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South Beats Crawfordsville

Posted On: Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Local Sports October 18, 2008














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The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Crawfordsville senior Jordan Boykin gets brought down by a Southmont’s Scott Paris and Dennie Brown.

The Paper photo by Lori Poteet
Southmont assistant coach Jon Sparks and junior quarterback Logan Petry celebrate the Mounties’ win.




Football

Friday

At Crawfordsville

Southmont 21, Crawfordsville 14

Southmont 7 0 7 7 – 21

Crawfordsville 7 0 7 0 – 14

Scoring

First quarter: S – Logan Petry 27 run (Curtis Rose kick), 10:40; C – Craig Fairley 4 run (Matt Mummert kick), 3:51

Third quarter: C – Brett McKinney 11 pass to Jordan Boykin (Matt Mummert kick), 8:17; S – Micah Hatch 1 run (Curtis Rose kick), 1:37

Fourth quarter: S – Logan Petry 1 run (Curtis Rose kick), 3:14



Team statistics S C

First downs 13 15

Rushes (yds.) 47-177 32-73

Passing 6-9-62-0-1 17-23-173-0-2

Total yards 239 246

Fumbles (lost) 1-0 0-0

Penalties (yds.) 7-56 4-37

Records: Southmont 4-5 (3-4 SAC), Crawfordsville 4-5 (4-3 SAC)



Individual statistics

Rushing: Southmont – Logan Petry 19-71, Tanner Hill 9-45, Micah Hatch 11-40, Jordan Burkett 8-21. Crawfordsville – Craig Fairley 20-70, Adrian Rankin 7-26, Jordan Boykin 1-4, Brett McKinney 4-(-27).

Passing: Southmont – Logan Petry 6-9-62-0-1. Crawfordsville – Brett McKinney 17-23-162-0-2.

Receiving: Southmont – Micah Hatch 3-46, Jordan Burkett 2-10, Scott Paris 1-6. Crawfordsville – Brett Linn 6-89, Jordan Boykin 10-80, Adrian Rankin 1-4.



SOUTHMONT FOOTBALL: South makes statement
South stays hot, knocks off rival CHS to give Hannum first county win

By John Groth
Sports Editor

Desson Hannum’s guiding Southmont High School football program on a history-making run.

They’re running all over Sagamore Athletic Conference opponents, making ****** defensive stops and earning plenty of respect.

After Friday night’s Montgomery County and conference clash against Crawfordsville, they sent a message. They’re not the doormat anymore.

Southmont junior quarterback Logan Petry scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak with under four minutes remaining and junior Jordan Burkett had two late fourth-quarter interceptions to seal the Mounties’ 21-14 win over county- and conference rival Crawfordsville.

“We’re trying to change some of our history here,” said Hannum, the Mounties’ second-year coach who won his first county game in four tries. “People used to look at us in the past and said ‘we’re going to come in here and beat Southmont.’ We’re not like that anymore.”

Southmont (4-5, 3-4 SAC) closed its regular season on a three-game winning streak – defeating conference rivals Frankfort, Western Boone and Crawfordsville – and now has tons of momentum heading into next Friday’s Indiana High School Athletic Association sectional game against Greencastle. It’s the most wins for the Mounties since they had six in 2003.

They’ve knocked off the Athenians two of the past three years.

In 2006, Southmont upset Crawfordsville to earn its lone victory that year. In 2008, it’s turned into a different story.

It’s the Mounties looking like the headstrong time heading IHSAA sectional play and the Athenians (4-5, 4-3 SAC) are the ones on the slide – losing their final three regular-season games and four out of their last five.

Southmont controlled the ground game – rushing for 177 yards on 47 carries – and limited Crawfordsville’s rushing attack.

The Mounties slowed down junior running back Craig Fairley (20 rushes, 70 yards) and held him to his lowest yardage total all season.

Although senior quarterback Brett McKinney completed 17-of-23 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown against Southmont’s defense, they put pressure and blitzed him up the middle all night long – forcing him to throw mainly short passes and two costly interceptions in the final three minutes.

“Their middle blitzes affected our running game and passing protection,” Crawfordsville coach Rex Ryker said. “Simple inside blitzes won the game for Southmont.”

Petry scored two touchdowns – including on a 27-yard run on the third play of the game – and rushed for 71 yards.

But his most important play came on the final drive.

Tied at 14-14 midway through the fourth quarter, he along with junior running backs Tanner Hill and Burkett and sophomore running back Micah Hatch, led the Mounties on an 11-play, 70-yard scoring drive. They ate up rushing yards, picking up five to six a carry, and clock.

Petry capped it with a one-yard plunge up the middle and Southmont had a 21-14 lead with 3:14 to play. Then, the Mounties’ defense created havoc. They pressured McKinney on a third-and-five at the Crawfordsville 38 and he lofted a pass into Burkett’s hands.

After Southmont was forced to punt, Crawfordsville had one last chance with under 50 seconds remaining.

Two plays later, senior wide receiver Jordan Boykin tipped up McKinney’s pass and it ended up flying into a waiting Burkett to close out the win.

“I was in the right spot at the right time,” Burkett said. “Before the second half I was nervous. I couldn’t get [the nerves] out. You figure your nerves would be gone after the first half. It’s extremely awesome to beat a county rival like that. Winning our past three games, we feel real confident going into sectionals.”

Hannum agreed – and he finally has the Mounties believing, too.

“We need the confidence more than anything,” he said. “Winning three weeks in a row gives us confidence and validity to what we’re doing. I thought we were the aggressive team.”

As for Crawfordsville, Ryker hopes he can fix the Athenians’ woes before their sectional game at West Vigo next week.

“We’ve had two emotional weeks and come out on the bottom of the bottom,” he said. “We have to make sure we pull together and not get the loser mentality of blaming each other.”

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