Hamilton County Reporter

Hamilton Southeastern scored a huge victory on Friday, as a fourth-quarter touchdown propelled the Royals past Class 6A No. 4 Brownsburg 28-25 in a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at the Bulldogs’ field.

While it was an upset on paper, Southeastern actually held the lead for the majority of the game. The Royals were ahead at the end of the first quarter after a nifty touchdown.

Andrew Hobson passed the ball to DeAndre Rhodes, who then sent the ball to a wide-open Nate Wolf in the end zone. That got Southeastern on the board, and Jozef Osiecki made the
extra-point kick.

Brownsburg took the lead back early in the second quarter, but the Royals powered back in  front quickly. Hobson threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ben Boysen, then sent another touchdown to Wolf, that one a 21-yarder. John McCall then made a two-point conversion run, and that gave Southeastern a 21-10 halftime lead.

The Bulldogs held HSE scoreless in the third quarter, then took a 25-21 lead in
the fourth. But the Royals surged ahead for good with six minutes left, when Hobson lobbed a pass to Tony Myers, and he took it 78 yards into the end zone. Osiecki’s kick got Southeastern up by three, and the Royals held on from there.

Hobson finished the game 8-for-17 with 183 yards and three touchdowns, in addition to Rhodes’ touchdown throw.

Rhodes and Wolf both made three catches. Blaine Wertz helped out on the ground with 98 yards rushing.

Southeastern finished HCC play 4-3 (placing fourth in the league) and 5-4 overall. The Royals are off next week, then host Carmel on Nov. 1 in the first round of Sectional 4.