Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers had another tough night on Friday, as the Tigers lost to Avon 49-14 in
a Hoosier Crossroads Conference game at the Orioles’ field.

Avon scored first, with Henry Hesson making a five-yard touchdown pass to Remington Gall three minutes into the game. It would be the first of five TD throws for Hesson.

Fishers answered quickly, with Landon Morris grabbing a 43-yard reception from Lucas Prewitt for a touchdown.

Christian Wayne’s extra-point kick tied the game at 7-7.

But the Orioles took over after that, scoring four straight touchdowns, two in each of the first two quarters. That gave Avon a 35-7 lead. The Tigers cut it to 35-14 on a 13-yard touchdown pass play from Prewitt to Silas Martin, with Wayne making the extra-point kick.

Hesson struck again, throwing to Joe Hall, who hauled the ball in 86 yards for a touchdown and gave the Orioles a 42-14 halftime lead. Hesson teamed with Gall in the third quarter for a 20-yard pass play score for his fifth TD of the night.

“We made some mental mistakes and unfortunately, against a good team like Avon, you can’t do that because they’ll capitalize on the mistakes,” said Fishers coach Curt Funk.

“Some of our mistakes turned into points for them. “But it wasn’t from a lack of effort.
Our kids still played hard. And we had some new players in the lineup tonight
that were getting their first varsity experience and I think we can keep building
as a team.”

Prewitt had a fine game, going 20-of28 through the air for 220 yards. Jeffrey Simmons had 10 of those catches for 115 yards, with Morris making four receptions. Avon’s defense held the Tigers to 20 yards net rushing.

Josh Jones had seven tackles for Fishers, including three for a loss. Aiden Davis made five stops.

Fishers is 1-3 in HCC play and 1-5 overall. The Tigers will go back on the road next Friday to play at Franklin Central.