KOPSEA’S KORNER 2024 FOOTBALL – WEEK ONE

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FABULOUS FIVE

  1. Penn (1-0): Tayshon Bardo caught five passes for 126 yards with three touchdowns in the Kingsmen’s 49-42 win over Valparaiso.
  2. Mishawaka (1-0): Kadyn O’Neal tallied three touchdowns as the Cavemen rallied from a 17-7 deficit for a 41-24 win at Marian.
  3. NorthWood (1-0): Jeffrey Eash rambled 21 times for 156 yards in the Panthers’ 34-12 win over Jimtown.
  4. Warsaw (1-0): Quinton Brock accounted for 114 yards on the ground with a score in the Tigers’ 20-7 win over Michigan City to give Bart Curtis his 250th coaching victory.
  5. Concord (1-0): Bo Brunner scampered 48 yards for a touchdown in the Minutemen’s 13-12 win over Elkhart.

HONORABLE MENTION

New Prairie (1-0): Zac Henrich accounted for 26 carries for 167 yards with a touchdown in the Cougars’ 33-14 win over LaPorte.

Plymouth (1-0): Ben Shively ran 20 yards for a score as the Rockies erupted for 33 unanswered points in their 53-20 win over Twin Lakes.

Riley (1-0): Ziare Teeshy scampered 80 yards for a touchdown in the Wildcats’ 35-0 blanking of Hammond Bishop Noll.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Adams (0-1): Anthony Gubi went 11-of-17 for 167 yards with a score in the Eagles’ 36-14 loss to Culver Academy.

Elkhart (0-1): Carson Pollard accounted for a 12-yard touchdown reception for the Lions against Concord.

Goshen (0-1): Jaden Keim hauled in a 43-yard pass for a score in the RedHawks’ 55-17 loss to Fairfield.

Marian (0-1): Deuce Owens registered a 15-yard touchdown catch for the Knights against Mishawaka,

Northridge (0-1): The Raiders allowed more than 500 total yards in their 32-20 loss to Fort Wayne North.

Saint Joseph (0-1): AJ LaSane threw three touchdown passes in the Huskies’ 21-20 loss at Lakeland.

Washington (0-1): The Panthers surrendered nearly 300 yards on the ground in their 28-24 loss to Hammond Central.

Wawasee (0-1); The Warriors were limited to 110 yards of offense in their 44-0 loss to Tippecanoe Valley.

LOOKING FORWARD

Columbia City (1-0) at Plymouth (1-0): The Eagles are going for their second straight 2-0 start, while Plymouth last accomplished this in 2017,

Penn (1-0) at Mishawaka (1-0): The Kingsmen are trying for their third straight win against Mishawaka.

Portage (1-0) at NorthWood (1-0): The Indians have not opened the season with two straight wins since 2008, while NorthWood is going for three in a row.

Riley (1-0) at Fort Wayne Wayne (1-0): The Wildcats and Wayne are both in pursuit of their consecutive 2-0 beginning,

Warsaw (1-0) at Warren Central (1-0): The Tigers are looking to open the season with two wins in a row for the third straight campaign, while Warren Central last accomplished this in 2018.

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