IHSAA football semistate scores, highlights, stats, photos, recaps

Twelve teams have punched their ticket to Indianapolis for a Thanksgiving weekend trip to Lucas Oil Stadium.

Friday’s IHSAA football semistates provided some drama and ended some long droughts in the state finals. Stay up to date with what’s happening in Indiana.

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6A: Brownsburg 31, Center Grove 27 (read more)

Brownsburg books ticket for IHSAA football state finals. Listen to defensive heroes.

Jamere Pendleton had the game-winning interception with teammate Quentin Russ. Two seniors on Brownsburg’s defense after semi-state win.

The high-flying Bulldogs (12-1) struck first in each half, building momentum that carried No. 4 Brownsburg to its first state championship appearance since back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984.

Oscar Frye got the visiting Bulldogs going with a touchdown pass to Branden Sharpe, providing a wild offensive showcase for both teams in the first half, then Shakovon Sumpter Bey opened the gap in the third period with a touchdown run of 72 meter that the pipe carried. in double figures.

The second half turned into a more defensive match, with each team adding just one score. Brownsburg’s defense came up with the breakthrough, picking off a CG pass deep in Brownsburg territory, thwarting the Trojans’ last-ditch drive.

The loss was the first postseason home loss for the No. 11 Trojans since 2012, ending a 21-game winning streak on the CG turf. The game was the Trojans’ fifth against both top-10 Indiana teams and MaxPreps’ top-10 national teams.

Brownsburg	14	10	7	0	—	31
Center Grove	13	7	7	0	—	27

B — Branden Sharpe 31 pass from Oscar Frye (Will Orlando kick)

CG – Tristan Baxter 34 pass from Gabe McWilliams (David Cornpropst kick)

B – Iosua Stephens 6 run (Orlando kick)

CG – Baxter 65 pass from McWilliams (kick fails)

B – Brady Lewis 2 run (Orlando kick)

CG – Nolan Rees 9 run (Cornpropst kick)

B — Orlando 23 FG

B – Shakovon Sumpter Bey 72 run (Orlando kick)

CG – Rees 3 run (Cornpropst kick)

Rushing — Brownsburg: Sumpterbey 12-125, Lewis 13-71, Stephens 13-68, Frye 4-17. Center Grove: Rees 11-47, Austin Hennessy 14-39, Brady Dicken 2-10, Drake McClurg 1-6, McWilliams 4-(minus-15).

Pass — Brownsburg: Frye 11-16-0, 127. Center Grove: McWilliams 19-29-2, 300.

Received – Brownsburg: Sharpe 3-57, Avin Robinson 2-45, Tez Virgil 2-9, Sumpterbey 1-8, Nolan Wilson 1- Stephens 13-68, 5, Lewis 2-3. Center Grove: Baker 3-111, Dicken 5-79, McClurg 6-60, Brevin Holubar 4-55, Hennessy 1-(minus-5).

6A: Westfield 30, Crown Point 7 (read more)

It took an extra year to get satisfaction, but the No. 3 Shamrocks (12-1) got the job done as they returned the pain of last year’s semistate loss in double overtime to the No. 2 Bulldogs (12 -1) after a steady effort led by quarterback Carsen Melvin, who ran for one touchdown and passed for another, giving Westfield its seventh straight win.

The win gave the Rocks a chance for another dose of revenge: They will collide next Friday with the only team that can beat them this year: the conference rival Brownsburg Bulldogs. For Crown Point, the loss marked the second straight year the visitors traveled to central Indiana to lose hope of an undefeated season after losing last year’s 6A title game to Ben Davis.

Crown Point	7	0	0	0	—	7
Westveld	7	17	0	6	—	30

W – Melvin 4 run (Owen Wright kick)

CP — Score game information not available

W – Beau Braun 66 pass from Carsen Melvin (Wright kick)

W – Deacon King 19 run (Wright kick)

W-Wright 44 FG

W-Wright 30 FG

W-Wright 26 FG

IHSAA Football Semi-State Highlights: Decatur Central 27, Bloomington South 13

Fa’Rel Carter returned the kickoff late for a touchdown to give Hawks the lead, the returned pick-6 to put the icing on the cake as DC returned to state.

The No. 4 Hawks (10-2) roared down the homestretch with 14 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the host Panthers (8-5) for the second straight year in semistate play.

Decatur Central, which took a 13-0 lead midway through the second quarter, saw South rally and forge a tie after a field goal in the final period. But the visitors scored in the final three minutes to break the deadlock, then got an interception-return touchdown to ice the team’s ninth consecutive win.

Both teams suffered losses to Martinsville and Columbus North this season, but Decatur heated up and steamed into Lucas Oil Stadium for the 5A championship game.

Decatur Central	6	7	0	14	—	27
Bloomington South	0	10	0	3	—	13

DC — Ashton Vogel 30 FG

DC — Vogel 39 FG

DC — Kasmir Hicks __ pass from Bo Polston (Vogel kick)

BS – Score game information not available (Bryce Taylor kick)

BS—Taylor 35 FG

BS—Taylor 31 FG

DC – Fa’Rel Carter 95 kickoff return (Vogel kick)

DC – Carter 35 interception return (Vogel kick)

4A: New Palestine 43, Martinsville 7 (read more)

IHSAA Football Semistate: New Palestine defeats Martinsville 43-7

New Palestine beats Martinsville 43-7 to advance to the state finals.

Caden Jacobia ran for three touchdowns and Jacob Davis hit a TD pass to Austin McMahan in the first half to give the No. 1 Dragons (13-0) in full control as New Pal won the No. 3 Artesians post-season run ended to bed. Jacobia had both of New Pal’s scores in the first quarter and Martinsville fell further behind in the final three periods.

Martinsville	7	0	0	0	—	7
New Palestine	13	9	7	14	—	43

NP — Caden Jacobia 6 run (Jake Wells kick)

NP — Jacobia 15 run (kick blocked)

M — Mason Dodson 53 pass from AJ Reynolds (Charlie Rawlins kick)

NP – Austin McMahan 38 pass from Jacob Davis (run failed)

NP — Wells 21 FG

NP – Josh Ranes 36 run (Wells kick)

NP — Jacobia 8 run (Wells kick)

NP – TJ Wadman 1 run (Wells kick)

Rushing — New Palestine: Jacobia 12-117, Ranes 18-109, Davis 9-55, Wadman 4-6. Martinsville: Lucas Dewey 15-50, Reynolds 7-(minus-8).

Pass — New Palestine: Davis 7-11-0, 129. Martinsville: Reynolds 16-34-3, 186.

Received – New Palestine: McMahan 3-93, Eli Wasson 2-20, Cameron Rollyson 2-16. Martinsville: 9-110, Draven Sanders 3-43, Hunter Stroud 2-21, Josh Jones 1-8, Landon Cazee 1-4.