Hamilton County Reporter
There’s no better place to avenge a regular-season loss than in the sectional
championship game.
Fishers did just that on Friday. The Tigers won the Class 6A Sectional 5 title by
beating Pike 28-7 at Reynolds Tigers Stadium. This marks the third sectional championship for Fishers in its still-young football history; the Tigers also won in 2010 (on
their way to a state title) and in 2012.
Fishers will host Ben Davis for next week’s regional championship.
The Red Devils beat Fishers 43-0 in Week 2 of the regular season. According to
John Harrell’s website, there are eight teams that avenged regular-season losses in the
sectional, and the Tigers’ victory was the biggest swing of all – 64 points.
“I feel like we were capable of playing this way,” said Fishers coach Rick Wimmer.
“It’s kind of the way we have to play. We have to control the ball. We’re not going to
score a lot of points, but we possess the ball and not give the other team too many
possessions, too many opportunities and we’re playing good defense.”
The Tigers scored a touchdown each quarter. The scores in the first half both were
on short passes from Matt Wolff to Isaiah Dunnuck. The duo connected on a five-yard
pass play late in the first period, then on a six-yard throw with 1:40 left in the second.
The Tigers scored a touchdown each quarter. The scores in the first half both were
on short passes from Matt Wolff to Isaiah Dunnuck. The duo connected on a five-yard
pass play late in the first period, then on a six-yard throw with 1:40 left in the second.
The Tigers’ defense stepped up big time. Pike averaged 33 points per game coming
into the sectional final, but Fishers allowed the Red Devils a lone touchdown in the third
quarter. The seven points Pike scored was its lowest output of the season.
“Defensively we didn’t give up big chunk plays for touchdowns,” said Wimmer.
“We planned much better. Guys just playing better. Our defensive coaches have done a
tremendous job of getting problems fixed that we had early in the year. They get a lot
of the credit for this one. We’ve been playing better and better defense the last few
weeks.”
Wimmer also credited the offensive line for playing well, saying that his offense is being “pretty efficient.” The Tigers were almost perfectly balanced between the two
phases: Fishers rushed for 132 yards and Wolff threw for 126 yards on 9-of-17 passing.
Scally ran for 98 yards.
“Best game our offensive line has played,” said Wimmer. “That’s the first time
this offensive line played together, and this is what we thought we’d be getting to.”
The Tigers are now 7-4 for the season.
Fishers 28, Pike 7
Score by Quarters:
Pike 0 0 7 0 – 7
Fishers 7 7 7 7 – 28
Team Stats
PHS FHS
First Downs 18 17
By Rush 9 8
By Pass 9 7
By Penalty 0 2
Rushes-Yards 36-167 44-132
Yards Passing 175 126
Comp/Att/Int/TD 14-32-0-1 9-17-1-2
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-1
Penalties/Yards 7-76 3-25
Punts/Average 3-27.3 3-44.7
Fishers scoring
First Quarter
Isaiah Dunnuck 5-yard pass from Matt Wolff
(Ben Norton kick), 1:06
Second Quarter
Dunnuck 6-yard pass from Wolff (Norton
kick), 1:40
Third Quarter
Wolff 1-yard run (Norton kick), 3:42
Fourth Quarter
Dylan Scally 1-yard run (Norton kick), 4:19
Fishers Stats
Rushing: Scally 32-98, Wolff 9-28, Alec Green
2-7, team 1-0.
Passing: Wolff 9-17-126.
Receiving: Dunnuck 3-35, Statz 2-32, Bryce
Gee 2-19, DiSean Graham 1-26, Donavan
McFarland 1-14.