penalty on the play got the Vikings even closer. A 2-yard run by Danny Creasey tied the score 5:36 before halftime.
West Vigo stopped Owen Valley near midfield in the final two minutes of the half, and freshman Hunter Voils returned a punt 27 yards to the 42. Maples found Creasey on the next play, Creasey broke a couple of tackles on a 58-yard scoring play, and the Vikings had their halftime lead.
“The first half, I thought we dominated — even though the scoreboard didn’t show it,” Cobb noted.
Owen Valley’s defense stopped three Viking plays in their tracks to start the third quarter, however, and on the first play after a Viking punt a 59-yard run by Larry Shaffer of the Patriots tied the game.
The Vikings responded with their best drive of the game, 65 yards in eight plays — the biggest a 35-yard connection from Maples to Tyler Gustafson — and Skyler Warnock made a diving catch of another Maples pass to put the visitors ahead again.
But after the kickoff — Shaffer stumbled, so there was no tackle — Owen Valley’s Drew Bradley broke away for a 73-yard score, and the hosts were ahead for good.
Another long Viking drive was stopped on downs, and then West Vigo finally got its first second-half tackle in the last minute of the third quarter.
Patriot quarterback Gunner Ranard got to the outside thanks to a beautiful play fake and completed a short pass to Austin Hunter that went for a 63-yard score with 11:47 left in the game, and the Vikings didn’t get another first down until they were three touchdowns behind.
“When some adversity hit, some of didn’t handle it well,” Cobb added.
At 3-1 in WIC games and with two to go — against longtime rivals Northview and Sullivan — the Vikings still control their own destiny. But 3-1 is not 4-0 either.
“I think we’ll look back on this game and have a lot of regrets,” Cobb concluded.
Owen Valley 41, West Vigo 20
West Vigo 0 14 6 0 — 20
Owen Valley 7 0 14 20 — 41
OV — Caleb Arthur 10 pass from Gunnar Ranard (Casey Roberts kick), 6:49 1st
WV — Danny Creasey 2 run (Hunter Voils kick), 5:36 2nd
WV — D.Creasey 58 pass from Jimmy Maples (Voils kick), 0:59.6 2nd
OV — Larry Shaffer 59 run (Roberts kick), 9:18 3rd
WV — Skyler Warnock 6 pass from Maples (kick failed), 6:07 3rd
OV — Drew Bradley 73 run (Roberts kick), 5:53 3rd
OV — Austin Hunter 63 pass from Ranard (Roberts kick), 11:47 4th
OV — Bradley 8 run (Roberts kick), 6:21 4th
OV — Bradley 5 run (run failed), 1:15 4th
WV OV
First downs 14 13
Rushes-yards 39-136 38-327
Passing yards 144 104
Comp-Att-Int 6-14-2 6-10-1
Return yards 66 65
Punts-avg 5-28.2 4-28.8
Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 6-58 5-54
Individual statistics
Rushing — West Vigo — Jacob Creasey 12-91, D.Creasey 14-47, Maples 8-32, Warnock 5-16. Owen Valley — Bradley 14-131, Arthur 7-104, Shaffer 9-99, Team 1-minus 3, Ranard 7-minus 4.
Passing — West Vigo — Maples 6-14-2, 144 yards. Owen Valley — Ranard 6-10-1, 104.
Receiving — West Vigo — D.Creasey 2-71, Tyler Gustafson 1-35, Chris Neidlinger 1-25, J.Creasey 1-7, Warnock 1-6. Owen Valley — Hunter 3-87, Arthur 1-10, Bradley 2-7.
Next — West Vigo (4-3, 3-1 WIC) hosts Northview and Owen Valley (4-3, 4-2) hosts Cloverdale next Friday.
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