Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers ran into a buzzsaw on Friday, as the host Tigers dropped a 42-6 Hoosier Crossroads Conference game to Class 6A No. 2 Brownsburg.

The Bulldogs took control of the game early, with Caleb Marcus scoring two touchdowns late in the first quarter. Brownsburg then scored on a 95-yard pass play early in the second period, with Ben Easters throwing to Luke Lacey, who carried it into the end zone. Two more rushing touchdowns gave the Bulldogs a 35-0 halftime lead.

“Brownsburg’s a really good football team and we knew that going in, and we knew that we were going to have to play at our best to come out victorious,” said Tigers coach Curt Funk. “Unfortunately, we weren’t able to perform the way we would like to tonight.”
Fishers scored its lone touchdown at the beginning of the second half, when Carson Dunn ran 70 yards into the end zone. Christian Wayne made the extra-point attempt.

Dunn wound up as the Tigers’ leading rusher with 73 yards. Quarterback Lucas Prewitt went 7-of-14 through the air for 40 yards, with Landon Morris making three catches. Shane Cole, Seth Dunnuck and Curtis Kearshner all had six tackles, including a sack for Kearshner.
Fishers is now 1-2 in HCC play and 1-4 overall. The Tigers go on the road next week to play Avon; this game kicks off at 7:30 p.m.

“We just told our kids that we just got to keep improving each week and building,” said Funk. “And our goal is to be peaking at the end of the season. We’re going to use this loss as a teaching tool as coaches.”