The Versailles
Republican Sports
October
28, 2010
2010 Milan Indian football sectional first
round victory earns 100th career win for Defensive Coordinator,
Coach
Randy Combs
Gary Franklin, Sports Writer
The
Milan Indian varsity football team punched their ticket to
round two sectional action with a 39-21 home hosted first
round victory over the visiting North Decatur Chargers on
Friday, October 22.
Quarter One
The tribe opened the scoring at the 8:51 mark of the first
period off a Cory Jewett (#45) 5 yard touchdown run, followed
by a Scott Pennington (10) PAT for a 7-0 lead.
At the 4:42 mark, the Chargers earned their first points on
the scoreboard with a quarterback Justin Huber (#9) 69 yard
pass to Jason Kirschoff (#22). However, unable to capitalize
on the PAT attempt following the TD, the score let Milan a
one point leader at 7-6.
The Chargers captured their first lead of the game at the
1:31 mark with a quarterback Huber (9) 62 yard completed pass
to John Hammersmith (#81) for a touchdown. Leading the tribe
at 12-7, North Decatur chose to attempt the two-point conversion.
Quarterback Huber (9) carried the ball into the end zone,
advancing the Charger lead to seven at 14-7, where the score
remained through period one.
Quarter Two
The Indians immediately knotted the score at 14 after opening
the second period action with a Cory Strunk (#23) touchdown,
followed by a Scott Pennington PAT.
At the 4:15 mark, the Chargers regained a seven point lead
with quarterback Huber's (#9) six yard TD run and the PAT
addition by Jacob Mays (#6).
Shortly thereafter, at the 3:03 mark, the tribe leveled the
playing field once again with a touchdown scored off a 42
yard Cory Strunk (23) run and a PAT off the foot of Scott
Pennington (10), knotting the game at 21.
Quarter Three
At the 8:13 mark of the third period, Cory Jewett (45) added
his second TD of the game to put the tribe back in the lead,
setting the score at Milan 27-21 over North Decatur.
Quarter Four
The tribe managed to hold the Chargers scoreless in the final
period of play, while adding a pair of TD's to their total
to earn a first round sectional battle win by a final score
of 39-21.
Setting the night on fire was tribesman Cory Strunk, who ended
his nights work after adding two more TD's for a total of
24 points for the night.
Strunk (23) scored his third TD off an 86 yard touchdown run
at the 11:27 mark and added his fourth with just :49 seconds
remaining in the contest off a 6 yard run into the end zone.
Rushing yards by tribesmen
Cory Strunk (23) -
281 yds., 4 TD's on 22 Att.
Zeth O'Neal (22) -
14 yds, 4 TD's on 1 Att.
Cory Jewett (45) -
13 yds, 2 TD's on 4 Att.
Scott Pennington (10) -
9 yds. on 2 Att.
Zach Lewis (12) -
-3 yds. on 4 Atts.
Passing yards by tribesmen
Zach Lewis (12) -
10 Cmp/16 Atts. for 143 yds.
Receiving yds. by tribesmen
Adam Ison (86) -
5 Rcpt. for 81 yds.
Kurtis Kimla (25) -
2 Rcpt. for 32 yds.
Alex Layden (18) -
1 Rcpt. for 15 yds.
DJ Rogers (87) -
1 Rcpt. for 8 yds.
Cory Jewett (45) -
1 Rcpt. for 7 yds.
Indian kicking / punting, etc.
Scott Pennington (10) -
3 PAT's, 7 kickoffs for 249 yds. & punting 3 for 123 yds.
Interceptions by tribesmen
Alex Layden (18) - 2 Int.
Cory Jewett (45) - 1 Int.
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Coach
Combs observes his team as they warm up.
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