Hamilton County Reporter

Once again, the Fishers football team has advanced to a sectional championship game.

The Tigers ran their sectional final streak to nine years in a row Friday by beating Pike 33-20 at the Red Devils’ field. Fishers will return home to Reynolds Tigers Stadium next Friday to host North Central in the Class 6A Sectional 5 championship game.

The first quarter was close, ending with Pike ahead 7-6. Matt Noble got Fishers on the board with a three-yard touchdown run; his earlier 54-yard run set up the score. The Red Devils answered with a 27-yard touchdown pass from Jasen Graves to Lamar Echols.

The Tigers took control in the middle periods, not allowing Pike a point in the second and third quarters. Meanwhile, Fishers scored 20 points of its own: Marcus Roux sent a 35-yard TD pass to Collin Statz, and Jack Phillips’ extra point kick made it 13-7; that would be the halftime score.

Roux then punched the ball in from the 1 in a quarterback keeper midway through the period. Seconds later, Noble scored on a 20-yard run. Fishers added one more touchdown early in the fourth period, with Noble running in from two yards. Pike scored two touchdowns in the fourth, but Fishers had the game in hand by then.

Noble had a solid game, gaining 151 yards in 15 rushes. Roux finished the game completing 5 of 12 passes for 91 yards, with Statz making three of those catches.

Fishers is now 4-6 for the season.