Friday night football previews, Week 4
South Putnam (2-1) at Greencastle (3-0)
The coaches: Nathan Aker is in his fourth year at South Putnam. Mike Meyer is in his ninth year at Greencastle.
On the airwaves: WREB-FM 94.3 will air the game.
Special events: Greencastle will have its homecoming festivities.
So far: South Putnam defeated Cloverdale 6-0 and Owen Valley 57-14 and lost 20-2 to North Putnam. Greencastle has defeated Crawfordsville 9-0, Cloverdale 28-18 and West Vigo 23-12.
Per-game scoring averages: Offense — South 21.7, Greencastle 20.0. Defense — South 11.3 (tied for 47th in state), Greencastle 10.0 (tied for 35th in state, ninth in Class 3A).
Opponents’ records: South 3-6, Greencastle 1-8.
History: Greencastle won 49-7 at South last year. Greencastle leads the series 16-15 over the past 30 years.
WIC impact: Greencastle is 1-0 in league play and South Putnam is 0-1.
John Harrell prediction: Greencastle 17, South 16.
Cascade (2-1) at Cloverdale (0-2)
The coaches: Steve Spinks is in his third year at Cascade. Tom Winders is in his second year at Cloverdale.
On the airwaves: WGRE-FM 91.5 will air the game.
Special events: Cloverdale will have its homecoming festivities.
So far: Cascade defeated Danville 28-21, lost 38-0 to Class 3A No. 10 Monrovia and beat Brown County 42-20. Cloverdale lost 6-0 to South Putnam, 28-18 to Greencastle and 45-6 to Edgewood.
Per-game scoring averages: Offense — Cascade 23.3, Cloverdale 8.0. Defense — Cascade 26.3, Cloverdale 26.3.
Opponents’ records: Cascade 4-5, Cloverdale 7-2.
History: Cascade won 27-0 last year and leads the series 23-6 over the past 30 years.
WIC impact: Cascade is 1-0 in league play and Cloverdale is 0-1.
John Harrell prediction: Cloverdale 24, Cascade 23.
North Putnam (3-0) at Sullivan (2-1)
The coaches: Sam Carnes is in his second year at North Putnam. Blaine Powell is in his second year at Sullivan.
On the airwaves: WNDI-FM 95.3 from Sullivan will air the game.
So far: North Putnam defeated North Montgomery 28-12, Southmont 48-42 and South Putnam 20-2. Sullivan beat North Knox 26-8 and Linton-Stockton 42-14 before losing to Class 4A No. 14 Northview 50-20.
Per-game scoring averages: Offense — NP 32.0, Sullivan 29.3. Defense — NP 18.7, Sullivan 24.0.
Opponents’ records: North Putnam 4-5, Sullivan 4-5.
History: Sullivan won 47-27 at Bainbridge last year and has won the last three meetings.
WIC impact: Both teams are 1-0 and tied for first place in the WIC West.
John Harrell prediction: North Putnam 31, Sullivan 28.
WIC Standings
East Division
Team | WIC | All |
Cascade | 1-0 | 2-1 |
Edgewood | 1-0 | 2-1 |
Indian Creek | 1-0 | 1-2 |
Brown County | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Cloverdale | 0-1 | 0-3 |
Owen Valley | 0-1 | 0-3 |
Tonight’s games
Brown County at Indian Creek
Cascade at Cloverdale
Owen Valley at Edgewood
West Division
Team | WIC | All |
Greencastle | 1-0 | 3-0 |
North Putnam | 1-0 | 3-0 |
Northview | 1-0 | 3-0 |
South Putnam | 0-1 | 2-1 |
Sullivan | 0-1 | 2-1 |
West Vigo | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Tonight’s games
North Putnam at Sullivan
South Putnam at Greencastle
Northview at West Vigo
Putnam County stat leaders
NOTE: Information taken from MaxPreps. North Putnam stats are only for two games, except scoring. Some categories unavailable.
PASSING (ranked by total yards)
Player | Comp. | Att. | Int. | Yds. | TD |
Brayden Baxter (Gcastle) | 19 | 33 | 1 | 343 | 3 |
Evan Davies (N. Putnam) | 21 | 33 | 1 | 298 | 3 |
Devin Cashion (S. Putnam) | 8 | 12 | 0 | 150 | 2 |
Parker Watts (Cloverdale) | 12 | 43 | 1 | 134 | 2 |
RUSHING (ranked by total yards)
Player | Rushes | Yds. | TD | 100+ |
Damon Moody (Greencastle) | 94 | 506 | 3 | 3 |
Chris Murray (North Putnam) | 30 | 206 | 1 | 1 |
Aidan LeBlanc (South Putnam) | 29 | 182 | 2 | 1 |
Connor Cain (South Putnam) | 14 | 171 | 0 | 1 |
Dalton Scott (South Putnam) | 32 | 162 | 2 | 0 |
Evan Davies (North Putnam) | 23 | 158 | 5 | 0 |
Logan Abner (Cloverdale) | 37 | 124 | 0 | 0 |
Aidan Baker (North Putnam) | 25 | 113 | 0 | 0 |
RECEIVING (ranked by total yards)
Player | Rec. | Yds. | TD | Long |
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle) | 6 | 190 | 1 | 72 |
Alex Costin (Greencastle) | 10 | 149 | 2 | 32 |
Colton Clifford (North Putnam) | 5 | 107 | 1 | 43 |
Kevin Barger (North Putnam) | 4 | 95 | 1 | 61 |
Hayden Switzer (South Putnam) | 4 | 75 | 0 | 42 |
James Johnson (Cloverdale) | 3 | 65 | 1 | 41 |
Lucius Alexander (North Putnam) | 5 | 60 | 1 | 25 |
Dalton Scott (South Putnam) | 2 | 56 | 0 | 28 |
TACKLES (ranked by combined solo/assisted)
Player | Solo | Asst. | Tot. |
Dalton Scott (South Putnam) | 13 | 15 | 28 |
Caydhan Stevens (Cloverdale) | 7 | 19 | 26 |
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle) | 18 | 7 | 25 |
Devin Cashion (South Putnam) | 8 | 17 | 25 |
Trever Wood (Greencastle) | 17 | 6 | 23 |
Logan Abner (Cloverdale) | 9 | 14 | 23 |
Nick Theis (South Putnam) | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Luke Sanford (North Putnam) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
FUMBLE RECOVERIES
Player | Tot. |
Hayden Switzer (South Putnam) | 2 |
Jake Wilkes (Cloverdale) | 1 |
Trey Dickison (Cloverdale) | 1 |
Trevor Woods (Cloverdale) | 1 |
Dakota Campbell (Greencastle) | 1 |
Colton Grundlock (South Putnam) | 1 |
Kalib Lawrence (North Putnam) | 1 |
Dylan Arnold (North Putnam) | 1 |
INTERCEPTIONS
Player | Tot. |
Alex Costin (Greencastle) | 3 |
Hayden Switzer (South Putnam) | 2 |
Dakota Campbell (Greencastle) | 1 |
Brock Carrington (Greencastle) | 1 |
Jake Wilkes (Cloverdale) | 1 |
Dalton Scott (South Putnam) | 1 |
SACKS
NOTE: Numbers unavailable for South Putnam.
Player | Tot. |
Damon Moody (Greencastle) | 4 |
Logan Abner (Cloverdale) | 2.5 |
Jake Wilkes (Cloverdale) | 2 |
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle) | 2 |
Nick Sabin (Greencastle) | 2 |
Dalton Matthews (Greencastle) | 2 |
SCORING
Player | TD | XP | FG | Saf. | Tot. |
Evan Davies (North Putnam) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Damon Moody (Greencastle) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Alex Costin (Greencastle) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Hector Lezama (Greencastle) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
Chris Murray (North Putnam) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Elliott Sabens (North Putnam) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |