Hamilton County Reporter
Fishers scored a comeback victory on Friday, as two fourth-quarter touchdowns from Dylan Scally sent the Tigers to a 19-14 win at Westfield in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at Riverview Health Field.
Both teams scored a touchdown in the first quarter. Fishers went first, with Marcus Roux streaking 83 yards into the end zone to get the Tigers on the board. Jack Phillips made the extra point kick, and Fishers led 7-0.
Eli Patchett answered for the Shamrocks, as he made a five-yard touchdown run. Sean Sullivan tied it up with his extra point kick. The score was 7-7 after the first quarter, and it would stay there through halftime.
Westfield jumped ahead in the third quarter, thanks to a 25-yard touchdown pass from Camden Simons to Jason Riddle. Sullivan again kicked the extra point, putting the ‘Rocks up 14-7 after three quarter.
But Scally wasted no time getting Fishers back into it, making a 41-yard TD run early in the fourth period. The Tigers went for two, but didn’t get the conversion, keeping them behind 14-13.
Fishers took the lead for good with under four minutes to go in the fourth when Scally ran in five yards for a touchdown. The Tigers then held on for the remainder of the game.
“We felt like we needed to maintain possession of the football,” said Fishers coach Rick Wimmer. “We didn’t score a lot of points, but we did a pretty good job of not having a lot of three-and-outs. We got first downs, we moved the ball. It seemed like they did a good job of keeping us in poor field position most of the night.”
Both teams had good running games, which each one rushing for over 200 yards. Scally gained 180 yards on 25 carries, while Patchett totaled 128 yards on 18 tries.
“I thought we lost some opportunities on offense there to open the second half and I was a little frustrated with our offense, but I thought we came back after that and really showed some toughness,” said Wimmer.
Geoffrey Brown and Collin Shelton both made seven tackles for Fishers, while Micah Hauser had 11 stops for Westfield. Mark McLaurin and Bryson Hoover had eight tackles each for the ‘Rocks.
The Tigers improved to 4-2 in the conference and 6-2 overall, while the Shamrocks are 2-4 in HCC play and 4-4 overall. Both teams finish out conference and regular-season play next Friday: Fishers hosts Zionsville and Noblesville travels to Franklin Central.