Friday night football previews, Week 4

Thursday, September 6, 2018 ~ Updated 12:14 AM

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

TeamWICAll
Cascade1-02-1
Edgewood1-02-1
Indian Creek1-01-2
Brown County0-11-2
Cloverdale0-10-3
Owen Valley0-10-3

Tonight’s games

Brown County at Indian Creek

Cascade at Cloverdale

Owen Valley at Edgewood

West Division

TeamWICAll
Greencastle1-03-0
North Putnam1-03-0
Northview1-03-0
South Putnam0-12-1
Sullivan0-12-1
West Vigo0-11-2

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)

PlayerComp.Att.Int.Yds.TD
Brayden Baxter (Gcastle)193313433
Evan Davies (N. Putnam)213312983
Devin Cashion (S. Putnam) 81201502
Parker Watts (Cloverdale)124311342

RUSHING (ranked by total yards)

PlayerRushesYds.TD100+
Damon Moody (Greencastle)9450633
Chris Murray (North Putnam)3020611
Aidan LeBlanc (South Putnam)2918221
Connor Cain (South Putnam)1417101
Dalton Scott (South Putnam)3216220
Evan Davies (North Putnam)2315850
Logan Abner (Cloverdale)3712400
Aidan Baker (North Putnam)2511300

RECEIVING (ranked by total yards)

PlayerRec.Yds.TDLong
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle)6190172
Alex Costin (Greencastle)10149232
Colton Clifford (North Putnam)5107143
Kevin Barger (North Putnam)495161
Hayden Switzer (South Putnam)475042
James Johnson (Cloverdale)365141
Lucius Alexander (North Putnam)560125
Dalton Scott (South Putnam)256028

TACKLES (ranked by combined solo/assisted)

PlayerSoloAsst.Tot.
Dalton Scott (South Putnam)131528
Caydhan Stevens (Cloverdale)71926
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle)18725
Devin Cashion (South Putnam)81725
Trever Wood (Greencastle)17623
Logan Abner (Cloverdale)91423
Nick Theis (South Putnam)81220
Luke Sanford (North Putnam)6410

FUMBLE RECOVERIES

PlayerTot.
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

PlayerTot.
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.

PlayerTot.
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

PlayerTDXPFGSaf.Tot.
Evan Davies (North Putnam)700042
Gavin Bollman (Greencastle)300018
Damon Moody (Greencastle)300018
Alex Costin (Greencastle)200012
Hector Lezama (Greencastle)062012
Chris Murray (North Putnam)200012
Elliott Sabens (North Putnam)0120012